Wonders & Worries: WonderCast

With guest host: Shani Thornton  Our second season closes with a very special guest. In this podcast, we are joined by Shani Thornton, CCLS as she collaborates to share a Child Life Specialist’s take on Opera’s Favorite Things. Resources in the community, favorite calming techniques, the best things about supporting kids… it’s all in there.   […]

Guest Hosts: Dr. Elisabeth Potter, MD  Today we complete the third and final part of this series following along the journey of double mastectomy and the healing space that follows. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Elisabeth Potter, board-certified plastic surgeon in Austin, Texas, an expert in the microsurgical DIEP flap procedure and […]

Guest Hosts: Julie May, CCLS  The recovery that follows a double mastectomy with reconstruction is no sprint. It is marathon levels of recovery. Slow, inconsistent, tiring… but a goal worth chasing. In this episode, join Wondercast host, Julie May, as she walks through her recovery from surgery and the tools and resources that helped along […]

Guest Hosts: Julie May, CCLS  Preparation for surgery is as unique as the surgery itself. Everyone has their own story to tell, and this is mine. Tune in this episode to hear the first section of a three-part series on the full process of double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. This episode focuses on all the […]

Guest Hosts: Michelle Poole – PCC, PHR, Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator, Leadership & Career Coach  Episode 15: Choosing Life Above the Line  In the rush of October through the new year, it often to live solely in this space of feeling overwhelmed. It is so easy for self-care to get tossed aside in the […]

Guest Hosts: Laura Aya  Often, amid treatment you might find yourself inundated with support. People love to help people in crisis. Meal trains, prayer circles, chemo buddies… only the absolute best care. Sometimes though, in the space that follows immediate treatment, lives the lesser discussed vulnerable feelings of worry, loneliness and unsettling questions of what […]

Guest Hosts: Kate Mahan LMSW, OSW-C  Did you know that there are programs to support you at every stage of your illness journey at no financial cost to your family? In this episode, we visit with Kate Mahan, Oncology Social Work Counselor at the Canopy Survivorship Center at Memorial Herman the Woodlands Medical Center. Tune […]

Guest Hosts: Danielle Coleman, MS, CCLS   Whitney Dubuisson, MEd, CCLS  Wonders & Worries, Houston Office  We prepare our children for how to handle conflict out in the world. Watch for bullies… treat others with kindness…build an emotional vocabulary… What happens when the primary source of conflict is at home between your children? Join us as […]

Guest Host: Joanie Brooks – certified Nia 1st Degree Black-Belt teacher, Nia White Belt and Nia FreeDanceTrainer, Nia Moving to Heal and Nia 5 Stages of Healing Facilitator, RYT® 200 Yoga Teacher, TaijiFit® Instructor (Tai Chi), MELT Method® (MELT) Instructor,  JourneyDance™ Facilitator, Laughter Yoga Leader, Mindful Change Coach, and doTerra Essential Oil Independent Product Consultant.   ...

Guest Host: Megan Christie  For many families the return to school is met with excitement and anticipation of routines and daily visits with classmates. In households with chronic illness, however, perhaps summer wasn’t the season of relaxation you had hoped it would be. Perhaps it was filled with loss, or lots of medical changes, or […]

Guest Host: Annie, Henley, and Halen  As a Child Life Specialist, I am privileged to be on the receiving end of the sage wisdom and life thoughts of little kids. It is the heart of my work and powers me through the hard days. As parents living with chronic illness though, we often forget to […]

With Guest Host: Whitney Hewlett, MT-BC  In this space between next episode’s season #4 debut, we fill it with music returning to an episode that had a surge of listeners back in 2022 when it originally aired.   Music is the only sensory experience that can activate all areas of the brain simultaneously. Its ability to […]