Jessica E Ronne

Coffee With Caregivers

Kids EN ↓ 29 episodes

Join Jess Ronne, author, speaker, and caregiver advocate as she chats with caregivers about the joys and trials of raising a child with disabilities. Jess is also the founder of The Lucas Project, a non-profit which provides recognition & resources for special needs families & associate director of the Unseen film. She & her husband Ryan live in Michigan with their 8 children, including their disabled son Lucas. Her story of beauty from ashes is detailed in her four books. To follow the ongoing saga she can be found at www.jessplusthemess.com

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Jessica E Ronne

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Vance and Kristy Goforth: When Autism Is Severe 15.06.2022 46:44

“People need to understand the pain and the suffering before we’ll see change.” In this episode of Coffee with Caregivers, Jess chats with Vance and Kristy Goforth in an extremely vulnerable and honest conversation about life as a caregiver to Joshua, their son with profound special needs. They discuss the details from Joshua’s aggressive behavior to their mental health struggles as his caregive...

Kate Swenson - Blogger at Finding Cooper’s Voice & Author of Forever Boy 11.04.2022 32:09

Kate Swenson is the founder of Finding Cooper's Voice, a mother to four kids, a wife, and a proud Minnesotan. She writes and creates videos regularly about her life as a mother and an autism advocate for Facebook, Instagram, and her website, Finding Cooper's Voice. Her book, Forever Boy, A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy, is available now and highlights the transformation that she went t...

Trailer 10.11.2020 1:09

An introduction to Coffee with Caregivers.

Callie Daruk: Extreme medical needs after birth 08.10.2020 33:56

“I would feel like my son represented the pain.” Callie “I’m supposed to love you and nurture you but right now when I am elbow deep in diarrhea, I am full of rage.” Callie “Praise Jesus my baby lived so I’m not allowed to speak about the difficulties.” Jess “Moms need to speak the truth so that we can see change.” Jess “Somehow in my mind I was supposed to muscle through this.” Callie “ I wish I...