Latest Adaptive fashion Podcast Episodes
Embrace It: Episode 30 - Dayniah Manderson, The Miseducation of Inclusion
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - April 08, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutesDayniah is a Jamaican immigrant, mother, educator, writer, and activist living with SMA. As a tenured English teacher with over 15 years of teaching experience in New York City public schools, Dayniah uses an electric wheelchair and has been unable to use a restroom at her middle school build...
Embrace It: Episode 29 - Casey Jourdan, Redefining Resilience
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - January 12, 2022 03:00 - 37 minutesAs an Iraq war veteran, Purple Heart recipient, TEDx speaker, writer, and teacher Casey Jourdan is passionate about helping others shift from surviving to thriving. Casey was a gunner in an Army convoy traveling Baghdad's "suicide ally" when a roadside explosive device rocked her world. The ex...
Embrace It: Episode 28 - Katina Kontarakis, Love Your Guts
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - November 28, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutesAt 34 years old, Katina found herself hitting rock bottom after a 17 year battle with anorexia & bulimia. After reaching out for help and enrolling in Overeaters Anonymous, she began learning how to eat healthily and reversing years of physical and emotional damage. Today, Katina is a certified...
Embrace It: Episode 27 - Hiring for Diversity, Arthur Woods & Susanna Tharakan
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - November 02, 2021 01:00 - 35 minutesWe all want to feel safe and seen at our jobs, but how do we build inclusive cultures that reflect the full spectrum of humanity? Arthur Woods & Susanna Tharakan deliver an insightful and practical roadmap in their groundbreaking new book, Hiring for Diversity. Join us as we dive deeper into the...
Embrace It: Episode 26 - Tovah Fine, You GROW, Girl
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - October 23, 2021 01:00 - 33 minutesWhat can houseplants teach us about processing trauma & disability? Apparently, a whole lot! Tovah Fine is an artist and disability advocate living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth and a knack for turning empty spaces into fern-tastic havens for healing. Join us as we turn over a new leaf and reexamine ...
Embrace It: Episode 25 - Jillian Curwin, Always Looking Up
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - September 17, 2021 02:00 - 45 minutes"Height is just a number, not a limit." These are the words Jillian Curwin lives by as she navigates the world as a little person with dwarfism. Diagnosed with Achondroplasia at birth, Jillian shares her empowering journey growing up in a world not built to her size and how her advocacy work is ...
Embrace It: Episode 24 - Hope Hoffman, Ableism & Hope
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - August 03, 2021 16:00 - 49 minutesAs a lifelong advocate, Hope Hoffman has been writing bills towards inclusion since high school and has gone head-to-head with discriminatory employers. In this candid episode, Hope shares her personal journey growing up with Spina Bifida and the recent amputation of her foot. Don't miss this in...
Embrace It: Episode 23 - Catarina Rivera, Blindish Latina
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - July 09, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutesCatarina is the daughter of Cuban & Puerto Rican parents and grew up wearing hearing aids from a young age. Just before starting college at the age of 17, she began losing her vision and started a whole new journey as a disabled adult navigating the world on her own. Now she helps others do the ...
Embrace It: Episode 21 - Paula Carozzo, We Are Not "Broken"
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - May 20, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutesAt the age of 5, Paula Carozzo experienced brain damage during surgery, resulting in Cerebral Palsy. Soon after, her family moved to the US to seek better care and raise their disabled daughter in the best way they knew how. The rest is an empowering and motivating story of Paula's rise to bec...
Embrace It: Episode 22 - Paula Carozzo, We Are Not "Broken"
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - May 20, 2021 16:00 - 34 minutesAt the age of 5, Paula Carozzo experienced brain damage during surgery, resulting in Cerebral Palsy. Soon after, her family moved to the US to seek better care and raise their disabled daughter in the best way they knew how. The rest is an empowering and motivating story of Paula's rise to bec...
EmBRACE It: Episode 21 - Know Your Disability Rights, Ashley Jacobson
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - May 05, 2021 18:00 - 1 hourWhat are our disability rights at work, school & society in general? What happens when a loved one or we require accommodations? What are we entitled to ask for? What do we do if we think we are being discriminated against? When it comes to disability, learning our rights can seem like a daunt...
Embrace It: Episode 20 - Daffney Laurito, The Inner Dialogue of a Vintage Nerd
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - April 05, 2021 21:00 - 42 minutesHow does someone face disability and loss early in life while still remaining a daring dreamer with a flair for all things vintage? Daffny Laurito, AKA the Vintage Nerd, gets vulnerable, nostalgic, and real with her empowering journey from an anxious catholic school girl to a bold and stylish di...
Embrace It: Episode 19 - Cheryl Crow, Getting a Grip
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - February 27, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutesHow do we get a better grip on life with a chronic illness that affects our hands? Join us with guest and occupational therapist, Cheryl Crow of Arthritis Life. We're talking life hacks, gadgets, motherhood, and why rheumatoid arthritis is not your grandma's arthritis! Visit: Arthritis Life C...
Embrace It: Episode 18 - Mindy Scheier, Runway of Dreams
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - February 18, 2021 04:00 - 36 minutesMindy Scheier's journey began when her son Oliver, who has a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans to school like his friends, but couldn’t manage the buttons or zippers. She realized then that millions of people around the world must also be struggling to access fashionable clot...
Embrace It: Episode 17 - How to Stop "Shoulding" Yourself & 9 Other Harmful Thinking Traps
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - January 23, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutesThought distortions (also called cognitive distortions) are negative thoughts that are exaggerated, irrational, skewed, and/or distorted. All of us have them at times and they manifest from our unconscious perceptions & deep seated beliefs. But our thoughts are not facts. We can choose to chall...
Embrace It: Episode 16 - Maura Horton, MagnaReady® Inventor & Caregiving Coach
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - December 13, 2020 05:00 - 33 minutesMaura's inspiration for MagnaReady® came one day when she closed her magnetic iPad case, and heard the metal magnet click. If a shirt could open and close the same way, then maybe people living with disabilities, like her husband, could dress themselves independently. Join us for a heartfelt ...
Embrace It: Episode 15 - Marcela Marañon, The Journey of a Brave Woman
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - November 13, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutesAt 20 years-old, Peruvian born Marcela Marañon survived a fatal car accident that killed her boyfriend and left her with a lower leg amputated. Now she travels the world alone bringing awareness to accessibility, cutting-edge mobility devices and inclusive fashion! Follow Marcela on IG @thejou...
Embrace It: Episode 14 - Marisa Hamamoto, So You Think You Can't Dance
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - October 01, 2020 03:00 - 33 minutesMarisa Hamamoto is a stroke survivor, inclusion keynote speaker & performer, and Founder of Infinite Flow, a nonprofit and professional dance company composed of dancers with and without disabilities using dance to inspire inclusion and innovation. Her jaw dropping dance performances have gone...
Embrace It: Episode 13 - Ben Duffy, Take A Look At This Heart
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - September 11, 2020 02:00 - 41 minutesWe’re diving in deep with Ben Duffy, producer and director of Take a Look at This Heart… a powerful film about love, sexuality, and the human bond within the disabled community. It’s a heartfelt journey into the lives of 17 very unique people; some with disabilities and the partners who love the...
Embrace It: Episode 12 - Shari Short, Look for the Funny
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - August 15, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutesThey say disability is nothing to laugh at, but for comedian, Shari Short, nothing could be farther from the truth! Long before she was diagnosed with MS, Shari was on a mission to "look for the funny" in everyday life. Now, as a mom living with a disability, her material practically writes itse...
Embrace It: Episode 12 - Look for the Funny, Shari Short
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - August 15, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutesThey say disability is nothing to laugh at, but for comedian, Shari Short, nothing could be farther from the truth! Long before she was diagnosed with MS, Shari was on a mission to "look for the funny" in everyday life. Now, as a mom living with a disability, her material practically writes itse...
Embrace It: Episode 11 - Andrea Dalzell, The Seated Nurse
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - July 25, 2020 20:00 - 38 minutesDaughter of immigrant parents, Andrea Dalzell was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis at the age of 5 and using wheelchair by age 12. Disability didn’t stop her from pursuing a career in nursing, winning the title of Miss Wheelchair NY and becoming a spokeswoman for Apple. This is an interview yo...
Embrace It: Episode 10 - A Recipe for Asking for Help
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - July 18, 2020 02:00 - 37 minutesJust like the Beatles once said, "We get by with a little help from our friends". Sometimes asking for help feels like defeat or can trigger mixed emotions. In this episode, Laine & Estela break down the different ingredients of asking for help. Full blogpost: https://trend-able.com/a-plate-of-...
Embrace It: S2 Episode 2 - Tripping on Air w/ Ardra Shephard
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - July 06, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutesJoin us for some real talk with writer, blogger and rollator supermodel, Ardra Shephard as she spills her deep truths and life hacks from a girl with MS. For more wisdom and great content from Ardra, visit: https://trippingonair.com/ Click here for her Trend-Able feature! https://trend-able.co...
Embrace It: Episode 9 - Tripping on Air w/ Ardra Shephard
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - July 06, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutesJoin us for some real talk with writer, blogger and rollator supermodel, Ardra Shephard as she spills her deep truths and life hacks from a girl with MS. For more wisdom and great content from Ardra, visit: https://trippingonair.com/ Click here for her Trend-Able feature! https://trend-able.co...
Embrace It: Episode 8 - Alexandra Herold, Founder of Patti & Ricky
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - June 18, 2020 17:00 - 39 minutesAs seen on the Today Show, Forbes Magazine and ABC7, Alexandra Herold shares her personal story of how she became inspired to create her Adaptive Product Marketplace, Patti & Ricky. Come for the inspiration and stay for the fun product tips! Visit this incredible online store!: PattiandRicky.co...
Embrace It: Episode 7 - CMT is a Mother
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - May 05, 2020 02:00 - 40 minutesCMT is a mother and one of life's greatest teachers. Join Lainie & Estela for a fun and unfiltered conversation about motherhood. We're spilling it all... the stress, guilt, joy, love (and dirty laundry) of navigating disability and family life! Support the Show.
Embrace It: Episode 6 - Silver Linings of a Pandemic
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - April 09, 2020 18:00 - 34 minutesJoin Lainie & Estela as they reflect on the current COVID-19 crisis and how we can all boost up our self compassion and tap into our "disability toolbox" to get us through these uncertain times. Looking for great tips, hacks and blogposts? Visit: Trend-Able.com Find more info and CMT patient r...
Embrace It: Episode 5 - Love & Disability, 5 Red Flags to Avoid
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - February 08, 2020 18:00 - 44 minutesFinding love can be challenging and even more so when you have a disability. In this episode, Lainie & Estela share their thoughts on a listener's online dating questions as well as 5 RED Flags to steer clear of when looking for a loving partner. More on this topic: https://trend-able.com/girlf...
Embrace It: Episode 4 - The Exercise Experiment with Julie Stone
Embrace It with Lainie & Estela - Smashing Disability Stigmas - November 06, 2019 14:00 - 36 minutesWhat happens when a CMT patient tests out 10 different exercises in 10 weeks? Join Julie Stone as she fills us in on her personal journey and lessons learned on self acceptance and adaptive exercise! Looking for great tips, hacks and blogposts? Visit: Trend-Able.com Find more info and CMT pati...
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