Tag Archives: mothering

Elizabeth Aquino: Who Am I Without All of This?

October 17, 2017Podcastadvocate, caregiver, caregiving, creativity, disability, disability advocate, extreme parenting, fragmentation, identity, meaning, mother, mothering, parenting, pastry chef, purpose, rights, value, writerDianeMcDaniel

Elizabeth Aquino is writer, disability advocate, and pastry chef. Elizabeth talks about the struggle to understand her own identity as separate from that of her now 22-year-old daughter, Sophie, who is profoundly disabled, as well as how the style in which she writes reflects this fragmentation of identity. Elizabeth also talks about the importance of creativity, what it means to give care to someone until one of you dies, and the questions that this caregiving raises about the value of a life and what it means to be human.

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Mother’s Day Special Episode

May 15, 2017Podcastcrowdsource, maternal, mother, Mother's Day, motherhood, motheringDianeMcDaniel

Mother’s Day is a celebration to honor one’s mother, motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. To mark the day we’re doing something different for the Real Cancer podcast.

Unlike other episodes, this one doesn’t focus specifically on cancer and it doesn’t feature a conversation with a single individual. Rather, this crowdsourced episode includes the voices of nine mothers reflecting on what they are thinking about on this Mother’s Day.

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