LIFE Beyond Aphasia
by LIFE Aphasia Academy® Genevieve Richardson
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About this podcast
Welcome to the Listen for LIFE Aphasia Podcast, where you’re among friends who understand the journey of aphasia. If the word ’aphasia’ is familiar, then you’re in the right place. Join us as we embark on a journey filled with knowledge, inspiration, invaluable resources, and unwavering support.
Feeling isolated or overwhelmed by the day-to-day challenges? You’re not alone. The Listen for LIFE Aphasia podcast is your sanctuary, designed to uplift and empower you through every step of your journey. Through insightful conversations and uplifting stories, we’ll provide the guidance and encouragement you need to embrace life to its fullest.
In life, they say it takes a village. Consider this podcast your village—a place where understanding, compassion, and empowerment converge. Together, we’ll navigate the twists and turns, celebrating triumphs and overcoming obstacles because here, your journey is our journey.
Welcome home—to the Listen for LIFE Aphasia Podcast, where every voice matters.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 223 episodes
- Aphasia Field Guide: Why You Feel So Alone as an Aphasia Care Partner | #221 · 14 min · Episode 221Do you feel lonely from the minute you wake up? Aphasia care partners carry five heavy burdens, and this episode names every one. Leaving would be easier, but you stayed for…
- When He Can't Tell The Doctor What's Wrong, Try This | #220 · 26 min · Episode 220When your person has aphasia and ends up in the hospital, who tells the doctor where it hurts? One app lets him say it himself, one tap at a time. Although leaving would be…
- Relationship After Stroke: How to Rebuild the Closeness You Had | #219 · 12 min · Episode 219Brian started writing notes again for the gratitude vase by his front door. A few weeks later his wife was writing them too, and their kids were reading the notes out loud at…
- Speech Therapy for Aphasia at Home: Turn a Catalog Into Practice | #218 · 11 min · Episode 218What if the hobby you miss most became your next therapy session? The fishing catalog shows up in the mail. You open it, and suddenly you're picking a rod for the lake, the…
- Right Hemisphere Stroke and Personality Changes: What's Actually Happening | #217 · 18 min · Episode 217He used to hold every door open. Now he just walks right through them. Take the free Care Partner Compass: https://aphasiacarepartnercompass.com/ That's not him choosing to be…
- Fluent vs. Non-Fluent Aphasia: Why Communication Breaks Down (And What To Do About It) | #216 · 25 min · Episode 216She asked if he liked rocks in his soup. He said delicious. Book a free connection call here: https://dolifespeech.intakeq.com/booking?serviceId=dc1e232b-a9ed-46cb-aba3-cdbbb0fab9…
- What Happens After Rehab Ends? | #215 · 16 min · Episode 214Rehab ended and the paperwork said he was done improving. He wasn't. Take the Aphasia Strengths Compass and see exactly where to start rebuilding: https://findaphasiasupport.com…
- Why He Starts Tasks and Never Finishes Them: Executive Dysfunction | #214 · 15 min · Episode 215He didn't skip the ceiling on purpose. He didn't even know he'd stopped. Book a free connection call here. That's the difference between disrespect and executive dysfunction, and…
- He's Not Backsliding. He's Just Out Of Fuel. | #213 · 13 min · Episode 213He did the whole thing Monday. Wednesday, he couldn't. If stroke recovery looks different every single day, some days willing, some days gone, here's the real reason, and it's…
- He Could Say It Himself. He Doesn't. | #212 · 16 min · Episode 212He can order his coffee just fine at home. In public, something else happens. Understand what's actually going on in addition to aphasia and find the solution. If you've been…
- He Hasn't Given Up, Even Though It Looks Like It | 211 · 14 min · Episode 211Not every silence after a stroke means someone's given up. If your husband has no motivation to do anything since his stroke or aphasia, here are the two most commonly confused…
- 7 Reasons He Won't Get Off the Couch | #210 · 24 min · Episode 210The couch isn't the diagnosis. It's the symptom of what's really happening in his brain after a stroke. If he has no motivation to do anything since his stroke or aphasia, here…
- Your Good Intentions May Be Taking Their Aphasia Voice | #209 · 10 min · Episode 209Do you finish his sentences or jump in during the pause? If you love someone with aphasia, this explains how rushing takes away his voice. Although leaving would be easier, you…
- Is He Just Being Lazy After His Stroke? | #208 · 15 min · Episode 208Why won’t he do his exercises or try to talk anymore? If your husband has aphasia after a stroke, here is why he stopped trying, and it is not laziness. You thought leaving would…
- She Had a Hemorrhagic Stroke and Became a Super Survivor | #207 · 20 min · Episode 207Judy Cage had a massive hemorrhagic stroke at 39. She walked out of the rehab hospital two months later. Her colleagues thought she'd been on a leave of absence. What was…
- Her Good Intentions May Be Blocking His Aphasia Communication | #206 · 28 min · Episode 206She loves him. She asks questions, checks in, fills the silence. But the way she's talking to him may be working against his brain, not with it, and that is not her fault. Rehab…
- Aphasia Caregivers Are Losing Themselves and Nobody Is Asking | #205 · 28 min · Episode 205When the stroke happened, rehab had a plan for him. Nobody had a plan for her. She walked out of the hospital with a packet of papers, a med list, and a stack of homework…
- Going Back to Mom Mode May Be Costing Him His Aphasia Independence | #204 · 16 min · Episode 204You raised him. You launched him. Then a stroke happened and you became his mom again. The role shift nobody warns you about is one of the most costly things for his aphasia…
- What 18 Years of Stroke Recovery Teaches About Aphasia Mindset | #203 · 26 min · Episode 203Ralph Preston came home from the hospital in a wheelchair. He did 10 hours of therapy a day for 15 months, and the mindset behind it is teachable. Work with us…
- Communication Skills No One Teaches Care Partners | AGE of Central Texas Training l #202 · 45 min · Episode 202Nobody taught you how to talk to your person after everything changed. And nobody taught you how to speak up for yourself either. This episode covers both. Genevieve Richardson…
