Hope on the Hard Road Special Needs Podcast

Mom's Series:

"Unexpected Blessings" with Sandra Peoples

Hey guys, we’re so excited your joining us today. It’s the start of our Mom series and Sandra Peoples is back and sharing with us mom to mom in this episode. Sandra is the author of Unexpected Blessings and the special needs ministry consultant for the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention. Lets listen in as she shares her story.

Sandra Peoples (PhD student at SWBTS) is a special-needs mom and sibling. She and her family live outside of Houston, TX where she serves her church as the Inclusion Coordinator for Special Needs Families. She is also the Special Needs Ministry Consultant for the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention

. She’s the author of 

. You can connect with her at 

Medical Diagnosis Series

“Rising Above a Medical Diagnosis” with Becky Davidson

You are really going to enjoy listening to this episode. Becky Davidson is the Co-founder and President of Rising Above Ministries in Cookeville Tennesee. Becky is a mom of an adult son with special needs and is passionate about supporting and encouraging special-needs families, just like us. Along with her late husband Jeff Davidson, she co-authored “Common Man Extraordinary Call, Thriving as the Dad of a Child with Special Needs.” Their story is also featured in Tim Tebow’s new book, Mission Possible. Becky is a wealth of knowledge in the special needs community and an inspiration.

Becky Davidson

Rising Above Ministries

(931) 526-7473

risingaboveministries.org

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Medical Diagnosis Series

"Living with a Rare Medical Diagnosis" with Jolene Philo

We’re excited to share this next episode with you. We’re beginning our medical diagnosis series with awarding winning author and speaker Jolene Philo.

Jolene Philo grew up in a caregiving family and raised a son with medical special needs. As a teacher, she created an inclusive classroom for children with disabilities for 25 years. Her books for the special needs and disability community, including Does My Child Have PTSD? and Sharing Love Abundantly with Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages® for Parents Raising Children with Disabilities. She hosts the award-winning blog, www.DifferentDream.com. See Jane Run! and See Jane Sing!, the first two mysteries in her series featuring characters with disabilities, were published in June and September of 2022.

Special Needs website: www.DifferentDream.com
Fiction website: www.jolenephilo.com
Facebook special needs page: https://www.facebook.com/DifferentDream
Facebook fiction group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2388180041395036
Instagram: @downthegravelrd
Twitter: @jolenephilo

Family Series:

Parent Panel

Hey guys,
We are so excited to share this podcast episode with you! We are continuing on in our Family Series with a special parent panel interview from our recent Date Night event. Let me pause and say that if you missed this event be watching for more marriage resources coming soon. 
Each of these couples are an amazing example of Marriage in the Midst of hard circumstances. Each has a child with a different diagnosis and each are in different stages of life, but all have been on a similar journey with special needs. 
We hope you enjoy this episode. 

Family Series:

”Marriage in the Midst” with Bill and Pam Farrel

Today we are continuing our Family Series with an exciting podcast episode. It’s the 2nd part of a 2 part episode featuring the hilarious and heartfelt Bill and Pam Farrel. The Farrels are international speakers, and authors of over 50 books including the best-selling “Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti”. They are relationship specialists seeking to help couples become “Love-Wise”- and we are so blessed to have them return to speak to us about Marriage in the Midst of hard circumstances. Lets get started.

Bill and Pam Farrel

Bill and Pam Farrel are international speakers, and authors of over 50 books including best-selling  Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti.  They are relationship specialists and seek to help people become “Love-Wise”  Pam has experience as a Pastor’s wife and Women’s Ministry Director. Pam is a cheerleader, challenger and coach that believes that that "The one who gets wisdom loves life." (Proverbs 19:8) Her new creative Bible studies are  Amazon bestsellers:  

Discovering Hope in the Psalms ; Discovering Joy in Philippians and Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament.

When the Farrels are not traveling for speaking, you will find them on their live aboard boat or enjoying their 3 sons, 3 daughters in law and 5 grands

info@love-wise.com
www.Love-Wise.com 

Family Series:

”Marriage in the Midst” with Bill and Pam Farrel

Today we are kicking off our Family Series with an exciting podcast episode. It’s the 1^st of a 2 part episode featuring the hilarious and heartfelt Bill and Pam Farrel. The Farrels are international speakers, and authors of over 50 books including the best-selling “Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti”. They are relationship specialists seeking to help couples become “Love-Wise”- and we are so blessed to have them on to speak to us about Marriage in the Midst of hard circumstances. Lets get started.

Bill and Pam Farrel

Bill and Pam Farrel are international speakers, and authors of over 50 books including best-selling  Men are like Waffles, Women are like Spaghetti.  They are relationship specialists and seek to help people become “Love-Wise”  Pam has experience as a Pastor’s wife and Women’s Ministry Director. Pam is a cheerleader, challenger and coach that believes that that "The one who gets wisdom loves life." (Proverbs 19:8) Her new creative Bible studies are  Amazon bestsellers:  

Discovering Hope in the Psalms ; Discovering Joy in Philippians and Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament.

When the Farrels are not traveling for speaking, you will find them on their live aboard boat or enjoying their 3 sons, 3 daughters in law and 5 grands

info@love-wise.com
www.Love-Wise.com 

Welcome Back!

We’re so thankful that you’re listening to this podcast. As a family on the special needs journey we get it.  This road can be incredibly hard and isolating at times. That’s why this  podcast and our community was created.  We want to create to a space where you can find connection and encouragement and HOPE. And we’re so happy you’ve joined us.

To start the New Year off we wanted to celebrate where we’ve been this podcast season by re playing some of the highlights from the fall. Then we will preview some of the podcasts coming up in the new year. 

We’re so excited for this season and all it has to offer in the way of encouragement, connection, and hope for our families listening. So please take a second to follow us and you won’t miss an episode.

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Special Needs Ministry Series:

"Special Needs Ministry in the Church" with Sandra Peoples

You’re not going to want to miss this episode. Continuing on with our series on Special Needs Ministry and the Church today we are talking with Sandra Peoples, author of “Unexpected Blessings” and Special Needs Ministry Consultant of the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention. As a pastor’s wife and both a sibling and a mom of someone with special needs, Sandra more than gets what it takes to start and maintain a thriving special needs ministry no matter the size of the church and more importantly just how much this follows after God’s own heart to minister to those with a disability.

Sandra Peoples (PhD student at SWBTS) is a special-needs mom and sibling. She and her family live outside of Houston, TX where she serves her church as the Inclusion Coordinator for Special Needs Families. She is also the Special Needs Ministry Consultant for the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention

. She’s the author of 

. You can connect with her at