When Autumn Comes: Seasons of Hope for Medical + Disability Moms

By Susan Geoghegan

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We call ourselves the 4am Mom Club because more nights than not, our kids are awake at 4am. We both have very medical, complicated, rare, beautiful children. This is a podcast for medical and disability mamas (and the people who love them) who are facing a life they never expected. We share hope-filled stories of families, all shapes, colors, sizes and abilities, all in different phases of their medically complex or disabled caregiving journey. When Autumn Comes Podcast is a program of the Apricity Hope Project nonprofit. Our mission is to care for caregiver. Learn more at apricityhope.org

Episode Date
4 AM True Crime
Oct 17, 2025
Jen | First Place
Oct 15, 2025
4 AM Dead Fish
Oct 10, 2025
Amanda Griffith Atkins | Caring for Yourself
Oct 08, 2025
4 AM Jovie Love Fest
Oct 03, 2025
Live Like Lorelei | The book you have all been waiting for
Oct 02, 2025
127 Respite | Fresh Air For Caregivers
Sep 30, 2025
4 AM Welcome Back
Sep 26, 2025
4 AM Couch Friends
Sep 24, 2025
Friendship | Community in Medical Motherhood
Jun 11, 2025
4 AM Expectations vs Reality
Jun 06, 2025
Dr Keri-Lyn Kozul | Research in Rare Disease
Jun 04, 2025
4 AM Katrina's epic journey
May 30, 2025
Magical Shit Show | Dichotomies in medical motherhood
May 07, 2025
4 AM Shark teeth
May 02, 2025
Opening the box | Anxiety in medical motherhood
May 01, 2025
4 AM : Kaylee's fan club
Apr 25, 2025
Muchausen By Proxy | Conversations in the Medical community
Apr 23, 2025
4 AM : What you should know
Apr 18, 2025
Live from camp : HOPE FULL | A flocking Good time
Apr 16, 2025
4 AM | To-may-to To-mah-to
Apr 11, 2025
Margie | Finding Yourself Again in Medical Motherhood
Apr 09, 2025
4 AM | Dogs
Apr 04, 2025
I didn't sign up for this | musings on medical motherhood
Apr 02, 2025
4 AM Uterusless and Tik Tok Famous
Mar 28, 2025
Canadian Susan | Caregiving an Adult Child
Mar 19, 2025
4 AM | International Susans
Mar 14, 2025
7 Things | Asking for help as a medical mom
Feb 12, 2025
Rat Thanksgiving
Feb 07, 2025
Mom's Floatie | Anxiety in Medical Motherhood
Feb 05, 2025
Wood in the basement
Jan 31, 2025
Monthly Challenge | Self Care for Moms
Jan 29, 2025
Camp Hope Full!
Jan 15, 2025
4AM | Dis-affirmations
Jan 03, 2025
NYE WTF | Entering the New Year as a Caregiver
Jan 01, 2025
4 AM pipe dreams?
Dec 31, 2024
Tis The Season | Navigating the Holidays
Dec 18, 2024
4 AM | What do you call a beanie?
Dec 13, 2024
T Bone Crash | PTSD in the PICU
Dec 11, 2024
4 AM I'd Put My Butt On That
Dec 06, 2024
Minimalism and the medical mom
Dec 04, 2024
4 AM | Irrational Rage
Dec 03, 2024
4 AM | Christmas Announcement
Nov 29, 2024
Picture Day | Anticipatory Anxiety
Nov 27, 2024
4 AM Dr's appointment
Nov 22, 2024
Suz | Lessons in Grief
Nov 20, 2024
4 AM Unitooth
Nov 15, 2024
Momma's Oxygen Mask | Therapy for the Medical Mom
Nov 13, 2024
4AM Summer Vacation to Christmas
Sep 06, 2024
Vacations | The Joy and The Struggle for the Medical Family
Sep 04, 2024
Jessica: Summer book club pt 5
Jul 31, 2024
Jessica: Summer Book Club pt 4
Jul 24, 2024
Jessica | Summer Book Club pt 3
Jul 22, 2024
Jessica: Summer book club pt 2
Jul 17, 2024
Jessica | Summer Book Club pt 1
Jul 15, 2024
4 AM Retreats and Thunderstorms
Jul 12, 2024
Christi | Shaken Baby Syndrome
Jul 10, 2024
4 AM: I see dead people
Jul 05, 2024
Suz and Katrina 100
Jul 03, 2024
4 AM Black eyes and heat waves
Jun 28, 2024
Suz and Katrina | Benji is FIVE
Jun 26, 2024
4AM: Celebration and Rage
Jun 21, 2024
Therapy | The Ins and Outs for the Medical Mom
Jun 19, 2024
Daniel | Storytelling
Jun 13, 2024
Elena: Codependency in Caregiving
Jun 05, 2024
Katrina: Back again!
May 29, 2024
4AM: Balloon Button
Dec 15, 2023
Amanda: Grief and Celebration | Navigating New Chapters
Dec 14, 2023
Suz: For me, not to me.
Dec 07, 2023
Katrina | Navigating Repeat Hospitalizations
Sep 27, 2023
Welcome Back: We definitely ghosted you
Sep 13, 2023
Kim Mallon | Children's Therapy Concepts: Reaching Goals
Jun 01, 2023
Apricity Place Update
May 09, 2023
Take 5: This is Hard
May 01, 2023
Jessica (Part 2) | Defining Grief as a Medical Mom
Apr 26, 2023
Jessica (Part 1) | Finding the Cure: Navigating Rare Disease and Research
Apr 12, 2023
Diane | Identity as a Special Needs Mom
Mar 08, 2023
Take 5: Mental Vacation
Mar 06, 2023
Jen | Embracing the Magic with Intuitive Parenting
Feb 15, 2023
Take 5: Valentines
Feb 13, 2023
Take 5: Riding the Waves
Feb 06, 2023
Rita | Loving Bobby: Special Needs Parenting in the 1950s
Feb 01, 2023
Take Five: Exactly Who They Need
Jan 30, 2023
4AM: Farm Life + Side Hustles
Jan 30, 2023
Claire | Chronically Beautiful: Connection in Caregiving
Jan 25, 2023
Take 5: It's time for you to take five minutes...
Jan 23, 2023
4AM: Back... Cracks and Rashes!
Jan 20, 2023
Diane is back-ish!
Jan 18, 2023
Daniel | Pain Points + Updates
Dec 23, 2022
4AM: Lattes for the Ladies
Dec 16, 2022
Brittany | Fixers + People Pleasing Mamas: Finding Community in Rarity
Dec 14, 2022
Tracy | Accept the Love: A foster turned adoptive mom navigating mental health
Dec 01, 2022
Tia | To Trach or Not to Trach: Making Medical Decisions for our Children
Nov 23, 2022
Meredith | Welcome to Germany: A 2X NICU Mom's Tips for NICU Awareness Month
Oct 14, 2022
4AM: Boob Graze + PICU Pillows
Oct 07, 2022
Olivia: Dumping The Bucket | Pivoting as a Rare Disease Family
Oct 05, 2022
Beth | Parent IEP Advocacy
Sep 22, 2022
Season Three Preview + BIG NEWS!
Sep 19, 2022
Summer Series | Traveling with Sensory Sensitivities
Aug 10, 2022
Summer Series | Travel Communication Tips for Special Needs Family
Aug 03, 2022
Summer Series | Cruising as a Family with Disabilities
Jul 27, 2022
Summer Series | Mobility Tips for Traveling with Special Needs Children
Jul 20, 2022
Summer Series | Respite and Vacations Tips for Medical Moms
Jul 13, 2022
Suz | Pretzels
Jun 29, 2022
4AM: Anxiety Popcorn
Jun 24, 2022
Leah | Book Club
Jun 22, 2022
Daniel | Trees
Jun 15, 2022
Two Grieving Moms
Jun 08, 2022
4AM: Camping, Porkchop Juice + Stolen Pretzels
Jun 03, 2022
Kristy | Accessible Adventures
Jun 01, 2022
4AM: Meditative Laundry Session?
May 27, 2022
Stephanie | Red
May 25, 2022
Rusty Medical Mom
May 18, 2022
4AM: Pole Racing, a Henna Penis + More
May 15, 2022
Kristen | Smiling While Grieving
May 11, 2022
4AM: Sleep spitting + Who Ha Pills + Whatever Suz talked about
May 07, 2022
The Most Epic Mother's Day Pep Talk Ever
May 04, 2022
4AM: Does wine count as self care?
Apr 29, 2022
Amanda Rogers, MA, LPC | Mental Load of Medical Motherhood
Apr 27, 2022
4AM: Spring Break at CVS
Apr 24, 2022
Marion | Stoic Irish Mama
Apr 20, 2022
Danielle | Thirty-Four
Apr 13, 2022
4AM: 90 Day Fiance Confessions
Apr 08, 2022
Spring Break
Apr 06, 2022
4AM: 15 Margaritas
Apr 01, 2022
Alycia | Widening Doors
Mar 30, 2022
4AM: Medium Stories
Mar 25, 2022
Jeni, Psychic Medium | Connection through Grief
Mar 23, 2022
Re-Entry After A Pandemic
Mar 11, 2022
4AM: Covid Hair
Mar 04, 2022
Kimberly | Bookends
Mar 02, 2022
4AM: Childhood Celebrity Crushes
Feb 25, 2022
Lou | 1800 Signatures
Feb 23, 2022
Anticipatory Grief with Sarah
Feb 16, 2022
4AM: TubieBerries
Feb 11, 2022
Let Them Lick the Butter | Feeding Tube Awareness
Feb 09, 2022
4AM: Dream Jobs
Feb 04, 2022
Meredith | Part Two | The Feast
Feb 02, 2022
4AM: Bad Haircuts
Jan 28, 2022
Meredith |Part One | God's Puzzle Pieces
Jan 26, 2022
4AM: Planners for Planners
Jan 21, 2022
Channing | Cozying Up with Anxiety
Jan 19, 2022
4AM: Oh hey, 2022 Intentions
Jan 14, 2022
Milestones + Goals
Jan 12, 2022
One Year
Dec 15, 2021
Jen - Part 2 | Beauty from Ashes
Dec 08, 2021
Jen - Part 1 | Eating the Elephant(s)
Dec 01, 2021
What Makes You Grateful?
Nov 24, 2021
4AM: EICU (Elf Intensive Care Unit)
Nov 19, 2021
Unexpected Gratitude
Nov 17, 2021