Oct 29, 20261h 15mS14
Yes, disability parenting changes us, but experiences we bring into disability parenting shape the way we navigate this life too! In today's episode, we're unpacking the baggage we bring into disability parenting, from...
About this Podcast:
This is the real, raw, and all the feels of loving a child with disabilities. Episodes feature parent-guests, professionals, and solo episodes with host Madeline Cheney. Their authentic conversations don’t shy away from the strong and mixed emotions that often accompany medically-complex parenting.Parents listen in to feel seen, validated, and receive much-needed solidarity. Professionals working with disabled people listen in to better understand what is often going on under the surface for a family living with disabilities.
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What is The Rare Life about?
This is the real, raw, and all the feels of loving a child with disabilities. Episodes feature parent-guests, professionals, and solo episodes with host Madeline Cheney. Their authentic conversations don’t shy away from the strong and mixed emotions that often accompany medically-complex parenting. Parents listen in to feel seen, validated, and receive much-needed solidarity.
Who hosts The Rare Life?
The Rare Life is hosted by Madeline Cheney. The show has published 318 episodes to date.
What has The Rare Life covered recently?
Recent episodes include "237: Baggage | How Our Past Experiences Shape Disability Parenting" (29 October 2026, 75 minutes), "236: When It Feels Like Your Fault | Accidents, Carriers, + Pregnancy What-Ifs" (22 October 2026, 58 minutes), and "235: Ways Our Identity is Impacted by Having a Medically-Complex Child" (15 October 2026, 66 minutes).
How often does The Rare Life publish?
The Rare Life publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 318 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Rare Life?
Booking probability for The Rare Life is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Rare Life requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Rare Life's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch The Rare Life?
The strongest fits for The Rare Life are Family & Social Services. The Rare Life has a kids audience and around 140 subscribers on YouTube.
About the host
Madeline Cheney hosts The Rare Life, a kids podcast with 318 episodes published.
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- Oct 22, 202658 minS14
Did my body fail my child? Did I do something wrong? Could I have prevented this? You don't have to be a genetic carrier to grapple with the complex feelings around whether you somehow caused your child's disabilities...
- Oct 15, 20261h 6mS14
Who are you when so much of your life revolves around caring for your child? For parents of disabled and medically complex kids, our identities can shift in some pretty significant ways, and figuring out who we are in...
Episode #233
233: PTSD | What It Looks Like + Why It’s So Prevalent for Disability Parents w/ Amanda Griffith-Atkins
Oct 1, 202658 minS14A hospital admission. A seizure. A certain time of year. Sometimes your body can react to medical trauma long after the moment itself has passed. But when does that become PTSD, and what does that look like when the...
Episode #232
232: Exercise + Disability Parents
Sep 24, 202657 minS14Exercise can be a powerful coping tool, a way to feel stronger, and something that improves our mental health as parents of disabled children. But for those in our community, it can also be hard to access, hard to...
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- Sep 17, 202646 minS14
Scrolling. Comfort shows. Exercise. Reading. Keeping yourself so busy you don’t have time to think. Numbing out can look a lot of different ways. In today’s episode, we’re talking about why medical parents numb out...
Episode #230
230: Amanda’s Story | Medical-Parent Anxiety, Fear of the Future + 17 Years of Perspective
Sep 10, 202639 minS14When your first child is medically complex, your experience can look very different from a “typical” parent. But sometimes, that’s only really apparent in hindsight. In today’s episode, we (finally!) have Amanda...
- Sep 3, 202626 min
Season 14 is here, and this time the focus is on how raising a disabled or medically complex child impacts us as people. This season, we’ll be talking about things like anxiety, PTSD, identity, feeling like your body...
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New Launch: The NICU Survival Guide w/ Cindy Reinhard and Ashley Caywood (Summer Mini #10)
Aug 13, 202623 minIt’s finally here! For the last year and a half, we’ve been working on this project to be a big hug for NICU families from parents who just get it. In this episode, we’re sharing our NICU Guide for the first time, why...
- Aug 6, 202620 min
Imagine this: You’ve just finished going through the diagnostic process for your child’s rare disease. You’re trying to find your new normal. And in the midst of all this, you continue to uncover your own medical...
- Jul 30, 202631 min
Parenting a medically complex child without a partner or co-parent can bring a new level of difficulty. From managing the financial realities of a solo parent household to the emotional weight of making all the...
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Why Asking for Help Feels So Hard (Summer Mini #7)
Jul 23, 202636 minAs parents taking care of disabled and medically complex kids, we could probably use a little more help and support than the average person... But that doesn’t make it easy to ask for it. From guilt to societal pressure...
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Sexual Health for Disabled Youth w/ Jill Arneson & Amanda Griffith-Atkins (Summer Mini #6)
Jul 16, 202630 minAs our disabled and medically complex children grow and mature, caring for and navigating their sexual health can be a tricky topic. From appropriately navigating sexual activity, consent, basic hygiene and even more...
- Jul 9, 202624 min
Clinical trials are so important. They’re how new therapies and treatments and cures are developed for diseases, and how we update our medical knowledge. At the same time, they aren’t without risk for our kids and our...
- Jul 2, 202626 min
Nature can be healing. But when you have a disabled or medically complex child, getting outside can also be complicated. Today, we’re talking about the ways nature grounds us, the grief that can come up when it is not...
- Jun 25, 20261h 24m
For most of us, traveling with medically complex and disabled children can feel daunting, scary, or maybe even impossible. But while not necessarily easy or simple, if travel is a priority for your family, it is...
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The Forgotten Fathers | To The Dads Who Hold It All Together w/ Lizzie (Summer Mini #2)
Jun 18, 202619 minThe dads deserve a village too. In this Father’s Day mini episode, Madeline talks with Lizzy of Wonders of Wally about her poem, The Forgotten Father, and the quiet, crushing ways dads are often expected to carry...
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Summertime Feels, Disability Ed. (Summer Mini #1)
Jun 11, 202622 minIt’s summer! But when you have a disabled or medically complex kids, this season can bring with it many, many mixed feelings. Today, we’re digging into all of that: how we feel about summer, what makes summer uniquely...
- May 28, 202633 minS13
<p>Season 13 is coming to a close, and this season covered a lot of heavy, but necessary ground.</p><p>In this finale episode, Madeline and Alyssa are joined by Caitlyn, a listener and mom to Miles, to look back on the...
Episode #227
227: Abuse and Neglect Safeguards | Who We Can Trust + How to Protect Our Disabled Children
May 21, 202634 minS13<p>Most of us can’t be with our children 24/7. At some point, we often must hand off care of our children school staff, nurses, therapists, hospitals, family members, etc to help care for our disabled and medically...
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