Becoming Blind as a Teen with Laura Bratton | Episode 82

The Touch of a Mustang · Jun 25, 2026 · 1h 10m

Laura Bratton was nine years old when she learned she would become blind. For the next ten years, she lived with the knowledge that the future she feared was coming—while navigating adolescence and trying to build an identity beyond what she was losing.

How do you grieve a life-changing loss without giving up on the possibility of a good life?

Laura and I speak honestly about losing her sight as a teenager, the anxiety and depression that accompanied it, and the panic attacks that made an already difficult transition even harder. She shares the practice that helped reduce those attacks, the…