Jodie Honours Her Son Jacob

The Art Of Listening To Your Body · Nov 2, 2026 · 1h 44m

Content note: this episode includes a detailed conversation about the death of a child. Please listen when you have the capacity.

This week I sat down with a dear friend Jodie, a mother of three sons, to talk about her youngest, Jacob, who passed away in January 2026. Jacob was born with a significant brain injury, lived with cerebral palsy and was non-verbal and wheel-chair bound. Jodie shares what it took to raise him as a mother of a child with disability, a single mother, the instincts she learned to trust, and the moment she surrendered at his bedside.

Jodie shares about the sense of…