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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Resurface Podcast</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/resurface-podcast--7303029</link><description><![CDATA[Resurface Podcast is hosted by husband and wife Stephen and Rachel Scroggins. It is where comedy, crisis, and caregiving collide, told by two people who still have to make dinner.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7303029/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Society &amp; Culture</category><copyright>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg</url><title>Resurface Podcast</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/resurface-podcast--7303029</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:56:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Resurface Podcast LLC</itunes:name><itunes:email>resurfacepodcast@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>Resurface is a podcast about medical trauma, marriage when life has been turned upside down, and the kind of joking that confuses our own family.

Hosted by husband and wife Stephen and Rachel, we talk about medical advocacy, special needs parenting,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Resurface Podcast is hosted by husband and wife Stephen and Rachel Scroggins. It is where comedy, crisis, and caregiving collide, told by two people who still have to make dinner.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:category text="Comedy"/><itunes:category text="Kids &amp; Family"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>d6befc69-ed19-571b-b3f0-17f5a3aa396c</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Where We’ve Been: From Roller Coasters to Civil Rights | Episode 40</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-we-ve-been-from-roller-coasters-to-civil-rights-episode-40--75176733</link><description><![CDATA[Episode 40: Medicaid Waiver Fight, Invisible Disability, and a Labor Day Break at Carowinds<br />Rachel and Stephen return for episode 40 after a Labor Day weekend break, clarifying they are not homeless but still facing mortgage and housing instability tied to their ongoing fight for Medicaid services for their daughter Mila, who was born pulseless for 25 minutes and has an invisible disability. They describe support from a senator’s office, updates on the CAP/C Medicaid waiver legal battle (including losing Disability Rights NC counsel, proceeding pro se against the AG’s office, a Chapter 41B dismissal, and a stalled Superior Court appeal due to a sealed thumb-drive record), and a civil rights complaint alleging discrimination by North Carolina Medicaid that has recently gone quiet. They share personal updates: friends visiting, a trip to Carowinds with rollercoasters, a payment mishap, kids returning to school, the family dog’s decline, and Mila’s cochlear implant being turned down at UNC to improve tolerance after years of misdiagnosis.<br />00:00 Not Homeless Update<br />00:46 Episode 40 Intro<br />01:19 Mortgage Fight Help<br />02:20 Mila Medical Background<br />03:44 Invisible Disability Talk<br />04:51 Labor Day Plans<br />05:02 Friends Visit Setup<br />06:35 Carowinds Day Out<br />08:45 Water Ride Shenanigans<br />09:52 Debit Card Dippin Dots<br />11:47 Night Fury Marathon<br />14:17 Best Coaster Debate<br />15:37 Goodbyes Baby Fever<br />15:58 Pet Topic Tease<br />16:22 CAP C Waiver Fight<br />17:32 Civil Rights Complaint Update<br />20:42 Superior Court Stuck<br />22:11 Lawyer Life Jokes<br />23:15 HOA Email Wars<br />26:10 Dog Update And School Quiet<br />27:32 Bedroom Cleaning Debate<br />29:16 Mila Cochlear Implant Progress<br />31:21 Wrap Up And Next Episode<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75176733</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:02:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75176733/new_project.mp3" length="76357484" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://freepodcasttranscription.com/transcription/70c8136a6819529a7845a4dcd3ae3251a9d4283f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Episode 40: Medicaid Waiver Fight, Invisible Disability, and a Labor Day Break at Carowinds
Rachel and Stephen return for episode 40 after a Labor Day weekend break, clarifying they are not homeless but still facing mortgage and housing instability...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Episode 40: Medicaid Waiver Fight, Invisible Disability, and a Labor Day Break at Carowinds<br />Rachel and Stephen return for episode 40 after a Labor Day weekend break, clarifying they are not homeless but still facing mortgage and housing instability tied to their ongoing fight for Medicaid services for their daughter Mila, who was born pulseless for 25 minutes and has an invisible disability. They describe support from a senator’s office, updates on the CAP/C Medicaid waiver legal battle (including losing Disability Rights NC counsel, proceeding pro se against the AG’s office, a Chapter 41B dismissal, and a stalled Superior Court appeal due to a sealed thumb-drive record), and a civil rights complaint alleging discrimination by North Carolina Medicaid that has recently gone quiet. They share personal updates: friends visiting, a trip to Carowinds with rollercoasters, a payment mishap, kids returning to school, the family dog’s decline, and Mila’s cochlear implant being turned down at UNC to improve tolerance after years of misdiagnosis.<br />00:00 Not Homeless Update<br />00:46 Episode 40 Intro<br />01:19 Mortgage Fight Help<br />02:20 Mila Medical Background<br />03:44 Invisible Disability Talk<br />04:51 Labor Day Plans<br />05:02 Friends Visit Setup<br />06:35 Carowinds Day Out<br />08:45 Water Ride Shenanigans<br />09:52 Debit Card Dippin Dots<br />11:47 Night Fury Marathon<br />14:17 Best Coaster Debate<br />15:37 Goodbyes Baby Fever<br />15:58 Pet Topic Tease<br />16:22 CAP C Waiver Fight<br />17:32 Civil Rights Complaint Update<br />20:42 Superior Court Stuck<br />22:11 Lawyer Life Jokes<br />23:15 HOA Email Wars<br />26:10 Dog Update And School Quiet<br />27:32 Bedroom Cleaning Debate<br />29:16 Mila Cochlear Implant Progress<br />31:21 Wrap Up And Next Episode<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1909</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>40</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Would You Save Your Spouse or the Dog? | Married Couple Comedy</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/would-you-save-your-spouse-or-the-dog-married-couple-comedy--74797938</link><description><![CDATA[Would you save your spouse or the dog if your house were on fire?<br /><br />In Episode 39, Rachel and Stephen play “Wives or Husbands,” a game built around marriage hypothetical questions and which spouse is more likely to do what.<br /><br />It begins with familiar arguments about driving, directions, man flu, mental load, selective hearing, and passive-aggressive sighing. Then the questions become considerably less reasonable. The dog, hamster, baby books, and children all make Rachel’s fire-rescue list. When she asks whether Stephen would save her, a normal relationship question becomes a serious discussion about a charred wife, skin grafts, and whether Rachel was already beyond saving.<br /><br />They also uncover a five-year family secret. Rachel ran out of gas after insisting that zero miles did not mean empty, called AAA instead of Stephen, and recruited the children to make sure he never discovered she had been wrong.<br /><br />This is married couple comedy about wives vs. husbands, relationship questions, mental load, driving arguments, marital logic, and what happens when two people who know each other far too well are given hypothetical situations.<br /><br />📱Find Us On Socials:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow Us On Instagram</a><br /><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow Us On TikTok</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/resurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow Us On Facebook</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Resurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Subscribe &amp; Watch Full Episodes On YouTube</a><br /><br />📩 Business inquiries → contact@resurfacepodcast.com<br /><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br /><br />New episodes weekly.<br /><br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br /><br />Mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorMike" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorMike</a><br /><br />Related Episodes: Husband Roasts With My Sister | Episode 27 <a href="https://youtu.be/--EuvzagjZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch Here</a><br /><br />We Might Lose Our House - We Will Still Choose to Laugh | Episode 35 <a href="https://youtu.be/rrAZXWMHwbY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch Here</a><br /><br />These Pet Peeves Make Us Irrationally Angry | Episode 11<a href="https://youtu.be/u3fS-4oZbOo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Watch Here</a><br /><br />#resurfacepodcast #survivingthewave #marriagehumor #couplecomedy #wivesvshusbands #darkhumor #sarcasm #gallowshumor #traumainformed<br /><br />🆘 If you're in survival mode, this will help: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Free Help Download</a><br /><br />❌ If you are facing Medicaid service denials in the State of North Carolina, join the fight for systemic change by visiting this website and filling out the intake form: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ncmedicaidfamilies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Join The Fight!</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74797938</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:27:50 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74797938/episode_39_spreaker.mp3" length="70034924" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://podcasts-embed.musixmatch.com/t/01M1FR95P0QB0VWB3SAGRS0RN7.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Would you save your spouse or the dog if your house were on fire?

In Episode 39, Rachel and Stephen play “Wives or Husbands,” a game built around marriage hypothetical questions and which spouse is more likely to do what.

It begins with familiar...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Would you save your spouse or the dog if your house were on fire?<br /><br />In Episode 39, Rachel and Stephen play “Wives or Husbands,” a game built around marriage hypothetical questions and which spouse is more likely to do what.<br /><br />It begins with familiar arguments about driving, directions, man flu, mental load, selective hearing, and passive-aggressive sighing. Then the questions become considerably less reasonable. The dog, hamster, baby books, and children all make Rachel’s fire-rescue list. When she asks whether Stephen would save her, a normal relationship question becomes a serious discussion about a charred wife, skin grafts, and whether Rachel was already beyond saving.<br /><br />They also uncover a five-year family secret. Rachel ran out of gas after insisting that zero miles did not mean empty, called AAA instead of Stephen, and recruited the children to make sure he never discovered she had been wrong.<br /><br />This is married couple comedy about wives vs. husbands, relationship questions, mental load, driving arguments, marital logic, and what happens when two people who know each other far too well are given hypothetical situations.<br /><br />📱Find Us On Socials:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow Us On Instagram</a><br /><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow Us On TikTok</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/resurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Follow Us On Facebook</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Resurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Subscribe &amp; Watch Full Episodes On YouTube</a><br /><br />📩 Business inquiries → contact@resurfacepodcast.com<br /><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br /><br />New episodes weekly.<br /><br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br /><br />Mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorMike" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorMike</a><br /><br />Related Episodes: Husband Roasts With My Sister | Episode 27 <a href="https://youtu.be/--EuvzagjZ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch Here</a><br /><br />We Might Lose Our House - We Will Still Choose to Laugh | Episode 35 <a href="https://youtu.be/rrAZXWMHwbY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch Here</a><br /><br />These Pet Peeves Make Us Irrationally Angry | Episode 11<a href="https://youtu.be/u3fS-4oZbOo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> Watch Here</a><br /><br />#resurfacepodcast #survivingthewave #marriagehumor #couplecomedy #wivesvshusbands #darkhumor #sarcasm #gallowshumor #traumainformed<br /><br />🆘 If you're in survival mode, this will help: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Free Help Download</a><br /><br />❌ If you are facing Medicaid service denials in the State of North Carolina, join the fight for systemic change by visiting this website and filling out the intake form: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ncmedicaidfamilies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Join The Fight!</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1751</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>caregiving,comedicrelief,comedy,couplecomedy,crisis,darkhumor,familycomedy,familypodcast,humor,marriage,marriagecomedy,marriagepodcast,medicallycomplexparenting,specialneedsparenting,survivingwithhumor,traumainformed</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>39</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>If Rachel Came With a Warning Label &amp; Zombie Apocalypse: Who Survives?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/if-rachel-came-with-a-warning-label-zombie-apocalypse-who-survives--74747234</link><description><![CDATA[The whiteboard challenge. Who would survive a Zombie apocalypse? Who would hoard snacks? And pranking Alexa.Then we move into a few serious questions. What do well-meaning people say that actually makes things worse? What do we wish people knew about special needs parenting?<br /><br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6df3110f-07ac-4836-aa2a-6c11831b79d8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:37:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747234/430544889_44100_2_02814c795fc83.mp3" length="52272482" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2a4d4f44-4bf0-4b9a-ba27-28bd7ff8cc1d/2a4d4f44-4bf0-4b9a-ba27-28bd7ff8cc1d.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2a4d4f44-4bf0-4b9a-ba27-28bd7ff8cc1d/2a4d4f44-4bf0-4b9a-ba27-28bd7ff8cc1d.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2a4d4f44-4bf0-4b9a-ba27-28bd7ff8cc1d/2a4d4f44-4bf0-4b9a-ba27-28bd7ff8cc1d.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The whiteboard challenge. Who would survive a Zombie apocalypse? Who would hoard snacks? And pranking Alexa.Then we move into a few serious questions. What do well-meaning people say that actually makes things worse? What do we wish people knew about...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The whiteboard challenge. Who would survive a Zombie apocalypse? Who would hoard snacks? And pranking Alexa.Then we move into a few serious questions. What do well-meaning people say that actually makes things worse? What do we wish people knew about special needs parenting?<br /><br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3267</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>38</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Favorite Things, Sarcasm &amp; What We Want More Of</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/favorite-things-sarcasm-what-we-want-more-of--74747238</link><description><![CDATA[What happens when a married couple compares their favorite foods, desserts, TV shows and restaurants, then realizes how much of life they have been putting off while waiting for the “right” time?In Episode 37 of the Resurface Podcast, Rachel and Stephen start with the important questions: Is crinkle-cut fry slander justified? Could Rachel actually win a food-eating contest? How many completely wrong TV shows can she guess before landing on *Saved by the Bell*? And which restaurants and desserts actually make the favorites list? We roast each other with sarcasm and deadpan humor, and guess completely wrong 95% of the time.Then the conversation gets more serious. WE talk about the things we keep postponing, from taking a real family vacation to simply having more time with our kids. Rachel opens up about the invisible workload behind special needs parenting, caregiving, Medicaid, legal battles, and CAP/C advocacy, plus the reality of raising a child who cannot reliably self-report if something happens. She also talks candidly about screen-time guilt, Fortnite, and realizing that the demands on her time have changed the kind of hands-on parenting she wants to be doing with our special needs daughter.This episode is equal parts sarcastic married-couple humor and an honest look at parenting, caregiving, family priorities and what gets pushed aside when there is always something more urgent to handle.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ab7bc7b6-090f-4d15-a1a3-ae88c53ecd9a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:29:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747238/430173114_44100_2_1da9909dba5bf.mp3" length="34019786" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8232fd83-6b22-4d45-86a2-ea6ca36faa59/8232fd83-6b22-4d45-86a2-ea6ca36faa59.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8232fd83-6b22-4d45-86a2-ea6ca36faa59/8232fd83-6b22-4d45-86a2-ea6ca36faa59.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8232fd83-6b22-4d45-86a2-ea6ca36faa59/8232fd83-6b22-4d45-86a2-ea6ca36faa59.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What happens when a married couple compares their favorite foods, desserts, TV shows and restaurants, then realizes how much of life they have been putting off while waiting for the “right” time?In Episode 37 of the Resurface Podcast, Rachel and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens when a married couple compares their favorite foods, desserts, TV shows and restaurants, then realizes how much of life they have been putting off while waiting for the “right” time?In Episode 37 of the Resurface Podcast, Rachel and Stephen start with the important questions: Is crinkle-cut fry slander justified? Could Rachel actually win a food-eating contest? How many completely wrong TV shows can she guess before landing on *Saved by the Bell*? And which restaurants and desserts actually make the favorites list? We roast each other with sarcasm and deadpan humor, and guess completely wrong 95% of the time.Then the conversation gets more serious. WE talk about the things we keep postponing, from taking a real family vacation to simply having more time with our kids. Rachel opens up about the invisible workload behind special needs parenting, caregiving, Medicaid, legal battles, and CAP/C advocacy, plus the reality of raising a child who cannot reliably self-report if something happens. She also talks candidly about screen-time guilt, Fortnite, and realizing that the demands on her time have changed the kind of hands-on parenting she wants to be doing with our special needs daughter.This episode is equal parts sarcastic married-couple humor and an honest look at parenting, caregiving, family priorities and what gets pushed aside when there is always something more urgent to handle.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2127</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/780503814e5f34959d777f96a48e18aa.jpg"/><itunes:episode>37</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Not the Game. Not the Device. Not the Settings. Kids Are Still at Risk</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/not-the-game-not-the-device-not-the-settings-kids-are-still-at-risk--74747242</link><description><![CDATA[A stranger claiming to be a 17-year-old messaged our child on Fortnite, then asked where they lived, their school, and their phone number.This week we're breaking format: a lighter Amazon reviews cold open, then a hard conversation about online predators on gaming platforms. We walk through exactly what happened when our child was contacted by an adult posing as a teenager, the red flags we missed, and the three reports we filed: local law enforcement, NCMEC's CyberTipline, and Epic Games. We also cover the parental control gap in tools like Bark Home, how to set up Epic Games parental controls step by step, and why this can happen on any device with in-game chat, not just Fortnite. If you have kids gaming online, this one matters.1. Bark Phone:Link: https://www.bark.us/bark-phone/2. Grooming red flags resourceLink: https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/onlineenticement3. Why Epic Games can't just let explicit content through: in 2022 the FTC fined Epic Games $520M, including a record $275M COPPA penalty, and required them to turn voice/text chat off by default for anyone under 18 unless a parent or teen opts in. Source: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/fortnite-video-game-maker-epic-games-pay-more-half-billion-dollars-over-ftc-allegations4. CyberTiplineLink: https://report.cybertip.org/5. Epic Games parental controls instructionsLink: https://safety.epicgames.com/en-US/parental-controls<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">38b3f46c-45b3-4cf3-a36c-17ff58e4b189</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:08:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747242/429744369_44100_2_a9c36bbbad58c.mp3" length="46886242" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/98877147-0ff3-450a-b3d3-d31065e69072/98877147-0ff3-450a-b3d3-d31065e69072.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/98877147-0ff3-450a-b3d3-d31065e69072/98877147-0ff3-450a-b3d3-d31065e69072.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/98877147-0ff3-450a-b3d3-d31065e69072/98877147-0ff3-450a-b3d3-d31065e69072.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A stranger claiming to be a 17-year-old messaged our child on Fortnite, then asked where they lived, their school, and their phone number.This week we're breaking format: a lighter Amazon reviews cold open, then a hard conversation about online...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A stranger claiming to be a 17-year-old messaged our child on Fortnite, then asked where they lived, their school, and their phone number.This week we're breaking format: a lighter Amazon reviews cold open, then a hard conversation about online predators on gaming platforms. We walk through exactly what happened when our child was contacted by an adult posing as a teenager, the red flags we missed, and the three reports we filed: local law enforcement, NCMEC's CyberTipline, and Epic Games. We also cover the parental control gap in tools like Bark Home, how to set up Epic Games parental controls step by step, and why this can happen on any device with in-game chat, not just Fortnite. If you have kids gaming online, this one matters.1. Bark Phone:Link: https://www.bark.us/bark-phone/2. Grooming red flags resourceLink: https://www.missingkids.org/theissues/onlineenticement3. Why Epic Games can't just let explicit content through: in 2022 the FTC fined Epic Games $520M, including a record $275M COPPA penalty, and required them to turn voice/text chat off by default for anyone under 18 unless a parent or teen opts in. Source: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/fortnite-video-game-maker-epic-games-pay-more-half-billion-dollars-over-ftc-allegations4. CyberTiplineLink: https://report.cybertip.org/5. Epic Games parental controls instructionsLink: https://safety.epicgames.com/en-US/parental-controls<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2931</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1c9dd5be5e88b8bc26f95a8ec9f1f286.jpg"/><itunes:episode>36</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>We Might Lose Our House - We Will Still Choose to Laugh</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-might-lose-our-house-we-will-still-choose-to-laugh--74747235</link><description><![CDATA[Episode 35 starts with Reddit reactions, stories, questionable snacks, cuteness aggression, Elmo, and a much-needed family day at Carowinds.Then the conversation shifts. Rachel shares what happened after the kids left for the day, the financial pressure the family is facing, and the fear that they may not be able to keep their home.This episode is funny, honest, and uncomfortable in the way real life sometimes is. Thank you for watching, listening, and continuing to support Resurface.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4885d0e9-7d70-4f0d-92e9-9ee6a98320ee</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:50:37 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747235/429243554_44100_2_90a420b75a987.mp3" length="72415189" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/05cbd862-e5e7-4d5b-a262-2288808d3864/05cbd862-e5e7-4d5b-a262-2288808d3864.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/05cbd862-e5e7-4d5b-a262-2288808d3864/05cbd862-e5e7-4d5b-a262-2288808d3864.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/05cbd862-e5e7-4d5b-a262-2288808d3864/05cbd862-e5e7-4d5b-a262-2288808d3864.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Episode 35 starts with Reddit reactions, stories, questionable snacks, cuteness aggression, Elmo, and a much-needed family day at Carowinds.Then the conversation shifts. Rachel shares what happened after the kids left for the day, the financial...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Episode 35 starts with Reddit reactions, stories, questionable snacks, cuteness aggression, Elmo, and a much-needed family day at Carowinds.Then the conversation shifts. Rachel shares what happened after the kids left for the day, the financial pressure the family is facing, and the fear that they may not be able to keep their home.This episode is funny, honest, and uncomfortable in the way real life sometimes is. Thank you for watching, listening, and continuing to support Resurface.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4526</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1e7894e0c7f6c02c219f9ea5565c066c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>35</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>We've Lived The Same Six Years. He Thinks It Never Ends. I Think It Will.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-ve-lived-the-same-six-years-he-thinks-it-never-ends-i-think-it-will--74747241</link><description><![CDATA[We started with a trivia game about each other. It ended with Stephen saying something he had never told me.After 16 years of marriage, we played relationship trivia to see how well we still know each other, and the answer was uncomfortable. What began as a comedy game about shoe sizes and Starbucks orders turned into the most honest conversation we have had in a long time. Stephen admitting he has been quietly struggling with depression since his stroke. Both of us grieving the people we used to be. And a real disagreement, on mic, about whether I am actually happy. This is glass half empty versus glass half full in real time. Marriage under pressure, mental health after stroke, and finding the humor anyway.This episode includes an honest conversation about depression and mental health. If you or someone you love is struggling, you can call or text 988 in the US to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.-(0:00) Intro(1:51) Relationship Trivia(3:55) The Starbucks Order Disaster(7:47) Our Favorite Foods(11:48) A Completely Free Saturday(18:57) What Song Will You Turn Up?(21:47) Comfort Shows(33:33) Ring Size And Height Fails(36:03) Order Of Operations In The Shower(40:33) Naming Everyone's Birthdays(48:09) "You Don't Know Me"(49:25) Do We Still Know Each Other?(51:24) Stephen Opens Up About Struggling(61:45) Grieving Who You Used To Be(65:18) What We're Really Afraid Of(69:33) What We've Stopped Saying(70:48) What We've Given Up(74:27) A Random Tuesday(76:22) "Do You Think I'm Happy?"(79:38) Glass Half Empty, Glass Half Full(85:33) Would You Change Me?<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">cd0be607-d02b-4749-8e01-b77c4f4c2a20</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:53:24 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747241/428384552_44100_2_136748aed5cb6.mp3" length="82868766" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/65490037-a50b-4de7-9760-bab2df5a7e2f/65490037-a50b-4de7-9760-bab2df5a7e2f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/65490037-a50b-4de7-9760-bab2df5a7e2f/65490037-a50b-4de7-9760-bab2df5a7e2f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/65490037-a50b-4de7-9760-bab2df5a7e2f/65490037-a50b-4de7-9760-bab2df5a7e2f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We started with a trivia game about each other. It ended with Stephen saying something he had never told me.After 16 years of marriage, we played relationship trivia to see how well we still know each other, and the answer was uncomfortable. What...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We started with a trivia game about each other. It ended with Stephen saying something he had never told me.After 16 years of marriage, we played relationship trivia to see how well we still know each other, and the answer was uncomfortable. What began as a comedy game about shoe sizes and Starbucks orders turned into the most honest conversation we have had in a long time. Stephen admitting he has been quietly struggling with depression since his stroke. Both of us grieving the people we used to be. And a real disagreement, on mic, about whether I am actually happy. This is glass half empty versus glass half full in real time. Marriage under pressure, mental health after stroke, and finding the humor anyway.This episode includes an honest conversation about depression and mental health. If you or someone you love is struggling, you can call or text 988 in the US to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.-(0:00) Intro(1:51) Relationship Trivia(3:55) The Starbucks Order Disaster(7:47) Our Favorite Foods(11:48) A Completely Free Saturday(18:57) What Song Will You Turn Up?(21:47) Comfort Shows(33:33) Ring Size And Height Fails(36:03) Order Of Operations In The Shower(40:33) Naming Everyone's Birthdays(48:09) "You Don't Know Me"(49:25) Do We Still Know Each Other?(51:24) Stephen Opens Up About Struggling(61:45) Grieving Who You Used To Be(65:18) What We're Really Afraid Of(69:33) What We've Stopped Saying(70:48) What We've Given Up(74:27) A Random Tuesday(76:22) "Do You Think I'm Happy?"(79:38) Glass Half Empty, Glass Half Full(85:33) Would You Change Me?<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5180</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b0d1b58cdc04eb5196d01c9bf5fc436a.jpg"/><itunes:episode>34</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Our 11 Year Old Great Dane Is Still Happy. We Might Have To Put Her Down Long Before She's Ready</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-11-year-old-great-dane-is-still-happy-we-might-have-to-put-her-down-long-before-she-s-ready--74747257</link><description><![CDATA[Nala is on hospice, she still plays, and she has growled at our special needs daughter twice. In 2019 a dog we used to own attacked, with no warning at all.Nala is our Great Dane. She is almost 11, she is on comfort care for liver damage and arthritis, and she is still happy. She still plays with Luke, our Golden Retriever. She still gets excited to see us. And we may still have to make a decision about her, not because she is suffering, but because we have a child with special needs who cannot read a warning and cannot get herself away from a dog that size. In 2019 we had another dog. He was 150 lbs, he was on a leash, he was sitting, and he attacked someone with no warning at all. We have never told that story publicly until now. This episode is that story, and the argument Stephen and I are having about what it means for Nala.<br />(00:00) Preview<br />(00:34) Welcome Back<br />(01:11) Medical Acronyms: Stephen Guesses<br />(16:32) The Story We’ve Never Told<br />(17:03) He Had CPR at Birth<br />(18:22) 2019: One Hundred Fifty Pounds<br />(20:20) I Made Him Sit<br />(23:12) She Needed Stitches<br />(25:09) The Health Department Gave Us Three Options<br />(29:21) Rehomed to a Family With Kids<br />(37:51) Luke and Nala Are Not Steel<br />(38:30) This Brings Us to Nala<br />(39:35) Why Her Bed Is in the Closet<br />(47:21) Two Growls and Escalating Confusion<br />(51:34) She’s Already on Hospice<br />(55:25) Are We Playing the Odds?<br />(57:11) I Asked the Vet If Families Have to Choose<br />(58:35) We Don’t Agree on the Timeline<br />(01:00:35) The Trigger We Agreed On<br />(01:08:02) The Food Aggression Toward Luke<br />(01:11:38) Why I See What He Doesn’t<br />(01:20:08) I’ve Been Grieving Her for Six Months<br />(01:21:33) Can We Get a Hamster?-New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements<br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a255baa0-1d02-4fce-8864-266b23517044</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:34:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747257/427967591_44100_2_9378ec4708032.mp3" length="80678660" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3ae0a07c-4018-4177-a7e9-24a65efa84a5/3ae0a07c-4018-4177-a7e9-24a65efa84a5.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3ae0a07c-4018-4177-a7e9-24a65efa84a5/3ae0a07c-4018-4177-a7e9-24a65efa84a5.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3ae0a07c-4018-4177-a7e9-24a65efa84a5/3ae0a07c-4018-4177-a7e9-24a65efa84a5.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Nala is on hospice, she still plays, and she has growled at our special needs daughter twice. In 2019 a dog we used to own attacked, with no warning at all.Nala is our Great Dane. She is almost 11, she is on comfort care for liver damage and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nala is on hospice, she still plays, and she has growled at our special needs daughter twice. In 2019 a dog we used to own attacked, with no warning at all.Nala is our Great Dane. She is almost 11, she is on comfort care for liver damage and arthritis, and she is still happy. She still plays with Luke, our Golden Retriever. She still gets excited to see us. And we may still have to make a decision about her, not because she is suffering, but because we have a child with special needs who cannot read a warning and cannot get herself away from a dog that size. In 2019 we had another dog. He was 150 lbs, he was on a leash, he was sitting, and he attacked someone with no warning at all. We have never told that story publicly until now. This episode is that story, and the argument Stephen and I are having about what it means for Nala.<br />(00:00) Preview<br />(00:34) Welcome Back<br />(01:11) Medical Acronyms: Stephen Guesses<br />(16:32) The Story We’ve Never Told<br />(17:03) He Had CPR at Birth<br />(18:22) 2019: One Hundred Fifty Pounds<br />(20:20) I Made Him Sit<br />(23:12) She Needed Stitches<br />(25:09) The Health Department Gave Us Three Options<br />(29:21) Rehomed to a Family With Kids<br />(37:51) Luke and Nala Are Not Steel<br />(38:30) This Brings Us to Nala<br />(39:35) Why Her Bed Is in the Closet<br />(47:21) Two Growls and Escalating Confusion<br />(51:34) She’s Already on Hospice<br />(55:25) Are We Playing the Odds?<br />(57:11) I Asked the Vet If Families Have to Choose<br />(58:35) We Don’t Agree on the Timeline<br />(01:00:35) The Trigger We Agreed On<br />(01:08:02) The Food Aggression Toward Luke<br />(01:11:38) Why I See What He Doesn’t<br />(01:20:08) I’ve Been Grieving Her for Six Months<br />(01:21:33) Can We Get a Hamster?-New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/Some supplemental music...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5043</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2135d176b952093d2e0ed6290eda23f1.jpg"/><itunes:episode>33</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>I Had to Do What They Were Paid To Do</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/i-had-to-do-what-they-were-paid-to-do--74747243</link><description><![CDATA[Somebody we trusted to do a job stopped doing it. And when Rachel realized it, she had a decision to make. Sit quietly and hope for the best, or sit down with a laptop for 10 to 12 hours a day and do the work herself.In this episode of Resurface, we start with laughter, always, playing guess what Google auto-populates and finding out the internet is going through way more than we realized.We talk about what it feels like when a professional you paid to help you stops doing the work, how you know it's happening, and what it costs you and your family when you have to pick it up. Rachel shares what her friend told her last week that landed hard: no one is ever going to advocate for you like you're going to advocate for you. Stephen talks about watching Rachel disappear into a laptop for days at a time. We get into depression, exhaustion, ripple effects on the kids, and why the old model of trusting professionals without question doesn't work in a world where clients can research almost anything.We also talk about the flip side. What it looks like when a medical professional welcomes hard questions instead of bristling at them, why second opinions matter, and how to know when you have finally found doctors you can actually trust.⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Google Auto-Populate Guessing Game11:08 A New Apple Podcasts Review12:16 Going Through a Wife's Bag, Follow-Up15:16 What My Friend Told Me About Advocating16:24 When I Realized He Wasn't Doing the Job19:38 Why Professionals Have to Meet Educated Clients Now23:02 Where Medical Information Should Actually Come From27:07 Doing 10 to 12 Hour Days to Cover His Work33:33 The Ripple Effect on the Family36:49 Carrying Multiple Life-Altering Fights Alone39:28 Depression and Losing Basic Self-Care41:07 The Real Message of This Episode42:25 Angry, Sad, and the Emotional Investment Gap49:57 Educated Clients, Second Opinions, and Doctors You Trust59:22 Related Episodes and Closing<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">f445a8e4-b55c-41cb-9ea2-88cb3ec640eb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 01:48:44 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747243/427554602_44100_2_91fc5b558b309.mp3" length="57601461" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6be3ba0a-5704-4366-aff3-f6eeed344e7e/6be3ba0a-5704-4366-aff3-f6eeed344e7e.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6be3ba0a-5704-4366-aff3-f6eeed344e7e/6be3ba0a-5704-4366-aff3-f6eeed344e7e.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/6be3ba0a-5704-4366-aff3-f6eeed344e7e/6be3ba0a-5704-4366-aff3-f6eeed344e7e.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Somebody we trusted to do a job stopped doing it. And when Rachel realized it, she had a decision to make. Sit quietly and hope for the best, or sit down with a laptop for 10 to 12 hours a day and do the work herself.In this episode of Resurface, we...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Somebody we trusted to do a job stopped doing it. And when Rachel realized it, she had a decision to make. Sit quietly and hope for the best, or sit down with a laptop for 10 to 12 hours a day and do the work herself.In this episode of Resurface, we start with laughter, always, playing guess what Google auto-populates and finding out the internet is going through way more than we realized.We talk about what it feels like when a professional you paid to help you stops doing the work, how you know it's happening, and what it costs you and your family when you have to pick it up. Rachel shares what her friend told her last week that landed hard: no one is ever going to advocate for you like you're going to advocate for you. Stephen talks about watching Rachel disappear into a laptop for days at a time. We get into depression, exhaustion, ripple effects on the kids, and why the old model of trusting professionals without question doesn't work in a world where clients can research almost anything.We also talk about the flip side. What it looks like when a medical professional welcomes hard questions instead of bristling at them, why second opinions matter, and how to know when you have finally found doctors you can actually trust.⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Google Auto-Populate Guessing Game11:08 A New Apple Podcasts Review12:16 Going Through a Wife's Bag, Follow-Up15:16 What My Friend Told Me About Advocating16:24 When I Realized He Wasn't Doing the Job19:38 Why Professionals Have to Meet Educated Clients Now23:02 Where Medical Information Should Actually Come From27:07 Doing 10 to 12 Hour Days to Cover His Work33:33 The Ripple Effect on the Family36:49 Carrying Multiple Life-Altering Fights Alone39:28 Depression and Losing Basic Self-Care41:07 The Real Message of This Episode42:25 Angry, Sad, and the Emotional Investment Gap49:57 Educated Clients, Second Opinions, and Doctors You Trust59:22 Related Episodes and Closing<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3601</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/581e1df8a6c0d9190f2f340a474e5aba.jpg"/><itunes:episode>32</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Medicaid Cliff: Stay Poor or Face Financial Collapse</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-medicaid-cliff-stay-poor-or-face-financial-collapse--74747249</link><description><![CDATA[A $10,000 raise. An $837 overage. By year end, this family was $21,000 worse off. Not our story. I still had to tell it.Stephen goes through my whole medical mom bag / purse on camera. Plenty of laughs are had as usual. Then I tell you the story of a family living outside Detroit that I have never met, a family raising a disabled child with epilepsy and a son with severe ADD, and I walk through the actual numbers that show what happens when a $10,000 raise takes their children off Medicaid and puts them on private insurance. This is the Medicaid cliff, told through math you can check, from inside a family the picture in your head probably does not include. Special needs parenting, medical complexity, disability, and a system that turns a raise into a $21,000 loss.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Diaper Bag: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784LMD7J/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&amp;th=1Weighted Vest: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MTJZX58?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&amp;th=1Loops Ear Plugs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3V4V1KD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&amp;th=1<br />Some supplemental b-roll licensed through Envato ElementsEdited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">1734c832-b01b-4503-9e4a-e01173e67e58</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:10:59 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747249/427240490_44100_2_2308da7290c89.mp3" length="55455241" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e1ec7b93-5ae2-4092-b66e-06210549e52a/e1ec7b93-5ae2-4092-b66e-06210549e52a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e1ec7b93-5ae2-4092-b66e-06210549e52a/e1ec7b93-5ae2-4092-b66e-06210549e52a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e1ec7b93-5ae2-4092-b66e-06210549e52a/e1ec7b93-5ae2-4092-b66e-06210549e52a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A $10,000 raise. An $837 overage. By year end, this family was $21,000 worse off. Not our story. I still had to tell it.Stephen goes through my whole medical mom bag / purse on camera. Plenty of laughs are had as usual. Then I tell you the story of a...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A $10,000 raise. An $837 overage. By year end, this family was $21,000 worse off. Not our story. I still had to tell it.Stephen goes through my whole medical mom bag / purse on camera. Plenty of laughs are had as usual. Then I tell you the story of a family living outside Detroit that I have never met, a family raising a disabled child with epilepsy and a son with severe ADD, and I walk through the actual numbers that show what happens when a $10,000 raise takes their children off Medicaid and puts them on private insurance. This is the Medicaid cliff, told through math you can check, from inside a family the picture in your head probably does not include. Special needs parenting, medical complexity, disability, and a system that turns a raise into a $21,000 loss.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Diaper Bag: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0784LMD7J/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&amp;th=1Weighted Vest: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MTJZX58?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&amp;th=1Loops Ear Plugs: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3V4V1KD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&amp;th=1<br />Some supplemental b-roll licensed through Envato ElementsEdited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3466</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5668e5c236fe6cf87869bfe4d50574c2.jpg"/><itunes:episode>31</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Single In Our Marriage</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/single-in-our-marriage--74747236</link><description><![CDATA[We found out there's almost no data on babies who survive 25 minutes without a pulse. Turns out we're it.This week Rachel and Stephen put each other on the stand, married-couple-court style, running through guilty-or-innocent questions about hiding from their kids, fantasizing about being single, and who actually farts in front of who after 16 years. Then the episode pivots hard into the real story behind their "single in our own marriage" verdict: Mila's HIE birth injury, a stat C-section, 25 minutes with no pulse, and the therapeutic hypothermia and DNR conversation that followed. They close out by walking through what co-parenting a medically complex child would actually look like if they weren't married, and why almost no published data exists for a case like Mila's.<br />⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Intro1:19 Pretending to Be Asleep2:57 Headphones as an Escape7:54 Volunteering for Errands9:40 Hiding in Your Own Home12:42 Secretly Relieved to Leave Town16:32 The Toilet Question19:07 Please Don't Ask Me Anything20:19 Have You Ever Been Jealous24:18 Fantasizing About Being Single26:46 The Verdict28:34 Getting Married Young: Pros and Cons33:50 Frontal Lobes, Football, and Falling in Love40:55 Closer Because of Mila's Birth41:28 Inside the Operating Room45:32 Why There's No Data Like Ours46:08 The DNR Conversation No One Talks About55:49 What If We Were Co-Parenting Mila<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">1d3de3b4-b51c-4910-b218-a36638e29a09</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:36:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747236/426653000_44100_2_6e1739ef0595b.mp3" length="59527835" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9297a045-ddc5-47b0-9a3d-d140e0a6925f/9297a045-ddc5-47b0-9a3d-d140e0a6925f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9297a045-ddc5-47b0-9a3d-d140e0a6925f/9297a045-ddc5-47b0-9a3d-d140e0a6925f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9297a045-ddc5-47b0-9a3d-d140e0a6925f/9297a045-ddc5-47b0-9a3d-d140e0a6925f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We found out there's almost no data on babies who survive 25 minutes without a pulse. Turns out we're it.This week Rachel and Stephen put each other on the stand, married-couple-court style, running through guilty-or-innocent questions about hiding...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We found out there's almost no data on babies who survive 25 minutes without a pulse. Turns out we're it.This week Rachel and Stephen put each other on the stand, married-couple-court style, running through guilty-or-innocent questions about hiding from their kids, fantasizing about being single, and who actually farts in front of who after 16 years. Then the episode pivots hard into the real story behind their "single in our own marriage" verdict: Mila's HIE birth injury, a stat C-section, 25 minutes with no pulse, and the therapeutic hypothermia and DNR conversation that followed. They close out by walking through what co-parenting a medically complex child would actually look like if they weren't married, and why almost no published data exists for a case like Mila's.<br />⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Intro1:19 Pretending to Be Asleep2:57 Headphones as an Escape7:54 Volunteering for Errands9:40 Hiding in Your Own Home12:42 Secretly Relieved to Leave Town16:32 The Toilet Question19:07 Please Don't Ask Me Anything20:19 Have You Ever Been Jealous24:18 Fantasizing About Being Single26:46 The Verdict28:34 Getting Married Young: Pros and Cons33:50 Frontal Lobes, Football, and Falling in Love40:55 Closer Because of Mila's Birth41:28 Inside the Operating Room45:32 Why There's No Data Like Ours46:08 The DNR Conversation No One Talks About55:49 What If We Were Co-Parenting Mila<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3721</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e63611106eee401f19b012253e739190.jpg"/><itunes:episode>30</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>We Let AI Judge Our Self-Care Habits</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-let-ai-judge-our-self-care-habits--74747237</link><description><![CDATA[We put AI in the judge's chair and asked it to rule on our self-care habits. It had thoughts. A lot of thoughts. And then it turned on Stephen.We kicked off Episode 29 with a game: Stephen typed increasingly ridiculous questions into Claude about our household, our routines, and whether I should be committed, and I read the responses out loud. The answers got more honest and more pointed with every question, until the bit collapsed under the weight of Claude actually caring about Stephen's mental state.After the laughing died down, we got real about what self-care actually looks like for medical parents and caregiving spouses, which is to say: not bubble baths. We talk about what we do manage to carve out, why the standard advice doesn't land for families like ours, and what it costs to run on empty for years.<br />⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Cold Open: Preview0:28 Welcome Back and Episode Intro1:15 Claude Enters the Chat1:32 Question 1: Does Claude Need a Mental Health Day?2:48 Question 2: 390 Unread Voicemails, Should She Be Committed?4:50 Question 3: Are Thumbnails a Legitimate Coping Mechanism?6:55 Question 4: Self-Care Routine for a Legal Document Enthusiast9:38 Question 5: A Relaxing Date Night for This Household10:32 Question 6: Are We Doing Self-Care Wrong?12:07 Question 7: The Eye Mask Off-Duty Protocol14:27 Question 8: The Banking App vs. Administrative Law16:00 Question 9: How to Delegate Seizure Safety to a Stranger17:52 Question 10: The Bath Bomb Question (for Real This Time)20:03 Revealing the Bit21:15 Transition: Self-Care, Actually21:58 What Advice Is Genuinely Absurd for Us24:58 What It Actually Takes to Go on a Date Night26:22 What Can We Do Instead27:07 Stephen's Case for the Gym30:00 What Rachel Would Do If She Had Time30:30 The Podcast as Self-Care39:06 Passion, Advocacy, and Purpose42:04 The Gym Debate44:09 Episode 30 Teaser and Closing<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all. New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">4deff0d9-d55d-4bf9-a83f-e73dec5a09df</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747237/426215419_44100_2_f8c3e4eb58f69.mp3" length="43713096" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/64b6983f-e4d4-42ce-8672-7db1e17b7744/64b6983f-e4d4-42ce-8672-7db1e17b7744.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/64b6983f-e4d4-42ce-8672-7db1e17b7744/64b6983f-e4d4-42ce-8672-7db1e17b7744.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/64b6983f-e4d4-42ce-8672-7db1e17b7744/64b6983f-e4d4-42ce-8672-7db1e17b7744.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We put AI in the judge's chair and asked it to rule on our self-care habits. It had thoughts. A lot of thoughts. And then it turned on Stephen.We kicked off Episode 29 with a game: Stephen typed increasingly ridiculous questions into Claude about our...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We put AI in the judge's chair and asked it to rule on our self-care habits. It had thoughts. A lot of thoughts. And then it turned on Stephen.We kicked off Episode 29 with a game: Stephen typed increasingly ridiculous questions into Claude about our household, our routines, and whether I should be committed, and I read the responses out loud. The answers got more honest and more pointed with every question, until the bit collapsed under the weight of Claude actually caring about Stephen's mental state.After the laughing died down, we got real about what self-care actually looks like for medical parents and caregiving spouses, which is to say: not bubble baths. We talk about what we do manage to carve out, why the standard advice doesn't land for families like ours, and what it costs to run on empty for years.<br />⏱ CHAPTERS0:00 Cold Open: Preview0:28 Welcome Back and Episode Intro1:15 Claude Enters the Chat1:32 Question 1: Does Claude Need a Mental Health Day?2:48 Question 2: 390 Unread Voicemails, Should She Be Committed?4:50 Question 3: Are Thumbnails a Legitimate Coping Mechanism?6:55 Question 4: Self-Care Routine for a Legal Document Enthusiast9:38 Question 5: A Relaxing Date Night for This Household10:32 Question 6: Are We Doing Self-Care Wrong?12:07 Question 7: The Eye Mask Off-Duty Protocol14:27 Question 8: The Banking App vs. Administrative Law16:00 Question 9: How to Delegate Seizure Safety to a Stranger17:52 Question 10: The Bath Bomb Question (for Real This Time)20:03 Revealing the Bit21:15 Transition: Self-Care, Actually21:58 What Advice Is Genuinely Absurd for Us24:58 What It Actually Takes to Go on a Date Night26:22 What Can We Do Instead27:07 Stephen's Case for the Gym30:00 What Rachel Would Do If She Had Time30:30 The Podcast as Self-Care39:06 Passion, Advocacy, and Purpose42:04 The Gym Debate44:09 Episode 30 Teaser and Closing<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all. New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2733</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3d657d6eeb4b216af7272f7b42353a1f.jpg"/><itunes:episode>29</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Her Life Is Worth As Much As a Billionaire's</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/her-life-is-worth-as-much-as-a-billionaire-s--74747245</link><description><![CDATA[We almost didn't film this one. A conversation online about disability gave us a reason to say something out loud again.In light of a public conversation about disability, down syndrome, and grief, We sit down to talk about something we live every single day: the worth of a disabled life. No names, no debate. They talk honestly about parenting our daughter Mila, who has severe disabilities from a birth injury, and about the hard truth that disability can be frightening, costly, and exhausting, while disabled people are still beautiful, valuable, and fully human. This one is about dignity, fear, grief, and joy all living in the same room, and about why a hard life is not a life worth less. As always, it starts with laughter before it goes where it needs to go.<br />(00:00) Cold open(01:20) The game: we laugh first(14:41) Why we're talking about this(15:49) What gives a person value(27:43) The hardest part of disability(31:29) Can you grieve and love at once?(36:47) Worth isn't about what you can do(40:12) Hard on paper, beautiful in person(43:55) Fear and love can coexist(46:36) To the parent who's scared(47:59) The one thing we want you to take away<br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy and profound hearing loss, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all. New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, an aunt or uncle to a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your marriage and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.It’s funny, honest, a little chaotic, and very much a sister episode.Because on Resurface, we laugh first. It’s a means of survival.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">10afe96c-eb14-4421-94fd-42cc5ad023e4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:11:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747245/425779137_44100_2_c7550602267e5.mp3" length="49149909" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We almost didn't film this one. A conversation online about disability gave us a reason to say something out loud again.In light of a public conversation about disability, down syndrome, and grief, We sit down to talk about something we live every...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We almost didn't film this one. A conversation online about disability gave us a reason to say something out loud again.In light of a public conversation about disability, down syndrome, and grief, We sit down to talk about something we live every single day: the worth of a disabled life. No names, no debate. They talk honestly about parenting our daughter Mila, who has severe disabilities from a birth injury, and about the hard truth that disability can be frightening, costly, and exhausting, while disabled people are still beautiful, valuable, and fully human. This one is about dignity, fear, grief, and joy all living in the same room, and about why a hard life is not a life worth less. As always, it starts with laughter before it goes where it needs to go.<br />(00:00) Cold open(01:20) The game: we laugh first(14:41) Why we're talking about this(15:49) What gives a person value(27:43) The hardest part of disability(31:29) Can you grieve and love at once?(36:47) Worth isn't about what you can do(40:12) Hard on paper, beautiful in person(43:55) Fear and love can coexist(46:36) To the parent who's scared(47:59) The one thing we want you to take away<br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy and profound hearing loss, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all. New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, an aunt or uncle to a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your marriage and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.It’s funny, honest, a little chaotic, and very much a sister episode.Because on Resurface, we laugh first. It’s a means of survival.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor:...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3072</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/95c483b367707b63ee96128341b5f398.jpg"/><itunes:episode>28</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Husband Roasts With My Sister</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/husband-roasts-with-my-sister--74747255</link><description><![CDATA[Rachel's sister Kristina is back for Episode 27, and this time they're roasting their husbands. Why do men say "I was going to do that" only after you start doing it? Why do they call from the grocery store like they've been abandoned in the wilderness? Why do they spend so long on the toilet?In this episode, Rachel and Kristina play a game called "Husband or Dog?" comparing which is more likely to listen when their name is called, get mad when dinner isn't ready, make a mess around the house, or cuddle when you actually want them to. Some of the answers may surprise you. Most won't.Then the conversation turns serious. Rachel asks Kristina the questions she's never asked her on camera: Were you surprised by Mila's first seizure? Did you know about the workplace discrimination I was going through? And the hardest one. Is it harder for you to connect with Mila than with your other nieces and nephews?Kristina answers honestly. What she shares about being an aunt to a medically complex child with epilepsy, the fear, the grief, the small moments of connection that mean more because they're rare, is the kind of conversation most families never have out loud.Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy and profound hearing loss, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all. New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, an aunt or uncle to a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your marriage and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.It’s funny, honest, a little chaotic, and very much a sister episode.Because on Resurface, we laugh first. It’s a means of survival.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">16900675-7aa3-41ab-af89-4c7dddaf9f13</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:05:19 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747255/425335876_44100_2_52181492f96cc.mp3" length="36443950" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Rachel's sister Kristina is back for Episode 27, and this time they're roasting their husbands. Why do men say "I was going to do that" only after you start doing it? Why do they call from the grocery store like they've been abandoned in the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rachel's sister Kristina is back for Episode 27, and this time they're roasting their husbands. Why do men say "I was going to do that" only after you start doing it? Why do they call from the grocery store like they've been abandoned in the wilderness? Why do they spend so long on the toilet?In this episode, Rachel and Kristina play a game called "Husband or Dog?" comparing which is more likely to listen when their name is called, get mad when dinner isn't ready, make a mess around the house, or cuddle when you actually want them to. Some of the answers may surprise you. Most won't.Then the conversation turns serious. Rachel asks Kristina the questions she's never asked her on camera: Were you surprised by Mila's first seizure? Did you know about the workplace discrimination I was going through? And the hardest one. Is it harder for you to connect with Mila than with your other nieces and nephews?Kristina answers honestly. What she shares about being an aunt to a medically complex child with epilepsy, the fear, the grief, the small moments of connection that mean more because they're rare, is the kind of conversation most families never have out loud.Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy and profound hearing loss, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all. New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, an aunt or uncle to a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your marriage and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.It’s funny, honest, a little chaotic, and very much a sister episode.Because on Resurface, we laugh first. It’s a means of survival.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2278</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/831a02a0f347e1e071dc4580c21737de.jpg"/><itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Sisters, Survival Humor, Stephen’s Stroke, and Mila’s Birth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/sisters-survival-humor-stephen-s-stroke-and-mila-s-birth--74747262</link><description><![CDATA[Rachel’s sister Kristina joins Resurface for an episode that starts with sibling chaos and somehow ends up in the deepest parts of the family story.They talk about growing up as sisters, childhood punishments, birth order, husbands, cleaning, workplace red flags, and why anyone who says “we’re like a family here” at work should probably be watched carefully.But this episode also turns toward the moments that shaped their family forever, including Stephen’s stroke and Mila’s birth. Rachel and Kristina talk about what it was like to live those emergencies from different sides of the phone, how trauma changes the way you remember things, and why humor has always been part of how their family survives hard things.It’s funny, honest, a little chaotic, and very much a sister episode.Because on Resurface, we laugh first. It’s a means of survival.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">83cc8919-d183-4240-a957-d2316a21d7b3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 13:06:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747262/424914826_44100_2_47703c0122473.mp3" length="80597994" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Rachel’s sister Kristina joins Resurface for an episode that starts with sibling chaos and somehow ends up in the deepest parts of the family story.They talk about growing up as sisters, childhood punishments, birth order, husbands, cleaning,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rachel’s sister Kristina joins Resurface for an episode that starts with sibling chaos and somehow ends up in the deepest parts of the family story.They talk about growing up as sisters, childhood punishments, birth order, husbands, cleaning, workplace red flags, and why anyone who says “we’re like a family here” at work should probably be watched carefully.But this episode also turns toward the moments that shaped their family forever, including Stephen’s stroke and Mila’s birth. Rachel and Kristina talk about what it was like to live those emergencies from different sides of the phone, how trauma changes the way you remember things, and why humor has always been part of how their family survives hard things.It’s funny, honest, a little chaotic, and very much a sister episode.Because on Resurface, we laugh first. It’s a means of survival.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5038</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/98312ab096047ffd6caff5b7f0cb21e8.jpg"/><itunes:episode>26</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Reality of Parenting a Child with a Life Threatening Condition</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reality-of-parenting-a-child-with-a-life-threatening-condition--74747246</link><description><![CDATA[Episode 25 starts with pet peeves, including Stephen calling from the grocery store, interrupted alone time, tipping culture, and more. We always choose to laugh first.Then we shift into a more serious conversation about raising a child with epilepsy.Rachel retells the story of Mila's first ever seizure, which was life threatening status epilepticus.We talk about how Mila’s diagnosis changed the way we parent, what constant monitoring looks like behind the scenes, why relaxing is not possible anymore, how epilepsy affects marriage and daily life, and how we try to protect her without letting her diagnoses become her identity.This episode is funny, honest, heavy, and real, which is basically the Resurface formula.If you are facing Medicaid service denials in the State of North Carolina, join the fight for systemic change by visiting this website and filling out the intake form: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ncmedicaidfamilies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/ncmedicaidfamilies</a><br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared in this episode reflect our personal journey and our understanding at the time, based on what we lived through and learned along the way. This content is not intended as medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2f1a368f-a8ef-44db-9728-3c476fa71702</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747246/424440848_44100_2_99fc3f126c327.mp3" length="61010754" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Episode 25 starts with pet peeves, including Stephen calling from the grocery store, interrupted alone time, tipping culture, and more. We always choose to laugh first.Then we shift into a more serious conversation about raising a child with...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Episode 25 starts with pet peeves, including Stephen calling from the grocery store, interrupted alone time, tipping culture, and more. We always choose to laugh first.Then we shift into a more serious conversation about raising a child with epilepsy.Rachel retells the story of Mila's first ever seizure, which was life threatening status epilepticus.We talk about how Mila’s diagnosis changed the way we parent, what constant monitoring looks like behind the scenes, why relaxing is not possible anymore, how epilepsy affects marriage and daily life, and how we try to protect her without letting her diagnoses become her identity.This episode is funny, honest, heavy, and real, which is basically the Resurface formula.If you are facing Medicaid service denials in the State of North Carolina, join the fight for systemic change by visiting this website and filling out the intake form: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ncmedicaidfamilies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://tinyurl.com/ncmedicaidfamilies</a><br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared in this episode reflect our personal journey and our understanding at the time, based on what we lived through and learned along the way. This content is not intended as medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3814</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/bf3e9c6e29de9ac46811e33bac420e06.jpg"/><itunes:episode>25</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Reacting to viral video comments, how trauma affects intimacy, and the decision to love</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/reacting-to-viral-video-comments-how-trauma-affects-intimacy-and-the-decision-to-love--74747248</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we start by reacting to the viral back massage clip comments. We then talk about marriage after crisis, family after trauma, and what intimacy looks like when your world has been turned upside down.<br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />00:00 Reacting to Viral Marriage Video Comments00:48 Back Massage Clip That Went Viral02:05 Men React to the Back Massage Debate04:39 Is Asking for a Back Massage an “Impossible Request”?06:17 “Horrible Western Life” Comment Reaction08:28 Men vs. Women in Marriage Comment Section10:36 Stephen’s Nervous Laugh and Marriage Humor12:44 “No Intimacy Unless He Cooks Dinner”16:24 Do Women Even Like Their Husbands?18:54 Back Massages, Marriage, and Mixed Signals20:54 Content Theft, Rage Bait, and Viral Podcast Clips24:21 Subscribe, Review, and Support Resurface Podcast24:50 Mila’s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Cochlear Implant Updates27:22 Family Updates, Superior Court, and Real Life Stress30:01 How Trauma Affects Marriage, Intimacy, and Connection30:43 Why People Assume Marriage Jokes Mean Resentment32:06 Love Is a Choice, Not Just a Feeling36:16 Marriage Vows Through Stroke, Disability, Parenting, and Crisis38:32 Bickering vs. Contempt in Marriage39:47 Why Asking for Help Feels Vulnerable After Trauma42:47 The Ripple Effect of Medical Crisis and Family Trauma46:20 Why Families Still Need Support After the Hospital48:03 Why Physical Affection Gets Hard When Life Is Exhausting54:11 Loving Your Spouse Without Making It Transactional56:28 Humor as a Survival Tool in Marriage and Trauma58:35 Why the Podcast Helps Us Laugh Together Again01:00:21 How Stroke Changed Stephen’s Emotions and Laughter01:02:24 Grief, Recovery, and Not Dwelling on What Was Lost01:04:28 Meal Planning, Family Stress, and Mental Load01:05:59 Aiden, Responsibility, and Kids Processing Family Hardship01:08:09 Hard Conversations About Budget, Medical Stress, and Marriage01:10:14 When Small Problems Feel Huge During Crisis01:13:10 PTSD, Irritability, and Needing Grace in Marriage01:16:44 Creating a Nightly Marriage Check-In Routine01:18:33 Upcoming EMU Update, Marriage Reactions, and Pet Peeves01:20:00 Closing Thoughts and Next Episode Preview<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">5770e012-ba0c-44d3-9add-58ec153b527a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747248/423972271_44100_2_13e8b27edca5e.mp3" length="77555669" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we start by reacting to the viral back massage clip comments. We then talk about marriage after crisis, family after trauma, and what intimacy looks like when your world has been turned upside down.
If you are parenting through stress,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we start by reacting to the viral back massage clip comments. We then talk about marriage after crisis, family after trauma, and what intimacy looks like when your world has been turned upside down.<br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />00:00 Reacting to Viral Marriage Video Comments00:48 Back Massage Clip That Went Viral02:05 Men React to the Back Massage Debate04:39 Is Asking for a Back Massage an “Impossible Request”?06:17 “Horrible Western Life” Comment Reaction08:28 Men vs. Women in Marriage Comment Section10:36 Stephen’s Nervous Laugh and Marriage Humor12:44 “No Intimacy Unless He Cooks Dinner”16:24 Do Women Even Like Their Husbands?18:54 Back Massages, Marriage, and Mixed Signals20:54 Content Theft, Rage Bait, and Viral Podcast Clips24:21 Subscribe, Review, and Support Resurface Podcast24:50 Mila’s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and Cochlear Implant Updates27:22 Family Updates, Superior Court, and Real Life Stress30:01 How Trauma Affects Marriage, Intimacy, and Connection30:43 Why People Assume Marriage Jokes Mean Resentment32:06 Love Is a Choice, Not Just a Feeling36:16 Marriage Vows Through Stroke, Disability, Parenting, and Crisis38:32 Bickering vs. Contempt in Marriage39:47 Why Asking for Help Feels Vulnerable After Trauma42:47 The Ripple Effect of Medical Crisis and Family Trauma46:20 Why Families Still Need Support After the Hospital48:03 Why Physical Affection Gets Hard When Life Is Exhausting54:11 Loving Your Spouse Without Making It Transactional56:28 Humor as a Survival Tool in Marriage and Trauma58:35 Why the Podcast Helps Us Laugh Together Again01:00:21 How Stroke Changed Stephen’s Emotions and Laughter01:02:24 Grief, Recovery, and Not Dwelling on What Was Lost01:04:28 Meal Planning, Family Stress, and Mental Load01:05:59 Aiden, Responsibility, and Kids Processing Family Hardship01:08:09 Hard Conversations About Budget, Medical Stress, and Marriage01:10:14 When Small Problems Feel Huge During Crisis01:13:10 PTSD, Irritability, and Needing Grace in Marriage01:16:44 Creating a Nightly Marriage Check-In...]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4848</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1d0a56cd91ff6dc12edac4b1edad45f4.jpg"/><itunes:episode>24</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The State says 25 Minutes Without a Pulse "Isn't Medical"</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-state-says-25-minutes-without-a-pulse-isn-t-medical--74747253</link><description><![CDATA[In Part 2 of our Medicaid waiver hearing recap, we read more direct quotes from the hearing transcript, including the moments that still do not make sense to us.This episode picks up where our last one left off. After losing in court, we are going through the actual exchanges from the hearing, including testimony from medical providers, arguments made about Mila’s needs, and the way her disability, epilepsy, brain injury, and daily care were discussed.Some parts are serious. Some parts are absurd. Some parts made us angry all over again.This is the final chapter of this part of the story before we move forward to the next level.We start out by doing what we always do, laughing as a form of comedic relief and trauma healing. We talk about:<ul><li>The state’s argument that Mila’s needs were behavioral or developmental</li><li>Medical testimony about her brain injury, epilepsy, and ongoing care needs</li><li>The claim that she “didn’t want to walk”</li><li>Why supervision and hands-on care matter when a child is medically fragile</li><li>What it felt like to put our daughter’s doctors on the stand</li><li>Why we are still fighting</li></ul>This is not legal advice or medical advice. This is our family’s experience, told in real time, with direct quotes from the hearing and our honest reactions as Mila’s parents.<br />If you missed Part 1, watch it here: <a href="https://youtu.be/SNfBZO1XdQE?si=l_A6CBlqW76hSpEw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/SNfBZO1XdQE?si=l_A6CBlqW76hSpEw</a><br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">0b1ddacb-12e2-4a70-be73-b76da05cf9f5</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 10:55:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747253/423474530_44100_2_455bfc0b5b649.mp3" length="48878653" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In Part 2 of our Medicaid waiver hearing recap, we read more direct quotes from the hearing transcript, including the moments that still do not make sense to us.This episode picks up where our last one left off. After losing in court, we are going...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In Part 2 of our Medicaid waiver hearing recap, we read more direct quotes from the hearing transcript, including the moments that still do not make sense to us.This episode picks up where our last one left off. After losing in court, we are going through the actual exchanges from the hearing, including testimony from medical providers, arguments made about Mila’s needs, and the way her disability, epilepsy, brain injury, and daily care were discussed.Some parts are serious. Some parts are absurd. Some parts made us angry all over again.This is the final chapter of this part of the story before we move forward to the next level.We start out by doing what we always do, laughing as a form of comedic relief and trauma healing. We talk about:<ul><li>The state’s argument that Mila’s needs were behavioral or developmental</li><li>Medical testimony about her brain injury, epilepsy, and ongoing care needs</li><li>The claim that she “didn’t want to walk”</li><li>Why supervision and hands-on care matter when a child is medically fragile</li><li>What it felt like to put our daughter’s doctors on the stand</li><li>Why we are still fighting</li></ul>This is not legal advice or medical advice. This is our family’s experience, told in real time, with direct quotes from the hearing and our honest reactions as Mila’s parents.<br />If you missed Part 1, watch it here: <a href="https://youtu.be/SNfBZO1XdQE?si=l_A6CBlqW76hSpEw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://youtu.be/SNfBZO1XdQE?si=l_A6CBlqW76hSpEw</a><br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3055</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/feb27c18e0a7e4fa86e8a757de428c90.jpg"/><itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>We Lost in Court - Reading Direct Quotes from the Hearing</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-lost-in-court-reading-direct-quotes-from-the-hearing--74747244</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode of Resurface, we start the way we refuse to stop starting, with laughter, marriage banter, and another round of Agree or Disagree. We debate whether the higher earner should get more say over money, why “we need to talk” texts are morally wrong unless immediately explained, whether one parent should override the other’s discipline, and whether all men should know how to cook.Then the episode turns to the heart of it: an update on Mila’s CAP/C waiver hearing against NC DHHS. Rachel walks Stephen through key moments from the hearing, including medical testimony about Mila’s birth injury, her prolonged seizure with status epilepticus, her hearing loss, the state’s attempt to frame her needs as behavioral or developmental rather than medical, and the judge’s decision to dismiss the case before the state ever put on its own witnesses. Stephen reacts in real time as Rachel reads portions of the testimony, the judge's comments, and the state attorney's remarks. And, we both explain why we will keep going.This one moves from funny to furious to determined, because that is basically the Resurface brand: real life, very few polished edges, and the refusal to stop laughing even when the serious parts are very serious.<br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">3678d418-3f1a-46fa-a58d-8511edcf8e3d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747244/423028474_44100_2_e15fb7e65774d.mp3" length="61903097" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode of Resurface, we start the way we refuse to stop starting, with laughter, marriage banter, and another round of Agree or Disagree. We debate whether the higher earner should get more say over money, why “we need to talk” texts are...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Resurface, we start the way we refuse to stop starting, with laughter, marriage banter, and another round of Agree or Disagree. We debate whether the higher earner should get more say over money, why “we need to talk” texts are morally wrong unless immediately explained, whether one parent should override the other’s discipline, and whether all men should know how to cook.Then the episode turns to the heart of it: an update on Mila’s CAP/C waiver hearing against NC DHHS. Rachel walks Stephen through key moments from the hearing, including medical testimony about Mila’s birth injury, her prolonged seizure with status epilepticus, her hearing loss, the state’s attempt to frame her needs as behavioral or developmental rather than medical, and the judge’s decision to dismiss the case before the state ever put on its own witnesses. Stephen reacts in real time as Rachel reads portions of the testimony, the judge's comments, and the state attorney's remarks. And, we both explain why we will keep going.This one moves from funny to furious to determined, because that is basically the Resurface brand: real life, very few polished edges, and the refusal to stop laughing even when the serious parts are very serious.<br />If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3869</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/913042926a71793b307010fdee01d218.jpg"/><itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Why We Couldn't Film This Week - Our Daughter's Court Hearing</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-couldn-t-film-this-week-our-daughter-s-court-hearing--74747260</link><description><![CDATA[This is about as raw and real as it gets - our daughter's hearing was denied. We will be back Tuesday with all of the details! <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2c64733e-fe1b-451f-bb8e-ccca05cbeedd</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:14:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747260/4f66b73e_1a17_6aac_28fd_0510098f1c0e.mp3" length="1698791" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This is about as raw and real as it gets - our daughter's hearing was denied. We will be back Tuesday with all of the details! 
New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This is about as raw and real as it gets - our daughter's hearing was denied. We will be back Tuesday with all of the details! <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>107</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>21</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Parenting Under Pressure, Marriage Underwater</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/parenting-under-pressure-marriage-underwater--74747263</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we open with a round of fun and funny questions and answers. We then move into the main topic where we talk about parenting a child with complex needs, the emotional weight of advocacy, and what it feels like to keep functioning when the system keeps pushing back.We discuss speech therapy, medical and developmental concerns, CAP/C, and the reality of trying to help your child while also carrying the mental load of marriage, family life, and everything else that does not stop just because you are overwhelmed.This is a conversation about the parts people do not always see, the pressure, the fear, the second-guessing, and the strange mix of love, exhaustion, humor, and survival that can exist all at once.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">36dffd8f-81a9-4687-8d3e-f0bb423b9c78</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747263/422022533_44100_2_fd9a0e09f48d1.mp3" length="52631091" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we open with a round of fun and funny questions and answers. We then move into the main topic where we talk about parenting a child with complex needs, the emotional weight of advocacy, and what it feels like to keep functioning when...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we open with a round of fun and funny questions and answers. We then move into the main topic where we talk about parenting a child with complex needs, the emotional weight of advocacy, and what it feels like to keep functioning when the system keeps pushing back.We discuss speech therapy, medical and developmental concerns, CAP/C, and the reality of trying to help your child while also carrying the mental load of marriage, family life, and everything else that does not stop just because you are overwhelmed.This is a conversation about the parts people do not always see, the pressure, the fear, the second-guessing, and the strange mix of love, exhaustion, humor, and survival that can exist all at once.If you are parenting through stress, disability, medical uncertainty, or just trying to hold your family together while life keeps coming at you, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3290</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>20</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>When the body remembers trauma, a stroke update and laughing about the back massage clip</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-the-body-remembers-trauma-a-stroke-update-and-laughing-about-the-back-massage-clip--74747256</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we open with a round of questions and answers. They we move into the topic, talking about Rachel's trauma response she didn't see coming when her brain thought everything was fine.Rachel talks about what it actually feels like when PTSD lives in your body instead of your thoughts, and how she recognized it as a trauma response.Then Rachel ends up in the ER herself with chest pain and a concerning EKG, and Stephen has a trigger of his own that neither of them expected. We talk about what it means to be two medical trauma survivors with our own lingering struggles.Stephen shares a major update from his new stroke doctor, including finally getting the speech therapy referral Rachel has been asking for since Birmingham, and yes: he says the words. The episode also gets honest about how stroke-related emotional dysregulation shows up in parenting, what it actually looks like, and what might actually help.Plus the stolen back massage clip is still out there and Rachel has opinions.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />00:00:00 Introduction and Easter update00:00:42 Would you find out the baby's sex or be surprised?00:04:06 What's the most impressive recipe you know?00:11:00 If Rachel wins at the Supreme Court, what does she get?00:14:18 What city exceeded your expectations?00:18:01 When your body knows what your brain won't admit00:26:08 Mila's procedure and Rachel's trauma response00:30:33 Stephen had a trigger too00:36:13 Rachel ends up in the ER00:36:49 Rachel was right: Stephen finally gets a speech therapy referral00:43:57 How the stroke has affected parenting00:51:02 The stolen back massage video update<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">e9a2b6fa-f71b-4a65-bea5-97f2cea280a3</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:41:51 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747256/421618156_44100_2_94d3039e7c64d.mp3" length="57970519" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we open with a round of questions and answers. They we move into the topic, talking about Rachel's trauma response she didn't see coming when her brain thought everything was fine.Rachel talks about what it actually feels like when...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we open with a round of questions and answers. They we move into the topic, talking about Rachel's trauma response she didn't see coming when her brain thought everything was fine.Rachel talks about what it actually feels like when PTSD lives in your body instead of your thoughts, and how she recognized it as a trauma response.Then Rachel ends up in the ER herself with chest pain and a concerning EKG, and Stephen has a trigger of his own that neither of them expected. We talk about what it means to be two medical trauma survivors with our own lingering struggles.Stephen shares a major update from his new stroke doctor, including finally getting the speech therapy referral Rachel has been asking for since Birmingham, and yes: he says the words. The episode also gets honest about how stroke-related emotional dysregulation shows up in parenting, what it actually looks like, and what might actually help.Plus the stolen back massage clip is still out there and Rachel has opinions.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />00:00:00 Introduction and Easter update00:00:42 Would you find out the baby's sex or be surprised?00:04:06 What's the most impressive recipe you know?00:11:00 If Rachel wins at the Supreme Court, what does she get?00:14:18 What city exceeded your expectations?00:18:01 When your body knows what your brain won't admit00:26:08 Mila's procedure and Rachel's trauma response00:30:33 Stephen had a trigger too00:36:13 Rachel ends up in the ER00:36:49 Rachel was right: Stephen finally gets a speech therapy referral00:43:57 How the stroke has affected parenting00:51:02 The stolen back massage video update<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3624</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>What a doctor wrote in our daughter’s chart, why I stayed silent 10 months &amp; tax-deductible hair dye</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-a-doctor-wrote-in-our-daughter-s-chart-why-i-stayed-silent-10-months-tax-deductible-hair-dye--74747250</link><description><![CDATA[Ten months ago, a doctor accused me of something awful and wrote it in our daughter's chart. I stayed silent. Today I'm speaking.Mila was four years old. She was six weeks out from her first seizure: status epilepticus that lasted at least 25 minutes.We were in the hospital for EEG monitoring during a medication wean when a neurologist asked me, to my face, why I wanted my daughter to have a seizure. Then she slammed the door and wrote it in the chart.This episode is everything that happened in that hospital room: what I saw on the EEG, what I did to fight for her care, what it cost me to stay silent for ten months, and why I finally stopped.If you have ever been dismissed, accused, or made to feel like advocating for your child or loved one carries risk, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />0:00 Opening + agree or disagree6:22 Falling asleep during arguments + going to bed angry10:58 ChatGPT Pro vs Claude + Epic MyChart discussion20:45 Parenting humor: hair dye + paperwork burden25:29 Stephen signs off, shift to serious story26:01 Why I stayed silent for 10 months26:22 Mila’s history, HIE, and first seizure (status epilepticus)27:16 Hospital stay, EEG monitoring, and medication wean30:16 Infection, fever, and rising seizure risk32:53 Panic attack and hospital rounds34:29 Doctor dismisses EEG concerns36:41 “Why do you want your daughter to have a seizure?”37:19 Confrontation, door slam, and chart documentation39:44 “I will not touch this child’s head until the mother calms down”40:41 Reattaching EEG leads and advocating for care43:14 The doctor who helped45:42 Fear of CPS and why I stayed silent48:00 Working from the hospital under pressure49:54 Getting EEG records and calling Boston Children’s52:18 Dr. Pearl and building Mila’s medical record54:49 Second opinion and finally getting answers55:35 Transitioning care to Charlotte neurology56:11 What should have been explained58:02 Filing the complaint and correcting the record58:53 To parents who have been dismissed or accused1:00:15 I am still afraid to advocate<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">43ae330c-420c-47de-bf28-06100b99f998</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747250/421088165_44100_2_ed80e1afa244c.mp3" length="58775509" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Ten months ago, a doctor accused me of something awful and wrote it in our daughter's chart. I stayed silent. Today I'm speaking.Mila was four years old. She was six weeks out from her first seizure: status epilepticus that lasted at least 25...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ten months ago, a doctor accused me of something awful and wrote it in our daughter's chart. I stayed silent. Today I'm speaking.Mila was four years old. She was six weeks out from her first seizure: status epilepticus that lasted at least 25 minutes.We were in the hospital for EEG monitoring during a medication wean when a neurologist asked me, to my face, why I wanted my daughter to have a seizure. Then she slammed the door and wrote it in the chart.This episode is everything that happened in that hospital room: what I saw on the EEG, what I did to fight for her care, what it cost me to stay silent for ten months, and why I finally stopped.If you have ever been dismissed, accused, or made to feel like advocating for your child or loved one carries risk, this episode is for you.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast</a><br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects, parent a medically complex child and special needs child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still choose to love each other through the storm. And try to make you laugh while we do it. We are not a recovery story. We are a survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it.<br />0:00 Opening + agree or disagree6:22 Falling asleep during arguments + going to bed angry10:58 ChatGPT Pro vs Claude + Epic MyChart discussion20:45 Parenting humor: hair dye + paperwork burden25:29 Stephen signs off, shift to serious story26:01 Why I stayed silent for 10 months26:22 Mila’s history, HIE, and first seizure (status epilepticus)27:16 Hospital stay, EEG monitoring, and medication wean30:16 Infection, fever, and rising seizure risk32:53 Panic attack and hospital rounds34:29 Doctor dismisses EEG concerns36:41 “Why do you want your daughter to have a seizure?”37:19 Confrontation, door slam, and chart documentation39:44 “I will not touch this child’s head until the mother calms down”40:41 Reattaching EEG leads and advocating for care43:14 The doctor who helped45:42 Fear of CPS and why I stayed silent48:00 Working from the hospital under pressure49:54 Getting EEG records and calling Boston Children’s52:18 Dr. Pearl and building Mila’s medical record54:49 Second opinion and finally getting answers55:35 Transitioning care to Charlotte neurology56:11 What should have been explained58:02 Filing the complaint and correcting the record58:53 To parents who have been dismissed or accused1:00:15 I am still afraid to advocate<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3674</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e6307b030caeb8fdcccc3aeb8042f4b0.jpg"/><itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Cochlear Implants, Ronald McDonald House, and the Decision We Can't Take Back</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/cochlear-implants-ronald-mcdonald-house-and-the-decision-we-can-t-take-back--74747254</link><description><![CDATA[We're making a decision that can't be undone.In this episode we take you inside our visit to UNC Children's Cochlear Implant Center; what we learned, what surprised us, and the moment we realized we were finally in the right place. We talk through why we chose one ear at a time, what happens when a child wakes up from cochlear implant surgery without any hearing, and the fears we have.We also cover Mila's MRI and CT scan, a third set of ear tubes, four surgeries back to back, and what it means to be fighting a Medicaid denial at the same time all of this is happening.Plus the agree or disagree segment is back! Voicemails, rewatching shows, messy cars, and skipping showers as self care. Comedic relief is a must.<br />If you are a medical mom, dad, or special needs parent, this podcast episode is for you and to you. <br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects the world stopped asking about, parent a medically complex child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still show up and choose each other. And try to make you laugh while we do it. Not a recovery story. A survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it. <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ed22a7dd-e78e-4755-8d3f-8651b0c23f65</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:53:14 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747254/420692954_44100_2_f4a7a7ec05162.mp3" length="75719156" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>We're making a decision that can't be undone.In this episode we take you inside our visit to UNC Children's Cochlear Implant Center; what we learned, what surprised us, and the moment we realized we were finally in the right place. We talk through why...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We're making a decision that can't be undone.In this episode we take you inside our visit to UNC Children's Cochlear Implant Center; what we learned, what surprised us, and the moment we realized we were finally in the right place. We talk through why we chose one ear at a time, what happens when a child wakes up from cochlear implant surgery without any hearing, and the fears we have.We also cover Mila's MRI and CT scan, a third set of ear tubes, four surgeries back to back, and what it means to be fighting a Medicaid denial at the same time all of this is happening.Plus the agree or disagree segment is back! Voicemails, rewatching shows, messy cars, and skipping showers as self care. Comedic relief is a must.<br />If you are a medical mom, dad, or special needs parent, this podcast episode is for you and to you. <br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects the world stopped asking about, parent a medically complex child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still show up and choose each other. And try to make you laugh while we do it. Not a recovery story. A survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it. <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4733</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Our 5 Year Old's Lawyer Left Her (3 Days Before a Court Deadline)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-5-year-old-s-lawyer-left-her-3-days-before-a-court-deadline--74747258</link><description><![CDATA[3 days before a court deadline, our daughter's lawyer left her case. In this episode, we talk about our fight with Medicaid, specifically CAP/C. We discuss the impact suddenly being left in the lurch has made, the upcoming battle ahead, and our fears about what this might mean. We will never stop fighting for our daughter, and fighting for her means we are also fighting for other children with invisible disabilities. If you are a medical mom, dad, or special needs parent, this podcast episode is for you and to you. <br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects the world stopped asking about, parent a medically complex child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still show up and choose each other. And try to make you laugh while we do it. Not a recovery story. A survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it. <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">54fd7b9d-8204-4b82-9584-63e4142f3e29</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747258/420134887_44100_2_7886ba5d92f05.mp3" length="58841964" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>3 days before a court deadline, our daughter's lawyer left her case. In this episode, we talk about our fight with Medicaid, specifically CAP/C. We discuss the impact suddenly being left in the lurch has made, the upcoming battle ahead, and our fears...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[3 days before a court deadline, our daughter's lawyer left her case. In this episode, we talk about our fight with Medicaid, specifically CAP/C. We discuss the impact suddenly being left in the lurch has made, the upcoming battle ahead, and our fears about what this might mean. We will never stop fighting for our daughter, and fighting for her means we are also fighting for other children with invisible disabilities. If you are a medical mom, dad, or special needs parent, this podcast episode is for you and to you. <br />Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects the world stopped asking about, parent a medically complex child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still show up and choose each other. And try to make you laugh while we do it. Not a recovery story. A survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it. <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3678</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>We Love Each Other. We Also Drive Each Other Nuts. (One Marriage, Two Broken People)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-love-each-other-we-also-drive-each-other-nuts-one-marriage-two-broken-people--74747268</link><description><![CDATA[When two medical trauma survivors clash together and try to raise a family, it's not always easy. It's messy, complicated, emotional, and incredibly challenging. What happens when they do it on camera, in front of a microphone? From bank account anxiety, to PTSD's affect on our marriage, to a fun and funny round of agree or disagree, we sit down and hash things out as a married couple that still chooses each other each day. Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects the world stopped asking about, parent a medically complex child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still show up and choose each other. And try to make you laugh while we do it. Not a recovery story. A survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it. <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">d4abf993-9601-40ab-8133-38a66f3dfc50</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747268/419688019_44100_2_fd4e83d5ee275.mp3" length="65604544" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>When two medical trauma survivors clash together and try to raise a family, it's not always easy. It's messy, complicated, emotional, and incredibly challenging. What happens when they do it on camera, in front of a microphone? From bank account...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[When two medical trauma survivors clash together and try to raise a family, it's not always easy. It's messy, complicated, emotional, and incredibly challenging. What happens when they do it on camera, in front of a microphone? From bank account anxiety, to PTSD's affect on our marriage, to a fun and funny round of agree or disagree, we sit down and hash things out as a married couple that still chooses each other each day. Resurface is the only podcast where two medical trauma survivors, each of us carrying invisible after effects the world stopped asking about, parent a medically complex child together, disagree about many things, almost fall apart, and still show up and choose each other. And try to make you laugh while we do it. Not a recovery story. A survival story. The wave hasn't passed. We're still in it. <br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4101</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Hot Takes, Comedic Relief, Parenting Multiple Kids When One Needs More Attention, &amp; Bluey?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/hot-takes-comedic-relief-parenting-multiple-kids-when-one-needs-more-attention-bluey--74747271</link><description><![CDATA[Life is chaotic. So first, we laugh. In this episode of Resurface, we move from comedic relief into the real dynamics of marriage, parenting, and raising children in a medically complex family. We talk about:• Marriage communication in chaotic seasons• Parenting multiple children with competing needs• Balancing structure and survival• Identity shifts in fatherhood and motherhood• Sibling dynamics in special needs families• Caregiver exhaustion• Finding humor when life feels overwhelming<br />There’s a story in this episode that deserves its own space. And a current struggle we’re still actively figuring out.<br />If you're navigating: Special needs parenting. Parenting siblings of a medically complex childMarriage in stressful seasonsCaregiver burnoutMarriage after trauma or medical crisisTrying to prioritize all of your children when one requires so much attention...You’re not alone.<br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find Hot Mess Express here: <a href="https://www.hotmessexpress.co/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hotmessexpress.co/</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">99b226f9-f63f-4d78-bf78-672c72a53759</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747271/419168595_44100_2_d811bdfbdc62d.mp3" length="47520286" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Life is chaotic. So first, we laugh. In this episode of Resurface, we move from comedic relief into the real dynamics of marriage, parenting, and raising children in a medically complex family. We talk about:• Marriage communication in chaotic...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Life is chaotic. So first, we laugh. In this episode of Resurface, we move from comedic relief into the real dynamics of marriage, parenting, and raising children in a medically complex family. We talk about:• Marriage communication in chaotic seasons• Parenting multiple children with competing needs• Balancing structure and survival• Identity shifts in fatherhood and motherhood• Sibling dynamics in special needs families• Caregiver exhaustion• Finding humor when life feels overwhelming<br />There’s a story in this episode that deserves its own space. And a current struggle we’re still actively figuring out.<br />If you're navigating: Special needs parenting. Parenting siblings of a medically complex childMarriage in stressful seasonsCaregiver burnoutMarriage after trauma or medical crisisTrying to prioritize all of your children when one requires so much attention...You’re not alone.<br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find Hot Mess Express here: <a href="https://www.hotmessexpress.co/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.hotmessexpress.co/</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2970</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>48 Hours After Our Last Episode | This Doesn't Feel Real</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/48-hours-after-our-last-episode-this-doesn-t-feel-real--74747266</link><description><![CDATA[48 hours after our last episode, we received another diagnosis about our daughter. This time, we are numb. We talk about the impact it has on her future, how doctors missed it for 5 years, and the impact it has on our marriage and family.<br />This episode was not planned and is raw and real. We are a real life podcast. To hurt and heal alongside you. <br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ba5c04d7-0f80-49b9-99ee-3ccf3893a220</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747266/418811725_44100_2_fbc7ce5fe8381.mp3" length="71019623" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>48 hours after our last episode, we received another diagnosis about our daughter. This time, we are numb. We talk about the impact it has on her future, how doctors missed it for 5 years, and the impact it has on our marriage and family.
This episode...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[48 hours after our last episode, we received another diagnosis about our daughter. This time, we are numb. We talk about the impact it has on her future, how doctors missed it for 5 years, and the impact it has on our marriage and family.<br />This episode was not planned and is raw and real. We are a real life podcast. To hurt and heal alongside you. <br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4439</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>We Planned A Completely Different Episode | Unexpected Diagnosis</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-planned-a-completely-different-episode-unexpected-diagnosis--74747269</link><description><![CDATA[This wasn’t the episode we planned to record.We planned to film something completely different… and then an unexpected diagnosis changed that plan immediately.In this episode, we share what we learned from a recent neuropsychology evaluation, what it felt like to hear words like “unlikely” and “plateau,” and how that kind of information lands in a marriage.We talk honestly about fear.<br />About grief.<br />About advocacy.<br />About what it means to love your child fiercely while refusing to let a prognosis define them.This conversation is raw, unplanned, and very real.Everything has changed.<br />And somehow, so has our perspective.<br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">038e6d87-6d98-4ce9-8fd9-ab44d366fb84</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:51:57 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747269/418225784_44100_2_0547d953d54d2.mp3" length="62616302" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This wasn’t the episode we planned to record.We planned to film something completely different… and then an unexpected diagnosis changed that plan immediately.In this episode, we share what we learned from a recent neuropsychology evaluation, what it...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This wasn’t the episode we planned to record.We planned to film something completely different… and then an unexpected diagnosis changed that plan immediately.In this episode, we share what we learned from a recent neuropsychology evaluation, what it felt like to hear words like “unlikely” and “plateau,” and how that kind of information lands in a marriage.We talk honestly about fear.<br />About grief.<br />About advocacy.<br />About what it means to love your child fiercely while refusing to let a prognosis define them.This conversation is raw, unplanned, and very real.Everything has changed.<br />And somehow, so has our perspective.<br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3914</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Pet Peeves, Confessions, and Losing It</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/pet-peeves-confessions-and-losing-it--74747270</link><description><![CDATA[Rachel tells a story that makes Stephen look completely unhinged… then immediately admits the thing that actually makes her rage. What follows is laughter, disbelief, and a moment where joking turns into something more honest than expected.<br />This episode of Resurface is unfiltered, funny, and real — the way conversations actually sound when you stop editing yourself.<br />🎧 Topics in this episode:<ul><li>Everyday pet peeves (from minor annoyances to hard lines)</li><li>Humor, hypocrisy, and moral whiplash</li><li>Safety, rules, and why some things trigger rage</li><li>How couples react differently to the same frustrations</li><li>Laughing until it turns into crying</li><li>When a light conversation unexpectedly deepens</li></ul>If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or dark thoughts, confidential help is available by calling or texting 988 (U.S.) or visiting findahelpline.com.<br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ee743048-749e-4cd3-ad11-62e1d2b9514d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747270/417797541_44100_2_feaa71c49df96.mp3" length="53703322" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Rachel tells a story that makes Stephen look completely unhinged… then immediately admits the thing that actually makes her rage. What follows is laughter, disbelief, and a moment where joking turns into something more honest than expected.
This...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rachel tells a story that makes Stephen look completely unhinged… then immediately admits the thing that actually makes her rage. What follows is laughter, disbelief, and a moment where joking turns into something more honest than expected.<br />This episode of Resurface is unfiltered, funny, and real — the way conversations actually sound when you stop editing yourself.<br />🎧 Topics in this episode:<ul><li>Everyday pet peeves (from minor annoyances to hard lines)</li><li>Humor, hypocrisy, and moral whiplash</li><li>Safety, rules, and why some things trigger rage</li><li>How couples react differently to the same frustrations</li><li>Laughing until it turns into crying</li><li>When a light conversation unexpectedly deepens</li></ul>If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or dark thoughts, confidential help is available by calling or texting 988 (U.S.) or visiting findahelpline.com.<br />Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3357</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Before You Judge Us, Here’s Who We Actually Are</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/before-you-judge-us-here-s-who-we-actually-are--74747272</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode of Resurface, Stephen and Rachel sit down to tell their story in their own words.After a viral clip of our content was taken out of context and spread online, followed by harsh commentary and assumptions, we open the episode by briefly addressing the misinformation, judgment, and online backlash they experienced. Then, we intentionally move away from the noise to do something more importantly: let listeners actually get to know us.We talk about their childhoods, how we met, the early years of our marriage, and the foundation of our relationship, long before medical trauma, caregiving, or life upheaval entered the picture. This episode is about context, humanity, and what’s lost when people are reduced to clips, comments, or assumptions.If you’ve ever felt misunderstood online, judged by strangers, or defined by a single moment, this conversation is for you.Resurface is a podcast about marriage, resilience, identity, and rebuilding after life disruption, including family medical crises, caregiving, trauma, and the pressure of being visible on the internet. Episodes range from deep and reflective to honest, human, and even funny, but always real.🎧 Topics in this episode:<ul><li>Online judgment and viral misinformation</li><li>Marriage and early relationship stories</li><li>Childhood experiences and identity</li><li>Being misunderstood in public spaces</li><li>Choosing humanity over commentary</li></ul>Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. New episodes updated weekly! If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">6ea4910f-70ec-485f-9b6b-f732feffe3d6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747272/417527955_44100_2_8c4bf94b21692.mp3" length="54530045" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode of Resurface, Stephen and Rachel sit down to tell their story in their own words.After a viral clip of our content was taken out of context and spread online, followed by harsh commentary and assumptions, we open the episode by briefly...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Resurface, Stephen and Rachel sit down to tell their story in their own words.After a viral clip of our content was taken out of context and spread online, followed by harsh commentary and assumptions, we open the episode by briefly addressing the misinformation, judgment, and online backlash they experienced. Then, we intentionally move away from the noise to do something more importantly: let listeners actually get to know us.We talk about their childhoods, how we met, the early years of our marriage, and the foundation of our relationship, long before medical trauma, caregiving, or life upheaval entered the picture. This episode is about context, humanity, and what’s lost when people are reduced to clips, comments, or assumptions.If you’ve ever felt misunderstood online, judged by strangers, or defined by a single moment, this conversation is for you.Resurface is a podcast about marriage, resilience, identity, and rebuilding after life disruption, including family medical crises, caregiving, trauma, and the pressure of being visible on the internet. Episodes range from deep and reflective to honest, human, and even funny, but always real.🎧 Topics in this episode:<ul><li>Online judgment and viral misinformation</li><li>Marriage and early relationship stories</li><li>Childhood experiences and identity</li><li>Being misunderstood in public spaces</li><li>Choosing humanity over commentary</li></ul>Follow Resurface for honest conversations about marriage, family, trauma, healing, and finding your footing again when life knocks you under the surface.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. New episodes updated weekly! If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3409</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>How to Be a Pretty Wife</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-be-a-pretty-wife--74747264</link><description><![CDATA[What did marriage advice used to sound like when it was delivered with absolute confidence and no room for disagreement?In this episode, we read and react to real marriage advice from the mid-20th century, including excerpts from books, manuals, and magazine content that shaped expectations around marriage, behavior, and roles. Yes, all of it is real.We sit down and respond in real time, translating the advice into plain language and reacting to the certainty with which these rules were written. Some of it is hilarious. Some of it is genuinely shocking. A few sections are so baffling they derail the conversation entirely.This episode unfolds like a time capsule: a modern couple in 2026 reacting to what marriage and “good behavior” were supposed to look like not that long ago. Expect commentary, raised eyebrows, and plenty of humor as we work through advice that once passed for common sense.If you enjoy funny reactions, cultural throwbacks, and conversations that are equal parts entertaining and absurd, this episode is an easy listen.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠</a><br />Sources:1) Sara, Dorothy. The Bride’s Encyclopedia. New York: Greenberg, Publisher, 1951.Excerpt: “Be a Pretty Wife,” pp. 282–283, pp. 2902) Walker, Mary Alice. Venture of Faith: A Guide to Marriage and the Home. New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1959.Excerpt: “Venture of Faith: A Guide to Marriage and the Home,” pp. 128, pp. 273) Lord, Daniel A. Planning Your Happy Marriage. The Queen’s Work, 1949.Excerpt: “Planning Your Happy Marriage,” pp. 54) Duvall, Evelyn Ruth Millis. When You Marry. New York: Association Press, 1953.Excerpt: “When You Marry,” pp.13, pp. 225All sources can be found at ⁠<a href="https://www.archive.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.archive.org⁠</a><br />** Disclaimer: This episode includes verbatim excerpts from historical marriage manuals, advertisements, and studies for commentary and discussion. The views expressed in the quoted material do not reflect our own and are presented for historical and educational context. **<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">d6899dd9-80f8-495e-abd9-4bfc0bb8a7d4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:27:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747264/417529796_44100_2_48d83d5220a5f.mp3" length="48977040" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What did marriage advice used to sound like when it was delivered with absolute confidence and no room for disagreement?In this episode, we read and react to real marriage advice from the mid-20th century, including excerpts from books, manuals, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What did marriage advice used to sound like when it was delivered with absolute confidence and no room for disagreement?In this episode, we read and react to real marriage advice from the mid-20th century, including excerpts from books, manuals, and magazine content that shaped expectations around marriage, behavior, and roles. Yes, all of it is real.We sit down and respond in real time, translating the advice into plain language and reacting to the certainty with which these rules were written. Some of it is hilarious. Some of it is genuinely shocking. A few sections are so baffling they derail the conversation entirely.This episode unfolds like a time capsule: a modern couple in 2026 reacting to what marriage and “good behavior” were supposed to look like not that long ago. Expect commentary, raised eyebrows, and plenty of humor as we work through advice that once passed for common sense.If you enjoy funny reactions, cultural throwbacks, and conversations that are equal parts entertaining and absurd, this episode is an easy listen.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠</a><br />Sources:1) Sara, Dorothy. The Bride’s Encyclopedia. New York: Greenberg, Publisher, 1951.Excerpt: “Be a Pretty Wife,” pp. 282–283, pp. 2902) Walker, Mary Alice. Venture of Faith: A Guide to Marriage and the Home. New York: Harper &amp; Brothers, 1959.Excerpt: “Venture of Faith: A Guide to Marriage and the Home,” pp. 128, pp. 273) Lord, Daniel A. Planning Your Happy Marriage. The Queen’s Work, 1949.Excerpt: “Planning Your Happy Marriage,” pp. 54) Duvall, Evelyn Ruth Millis. When You Marry. New York: Association Press, 1953.Excerpt: “When You Marry,” pp.13, pp. 225All sources can be found at ⁠<a href="https://www.archive.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.archive.org⁠</a><br />** Disclaimer: This episode includes verbatim excerpts from historical marriage manuals, advertisements, and studies for commentary and discussion. The views expressed in the quoted material do not reflect our own and are presented for historical and educational context. **<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3061</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Hang Out With Us - Agree or Disagree (Laughs Included)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/hang-out-with-us-agree-or-disagree-laughs-included--74747267</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode of Resurface, we switch things up and play Agree or Disagree, a fast-moving conversation where we react in real time to opinions couples argue about more than they admit. The topics range from marriage dynamics and parenting choices to everyday habits, pet peeves, and small disagreements that somehow matter a lot.Some of the questions are purely funny, some are unexpectedly hilarious, and one turns into a real, unscripted disagreement we didn’t plan for. You’ll hear where we align, where we absolutely don’t, and how quickly a simple opinion can turn into a deeper conversation about communication, expectations, and perspective.This episode isn’t about solving anything or proving a point. It’s about letting people hear what real conversations between spouses actually sound like when there’s no script, no coaching, and no attempt to smooth things over for the sake of appearances. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don’t, and sometimes we end up laughing at how differently two people can experience the same situation.If you enjoy honest, funny marriage conversations, couples who are willing to disagree out loud, or episodes that are easy to listen to but still revealing, this one will probably spark a few opinions of your own.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a72b9717-5cb8-47a0-a8ec-ac3cf82b8de6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747267/417537432_44100_2_36653b909444e.mp3" length="37422976" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode of Resurface, we switch things up and play Agree or Disagree, a fast-moving conversation where we react in real time to opinions couples argue about more than they admit. The topics range from marriage dynamics and parenting choices to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Resurface, we switch things up and play Agree or Disagree, a fast-moving conversation where we react in real time to opinions couples argue about more than they admit. The topics range from marriage dynamics and parenting choices to everyday habits, pet peeves, and small disagreements that somehow matter a lot.Some of the questions are purely funny, some are unexpectedly hilarious, and one turns into a real, unscripted disagreement we didn’t plan for. You’ll hear where we align, where we absolutely don’t, and how quickly a simple opinion can turn into a deeper conversation about communication, expectations, and perspective.This episode isn’t about solving anything or proving a point. It’s about letting people hear what real conversations between spouses actually sound like when there’s no script, no coaching, and no attempt to smooth things over for the sake of appearances. Sometimes we agree, sometimes we don’t, and sometimes we end up laughing at how differently two people can experience the same situation.If you enjoy honest, funny marriage conversations, couples who are willing to disagree out loud, or episodes that are easy to listen to but still revealing, this one will probably spark a few opinions of your own.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2339</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Questions We've Never Asked Each Other</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/questions-we-ve-never-asked-each-other--74747277</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, we shift the tone and sit down for a lighter conversation built around questions we have never asked each other before. After sharing some heavy experiences in recent episodes, this one is intentionally different, offering space for curiosity, humor, and connection without revisiting crisis or trauma.We take turns answering a mix of thoughtful, playful, and unexpected questions about marriage, family, childhood memories, and the small things that shape how we see each other. Some questions lead to meaningful conversation, others catch us off guard, and a few take the conversation in completely unexpected directions.This episode is about remembering how to talk to each other outside of emergency mode, enjoying moments of levity, and reconnecting in ways that aren’t centered on survival. It reflects what everyday marriage looks like in between hard seasons, where laughter, randomness, and honesty still matter.Resurface explores marriage, caregiving, recovery, and life after medical trauma, and this episode marks a shift from crisis storytelling into connection and decompression. It’s a reminder that not every conversation has to be heavy to be meaningful.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">a54bb796-947f-48ee-9deb-e7ffe9b1d6f4</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747277/417540399_44100_2_5d7c3fc69aad8.mp3" length="75570111" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, we shift the tone and sit down for a lighter conversation built around questions we have never asked each other before. After sharing some heavy experiences in recent episodes, this one is intentionally different, offering space for...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, we shift the tone and sit down for a lighter conversation built around questions we have never asked each other before. After sharing some heavy experiences in recent episodes, this one is intentionally different, offering space for curiosity, humor, and connection without revisiting crisis or trauma.We take turns answering a mix of thoughtful, playful, and unexpected questions about marriage, family, childhood memories, and the small things that shape how we see each other. Some questions lead to meaningful conversation, others catch us off guard, and a few take the conversation in completely unexpected directions.This episode is about remembering how to talk to each other outside of emergency mode, enjoying moments of levity, and reconnecting in ways that aren’t centered on survival. It reflects what everyday marriage looks like in between hard seasons, where laughter, randomness, and honesty still matter.Resurface explores marriage, caregiving, recovery, and life after medical trauma, and this episode marks a shift from crisis storytelling into connection and decompression. It’s a reminder that not every conversation has to be heavy to be meaningful.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4724</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Surviving the Seizure Wasn’t the End</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/surviving-the-seizure-wasn-t-the-end--74747274</link><description><![CDATA[Surviving the seizure wasn’t the end.In this episode, we pick up inside the hospital after our four-year-old was rushed in following a prolonged, life-threatening seizure. This episode covers what came next, including the hours of waiting, the uncertainty inside the ER, and Stephen’s drive across state lines from Georgia to Alabama to reach our daughter after learning how serious the emergency had become.We talk about the first moments of being reunited, the shock of moving from crisis to discharge, and what it meant to bring our child home without any medical monitoring equipment. This conversation explores the reality families face after severe pediatric seizures, including the absence of FDA-approved seizure monitoring devices for children under six, and the fear that doesn’t end once you leave the hospital.We also share how life changed overnight, how sleep became fragmented and hyper-vigilant, and what it feels like to parent in constant alert mode when reassurance and safety nets don’t exist. This episode focuses on the aftermath, the unanswered questions, and the quiet, relentless fear that follows families home after a medical emergency involving a child and a permanent, life changing diagnosis.This is not a resolution or a recovery story. It is an honest look at what comes after survival, when the danger feels ongoing and the responsibility to protect never lets up.<br />Follow Resurface on Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Disclaimer: We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared in this episode reflect our personal journey and our understanding at the time, based on what we lived through and learned along the way. This content is not intended as medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">994da62a-62eb-40cc-b66b-c8faa07a7647</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747274/ba37a3ed_b5e2_d288_0fe1_e2f1d014fdc9.mp3" length="119862764" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Surviving the seizure wasn’t the end.In this episode, we pick up inside the hospital after our four-year-old was rushed in following a prolonged, life-threatening seizure. This episode covers what came next, including the hours of waiting, the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Surviving the seizure wasn’t the end.In this episode, we pick up inside the hospital after our four-year-old was rushed in following a prolonged, life-threatening seizure. This episode covers what came next, including the hours of waiting, the uncertainty inside the ER, and Stephen’s drive across state lines from Georgia to Alabama to reach our daughter after learning how serious the emergency had become.We talk about the first moments of being reunited, the shock of moving from crisis to discharge, and what it meant to bring our child home without any medical monitoring equipment. This conversation explores the reality families face after severe pediatric seizures, including the absence of FDA-approved seizure monitoring devices for children under six, and the fear that doesn’t end once you leave the hospital.We also share how life changed overnight, how sleep became fragmented and hyper-vigilant, and what it feels like to parent in constant alert mode when reassurance and safety nets don’t exist. This episode focuses on the aftermath, the unanswered questions, and the quiet, relentless fear that follows families home after a medical emergency involving a child and a permanent, life changing diagnosis.This is not a resolution or a recovery story. It is an honest look at what comes after survival, when the danger feels ongoing and the responsibility to protect never lets up.<br />Follow Resurface on Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Disclaimer: We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared in this episode reflect our personal journey and our understanding at the time, based on what we lived through and learned along the way. This content is not intended as medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2997</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Our 4-Year-Old's First Seizure Almost Killed Her</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/our-4-year-old-s-first-seizure-almost-killed-her--74747278</link><description><![CDATA[At 4:45 AM my teenager shook me awake. Mila was seizing, her lips were blue, and the 911 call wouldn't go through.Part 1 of the night our four-year-old's first seizure became a fight for her life. Mila went into tonic-clonic status epilepticus while Stephen was out of town, and what followed was a failed 911 call, a 17-minute rural response time, oxygen levels in the 70s, and rescue medication given to a child barely breathing. This episode walks through that morning in order, from the moment Ariana woke Rachel to the ambulance pulling away. If you are a parent or caregiver who has lived through a child's first seizure, this one is for you.New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared reflect our personal journey and understanding at the time. This content is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">bef8f2e0-4db7-4321-8716-1690e35ad30f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747278/417542460_44100_2_5d9cb5e55b31b.mp3" length="50971541" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>At 4:45 AM my teenager shook me awake. Mila was seizing, her lips were blue, and the 911 call wouldn't go through.Part 1 of the night our four-year-old's first seizure became a fight for her life. Mila went into tonic-clonic status epilepticus while...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[At 4:45 AM my teenager shook me awake. Mila was seizing, her lips were blue, and the 911 call wouldn't go through.Part 1 of the night our four-year-old's first seizure became a fight for her life. Mila went into tonic-clonic status epilepticus while Stephen was out of town, and what followed was a failed 911 call, a 17-minute rural response time, oxygen levels in the 70s, and rescue medication given to a child barely breathing. This episode walks through that morning in order, from the moment Ariana woke Rachel to the ambulance pulling away. If you are a parent or caregiver who has lived through a child's first seizure, this one is for you.New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared reflect our personal journey and understanding at the time. This content is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3186</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ecb41877be4157931e213b8a55442298.jpg"/><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>He Was the Patient. Then He Wasn’t.</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/he-was-the-patient-then-he-wasn-t--74747261</link><description><![CDATA[A routine pain block left me with a spinal fluid leak. The ER waved it off as anxiety, fever and all, while I couldn't lift my own daughter.This is the third of four medical emergencies our family faced in under five years. Thirty days after Stephen's stroke and carotid surgery, Rachel developed a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak after a routine epidural pain block, then spent months working flat on her back through relapses, ER dismissals, and three blood patches. We talk about what a spinal leak actually feels like, what it does to a marriage when the patient and the caretaker trade places, and the weeks-long window where she could finally lift Mila again, right before the seizure that changed everything.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared reflect our personal journey and understanding at the time. This content is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">dc49e688-4f69-4878-a949-ce2657a6761b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747261/417557144_44100_2_7d39162df78cf.mp3" length="51523247" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>A routine pain block left me with a spinal fluid leak. The ER waved it off as anxiety, fever and all, while I couldn't lift my own daughter.This is the third of four medical emergencies our family faced in under five years. Thirty days after Stephen's...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[A routine pain block left me with a spinal fluid leak. The ER waved it off as anxiety, fever and all, while I couldn't lift my own daughter.This is the third of four medical emergencies our family faced in under five years. Thirty days after Stephen's stroke and carotid surgery, Rachel developed a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak after a routine epidural pain block, then spent months working flat on her back through relapses, ER dismissals, and three blood patches. We talk about what a spinal leak actually feels like, what it does to a marriage when the patient and the caretaker trade places, and the weeks-long window where she could finally lift Mila again, right before the seizure that changed everything.<br />New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast, and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.<br />New episodes weekly.<br />If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared reflect our personal journey and understanding at the time. This content is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3221</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8e8dc7e43cbdf188fa25ce55d479d91d.jpg"/><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>My Husband Had a Stroke at 37</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/my-husband-had-a-stroke-at-37--74747273</link><description><![CDATA[He was 37 and in the best shape of his life. The first sign something was wrong: he couldn't find his wife's name in his phone.On a Tuesday night in October 2024, Stephen had a stroke playing basketball. He was 37 and in the best shape of his life. In this episode we walk through the warning signs his best friend Zach caught first, the missed stroke code that cost us the 4-hour treatment window, when they finally found it on MRI, the cause of the stroke, a surgery decision, and recovery a year out. We talk about cognitive overload, emotional changes, and what stroke recovery actually looks like when you're young.New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared reflect our personal journey and understanding at the time. This content is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">2928386d-0462-4b59-a5ce-344e4c366ff1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747273/417557330_44100_2_a05b97efdbdb7.mp3" length="60367681" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>He was 37 and in the best shape of his life. The first sign something was wrong: he couldn't find his wife's name in his phone.On a Tuesday night in October 2024, Stephen had a stroke playing basketball. He was 37 and in the best shape of his life. In...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[He was 37 and in the best shape of his life. The first sign something was wrong: he couldn't find his wife's name in his phone.On a Tuesday night in October 2024, Stephen had a stroke playing basketball. He was 37 and in the best shape of his life. In this episode we walk through the warning signs his best friend Zach caught first, the missed stroke code that cost us the 4-hour treatment window, when they finally found it on MRI, the cause of the stroke, a surgery decision, and recovery a year out. We talk about cognitive overload, emotional changes, and what stroke recovery actually looks like when you're young.New episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.<br />If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast — and the community around it.<br />Download your free Get Helped and Be Helped Checklist here: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.resurfacepodcast.com/downloads⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ResurfacePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>Find us on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><br />Resurface is a marriage and family podcast hosted by Rachel and Stephen Scroggins about surviving medical trauma, mental health challenges, special needs parenting, raising a medically complex child with intractable epilepsy, partial deafness, and special needs, navigating life after stroke at 37, and finding humor in the middle of it all.New episodes weekly.If you're a parent of a medically complex child, a family member or friend of a child with special needs, a stroke family, an epilepsy family, or anyone trying to keep your relationships and your sense of humor intact while life keeps throwing emergencies at you, you're in the right place.<br />Disclaimer:We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared reflect our personal journey and understanding at the time. This content is not medical advice and is not a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3773</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Day Our Baby Died — and Was Revived</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-day-our-baby-died-and-was-revived--74747275</link><description><![CDATA[This episode is the story of our youngest daughter's birth, which began as a planned induction and quickly escalated into a stat C-section. From the moment of delivery, nothing unfolded as expected. Mila was born in critical condition and required immediate, prolonged resuscitation before being transferred to the NICU for intensive care.We talk about what Stephen experienced inside the operating room as doctors and nurses worked urgently to revive our daughter, including the moment he realized chest compressions were being performed. Rachel shares what she remembers from those first moments, seeing Mila for the first time, holding her, and the shock of leaving the hospital while their baby remained behind.This conversation explores the days that followed, the uncertainty of a lengthy NICU stay, and the emotional disorientation of living inside both fear and hope at the same time. We reflect on the weight of medical trauma, the role of extraordinary doctors and nurses, and what it means to walk through an experience you cannot yet understand or explain.This episode is not a retrospective or a summary of outcomes. It is a telling of what it feels like to stand inside a moment where everything is unknown, and to be carried forward by others when you cannot yet carry yourself.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠</a><br />Disclaimer: We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared in this episode reflect our personal journey and our understanding at the time, based on what we lived through and learned along the way. This content is not intended as medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">e8e0b8ec-4f94-4d34-ad7e-6c1d291ef351</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 22:11:16 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747275/417563968_44100_2_d3ff039d807a6.mp3" length="39412044" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This episode is the story of our youngest daughter's birth, which began as a planned induction and quickly escalated into a stat C-section. From the moment of delivery, nothing unfolded as expected. Mila was born in critical condition and required...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode is the story of our youngest daughter's birth, which began as a planned induction and quickly escalated into a stat C-section. From the moment of delivery, nothing unfolded as expected. Mila was born in critical condition and required immediate, prolonged resuscitation before being transferred to the NICU for intensive care.We talk about what Stephen experienced inside the operating room as doctors and nurses worked urgently to revive our daughter, including the moment he realized chest compressions were being performed. Rachel shares what she remembers from those first moments, seeing Mila for the first time, holding her, and the shock of leaving the hospital while their baby remained behind.This conversation explores the days that followed, the uncertainty of a lengthy NICU stay, and the emotional disorientation of living inside both fear and hope at the same time. We reflect on the weight of medical trauma, the role of extraordinary doctors and nurses, and what it means to walk through an experience you cannot yet understand or explain.This episode is not a retrospective or a summary of outcomes. It is a telling of what it feels like to stand inside a moment where everything is unknown, and to be carried forward by others when you cannot yet carry yourself.<br />Follow Resurface on Apple or Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠</a><br />Disclaimer: We are not medical professionals. The experiences, observations, and information shared in this episode reflect our personal journey and our understanding at the time, based on what we lived through and learned along the way. This content is not intended as medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for guidance from qualified healthcare professionals.<br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2464</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ac021bf6775e93bb7b4cee5c0397883c.jpg"/><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Four Emergencies in One Family: Stroke, Seizure, Medical Trauma, and Marriage Under Pressure</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/four-emergencies-in-one-family-stroke-seizure-medical-trauma-and-marriage-under-pressure--74747276</link><description><![CDATA[In this first episode of Resurface, we introduce ourselves and explain why we created this podcast. We briefly outline the major events that reshaped our family, including a stroke, a seizure, and the medical trauma that followed, and how those experiences changed our perspective on marriage, work, and everyday life.Rather than going deep into each crisis, this episode focuses on who we were before everything happened, how trauma altered our outlook, and why we felt compelled to start sharing these conversations publicly. We talk about the impact these experiences had on our marriage, the added weight of workplace stress, and the importance of finding humor and connection in seasons that feel isolating.Resurface exists to build community, to help people who feel alone in their experiences, and to create space for honest conversations about marriage, family, and life after everything shifts.<br />Follow Resurface on Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">156f2a41-9b9a-407f-87ea-d95833e2867c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74747276/413888994_44100_2_e418307c589fa.mp3" length="22418637" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Rachel &amp; Stephen Scroggins</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this first episode of Resurface, we introduce ourselves and explain why we created this podcast. We briefly outline the major events that reshaped our family, including a stroke, a seizure, and the medical trauma that followed, and how those...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this first episode of Resurface, we introduce ourselves and explain why we created this podcast. We briefly outline the major events that reshaped our family, including a stroke, a seizure, and the medical trauma that followed, and how those experiences changed our perspective on marriage, work, and everyday life.Rather than going deep into each crisis, this episode focuses on who we were before everything happened, how trauma altered our outlook, and why we felt compelled to start sharing these conversations publicly. We talk about the impact these experiences had on our marriage, the added weight of workplace stress, and the importance of finding humor and connection in seasons that feel isolating.Resurface exists to build community, to help people who feel alone in their experiences, and to create space for honest conversations about marriage, family, and life after everything shifts.<br />Follow Resurface on Spotify for future episodes. If you listen on Apple Podcasts, leaving a review helps more families navigating trauma, special needs parenting, or hard seasons find this podcast—and, with it, a community rooted in honesty, resilience, hope, and humor.<br /><a href="https://forms.gle/1xK4sGVLFQuEe69f6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠Click here⁠</a> to receive emails when we upload new episodes. No spam, promise! <br />Find us on TikTok: @<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@resurfacepod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠resurfacepod⁠⁠</a>Find us on Instagram: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/theresurfacepodcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠theresurfacepodcast⁠⁠</a>Find us on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584198124279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠Resurface Podcast⁠⁠</a>Email us: contact@resurfacepodcast.comVisit our website: <a href="https://www.resurfacepodcast.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">⁠⁠www.resurfacepodcast.com⁠⁠</a><br /><br /><ul><li><i>Edited with Movavi Video Editor: https://www.movavi.com/</i></li><li><i>Some supplemental music licensed through Envato Elements</i></li></ul>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1402</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/589d0577f580adb91c2579dcf3ba34ed.jpg"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
