Out of Sync - Exploring Life Through Disability – Details, episodes & analysis

I’m Léa Hirschfeld, sharing how discovering Zeno Mountain Farm and growing up with my brother sparked the journey that became this podcast.

Out of Sync: Exploring life with disability — one story at a time.

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This is Krista. Becoming a mother of twins at 35 changed everything, and even more so when one of them suffered a brain injury at birth. She learned to balance grief with problem-solving, to lean on her husband while advocating together, and to trust schools and professionals while finding her own ways to support her children. A neighbor of Zeno Mountain Farm, she discovered a community that expanded her sense of what’s possible. Now, with the twins heading off to college, she reflects on raising children with and without disabilities—and what it has taught her about letting go.

I’m Léa Hirschfeld and this is Out of Sync : exploring life through disability, one story at a time.

Listen to Krista's daughters, Isabelle and Hannah, in episodes 1 &2.

New episodes drop every Tuesday on all platforms – for transcripts, check out our YouTube channel.
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Hannah was seventeen when we recorded this. She grew up doing community theater, with her mobility aids as part of her character. Living with cerebral palsy meant learning to step onto a stage even when auditions felt like judgment, and discovering the freedom to be herself—unedited. At Zeno Mountain Farm, she learned to reach out when she needed support, to support others, and to navigate challenges in her own rhythm. Now 20, she can still feel out of sync—but who doesn’t?

I’m Léa Hirschfeld and this is Out of Sync : exploring life through disability, one story at a time.

Listen to her twin Isabelle in the previous episode, and to her mother Krista in the next one.

New episodes drop every Tuesday on all platforms – for transcripts, check out our YouTube channel.
🇫🇷 for French stories: @decales_podcast

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Isabelle was seventeen when they shared this. They’re the sibling without a disability, learning to navigate feelings of responsibility and powerlessness, gratitude and doubt, and to recognize when their own emotions matter. Thoughtful and honest, Isabelle reflects on identity, independence, love, and the resilience life asks for in a world not built for everyone, as they and their twin Hannah, who has cerebral palsy, prepare to head off to college in different states. Now 20, they’re still figuring it out—but who isn’t?

I’m Léa Hirschfeld, also a sister, and I related to Isabelle so deeply in this episode.

Listen to Isabelle's twin Hannah in episode 2, and their mother Krista in episode 3.

Out of Sync drops every Tuesday on all platforms. Transcripts are on YouTube. Find us on instagram and TikTok.

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