Episode Details

In this episode, I sit down with Rebecca Galli, an author and columnist who writes about love, loss, and healing.

With a series of major life events, including her brother's tragic death, her son's terminal illness, her daughter's autism, divorce, and a rare case of transverse myelitis resulting in paralysis, Becky explores how to build resilience and live fully within our limits.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Navigating profound family losses and finding personal anchors
• Managing special needs parenting alongside major life transitions
• Redefining life, identity, and goals after sudden paralysis
• Processing grief authentically while choosing an optimistic path
• Finding power in daily journaling and morning self-assessments
• Embracing uncertainty and looking for solutions within limitations
• Co-founding Pathfinders for Autism to support other families
• Key takeaways from her memoir Rethinking Possible and daily reader Morning Fuel

About Becky:

Rebecca (Becky) Faye Smith Galli is an author and columnist who writes about love, loss, and healing. Surviving significant losses—her seventeen-year-old brother’s death; her son’s degenerative disease and subsequent death; her daughter’s autism; her divorce; and nine days later, her paralysis from transverse myelitis, a rare spinal cord inflammation that began as the flu—has fostered an unexpected but prolific writing career.

In 2000, The Baltimore Sun published her first column about playing soccer with her son—from the wheelchair that launched her From Where I Sit newspaper column. Her website (BeckyGalli.com) houses over 400 published columns. Her books, Rethinking Possible – A Memoir of Resilience (2017) and Morning Fuel – Daily Inspirations to Stretch Your Mind Before Starting Your Day(2024) reflect what she believes: “Life can be good—no matter what.” She continues to write Thoughtful Thursdays—Lessons from a Resilient Heart, a column for her subscriber family that shares what’s inspired her to stay positive. A Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she was formerly employed by IBM, where she was the recipient of the Golden Circle award for marketing excellence. Becky resides in Lutherville, Maryland, outside of Baltimore.

Morning Fuel: Daily Inspiration to Stretch Your Mind Before Starting Your Day
https://a.co/d/01hu9M6q

Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience
https://a.co/d/0iqeIBsG

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