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Disability Deep Dive Podcast: Spencer West on Breaking Free, Self-Doubt, and Letting Go of Expectations

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A blue graphic reads: Disability Deep Dive with Keith Casebonne & Jodi Beckstine: Breaking Free, Self-Doubt, and Letting Go of Expectations with Spencer West. Episode 105 all new season! Features an image of Spencer West, a bald white man with a black and gray beard wearing a black shirt and sitting in a wheelchair.

Disability Deep Dive Podcast is a bi-weekly interview podcast hosted by Keith Casebonne and Jodi Beckstine that explores issues that matter to disabled people.

In the first episode of Season 3 of Disability Deep Dive, hosts Keith and Jodi speak with Spencer West—author, motivational speaker, advocate, and content creator—about his book “Breaking Free: Stop Following Expectations and Start Following Yourself” and the pressures of external approval, anxiety, self-doubt, and authenticity. West shares how college and coming out as gay challenged the “North American Dream,” how therapy, meditation, and life experience help him stay grounded online, and why disabled people don’t have to be constant educators, emphasizing boundaries and consent. The conversation addresses ableism, access barriers, and harmful “inspiration” framing, along with navigating disability and dating. In the Deep Cut segment, Keith and Jodi discuss why “Breaking Free” is a practical, conversational memoir-guide with prompts, focused on small changes, redefining purpose, asking for help, community care, and celebrating simple joys. 

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Disability Deep Dive

Disability Deep Dive is a bi-weekly interview-based podcast that centers the voices, stories, and perspectives of people with disabilities. We talk with advocates, creators, educators, leaders, and people with lived experience about disability through the lens of culture, media, policy, rights, identity, access, and everyday life. The show also features a segment called Deep Cut, a media pairing that helps listeners engage with each episode's theme. You can find us at https://disabilityrightsflorida.org/podcast. Disability Deep Dive is a production of Disability Rights Florida, Florida's protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities. https://disabilityrightsflorida.org/

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