In the final episode of Season 2, Candice sits down with the incredible Jodi Rodgers — sexologist, counsellor, educator, author, and the much-loved relationship counsellor from Love on the Spectrum.

With more than 30 years of experience in disability and sexuality education, Jodi shares her journey and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Together, she and Candice talk about making sexuality and relationship education accessible, the crucial role of support workers, the complexities of dating and social connections, and the importance of open conversations around consent and communication. This is the perfect close to another season of honest chats about disability, sexuality, and relationships.

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Candice chats with Nick Dempsey, a disability advocate, speaker, and content creator whose life took a turn after a diving accident on his 21st birthday left him with a spinal cord injury. Nick talks about life with a disability, dating, sexuality, and the ups and downs of finding independence again.

Life after injury doesn’t mean stopping, it just means doing things differently. These days, Nick’s adding marriage celebrant and model to his list of roles, while lending his voice to spinal research as an ambassador through the Perry Cross Foundation. He’s even designed an ⁠adaptive drinking glove⁠ to make everyday life easier!

Part two of this conversation is available on Nick’s own podcast, Chats From A Chair⁠⁠. Tune in there to catch the rest of the chat!

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Candice chats with Rhiannon Tracey, a motivational speaker, life coach, model and wellness advocate who rebuilt her life after a spinal injury at 20.

In 2012, Rhiannon founded The Next Step Recovery & Wellness Centre⁠, a not-for-profit rehabilitation facility in Melbourne that offers a tailored, holistic recovery model for people with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions, and has since become a voice for resilience and inclusion.

Check out Rhiannon on Instagram @rhiannontraceymywheellife, her website and the Stream of Continence Podcast!

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Candice chats with Saran Chamberlain, a stroke survivor and passionate advocate, about life after stroke, and why sexuality and intimacy need to be part of the rehabilitation conversation.

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Candice chats with Robert Duff-Silsby about innovation in sex tech and what it really takes to make sexual wellness products more accessible for people with disability.

Robert’s journey from construction to designing inclusive products that support sexual health for people with disability is as unexpected as it is inspiring. His insights into collaborative, user-centred design offer lots to think about for anyone interested or working in health, design, and assistive technology.

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Luke shares his journey of navigating life after sustaining a traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury at a young age and the profound impact these injuries have had on his emotional range, sexuality, and relationships. Luke reflects on his struggles with alcohol dependency, the awakening he experienced at 30, and his desire for deeper connections.

Please note that this episode includes discussion of alcohol abuse, self harm and suicide. If these topics are distressing for you, please take care while listening and feel free to skip this episode if needed. If you need support, you can contact:

• Lifeline 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
• Alcohol and Drug Foundation 1300 85 85 84
• Worldwide mental health resources - dynamic list

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Candice sits down with psychosexual therapist Bridie Allan to explore what psychosexual therapy really involves beyond the misconceptions - what it is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.

Check out Bridie's latest research article:

Allan, B., Tilley, P. M., & Hendriks, J. (2025). Sexual content in Australian crisis telehealth. Clinical eHealth, 8, 103–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceh.2025.03.003

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Candice is joined by Lynton Haggett for a rich and reflective discussion on navigating life, love and disability with openness and purpose.

Lynton shares his lived experience of navigating life with a spinal condition, from family dynamics and adaptive equipment to ethical non-monogamy and online dating. They explore how language, communication, and connection shape our sense of self and intimacy.

Find Lynton on YouTube: @BeingLynton

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

In this mini episode, psychosexual therapist Michelle Donald speaks candidly about the experience of menopause after spinal cord injury.

⁠Michelle Donald⁠ is an Accredited Psychosexual Therapist and a senior member of the College Of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) in the UK.

Her expertise is in the areas of sexual issues related to spinal cord injury and the strains on a relationship that SCI may bring with it.  Her long-term aim is focused on the development of a comprehensive sexual education programme within rehabilitation centres and care agencies.

Michelle believes it is necessary to address the issue of how important sexuality is after a spinal cord injury, knowing that this aspect is often neglected, with the focus being on physical issues. A supportive and informative environment is established where people can explore their own ideas, practice tasks that are given in therapy, at home, and discuss feelings and concerns around their sexuality promoting them to ask questions they may not have felt they could.

Michelle currently provides education and therapy programmes to clients and team at STEPS Rehabilitation in Sheffield. Her work enables the clinical team to feel more comfortable in opening up these conversations with their clients and helps the STEPS clients and their partners with feelings about embarking on a different intimate life.

Currently, Michelle is working actively with The Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology as a Tutor, Cauda Equina Champions Charity, Enhance UK advising on their Love Lounge, The Back Up Trust, Private Clients, Case Managers, Solicitors and SHADA (Sexual Health disability alliance.

Previously Michelle has worked at Stoke Mandeville for 9 years (the trip from Lancashire became too much)! Stanmore, Southport, Belfast and Oswestry.

Michelle is proud to have been part of a research project that was published, looking at women’s experiences of sexuality after SCI. A full copy of the research can be found in the November 2018 issue of Spinal Cord journal.

Most recently Michelle was Co-Chair and founder of the Love Abilities Global Festival, the world’s first virtual festival of love, sex, and intimacy for disabled people consisting of 29 sessions and 50 presenters.

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).

Psychosexual therapist Michelle Donald joins Candice Care-Unger to open Season 2 with a rich and honest conversation about intimacy, identity, and sexuality after spinal cord injury.

Michelle Donald is an Accredited Psychosexual Therapist and a senior member of the College Of Sex and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) in the UK.

Her expertise is in the areas of sexual issues related to spinal cord injury and the strains on a relationship that SCI may bring with it.  Her long-term aim is focused on the development of a comprehensive sexual education programme within rehabilitation centres and care agencies.

Michelle believes it is necessary to address the issue of how important sexuality is after a spinal cord injury, knowing that this aspect is often neglected, with the focus being on physical issues. A supportive and informative environment is established where people can explore their own ideas, practice tasks that are given in therapy, at home, and discuss feelings and concerns around their sexuality promoting them to ask questions they may not have felt they could.

Michelle currently provides education and therapy programmes to clients and team at STEPS Rehabilitation in Sheffield. Her work enables the clinical team to feel more comfortable in opening up these conversations with their clients and helps the STEPS clients and their partners with feelings about embarking on a different intimate life.

Currently, Michelle is working actively with The Contemporary Institute of Clinical Sexology as a Tutor, Cauda Equina Champions Charity, Enhance UK advising on their Love Lounge, The Back Up Trust, Private Clients, Case Managers, Solicitors and SHADA (Sexual Health disability alliance.

Previously Michelle has worked at Stoke Mandeville for 9 years (the trip from Lancashire became too much)! Stanmore, Southport, Belfast and Oswestry.

Michelle is proud to have been part of a research project that was published, looking at women’s experiences of sexuality after SCI. A full copy of the research can be found in the November 2018 issue of Spinal Cord journal.

Most recently Michelle was Co-Chair and founder of the Love Abilities Global Festival, the world’s first virtual festival of love, sex, and intimacy for disabled people consisting of 29 sessions and 50 presenters.

🎙️ Host: Candice Care-Unger, Care Rehab

🎛️ Production & Editing: Frankie Yue Zheng, Care Rehab

🎵 Music: @OctoSound, Pixabay

This podcast is brought to you by Care Rehab, and recorded on Darug land (Season 1) and Worimi land (Season 2).