Dissing My Ability

On this Season Finale episode, join podcast creator and host, Ken Meeker as he recaps season one. The Dissing My Ability Podcast began was originally conceived around engaging in meaningful, candid conversation about what it is like to live with disability. 

In this first season, the Dissing My Ability Podcast featured guests who live with a wide range of disabilities and health conditions. While most, but not all guests identify as living with disability, the common thread with all guests is that at some point in their life, something happened that was at a minimum disabling. 

Living with feelings of “otherness,” shame, stigma, or self-doubt due to a health or mental condition is not something anyone should experience. I started the Dissing My Ability Podcast to help others feel seen, heard, and that they are not alone. I also hope it helps to create and foster ally-ship, empathy, and opportunity.
As preparations begin for Season Two, if you are living with disability and are interested in being a guest, please reach out to us. If you know someone who you believe would be interested in being a guest, please share this podcast with them.
The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

After a brief hiatus, the Dissing My Ability Podcast returns with this very important and special episode featuring guest, Arthur Gywnne. In this episode, podcast host, Ken Meeker CPC and Arthur engage in an open an honest conversation on how attitudes, stigma, and trauma associated with mental health can lead to debilitating scenarios.

Arthur is an ally to the disability community and discusses how his work aligns with the disability community. Arthur also opens up about his experiences within the health care system and the struggles faced by many who identify or are neuro-divergent. Please join in and listen on this relevant and important topic.

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, the founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

Arthur Gwynne manages the career of EDM recording artist and cultural activist Lachi. Arthur runs a diverse team of about twenty employees and agents, booking national tours, negotiating major appearance contracts, and working creative projects and music releases cradle-to-grave. His mission is to break down the silos and barriers between disability-oriented projects and organizations, laying the seeds for a national conversation about Disability Culture and what Inclusion and Universal Accessible Design means at a practical and industrial level. 

On this episode of the Dissing My Ability podcast, host Ken Meeker CPC continues the conversation with special guest, April Alexander on the relationship between mental health and how it often intersects with disability. They discuss why psychological safety is important when discussing mental health. Ken and April share their experiences and to encourage others about being open their own struggles and seeking the help they need. 

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, the founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

April Alexander PHR, SHRM-CP, is an executive level Human Resources Director. Her self-described passion is “people.” If you would like to connect with April, she can be found on LinkedIn. 

In this first part of a two part series of the Dissing My Ability podcast, host Ken Meeker CPC welcomes special guest, April Alexander for a conversation about their personal experiences in discovering the importance of taking care of our mental health.  The correlation between mental and physical health can often intersect with disability. 

Discussions around mental health and mental illness require sensitivity and compassion. It is important to know that psychological safety is an important component when discussing mental health. Ken and April share their experiences to encourage others about being open their own struggles and seeking the help they need. 

Please tune in and come back for the next episode where the conversation continues on the important topic of mental health.

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, the founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

In this episode of the Dissing My Ability Podcast, we continue the conversation with guest David Snyder for part 2 of our extended conversation. Join podcast host, Ken Meeker CPC and David as they discuss how disability has personally affected their lives in honest and candid conversation.

David shares how we coped with the accident he had as a teen that left him with a permanent disability. Together, Ken and David share their thoughts on how the non-disabled can engage in conversation with people living with disability – and why these conversations are important for everyone.

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, the founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

This episode of the Dissing My Ability Podcast welcomes guest David Snyder for part 1 of this extended conversation. Join podcast host, Ken Meeker CPC and David as they discuss how disability has personally affected their lives in honest and candid conversation.

David shares the details of the terrifying accident he had as a teen that left him with a permanent disability. Together, Ken and David share their thoughts on how the non-disabled can engage in conversation with people living with disability – and why these conversations are important for everyone. 

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, the founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

Welcome to the Dissing My Ability Podcast, a place where host, Ken Meeker CPC and guests engage in honest, candid conversations about living with disability. 

In this episode, Ken is joined by fellow career success coach, Marcia Wall. Together, they discuss how individuals can benefit from working with a coach and why these benefits can greatly help individuals who are differently abled. They explore working with individuals with mental illness, disability, and on greater accessibility.

Marcia Wall is a credentialed career coach working in private practice. You can connect with Marcia via her LinkedIn profile here.

The Dissing My Ability podcast is hosted by Ken Meeker CPC, the founder and owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC. To learn more about Ken please visit www.vitalitycareercoaching.com or connect with him on LinkedIn @kenmeekeraz. 

The Dissing My Ability podcast is about having open and honest conversation about living with disability. Through these conversations, we hope to help remove the stigma, shame, and feelings of otherness that so often accompany living with disability. In this Season 1 recap episode of the inaugural season, a few highlights and messages of positivity are featured.

Living with disability is challenging on a daily basis. No two disabilities are the same and with there is usually a wide spectrum of how every disability affects those who live with it. This makes addressing the challenges, barriers, stigma, shame, and feelings of otherness associated that much harder to overcome – because disability never affects two people in the same way. However, what we can do, is work to remove the shame, stigma, and feelings of otherness by not hiding our disability. 

Thank you for listening to the Dissing My Ability podcast. Thank you to all the guests and we look forward to sharing even more thought-provoking conversations in future episodes.

Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  

In this episode, guest ‘host’ Montreece Hardy asks Dissing My Ability creator and host, Ken Meeker about his thoughts on intersectionality and living with disability. Join in on this important discussion on the DEI space and how they fit into it.

Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  

Montreece Hardy is an Executive Assistant, DEI&A Consultant, emerging leader, and Blind Fellow who finds joy in the meaningful work of accessibility awareness. Montreece is passionate
about equitable leadership opportunities for all and her commitment to DEI&A is shown by her work specializing in written and verbal communication focused on understanding Disability and Accessibility, workplace accommodations, and WCAG 2.1 compliance.  Her lived experience fuels her passion for building a more empathetic, inclusive, and accessible future for professionals living with disability. Connect with her at Diversity Crew.

This week’s episode of the Dissing My Ability Podcast features guest, Montreece Hardy. Host, Ken Meeker CPC and Montreece openly discuss some of the barriers to accessibility and inclusion for differently abled individuals. They also candidly talk about the issue of ablism and language use in the disability community. Please join in on this episode’s important discussion.

Dissing My Ability is hosted by Ken Meeker. Ken is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in executive and career coaching, owner of Vitality Career Coaching LLC, published writer, public speaker and disability advocate who advises on how to build equity within organizations committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  

Montreece Hardy is an Executive Assistant, DEI&A Consultant, emerging leader, and Blind Fellow who finds joy in the meaningful work of accessibility awareness. Montreece is passionate
about equitable leadership opportunities for all and her commitment to DEI&A is shown by her work specializing in written and verbal communication focused on understanding Disability and Accessibility, workplace accommodations, and WCAG 2.1 compliance.  Her lived experience fuels her passion for building a more empathetic, inclusive, and accessible future for professionals
living with disability. Connect with her at Diversity Crew.