When life throws unimaginable challenges—raising four kids, one with special needs, and then losing your husband to cancer—what comes next?

For author and advocate Julie Barth, the answer was purpose.

In this moving episode, Julie shares her journey from family chaos to crisis and ultimately to the creation of CJB Outreach, a nonprofit named for her late husband, Colin James Barth. The organization supports women-led households in crisis, offering assistance before families lose everything. Julie also discusses her books (Notes from a Blackberry and the upcoming From Blackberries to Thorns), and how her daughter Tatum, born with primordial dwarfism, found her voice through art—with proceeds now benefiting the nonprofit.

A beautiful conversation about love, legacy, motherhood, and resilience.

🎧 You Will Learn:

• How Julie turned profound grief into purposeful giving.
• Why some families in crisis need help before they lose everything.
• How one daughter’s art became a family movement for healing and hope.

🔗 Resources + Links:

• Julie’s Website + Books + Outreach: www.juliebarthauthor.net
• Nonprofit: CJB Outreach (via her site)
• Tatum’s Art Business: Hope for Tayt

Book (Audio + Print): Notes from a Blackberry  

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