Juli Boit is no stranger to helping those in need. She’s an author, family nurse practitioner, and international non-profit director of Living Room International, dedicated to providing palliative care services to adults and children in western Kenya.
After going through an adoption journey with her son Ryan, whose parents had recently passed, and consequently adopting his siblings, she found herself needing some help of her own when two of her kids required transplants far from their Kenyan home.
These transformative experiences made Juli see her work through a different lens: that joy can be found in both giving and receiving and that without the pain, we cannot experience joy.
Today, Juli is sharing her experience in the hopes of making someone else’s journey of navigating children’s treatments, ICU admissions, and surgeries feel a little more manageable.
Key Takeaways with Juli Boit
- Navigating an international adoption process
- How motherhood changes your perspective on helping others
- The importance of community & the feeling of belonging
- Creating community in a new phase of life
- Asking for help when you feel vulnerable or scared
- Guiding others through shared experience
- Making room for grief to experience joy
- Practices to help you feel present and grounded
- Navigating a transplant and ICU journey
- How traumatic experiences affect your faith
- Welcoming people who feel like they’ve never been welcome anywhere
Show Notes:
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