In Episode 123 – Victor Griggs: Changing Perspectives with Poetry and Purpose, Alycia Anderson welcomes poet, author, and advocate Victor Griggs, who shares insights from his collection Rolling Through Life: Thoughts About Life Told Through Poetry & Prose. Victor reflects on living with cerebral palsy, the intersection of art and identity, and the resilience required to chase dreams despite society’s stigma. His work and story underscore courage, creativity, and the power of perspective.
In Episode 123: Victor Griggs — Changing Perspectives with Poetry and Purpose, poet and disability advocate Victor Griggs discusses how his cerebral palsy informs his art, identity, and worldview. Through verses and prose, Victor explores resilience, joy, struggle, and community. He and Alycia reflect on the transformative power of storytelling, how poetry can challenge assumptions about disability, and why purpose often grows from unexpected places and deep inner clarity.
In Episode 122: Embracing 2026, Alycia Anderson ushers listeners into the new year with intention, reflection, and hope. She explores lessons learned in 2025, practices for grounding joy and resilience, and ways to shape 2026 with purpose—both personally and across the disability community. This episode blends gratitude, visionary goals, and accessible strategies for growth. Whether you’re planning, healing, or transforming, Alycia offers an inclusive guide to begin the year with heart.
In Episode 122: Embracing 2026 — A Reflective New Year’s Episode, Alycia and Marty Anderson kick off the new year with intention, honesty, and hope. They celebrate reaching over 120 episodes, reflect on 2025’s growth, challenges, and personal journeys, and share goals for community impact, leadership, and connection. With heartfelt conversation and practical reflections, this episode invites listeners to enter 2026 with purpose, resilience, and shared belief in collective progress.
In Episode 121: Closing the Year with Joy, Grace, and Holiday Intention, Alycia Anderson reflects on the year’s milestones, community stories, and personal growth. She explores how intentional celebration, rest, and meaning-making enrich the holiday season for people with disabilities. Alycia shares gratitude for lived-experience voices, lessons learned, and practical ways to craft holiday intention—inviting listeners to embrace joy, grace, resilience, and connection as they close the year together.
In Episode 121: Closing the Year with Joy, Grace, and Holiday Intention, Alycia Anderson shares heartfelt reflections on 2025. She highlights community wins, personal growth moments, and the power of choosing joy and grace—even amid challenges. Alycia offers intentional holiday guidance: slow celebrations, authentic connections, pacing for wellbeing, accessibility tips for gatherings, and gratitude practices that honor disabled experiences. It’s an inclusive, uplifting finale to the year’s conversations.
Marty and I closed out the year traveling to Kansas City for my keynote at SETWorks, a SaaS company building AI-powered tools with disability inclusion at the core. What unfolded was more than a speaking engagement. It was a full-circle moment sparked by relationships, challenged by travel realities, grounded in partnership, and fueled by the belief that inclusion works best when it is built in, not added later.
In Episode 120 – A New Era of Inclusion: Lilly Grossman’s Mission, Alycia Anderson chats with disability advocate Lilly Grossman, tracing her path from social work classrooms to policy boardrooms and lived-experience leadership. Lilly reflects on navigating systemic barriers in education and employment, the realities of dual-disability relationships, and launching Beyond The Box Advocacy to help others overcome structural exclusion. They discuss the power of storytelling, equity-driven change, and building access-centered futures.
In Episode 120: A New Era of Inclusion: Lilly Grossman’s Mission, Alycia Anderson welcomes advocate Lilly Grossman — a wheelchair user, social work student, and disability policy leader shaping systemic change. Lilly discusses navigating barriers in education and employment, her advocacy work with Beyond the Box Advocacy, and the need to redesign systems so access isn’t tied to poverty. She shares powerful insights on representation, belonging, and building a more inclusive future.
In this episode of Pushing Forward with Alycia, Alycia Anderson sits down with Eric Harris—former wheelchair basketball star turned disability rights advocate. Eric shares his journey from early medical challenges to excelling in adaptive sports, law school, and statewide policy work. Together, they explore homelessness, healthcare, education, and why disabled voices must lead decision-making. His message is clear: storytelling and authentic collaboration drive meaningful, lasting change.
