Caregiving is often called a labor of love. But what happens when love collides with a broken system?

In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Victoria speaks with Laura Mauldin, PhD, author of In Sickness and in Health: Love Stories from the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis. Together, they explore the intimate realities of disability, partnership, policy failure, ableism, and what it truly means to love someone when bodies change.

This episode is about story because story is how we understand one another, and how we begin to change the world.

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About Our Guest

In Sickness and in Health
Laura Mauldin

Laura Mauldin is a sociologist whose work focuses on disability, caregiving, and health inequities. In her 20s, she became a caregiver to her partner after a traumatic brain injury — an experience that profoundly shaped both her life and her scholarship.

Her book weaves her own story together with the lived experiences of couples navigating disability and caregiving today. It is both tender and unsparing — a love letter and a wake-up call.

Learn more at: https://lauramauldin.com/

Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sickness-Health-Stories-Americas-Caregiving/dp/0063339137/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrLauraMauldin/