How Self-Discovery Led to a Fresh Start at 40 | Jennifer Nayak-Feldman

What if a random tarot card reader on a street corner could predict your future husband? In this episode of Every Soul Has a Story, host Dara Levan welcomes Jennifer Nayak-Feldman, a freelance creator who moved to the Bahamas for love. Jenny shares her incredible journey of resilience, from a heart-wrenching fetal diagnosis for her son Robbie (ACC, Autism, and Tourette’s) to navigating grief after the death of her first husband.

She discusses the profound challenges and joys of parenting neurodivergent children, the silver linings of COVID-19, and the "metamorphosis" of healing through sleep and life coaching. Tune in to hear how Jenny found her "passport man," blended a family, and discovered a path to happiness after a difficult divorce.

Keywords: parenting special needs, autism, agenesis of the corpus callosum, Tourette's syndrome, grief, healing, COVID silver lining, dating after divorce, blended families, Bahamas, Match.com, life coaching.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:14 - Moving to Bahamas for Love
2:11 - COVID & Hurricane Dorian Separation
4:42 - The "Festival de Niac" Scorpio Family
6:45 - Son Robbie's ACC Diagnosis
8:15 - The Devastating Ultrasound Experience
11:45 - Autism & Tourette's Comorbidities
13:45 - Grief: Neurodivergent vs. Neurotypical Kids
18:18 - The Tarot Card Reader's Prophecy
20:58 - Meeting Andre on Match.com
27:48 - Connecting the Dots to "Passport Man"
31:53 - How COVID Paved the Way for a New Life
32:24 - Outro

RESOURCES:

Dara Levan / Every Soul Has a Story:
• https://www.instagram.com/dara.levan/
• Website: daralevan.com

QUOTES:
"As a child, your sensory levels are so much more accessible, because children haven't developed the tools to disregard it, hide it, not express it, contain it. Those are not childlike behaviors."
– Jennifer Nayak -Feldman

‘’I often tell people I'm Jewish, and so identify with our core values. But I'm not religious, I almost call myself a Judas, because I believe in just being a good human and the energy that we give others.’’
– Dara Levan