Emmy Award Winner Shannon Cogan on Work-Life Balance & Special Needs Parenting

Emmy Award Winner Shannon Cogan on Work-Life Balance & Special Needs Parenting

What happens when your dream career collides with a child's life-threatening medical crisis? In this powerful episode, Emmy Award-winning news anchor Shannon Cogan opens up about her journey from aspiring network correspondent to finding peace in local news, all while navigating her son Colt's open-heart surgery and cardiac arrest. Shannon shares how her son's 20-minute near-death experience transformed her perspective on work, faith, and what truly matters. Listen as she discusses the realities of journalism today, the challenges of parenting a child with special needs, and why being kind to yourself is the most important lesson of all. This conversation explores resilience, faith, and the beautiful mess of balancing career and family. Perfect for working parents, journalism enthusiasts, and anyone seeking inspiration to embrace life's unexpected turns.
Keywords: Shannon Cogan, Emmy Award winner, news anchor, motherhood, special needs parenting, cardiac arrest survivor, work-life balance, journalism, faith, resilience, self-compassion, coronavirus reporting, cryotherapy, Louisville news

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro & Indiana University memories
4:56 - Meeting husband & career beginnings
6:02 - Work-life balance & sleep schedule
8:05 - Son Colt's heart defect & cardiac arrest
10:35 - Parenting twins with special needs
12:28 - From print to broadcast journalism
14:11 - Changing media landscape & social media
19:11 - The day of Colt's cardiac arrest
23:22 - Faith, grief & showing up for friends
30:35 - Covering lethal injection & JFK Jr. moment
36:21 - Self-care, Peloton & cryotherapy
42:14 - Final advice & closing remarks

RESOURCES:

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


QUOTES:

I think the biggest thing that I would tell your listeners is to be kind to yourself, allow yourself to make mistakes and be your biggest cheerleader.
– Shannon Cogan

"I believe from a very deep space that children pick their parents and I believe strongly they come to teach us if, and if is the operative word, we're willing to learn."
– Dara Levan

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