In this episode, host Maud chats with Jennifer Allen, the creator behind Wonders Within Reach. Jennifer shares her experiences traveling with three children, multiple disabilities, and specifically navigating the world with her son Jayden, who is a wheelchair user. Jennifer shatters the misconception that you can't travel with a wheelchair and encourages families to just say, "Watch me".

We dive deep into the messy truths of family travel, discussing:

• The Reality of Travel: Why family travel isn't always a peaceful vacation, but rather parenting repackaged with a pretty view.
• Throwing Out the Rules: Why Jennifer abandoned her "no fast food" rule and why getting McDonald's after a Michelin-starred meal in Japan was a highlight for her kids.
• What You Don't See on the Feed: Respecting kids' boundaries online, dealing with behavioral health challenges, and why photos of the backs of her kids' heads usually mean they are crying.
• Accessibility Hurdles: The frustration of "accessible" venues that still have stairs, hotel bathrooms where the doors won't open, and the glaring lack of disability representation in the travel industry.
• Finding the Good: Jennifer's three truths for wheelchair travel, including why everything takes longer, but is always, always worth it.
• Overcoming Chaos: A chaotic moment carrying a wheelchair and three kids for miles, and an empowering trip to Budapest that proved she can do hard things.

Stop comparing your chaotic moments to everyone else's highlight reel and join us for an unfiltered conversation about raising happy, adaptable kids on the road.

Connect with us!

• Host / Podcast: Unpack with GoWhee With Maud Maciak
• Website: www.gowhee.com
• Instagram: @gowheeapp
• Guest: Jennifer Allen
• Website: https://wonderswithinreach.com/
• Instagram: @wonders_within_reach