Caregiving Grief and Healing with Kelly Cervantes

🎧 Listen now as caregiving grief and healing are explored in this powerful audio interview on how one woman turned heartbreak into advocacy and purpose.    🫀 Listen Here

In this deeply emotional episode, Betsy Wurzel speaks with author, podcaster, and advocate Kelly Cervantes about caregiving grief and healing—a journey of resilience that begins in love and continues through loss.

Kelly’s story begins when her husband, actor Miguel Cervantes, took on the lead role in the musical Hamilton. Behind the scenes, their family was navigating a private crisis: their daughter Adelaide’s diagnosis with infantile spasms, a rare and severe form of epilepsy. Kelly recalls the long road to diagnosis, the complexity of health insurance systems, and the daily balancing act of caring for Adelaide while supporting her son Jackson and husband Miguel.

Throughout the conversation, Kelly emphasizes the life-changing importance of community and advocacy. She shares how connecting with Susan Axelrod and the team at CURE Epilepsy gave her the strength and tools to channel grief into meaningful action. Through her podcast Seizing Life and her new book The Luckiest, Kelly has become a guiding voice for families facing medical uncertainty.

Betsy and Kelly explore how caregiving and grief transform a person’s identity. Kelly speaks candidly about the need to allow children, like her son Jackson, emotional room to process difficult family experiences. She also opens up about the pain of pregnancy loss, and how her family eventually found healing through the adoption of their daughter Anessa.

One of the most powerful moments in the interview is when Betsy reads aloud a quote from The Luckiest:

“I do not believe that things happen for a reason, but we can make reason out of the things that happen.”

Kelly’s story is raw, real, and deeply inspiring. She offers a roadmap for those struggling with caregiving, grief, and rediscovering themselves after unimaginable heartbreak.

💬 Betsy highly recommends Kelly’s book The Luckiest and encourages listeners to explore her website, podcast, and advocacy work.
🔗Visit: kellycervantes.com
📚  Book: The Luckiest on Amazon – Purchase Here

💡 More Resources:

• CURE Epilepsy

• Undiagnosed Diseases Network Foundation

✨ This episode is dedicated in loving memory of Adelaide G.

🧠Why This Conversation Matters
Caregiving is more than a role—it becomes a life-defining journey. Kelly Cervantes’ honest reflections on grief, loss, and advocacy offer strength to those walking similar paths. Her story is not just about pain, but about how we make meaning from it, and how we find hope again.

❓ What Do You Think?
Have you experienced caregiving or loss? What helped you through it?
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