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Talk 1-on-1 with a Peer Specialist About Kidney disease

Peer Specialists for kidney disease offer private 1-on-1 sessions with someone who has lived experience, so you can talk openly, feel understood, and move forward at your own pace.

Specialists available to book by the session.

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Want more focused support around physical health? These Specialists offer 1-on-1 conversations shaped by lived experience.

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Kaitlin Weigle

Kaitlin Weigle

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Broad lived experience & passionate about helping. CPSS.

OCD
Anxiety
Deirdre Millman

Deirdre Millman

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Grounded, Compassionate Peer Support and Guidance.

CPTSD
Anxiety
Laurel Handfield

Laurel Handfield

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I support anyone navigating burnout, stress, and anxiety

relationships
anxiety
Izzy

Izzy

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Peer support for narcissistic abuse & emotional healing

Narcissistic Abuse
CPTSD
Ruby Sampson

Ruby Sampson

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Hi! I am 62 years old—a survivor, an overcomer, and a woman of faith who has lived through chronic health challenges, PTSD, grief, anxiety, and trauma. I have survived mental and physical trauma, including religious trauma, dysfunctional family dynamics, narcissistic behaviors, gaslighting, abandonment, rejection, and power and control. As the youngest of five children, these experiences affected how I saw myself for many years. Through separation, healing, faith, and self-discovery, I began to find freedom. I discovered my identity, embraced my positive qualities, and learned that I am more than what happened to me. Throughout my life, I have experienced tremendous grief. I lost a sibling in 1989, my father in 2015, my mother in 2022, and other loved ones along the way. Each loss became part of my journey and helped shape the woman I am today. I am the mother of one son and grandmother of three beautiful grandchildren. My family has faced challenges, including ADHD, PTSD, and childhood seizures, yet I also see incredible gifts, talents, strength, and potential beyond measure. From 2014 until June 2022, I was my mother's caregiver as she lived with dementia. It was one of the hardest challenges of my life. It brought me to my knees and taught me to move beyond codependency and place my complete trust in God. It taught me humility and helped me discover purpose in my pain. Although my mother had four living children, I often felt I stood alone. Others may have considered me the "black sheep," but I came to believe God had chosen and set me apart for something greater. My mother was one of my greatest influences and mentors, and I loved her dearly. My son and I are also walking through our healing journey—recovering from childhood trauma, rebuilding our relationship, and seeking spiritual healing. After 13 years of estrangement, we are reconnecting and learning how to bond again. I'm not where I want to be, but thank God, I'm not where I used to be. In 2012, substance use (prescribed medication) and an eating disorder became ways of trying to escape a painful world. But God said, "You shall live and not die." And I am still here—to use my lived experience to encourage others and share how I survived, healed, and overcame. I am an expressive writer. Poetry and spoken words allow me to release the bad, the good, and the ugly. Paper does not judge. Writing advocates and gives a voice to the voiceless. The pen 🖊 spills what our lips cannot speak—our truth. My motto is: "Knowledge Brings Clarity, and Clarity Brings Power." Professionally, I am a faith-based Certified Peer Specialist (CRSS), Dementia Facilitator, and Resource Specialist supporting women and children impacted by domestic violence. My lived experiences have shaped my passion for advocacy, education, peer support, and helping others find resources, hope, and a voice. Through everything I have endured, I have learned that every attack does not deserve a reaction. I have learned when to be silent, when to speak, and—most importantly—when to walk away. In 2025, I became a curse breaker. Through the wisdom of God and clarity received from a deeply personal experience with Him, I began breaking down layers of generational pain and trauma. My healing became about more than me. It became about what I would pass down to my son, grandchildren, and generations to come. Instead of passing down the pain of the past, I choose to pass down the greatest gift God has given us—the gift of LOVE and how to acknowledge a LIE vs the TRUTH. My journey is about healing the inner child, breaking down every layer, and gaining clarity for mental health wellness, spiritual healing, and freedom. I am breaking what no longer needs to continue. I am healing what was once left wounded. I am replacing generational pain with generational love. My global brand is Rebirth4Love—representing survival, transformation, healing, purpose, faith, generational change, unconditional love, and the power to begin again. My message to the world is: OUR PAST DOES NOT DEFINE OUR DESTINY! There is life after trauma, purpose after pain, love after rejection, freedom after breaking generational cycles, and always an opportunity for rebirth.

PTSD
Toxic Relationships
Topic context

Understanding kidney disease

Living with kidney disease impacts every part of life — from energy levels to mental health. It’s a condition that can feel both physically and emotionally overwhelming. Peer support offers connection, education, and encouragement from others who understand the daily challenges. These sessions are a space to talk openly about fears, routines, and resilience. Peer groups help reduce the sense of isolation, promote shared problem-solving, and build community around a common journey of managing health.

Why it helps

How a Peer Specialist helps with kidney disease

A Peer Specialist helps with kidney disease by offering 1-on-1 sessions with someone who understands the emotional side of health challenges from the inside. Private conversation makes room for the identity shifts, fatigue, and uncertainty that rarely get addressed in clinical care.

In a session

What a kidney disease specialist session often covers

  • Kidney Disease and how it is reshaping your energy, routines, and sense of self
  • Uncertainty, fatigue, pain, and the emotional side of health changes
  • Relationships, identity, and the mental toll alongside physical symptoms
  • What support, pacing, and advocacy have helped your specialist
Good fit for

Who these specialists may help

  • People living with kidney disease or supporting someone who is
  • Anyone processing the emotional impact of health changes or uncertainty
  • People who want 1-on-1 conversation with someone who has been through it
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Frequently asked questions

What is a Kidney Disease Peer Specialist session?

A Kidney Disease Peer Specialist session is a private 1-on-1 conversation with a trained peer who has personal lived experience with kidney disease. You set the focus, and the session is entirely about your situation.

How can a Kidney Disease Peer Specialist help?

A kidney disease Peer Specialist session is 1-on-1 time to process the emotional impact of health changes with someone who understands the day-to-day realities from the inside.

Who books a Kidney Disease Peer Specialist session?

Anyone personally affected by kidney disease who wants 1-on-1 support, private conversation, and perspective from someone with lived experience may book a session.
Group support

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