• S8E19: Tummy aches and The Great Cambino
    Jun 25 2026

    A perfectly ordinary night somehow turns into a conversation about heroes, musicals, toothbrushes, chicken butts, and a toddler who believes a plastic bat gives him unlimited power. If you’ve ever wondered how families can talk about absolutely everything and nothing at the same time, this one’s for you.

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    20 mins
  • S8E18: The Silent War
    Jun 19 2026

    The Silent War | Fighting Insurance, VBT, and the Invisible Battles We Carry


    In this episode of Better Moody: The Way Forward, I talk about the exhausting reality of fighting for my daughter’s Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) surgery through TRICARE East and the military healthcare system. What started as a medical decision became a crash course in insurance appeals, prior authorizations, congressional outreach, and learning how to keep going when you’re running on fumes.


    This episode is about scoliosis, VBT, spinal fusion, TRICARE, healthcare advocacy, and the emotional toll of navigating insurance bureaucracy. But it’s also about something bigger: the invisible battles people fight every day. The silent wars no one sees until it’s their turn.


    I share the fear of running out of time, the frustration of conflicting information, the strange feeling of becoming an insurance expert overnight, and the guilt of wondering why it still feels impossible even when you’re doing everything right. I talk about being a military parent, serving for more than two decades, and finding myself fighting for a benefit I always believed would be there when my family needed it.


    If you’ve ever appealed an insurance denial, fought for a loved one, navigated the healthcare system, or wondered how people keep going when they’re exhausted, this episode is for you.


    This is my silent war.


    Maybe you have one too.


    #BetterMoody #TheWayForward #SilentWar #VertebralBodyTethering #VBT #Scoliosis #TRICARE #InsuranceAppeal #Healthcare #MilitaryFamily #Parenting #Burnout #MentalHealth #HealthcareAdvocacy #SpinalFusion

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    27 mins
  • S8E17: Too Moody to Breathe
    Jun 11 2026

    After watching the Michael Jackson movie, we wind down before bed and talk about everything from growing up before cable TV to strange history facts, family stories, school field trips, and being “too lazy to breathe.” Just another late-night conversation with the Moody family.


    Good Moody Night.

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    11 mins
  • S8E16: While We Wait for the Yes…
    Jun 4 2026

    While we wait for a decision on Savannah’s appeal, bedtime turns into a conversation about Epic, mythology, candles, dirty socks, and the chaos of everyday family life.

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    19 mins
  • S8E15: 66 Pages - The Fight for Savannah’s VBT
    May 29 2026

    Better Moody returns to The Way Forward with an update on Savannah’s fight for vertebral body tethering surgery after an insurance denial. Between 66 pages of appeals, medical research, work, parenting, and trying to hold life together, this episode is about what happens when a parent refuses to stop fighting for their child’s future.

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    12 mins
  • S8E14: Circling the Light
    May 14 2026

    This episode includes burnout, respiratory insufficiency, five baskets of laundry, a failed sleep test, and one woman slowly realizing her soul may be unionizing. more to follow

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    15 mins
  • S8E13: Better Moody in Dead Bug Pose
    Apr 30 2026

    I laid down on the ground and it felt good what can I say - enter my morning

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    12 mins
  • S8E12: Contain your People Juices
    Apr 23 2026

    If the juice isn’t worth the squeeze cover it …unless you are 2 then I guess:) we are going to bed. Here is another success story

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    18 mins