Beyond Beautiful: Disability, Liberation, Love

About Beyond Beautiful: Disability, Liberation, Love

Beyond Beautiful: Disability, Liberation, Love is a podcast where personal story meets collective action. Hosted by an openly Queer Christian Disabled woman, this series expands on Mandi's original podcast, Find Your Beautiful, with a fresh lens—bringing lived experience, advocacy, and vision for change to the forefront. Through powerful storytelling and interviews, each episode uplifts the lived experiences of people with disabilities while also highlighting organizations working toward disability justice and meaningful access. Together, these conversations explore how disability justice and anti-ableist practices can be woven into our daily lives, workplaces, and communities. Whether you’re an individual seeking to unlearn ableism or an organization ready to create meaningful access, Beyond Beautiful offers insights, tools, and love-rooted strategies to build a more liberated and inclusive world.

Publisher

Mandi Alvarado

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 Oct 2025

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Beyond the Mask

   In the Season 3 finale of Beyond Beautiful: Disability, Liberation, Love., Mandi reflects on transformation, disability, identity, and the masks we wear. From setting boundaries and embracing our identities to navigating changing access needs, she explores what it means to grow, evolve, and become more of who we are. Because transformation isn't about becoming someone else—it's about making room to be more fully yourself. Links Bouy Hydrationn Drops (https://justaddbuoy.com/AMANDA06731) Mandi Mail (mandiboxbeauty.com/mandi-mail) Music Credit "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

2. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Beyond Community Integration

   What happens when the right to live in community becomes a legal question? In this episode, Mandi explores Texas v. Kennedy, Olmstead v. L.C., and the history of Willowbrook State School to unpack the fight for community integration. She names Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson, the two women at the center of Olmstead, and reflects on what Willowbrook teaches us about institutionalization, segregation, choice, and belonging. Because needing support should never mean losing your right to belong. “My need for support doesn’t erase my right to belong.” ⚠️ Content note: This episode discusses institutionalization, abuse and neglect, medical experimentation, and disability segregation. Links Buoy Hydration Drops (https://justaddbuoy.com/AMANDA06731) Mandi Mail (mandiboxbeauty.com/mandi-mail) Music Credit "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

3. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Beyond Disability Identity

   What happens when your faith and your understanding of disability begin to change? In this deeply personal episode of Beyond Beautiful, Mandi shares the evolution of her relationship with God—from discovering faith as a child, through seasons of rebellion and conservative Christianity, to confronting the ableism, shame, and spiritual violence that shaped how she understood disability and herself. Mandi explores how church spaces, inaccessible practices, traditional interpretations of Scripture, and assumptions about healing can communicate harmful messages about disabled bodies. She also shares the moment Nancy Eiesland’s The Disabled God transformed her understanding of disability theology and introduced her to the radical possibility of seeing the resurrected Christ as a wounded, disabled body. This episode isn't about having all the answers. It's about asking harder questions, reclaiming faith after religious trauma, and discovering a theology that makes room for disability, queerness, justice, grace, and joy. If you've ever been made to feel like your body was a problem to be fixed, your questions were a threat to your faith, or your identity made you less worthy of God's love, this conversation is for you. Content warning: This episode discusses religious trauma, spiritual violence, ableism, shame, and harmful experiences within Christian communities. Links Buoy Hydration Drops (https://justaddbuoy.com/AMANDA06731) Mandi Mail Sign Up (https://www.mandiboxbeauty.com/mandi-mail) Power the Podcast (https://buymeacoffee.com/intersectional_access) Music Credit "Basic Implosion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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