inSight Out

About inSight Out

inSight Out is a podcast for people affected by vision loss and those who care about them. If vision loss has you feeling alone, scared, angry, uncertain, disconnected, or simply confused, you're in the right place. Your host, Matthew Reeves, is a legally blind  Georgia-licensed therapist and nationally certified rehabilitation counselor who specializes in helping people adjust to disability. Matthew’s personal experiences help him connect with others who are figuring out what it means to live well with low or no vision. You'll learn about healthy, practical, impactful tools to build and maintain a truly rich and gratifying life—regardless of your level of vision.

Publisher

Integral Mental Health Services LLC

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Aug 2025

Latest episode

30 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Sept 2026

   030 Today's Not the Day, Tomorrow Might Be with Jennifer Frederick

   In this episode of inSight Out, host Matthew Reeves talks with Jennifer Frederick, a 48-year-old woman from New York's Capital Region who lost most of her vision to diabetic retinopathy five years ago, at age 43. Jennifer describes the early signs she initially explained away, doubled-up reading glasses, an unfamiliar floater, a gas station display she suddenly couldn't read, and the rapid string of referrals that followed, ending in a prognosis of legal blindness.Jennifer walks Matthew through what came next: resigning from a highly visual job in emergency tech support with the full support of an understanding employer, a Social Security disability application that moved through in months rather than years, and the orientation and mobility training, assistive technology, and cane use that reshaped her daily life. She's candid about the internalized stigma she initially felt toward the cane and how it became, over time, something she now calls an extension of herself, along with the moment she spoke up to request a different instructor when her first one wasn't the right fit.The conversation also covers a piece of Jennifer's story this show hasn't featured before: managing chronic kidney disease, a second complication of the type 2 diabetes behind her vision loss, alongside her adjustment to blindness. She talks about the fear that finally motivated real changes to her health, and about her recent move into advocacy work, sharing her story publicly and connecting people newly facing vision loss with resources she wishes she'd known about sooner. Contact Jennifer at 518-655-1615 or frennij@gmail.com Topics Covered: diabetic retinopathy, legal blindness, workplace disclosure, Social Security disability, orientation and mobility training, cane use and stigma, assistive technology, chronic kidney disease, self-advocacy, peer support and advocacy work. ABOUT THE PODCAST inSight Out is your podcast home for living well with vision loss. Host Matthew Reeves (LPC CRC NCC) is a legally-blind psychotherapist and rehabilitation counselor specializing in helping people thrive while living with disability. Matthew is licensed in Georgia and is a nationally certified rehabilitation counselor. CONNECT WITH US Podcast Home: https://insightoutpod.com Talk to Us: https://speakpipe.com/insightoutpod Email: insightoutpod@integralmhs.com Watch on YouTube (with transcripts): youtube.com/@insightoutpod Feed: https://www.insightoutpod.com/feed.xml Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/inSightOut/ Social Media Handle: @insightoutpod ©Integral Mental Health Services, LLC

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   029 Creativity and Low Vision with Wyatt Edmondson

   In this episode of inSight Out, host Matthew Reeves talks with Wyatt Edmondson, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at age five, though his parents waited until he was fifteen to tell him. Wyatt describes the deliberate, protective choice behind that ten-year gap, the two weeks of anger and grief that followed the disclosure, and the pivotal afternoon on a high school fire escape when that grief turned into a sense of purpose: he knew, suddenly and completely, that he wanted to build his life around music. Wyatt traces his path from an early mentor who convinced him he could make a real career out of songwriting, to becoming a working artist in Nashville's co-writing scene, to the origins of his upcoming album, Make Light of the Dark. He talks about collaborating closely with producer Bobby Holland, who also has RP, and about the community of musicians, friends, and 198 Kickstarter backers who helped bring the record to life. The conversation also covers his family's shared history with RP across two generations, learning to rely on others (including the moment he first used a cane traveling alone), and how he chooses when and how to disclose his blindness to an audience on stage. Matthew and Wyatt close with a broader reflection on humor, resilience, and grief: how the album's title captures a philosophy that applies well beyond the vision loss community, that taking hardship seriously and refusing to let it define you can coexist. Visit Wyatt at www.wyattedmondson.com Topics Covered: retinitis pigmentosa, RPGR gene, family history and disclosure, grief and diagnosis, mentorship, songwriting with vision loss, Nashville music scene, Kickstarter and independent artistry, disclosure on stage, resilience and humor. ABOUT THE PODCAST inSight Out is your podcast home for living well with vision loss. Host Matthew Reeves (LPC CRC NCC) is a legally-blind psychotherapist and rehabilitation counselor specializing in helping people thrive while living with disability. Matthew is licensed in Georgia and is a nationally certified rehabilitation counselor. CONNECT WITH US Podcast Home: https://insightoutpod.com Talk to Us: https://speakpipe.com/insightoutpod Email: insightoutpod@integralmhs.com Watch on YouTube (with transcripts): youtube.com/@insightoutpod Feed: https://www.insightoutpod.com/feed.xml Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/inSightOut/ Social Media Handle: @insightoutpod ©Integral Mental Health Services, LLC

3. 

   2 Sept 2026

   028 Stepping Out of the Driver's Seat with Janel Brooks

   In this episode of inSight Out, host Matthew Reeves talks with Janel Brooks, an engineer at a Fortune 500 company who has lived with Stargardt disease for almost twenty years. Diagnosed in her twenties after a routine LASIK consultation revealed the condition, Janel describes an unusually smooth diagnosis followed by a much harder decade of watching her vision quietly worsen while she kept driving, working, and problem-solving her way around it, until a stoplight she couldn't fully make out became her first real warning sign. Janel walks Matthew through the guilt she carried before she finally quit driving in early 2018, the total restructuring of daily life that followed (walking to the grocery store, building thirty-minute buffers into every rideshare, treating errands as a shared family calendar rather than a solo task), and the moment her husband pushed back on being cast as her "helper" rather than her partner. The conversation turns toward her career, where Janel spent years hiding her vision loss out of fear it would stall her advancement, until a moment of crisis, walking into her regional manager's office to quit, led to an unplanned disclosure and a response that changed everything: "I do." His daughter has Stargardt's too. Matthew and Janel talk about the exhausting, ongoing work of asking for help, the power of using humor to put people at ease, and how choosing to disclose, rather than waiting to be found out, can become its own form of control. Janel also shares an unlikely story about becoming an emergency feline chaperone on a cross-country flight, a reminder that vision loss doesn't disqualify you from showing up for the people you love. Topics Covered: Stargardt disease, driving cessation and vision loss, disability disclosure at work, self-advocacy, reframing burden and independence, marriage and caregiving dynamics, humor as a coping tool, workplace accommodations, asking for help, community and podcast listenership. Reach Janel at janelzoo@yahoo.com. ABOUT THE PODCAST inSight Out is your podcast home for living well with vision loss. Host Matthew Reeves (LPC CRC NCC) is a legally-blind psychotherapist and rehabilitation counselor specializing in helping people thrive while living with disability. Matthew is licensed in Georgia and is a nationally certified rehabilitation counselor. CONNECT WITH US Podcast Home: https://insightoutpod.com Talk to Us: https://speakpipe.com/insightoutpod Email: insightoutpod@integralmhs.com Watch on YouTube (with transcripts): youtube.com/@insightoutpod Feed: https://www.insightoutpod.com/feed.xml Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/inSightOut/ Social Media Handle: @insightoutpod ©Integral Mental Health Services, LLC

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

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5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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