{"id":3633,"date":"2025-08-14T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2025-08-12T20:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:31:02","slug":"pop-up-podcast-with-annika-and-aaron-soderfelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/pop-up-podcast-with-annika-and-aaron-soderfelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Up Podcast with Annika and Aaron Soderfelt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pop Up Podcast with Annika and Aaron Soderfelt\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mcj3B-qLkBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re back with another Pop-Up Podcast, live from the 2025 NDSC Conference in Dallas! This episode features two incredible guests you may recognize! With an unshakable sibling bond and a whole lot of heart, we are joined by Annika and Aaron Soderfelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aaron is 24, loves country music, has got the jams, and has a playlist for every occasion (especially for \u201cgrump walks\u201d). Annika is an occupational therapist, fierce advocate, and founder of <em>NotAlwaysHappy.org<\/em>, a mental health resource created to support the Down syndrome community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, you\u2019ll get to hear about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Their favorite songs and artists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The story behind their infamous \u201cgrump walks\u201d playlist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aaron\u2019s experiences flying solo and how he&#8217;s crushing independence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annika\u2019s advice to siblings, her doctoral research, and why \u201clove\u201d is the foundation of it all<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What it really means to grow up as siblings including the challenges and the power of showing up for one another<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune into this episode for a heartfelt, hilarious, and refreshingly honest conversation about family, advocacy, and redefining what it means to live a full and meaningful life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re back with another Pop-Up Podcast, live from the 2025 NDSC Conference in Dallas! This episode features two incredible guests you may recognize! With an unshakable sibling bond and a whole lot of heart, we are joined by Annika and Aaron Soderfelt. Aaron is 24, loves country music, has got the jams, and has a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/alittlesomethingextra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}