The Aron Bender Podcast

Sarah Talbi: Armless Artist

May 21st, 2021  |  40 mins 58 secs

2020, 2021, armless, aron bender, art, belgium, bias, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, disability, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, loss, love, mental health, mom, motherhood, news, no arms, painter, painting, pandemic, podcast, positivity, racism, recovery, religion, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, wife, youtube

Sarah Talbi was born without arms. But a lot has changed the last few years for the 30-something living in Belgium. Sarah has become a mother, taken up painting, and built up quite a following on social media. We talk about lots of things she CAN do like take care of her daughter, cook, and everyday tasks like put on a bra. But it seems people put more limitations on her than she puts on herself. We discuss how instrumental her family was in normalizing her disability, what her almost 3-year-old says and asks about mommy's arms, her ONE frustration in life, and also one of the few things she's been unable to do by herself: travel. Sarah and I also talk about what it was like for her parents when they discovered they were having a baby with no arms, and for her when she learned she was pregnant.