On The Hard Days

Abigail hit on SO many truths about raising our neurodiverse kids - especially when it comes to education and giftedness. She talked about the fears we have, as moms, in meeting our kids' out-of-the-…

Chrystal is an active military wife and mom - and this is important because every time she moves (and it's quite often), she loses her entire support system! Her child has struggled immensely, and Ch…

What we've all been missing is - support. After months of talking with so many of you about how YOU feel  in raising your neurodiverse child, it's clear that you're not getting the support you need -…

Stephanie Smith has a gifted, learning-disabled child. Relatable? Twice Exceptionality is the focus of our talk, as Stephanie brings just the right amount of blunt realness to make you vigorously sha…

Guys. I struggled to find the right title for this episode, because Kim dropped so many golden nuggets - how could I possibly represent all that she said in one sentence?

We talked ALL about raising 2…

If you have a neurodiverse child in school, you'll know that our society's system of education doesn't often meet their needs. Delphine Rule is a special education teacher and an advocate for parents…

I really, really love this episode. This was one of those where I continued to think about it, days after recording. Kendra Rogers has four neurodiverse children. Four. If anyone understands being de…

Welcome to my first bonus episode of the ongoing series, "A Day In The Life". I'm excited to start bringing you weekly content that goes back to sharing my journey in raising a neurodiverse child. 

A…

Does your out-of-the-box child feel misunderstood at school? Listen to the story of Alesssandra Rosa, whose son was kicked out of MULTIPLE preschools and has led her on a mission of advocating for th…

What does your inner voice tell you about yourself as a mother? In this episode, the wonderful Jasmine Turner discusses the power that mothers have, the importance of tapping into the true "you", and…

*Trigger Warning*: The first 16 minutes of this episode discuss the topics of infertility and pregnancy loss.

"It's shifting from that old paradigm of that harsh discipline, of like, the child is an e…

*Warning: There is swearing in this episode. Do not listen with kids around!*

"We talk about mental health being important, but what's important is being open to what you have, and being open to the …

"Respecting that your child's emotions are different to yours, and giving them space to have them - and a safe space. Giving them the knowledge that, no matter how you feel, 'I love you, my love is u…

"But I think when you have this idea of how things are gonna go, and they don't meet those expectations, it can be really difficult as a mother....When I started seeing [rage], I had no idea that cou…

"I played out a whole scene in my head. Those are intrusive thoughts and I didn't know this at the time, I thought this was normal. I knew I was a worrier, but that's all I knew." "So that's not norm…

"I fell in love with changing people's lives. It fills my cup. It makes me happy. You know, being a stay-at-home mom, you're in this constant rut of doing the same things every day. You're doing dish…

"In my experience, what I've found is more of a gentle parenting, respectful parenting approach seems to work best. And really helping them build that feeling vocabulary, and helping them manage thei…

"And it's like, 'Give me a SECOND. I need to go to the bathroom. What part of that do you not understand?' And it goes into this like, 'Who Am I?' Like, I cannot recognize who this person is speaking…

"What if we all told everyone what we were feeling? Especially when it's a good thing - so maybe not everything. But what if every time we thought something kind, we just said it out loud? It sounds …