Mindful As A Mother

What comes to mind when you hear Radical Acceptance? As humans, we spend a lot of time being upset about things that aren’t in our control. Radical acceptance is taking the concept that we can’t change what’s happening, so how do we navigate the challenge? We talk through why this is important in parenting neurodivergent children and how to implement this concept to create a smoother experience in your parenting journey.

For Reference:

Supporting Autistic Girls and Gender Diverse Youth, by The Yellowbugs (pg 82, 93, 273)

Low Demand Parenting, by Amanda Diekman

The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves and Empowering Our Children, Dr. Shefali Tsabary

This week we’d like to extend a very warm welcome to Gina Prosch. Gina is an award-winning children’s book author. Her new book Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking [Boys Town Press, March 11th 2024] is the second in the Holly’s Choice series and teaches kids that while it is important to have hope, wishful thinking alone is not enough to help us achieve our goals. Together we’re going to cover topics including what inspired her book Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking, how can we teach our children to be active participants in positive emotions, how we can model positive emotions to our kids to help build their emotional resiliency,

You can find Gina’s book here: https://a.co/d/f869bzS

You can find Gina here: www.ginaprosch.com

Email: [email protected]

Today we’d like to extend a warm welcome to Steph West from Starfish Social Club. Steph is joining us to talk about how Starfish Social Club helps neurodivergent kids and teens become socially competent, confident, and connected so they can make (and keep) friends!

You can connect with her through her website: https://www.starfishsocialclub.org/

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Welcome to another Neurodivergent Nugget! Neurodivergent nuggets are easily digestible pieces of information to support you on your parenting journey. At 15 minutes or less, these actionable items are the perfect parenting snack. Today’s topic is: sharing your child’s diagnosis with your child.

We’re talked about burnout, we’ve talked about the stress cycle, now we’re talking about the hidden demands in parenting that lead to parental burnout. Financial burdens, time management, coordinating appointments, while also being emotional regulated and responsive for your children are all hidden demands that aren’t always considered amongst many others. Tune in to hear about how you can understand and mitigate the effects of parental burnout.