Over the past 10 years, in my private work with families, I have seen parents of neurodiverse children scrambling within their new and unexpected role as healthcare case managers for their children.

Exceptional parents are positioned to be the catalyst needed to provide a more balanced quality of life within their families, but many are never told how to do this from an informed and compassionate approach. Sadly, neurodiverse families receive little support on how to best meet the needs of their children without feeding the already toxic levels of extreme family stress.  

So here is what I know to be missing in our high-needs neurodivergent family culture — Deep & Intential Parental Self-Care. Neurodiverse families need radical self-compassion and mind-body practices that become a daily part of our lives.

Unfortunately, neurodiverse families are so concerned about children’s needs that no one is looking at the emotional crisis happening in the lives of the parents and other family members. 

The Neurodiverse family culture is loaded with stressors and system barriers for our children. As a community, we can not ignore how exhausting it can be for us to be constantly advocating within ableist systems. The result can be feelings of isolation and invisibleness. Sound familiar? I know; I have had seasons of life like that, too. 

At Empowered Parents we want families and professionals to feel EMPOWERED and become AGENTS OF CHANGE!  For years we have been helping parents and professionals cultivate change.

The stress within neurodivergent households is a topic we can no longer ignore. This 3-hour Exceptional Self-Care Online Class will show you why your self-care is so important and how to give back to yourself.