Living Inspired with Autism

Send us Fan Mail Change can be exciting, positive and something you have chosen, while still leaving you feeling completely exhausted. In this episode, I share what our recent house move has taught me about having compassion for yourself in the messy middle of change. We talk about why transitions take so much energy, even when they bring wonderful opportunities. For autistic children, change can...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism, we are talking about emotional capacity and what it means to feel difficult emotions without making them an emergency.  As parents of autistic children, we can often feel emotionally maxed out, but you may have more capacity than you currently believe. I share how resistance drains your energy, why emotional strength is not about tol...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us believe that emotions simply happen to us. We think our child’s behaviour makes us frustrated, a family member’s comment upsets us, or a situation at school causes our stress. But your emotions are created by your thoughts about a circumstance, not only by the circumstance itself. In the final episode of the emotional skills series, we explore how to create emotions on...

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing holding you back is not failure, rejection or disappointment, but the emotions you fear those experiences might create? In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism , we continue the emotional skills series by exploring your willingness to feel discomfort. As autism parents, many of us quietly learn to protect ourselves by hoping less, dreaming smaller and avoi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism , Antoinette continues the emotional skills series by exploring something many autism parents experience but do not always recognise: indulging in emotions. This is not about judging yourself for feeling deeply. It is about noticing when an emotion stops being something you are allowing and starts becoming something you are feeding. T...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism , Antoinette continues the emotional skills series by exploring something that sounds simple, but can feel incredibly uncomfortable in real life: allowing your emotions. As parents of autistic children, we often carry so much through the day. The meltdowns, the unpredictability, the noise, the behaviours, the comments from others, the...

Send us Fan Mail Emotional Skills Series. Podcast 1 In this episode of Living Inspired With Autism , Antoinette begins a powerful new series on emotional skills for parents of autistic children. As parents, we often move through life feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, reactive, guilty, frustrated, sad, anxious, or just “not okay.” But many of us were never actually taught how to understand what we ar...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever imagined something beautiful for your autistic child’s future, only for your brain to immediately shut it down with, “Be realistic”? In this episode of Living Inspired With Autism , Antoinette speaks directly to the parent who has heard too many “no’s,” carried too many disappointments, and quietly started building the future from the past. But your past is not the m...

Send us Fan Mail As parents of autistic children, we are often handed limitations. From doctors, schools, specialists, systems, reports, assessments and well-meaning people who speak in predictions, timelines and “realistic expectations.” But what happens when those limitations start becoming the lens you see your child through? In this episode of Living Inspired With Autism , Antoinette talks abo...

Send us Fan Mail The Beliefs That Are Quietly Limiting Your Child’s Future (And How to Change Them)  What if the beliefs you’ve been given… are the very thing holding you back?  In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism , we are talking about something that runs deeper than strategies, therapies, or plans… your beliefs.  Because as parents of autistic children, we’ve all heard it: “Lower your...

Send us Fan Mail What if the way you see yourself is shaping everything… your exhaustion, your confidence, your parenting, your relationships? And what if that’s the one thing no one ever taught you how to change? In this episode of Living Inspired With Autism , we’re getting into something deep, real, and incredibly powerful: Self-worth and self-responsibility. Not the fluffy version. Not the “ju...

Send us Fan Mail What if everything you’ve been told about your child… isn’t the full picture? In this very special episode of Living Inspired with Autism , I sit down with my first-ever guest, Olivia, a Spell to Communicate (S2C) practitioner … and Max’s own spelling partner. And what we talk about in this conversation has the potential to completely shift how you see your child. If you have a no...

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing you’re craving most… is also the thing keeping you stuck? In this heartfelt episode of Living Inspired with Autism , Antoinette opens up a powerful conversation that so many parents are quietly living through: the tension between wanting life to feel easier… and the deeper call to evolve. If you are raising an autistic child, holding your home together, navigatin...

Send us Fan Mail What if the exhaustion you feel isn’t just from parenting… but from constantly managing how others experience your life? In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism , we explore something many parents carry quietly… the habit of policing yourself. Editing your words. Softening your truth. Explaining your child. Preparing for reactions before they even happen. It’s subtle, but i...

Send us Fan Mail What if autism parenting didn’t have to feel like constant survival? In this powerful episode, I take you inside The Successful Autism Family Blueprint — the framework I wish someone had given me at the very beginning of my journey. If you’re a parent of an autistic child who feels exhausted, overwhelmed, and constantly reactive… this conversation will help you understand why you...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism , we are talking about something most parents of autistic children know all too well: uncertainty. But this is not about learning how to handle more. It is about recognising that you already are. If you are raising an autistic child while trying to build a business, grow a dream, start something new, or simply create more for your lif...

Send us Fan Mail There’s a quiet pressure many parents of autistic children carry. To stay grateful.  To stay inspirational.  To stay positive no matter what. But what if power has nothing to do with positivity? In this honest and grounding episode of Living Inspired with Autism , Antoinette explores the weight of toxic positivity in the autism world and why forcing yourself to “look on the bright...

Send us Fan Mail If you have been living in survival mode… this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, we explore a powerful shift that changes everything: What if you stopped treating yourself like a side hustle… and started treating yourself like the asset? As a parent of an autistic child, you are the researcher, the advocate, the emotional anchor, the translator, the protector, the strat...

Send us Fan Mail Disruption is part of parenting a child with autism. The meltdowns. The cancelled plans. The financial pressure. The constant feeling that life is off balance. In this episode, I’m sharing a powerful shift that changes everything. Disruption is not proof that you’re failing. It’s not something you have to eliminate before you can finally feel okay. We’ll explore the difference bet...

Send us Fan Mail What if the reason parenting autism feels so heavy is not because you are failing, but because you are trying to make something easier that was never meant to be? In this powerful episode of Living Inspired with Autism , Antoinette, life coach for parents of autistic children, shares a truth she wishes someone had told her years ago. One that completely changed how she showed up a...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode of Living Inspired With Autism , Antoinette dives into what she believes is the cornerstone of everything. How belief shapes the way you parent, work, care for yourself, and lead your family. This conversation explores the powerful difference between wanting something and truly believing it is inevitable. Wanting keeps us focused on what’s missing. Believing cha...

Send us Fan Mail Who Are You Becoming? This episode invites you to stop defining yourself by your past and start orienting your life around who you are becoming. So many of us unconsciously use what we have been through, what we have tried, or what has felt hard to decide what is possible for us. But your past cannot tell you who you are capable of becoming. That version of you has never existed b...

Send us Fan Mail Hello, friends. I’m Antoinette. Today, we’re talking about something vital: reclaiming your future. This isn't about ignoring the very real challenges of parenting a child with autism; it’s about reclaiming the mental space that belongs to you. Survival Mode Navigating autism often trains our brains to live "close to the ground"—focused solely on managing and reacti...

Send us Fan Mail Are You Unconsciously Negative? Most people don’t think of themselves as negative. Especially parents who are doing their absolute best. In this episode, we explore something much quieter and more exhausting than obvious negativity: unconscious negativity. The kind that sounds like honesty, facts, or “just telling it like it is” but slowly drains your nervous system and shapes how...

Send us Fan Mail What do you think first thing in the morning? Not your plans. Not your to-do list. Not who you need to be for everyone else. But the very first thought that arrives before you are fully awake. In this episode, we gently explore what happens in that quiet, foggy space between sleep and waking. The moment when your emotional brain comes online before logic, before perspective, befor...