The Special Needs Mom Podcast

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Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Sign up for the Un-Challenge HERE . Full Show Notes Connect with Kara, host of The Special Needs Mom Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespecialneedsmompodcast/ Website: https://www.kararyska.com/

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) The roadmap, the path you are already on. Maybe you are closer than you realize. One of the biggest losses of the special needs mom experience is the loss of what you thought would be your future.  And due to the unpredictability of your child’s needs and future your footing is wonky, you feel like you’ve lost your abili...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and welcome to the podcast! This week we’re discussing ways to improve a difficult relationship you may have, even with your spouse.  I talk about this in two parts. Part one: Acknowledging and Identifying your Unspoken Agreements Part two: Accepting people as they are.   After this episode, I think you’ll feel mor...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) This episode continues our monthly series focusing on relationships. Rach Wilson joins me to share about her own “hell year” with her neurodiverse children. She speaks with extreme vulnerability about this time and how she had to fix a seriously-damaged self and spouse relationship. Connect with Erica: Email: rach@divine...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Do you secretly (or not so secretly) struggle with the relationship with your special needs child? In this episode, we’re going to reflect on the thoughts and feelings we have revolving around our child and dig deeper into them.  It usually isn’t about THE CHILD. I also have an exercise for you. Write down all the things...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Welcome to the podcast. In this episode, I share a conversation with Erica Stearns about hospitalizations. Erica is a researcher and disability activist, disabled adult and mother of two children with disabilities.  Being in the hospital happens in all different circumstances for families with special needs children.  Er...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and welcome to the podcast.  In this weeks episode, I’m talking with Michelle Fehlman about misconceptions and similarities between therapy and life coaching.  Michelle gives a good description of coaching versus therapy, saying coaching is about learning to do and therapy is more about learning to be.  Also, coach...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) This is a very different style episode than what you are used to here at The Special Needs Mom Podcast.   If you've ever listened to The Moth, you'll feel right at home. This episode was recorded on-site at the Global Genes Conference in San Diego in September 2022.  Global Genes envisions a globally connected...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and welcome to the Special Needs Mom Podcast. This episode I am diving into some of the common themes of responsibility that we feel as special needs moms.  I actually did a poll on my social media accounts and the responses were overwhelming. I am highlighting the most common ones today.  What I want to accomplish...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Welcome to the podcast, this weeks episode is with guest Sarah Hoke. She is a mother to three girls, her middle daughter was born with a genetic disorder called Digeorge Syndrome. In Sarah’s story, her daughter’s prognosis actually improved as the dug deeper with the doctors and as time went on. Sarah recognizes that thi...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Welcome to the podcast! This episode was unplanned originally, but after attending The Global Genes Conference I wanted to share my takeaways with you.  The first is the idea of trust. Trust in yourself and your instincts. But also trusting that you’re not the only one who can care for your child.  The second idea is com...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and thanks for joining us for this episode.  This week's guest is Queren King. She is a mother to two, her youngest son has been through a big journey and he's not even 2 yet.  He has a unique genetic disorder, AUTS2. Queren shares her story and perspective as a mom who is fairly new to the special needs...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and thanks for being here. This week is a companion episode to Ep103, Let Go of Feeling Like a Victim.  In today's episode, I talk about ways we can rewrite the narrative and take responsibility for our emotions, even in this difficult circumstances we face as special needs moms. First, we need to distinguish...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and welcome to the podcast. This week I have guest Kelly Speck speaking about her life with her 3 children, one of whom is a teenager with quadriplegic cerebral palsy.  Kelly has the ability to describe the beginning of her journey to parenthood and coincidentally special needs parenthood with light, however she al...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and thanks for listening to the podcast. In this week episode, I'm diving into a topic that came to me from a client's suggestion.   It's the idea of the opposing ways we can find ourselves; being at cause/ having choice & being at effect/feeling like the victim.  Today, I'm specifically tal...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello  and I’m glad you’re here! This week is part two of my conversation with guest, Hannah Parsons.  In this episode, we discuss Hannah’s major mind shift and her gaining confidence to take her son’s care into her own hands.  She shares about hiring/firing help in the home and how the Special Needs mom community and gr...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello listeners.  This week I have Hannah Parsons on the podcast. Hannah is mother to one son and explains how nothing went as planned from her pregnancy, to birth, to postnatal.  We speak on her realization that she had no control over the circumstances and her path to acceptance. This conversation was in-depth and we a...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello listeners and thank you for being with me to celebrate the 100th Episode of the Special Needs Mom Podcast! This episode, I bring attention to the words Acceptance and Celebrate.   The lives, diagnosis’, struggles, joys that we’ve been dealt don’t often feel like sometime we would willingly accept. I definitely unde...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) 99: Hello and welcome back to the podcast.  This episode, I talk about anxiety, mostly in reference to the long to-do lists we have as special needs moms.  Now let me be clear, this is coming from the lens of a coach and not a therapist or medical professional. Anxiety is a real medical condition.  I’m speaking about the...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and welcome back to the podcast. This week we have guest, Carrie Holt. She is mom to 4 children, one of which has taken her on the ride of 15+ years as a special needs mom. Her son has spina bifida and hydrocephalus.   Carrie starts with the beginning of the story. They knew about her son's conditions in-utero...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello listeners and welcome back to the podcast. This week, we have guest Joanna Wen on the show. Joanna is a life coach and weight loss coach while being a mother to twins, one of which has special needs.  She is here to share some small ways special needs mom can remove mental blocks to weight loss and food relationshi...

Send us a text (Note: we are not able to respond but LOVE to hear from you!!) Hello and welcome back to the podcast. This week, we have a special guest in Mishka Sibert. Mishka is an adult sibling of an autistic brother and shares her experiences growing up and finding her purpose to help mothers. Mishka starts by sharing her personal journey to realizing that she had been people pleasing and bein...