Latest Dh1 Podcast Episodes
038 | Raising Teenagers and How I've Been Handling It
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 26, 2020 08:28 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn today's episode, it's going to be a bit different because I am going to be talking about parenting teenagers. I will be explaining what happened recently with my son, why I decided to go public on social media, opening up a discussion about the challenges of raising teens, and where I am curr...
037 | How to Be an Advocate For Your Child pt. 1- with Zach Warshawsky
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 18, 2020 05:42 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn today's episode, I am joined by my husband Zach, and we are going to be talking all about how to advocate for your special needs child. We will be sharing the struggles and experiences that we have gone through in order to build an incredible team around our daughter Remy and how we've been a...
036| How To Stop Comparing Ourselves To Others
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 11, 2020 20:45 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn the world of special needs, comparison can be extremely painful. When our child isn’t able to do something that they should be doing, it’s natural to wish that they weren’t struggling. It’s normal for us to want to make things better in our life when everything isn’t going well. The problem s...
035 | Why Don't You Want People to Know He Has Autism?
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - January 28, 2020 08:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsHave you ever been worried about what people would say or think if they knew your child had autism? If you are, your not alone. One of the many worried we have around raising a child with autism is what others think of them. I'm talking today all about the judgment of others and why it m...
034 | How to Accept the Unacceptable - Acceptance Part 2
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - January 21, 2020 19:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis episode is all about how to get to a place of accepting the things in our minds that we find unacceptable. If that's accepting a child's illness or autism diagnosis or just accepting something you always thought shouldn't be happening. I am loving connecting with you. Find me on social m...
033 | Acceptance and What Gets In Our Way
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - January 14, 2020 06:56 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis show is for anyone who is raising a child with neurological differences. Raising a child with autism and epilepsy like my daughter Remy, I have learned quite a few lessons about the special needs world and the evolution of growth as a mom. In this show, we discuss all of it. Parenting, mar...
032 | The Problem With Having the Perfect Plan For Your Special Needs Child
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - January 07, 2020 18:55 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn this episode, I want to talk about the difference between preparing for something and planning for something. We all want the plan. When we walk out of the psychologist's office who just gave us the paper that says the word "autism" on it, we want the plan. We want the map that tells us where...
031 | I Lost 55 Pounds and This Is How I Did It - The Importance of Self Care As A Special Needs Parent
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - December 31, 2019 05:21 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsI am really excited to be talking about today's topic, which is mostly about my weight loss journey. I wanted to do this episode because it's New Year, and so many of us want this year to be the one that we change and experience amazing things. One of those things is self-care! A lot of times, ...
030 | The Holidays With Your Special Needs Child
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - December 23, 2019 21:14 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThe holiday episode. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, we all have those traditions that we want to hold on to. I want to give you permission to adjust as necessary to fit the needs of your family. Christmas is known to cause anxiety and overwhelm, but when you throw in a new diagnosis, me...
029 | How To Be Courageous In The Face Of Adversity - with Brittany Joseph
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - December 18, 2019 01:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsIn this episode, Im really excited to be joined by my friend Brittany Joseph who is a 26-year-old mother of five children that are between the ages of nine and two. She's married to her high school sweetheart, who is currently employed in the Air Force. She walks us through her experience wit...
028 | Perfectionism and Why Its Ruining Your Life
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - December 10, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsAre you someone who tends to be anxious, feel like you are never settled, or constantly experience fear and depression? Do you ever think you are not enough? If so, there is a chance that you could be a perfectionist. Being a parent of a child with special needs is a very challenging task. You m...
027 | Expanding Your Family After an Autism Diagnosis - With Leah Behrens
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - December 03, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsToday, I am joined by Leah Behrens who is the author of the blog The Behrens Den and an amazing wife and mother to three children. Two of which have autism. Leah shares her journey into motherhood, dealing with an autism diagnosis for both of her children, how to make your marriage wo...
026 | Beliefs, How Your Belief System Shapes Your Special Needs Child
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - November 26, 2019 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsEvery single one of us holds beliefs that we believe are true. Do you know that our beliefs shape both our happiness and our misery? What we believe can help us to raise our child with autism and special needs to be strong and independent and happy, or it can help them to grow up feeling like a ...
025 | Special Education and the Power of Being an Autism Helper - With Sasha Long
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - November 19, 2019 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsHow should you respond when your child is consistently exhibiting negative behaviors, like a meltdown or tantrum? What types of curricular help are out there for parents that want to homeschool their child? What can you do to be an advocate for your child? Ensuring they get the help that they ne...
024 | Decisions, How To Know You're Making The Right Ones For Your Child
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - June 11, 2019 21:08 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsOne of the scariest parts of parenting a child with special needs is knowing that the direction you are leading your child is the very best one. We fear that we wont meet the needs of our kids because we don't know how to navigate this special needs world. We want to give our children the best w...
023 | I know It's Hard But You Can Do It
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - May 29, 2019 07:37 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsDo you ever feel like your inadequate? that you don't know if you're cut out for this parenting stuff? I had a little pity party this week so I totally understand. In this episode, I talk about how you can keep your head up even though you can't see the road in front of you.
022 | Making Peace With Autism - With Megan Carranza
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - May 21, 2019 11:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsWe never forget our child's first cry, first smile or the first time they start walking. Those are the milestones we dream of when picturing our future children. But we also never forget the first time we look at our child and wonder if we should be concerned with their development. Today I ...
021 | ABA Therapy - With Ashleigh Guich
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - May 07, 2019 06:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsABA therapy (Applied Behavior Analysis) is a common type of therapy offered to people on the spectrum. But what is ABA therapy? Today I am speaking with Ashleigh Guich, BCBA all about ABA therapy and how it's used for people with autism as well as anyone else who can benefit from changing be...
020 | I Accept My Childs Diagnosis But...
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - April 30, 2019 04:11 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsHey there, do you ever get into weird funks in life? I totally get it, Im there right now. It just seems like sometimes life gets heavy In this episode, I talk about a bunch of things. Depression, IEPs, Vaccines, Acceptance. All the stuff on my mind. But what's really on my mind is what ...
019 | You Are Enough
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - April 16, 2019 19:57 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsWe all want to be the best parents. I remember when I was pregnant with my first son, I was going to be the best mom there ever was. I wasn't going to make all those mistakes that everyone else did. But then he was born and I realized that there is a lot of things out of my control. I wasn't...
018 | How Our Marriage Survived Special Needs Parenting - Zach Warshawsky
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - April 09, 2019 11:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsZach Warshawsky shares what he has learned about marriage and how hes managed to put his marriage first despite the medical diagnosis of our daughter Remy. Here are some of the links mentioned in the episode The router we use to manage parental controls for our teenagers. https://jodyslink...
017 | Self Care
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - April 02, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsDo you ever feel overwhelmed, stressed, bitter and resentful at doing the mother thing? When your kids act up or have a meltdown and you have only had 2 hours of sleep, how does that make you feel? I know for me that when I don't practice self-care, that's when the stress and overwhelm come ...
016 | Special Needs Siblings, How To Balance Siblings Needs
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - March 26, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsOne of the biggest questions I get asked, is "How do you do it? How do you balance everyone and have a daughter with special needs?" The short answer is "whats balance?" Being a parent is hard stuff. Trying to raise children, giving them equal attention and time is the trick we are all tryi...
015 | So What Had Happened Was... (update on the podcast)
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - March 20, 2019 00:10 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis weeks episode didn't go to plan. I recorded it, edited it and then just wasn't feelin it. I want to always make sure that you get the very best content so I decided not to publish something I didn't find the value in. So today's episode is all about the direction of the podcast. He...
014 | Autism, Nonverbal Communication
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - March 12, 2019 16:34 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsOne of the first warning signals we may have that our kids have autism, is the fact that they may not be able to speak. We look at the parenting books and see our kiddos are behind. We worry that they may never catch up. What if they are "non-verbal" forever? I think a lot of times, we s...
013 | Autism, How To Teach Your Child To Play With Others
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - March 05, 2019 08:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsThis show is for anyone who is raising a child with neurological differences. Raising a child with autism and epilepsy like my daughter Remy, I have learned quite a few lessons about the special needs world and the evolution of growth as a mom. In this show, we discuss all of it. Parenting, mar...
012 | Autism, How To Get Your Child To Communicate
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 26, 2019 08:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsI remember when Remy was first diagnosed with autism. The first concern I had was that she wasn't able to communicate. If she couldn't communicate, she would never function in a way that could get her through life. But what I didn't realize is that communication and speaking weren't exactly th...
011 | Autism, How To Get Your Childs Attention
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 19, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsKids learn the most from watching others. They learn facial expressions, tones, sounds, speech, emotion etc. Our kiddos with autism have a harder time paying attention to all the details from people. This makes it harder for them to learn from others. A child with autism can become fascina...
010 | Autism, Our Story
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 12, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsAutism has become a very big topic of conversation in our society. I never really cared about the conversation to be honest, until I wondered about my daughter. The thought of autism is scary. We as a society fear it because we don't understand it. I know I didn't. With Remy having seizure...
009 | How I Use Cannabis For My Daughter's Seizures
Accepting The Unacceptable, Parenting Autism, Epilepsy, Special Needs - February 05, 2019 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 85 ratingsCannabis There's so much talk about cannabis with our kiddos seizure disorders. It's also a big topic for kids with autism too. Since our daughter Remy started having seizures, the number one topic people bring up is "Have you tried cannabis?" The reason is that medical marijuana has been...