Is Food Impacting Our Children More Than We Realize?
Mar 28, 2024
You are what you eat. That adage has been around forever for a reason.
The foods we consume have changed drastically over the last few decades. Packaged, highly processed foods have flooded groceries, gas stations, schools, sporting events, and gatherings. It's practically impossible for a child or adult to go a day...
Abuse Prevention and Cultivating Healthy Relationships
Feb 29, 2024
People with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at a rate SEVEN TIMES HIGHER than people without disabilities. And that figure is likely a substantial underestimate, as it doesn't take into account repeated abuse or people living in institutions and group homes.
There are steps we can take to prevent abuse...
Self-Care for Caregivers
Jan 30, 2024
Self-care is something we all need to do. But for many of us, it's an elusive practice.
Caregivers are working harder than ever. Which makes self-care more important than ever.
Knowing how real this struggle is, I reached out to my friend and chiropractor Dr. Sarah Gardner. She gets it, and has so many practical, doable...
Best of 2023
Dec 20, 2023
This odyssey of parenting, caregiving, and disability can be so many things: isolating, overwhelming, joyous, lonely, full, exhausting, exhilerating. The extreme ups and downs; the highs and lows. You can't fully understand it unless you live it.
This episode explores why professional family to family support is so...
Why We Must Stop Labeling People High-Functioning/Low-Functioning
Nov 22, 2023
It's natural for parents to want their children to reach their full potential. But who decides what that is? And at what cost?
In part two of my interview with Heather Trammell, we explore how dangerous societal expectations can be; and how inaccurate and harmful it is to label people as high-functioning and...