Book Review: “How to Handle More Than You Can Handle” by Amanda Griffith-Atkins

The Rare Life · Jun 12, 2025 · 24m

What does it really mean to care for yourself while raising a disabled child?

Not the bubble bath kind of self-care—but the kind that starts with naming your anger, your grief, your jealousy, and not pushing them down just because “good parents don’t feel that way.”

In this episode, Amanda Griffith-Atkins joins Alyssa and I to talk about her new book How to Handle More Than You Can Handle: Caring for Yourself While Raising a DisabledChild. Amanda shares what led her to write this book and how the book is structured to be helpful for busy parents of disabled children. Each of us also share…