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Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms is your go-to podcast for breaking through the emotional struggles of raising a child with a disability. Hosted by a life coach and mom who truly gets it, each episode is packed with no-nonsense advice to help you stop living in survival mode, ditch the guilt, and keep from burning out. If you've ever thought… -I feel like I’m failing my child -No one understands what I go through every day. -I can’t keep up with everything -No matter how much I do…
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- Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
135. How to Cope With Overstimulation as a Special Needs Mom
As moms, we are constantly being bombarded with everyone’s needs, being touched, clutter all around us, loud noises, and sensory stimuli. And it can be, well…
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134. Why Special Needs Moms Get Overstimulated- Part One
Part one of the two-part series on overstimulation. In this episode, we dive into what overstimulation is, what causes it, and why so many mom’s experience it.
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133. A Quick Way to Help Your Child (and Yourself) Regulate Emotions
Sometimes when our kids (or ourselves) are faced with a challenge, we lose control over our own emotions. We panic. We freak out. We can’t see a solution. In…
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132. The Gifts We Get as Special Needs Moms
Sometimes you stumble across something on the great wide web that just knocks you to your knees… In this episode, I am sharing a poem by an unknown author that…
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131. How a Scarcity Mindset Affects Special Needs Parents
Have you ever found yourself jealous of all those “typical” families? Or found yourself constantly feeling worried about money, even when you have enough to…
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130. How Playfulness Can Help Us Be Even Better Parents
As kids, we all loved to play. Life was full of adventures, joy, and silliness. But as we grow up and take on more responsibility, that ability to play starts…
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129. The Truth About Angry Moms
It starts with something setting you off, like your child having a massive meltdown, causing you to lose your cool and yell at them, which makes you feel…
- Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
128. 5 Decisions That Will Change Your Life As a Special Needs Mom
The decisions we make every single day, especially the small ones, are what create our lives. In this episode, I’m sharing 5 decisions you can make that will…
- Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
127. When Life Gets Stressful, Do This
As special needs moms, we face a lot of stressful challenges every single day. And sometimes, those challenges can be overwhelming and leave us feeling frozen…
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126. The Biggest Thing Keeping Moms from Being Happy (And What To Do About It)
Ever find yourself too tired, too busy, and just too exhausted to do the things that make you happy? Well you are not alone. In this episode, we talk about the…
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125. Better Sleep for Special Needs Moms
Between nighttime care tasks, racing minds, and kids who wake us up, sleep doesn’t always come easy for special needs moms. In this episode, I’m sharing a few…
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124. The Impact of Coaching
It can be difficult to explain just how big of an impact coaching can have in your life, and just how much it changes you. It improves the quality of your…
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123. Even Special Needs Moms Are Allowed to Be Human
Humans aren’t perfect. That’s a fact. But if this is true, then why do so many women, especially us special needs moms, feel as though they aren’t allowed to…
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122. A Tool for Making Big Decisions
As special needs moms, we face a lot of BIG decisions. Maybe it’s deciding whether or not a surgery is right for your child… Or deciding if you should leave a…
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121. How Coaching Can Help You Be a Better Mom
In this episode, I’m giving you an insider look at some of the work we do inside The Village. In this episode, I walk you through the process of helping one of…
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120. The One Thing I Wish I Knew Before My Child's Diagnosis
If I had known how to do this ONE thing when my son was diagnosed, it would have saved me a lot of pain and suffering. In this episode, I'm sharing what this…
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119. 3 Things to Do When Illness Hits Your Household
When our kids get sick, it typically means a few nights of no sleep, a mountain of laundry and dishes, missed work, and a whole lot of stress and worry. In…
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118. Life as a Special Needs Mom is...
I asked followers on Instagram to fill in the blank of this sentence:"life as a special needs mom is ____" And after dozens of responses, there were two words…
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117. When Life Feels Out of Control as a Special Needs Mom
***Link to check out The Village*** www.lowerylifecoaching.com/thevillage And as special needs moms, there is a lot that we can’t control. We can't control our…
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116. How Keeping Score Keeps You Stuck
Have you ever noticed your brain keeping a mental score of sorts? Maybe it's tallying all the times your husband forgets to do something, or all the ways in…
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115. 5 Reasons Special Needs Moms Get Stuck in Survival Mode
*LINK TO REGISTER FOR FREE COURSE* https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/tt0cXQu/Freecourse Understanding WHY you are stuck in Survival Mode is a key element…
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114. My Word of the Year
I don’t do New Year’s resolutions, and I don’t set massive sky-high goals at the beginning of a new year. But I do choose a word. I decide on a theme, a core…
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113. What if We Treated Time Like Money?
We meticulously plan how we spend our dollars, but when it comes to our limited minutes and hours.... well, most of us take the "wing it" approach. But what…
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112. The Secret to Living Life to the Fullest as a Special Needs Parent
Ever feel stuck in the daily grind, just barely surviving? In this episode, I take you through a powerful exercise in setting priorities in your life that will…
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111. The Truth About Therapies and Early Interventions
A lot of us get trapped thinking that there is one RIGHT treatment or therapy that is the key to helping our child hit those milestones. We tend to think that…
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110. It Ain’t Easy, But It’s Worth It
Sometimes it takes extra effort to make memories and experiences happen when you are a parent to a child with disabilities. More planning, effort, and energy…
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109. 3 Ways to Make the Rest of the Year Easier
***Sign up for Surviving the Holidays**** Go to: lowerylifecoaching.com/holiday For most families, the last two months of the year are BUSY. With our schedules…
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108. When Everything Feels Like a Fight
As special needs parents, we are no strangers to the constant battle of advocating for our children. But showing up to that fight from a place of frustration…
- Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
107. Questions to Ask When Your To-Do List is Overwhelming
When you are feeling overwhelmed by all the demands of life, do you tend to check out and procrastinate? This is typically followed by a series of questions we…
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106. Show Up and Bring Coffee with Megan Amrich
Sometimes those closest to us just aren’t sure how to support us. Sometimes we as special needs moms don’t know exactly how to ask for help. In this episode…
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105. The Sneaky Signs of Parental Burnout
You may already be aware of the main signs of burnout, but sometimes burnout can be showing up in ways we don’t even notice. Listen in to hear 5 ways burnout…
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104. The BEST Life Hack for Jump Starting Your Productivity
Too much to do and not enough motivation? No worries, I’ve got you! In this episode I’m sharing one of my all-time FAVORITE life hacks for those times when the…
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103. Exposing the Mommy Wine Culture with Julie Lively
If you find yourself unwinding with a glass of Chardonnay more often than you’d like to, then this episode is for you my friend! Alcohol is the go-to…
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102. What ChatGPT Says About Special Needs Moms
I asked ChatGPT to describe special needs moms in a unique way, and the result was a little shocking honestly. In this episode, I’m sharing the “Robot Poem” I…
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101. The 5 Myths of Motherhood
Society teaches us a lot of things about what it means to be a good mom. But the truth is, most of them just aren’t true. These harmful beliefs leave moms…
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100. When Rest Has to be Earned
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99. The 3 Steps to Getting Out of Overwhelm
Ever have one of those weeks where things seem to just be coming at you from all directions? All the tasks, work, kids, appointments, stress… it all piles up…
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98. How Constraint Can Help Reduce Overwhelm
Constraint is a powerful tool to help reduce the mental fatigue of decision making and overwhelm. In this episode, I share how to use this tool, what areas of…
- Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
97. The Secret to Parenting Under Stress
Parenting can be stressful… And special needs parenting? DEFINTELY stressful. You might find yourself stuck in a cycle of having a rough day, being exhausted…
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96. 10 Questions To Ask Yourself at the Start of Your Child’s School Year
***To get a copy of the questions, go to lowerylifecoaching.com/10questions For us moms, the start of a new school year can come with a lot of challenges. From…
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95. How Coaching Can Improve Your Relationship With Your Special Needs Child
We talk about marriages and how to support our other children, we talk about the relationships we have with providers and our child’s school even, but what…
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94. Why I Felt Like a Failure: Lessons From a Hospital Visit
We all want what’s best for our child more than anything, but sometimes we get in our own way. Sometimes we let our own insecurities and beliefs take over…
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93. The Secret to Finding Yourself Again
Our priorities change. Our bodies change. Our schedules change. But many moms also feel like they have lost a sense of who they even are anymore once they…
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92. The Ultimate Medical Binder for Special Needs Moms
The mental load of running a family, especially one that involves medical needs, can leave parents overwhelmed and exhausted. But when you set up systems for…
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90. How to Support the Siblings
Being the sibling to a special needs child isn’t easy. It often means less time and attention with parents, worries about the future, and confusion about why…
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89. Survival Mode Beliefs
As special needs moms, we are often told to “take care of ourselves” and self-care becomes the only piece of advice given to us… But what if I told you there…
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88. Mom Boss vs. Mom Leader
In the corporate world, a manager’s leadership style can make or break the success of a team. In a family, the same can be true. In this episode, we take a…
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87. Special Needs Mom Milestones
As moms, we spend a lot of time focused on our children’s milestones. But rarely do we celebrate our own, and the personal growth that comes along with them.
- Overcome the Overwhelm for Special Needs Moms
86. How to Harness the Power of Your Emotions
As special needs moms, we have a lot of challenging experiences in our lives that we can’t change. But what we CAN change is our subjective experience of those…
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85. Why Your Brain Gets Dramatic
Catastrophizing, All-or-Nothing Thinking, Mental Filtering: all of these are what we call Cognitive Distortions, or thought errors. And they all stem from your…
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84. 3 Easy, Practical Ways to Reduce the Mental Load
Appointments, bills, medications, school spirit days, gifts to buy, meals to make, your children’s well-being… it all adds to a mom’s mental load. In this…
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83. Letting Go of the Pressure: a Candid Life Update
Some seasons of life are just downright hard, and in this episode I’m sharing what one of those seasons in life looks like for me, and how I am choosing to…
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82. 3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Have a Better Weekend
Have you ever made it to Sunday night and thought to yourself, “where the heck did the weekend go?” When we are overwhelmed and have a lot of mental energy…
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81. Overcoming Obstacles in Achieving Your Mental Wellness Goals
This episode is closing out our three-part series on setting and achieving mental wellness goals. In this episode, we talk about overcoming obstacles you might…
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80. How to Create a Mental Wellness Protocol
In weight loss, a protocol is like your diet plan. It says what you will and won’t eat, how often, and how much. So when it comes to improving your mental…
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79. How to Set a Mental Wellness Goal for Yourself
We set goals for many different areas of our lives, like weight loss or finances. And those are great goals and can have some really beneficial gains to…
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78. 3 Ways People Pleasing Shows Up in Motherhood
Putting other’s needs and wants before your own can seem noble and kind, but when it is rooted in a fear of upsetting others then it becomes a direct source of…
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77. Q&A: Finding Babysitters, and How to Stop Feeling Annoyed at Your Child
In this episode we are answering more listener questions! From getting a good babysitter to not getting annoyed at your child, let’s dive in!
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76. How to Not Feel Guilty When it Comes to Self Care
The #1 question I got asked last week was, “How do I take care of myself without feeling guilty?” And in this episode, I’m not only answering it but I’m also…
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75. Date Night
As special needs parents, getting a regular date night can be CHALLENGING. But with a little planning and creativity, we can ensure our marriages get the time…