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3 Powerful Ways to Find Peace as a Special Needs Parent

December 1, 2016 by Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach Leave a Comment

Inside: Being a special needs parent is stressful without a doubt, focusing on acceptance, self-compassion and gratitude can help parents seek out (and find) peace and joy amidst the daily struggles.

Out of nowhere, standing in the messy kitchen and holding a fresh poop diaper, I sat watching my kids run rampant with excitement playing nicely together (surely some small part of hell must be freezing over right?), and it dawned on me. [Read more…]

When You Start to Doubt Yourself as a Special Needs Parent

December 1, 2016 by Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach Leave a Comment

Parenting a special needs child is a journey we would never have imagined ourselves on, full of heartbreaking lows and miraculous highs that shape us into stronger people.

If I had been granted the power of seeing the future 20 years ago, I’m not sure I would have believed the life I have today was actually my own. [Read more…]

5 Research-Backed Ways to Save Energy as a Parent of a High Needs Child

August 2, 2016 by Angela Pruess LMFT, Child Therapist + Parent Coach Leave a Comment

The phone calls. The meetings. The doctor’s appointments.

There are additional variables at play with our special needs kids that have the capacity to de- rail us from being the parents we’ve always wanted to be. If there’s a common variable that all special needs parents would agree to experiencing, it would be that they are exhausted. [Read more…]