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When You Feel Like You Are Out There All Alone

When You Feel Like You Are Out There All Alone

by Sonia Voynow | Nov 14, 2017 | How Connection Eases Stress, The Art of Self-Care

I am no stranger to the stress that comes hand in hand with parenting a child on the autism spectrum. After 19 years of parenting my son, I’ve become better at knowing when stress has the upper hand and I need to take care of myself. This doesn’t mean that...
Lions And Tigers And … Playgrounds … Oh My (The Invisible Struggles Of Parenting On The Spectrum)

Lions And Tigers And … Playgrounds … Oh My (The Invisible Struggles Of Parenting On The Spectrum)

by Sonia Voynow | Aug 29, 2014 | Parenting stress and finding connection

A few years after my son was diagnosed with autism, and I was in the thick of his early intervention treatment, his behavior therapist said something to me that still brings tears of gratitude to my eyes. I had taken my son to her office, the first appointment of many...
Adventures In Equanimity: It’s not the end of the world, it’s only break dancing

Adventures In Equanimity: It’s not the end of the world, it’s only break dancing

by Sonia Voynow | Jun 8, 2012 | Empowered Parenting, Seeing Your Whole Child

With all the ups and downs of raising a child on the autism spectrum, there are some “mantras” that I have embraced to help me stay centered. Take the notion of equanimity, for example. I was reintroduced to the word in an ethics class five or six years ago. And here...
Surviving the Holidays: Adventures in changing expectations

Surviving the Holidays: Adventures in changing expectations

by Sonia Voynow | Nov 17, 2010 | The Art of Self-Care

I love the holidays. That is, I love the idea of the holidays. But somehow, the reality has rarely delivered. Disappointments and stress tend to surface, because the actual activities never quite match my rosy predictions. This “holiday joy deficit” became even more...

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