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What I Wish Every Mother Knew Before Her Child Got Sick
If I could sit across from every mother who is just beginning this journey, I wouldn’t start with protocols, diagnoses, or research papers. I would start with this: You are not naïve. You are not overreacting. And you are not imagining what you are seeing. When a child becomes sick—whether suddenly or gradually—mothers almost always know before anyone
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Autism Is Not a Mystery, It’s a Message
For years, autism has been framed as an unsolvable mystery. Parents are told, “We don’t really know why this happens,” while simultaneously being told not to look too closely, not to ask certain questions, and not to connect dots that feel obvious to them. But here is what I have learned after listening to families, studying patterns,
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Why So Many Children Are Struggling and Why Parents Aren’t Crazy
I want to start by saying something clearly, because it needs to be said: Parents are not imagining what they are seeing. Across the world, mothers and fathers are watching their children struggle in ways that were once rare—and they are being told, over and over again, that this is normal. That it’s genetic. That it’s coincidence.
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Healing Often Involves Grief, Even When You’re Getting Better
There is a part of healing that almost no one prepares you for. Grief. Not just grief for what was lost—but grief for what changed. Many people assume grief belongs only to decline, diagnosis, or bad news. But grief often arrives right in the middle of improvement. Sometimes because improvement is happening. That can be confusing. As the body
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Healing Often Happens When the Body Finally Exhales
There is a moment in healing that is easy to miss, because it is quiet and unremarkable on the surface. It is the moment the body exhales. Not the intentional kind. Not the deep-breathing exercise kind. The unconscious kind. The shoulders drop without being told to. The jaw loosens. The stomach softens. The breath deepens on its own. This moment
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Healing Often Looks Like Relief Before It Looks Like Results
One of the quiet truths about healing is that it rarely announces itself the way people expect. Most people are waiting for a dramatic change—numbers improving, symptoms disappearing, energy suddenly returning. They are watching for proof. For evidence. For something they can point to and say, “There. That’s it. I’m better.” But healing often begins much more
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Healing Often Requires Boundaries, Even When They Feel Unkind
One of the most misunderstood aspects of healing is the role boundaries play in it. Many people believe that healing should make them more accommodating, more flexible, more available. They think that if they are truly compassionate, they should be able to say yes—to conversations, to expectations, to other people’s needs—no matter how depleted they feel. But
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Healing Can Feel Lonely and That Doesn’t Mean You’re Doing It Wrong
One of the least talked-about parts of healing is the loneliness that can come with it. Not the dramatic kind. The quiet kind. The kind that settles in when your life no longer looks like it used to—and no longer fits neatly into other people’s expectations. Many people assume healing will feel hopeful and supported at every
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Healing Often Begins When Someone Finally Feels Seen
There is a moment I have witnessed again and again—quiet, subtle, and often overlooked—when healing begins not with a remedy, but with recognition. It happens when someone finally feels seen. Not evaluated. Not corrected. Not rushed or analyzed. Seen. Many people who are chronically ill, exhausted, or stuck in long healing journeys are not only carrying physical burdens. They
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Healing Has Its Own Timing and It Rarely Obeys Pressure
One of the hardest truths people encounter on a healing journey is this: healing does not follow urgency. We live in a culture built on deadlines, timelines, and measurable progress. When something is wrong, we want it fixed—quickly, efficiently, predictably. That mindset works well for machines. The body is not a machine. Healing unfolds in rhythms, not schedules.