EXPERT: When You Wish Your Kid Had a Different Diagnosis with Amanda Griffith-Atkins

Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's expert episode, #211. These are conversations with experts in fields relevant to caregiving parents. Our guest today is LMFT Amanda Griffith-Atkins, who is another Brave PWS mom as well as an author with a book coming out in June! Hooray! Her book is called How to Handle More Than You Can Handle: Caregiving for Yourself While Raising a Disabled Child.We’ve had Amanda on before too, so if you want to hear more from her we’ll link to that episode, #144, and, of course, we encourage you to pre-order her book, using the link above. On this episode, we will be focusing on those understandable times when we catch ourselves wishing our child had a different diagnosis and comparing our caregiving challenges to other parent’s challenges. It’s so common, so understandable and as you’ll hear, we ALL find ourselves there from time to time, so it’s nothing to feel shame about. Our discussion highlights how navigating these feelings can ultimately lead to a deeper understanding of oneself and one's parenting journey.Find Amanda on IG here and here.Find our first book from We Are Brave Together here.Find full episodes from Season 7 and clips from Season 8 on Youtube here.This episode was sponsored by Rise Educational Advocacy. Brave Together is the podcast for We are Brave Together, a not-for-profit organization based in the USA. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to strengthen, encourage, inspire and validate all moms of children with disabilities and other needs in their unique journeys. JOIN the international community of We Are Brave Together here. Donate to support all of We Are Brave Together's programs and offerings here. Can’t get enough of the Brave Together Podcast? Follow us on Instagram , Facebook and Youtube. Feel free to contact Jessica Patay via email: [email protected] If you have any topic requests or if you would like to share a story, leave us a message here.Please leave a review and rating today! We thank you in advance!Disclaimer