Non-Custodial Motherhood: Cristina Miller on Showing Up from Afar

In this deeply honest conversation, we sit down with Cristina Miller, writer, content strategist, and founder of The Mother Rogue, a growing resource and support community for non-custodial parents and families navigating autism. Cris shares her courageous story of becoming a long-distance, non-custodial mom, the heartache of choosing stability for her son over residential custody, and the mental health challenges she faced during that transition. She opens up about navigating stigma, rebuilding her identity, and learning how to stay meaningfully connected to her son across distance, diagnosis, and time.Cris also reflects on her later-in-life autism diagnosis and how it transformed her understanding of herself, her parenting, and her advocacy. For any parent feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or shut out by the legal system, Cris offers raw encouragement and lived wisdom: you are a good parent, your relationship with your child can remain strong, and you don’t have to navigate this journey alone.Check-Out The Mother Rogue: https://stillmom.com/To support guts' work, find us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Music Credit: Nathan Byrne with Reel Byrne Media. Note: The information in this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not medical/therapeutic advice. Such information is not intended nor otherwise implied to be mental health advice or a substitute for mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment from a mental health or medical professional. If you become distressed and need support, call 988 to access 24/7 mental health support, call 911, or visit your nearest emergency room.