I'm not ok....and that's ok

Stress affects everyone of us at sometime or another during the day. How people deal with stress is what matters. Some people thrive on the feeling of being under pressure and can deal with stress rather easily but what happens when you are under pressure or feeling stressed day after day, month after month? In this episode of "Thinking out Loud", the podcast for the non-profit, Love Me As I Am, we discuss stress on the parent or caregiver of a child with special needs. What does this type of stress do to a person or a family in the short term and long run? Listen as we share how long-term stress has affected us and the things we do to try and relieve some of the everyday stress in our lives.Music provided courtesy of KJ Sawka at KJSAWKA.com

In this episode of "Thinking Out Loud", the podcast for the non-profit Love Me As I Am (LMAIA), we will be taking a look at Benny's journey through Equine Therapy. The Equine Therapy that Benny participates in is a special assistance riding program using horses, or in Benny's case, a pony. We will look at how this therapy has affected Benny physically as well as emotionally. We will talk about the bond that has developed between Benny and his pony and the positive effects it has had on him overall. Music provided courtesy of KJ Sawka at KJSAWKA.com

"Thinking out Loud" is the podcast for the non-profit organization, Love Me As I Am (LMAIA), LMAIA's main focus is neurodivergent children and their parents/caregivers. In this first episode we will be discussing receiving your child's diagnosis, in this case, the diagnosis is level two Autism. We will talk about about what it took to get to this point, the missed milestones, the diagnosis, and life after the diagnosis. We will discuss what the diagnosis meant for the child, as well as the family. Being a parent/caregiver is hard, and there are a variety of emotions involved, listen as we tackle this maze and understand that it's ok not to not feel ok somedays.