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AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

#16: "Our Children with Autism"

AT HOME with Byron Katie • The Work of Byron Katie® Podcast

Byron Katie International, Inc.

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.9870 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

My guest this week, the mother of an autistic six-year-old son, sometimes feels inadequate as his caretaker. Is his body really "a mess of sensory triggers"? Is it not working the way it's supposed to? Join us and witness her courage and wisdom as she questions her thoughts about giving him lunch. Let’s do The Work!
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0:00.0

Hello everyone. Good that you don't miss this one. Welcome to the work and my

0:07.9

guest today Stacy. She has a six-year-old autistic son. They're in the kitchen. She makes him a

0:17.6

taco and brings it to him and his pattern is to become like, feel nausea.

0:25.8

And she's filled in her worksheet

0:28.1

out of that situation.

0:30.4

Oh, you know, the thoughts we have, like my son is demanding all my energy and resources.

0:37.8

My son's body is sick, broken, unacceptable.

0:42.0

Oh, she was so courageous. This woman has courage and I invite you to hold

0:49.2

on to yours get still so here now for you, Stacy.

0:59.0

Hi, Stacy.

1:00.0

Hi, Stacy.

1:00.3

Hi Katie. So what's going on? I have a worksheet on my son. Read number one. Those of you

1:10.4

new to the work the worksheet is always free on the work.com and it is, there are six questions on it and you answer them.

1:20.0

So Stacy, what did you write in your response to number one?

1:26.5

I am angry at my son's body

1:29.9

for being such a mess of sensory triggers.

1:34.0

Okay, and what is the situation that you have anchored in to fill in the worksheet?

1:42.0

The situation is... anchored in to fill in the worksheet?

1:43.0

The situation is, he's six years old, he's on the autism spectrum.

1:49.0

This is yesterday, we're having lunch, I'm giving him lunch I give him a taco with with beans and she's

2:00.9

and he picks it up and he basically says I can't eat this it's making him

2:06.8

nauseous and because it reminds him of another thing he ate recently that that made him nauseous really just from the look of it. It's not even

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