I would start by just coaching a parent talking with a parent of really like there's nothing that you did do or didn't do wrong or that you could have done better or different your child is who they are. So I think that's kind of the first part is removing

that stigma within yourself, that it's not anything that you've done.

I'm Amy. Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your best self means

standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose.

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and

triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose

what life looks like for herself.

This episode has been a long time coming. We were able to sit down with our friend, fellow Wanna Key Mom, Pam Barron, to really shine a light on being

a parent to a child with extra needs or supporting somebody, maybe a friend or a

family member that just received a diagnosis. And Pam has had 14 years of classroom experience teaching special education in public schools.

And she's always had this inner knowing

that classroom teaching wouldn't be her forever career,

but she couldn't see herself doing anything

other than working with children

with disabilities and their families. So today she consults with families just

like ours. We are clients of hers that are navigating raising a child with

disabilities and she helps to support them and their child

throughout the entire process. I do have to say towards the end we start to get

personal and we share our experience from when we first received our diagnosis.

There's a lot of tears.

It gets really real.

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