639: Kate Swenson: Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Kate Swenson is a proud working mama of four living in suburban Minnesota. She lives for coffee, preaches kindness like her life depends on it and is continuously surprised by the twists and turns of motherhood. Her son Cooper was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old and since then life hasn’t slowed down. Her daily life consists of keeping tiny humans alive and writing, creating videos, and influencing. She launched Finding Cooper's Voice 5 years ago for a place to share her feelings and today it is almost a million people strong. Listen in to Kate share: How she wrote a book as a pregnant mom of 4 during the pandemic The process of her son Cooper being diagnosed with autism The taboo nature of grieving your child’s diagnosis How she held grief and relief simultaneously after Cooper’s diagnosis How she and her husband grieved differently, leading to their divorce and eventual reconciliation and remarriage What communication looks like for Cooper as a non verbal child How to use language in an inclusive way (special needs vs disabilty, autistic child vs child with autism) The backlash and bullying she received after going viral talking about autism Her new book Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy - and why every parent should read it Links mentioned: Join my business training: Build Your Courageous & Confident CEO Blueprint: shamelessmom.com/ceo Connect with Kate: https://findingcoopersvoice.mysites.io Kate on FB Kate on IG Book: Forever Boy: A Mother's Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy Sponsor info and promo codes: Please find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/ Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 639 with Kate Swenson.
0:05.5	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to
0:09.5	shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 639.9.
0:17.8	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other
0:23.3	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:29.5	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:34.9	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless
0:40.9	moms just like you.
0:42.3	You can find us over at shamelessmom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:47.3	All right.
0:48.3	Let's dive into today's episode.
0:58.0	Kate Swenson is a proud working mama of four living in suburban Minnesota. She lives for coffee, preaches kindness, like her life depends on it, and is continuously surprised by the twists and turns of motherhood.
1:05.0	Her son Cooper was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old, and since then, life has not slowed down.
1:11.7	Her daily life consists of keeping tiny humans alive and writing, creating videos, and influencing.
1:17.3	She launched Finding Cooper's Voice five years ago for a place to share her feelings, and today
1:22.9	it is almost one million people strong. Kate's first book, Forever Boy, about her family's journey with
1:28.8	autism, comes out on April 5th, and she's so honored and excited to be a part of the process
1:34.2	of sharing this story with the world. When Kate reached out about coming on the show, it was an
1:39.3	immediate and easy guess. This is a conversation I've actually been wanting to have for a while.
1:45.3	I know that so many of us are touched by children and people and family members and community members who
1:51.5	have an autism diagnosis and exist on the autism spectrum in some way. And if there's not
1:58.6	someone close to you in your life, it's likely that your child is in
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