Autism in Parenting: Embracing Who We Are, Not Fixing What We're Not

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

Big Little Feelings, After Bedtime, Deena Margolin, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, Kids & Family, Parenting, 105161, Kristin Gallant

4.7 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this deeply personal episode of After Bedtime, it's just Deena and Tyler - no filters, no gloss - sharing their lived experiences as late-diagnosed autistic adults and parents. From diagnosis journeys to sensory overload, social hangovers, perseveration loops, and the challenges that can make everyday parenting feel extra tricky, they get real about what it's like to move through the world with brains that work differently.

You'll hear the moments they've masked, the ways they've struggled to "fit the mold," and the game-changing tools that help them show up for their kids, their marriages, and themselves. Lots of honesty, laughter, and the kind of conversation that reminds you: If you've ever felt like an outsider, you're not defective, nothing is wrong with you and you sure aren't alone. Being different isn't something to fix; it's something to embrace. Let's do it together.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:05.0	Welcome to today's episode of After Bedtime, where we're doing something a little different and a lot personal.
0:13.3	So VP Hype Squad, Tyler, is joining me and only me as we unpack our own experiences with autism, the moments we mass, the way
0:23.8	our brains work differently, the tools that we've used that have helped us so much and have been
0:29.7	a game changer in our lives, in our parenting lives, we're talking strengths, challenges,
0:35.0	marriages, sensory overload, identity, and yes, there will be laughter,
0:39.4	probably a few tears, and hopefully a whole lot of moments that make you feel deeply, deeply
0:44.3	seen. So let's get into it.
0:47.1	Welcome to after bedtime, where the house is finally quiet, but the real noise begins.
0:53.5	The thoughts, the questions, the wondering if you're
0:55.9	doing any of this right. We're Kristen and Dina, child behavior experts, moms, and co-founders
1:01.9	of big little feelings, and we're not here to give you more pressure or perfect parenting energy.
1:07.0	Nope. We're here to tell the truth, the unfiltered, beautiful, brutal truth about what it means to raise kids and re-raise ourselves in the process.
1:16.5	Because parenting isn't just about sleep schedules and snack hacks. It's about healing. It's about breaking cycles.
1:22.7	It's about becoming the kind of adult you want your kids to grow up to be.
1:26.5	This is the place where we say the
1:28.2	quiet parts out loud and we're so glad that you're here. Tyler, VP hype squad. Nina, what's up,
1:37.0	dude? This is a special one, just be new. It's, it's so new. It's a new experience. It really is. So what's up, dude? How you been?
1:48.4	First of all, Kristen's not here for this podcast. Straight up me and Dina Solo for this episode. She just put on the sunglasses. That's how you know it's time for business. She's in the zone now.
2:02.1	I'm actually just going to sports bra and sunglasses right now. We're not in the same room. So Kristen's gone for this one.
2:08.6	So me and Deena decided like, oh, what could we talk about for this episode and duh, autism?
2:15.0	What do we both have in common? Autism.
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