Welcome to the AT Parenting Survival Podcast, where you get help and guidance through the chaos of parenting a child with anxiety or OCD.

This show is for educational purposes and is not intended to replace the guidance of a qualified professional.

Here's your host, child therapist, Natasha Daniels. Well, hello there,

and welcome to another episode of the AT Parenting Survival Podcast. Today, I want to talk to you

about the possibility and the beauty of traveling, even if your kids are really struggling with

anxiety or OCD.

For those of you that have been listening to me for any length of time, you know that travel is a huge part of my values and family culture since my husband passed away about four years

ago.

I realized that life is incredibly short and that I wasn't going to wait until retirement to travel with my husband

because that wasn't going to happen anymore. And I wanted to have experiences while my kids were

in my home and while they were young and while we can bond and learn. And we have hit some bumps

along the way, some pretty big bumps, but the pros have always outweighed the cons.

So I was fascinated when I was listening to an AT parenting community member, a parent, talk about a work trip that she was going on and some of her anticipation, anxiety about going and leaving her child and she was discussing

what she does for a living.

And she was a travel expert.

And she specializes in helping families who have special needs or mental health needs

navigate while they're traveling.

And she was traveling for that purpose.

She was going to a resort to hear the things that they offer.

And I got stuck on that.

I was like, wait, what?

What do you do for a living?

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