Show Notes
Have you ever felt like you’re finally making progress with your PDA, Autistic, high-needs child—only to watch it slip away in an instant? One day you see growth, the next you’re back in regression, and it feels like you’ll never move forward.
If you’re carrying the grief nobody names, start with my free Meaning guide — and finding your way back to yourself: https://www.illuminateu.ca/meaning-guide-podcast In this episode, I share a deeply personal story about my own son and explore why progress and regression trigger such despair in us as parents. You’ll learn: 1. why stuckness impacts the nervous system so strongly, 2. how cultural definitions of “success” leave us feeling like failures, 3. what we can actually learn from the times we feel stuck, 4. and how to spot tiny glimmers of change without clinging to them.
This episode will help you see stuckness in a whole new way—one that brings more calm, compassion, and hope for both you and your child.
✨ Read the full blog on my website here: https://www.illuminateu.ca/blog/redefining-success-what-if-feeling-stuck-parenting-a-high-needs-child-is-part-of-the-journey
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