by Heather Johnson | Jun 15, 2022 | Encouragement, Special Needs Parenting
Finding Joy in the Garden of Disability and Special Needs Finding joy in the garden of disability and special needs is a lot like finding zucchinis in the pumpkin patch. Both provide abundant and delicious harvests as guest blogger Heather Johnson explains in this...
by Jolene | Jun 6, 2022 | Encouragement, In Parents
When Caregiving Sparks Stress Instead of Joy, What Can You Do? When caregiving sparks stress instead of joy, what can you do about it? That’s a question I began mulling over since I posted a survey on my website about stress and compassion fatigue in caregivers...
by Jolene | Feb 10, 2021 | How-Tos
2 Mental Health Red Flags for Caregiving Parents 2 mental health red flags for caregiving parents? Are you kidding me? I’m waving at least a dozen red flags every day! That would have been my reaction to the title of this post when I was in the thick of caring for a...
by Jolene | Sep 9, 2020 | Advocacy and Research
Using the 5 Love Languages to Help Traumatized Kids Using the 5 love languages to help traumatized kids makes perfect sense to me. Not just because I’ve written extensively about childhood trauma and how to adapt the 5 love languages in special needs families. But...
by Heesun Hall | Jun 2, 2020 | PTSD
I Am Here. You Are Safe. I am here. You are safe. These are words children who have experienced trauma need to hear from their caregivers. First time Different Dream guest blogger Heesun Hall explains how she and her husband discovered the importance of saying, “I am...
