I have felt discouraged and stuck.
If I looked back through my journals, I’d find similar feelings detailed over the years, but that statement isn’t mine. A parent of a child with a disability wrote those words to me—in a note about navigating family life with disability.
I understand how they felt. Many of us parents experience similar emotions, similar anxieties, similar fears. We’re navigating similar worries and asking the same questions:
- Am I doing enough for my child?
- Will our family always feel isolated?
- What will the future look like?
- Does our family matter?
- How can I connect with our community?
- Is our family a burden?
- How do I plan for the future?
- Will I ever stop feeling overwhelmed?
- How do I get un-stuck?
- Where does my child belong?
This parent who wrote to me was actually writing a response to my Reimagining Family Life with Disability workshop. Here’s what they went on to say:
“I have felt discouraged and stuck, and the invitation to ‘Reimagine’ seemed like a lifeline—hope that a new perspective for our family was possible. I definitely received that and more!”
My next live, virtual workshop begins in February. I hope you’ll join me. In case you’re undecided, I’m sharing more responses from parents about the workshop. I hope their words will encourage you. If you feel discouraged and stuck, join me in February, and together let’s reimagine family life with disability. REGISTER TODAY!
MORE PARENT AND CAREGIVER RESPONSES:
I gained so much from this workshop. I was able to take a step back and see the whole picture of disability instead of losing sight in the day to day challenges and joys. I was able to put words to thoughts and challenge my mindset.
I felt like I could keep listening and soaking up all the information. But I also really appreciated the workbook and questions for reflection to further process and contextualize the material throughout the week.
Amy Julia’s workshop made me think differently about the future my daughter can have… Also it was wonderful to see like minded people sharing their journey. I highly recommend this course!
I felt your warmth and care in the presentation and I’m thankful that I signed up and found you!
This workshop provided encouragement for me to look at our family in new ways and helped provide action steps for me to follow up and improve our lives.
“This workshop has been so transformational for me and my family. I wish that we had encountered this information so much earlier in our journey with disability. It is truly reshaping how I think about disability and more importantly, how I relate to and love my child.”
This workshop has given me hope that the journey, no matter what it looks like or where it takes us, will be good and worthwhile.
I am moving from a place of focusing only the deficits and goals we have to work on and more toward a place of delighting in who my child is. Thank you, Amy Julia, for sharing your knowledge, perspective, and experiences with us.
It helps me to identify some of the things I’m feeling that I have trouble articulating and to see that there are other perspectives and ways to think about our situation and about disability. I’m really loving this workshop!
I highly recommend this workshop! I was encouraged to move forward in positive ways to help my son as he approaches adulthood.
It was a timely and thoughtful opportunity for me and my family as we navigate our diagnoses in a world that isn’t always accommodating… Each session was thoughtful, compassionate, and left me with so much to think about and consider.
