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36. Feeling Exhausted? Tips to Help When Your Neurodivergent Child is Struggling to Sleep

Hey Mamas,
Is your child having a hard time falling asleep at night? Are you feeling irritable and anxious from being sleep deprived? I have been there! I want to share with you 4 different tips I have used over the years to help my Autistic child to be able to fall asleep easier and rest throughout the night. 
If you are in that spot of desperately needing some sleep (I get it!) join me for today's episode where I will share some tips, routines, and natural solutions I have found helpful along my journey of helping my kids with special needs to get enough rest each night! 
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35. How Much Time Does it Take to Grow Your Own Garden? SPOILER: It’s Less Time Than You Think

Hey Mamas, 
Have you been considering starting a backyard garden, but you feel like it will take way too much time, so you keep putting it off? Maybe you would love to grow your own fruits and vegetables as a way to offer your family healthier food options, but getting started feels really hard?Join me to today as we talk about how YOU get to be in control of how much time it takes you to garden (and how it really doesn't have to require that much time!) Ashley Gardening Episodes:
Episode 26
Episode 11
Greenstalk Planter get $10 off here.
MIGardener: migardener.com
Baker Creek: rareseeds.com
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34. *BONUS EPISODE* Dealing with Grief and Disappointment After Mother’s Day? Handling Difficult Feelings as Special Needs Parents

Hey Mamas,
Mother's Day was yesterday, I hope you all had an amazing day! As a Mom who has kids with speech and developmental delays, I know that sometimes big days like this have a way of bringing up a lot of feelings for us. Maybe we wish our child could speak to us, or play with us outside, or pose for a nice family photo. Mother's Day can often magnify the ways we are different from those around us and that can leave us feeling sad, disappointed, or even angry. 
On today's BONUS episode I want to just remind you that you aren't alone in these feelings! I also want to share with you some hope and some encouragement that things DO get better as we commit to walking with the Lord and finding acceptance and joy along this journey of parenting our special needs kids. 
Ashley 

33. Want to Stop Procrastinating on Your To-Do List? My Favorite Tool to Create Motivation to Get Things Done

Hey friends, Do you often find yourself overwhelmed by the amount of things you need to get done? Then you end up just procrastinating because the tasks seem so time-consuming? You're already juggling therapy schedules and researching new things to help your child with special needs, so that to-do list can just wait, right?! I want to share with you one of my favorite hacks for getting super clear on how long tasks are actually going to take me. This helps motivate me to get things done when I realize it really won't take that long (like I hype it up in my mind!) and it also helps me to set realistic expectations about what I can *actually* get done with the time I have! Let's do this! 
Ashley 
My favorite natural products:
Skin & Beauty Products: Earthley
Use code NEWTOEARTHLEY to save 10% off your first order! 
Ordering organic bulk food: Azure Standard
Supplements for cellular health: LifeVantage
 
I would love to connect even more with you! Please email me or reach out to me on social media!
Email: hello@ashleybraden.com
Facebook: facebook.com/specialkindofmotherhood
Instagram: instagram.com/specialkind.ofmotherhood
 
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32. How to Give Yourself Grace as You Switch to a Holistic Lifestyle for Your Special Needs Family

Hey Mamas, Are you looking to switch to a more natural lifestyle, but you feel overwhelmed by the feeling that you need to switch everything at one time? Do you struggle with feeling like if you can't do it perfectly, it's not even worth trying? Maybe you recently discovered that you or your child have food allergies or food sensitivities and the idea of removing those foods from your diet feels daunting? Today I want to share with you how important I have found it is for me to keep myself grounded in grace along this journey of switching to natural living. I share a bit about how our mindset really does determine our actions and what we can do about that to see the progress we want. I hope you are encouraged by this episode!
 Ashley 
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7My favorite natural products:
Skin & Beauty Products: Earthley
Use code NEWTOEARTHLEY to save 10% off your first order! 
Ordering organic bulk food: Azure Standard
Supplements for cellular health: LifeVantage
 
I would love to connect even more with you! Please email me or reach out to me on social media!
Email: hello@ashleybraden.com
Facebook: facebook.com/specialkindofmotherhood
Instagram: instagram.com/specialkind.ofmotherhood
 
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31. 5 Tips For Handling Criticism on How We Parent Our Child with a Disability

Hey Mamas,Have you ever had someone criticize the way you parent your differently-abled child? Maybe the person really hadn't taken the time to understand your child or their needs before speaking, but the comment still stung and left you feeling a bit insecure. I have been there many times over the last several years and I know what it's like to go down that spiral of feeling shame and like we aren't enough all because we place too much value on the opinions of others. I want to share with you today 5 tips I have found to be really helpful over the last few years in helping me to learn how to confidently stand in the parenting decisions we make, even when it looks different from what's "normal" and others disagree with us. I hope this encourages you! Ashley 
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30. No time to do a Daily Devotional? How to Make Time for Jesus as a Busy Mom of Neurodiverse Children

Hey Mamas, Do you desire to spend your morning with a hot cup of coffee, your Bible, and your favorite devotional, investing in your relationship with Jesus? Has this become a major struggle for you to do consistently since you became a Mom and began caring for your children with special needs? Me too. I have had to get really creative with ways to intentionally grow my relationship with Jesus when it felt like I had no time and no energy to do so. I want to share these tips with you in today's episode! Let's go! Ashley 
 
I would love to connect even more with you! Please email me or reach out to me on social media!
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29. My Favorite Tool To Increase Productivity and Keep a Flexible Schedule as Busy Mom of Neurodiverse Children

Hey friends, Today I want to share with you one of my favorite tools to increase productivity and focus as a Mom parenting my Neurodiverse children. If you have tried time blocking, creating a cleaning schedule, or meal planning and found time and again that these techniques don't work for your family dynamics, you're going to want to listen to today's episode! Let's talk about one way you can remain productive, but also keep a flexible schedule so you can be present with your children and have the ability to support them on those days when they are struggling! You can also find my free Bible-Based daily affirmations here.Here's a quick link to Episode 8 and Episode 12 that's mentioned in this podcast episode! Let's do this! Ashley 
I would love to connect even more with you! Please email me or reach out to me on social media!
Email: hello@ashleybraden.com
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28. Feeling Discouraged by a Lack of Progress for Your Child? 4 Tips I use to Overcome Feelings of Disappointment

Hello Mamas, Have you ever started a new therapy or natural treatment for your child hoping to see progress for them and then you find yourself really discouraged whenever the thing you hoped to see improve still hasn't happened yet? Or maybe you were seeing some great progress with your child in their development, only to find that you've come up against another challenge and it feels like it's always one step forward and three steps back? I want to talk with you today about 4 tools I use to handle those moments of defeat and discouragement that inevitably come along this journey of parenting our differently-abled children. If you feel like you struggle to find support in this area, you're going to want to listen to today's episode! You can also find my free Bible-Based daily affirmations here.XO,
Ashley 
 
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27. Wishing You Had Time for a Hot Bath? How We Can Prioritize Ourselves While Parenting Our Differently-Abled Kids

Hey Mamas,Welcome back to the podcast! Today I want to talk with you about something that I have noticed when talking with other special needs Moms. We have a hard time making it a priority to care for ourselves. We REALLY struggle to slow down long enough to figure out what WE need. I think this is because we love our children fiercely and whenever they have extra needs, sometimes that feeling of needing to do ALL the things to help them can become all-consuming. 
Join me today as I share my own struggles in this area and how the Lord really gave me the freedom of realizing it wasn't just fine for me to care for myself, but it was actually essential! XO,
Ashley 
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