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A Family’s Journey with Epilepsy
What do you do when your five-month-old child has seizures that are only happening at night? For Screenwriter Marc Palmieri, it was hard to know whether the strained movements and odd facial expressions were a problem for his young daughter Anna, when she had been a...
How to Avoid Easy Parenting Pitfalls that Cause Misbehavior
Host Annette Hines opens the episode sharing about the month of September and the celebrations of Special Needs Companies, which includes the 10 years of service of Special Needs Law Group of Massachusetts and 3 years of hosting Parenting Impossible Podcast! Plus,...
Exploring the PDA Profile of Autism
What is PDA? New to the United States, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Syndrome is a small, distinct profile of autism characterized by avoiding demands and expectations due to an anxiety-based need for control. Our recent Parenting Impossible podcast guest, Diane...
How to Talk about Money
Feeling anxious about money or wanting to avoid talking about it is normal. However, Wealth Psychology Expert and Coach and Host of the award-winning Breaking Money Silence® Podcast Kathleen Burns Kingsbury explains that when we're not talking about money, we're more...
When You’re the Patient and the Parent
@RareDiseaseDad and DadVocate are the monikers for Adam Johnson who is now a rare disease patient advocate who hosts a series on MitoAction’s Energy In Action podcast called Parents As Rare that features stories of others like him who are affected by rare diseases....
How My 100-Year-Old Best Friend Redefined My Life with Judy Gaman
While setting out to write a book about how to Age to Perfection, Award-Winning Author and Podcast Guest Judy Gaman met Lucille Fleming, an amazing woman who Judy noted redefined my life, perspective on aging, and concept of success. Lucille introduced Judy to the...
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