43 episodes
Where the F Is My Village Stefanie Phariss
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- Kids & Family
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5.0 • 28 Ratings
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If you're a parent raising a Tricky Kid, and you know who you are, your home life is likely a dumpster fire. And when it feels like it's only your house that's a dumpster fire, who can you even talk to about it? Where the F is My Village is a podcast for people raising Tricky Kids. If you are looking for your people, you have found them. So come join us, so you can feel supported and also laugh at the craziness that comes with raising these special tricky children.Your Tricky Kid may have a diagnosis like ADHD, Anxiety, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Sensory Processing Disorder, a learning disability, or any number of other struggles. These Tricky Kids need vigilant caregivers who advocate for them in school, at the doctor, and everywhere else. Who can these caregivers talk to when life gets to be too much? Who will believe the crazy, and often hilarious, things that happen in their homes? Us.
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Raising a Child With Special Needs While Trying to Stay Organized
Angela O'Brien is a personal organizer and mom of two. Her daughter (20) has Down syndrome and her son is a college senior. Today Angela discusses the stress of deciding what's next for her daughter while also managing her grief that being empty nesters isn't in her near future.
Today she also shares how she especially loves working with parents of special needs kids to create a calm and peaceful environment for themselves and their families so that they can focus their own energies on the things that mean the most to them!
Angela's website is www.yourspacereclaimed.net
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Overwhelm from Managing Care
Whether it's issues with school, friends, mental health, or physical health, the issues don't slow down just because there's already too much on our plates! This week Stefanie discusses the new issues plaguing her kids and how she wants to go back to bed and not deal with it. Unfortunately that's not an option when you're the one in charge of "all the things"!
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Anxiety and the Irritable Child
Is your anxious child hard to live with? Do they walk around with a cloud over their heads ignoring the sunshine? Today Stefanie talks about how chronic irritability has a strong association with high levels of anxiety, and how hard it can be to for the whole family. She also discusses tactics she is trying (and mostly failing at) with her kids to attempt to recalibrate their mindset.
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Explaining and Celebrating Your Neurodiversity: An Interview With Children’s Book Author Sivan Hong
Sivan Hong, a mother of two boys, is the author and illustrator of the bestselling children’s book series Super Fun Day , which shares social stories about kids with neurodiversity (autism, ADHD, dyslexia, etc.).
Today we discuss the importance of a child understanding their diagnosis and celebrating their uniqueness. We also talk about how Sivan's books help kids and their caregiver's discuss their anxiety about being different, and how to make a plan to be brave out in the world.
https://sivanhong.com/books-%26-teachers-guides
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Losing Yourself to the Chaos
You may have noticed a lack of episodes lately, and I am sorry! This episode is somewhat an explanation and apology and also a look inside the chaos inside my brain. If you're raising a tricky kid it's possible you will relate to the constant juggling and feeling of "building the airplane while already in flight." There's more work to be done than anyone can handle and it can be so overwhelming it's debilitating. Today's episode is a Stefanie Life Update and also a tale of how I still make the mistake of taking care of everyone but myself.
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When Life is So Crazy You Can't Even Manage to Record a Podcast
Hi Villagers! Thank you for your patience this week. I'm sure some of you were really wondering where WTF was this week.
Like all parents of tricky kids, life can go off the rails sometimes. On this episode Stefanie discusses her week of chaos brought to you by a little boy with Swimmer's Ear.
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Customer Reviews
A must listen for moms!
Raising tricky kids is really really hard, right?! Stefanie’s podcast is just the thing to help parents feel not alone - and get the insights and tools and break they need and deserve!
The relevance is perfect
“We laugh at things that we should be crying about” is how I’ve gotten through the last month - thank you for this podcast. I found my people!
Thank you for sharing and giving hope
This podcast can give people hope and a sense of belonging (hence the village). I appreciate the hosts putting themselves out there for the sake of supporting other caregivers.