Maureen Muldoon on Raising a Transgender Child Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

I am so excited to welcome my guest, Maureen Muldoon.
Maureen is a a spiritual Pied Piper, shameless storyteller and speaker who is transforming the way people think of church, sex, spirituality, and creativity. Actress, author, activist, she celebrates the miracles that live beneath the mundane and is devoted to helping others to CREATE their most engaged and unapologetic life. Today we are going to talk about her experience of mothering a transgender son.
Takeaways from the show:

Raising a transgender child

Coping with society’s opinions 

A parent’s role in understanding 

How acceptance changes your child

Kids wanting to be acknowledged for how they seem themselves

Self expression

Sitting with the suicide rate as a mom of a transgender son

Finding a greater peace of mind

Letting go of deciding what identifiers you bring forth in your children

Becoming aware of the ways you tell your narrative 

Things parents without transgender kids don’t understand

Being gentle to parents who don’t understand so they can be gentle to your child out in the world

Keeping an open mind and an open space to listen to your child

How you can be more supportive of families with transgender kids


See you next week! :)
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What does joyful courage mean to you?
Joyful courage means innocence, where everyone's innocent. No one's guilty. Everyone's allowed to take up as much space as possible. 
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