by Sonia Voynow | May 30, 2013 | Siblings
Recently, I got a text message from my daughter, who was away at college. She told me that she was listening to a panel of young adults with Asperger’s syndrome discuss their relationships with their families. She heard them express some resentment towards their...
by Sonia Voynow | Jan 9, 2013 | Parenting stress and finding connection
What is it about worry and the middle of the night? I am a fairly frequent visitor to what a friend calls 3 a.m. meetings. I don’t recommend them and you should consider yourself lucky if you are not familiar with them. A troublesome thought will come to me, usually...
by Sonia Voynow | Aug 26, 2012 | How Connection Eases Stress
Gratitude is a funny thing. There is usually a reason to give thanks, but if it doesn’t hit me over the head, it tends to go under the radar. I am very lucky, for example, that my son, Noah, has all four of his grandparents in his life. However, I tend to forget this...
by Sonia Voynow | Jun 8, 2012 | Empowered Parenting, Seeing Your Whole Child
With all the ups and downs of raising a child on the autism spectrum, there are some “mantras” that I have embraced to help me stay centered. Take the notion of equanimity, for example. I was reintroduced to the word in an ethics class five or six years ago. And here...
by Sonia Voynow | Feb 26, 2012 | The Art of Self-Care
Every spring, I resolve to get rid of clutter: kitchen utensils we no longer use, clothes that don’t fit my kids anymore, old toys, catalogues…all of that stuff that only serves to get in the way of finding everything else. When I take some action, I am always amazed...
