by Sonia Voynow | Jun 24, 2024 | Empowered Parenting, Self-care for special needs parents, The Art of Self-Care
Summertime is synonymous with ease, with lazing by the pool, going to the beach and enjoying cold drinks on a sweltering day. But when you are the parent of a special needs child, ease isn’t exactly the word you would pick to describe your experience. There always...
by Sonia Voynow | Jan 17, 2020 | Parenting stress and finding connection, The Art of Self-Care
When my son was diagnosed with autism, all my energies went into finding services and resources to support him. But it didn’t take long to realize that I needed help too. I was in a constant state of hyper-vigilance. I was exhausted, frightened about the future and...
by Sonia Voynow | Sep 22, 2018 | The Art of Self-Care
When my son was diagnosed with autism around the age of two, it was as if the ground underneath me had suddenly shifted and wasn’t so solid anymore. I was struggling to understand what the diagnosis meant, and it was agonizing to see my son plateauing and even losing...
by Sonia Voynow | Nov 14, 2017 | How Connection Eases Stress, The Art of Self-Care
I am no stranger to the stress that comes hand in hand with parenting a child on the autism spectrum. After 19 years of parenting my son, I’ve become better at knowing when stress has the upper hand and I need to take care of myself. This doesn’t mean that...
by Sonia Voynow | May 21, 2017 | The Art of Self-Care
I don’t think of myself as a glass-half-empty kind of person, but I have to admit that when my mind is free to wander, it is usually occupied with what is wrong. As the parent of a son with autism, I find I have lots of material. These days, I am trying to have...
by Sonia Voynow | Jan 6, 2017 | The Art of Self-Care
A friend of mine was taking her teenage daughter to the doctor—and running very late. With her daughter in the seat beside her, my friend was in full road-rage mode, clutching the wheel like a madwoman, cursing at other drivers, garbage trucks and slow traffic lights....
