Ep.163 Father Friday: Dad Jake Gilbreath on Going From Skeptical to "All In" When Accepting a Child's Diagnosis and Normalizing Discussions About How Hard the Journey Can Be

About This Episode: It's Father Friday!!! I had a great conversation with Dad Jake and I just loved what he had to say about raising a neurodivergent child. Here are just some of the things we discussed: -Co-parenting an ND with an ex -Opening up the dialogue about the parents' emotions in this journey -Redefining Autism -Normalizing therapy -Being skeptical of a diagnosis at first -information overload when receiving a diagnosis I ALWAYS welcome YOUR thoughts! Feel free to DM me on I...

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