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In this episode we’re challenging the social rules around meal times and explore why they are so challenging for our families. There are so many narratives around family meal times that made us feel that a “good” family should sit around the table together and have quality time. But we’ve had very different experiences with our families. It’s not that we didn’t want that for ourselves but the reality was that it wasn’t quality time. It was stressful!

Challenges with food textures; sensory seeking or sensory avoiding behaviours, overwhelm from the day, anxiety around eating in front of people, anxiety around eating at all, social anxiety, communication exhaustion, sound sensitivities around eating noises and/or cutlery scraping the plates, difficulties sitting still…. all this, and more made family mealtimes stressful and exhausting.

We still sit in meetings or hear people pushing families to spend quality time around the table with their neurodivergent loved ones without any consideration as to why they are finding it so difficult. It’s time that we give ourselves permission to make our own rules around meal times. I know that we have and it has made a big difference to the stress levels in the home.

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Loving Difference - HOPE and a Way Forward for Neurodiverse Relationships ✨Loving Difference is hosted by Natalie Roberts and Heather Parks. The Loving Difference Relationship System they coach, specifically designed for neurodiverse relationships, prioritises recovery first and new foundations for better communication and connection. Subscribing members in the programme hosted there are solving the biggest issues experienced in neurodiverse relationships: exhaustion, being YOU, communication, connection, intimacy, resentment and reactivity. 

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