The Special Needs Sibling Podcast

11. You Have a Right to Every Emotion

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Figuring out what we want to do with our own lives is already pretty hard.  Now add guardianship of your sibling with a disability in the mix!  What do you do, who do you ask for help, and how do you show up in your regular adult life?  Well now matter how you feel, you have a right to every emotion that you come across, don't let anyone else tell you otherwise!  Check out this conversation with Cheryl to hear her story.


In this episode we talk about:

  • About Cheryl’s family and brother with autism
  • Cheryl’s brother’s diagnosis
  • Cheryl’s highlight reel of teenager through to where she is now
  • Learning about SibShops and and creating her own
  • Sibling Leadership Network Conference
  • Filling spaces and transitions as siblings
  • Cheryl’s blog (check it out here: https://specialsib.com/)
  • Transition between Cheryl’s dad’s health and guardianship of her brother
  • Seeing things as worse than they are
  • There are other sibs and other sib support groups out there (here’s some info about SibNet: https://siblingsupport.org/connect/sibnet/)
  • Prepaid debit cards for our siblings to live their lives but we can still be in the loop (here’s the one Cheryl mentioned: https://www.truelinkfinancial.com/)
  • Validation of feelings and how Cheryl runs her practice
  • Charlene vs Cheryl’s responses to having feelings that aren’t happy
  • Spiraling is real!
  • Cheryl and empathy
  • Cheryl's encouragement to fellow siblings


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