The Special Needs Sibling Podcast

18. A Greater Love & Power For Us & Our Sibs

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Life is pretty tough as a sibling because there's a lot to process.  Becoming more self aware and reflecting to see how our past shows up in our day to day can be exhausting.  Sometimes calling out to a higher power (no matter who or what that may be for you) is really important.  This can help give us strength to pick up ourselves and be able to continue to be the caring humans we want to be.  Listen to Sharon's story on episode 18.

In this episode we talk about:

  • About Sharon’s family and sister with Mild Intellectual Disability (MID)
  • Family dynamics and how they changed with her youngest sister having a disability
  • Comparing the differences when our siblings were diagnosed versus what life is like for parents now with their children being diagnosed
  • Family gathering experiences
  • Her sister and technology and memory
  • Cognitive abilities of our siblings
  • Charlene’s roller coaster analogy/theory about life being a special needs sibling
  • Sharon shares about looking at the positive perspective of being a sibling
  • The existence of the podcast from both sides
  • The level of love and care that exists in us as people and the world
  • Boundaries are important for both us and our siblings — it helps both parties
  • Unlearning binary thought processes and learning new ways of thinking and choosing positive perspective as “older” adults
  • Figuring out our current season of what caregiving looks like in our families
  • Sharon starting her own business and her personal story about what propelled her
  • Charlene and more about the podcast
  • Being in community and having diversity
  • Sharon and her faith being a big part of her caregiving journey
  • Charlene and her current thoughts on getting help from something greater
  • Looking beyond ourselves
  • Sharon’s encouragement to fellow siblings

    • Links: 

    • Human Library event (hosted by SibsUnite) https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18212051530240062/
    • Exclusive download from Sharon for our listeners: http://possiblenutrition.com/charlene
    • Check out Sharon’s practice: https://possiblenutrition.com/

      • More Info:

      • Check out the blog and contact Charlene here: https://thespecialneedssiblingpodcast.com/
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      • Support the podcast on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thespecialneedssiblingpodcast


        • Music by:

        • AlexGrohl from Pixabay
        • QubeSounds from Pixabay


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