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029: This week was such a packed conversation with Joya Van Der Laan. Two of her three children have special needs including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Intermittent Explosive Disoder (IED).  We quickly got into a deep conversation centered around guilt/grief, faith, and alternative medicine. 

Joya initially describes her feelings of guilt and grief that have riddled her motherhood journey. She goes on to say, its okay to feel how you feel, especially when we aren’t expecting the struggles that are thrown our way. Having a special needs child has really deepened the valleys and heightened the peaks we experience in life. 

We talk about loving a child unconditionally, a child who is not how you expected. How loving a that can be difficult to love it so hard! 

Joya describes herself as a Granola, natural mom.  She says she’s always trying to find more natural ways to come to the roots of her children’s struggles.  This is her mission as a functional medicine specialist, to help others beyond her own children. She focuses on integrative and alternative therapies, many you can start at home to come to more conclusions about your children’s struggles, 

Joya and her husband now release videos to help overwhelmed parents, a series called Your Autism Game Plan. 

There is so much more from Joya and so many insights.  I hope you enjoyed this episode as much and we did. 

Connect with Joya:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yourautismgameplan/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeK_KYCsTPhMzxfezM6tTBw (You Autism Game Plan)
FB: https://www.facebook.com/YourAutismGamePlanInc
Website - www.YourAutismGamePlan.com


Full Show Notes

Connect with Kara, host of The Special Needs Mom Podcast:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespecialneedsmompodcast/
Website: https://www.kararyska.com/