July 23, 2025

Surviving the summer holidays | Lisa Galley

1 hour 18 minutes

In this season finale, Mark welcomes back the brilliant Lisa Galley (@school_run_mum_autism), who is an autism family consultant, ex-speech and language therapist, and mum of three grown-up autistic humans.

Together, they discuss how the summer holidays are a very different experience for parents of neurodifferent kids and why the concept of a “relaxing summer” is more often myth than reality.

Touching on the common parental feelings of boredom, guilt and the ever-present FOMO, this is a candid, humorous and occasionally insightful look at what we're going to be experiencing over the summer when it seems like we're house-bound with our autistic, ADHD and PDA kids.

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CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS (Estimated):

00:00 - Intro & Meet the Guest: Lisa Galley

04:00 - Introducing the topic of the week

06:30 - The burden of boredom

10:00 - Dealing with guilt of not providing the "perfect" summer

17:00 - The loss of spontaneity and the rampant FOMO

26:30 - The unspoken impact on working parents

30:00 - Attempting to go on holiday

34:00 - The importance of summer holidays for our kids

38:00 - Q&A: Answering listeners' summer holiday questions

41:00 - Testing out home education in the summer

45:00 - How to help yourself as a parent

47:30 - The challenges of co-parenting in the summer holidays

58:00 - Advice from listeners

1:03:00 - The positives of the summer holidays

1:05:00 - Neurodiversity Champions

1:08:30 - Tiny Epic Wins

1:11:30 - "What the Flip?" moments

1:16:30 - Outro and Season Wrap-Up

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LINKS TO STUFF WE MENTION IN THIS EPISODE:

Lisa Galley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/school_run_mum_autism/

Parent Carer Cheerleeding Squad Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/parentcarercheerleadingsquad

Special Assistance at airports - https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers-and-public/special-assistance/accessing-special-assistance/

We're Not Your Typical Podcast - https://were-not-your-typical-podcast-258bbca3.simplecast.com/

Let’s Talk Neurodivergent Kids Podcast - https://pod.link/1442067009

Legoland Windsor Accessibility Pass - https://www.legoland.co.uk/plan-your-day/before-you-visit/accessibility/

"Holidays" episode of Neuroshambles - https://pod.link/1710455546/episode/2b5dc7973b418c9d6069ced370c409b9

"Hobbies" episode of Neuroshambles - https://pod.link/1710455546/episode/19a31193017cd7413d681ff3b36119eb

Lisa Galley's Summer Survival Guide - https://lisagalley.myflodesk.com/survival

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CREDITS

🎶 Theme music by Skilsel on Pixabay: pixabay.com

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