* This podcast is evolving to focus on faith, prayer, and hope for moms raising autistic or medically complex children. Episodes from our earlier parenting-focused series are still here to help, but you’ll now find guidance rooted in Christian faith and prayer.*
If you’re a mom raising an autistic child or a child with disabilities, you already know: advocacy comes with anger. Not just frustration, but the deep, burning, sleepless anger that comes from being dismissed, gaslit, or ignored when all you’re trying to do is get your child the care they deserve.
In this raw and honest episode of Be Mighty Mom, Ash dives into the hidden side of advocacy anger, why it happens, how medical gaslighting fuels it, and how to carry that fire without letting it consume you.
You’ll hear about:
- What’s happening in your brain and body when anger takes over
- How medical gaslighting creates trauma for parents of autistic and disabled kids
- A personal story of missed diagnoses and the fight to finally be heard
- Why advocacy anger can both fuel us and quietly wear us down
- Practical, research-backed tools for channeling anger into sustainable advocacy (without burning out)
Because here’s the truth: you are not “too much.” You are not “overreacting.” You are a mom who knows your child best, and that fire inside you is proof of how deeply you love them.
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