Often, when work is feeling stressful, I think to myself, Lucy, you’re not saving lives, why are you letting this get to you so much? And then I think to myself, wait, how do the parents that ARE saving lives in their day job navigating it all? So I had to bring on Dr Katie to answer that question.
She’s an emergency doctor, she’s a mother of three, she’s much loved for the content she creates for social media, her husband is a stay at home dad, and her beautiful boy Alexander is autistic and non-speaking. And so, as you can imagine, her life is very full, and she’s here to tell us all about it – how her sense of identity has changed while moving through her career and parenting journey, the unique challenges and joys that come with parenting an autistic child, why finding community support is crucial and what a week in the life actually looks like for the busy mum.
This conversation is particularly close to my heart as an auntie to a very similar child, and I thank Katie for sharing her story so vulnerably with us.
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