The Fi(ND)ing Motherhood Journal:
Reflections on Matrescence and Raising Neurodivergent Children
Welcome to The Fi(ND)ing Motherhood Journal — a collection of reflections, insights, and personal stories exploring the transformation of motherhood through the lens of matrescence. Here, I write about what it really means to raise neurodivergent and disabled children in a world that often misunderstands them — and us.
These pieces are adapted from the Fi(ND)ing Motherhood podcast, blending lived experience, research, and heart-led honesty to help you feel seen, grounded, and less alone on this journey. Whether you’re newly navigating a diagnosis or years into parenting a child with additional needs, you’ll find compassion, community, and calm here.
You Are Not to Blame: Tylenol Headlines, Autism, and the Toll of Blame on Mothers
Another week, another headline claiming to have found “the cause” of autism — this time, paracetamol. Here’s what the research really says, why the blame always seems to fall on mothers, and how to release guilt that never belonged to you in the first place.
Motherhood & Guilt: How to Let Go of “I Should Have Known Sooner”
So many mothers carry the quiet ache of I should have known sooner. This blog explores where that guilt comes from, how medical and social systems feed it, and how to release it with compassion and context… one gentle breath at a time.