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They say it takes a village,
I want to be a part of yours!
If you are here, then you must be tired. Maybe you are stressing over all the therapies, appointment meetings, paperwork. While also tackling the behaviors, emotions, meltdowns, and fatigue both you and your loved one are experiencing. Maybe you have an entire village of support, or none. Wherever you are, you are welcome here.
Alyssa Wynn
My name is Alyssa. I am an advocate, “bedside” researcher, consultant, mental health coach, and a confident mom to a wonderful teen with autism. I didn’t choose this journey, but I have 15 years of experience walking this path long enough to gather the tools, systems, and hard-won wisdom.
Now I want to share them with you.
You don’t have to do this alone; we are friends; we can do this together.
Why I started this blog
The beginning
Over the past several years, my daughter has been through so much — major mental health struggles, skull and spine surgeries, therapies, and multiple diagnoses including autism, depression, and many others. Walking through these things showed me something.
Many parents don’t have access to clear information. Some don’t know where to start, or how to advocate for their child or themselves. Many feel alone.
What Ive learned
Parents and caregivers should not have to become full-time researchers, Googling everything to understand their child, their family, or themselves.
However, I have done just that — spending many years digging through articles, asking questions of doctors and therapists, trying systems, failing at routines, and building structures that work in actual homes, with real families.
What this space is about
This blog is a place for me to share my story with you, while also providing strategies without all the jargon
To show you systems, tools, and strategies to help you as the caregiver and your loved one. To show you how I fight overwhelm, self-doubt, and lack of self-care.
My goal is for you to feel encouraged, not judged
Get ideas you can use and frugal ways to implement them.