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Walk With Me Mom: Burnout to Balance®
Walk With Me Mom: Burnout to Balance is a podcast for moms raising autistic children who are navigating burnout, guilt, and overwhelm. Hosted by Nicki, a mom raising two autistic children, each episode offers honest conversations, practical encouragement, mindset shifts, and real-life strategies to help you move through the chaos and create more balance in your everyday life.
Whether you’re managing meltdowns, carrying the weight of fear, or learning how to let go of guilt, this podcast is your reminder that you don’t have to do it all alone. Walk With Me Mom: Burnout to Balance is a safe space to breathe, heal, grow, and reconnect with yourself while caring for your child.
Looking for more personalized support? One-on-one coaching is available to help you create a balance plan that fits your unique journey. Visit: www.walkwithmemom.com or email info@nickibradley.com to learn more.
Walk With Me Mom: Burnout to Balance®
37|When You Lose Yourself in Autism Motherhood | Finding Your Identity Beyond Being a Caregiver
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Walk With Me Mom: Burnout to Balance®
Season 4, Episode 37 The Things We Were Never Meant to Carry
When was the last time you did something that had nothing to do with being an autism mom?
Not packing sensory tools. Not answering school emails. Not managing medication, therapies, or the constant mental load. Just something that was simply for you.
If that question is hard to answer, you’re not alone. So many special needs moms quietly lose themselves in the role of caregiver. We become experts at meeting everyone else’s needs while our own dreams, interests, and identity slowly disappear under the weight of autism parenting.
In this raw and encouraging episode of the Surrender Series, Nicki opens up about what happens when being needed becomes your entire identity and how to begin finding yourself again without guilt.
You’ll discover:
- Why putting yourself last can start to feel like proof you’re a “good mom”
- How the mental load of autism motherhood causes so many women to stop asking “What do I need?”
- Why the goal isn’t returning to the woman you were before kids
- How to surrender the belief that you have to disappear in order to love your family well
- Practical permission to take up space in your own life again as a whole woman and autism mom
If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost yourself in the daily demands of raising an autistic child, this episode will help you remember: you were never meant to disappear.
Resources for Autism Moms
- One-on-one coaching for burnout and balance: www.walkwithmemom.com
- Email Nicki: info@nickibradley.com
- New book Walk With Me Mom: Taming the Overwhelm - available on Amazon September 1st
Next Episode When Your Autistic Child Communicates Differently | Letting Go of Expectations and Learning Their Way
Until next time… keep finding joy in the small moments, connection in the unexpected ones, and grace for yourself along the way. Two are better than one. Community is better than none. Tomorrow belongs to God. Today is enough.
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