Going through the healing process is so helpful for all members of the family, whether they're affected by disability or they're typical. Having the tools to help Recognize what we're scared of and how we view our situation is so important because that is a choice we can make.  Check out this conversation with Louloua to see how she chose happiness and how that changed her life forever.

In this episode we talk about:

About Louloua’s family and brother with autism
Louloua’s experience vs her younger sibling’s experience
Having multiple neurotypical siblings vs just being by yourself as the neurotypical one
The fear and feeling of being alone when growing up
Putting ourselves first as adults because growing up we didn’t do it
Steps to start the process of healing
Individual and collective healing and recognizing every person in the family needs to work on themselves
Intentional mentality shifts 
How people react/respond to our siblings having autism
Educating people about us and our siblings
Educating ourselves and our siblings because both we and the world are changing
The scenarios in our head in interacting with people are worse than what happens in real life
How we interact with fear in relationship to our siblings, other people, and ourselves
Choosing to be happy and be more accepting of change
Learning to love
Louloua’s encouragement to fellow siblings


Links:

Louloua’s book From Client to Clinician: The Transformative Power of Neurofeedback Therapy for Families Living with Autism and Other Special Needs (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094YK35KN/)
The program Louloua started for parents of children with special needs, Heavenly Home, which offers a holistic approach to parenting in a therapeutic way: http://allbrainsgrow.com/the-course/


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Music by:

AlexGrohl from Pixabay
QubeSounds from Pixabay

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