The Free Tool I Wished I Had When Everything Fell Apart
Free Survival Mode Exit Strategy Workbook + new community for moms of neurodivergent kids.
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It's nothing short of awesome to witness just what all I am capable of accomplishing when I only have myself to depend on. And I don't mean as in the way someone would "brag" about how much sleep they've been going without for the sake of maintaining productivity, either. Rather, I mean that I've managed to surprise my own self with the unimaginably massive workload that I've given myself voluntarily AND managed to complete (and with a pretty finish).
And this was absolutely unintentional, as I don't subscribe to the toxic degrees of hustle culture nor do I chase appearances of perfection. I never have done so and won't start now. But, when there's an organic fire lit in my belly spurring me on to produce heaps and heaps of wonderful things... I'd be foolish to fight it.
And fight it I have not.
I can now very happily present to you my newest exclusive (free) resource, the "Survival Mode Exit Strategy Workbook".
You can read up all about it on its landing page, but do know that this guided tool will lead you from the space of "just barely getting on" to experiencing the real relief and power of real possibilities opening up for you. I won't spoil any of its contents for you here, though. All of my new subscribers will receive a copy of this wonderful workbook instantly after signing up, and all current subscribers have already received an email (on yesterday) that contains a link to their copy as well.
And that's not all.
I've been super, super busy behind the scenes making big ideas come together in reality for my upcoming launch of UnCommon Momma, my micro membership peer support community for mothers and caregivers of neurodivergent children. And I truly don't think that I've been this excited or absolutely in love with an idea in a very long time! I want you to learn all about this new product from me personally while I'm still actively brining it forth into being as a new offering.
It’s rooted in everything I’ve ever needed—and everything I know so many of us are still searching for:
💗 Real support.
🧠 Shared wisdom.
🌿 Healing in community.
✨ And a reminder that our identities matter just as much as our children's needs.
This space will be where you’re seen, heard, supported, and celebrated, no mask required. It’s currently in pre-launch, but if you’d like to be notified when doors open, I warmly invite you to join the wait list. And if you're a big enough sleuth, you'll be able to quite easily discover and navigate to the actual sales page for my new membership community somewhere intuitive on its website.
(Here's a small sneaky peek because I literally cannot seem to help myself!)
From the Heart (Personal Reflection)
Personally, I've been feeling rather guilty about all of the time that I'm choosing to spend on pursuing my own projects and passions for once... I've wrestled with the heavy feelings of failure weighing me down for SO many days lately... But there recently came a moment of clarity during which I considered the fact that my husband likely doesn't feel as guilty as I do when he goes to clock-in for his work and proceed to shut himself off from family duties and the real world itself inside of our home office for 40+ hours a week. The feelings luckily relented just a little bit after this.
Oh, and our son's stimming has been driving me up the wall. He claps his hands incessantly during idle moments. And our daughter's echolalia in the place of true language has been breaking my heart with how useless it can make me feel at times.
But now that I'm speaking out about the two, I'm reminded of the new multivitamin-multimineral supplement that my husband has ordered for our two children to take to nurture their brain health and nervous systems. It's called My Spectrum Heroes, and when I researched it later on my own, I discovered that there are a surplus of reviews from past purchasers whose children suddenly began expressing miraculous improvements in their functioning and abilities since starting the product. One reviewer's son even progressed from being non-verbal to speaking in full sentences within 4 weeks!
I don't know if it is all just a coincidence or not, but our "non-verbal" son actually answered his father's question directed at him with true language twice in a row last night... It was blatant communication. And then my husband and I watched as it happen again right before our eyes. And our daughter has been using enough of her rudimentary words in-context lately to actually begin forming little "pre-sentences" here and there for us all to comprehend her with so much more easily now... Am I saying it’s all thanks to the supplement? Not definitively. But the timing is... hopeful. And I'm thrilled. I'm absolutely thrilled about my babies toddlers.
I’m witnessing small glimmers of communication coming forth from my children that I’ve waited years to see... I’m feeling something I haven’t felt in a while: Hope.
And in the spirit of that hope, I want you to know this:
Whatever you’re struggling with right now, you’re not alone.
There’s still beauty in this story you’re living.
Let’s keep going together.
With tenderness and truth,
Cheniece ♡
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Sounds amazing, Cheniece. Good for you! 👏