No More Chasing "Normal" Click on the book image to purchase a copy It is time to break the silence of our grief experience!! This book is about what YOU experience and how to work through our emotional challenges as a parent of a child with special needs. "OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT OUR SOURCE OF GRIEF IT IS THE DAILY CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO MAKE THEM FIT INTO A SOCIETY BUILT ON NORMS THAT THEY DO NOT MEET." As both a parent of an adult with a developmental disability and a mental health counselor, I am beyond thrilled to have the opportunity to validate and encourage all of those dedicated parents on this A-typical journey along side of me. In 2010, I copyrighted a new grief model called A-Typical Cyclic Grief (ACG) to describe the unique emotional waves encountered by parents that have children with special needs. All areas of our lives are impacted by our child's disability and the emotional reactions we face daily as we try to raise them in a society geared towards normal. Our loss of normal and the unique emotional rollercoaster we ride is summed up in the A-typical Cyclic Grief model. (ACG) is explained and experienced in detail through the life of a woman named Lori. Each chapter in this first of its kind book, provides discussion by the author and challenge questions for parents or caregivers aimed at helping them work through their own emotional reactions. There is nothing out there like this book and it is LONG OVERRDUE! It will prove to be a valuable tool for all of us on this A-Typical journey. This is an honest look at our emotional challenges as parents. This is the book I wish I would have had when my son was young. This is the stuff your research doesn't tell you.
A detailed description of A-Typical Cyclic Grief can be found in the book, No More Chasing Normal, available on Amazon books. Readers will have access to reflective exercises to assist with processing this unique grief and emerging on the other side with a new awareness and skills to help navigate the loss of normal.