Summary:
In this episode of Neurodivergent Spot, host Sam Marion speaks with writer, speaker, and advocate Sunita Theiss about her journey as an autistic, ADHD, and PDA mom raising two neurodivergent children. Sunita shares how discovering her own and her children’s diagnoses reshaped her family’s rhythms, shifting from control to collaboration and redefining what success, grace, and achievement mean. She opens up about balancing cultural expectations, faith-based community dynamics, and the realities of neurodivergent parenting with honesty and vulnerability.
Quotes:
“Our life was like a snow globe and we just kind of shook it up. As things settled back into place, everything just looked a little bit different.”
“The biggest shift was moving from control to collaboration—valuing trust and belonging in our home above what normal needs to look like from the outside.”
“Grace has more to do with spaciousness in our life—making room for ourselves and others to exist as we are without constant pressure to perform or conform.”
Contact Information:
Website: https://sunitatheiss.com/
Instagram: @sunitatheiss
Substack: https://sunitatheiss.substack.com/
You can also connect with me on Instagram on my show page @NeurodivergentSpot or my professional page @sammarioncounseling.
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