Living Inspired with Autism
Antoinette Freedgood is a certified life coach empowering parents of autistic children.
Using empathy, personal experience, and proven strategies, she helps families confidently navigate autism, celebrating strengths and fostering growth, resilience, and positive change for both children and parents.
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Episodes
64 episodes
Autism Parenting: What If More Is Possible for Your Child?
As parents of autistic children, we are often handed limitations.From doctors, schools, specialists, systems, reports, assessments and well-meaning people who speak in predictions, timelines and “realistic expectations.”But what h...
Believing in mircales
The Beliefs That Are Quietly Limiting Your Child’s Future (And How to Change Them) What if the beliefs you’ve been given… are the very thing holding you back? In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism<...
Self-Worth & Self-Responsibility: Taking Your Power Back as an Autism Parent
What if the way you see yourself is shaping everything… your exhaustion, your confidence, your parenting, your relationships?And what if that’s the one thing no one ever taught you how to change?In this episode of Living Inspi...
What If Your Child Has Been Listening All Along? | S2C (Spell to Communicate) Explained
What if everything you’ve been told about your child… isn’t the full picture?In this very special episode of Living Inspired with Autism, I sit down with my first-ever guest, Olivia, a Spell to Communicate (S2C) practitioner<...
Ease vs Evolving: The Quiet Choice That Changes Everything
What if the thing you’re craving most… is also the thing keeping you stuck?In this heartfelt episode of Living Inspired with Autism, Antoinette opens up a powerful conversation that so many parents are quietly living through: th...
Policing Yourself
What if the exhaustion you feel isn’t just from parenting… but from constantly managing how others experience your life?In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism, we explore something many parents carry quietly… the habit o...
The Successful Autism Family Blueprint: From Survival to Calm, Connection and Control
What if autism parenting didn’t have to feel like constant survival?In this powerful episode, I take you inside The Successful Autism Family Blueprint — the framework I wish someone had given me at the very beginning of my journ...
Choosing the uncertainty
In this episode of Living Inspired with Autism, we are talking about something most parents of autistic children know all too well: uncertainty.But this is not about learning how to handle more. It is about recognising that you ...
You Don’t Have to Be Positive to Be Powerful
There’s a quiet pressure many parents of autistic children carry.To stay grateful. To stay inspirational. To stay positive no matter what.But what if power has nothing to do with positivity?In this honest ...
You are the asset
If you have been living in survival mode… this episode is for you.In today’s conversation, we explore a powerful shift that changes everything:What if you stopped treating yourself like a side hustle… and started treating yourself li...
Use disruption as fuel
Disruption is part of parenting a child with autism. The meltdowns. The cancelled plans. The financial pressure. The constant feeling that life is off balance.In this episode, I’m sharing a powerful shift that changes everything. Disrupt...
Stop wanting it to be easy
What if the reason parenting autism feels so heavy is not because you are failing, but because you are trying to make something easier that was never meant to be?In this powerful episode of Living Inspired with Autism, An...
What Do You Want to Believe?
In today’s episode of Living Inspired With Autism, Antoinette dives into what she believes is the cornerstone of everything. How belief shapes the way you parent, work, care for yourself, and lead your family.
Becoming on purpose
Who Are You Becoming?This episode invites you to stop defining yourself by your past and start orienting your life around who you are becoming.So many of us unconsciously use what we have been through, what we have tried, o...
What if it gets better from here....
Hello, friends. I’m Antoinette. Today, we’re talking about something vital: reclaiming your future. This isn't about ignoring the very real challenges of parenting a child with autism; it’s about reclaiming the mental space that belongs to you....
Are you unconsciously negative?
Are You Unconsciously Negative?Most people don’t think of themselves as negative. Especially parents who are doing their absolute best.In this episode, we explore something much quieter and more exhausting than obvious ne...
What do you think first thing in the morning?
What do you think first thing in the morning?Not your plans.Not your to-do list.Not who you need to be for everyone else.But the very first thought that arrives before you are fully awake.In this episode, we gently ...
Redefining Hard Days: Inner Strength Unleashed. Autism
Hard days.We all say it.“I had such a hard day.”“Today was just one of those days.”In this episode, I gently and honestly challenge what we mean when we call a day “hard” not to dismiss your experience, but to help you see...
Your Future Self. Parents with Autistic Children
🎧 Your Future Self Is Cheering You OnThere is a version of you who has already survived this season. The sleepless nights. The diagnosis shock. The constant worry.She’s standing a few years ahead of you ...
Autism. 🎙️ Other People’s Opinions
🎙️ Other People’s OpinionsThe holidays have a way of turning up the volume on everyone else’s opinions.Family gatherings. School events. Casual comments from people who mean well but have no idea what it’s like to raise a n...
How to create what you want
When your child is diagnosed with autism, something quietly happens in the background of your life.Your appointments multiply. Your responsibilities grow.And your own desires slowly disappear from the front seat.This episode i...
What it really looks like to be coached
If you’ve ever wondered what coaching actually feels like, this episode lifts the curtain. So many parents love the content, listen to the podcasts, read the books… but the moment they think about being coached...
Autism - Your dreams & desires
So many autism parents know exactly what their children need, yet feel completely disconnected from what they want. This episode is an invitation to come home to yourself again.Today we explore dreams and desires, not the therap...
Autism - How to change your mind when life feels hard
Parenting an autistic child means your mind is always busy. One small trigger - a meltdown, a school email, an unexpected change - and suddenly your brain is running a marathon of “what ifs”, worries, and self-judgement. A...
Autism 🎙️ Learning to Accept Life as It Is... and Still Dreaming Bigger
Sometimes acceptance sounds peaceful - like something soft and simple.But in reality, true acceptance takes courage, presence, and heart. In this episode, I share what it really means to say “it is what it is” ...