This episode is for parents who love their child deeply—and still feel a quiet sadness they rarely name.

We’re talking about the kind of grief that shows up in schoolmeetings, birthday parties, and moments of comparison. Not because you wish your child were different—but because you didn’t expect parenting to require this much advocacy, vigilance, and emotional labor.

This conversation makes space for both love and loss, andoffers gentle ways to honor that grief without guilt or self-judgment.

If you needed permission to grieve, this episode offers it.

“They’re so smart—they’ll be fine.”

Many parents of twice-exceptional (2e) kids hear this over andover. In this episode, we unpack why that belief is not only wrong, but harmful.

Intelligence doesn’t protect children from anxiety, overwhelm, sensory stress, or executive functioning challenges. In fact, many gifted and 2e kids carry more internal pressure, not less.

This conversation reframes what real support looks like—shifting the focus from performance and achievement to emotional safety, self-trust, and curiosity. Because your child doesn’t need to prove their worth. They need support that matches their wiring.

Many twice-exceptional children don’t just carry sensitivity—theycarry stress. In this tender episode, we explore how chronic stress and traumaaffect the 2e nervous system, why survival responses show up as behavior, andhow parents can support healing through safety, connection, and consistency.These aren’t character flaws. They’re protective responses—and they can softenwith the right support.

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