This week Annette Hines, the host of Parenting Impossible, explores in her introduction a new year, a new look at where we are in our finances, financial planning, and support services in the world of Covid as we move into year three of the pandemic. The guest interview is a re-broadcast of one of our favorite episodes! Leah
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Episode 131: Set Goals, Not Resolutions For 2022 with Tracey Ingle & Sarah Reiff-Hekking
In this week’s podcast, Annette speaks with Attorney Tracey Ingle and speaker, coach, and Psychologist Dr. Sarah Reiff-Hekking about setting goals for yourself for the new year. Tracey is the founder of Ingle Law and works with clients to create their estate plans and plan out the future. Sarah is the founder of True Focus Coaching Inc and works with…
Episode 130: Year End Planning with Annette Hines
We are now at that time of the year when everyone should sit down and review their current special needs plan. Time to make sure your planning is correct, in good shape and is planned out for what is best for your family. This is one of Annette’s favorite podcasts to do and it has become an annual episode to…
Episode 129: Legal Decisions and Person Centered Planning for the New Year with Annette Hines
As the year winds to an end, we begin to think about the new year and how prepared are we are for the future. What planning will we need to do, what will we need to change, what worked well, what didn’t work well. For special needs families, the planning can sometimes be a little more challenging when it may…
Episode 128: Living With Sorrow & Joy This Holiday with Annette Hines
The holiday season can be a stressful time if you have lost a child or a loved one. As we have seen over the past 2 years now, it can be stressful also when our loved ones are still with us but due to the pandemic and closures and rule changes, we may be separated and not have access to…
Episode 127: A Family Approach to Special Needs Financial Planning with James Grace
The end of a year tends to have people thinking about what they should do to plan for the new year and what changes they may need or want to make. While fitness and health goals are generally always on that list, so is financial planning for the future. Financial planning in general can seem to be a daunting task…
Episode 126: Caregivers Need Our Support with Jess Ronne
Caregivers are often the unseen and overlooked part of special needs care. In this podcast episode, Annette speaks with Jessica Ronne, an author, caregiver advocate, and mom of 8, about caregiver support, her caregiver nonprofit The Lucas Project, her blog “Jess + the Mess” and her 2 books “Sunlight Burning at Midnight” and “…
Episode 125: Things to Consider Before Filing For Divorce With A Special Needs Child with Mark Worthington (Reprise)
New child support guidelines recently became effective in Massachusetts on October 4, 2021. We felt it would be a good time to bring back a podcast Annette did last year with husband Mark Worthington in which both attorneys discuss divorce when you have a special needs child. While a majority of these new child support changes affect standard family law…
Episode 124: Letters To Jacob: Grieving The Loss Of A Child with Maria Hopfgarten
This week is Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week, which is a cause very dear to Annette’s heart. Annette’s daughter Elizabeth passed away back in 2013 from mitochondrial disease. Every year, during the third week of September the mitochondrial disease community comes together to bring awareness and educate others on this rare genetic disease. MitoAction is a nonprofit organization which…
Episode 123: Shining a Light on Severe Autism with Amy S.F. Lutz
This week features a very special back to back, two podcast episode release as Annette speaks with two guests who were interviewed for a recent Today Show Article called “Autism Wars.” Today’s episode features Annette’s interview with Amy S.F. Lutz, an author, vice president of the National Council on Severe Autism (NCSA), and a mom to 5…