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Practical dyslexia parenting without the overwhelm.
Dyslexia Mom Life focuses on the daily work of parenting a child with dyslexia. Episodes move from backpack systems and school transitions to ADHD, assistive technology, private-school support, and the emotional strain families carry.
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Dyslexia Mom Life is an education-and-parenting show for families raising children with dyslexia. It keeps the focus on usable support. Nicole Holcomb approaches dyslexia as something that affects school, confidence, routines, family energy, and the parent-child relationship. The result is a show that feels practical without becoming cold. One episode may walk through how to clean out and structure a backpack so homework, class notes, study guides, and parent forms stop disappearing. Another may explain why dyslexia often appears alongside attention challenges, anxiety, speech issues, or developmental language concerns. The show repeatedly returns to one core idea: children are often working hard already, even when adults misread their exhaustion as laziness or resistance. That gives the advice its shape. Parents are encouraged to build structure, reduce distractions, break tasks into smaller pieces, and collaborate with educators and healthcare providers when concerns persist. School support is a major thread. Private-school episodes look at warning signs such as dismissive language, weak reading intervention, resistance to accommodations, or discouragement of outside testing and tutoring. Transition episodes press parents to ask about strengths, classroom challenges, staff changes, curriculum shifts, summer learning, school tours, and self-advocacy skills before the next year begins. Assistive technology is handled as a tool that supports learning, not as a replacement for reading instruction. The show also broadens beyond logistics. A conversation with Kim Anderson connects Myers-Briggs patterns to parenting styles, loneliness, overwhelm, and the way children process instructions. Episodes with Christin Woods and Abby Ramos highlight community and dyslexia-focused family resources through Dyslexia Together. The pacing is conversational and reassuring, but the substance is grounded in checklists, examples, and parent-tested scripts. It suits parents who need both information and steadiness. Dyslexia Mom Life is especially useful for families who are past the first shock of identification and are trying to build repeatable systems for school, home, confidence, and support.
Made for: Parents, especially moms, raising children with dyslexia who need school-year strategies, advocacy language, and emotional steadiness. It also suits caregivers weighing accommodations, tutoring, assistive technology, private-school fit, or co-occurring ADHD concerns.
What sets it apart: The show blends parent experience with education, counseling, and civil-rights perspectives, then turns that mix into concrete home and school actions. Its advice stays close to real family friction points rather than abstract dyslexia theory.
Do you wish you had a guide or coach who has been where you are and has mapped out how to parent a child with dyslexia (without the overwhelm)? Do you worry about your child’s self-esteem and mental health while carrying the shame of being unable to read? Are you staying up at night, staring at the ceiling with worry about your child’s future and the impact on your family? I’m so glad you’re here! This podcast is your go-to guide for practical strategies on your dyslexia parenting journey. Together, we’ll build a deep understanding of dyslexia and give you the parenting tools you need to confidently navigate the world of dyslexia without sacrificing your relationship with your child. This jo…
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A parent-friendly map from overlapping signs to routines, support, and informed medical conversations.
Dyslexia Mom Life takes a practical, parent-facing look at dyslexia and ADHD, framing co-occurring challenges as "dyslexic sisters" and likening them to a car full of voices competing for the front seat.
A grounded reminder that dyslexia advice has to fit the child, not just sound convincing.
Dyslexia Mom Life uses bad advice as a practical filter for dyslexia parenting: does the guidance actually fit the child and family in front of it?
A Myers-Briggs parenting discussion becomes most useful when it turns personality differences into everyday adjustments.
Parenting across personality differences gets a practical shape in this single-episode review of a conversation with Kim, a Nashville-area therapist with more than 15 years of experience.
A grounded, practical case for assistive technology as a bridge to comprehension, with Learning Ally as the first step.
Assistive technology gets a useful, parent-friendly frame here: not as a replacement for reading instruction, but as a way to ease the decoding load when it is blocking comprehension.
A clear, practical look at whether a private school can really support a child with dyslexia.
Private school can seem like the right answer for a child with dyslexia, especially when a family is looking for smaller classes, faith-based education, or a strong academic reputation.
Practical help for raising confident communicators.
Raw motherhood talk with a backbone.
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Asian Efficiency's Tan Pham and Brooks Duncan on time management, habits, and AI tools.
A call-in helpline where listener questions turn into reported science and history investigations.
Dyslexia Mom Life episode 149 focuses on the overlap between dyslexia and ADHD/ADD, and the host says research estimates about 30% co-occurrence.
Dyslexia Mom Life™ episode 148, "5 Pieces of Bad Parenting Advice About Dyslexia - I’m Glad I Didn’t Take," is a solo rundown of advice the host rejected while raising a child with dyslexia.
Sabah talks with Kim Anderson, a Nashville-area therapist and founder of Elevate Moms, about using Myers-Briggs to read family differences more clearly.
Dyslexia Mom Life™ episode 146 argues that assistive technology can reduce reading frustration by letting dyslexic kids hear text, follow along on screen, and access grade-level material.
Dyslexia Mom Life™ episode 145, “Dyslexia and Private Schools: What Parents Need to Know,” follows the host’s private-school journey from pre-K through eighth grade in the Atlanta area.
A podcast for moms parenting children with dyslexia, offering strategies and community support.
The host shares her journey as a mom of a child with dyslexia and offers practical strategies to help other parents navigate education and parenting challenges.
A mom shares her journey with her daughter's dyslexia and offers practical strategies for other parents navigating similar challenges.