Emma R. Hostetter

Sep 18, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Jennifer Jonsson |Martin Lustick |Richard A. Lawhern |Emma R. Hostetter

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with family physician Emma Hostetter, who shares her deeply personal journey navigating the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child with ADHD. Emma opens up about the emotional toll, the gaps between her medical knowledge and real-life experience, and the transformative shift in her parenting approach.

Sep 11, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Emma R. Hostetter |Dawn Baker |Martha Rosenberg |Michele Luckenbaugh

Once again, I found myself balled up on the kitchen floor, head between my knees, sobbing. My shoulders shook, and my chest heaved as I gasped for air, but air wouldn’t be enough. What I was truly gasping for was hope, something that had eluded me during this perpetually challenging season of my “neurodivergent” parenting career. I’m not sure what made that moment any different from the countless dysregulated nights that preceded it.