In this January 2021 debut episode of the On The Hard Days podcast, host Megan Champion vulnerably shares one of her most challenging motherhood moments in raising a neurodivergent child.

Society isn't talking about the challenges that come with raising neurodivergent children, specifically the effects on the mother's mental health.

When children struggle behaviorally, academically, socially, and emotionally, there's often judgment and shame cast on mothers from people who don't understand this type of parenting journey.

Worldwide, moms of out-of-the-box kids are struggling with self-doubt, loneliness, guilt, shame, exhaustion, and even grief — but very few are talking about it. Instead, negative feelings of motherhood fester, leading to anxiety and depression.

Megan Champion, a 15-year elementary educator and mother of three, brings validation to this important but misunderstood topic through her podcast, On The Hard Days, and provides connection for struggling moms of neurodivergent kids in her international support community, Mothers Together.