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Chynna T. Laird
Goodreads Author
Born
in Winnipeg, Canada
May 02
Website
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Influences
My grandfather, The Beatles and any other human being who isn't afraid
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Member Since
July 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/chynna_laird
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Dark Water
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2012
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White Elephants
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2011
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I'm Not Weird, I Have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD): Alexandra's Journey
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2007
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Not Just Spirited: A Mom's Sensational Journey with Sensory Processing Disorder
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2009
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Blackbird Flies
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2011
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Just Shut Up and Drive
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2013
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Don't Rush Me!: For Siblings of Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
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The Sensory Processing Diet: One Mom's Path of Creating Brain, Body and Nutritional Health for Children with SPD
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Out Of Sync
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2012
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Out of Sync
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I know. It has been a very long time since I touched bas...
I know. It has been a very long time since I touched base, and I'm so sorry. Life can sometimes create speed bumps for us to get over just when we believe everything is fine. These are the natural stressors in life that get thrown in our path just when we think things are smooth as silk. But, as I've learned, life isn't always fair. And it isn't supposed to be.I learned from a very young age
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“Perhaps people felt there was nothing more they could do, you know? After all, how can someone be helped who doesn’t see the need? A Christian counselor I saw for a while described such situations as, “a White Elephant everyone can see but no one wants to deal with; everyone hopes the problem will just go away on its own.”
Just like with my mom.
Back then it seemed women were almost expected to go a little loopy sometimes. After all we’re the ones with raging hormones that get out of whack – by our periods, PMS or pregnancy and childbirth – and cause craziness and bizarre behavior. And because of those uncontrollable hormones, women are also more emotional and predisposed to depression. These are things my mom was actually told by her parents, her family, her husbands and friends... even her doctor. Eventually, she made herself believe that her erratic behavior stemmed from PMS, not mania or alcohol.”
― White Elephants
Just like with my mom.
Back then it seemed women were almost expected to go a little loopy sometimes. After all we’re the ones with raging hormones that get out of whack – by our periods, PMS or pregnancy and childbirth – and cause craziness and bizarre behavior. And because of those uncontrollable hormones, women are also more emotional and predisposed to depression. These are things my mom was actually told by her parents, her family, her husbands and friends... even her doctor. Eventually, she made herself believe that her erratic behavior stemmed from PMS, not mania or alcohol.”
― White Elephants
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