Becoming a self-healer — Low Demand Parenting

In this deeply personal conversation, I sit down with Carolina Ramirez to explore what happens when parenting stops being a journey of “fixing” our children and becomes an invitation to heal ourselves. Carolina shares her experience as a Latina therapist, neurodivergent mother, and spiritual guide. Together, we talk about intuition, surrender, masking, productivity culture, systemic oppression, and the transformative power of meeting our children’s needs without shame or fear. This episode is about reclaiming your inner voice, trusting your child, and discovering that often healing is about returning home to yourself.

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Becoming a Self-Healer — Transcript

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Carolina Ramirez. Carolina is a spiritual therapist, coach, and guide for women and mothers doing deep inner healing work and reconnecting with their truth. She is especially passionate about supporting Latina women and women of color in reclaiming their power, breaking intergenerational cycles, and mothering themselves and their children with intention.

I know many of you are going to recognize pieces of your own story in this conversation. I felt deeply witnessed and inspired by Carolina’s honesty, wisdom, and vulnerability.

And while we’re talking about this deep work, I also want to let you know that enrollment is opening for the next round of my Restore Your Soul Mastermind. This is for those of you who feel burned out, exhausted, and stretched thin by parenting—those moments where you wonder, “What about me? What about my needs? What about the deep rumblings inside of me?”

It’s called Restore Your Soul for a reason. We go deep into what makes you feel alive, connected, grounded, and vibrant in this world. To me, that is soul work. It’s a six-month intensive with regular group meetings, deep community support, and a virtual retreat weekend where you can nurture yourself and reconnect with who you are.

I absolutely love leading these groups, and I would love to have you there if it feels aligned. You can find more information in the show notes.

All right—let’s get into my conversation with Carolina.

Amanda:
I’m really eager to hear more about your journey—especially your parenting journey. You’ve shared before that there was a time when your primary question was, “How do I fix this?” And then something shifted, and you began asking, “How is this affecting me? What expectations am I carrying about myself and my child?”

I want to go back to that turning point because so many parents get stuck in fix-it mode. Can you share more about what led you there?

Carolina:
I think there was this huge dissonance between what I thought autism and ADHD meant and the reality of my child.

Coming from my background as a therapist, I had worked with autistic children before, many with high support needs, and so when I was told my son was autistic, I immediately pictured this life of suffering and limitation. I hate to say that, but that was the image I had absorbed from media, from society, from fear-based narratives.

I was terrified.

So I did wha