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A phone rings after 7pm and the ordinary rush of parenting turns into a moment you never forget. Amber takes us back to early 2018, when she’s an assistant principal, a full-time working mum and newly pregnant, only to receive prenatal testing results that point to a Down syndrome diagnosis for her daughter. We talk through the shock, the uncertainty and the unexpected gratitude that arrives when fear starts shouting worst-case outcomes.

Then comes the next layer with a congenital heart defect discovered in utero, the reality of specialist teams and the planning that leads to open heart surgery when her baby is just five months old. Amber shares what special needs parenting looks like on the ground including therapy appointments, managing germs, family handovers, long drives and the mental load of keeping life moving while your nervous system is stuck in chronic stress and fight-flight-freeze.

Just as they’re finding their footing, Amber’s mum dies suddenly, and grief becomes the turning point that changes everything. We unpack why she steps away from work, why therapy becomes “I can’t afford not to” and how honest communication and couples support help her marriage hold. The conversation closes with the bold choice that resets their family by moving interstate for an adventure they actually choose, plus the writing and coaching work that grows into her seasonal syncing framework and book.

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