#14 – Tiffany Montero: On Autism, Adoption, and Running To Heal

Collected Clan: The Company You Keep

n this episode, we hear from Tiffany Montero and how she's navigating life through the lens of high-functioning autism and the redemptive power of adoption and how she made a conscious connection with her own birth mom as a birth mom herself. This is real life in some honest, candid storytelling and conversation. Plus a special Non-Profit Spotlight that'll shed some light on how easy it is to help someone else on their journey. Topics Covered:

• 0:01:11 How we met
• 0:01:32 Ragnar Relay experience
• 0:03:32 High functioning autism & running (Last Ragnar leg)."
• 0:05:06 Last Ragnar leg and running with Peter
• 0:08:53 The mental aspect of running
• 0:10:59 Sidelined by fear of failure and outside overload.1
• 0:17:03 Trail running vs road running
• 0:19:49 Trying to fit into Junior High
• 0:22:59 Tiffany's first 50K
• 0:33:38 Pushing outside your comfort zone
• 0:36:04 The importance of a tiny village
• 0:38:52 Getting real with running
• 0:40:57 The Run Home
• 0:50:38 Seeing your son again
• 1:03:20 Adoption and medical DNA
• 1:08:31 The Run Home and the road to her girls
• 1:10:16 Writing about her healing
• 1:13:05 Non-Profit Spotlight: "Sunday Sandwiches)

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