I'll teach you how to dial down the big emotions and big behaviors, maximizing successes for your kid. You'll parent with purpose to create a neuro-affirming ecosystem where your kid, and your family, can thrive.
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Right now, you might feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and at a loss for how to help your child. Big emotions, big behaviors, and daily struggles have taken over, and despite your best efforts, nothing seems to be working.
The struggle is real, but it doesn't have to persist.
You’re working incredibly hard, but traditional parenting advice simply wasn’t designed for neurodivergent kids. Your child doesn’t need fixing. They need understanding, support, and an environment that leans into their strengths.
So you just need a different approach — one that's proven with neuroscience and experience, and that actually works for the way your child’s brain is wired.
That's where I come in!
I haven't always gotten this parenting thing right.
I’ve been exactly where you are — frustrated, confused, and desperate for answers. When my child was diagnosed with ADHD in 2008, I spent years searching for solutions, only to realize the real breakthrough came when I stopped trying to “fix” my child and instead focused on changing the way I parented, creating opportunities for success.
That shift changed everything.
Now, as a parenting coach, educator, and author specializing in ADHD, autism, and anxiety, I help parents like you move from survival mode to success mode — with science-backed strategies designed for your uniquely complex child.
These aren’t just behaviors, they’re signals — signs that your child needs your help.
When your child's nervous system is in fight, flight, or freeze, they can’t access logic, reasoning, or even basic cooperation. That’s not “bad behavior” — it’s a dysregulated nervous system doing its job to keep them safe.
Once you know what’s happening inside, you can finally respond in ways that work.
Regulation is the key to improved behavior, and a thriving kid and family.
Take my FREE Animal Instincts Quiz to uncover your child’s instinctual dominant stress response. You’ll get immediate insights into what’s really going on when your kid's behavior spirals, and what your child actually needs to support their nervous system so they can feel safe, connected, and ready to thrive.
When you know better, you do better. I'll walk you through the parenting pivots necessary to help your kid, and your family, thrive. We're reframing and decoding behavior, teaching lagging skills, and ensuring that kids feel seen, heard, and understood.
Regulated Kids Project offers monthly lessons, kid's activities, and parent coaching to empower regulated, resilient kids. Unlock practical, research-backed tools to help your child self-regulate with calm and confidence, transforming daily struggles into successes.
Get personal guidance and accountability to implement the parenting approaches proven to improve behavior. We'll set goals, create a plan to meet them, and tweak as necessary, TOGETHER.
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I've helped thousands of neurodiverse families like yours. I'd be honored to help you, too.
When my son was diagnosed with ADHD, I felt confused, lost, angry, and sad. Then the guilt began and the questions were merciless. I would still be lost and confused without the extensive knowledge and supportI’ve received from your course. I kid you not, my husband and I would be lost without you.
I felt like I was drowning as a mother to my 8-year-old daughter with ADHD. Our entire household was miserable. I took Penny’s course and read some of her books and put some new knowledge and skills into practice. My household has had a complete transformation. No more yelling and screaming. No more crazy punishments that didn’t work. My daughter and I have an excellent relationship now.
You are one of the few people out there who truly understand autism/ADHD and how best to support our young people. Your observations are always spot on and create an incredibly helpful and reassuring resource for parents like me. I so much value your work and generosity in sharing your wonderful wisdom!
The Survival to Success Accelerator has really helped me understand what is going on for my daughter. I no longer see my daughter as an aggressor, but a person that needs support. The course has helped us to go from several meltdowns every day to the occasional meltdown every few months, but even those are not as intense. I feel so much more in tune with my daughter's needs.
My child's challenges related to ADHD and ASD have the power to completely derail our family's daily dynamics, but as I've learned more about these challenges in the Survival to Success Accelerator and have taken the time to get really curious about what my child needs to feel safe and regulated, two pretty amazing things happened: I stopped putting my child in situations he "should" be able to navigate (in spite of evidence that he can't, yet), and safety and trust have grown from fewer disastrous "'should' but can't" situations. It's given my son the space to regulate, learn, and experience a growing snowball of small successes built on small successes.
I just wanted to say a big thank you for your Survival to Success Accelerator programme. We still have some difficult days, but our home is a much nicer place to be for us all. I really enjoyed the course — I keep rewatching bits and building on our progress. It helped me understand my lovely daughters and be a calmer,more connected parent. We are so much in a better space so a huge thank you from our whole family!
Thanks so much for this wonderful Program. It's very insightful, especially validating my kid's feelings and asking how I can help them.
Penny provides concrete steps about how to move forward with each scenario I present. She is realistic that her methods will take time and a lot of repetition, but will work in the end. This has provided me with a lot of peace of heart. I feel we are on the right track now. My son is happier and more calm.
You deserve to feel this relief, too.
Transformation doesn’t happen overnight—but with the right approach, it does happen.
I’ll be with you every step of the way.
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neuro-affirming ecosystem
noun. an interconnected personal sphere of acceptance, tailored to individual neurodivergent needs.
Creating a neuro-affirming ecosystem is all about building environments and relationships where your neurodivergent kid has opportunities for success.
From family culture, to school supports and accommodations, to meaningful social and community relationships, layer by layer we intentionally construct a neurodivergent-friendly ecosystem customized for the individual child and built on kid-lead guidance, collaboration, and connection.
A roadmap to a thriving kid and family
Trying to change everything at once when parenting a child or teen with ADHD, autism, and/or anxiety leads to overwhelm, frustration, and burnout — for both of you. When you spread your energy too thin, nothing sticks, and progress feels impossible.
That’s why scaling is key. Small, meaningful wins build confidence, momentum, and lasting change. Success comes from strategic shifts, step by step, so each approach has time to take root.
That’s why I created the S.C.A.L.E. Method — a structured, manageable path forward. Instead of feeling stuck, you’ll take clear, actionable steps that build on each other, creating a snowball effect of progress and success.
This isn’t junk mail… this is life mail. These are strategies for your real life. My newsletter, Clarity, gets delivered to over 30,000 people each week to help them get clear on how to be the parent your neurodivergent kid needs. I’d love to help you, too. Subscribe now, it’s free.
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