emotional regulation

374: Teaching the Body to Feel Safe

374: Teaching the Body to Feel Safe

Your child’s nervous system isn’t a machine to calm down. Holly Bridges explains why teaching the body to feel safe changes everything.

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373: Overcoming The Wall of Awful

373: Overcoming The Wall of Awful

Your child’s avoidance isn’t laziness, it’s the Wall of Awful. Brendan Mahan shares how to help them, and you, get past it.

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372: The Neurodivergent Learner

372: The Neurodivergent Learner

Your child’s calm at school and falling apart at home isn’t a parenting problem, it’s capacity. Dr. Emily King explains why.

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371: How Honesty (Not Reassurance) Is What Gets Your Kid Through Middle School

371: How Honesty (Not Reassurance) Is What Gets Your Kid Through Middle School

Puberty sneaks up fast. Dr. Kim Pinckney on the early signs, honest language, and helping neurodivergent kids find real friendship.

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370: When Silence is Louder than Sound

370: When Silence is Louder than Sound

My son says heavy metal calms him down. We unpack how music regulates his ADHD and autistic brain, and ours too.

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369: PANDAS: When Strep Inflames Your Child’s Brain

369: PANDAS: When Strep Inflames Your Child’s Brain

Your child changed overnight, and it wasn’t defiance, but it may have been PANDAS. Learn the signs, the science, and how to parent through recovery.

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364: PDA Through a Problem-Solving Lens: Moving from Power Struggles to Partnership

364: PDA Through a Problem-Solving Lens: Moving from Power Struggles to Partnership

PDA isn’t defiance, it’s a nervous system on alert. Stacey Curnow shares how to turn power struggles into real partnership with your child.

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363: Raising Problem-Solvers: Lessons from the Co-Creator of Blue’s Clues & Daniel Tiger

363: Raising Problem-Solvers: Lessons from the Co-Creator of Blue’s Clues & Daniel Tiger

The pause on Blue’s Clues was research-backed and it is one of the most powerful tools you have as a parent of a neurodivergent child. Here is how to use it.

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358: The Real Work of Parenting ND Young Adults (Part 4)

358: The Real Work of Parenting ND Young Adults (Part 4)

Imposing help shuts down your child’s nervous system. Learn how to stay connected to your neurodivergent young adult without losing yourself.

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357: Three Layers of Regulation for ADHD

357: Three Layers of Regulation for ADHD

Emotional regulation improves in ADHD and autism when you address nervous system, beliefs, and behavior patterns through a simple three-layer approach.

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