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Complicated Kids is a podcast about why raising kids can feel like an extreme sport sometimes. Join me to unpack all of it, figure out who needs what, and help your family thrive. Gabriele Nicolet is a Toddler Whisperer, Parent Coach and Speech Therapist. – She is the co-founder of Raising Orchid Kids – an online, global parent education and coaching practice, as well as the owner of GabrieleNicolet.com – a parent coaching practice in the DC metro area. Gabriele has a hard time eating out in restaurants if children are present because she always wants to play. She is passionate about all things child development, and particularly fascinated by the ways in which common parenting practices affect highly sensitive (Orchid) kids and how to tweak them so that everyone can stay calm and become their best Selves. Have questions? Reach out today complicatedkidspodcast@gmail.com.    

Sep 8, 2026

You cannot teach your child to trust you while constantly second-guessing yourself.

There is no shortage of parenting information out there. Books, podcasts, influencers, experts, schools, research, and your neighbor’s cousin all have thoughts about what you should be doing with your child.

And sometimes all that...

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Sep 1, 2026

Understanding the problem is not always the same as changing the pattern.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Julie Lopez, founder of Viva, for a conversation about trauma, implicit memory, brain-based therapies, and why talk is not always the language the nervous system understands.

Julie starts with a story from...

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Aug 25, 2026

Your child should not have to become a different kind of learner just to prove that they can learn.

Dr. Emily King is back on the podcast, this time to celebrate the release of her first book, The Neurodivergent Learner. Emily is a child psychologist, former school psychologist, and parent of two neurodivergent kids, so...

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Aug 18, 2026

You are not just invited to the IEP meeting. You are part of the team.

In this episode, I’m joined by Vicki Christensen, founder of Blue Glasses Advocacy, special education advocate, and parent of two children with IEP experience, for a conversation about helping parents understand their role in the IEP process.

Vicki...

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Aug 11, 2026

Birth is part of the story. It is not the whole story.

In this episode, Emily Roper is back to talk about birth, early development, and what those first experiences may have to do with the complicated kids we are parenting later.

And before we go anywhere else, we say this clearly: this is not an episode about looking...

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