Apr 14, 2026
A child can be brilliant and struggling at the exact same time.
In this conversation, I talk with Julie Skolnick about what it really means to be twice exceptional, or as she so beautifully puts it, gifted and distractible. Julie explains why giftedness is often the misunderstood part of the profile, not the...
Apr 7, 2026
When one child needs the most, another child often learns to disappear.
In this conversation, I talk with licensed clinical social worker Bari Turkheimer about the siblings we don’t talk about enough: non-autistic kids growing up alongside an autistic sibling. Bari explains why siblings can feel isolated, why the...
Mar 31, 2026
Hard conversations do not have to fry your child’s nervous system or yours.
In this episode, I sit down with psychologist and clinical director Dr. Jaclyn Halpern from Playful Therapy Connections to talk about how to support sensitive and neurodivergent kids when hard things are happening at home or in the world. We...
Mar 24, 2026
A nervous-system-level reframe on raising neurodivergent teens without burning yourself out.
When you’re parenting a neurodivergent teen, it can feel like everyone is looking at your child and nobody is looking at what is happening to you. Your nervous system is on high alert, school feels confusing, and the stakes...
Mar 17, 2026
Regulation starts with you, not your child.
In this conversation, I talk with Lisa Candera, single mom of a now-adult son with autism, profound OCD, and anxiety, about what it actually means to “regulate yourself first.” Lisa shares how a long stretch of crisis during the pandemic pushed her to the edge and forced...