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...
Mar 10, 2026
If you’re raising a high-masking, high-achieving neurodivergent kid, you may be living a split-screen life: “She’s doing great here” from school, and daily...
Mar 3, 2026
Parenting a child with ADHD and executive function challenges can feel like living inside a never-ending loop of forgotten water bottles, missing homework, and mornings that go off the rails. It is easy to assume kids are not listening, not trying, or...