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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.    
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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...

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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...

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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...

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Mar 10, 2026

When professionals disagree, school minimizes, and your gut is screaming that something is off, your perspective on your child matters more than any report.

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...

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Mar 3, 2026

ADHD is not a motivation problem. It is a skills and systems problem.

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...

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