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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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Jul 28, 2026

Not speaking is not the same thing as not having something to say.

In this episode, I’m joined by Elizabeth Vosseller, founder of Spelling to Communicate and Executive Director of I-ASC, the International Association for Spelling as Communication.

And we are talking about communication.

Not the easy kind.

Not the "say...

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Jul 21, 2026

The behavior may be where the struggle shows up, but it may not be where the struggle begins.

When a child is melting down, struggling to focus, or having difficulty learning to read, we tend to focus on the problem directly in front of us. But there may be foundational pieces underneath that struggle that we have not...

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Jul 14, 2026

Some kids are not unfocused. They just have not found the thing that gives their focus somewhere to go.

In this episode, I'm joined by Scott Proposki, a photographer, author, business coach, and founder of the Camera Focus Method™.

Scott is a former National Geographic and White House photographer, which is the kind...

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Jul 7, 2026

You can understand why your child is struggling and still be completely triggered by it.

In this episode, I'm joined by Jacqi Trombley, a licensed clinical social worker, trauma specialist, and Level 2 trained IFS therapist, for a conversation about Internal Family Systems.

Internal Family Systems, or IFS, is a therapy...

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