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15: Survival Mode Parenting
In this episode, I discuss how 2020 was whirlwind of intense emotions, loss, grief and disruption, and how many parents struggled with helping their children respond to the fear around them.
Normally, parents go to an...
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14: Why Rewarding your Kid for “Good” Behavior Stops Working
Rest in pieces, behavior chart. Thanks for destroying my kid…
Said every parent of a Highly Sensitive teen who wants to know ‘what’s in it for them’ when they need to clean the moldy dishes out of their room.
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13: Toni’s Journey: From fear, hyper-vigilance, and trying EVERYTHING to calmly supporting her son in ending the meltdown cycle
In today's episode, you'll learn how one FRIED mama went from wearing her baby NONSTOP to keep him safe from her preschooler’s hits, to regularly relaxing on the couch with her hubby while the kids play safely.
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12: Friends, Frenemies, Enemies, and Navigating Social Skills with your HSC
The social component of growing up has to be one of the hardest things about being a kid. Navigating social skills with your HSC can feel like an impossible task. You know your kid is sensitive, so how can you help...
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11: The Critical Mistake Parents Make When Dealing with After-School Meltdowns and How to Avoid it
In this episode, I discuss one of the main questions I always receive from parents: How can I deal with the meltdowns after school... most specifically, how can we stop the meltdown?
Searching for a magic wand (or...
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10: When Your HSC's Imagination Runs Wild...
You can’t hide your kid from the world, and you also can’t control the way their mind works...You need to support them through their emotions as thoughts and feelings come up, but you can only do that if you know...
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9: What school to choose?
In this weeks episode, I discuss why you must focus on your relationship with your child BEFORE you choose a school. I hear all too often from parents who struggle with their Highly Sensitive Child’s academic...
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8: What is your HSC's potential?
In this episode I discuss what a Highly Sensitive person's future and career could look look.
Decades of research shows: Sensitive people who grow up in an environment that doesn't fit their emotional needs, which is...
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7: Four Main Traps Parents of Sensitive Kids Fall into when Choosing to Pick their Battles
This episode is about the four main traps that parents of HSCs and Teens fall into when choosing to pick their battles... Because picking your battles is not the solution. It will not support your HSC emotionally. It...
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6: How to Prepare Your HSC for BAD News
If you are staying up past midnight googling “how to tell my kid bad news without them freaking out on me or hating me,” This message is for you. If you already struggle with helping your HSC navigate new events or...
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5: The Sensory Processing Sensitivity (Highly-Sensitive Trait)
In this episode, I break down the Sensory Processing Sensitivity (aka the Highly Sensitive Personality trait). I go over the difference between Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) and Sensory Processing Disorder...
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4: Is it hormones or is my kid Highly Sensitive?
As your child grows into a teenager, how do you really feel about it? No shame here. We were all teenagers once, and it’s safe to say that NONE of us would go back in time to live through puberty again...Be...
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