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22: Choosing Sports Over Meltdowns... The Wrong Thing to Do?
In this episode, I discuss why changing from soccer to an individual sport doesnât end the meltdown cycle, and how your child's overwhelm will follow them when the season is over in other ways. Itâs tempting for you...
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21: How to Help Your HSC Play Fairly
In this episode, I discuss how to teach your child to playfully communicate their emotions. You need to help them manage their big emotions around winning, losing, and compromise⊠and thatâs a bigger, much deeper...
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20: Should You Teach Your HSC Not to Care What People Think?
In this episode, I answer the question of what to do when others make you feel like your Highly Sensitive child is TOO rambunctious. Maybe your kid gets too hyper and accidentally breaks their iPad. Or maybe they...
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19: Emotionally Available for Learning
In this episode, IÂ discuss the factors that are make-or-break for the families who are thriving as they transition back to school in this video. It's crucial that you focus on these factors to support your child in...
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18: Planning for Your Big Move is Causing Meltdowns
In this episode, I talk about how to help your HSC through a big move. After all, it is one of the most stressful life events we can face. Especially if youâre going states away. Tune in to hear more about how to make...
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17: Amy's Story: From Walking on Eggshells to Eliminating Daily Meltdowns in 8 Weeks!
In this week's episode, I interview a recent Bootcamper, Amy. Tune in to learn how she went from walking on eggshells to eliminating daily meltdowns in 8 weeks!
If your child is demonstrating the meltdown cycle, watch...
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16: If Your HSC Hates Haircuts... You'll Want to Hear This
In this episode, I discuss how it is possible for your HSC to get a haircut without a meltdown. I get it. Your kid IS terrified. That is true. Theyâre uncomfortable. Theyâre itchy and they canât take it. Their...
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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 âGoodâ Behavior Stops Working
Rest in pieces, behavior chart. Thanks for destroying my kidâŠ
Said every parent of a Highly Sensitive teen who wants to know âwhatâs in it for themâ when they need to clean the moldy dishes out of their room.
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13: Toniâs 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 preschoolerâs 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?  Â
Searching for a magic wand (or...
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