ADHD and lessons along the way: Recent Episodes
Katie
A hug for parents of strong willed children. When you're tired of the judgement, stares of strangers and word of 'advice' from others. The wins, epic fails, tears and fears experienced along the way when parenting a child with ADHD! You are not alone on this roller coaster. Learning on the job, I share my ups and downs along the way as I single parent 3 young children (2 with special needs). Listen and be a part of a community of like minded people who just 'get it'. We learn strategies together that can be applies to our daily lives and navigate life as a parent with a the help of this knowledge and the law of attraction!
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Your child may need to bounce on a trampoline whilst doing homework or eat whilst busy playing. You may ignore some of your child's less helpful behaviours and focus on the positive bits!!
To others this may seem like you are 'failing' or 'not a good parent' or 'lazy' or 'encouraging bad behaviour' - NO you know your child best and you know what works for you and your family.
Your child's brain is wired differntly, so your parenting style often needs to be differnt as traditional cosequences and parenting styles just don't work.
p.s. you got this!
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Exploring the world of judgement. Judgement and critisism of us as parents and of our children. Letting go of the want to control other people's opinions and just 'doing you' despite others. Tricky but completely freeing and fabulous if you can start to reframe situations and adopt this mindset.
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We underestimate the power of human connections with other people, family, friends, our children, strangers.
There are so many benefits to these especially as a parent of a child with ADHD where life can seem isolated and lonely at times.
Check it out.
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In episode 11 we look at the importance of small steps and breaking goals down into managable pieces that can be achieved. Avoid overwhelm and avoidance by setting yourself and your child up for success with this slow and steady strategy that can work for so many goals and areas in your life.
Don't be hard on yourself. You are exactly where you need to be.
You got this!
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Share your wins however big or small small. Your wins as a parent or your children's wins, celebrate them with your child too. Your focus and energy will bring more of these moments.
Moment that may look like nothing to others may be HUGE for you and your family! Share them and celebrate.
Energy flows where your focus goes!!
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Check out EFT and it's many benefits! Go watch a you tube clip to get the idea if you have never come across this before and listen to my pod to explore the ways in which it can be a useful addition to your parenting toolkit. Great for kids as well as parents.
Transformational! Try is please.... it is completely free and takes literally minutes of your life to do!
Thank you so much for listening!
With back to school looming I have dedicated this podcast to anxiety. I give you 10 helpful strategies to help children calm their anxious minds.
These methods can be used for going to the dentist, going to a friend's house, taking an exam, however big or small worry, these ideas are designed to help you.
Your child displays challenging behaviour but why?
What is really going on?
We look at the skills that may be less developed in your child that make their life more challenging and rersult in meltdowns and aggression or outbursts.
Come on this journey to learn and explore with me.
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Thank you so much for listening!
Using negative behaviour and moods as an opportunity to teach and coach your child. We discuss the importance of being an emotional coach for your child.
Taking a leaf out of Will Smith's book - apologising for the negative action and not feeling ashamed and like a terrible person.
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I take on Mel Robbin's 5,4,3,2,1 technique from her book 'The 5 Second Rule' and use it in my day to day parenting to de-esculate situations and to make decisions from a place of calm rather than anger and anxiety.
Come and give it a try.
Thank you for listening. You can find me on Instagram @adhd.lessonsalongtheway
Exploring the work of Dr Emoto's experiments, looking at how we can use positive words, energy and intentions to encourage and create positive actions.
Ignoring the negative as much as possible and focusing on the positive.
Thank you so m much for listening!
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An update on my chaotic first week of the summer holidays with my 3 boys! Looking at ways to use descriptive commentary to help children to understand their feelings and the physical world around them. Looking at the benefits of this and how it can be an effective tool in your tool kit as a parent.
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Today's podcast looks at the positives of ADHD and all the skills it provides which can be hugely beneficial in life, especially adult life. We are so quick to list the negatives and moan about the challenges but it's time to celebrate the blessings. Energy goes where energy goes so lets create more of the positives and make children with ADHD feel worthy and fabulous!
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My very first episode gives you an insight into my family of 3 boys with ASD and ADHD and some of the challenges that we face whilst taking a deeper look at issues that arise and asking why? Playing detective to see the underlying causes of our children's behaviour and some tip and tricks that may be helpful.
Honest, real account of parenting a child with ADHD.