Mindful As A Mother

Today we’d like to extend a warm welcome to Katherine L’Etang. Katherine is joining us an autistic voice this season sharing her experience masking into adulthood, receiving her diagnosis, her experience with PDA (persistent drive for autonomy) with herself and her children, and how her journey through her life has shifted as she developed the skills to unmask and be her authentic self. You can find Katherine at https://www.theneurodiversitymom.net/ Where to find us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mindfulasamotherco/⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mindfulasamother?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠ Resource Library: ⁠https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

Last week we talked co-regulation, this week we’re deep diving into how we really teach it to our kids. Plot twist: it’s not what you think. The most powerful tool we have as parents is modeling and we give real-time examples of how to use this to effectively teach your children. We also walk you through our favorite tool to find your child’s SOS for when they need help regulating their emotions. As always, pick one skill to work on this week, go hard, and be curious. For tips and skills to support your children in learning to cope, buy our Coping for Kids mini series here: https://icy-dew-304.myflodesk.com/ Check out magic mind here: www.magicmind.com/mothers and use code MOTHERS20 for 55% off.

This week we’re discussing co-regulation. We walk you through what co-regulation is, why we need it and we get a little science-y. You know how Paige loves to get into the neuroscience of it all. Not only is co-regulation an evolutionary skill, but it’s an integral part in our children being able to learn how to regulate their emotions on their own someday. Tune in to learn more about how we use our own emotions to support the emotions of our children. Check out magic mind here: www.magicmind.com/mothers and use code MOTHERS20 for 55% off.

This week we’d like to extend a very warm welcome to Gina Prosch. Gina is an award-winning children’s book author. Her new book Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking [Boys Town Press, March 11th 2024] is the second in the Holly’s Choice series and teaches kids that while it is important to have hope, wishful thinking alone is not enough to help us achieve our goals. Together we’re going to cover topics including what inspired her book Hope! More Than Wishful Thinking, how can we teach our children to be active participants in positive emotions, how we can model positive emotions to our kids to help build their emotional resiliency, You can find Gina’s book here: https://a.co/d/f869bzS You can find Gina here: www.ginaprosch.com Email: gina@ginaprosch.com

Welcome to another Neurodivergent Nugget! Neurodivergent nuggets are easily digestible pieces of information to support you on your parenting journey. At 15 minutes or less, these actionable items are the perfect parenting snack. Today’s topic is: sharing your child’s diagnosis with your child.

This week we’re deep-diving into self-care. What comes to your mind when we mention self-care? If it’s expensive and bougie, then we highly recommend you take a listen. Together, we talk through several different ideas that you can utilize for self-care, why it’s important, and how to weave it throughout your day. The first rule of this episode: Take what works and leave what doesn’t, and always remember: self-care is intimately defined by you, and you are the only one who can ensure what you’re doing is self-care. For reference: Growing Up Mindful, Dr. Christopher Willard Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoksi (Pt. 1) Apps for Tech Boundaries: Off-Screen, Using Focus Mode on Your Phone

What comes to mind when you hear Radical Acceptance? As humans, we spend a lot of time being upset about things that aren’t in our control. Radical acceptance is taking the concept that we can’t change what’s happening, so how do we navigate the challenge? We talk through why this is important in parenting neurodivergent children and how to implement this concept to create a smoother experience in your parenting journey. For Reference: Supporting Autistic Girls and Gender Diverse Youth, by The Yellowbugs (pg 82, 93, 273) Low Demand Parenting, by Amanda Diekman The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves and Empowering Our Children, Dr. Shefali Tsabary

Welcome back to Mindful As A Mother! Today we are welcoming a special guest all the way from Austria, Carina Wahringer. We strongly believe that the most important voices in parenting and living with neurodivergence come from the individuals themselves. Carina is a strong example of a neurodivergent mother with neurodivergent children just trying to wing parenthood like the rest of us. Together, we talk about how Carina knew she’s neurodivergent, what it's like parenting as a neurodivergent individual and parenting neurodivergent children, and her biggest struggles and strengths in neurodivergence. Find Carina on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nd_life_austria?lang=en Where to find us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mindfulasamotherco/⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mindfulasamother?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠ Resource Library: ⁠https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

Welcome to our VERY FIRST Neuroaffirming Nugget of season four. Neurodivergent nuggets are easily digestible pieces of information to support you on your parenting journey. At 15 minutes or less, these actionable items are the perfect parenting snack. PACE Playfulness: Stressed brains respond to calm, playful faces and tones of voice. You can counter stress by introducing playfulness. Playfulness can defuse arousal, reduce conflict, and increase connectedness. Acceptance: Communicating with our words and actions that their feelings, thoughts, urges, and perceptions and accepted completely and trusting that what they are feeling is their truth in that moment. Radically accept what’s in front of you and focus on supporting your child through it regardless of how it triggers you. Curiosity: be curious about where the behavior comes from. Be curious enough to truly understand your child’s perspective. Open-ended questions or contemplating these questions yourself. Curiosity can also promote their self-reflection on their feelings and behaviors. Empathy: Genuinely attempt to understand your child’s position. Focus on connection over correction. by demonstrating how difficult an experience might be for THEM, you are comforting them and letting them know they do not have to deal with their distress alone. For Reference: Supporting Autistic Girls& Gender Diverse Youth, The Yellowbugs pg. 76 Where to find us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mindfulasamotherco/⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mindfulasamother?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠ Resource Library: ⁠https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

This week, we continue the conversation about parenting styles. Specifically, we’re talking communication, creating a united front, attending appointments together, showing the why and so. much. more. Tune in to hear real-life examples of dropping demands in parenting with your partner to better support your child together. Check out our Calm Mom, Happy Kids course to better understand how to manage your stress cycle and better manage your emotions: https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother/p/join-us-live- Reference: Low Demand Parenting, by Amanda Diekman; Chapter 11 Supporting Autistic Girls, by Yellow Ladybugs; (pg 100-103)

This week, we’re introducing parenting styles! We’ll talk through what different parenting styles are, how they vary based on our individual experiences, and the perfect parenting style for neurodivergent children. Plot twist: each child is different. Check out our Calm Mom, Happy Kids course to better understand how to manage your stress cycle and better manage your emotions: https://candid-truth-726.myflodesk.com/ Where to find us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mindfulasamotherco/⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mindfulasamother?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠ Resource Library: ⁠https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

This week we’re excited to introduce Dr. Rothman and Dr. Fredriksen, two powerful females, authors, mothers and doctors in the field of Neurodivergence. Together, they wrote Different Thinkers: ADHD. Different Thinkers: ADHD is a comprehensive resource about ADHD for children and adults alike, offering practical advice for managing symptoms and reflection prompts designed to help readers understand what it means to be a different thinker. Dr. Rothman and Dr. Fredriksen hope to help children understand their ADHD diagnosis and celebrate their different ways of thinking. Together we talk about why it’s important for children to learn about their diagnoses and how celebrating difference can make everyone feel included. Our favorite quote this week is “Neurodiversity is to human culture like biodiversity is to the ecosystem”. You can find these amazing women on Instagram @neuropsychmomdocs Check out their book (WE LOVE IT) on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mindfulasamotherco/list/3S4K1ODX8R76S?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsflist_aipsfmindfulasamotherco_8YZATPFZCNH3K1VHW485

Welcome back to Mindful As A Mother! In this episode, we continue the conversation on the stress cycle! You cannot fully understand how to manage your emotions without really understanding burnout and the stress cycle. We’re going to talk about the evidence-based ways to close the stress cycle and how we can weave them into our lives when we’re already feel topped out with demands. For Reference: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski PhD. and Amelia Nagoski DMA Where to find us: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/mindfulasamotherco/⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@mindfulasamother?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc⁠ Resource Library: ⁠https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

Welcome back to Mindful As A Mother! We’re so excited for season four of the podcast. This season we’re expecting open conversations around all types of neurodivergence, parenting as a neurodivergent individual, and parenting neurodivergent children. In this episode, we open the season by introducing the stress cycle! You cannot fully understand how to manage your emotions without really understanding burnout and the stress cycle. For Reference: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, by Emily Nagoski PhD. and Amelia Nagoski DMA Pt. 1 Where to find us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulasamotherco/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mindfulasamother?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc Resource Library: https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

This week on Mindful As A Mother we are talking all things #adulting. We were thoroughly supportive of adulting being used as a psychological term and feeling all the millennial vibes. We cover rehearsing, sleep hacks, and optimizing our peak energy levels as ways to help the world better work with us instead of forcing ourselves to work with the world. You can now listen to all of our podcast episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@mindfulasamotherpodcast2606

This week on Mindful As A Mother, we are continuing to build the house of our dreams, and put in the yard work, hard work. Together we’re learning to identify yard work, yard people, what our fence looks like, and how we can identify/test out who are our yard people and who are our fence people. We talk through personal examples of how we identify when we need boundaries, how we know we’re already doing well, and what feels the hardest about physical and emotional boundaries. You can now listen to all of our podcast episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@mindfulasamotherpodcast

This week on Mindful As A Mother, we are talking about garbage. I mean, metaphorical garbage. Using the metaphor of a house, we talk through physical and emotional boundaries, and how can we identify and define boundaries to support us in living within our values and limits. We talk through personal examples of how we identify when we need boundaries, how we know we’re already doing well, and what feels the hardest about physical and emotional boundaries. You can now listen to all of our podcast episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@mindfulasamotherpodcast

This week Lindsay and Paige discuss the emotional ladder as described by Tamara Rosier, PhD. We cover the five different rungs individually and what it looks like for children of different ages at each level including their behaviors and relationships with peers and family members Level 1: Present and Calm, Level 2: Awareness, Level 3: Autopilot, Level 4: Survival, and Level 5: Delusional. Lindsay and Paige share personal examples from their lives and the lives of their loved ones. You can now listen to all of our podcast episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@mindfulasamotherpodcast

If you're an educator, this episode is for you! Jessica Sinarski is a licensed professional counselor of mental health, and a highly sought-after therapist, speaker, and change-maker. Weaving user-friendly brain science into everything she does, Jessica ignites both passion and know-how in audiences. Extensive post-graduate training and 15+ years as a clinician and educator led her to create the resource and training platform BraveBrains. She partners with school districts and child welfare agencies around the world to unlock resilience in children and adults alike. We are especially excited about her book "The Amazing Brain" which will be released on October 12th, 2023. As a special bonus, if you pre-order the book before 10/11/23 you get a totally free, activity-packed bonus digital offer to accompany the book. Check it out at the links below! still face video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTTSXc6sARg www.jessicasinarski.com IG @jessicasinarski Order by October 11th for a pre-order bonus: ncyi.org/youramazingbrain

This week Lindsay and Paige discuss the emotional ladder as described by Tamara Rosier, PhD. We cover the five different rungs. We discuss what it looks like for individuals at each level including our relationships with others and how our ADHD symptoms can show up. Level 1: Present and Calm, Level 2: Awareness, Level 3: Autopilot, Level 4: Survival, and Level 5: Delusional. Lindsay and Paige share personal examples from their lives and the lives of their loved ones. You can now listen to all of our podcast episodes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@mindfulasamotherpodcast2606