"Parenting a neurodivergent child can feel hard because you're not just raising your child — you're constantly navigating a world that wasn't built with their needs in mind." — Nurtured Neuro Kids In the past few years, therapy services have shifted in the way they work with neurodiverse children and adults. Instead of thinking of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia or Anxiety as individualproblems to be fixed, helping professionals are adopting a neuroaffirming approach which includes:

“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.” ~Nora Ephron At Thriving Parents Collective, we offer a workshop for parents entitled “From Surviving to Thriving: What to do when you don’t like parenting.” There have been different phases of my kids’ development where I have not particularly enjoyed parenting. Three kids under 5 years old? No thank you. But this sentiment may have never been as true as i

“ To listen entails a fundamental letting go of self-centeredness. We have to be willing to put down our own thoughts, views, and feelings temporarily to truly listen. ” - Oren Jay Sofer Words and language have always fascinated me. Watching my kids develop language as toddlers, learning a second language, or even doing the daily Wordle puzzle brings me real joy. Using words and language to create communication within relationships has been slightly less delightful. Par

Mother embracing child "Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes it's built on catastrophe." - S umner Redstone I really value this quote because I often feel like my family is teetering on the brink of disaster. I connect with the idea that failure is essential for learning and growth. Intellectually, I can accept that experiencing difficult emotions—like the frustration that comes with failure—is necessary. But the lived

" Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love." - Mary Anne Radmacher I’ve settled into the fact that there is something challenging about every stage of parenting, that it never really gets to be “easy.” Parenting three teenagers has certainly highlighted my own anxiety about the future, and I consistently see the places where my kids are

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” – Henri J.M. Nouwen We’ve been talking about joy in parenting lately, and how it can feel so elusive. I recall having a well meaning neighbor with no kids at home tell me “to enjoy every moment, it goes so fast,” while I was knee deep in parenting three kids under 5 years old. I didn’t appreciate the comment then, and now that I have three teens, I often still don’t appreciate it. It’

​ "Every student can learn, just not on the same day or in the same way." - George Evans "Inclusion is not a strategy to help people fit into the systems and structures which exist in our societies; it is about transforming those systems and structures to make it better for everyone." - Diane Richler The coaches at TPC have been talking lately about how parenting can feel challenging in so many ways. One of the biggest stressors we hear about in coaching parents with neuro

​ "My kids aren't to blame for triggering me, pushing my buttons, or driving me up the wall. It's on me to work through those triggers, remove those buttons, and tear down the wall instead of expecting my kids to change their behavior before I change mine." – Inspired by Iris Chen Parenting is almost designed to test our limits. We spend our days tending to endless needs, often putting our own on hold. Over time, that imbalance can build into overwhelm and resentment—so when

“My whole focus is in switching the perception of parents from 'my child is being a problem' to 'my child is having a problem.' I think...

Family walking in autumn “Children feel far more secure when things happen predictably- with routines, rituals and traditions. These...

June 2025 “Movement i s the language. It is the first language for all of us.” - Caroline, Movement Therapist Movement therapy —also...

May 2025 "Healing happens in our bodies. Trauma, stress, emotions… they are all stored in your body which means that intentional...

Mindful Parenting - Brain based strategies "Instead of questioning the way we handle things (and feeling guilty), what if we looked at...

Mindful Parenting - Body based strategies “The more we hone this ability to meet life in a neutral state, without attributing...

“A human being running at a deficit needs a deposit from another human being in the form of connection, calm and regulation.” - Lisa...

“Becoming familiar with your amygdala and the kinds of things it reacts to in life is an important part of learning to regulate your own...

If you have been following along in our attachment series (links), you know we have gotten curious about the quality of attachment

“Connection means that we give our kids our attention, that we respect them enough to listen to them, that we value their contribution to...

Today we are starting a 4 part series on how to create secure attachments in parenting. “If we want our children to be independent, to go...

Our goal with kids is to maintain a connection with their hearts while teaching skills, boundaries, and behavior. If we lose their heart...