Let me challenge you with a controversial discussion on behaviour, discipline, rewards and consequences.

I don't discipline my children! I don't reward my children! True Story!

I was forced into this approach when my children didn't respond well to discipline and now I wouldn't want it any other way.

What happens is something much better!

Let me share why that is...

How are you?

What do you need?

These are frequent questions I found hard to answer because I was too busy caring for my three neuro-spicy children and far too detached from myself.

For positive mental health, a start point to achieving happiness and feeling grounded it is important to know who we are, who our authentic selves are.

This podcast will take you on a brief journey into finding out how to find your authentic self, even amongst the restrictions of caring responsibilities to a child/children with AUTISM/ADHD/PDA.

What options do we have when our children are suffering with school attendance difficulties?

What happens when the EBSA approach no longer works?

What should I do if the school are being supportive but the interventions they are offering do not work?

I want to view another school but how do I know this will be better for my child?

Feeling overwhelmed about home education?

Not home educating yet but have it as a plan B in your back pocket?

This podcast discusses why and how we started home education. I discuss the negative environment of being on a mainstream school roll but not attending school due to anxiety and how this can impact negatively on children, also, how I prioritised my daughters mental health over and above education.

Do you have a child with PDA, AUTISM / PDA?

Have you ever felt stuck between a rock and a hard place when choosing from a limited pool of options for support? Usually with none of the options being preferable?

Do you find that one intervention for ADHD/AUTISM/PDA may irritate another need linked to ADHD/AUTISM/PDA therefore, not really wanting to choose either option of support or intervention?

Yes its complex, so lets get stuck in and unpick this with some likely examples of eating disorders, sleep disorders, school anxiety and toothbrushing!

Does your child have autism, ADHD, anxiety or PDA?

Help my child has too much control is something I have whispered from time to time!

An attachment phase with a PDA streak that felt isolating and tricky to control as a parent.

From whether or not I wore certain clothes, to whether or not I spoke to a friend in the community, to whether or not I left the house where all questionable.

If this resonates with you then this podcast is for you!

Children with ADHD/AUTISM/PDA can have difficulties in finding their own self identity in comparison to the world around them and others. In this podcast we start to unbox the reasons why, how different environments matter and how as parents we can help to increase self worth, self belief, self esteem, self confidence and improve body image.

With 18 years of personal and professional experience with ARFID I felt sharing my journey may help others along with theirs. I personally have two children aged 18 years and 7 years with ARFID and am able to talk about ARFID at different stages of a child's life.