From Burnout to Balance - Helping Parents Find Balance on the Burnout Recovery Journey

In this episode, Tanya explores the profound impact of burnout on both children and parents, emphasising the spiritual awakening that often accompanies such experiences.

She discusses the importance of soul care, the challenges of navigating identity and beliefs during difficult times, and the need for creating sacred spaces for healing and connection.

Tanya shares her personal journey and insights on how to embrace the messiness o...

In this episode of 'From Burnout to Balance', we explore the challenges faced by neurodivergent children regarding everyday demands and how these can feel overwhelming or unsafe.

Tanya discusses the importance of understanding the nervous system's role in these experiences, the distinction between demand avoidance and pathological demand avoidance (PDA), and offers strategies for parents to support their children with c...

In this episode, Tanya explores the metaphor of gardener versus mechanic parenting, emphasising the importance of creating a supportive environment for children experiencing burnout.

She discusses the pressures parents face in a behaviourist society that prioritises compliance over connection, and how this can lead to harmful parenting practices.

Tanya advocates for a gardener approach, focusing on nurturing and understanding child...

In this podcast episode, Tanya discusses the challenges and emotional discomfort that arise when parents attempt to change their parenting approaches.

She shares personal experiences and insights into how our past experiences and emotional responses, influenced by neurotags, affect our parenting styles.

Tanya emphasises the importance of understanding these dynamics, particularly in the context of gender roles and emotional express...

In this episode, Tanya discusses the dark thoughts and complex emotions parents face when navigating their child's burnout.

She addresses feelings of guilt, grief, jealousy, fear, and isolation, emphasising the importance of self-compassion and acceptance.

Tanya provides insights into the healing journey for both parents and children, encouraging listeners to embrace their struggles and seek community support.

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In this conversation, Tanya discusses the Burnout Recovery Roadmap, emphasizing the importance of awareness in understanding the stages of burnout recovery for children, particularly those who are neurodivergent.

She outlines the five distinct stages of burnout recovery, from daily burnout to the new normal, and highlights the emotional and practical challenges parents face during this journey.

Tanya encourages parents to embra...

Summary:

This episode delves into the complexities of parenting autistic children, particularly focusing on the challenges of burnout, the emotional toll on parents, and the need for greater awareness and understanding within the community.

Tanya shares her personal experiences, highlighting the importance of recognizing burnout, navigating feelings of guilt and shame, and advocating for systemic change to better support neurodiverg...

This conversation delves into the complexities of burnout in parenting, exploring the hidden barriers to recovery, the impact of parental pressure, and the importance of emotional health.

Tanya emphasizes the need for self-care and compassion, providing practical strategies for parents to support both themselves and their children in the recovery process.

To access the recording of the Hidden Barriers to Recovery Coaching session as...

In this episode, Tanya discusses the often-overlooked issue of parent burnout, emphasizing the importance of self-care and mental health for parents.

She introduces the concept of low-demand parenting, which involves reducing both parental and child demands to foster a healthier family dynamic.

Tanya also explores the metaphor of juggling responsibilities, categorizing tasks into 'glass balls' and 'rubber balls' to ...

In this episode, Tanya speaks with Carrie Meadows, a swim instructor specializing in teaching neurodivergent children to swim. They discuss the importance of water acclimation, the unique needs of neurodivergent kids in swimming lessons, and the alarming statistics regarding drowning risks for these children. Carrie emphasizes the importance of finding the right swim instructor who is experienced in adaptive swim lessons and highli...

In this solo episode of Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Together, Tanya discusses the challenges of parenting neurodivergent children, particularly focusing on the concept of burnout. She shares her personal experiences and insights on how burnout affects both parents and children, the emotional journey involved, and the importance of community support. Tanya emphasizes the need for parents to prioritize their own healing while navig...

In this conversation, Tanya and Elen delve into the concepts of interoception and neuroception, exploring how these senses impact our understanding of bodily signals and emotional responses. They discuss the importance of recognizing and responding to internal cues for self-regulation, particularly in neurodivergent individuals. The conversation also highlights the significance of creating safe environments and understanding surviv...

Aleesha White, founder of Moody, shares her journey of supporting neurodivergent individuals and their families.

She discusses the challenges she faced as a high school student with seizures and her subsequent passion for helping neurodivergent people.

Aleesha emphasizes the importance of creating inclusive opportunities and supporting neurodivergent individuals outside of the traditional classroom environment.

She also highlig...

For many parents of neurodivergent children, bedtime is one of the hardest and most stressful times of the day. If this is true for you and your family, you're not alone, as many neurodivergent individuals find sleep challenging.

In this episode, I chat with Laura Hellfeld, neurodivergent nurse and sleep consultant.

Here are some of the topics we discussed:

• Changing the paradigm from traditional parenting perspectiv...

Today, I am joined by Elen Nathan from The Playful Place to give us insight into ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder).

Here is what we chatted about:

• What is ARFID?
• What causes ARFID and how can we know if our child (or we) are affected by ARFID?
• What can we do as parents to support our children if they are affected by ARFID?

If you missed Elen's other two episodes on Sensory Systems here are th...

In this solo episode, I talk about a topic that is often shut down in parenting communities. The topic of experiencing grief for various aspects of our parenting journey. In our Instagram society, where we just see the highlights, the happy moments the joyful moments of parenting we can feel 'wrong', 'broken' and isolated because we aren't feeling or experiencing these things. There can be many times when we wi...

Today on the show I chat with Kate Kleinau, who you may know from her Facebook and Instagram accounts as Raising PDA Kids.

In this episode, Kate and I chat about:

• How her son's autistic burnout in his early childhood years led her to discover that he was PDA.
• The things she and her husband did to support her son's recovery from burnout.
• How embracing radical acceptance and adapting the way she parents her chil...

Today on the show we chat with Pip Brun, a neurodivergent human, a mum of 6 and a passionate advocate for the rights of disabled people.

Pip is a passionate member of the Enabling Good Lives mid-central leadership group in New Zealand.

In this episode, we chat about:

• Pip's lived experience as a mum of 6 neurodivergent children (including her daughter Lucy who has a rare chromosome disorder).
• The Enabling Good L...