Beautifully Complex Podcast
1) 349: Tracking & Maintaining Progress, with Caroline Fitsimones
Progress with our neurodivergent kids can feel invisible. When you’re in the daily grind of meltdowns, school stress, and constant problem-solving, it’s so easy to believe nothing is working. I’ve bee...Show More
2) 348: Good Sleep for Neurodivergent Kids, with Melisa Moore, Ph.D.
Sleep can feel like the one thing that makes everything else harder. When our kids don’t sleep, their nervous systems are fried, their emotions are bigger, and our own capacity shrinks fast. I’ve live...Show More
3) 347: Accommodations That Reduce Cognitive Load Restore Motivation, with Jeff Copper, MBA, PCC, PCAC, CPCC, ACG
Motivation isn’t what we’ve been taught it is. When we misunderstand it, we accidentally shame our kids for struggling with something they can’t control.In this powerful conversation, I sit down with ...Show More
4) 346: Teaching Kids Friendship Skills, with Jennifer Licate
Friendship shouldn’t feel like an audition.And yet, for so many of our neurodivergent kids, it does.They try to decode shifting rules, confusing social cues, and ever-changing group dynamics, all whil...Show More
5) 345: We Need to Talk About Dignity and Humanity, with Penny Williams
Somewhere along the way, we started normalizing things that should never be normal for kids. Public behavior charts. Compliance scripts delivered to dysregulated nervous systems. Support that’s only a...Show More
6) 344: What to Do When You Run Out of Compassion, with Melissa Corkum
There’s a moment many of us reach in parenting when the compassion just… runs out. Not because we don’t love our kids, but because our nervous system has been carrying too much for too long. When the ...Show More
7) 343: It Isn’t Disrespect. It’s a Biological Response to Stress., with Penny Williams
What if the behavior that feels the most disrespectful isn’t a choice at all?Eye rolling. Yelling. Snapping back. Refusing. These moments hit deep. They sting, especially when they happen in public or...Show More
8) 342 Pressure Isn’t Motivating, It’s Actually Dysregulating, with Penny Williams
We’ve been told for generations that pressure builds motivation. Push harder. Raise the stakes. Add consequences. But when you’re parenting a neurodivergent child, that approach doesn’t just fall flat...Show More
9) 341: Building Bravery in Anxious Kids, with Melissa Giglio, Psy.D.
Bravery isn’t about being fearless. It’s about learning how to move forward with fear — slowly, gently, and with support. And for anxious kids, that kind of bravery doesn’t come from pressure or pushi...Show More
10) 340: Finding the Balance Between Supporting & Enabling, with Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ADHD-CCSP
There’s a quiet tension many of us carry as parents of neurodivergent kids: Am I helping my child or am I holding them back? That line between supporting and enabling can feel blurry, emotional, and c...Show More