Things that can help - Ep06 - Janieke

In this episode I'm speaking to Jessica Patay in Southern California about her non profit organisation 'We are brave together'. They provide respite, community, and resources for mothers caring for children of any age with disabilities, unique needs, or other medical or mental health challenges.Jessica is a caregiving mum herself and has a wealth of experience and insight into the challenges and joys of this type of motherhood. We talk about her new book 'Suddenly Brave Together' - Letter to caregiving mums at a defining moment of their lives It's collection of stories from mums who have lived that moment when everything changes and write from a place of experience, decades later. A beautiful message which helps you to know you are not alone. To find out more and to join (membership is free) visit: We Are Brave Together | Support Community for Moms of Children with DisabilitiesOr on IG: wearebravetogether

I'm speaking with Helen Lomas from Disability Care Partners about her new company that provides support for disabled and neurodivergent whānau in a holistic, mana enhancing way, grounded in EGL principles. We hear the back story behind DCP and the most important thing...her WHY. For more info visit: Disability Care Partners | Discover Tailored Support – Get Involved Today

Jamie is back for another info dump! We talk about behaviour, regulation and felt safety and so much of it makes a lot of sense. Kids do well when they can so when we see them overwhelmed, stressed or under pressure there is a reason for it. Jamie explains how behaviour and emotions are information. Behaviour is the visible moment where the load exceeds capacity. Understanding the behaviour we are seeing and looking at it with curiosity instead of enforcing compliance can help foster safety and regulation in our kids. Listen in for more valuable and helpful information around this topic. It's so good!

This episode is a cracker. I speak with Janieke de Graaf, Mum of two neurodivergent humans who also happens to be a neurodivergent human too. We talk about connection, what it looks like to connect with our ND kids and how important it is for their felt sense of safety. There is so much gold in this kōrero, I'm excited to share it. Janieke is also a behaviour specialist with Explore, however, she speaks from the perspective of her lived experience in our interview.

Here is part two of my kōrero with Tiana, Annabel and Jasmine on their educational experiences, things that helped and things that maybe didn't. We dive a bit deeper in this episode and hear how support they received shaped their education journeys at primary, secondary and tertiary level. Annabel mentions a service run by iLead called iDrive in this episode. You can find out more information on the website here: I.Drive Licensing Program – I.Lead

In this episode I speak with Tiana, Annabel and Jasmine, three wonderful humans from i lead Wellington. We discuss their educational experiences as disabled students in primary, secondary and tertiary spaces, the things that helped and the things that didn't.This is a conversation that you don't want to miss. In fact, it was so good we split it into two parts. For more information on i Lead check out their website: I.Lead

In this episode I talk with speech and language therapists Zazi and Tess about transitions.Transitions can be one of the toughest parts of the day for disabled and neurodivergent children and for the adults supporting them too. We talk about what's really going on beneath the behaviour and what genuinely helps. Zazi and Tess have their own podcast 'You got this - with Zazi & Tess'. I encourage you to check it out.https://open.spotify.com/show/2pc3R8VxrIVDZq0T3m4Hx6?si=ff0b6930170044d4

In the second episode of the 'Things that can help' series I'm talking to Jamie an Occupational Therapist from Nurture and Thrive. We unpack the power of Occupational Therapy support for sensory processing and co-regulation.

We kick off the new series 'Things that can help' with Wellington Mums Leila and Keely who have both been on the show before. Our kōrero is all about how friendship and community can help with this different kind of parenting path we find ourselves on.We talk about connection, support and the little things that truly help.

My little buddy Emerson joins me in the studio as my co-host to introduce our new series 'Things that can help'. We talk about things that help both of us such as: ways to cope at school, things that help when you're having a meltdown, how joy and laughter can help lighten the load and much more.