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Neurodivergent Conversations | Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, PDA, Emotional Regulation, SEND parent, Meltdowns, Special Needs Parent cover art

Neurodivergent Conversations | Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, PDA, Emotional Regulation, SEND parent, Meltdowns, Special Needs Parent

Neurodivergent Conversations | Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, PDA, Emotional Regulation, SEND parent, Meltdowns, Special Needs Parent

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 What’s it really like parenting a child with ADHD and autism? How can parents, teachers, and communities better support neurodivergent children? How do autistic and ADHD individuals experience the world? Each week, we explore these questions with practical strategies, emotional insight, and real stories. I’m Greer — a mum of two boys (and two dogs!) raising a child with special educational needs (SEN) alongside my husband. Our daily life looks different from the norm, but it’s full of love, advocacy, and growth. I started this podcast to create a space for parents of neurodivergent kids, educators, and allies to learn, connect, and build understanding together. You’ll hear parenting tips, advocacy guidance, sensory strategies, and personal reflections that shine a light on both the joys and challenges of neurodivergent parenting. Through heartfelt solo episodes and guest interviews, we’ll talk about EHCP or IEP processes, school support, emotional regulation, and the big feelings that come with raising ND kids. Whether you’re here as a parent of an autistic or ADHD child, a late-diagnosed adult, a teacher seeking insight, or someone wanting to understand the neurodivergent world, this podcast is your space to grow, connect, and know you’re not alone. Welcome to The Unfinished Idea — a podcast all about parenting, autism, ADHD, and life in a neurodivergent family. Here, we open up honest conversations about neurodiversity, raising neurodivergent children, and navigating the everyday realities of SEN parenting.That Sounds Fun Network 2024 Parenting Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Why We Start With the Environment, Not Behaviour

    Why We Start With the Environment, Not Behaviour
    Nov 5 2026
    Is your whole morning held together by you, repeating yourself until the words stop sounding like words? Mama, you don't have to be everyone's personal prompt. In this episode, ADHD coach Sharon Collon shares how she went from crying in the car after school drop-off to letting the environment carry the load, plus the five-minute family meeting her kids actually turn up for. Sharon Collon is a credentialed ADHD coach, parent expert and the founder of The Functional Family, and she's supported over 40,000 families. She's also living it every single day. Five humans under one roof, all with ADHD, alongside autism, OCD, ODD and Tourette's, in a house that, in her words, runs at a very special kind of intensity. In this conversation, Sharon gets honest about what her mornings used to look like and the shift that changed them: moving from being the glue holding everyone together to building a home where the setup does more of the work. We talk about why behaviour is the slowest and hardest place to start, the small environment tweaks that make a big difference, and how to bring back the family meeting in a way that works for ADHD brains. In this episode, you'll hear: What a Tuesday morning looked like in Sharon's house before, and why it so often ended in tears in the car Why verbal prompting stresses so many of our kids (and us), and what can carry that load instead How to spot your family's friction points, including the ones your body braces for before anything has even happened Why Sharon starts with the environment, not behaviour, and how those small shifts often lead to the behaviour changes Simple setup tweaks that work: grouping things together, medication by the kettle, and why the shoes now live in the car The tiny night-before habit that changed our own school mornings The ADHD-friendly family meeting: a gratitude opener, a quick look at the week ahead, meal and shopping input from the kids, all done over build-your-own tacos in about five minutes Why "side door" conversations feel so much safer for many kids than sitting face to face What Sharon wants the mama in survival mode to know about grace, protecting your tank, and borrowing someone else's belief in you The three strengths that show up again and again when Sharon strength tests her ADHD clients (and the one that's a little trickier to parent) If you're running on empty, you don't need to try harder. You're already trying hard enough. Pick one friction point, make one small change to the setup, and see what shifts. You're not failing, mama, you're carrying a lot, and I'm cheering you on. GUEST LINKS: Follow Sharon here Check out her website Listen to the podcast GET THE LINKS The Unfinished Idea Website Join the Unfinished Community Exhausted to Empowered Follow me on socials: INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • How to collaborate with your neurodivergent child’s teacher, with Dr Emily W. King

    How to collaborate with your neurodivergent child’s teacher, with Dr Emily W. King
    Oct 29 2026
    ****Join the priority list to be one of the first to grab a copy of the book*** Ever left a school meeting replaying everything you said, or everything you didn’t? Worried you’ll be “that mama” if you speak up, but scared your child will slip through the cracks if you don’t? You’re not alone, and this conversation is the gentle middle ground you’ve been looking for. I’m joined by Dr Emily W. King, a school psychologist, author of The Neurodivergent Learner, and mama of two neurodivergent kids. Emily has sat on every side of the IEP (or EHCP) table, as the professional and as the parent, and she brings both perspectives with so much warmth and honesty. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why a simple email before term starts can set up the whole year, and the “if you see this, please text me” detail Emily loves to include How to compare what’s happening at home and at school without getting defensive, by getting curious about where a skill is working and why Why body, sensory safety and sleep come first when you’re seeing resistance a few weeks into term What it means when your child is “leaving it all on the field” at school, and how dialling back demands at home can help them recover Why sharing more with educators, not less, opens doors for your child If school feels heavy right now, let this be your reminder that you don’t have to choose between staying quiet and being “too much”. There’s a collaborative way through, and you’re already doing the hardest part by showing up for your child. GUEST LINKS: Follow Emily here Check out here book here GET THE LINKS The Unfinished Idea Website Join the Unfinished Community Exhasuted to Empowered Follow me on socials: INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • The Three-Step Reset: What to Do in the Middle of a Meltdown

    The Three-Step Reset: What to Do in the Middle of a Meltdown
    Oct 22 2026
    ** GET THE EXHAUSTED TO EMPOWERED COURSE HERE. USE COUPON RESET TO GET $20 OFF** It was the wrong spoon. That was it. That was the whole thing. A normal morning. Music on, lunches being made, everyone getting ready. And then, out of nowhere, a child face down on the floor screaming, because he had the wrong spoon. In this solo episode I'm sharing something I have been speaking on around the UK: the three-step reset. But first I take you into my kitchen, because I want you to know that we got to school with him still crying and me in tears, and that the thought going round my head was, what is wrong with me? Why can't we do this like every other family walking to school perfectly fine? If you have had that morning, or that bedtime, or that supermarket, or that car park, this one is for you. Here is what I want you to hear. The meltdown is not the problem. You are not the problem. Your child is not the problem. What is happening in your body and in their body, in that moment, is the thing nobody actually taught us about. We have been told to be more consistent. Hold firmer boundaries. Stay calm no matter what. The unspoken lie underneath all of it is that you should be able to hold it together while your child falls apart, and that if you could just regulate hard enough you could override your own nervous system by sheer willpower. That is not how bodies work. You cannot think your way to calm. You have to body your way there first. So I walk you through the three steps. Pause, which is your body. Name, which is your mind. Respond, which is your action. In that order, every time. It isn't a hack. It's a map. And you don't need 12 strategies, you just need one that works when everything is falling apart. GET THE LINKS The Unfinished Idea Website Join the Unfinished Community Exhasuted to Empowered Follow me on socials: INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
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