Mystic Kidz

13/06/2025

🌸 Wildflower Hearts is Blooming! 🌸

Hey beautiful families!

I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Wildflower Hearts, a special social empowerment circle for girls aged 9 to 12. 🌼

This is a safe, brave, and joyful space where your daughter can feel truly seen and heard. where no topic is off-limits and every question, feeling, and story is welcomed with open hearts.

✨ Together, we’ll explore friendship, confidence, feelings, growing bodies, self-expression, and so much more, all gently guided and age-appropriate.

If you want your wildflower to blossom with connection, courage, and kindness, this circle is for her. 💖

📅 When: Monday’s starting 14th July (10 Weeks)
📍 Where: Online via Zoom @ 3:30pm Qld time
💰 $111 for the term (10 Weeks)

💌 Spaces are limited to keep it personal and safe!
To enrol or learn more, send me a DM 🌿

Let’s grow wild and free together.



13/06/2025

The Power of Strong Support for Our Kids & Our Families

Whether a diagnosis comes early or later in life, it can crack something open within us.
A wave of emotion.
A flood of questions.
Sometimes relief.
Sometimes grief.
Often, both at once.

But what remains steady through it all is love.

Your child doesn’t change because of a diagnosis.
What changes is the lens through which the world might view them and the path you now must navigate.

And that path is rarely simple.

For some, the journey into support is smooth.
For others, it’s layered with resistance from ourselves, from the people around us, and even from the systems meant to support.

There can be judgment loud or silent directed at those who don’t move through this in the “expected” way.
Who don’t spring into action.
Who don’t respond how others think they should.

But behind that stillness might be deep overwhelm.

Carer fatigue.
A nervous system that has been running 24/7, always waiting for the next thing to go wrong, the next meltdown, the next phone call, the next situation where you have to be the one to fix it.
Because for so long, it’s felt like if you don’t, no one else will.

And then something strange happens ...
You find a moment of calm … and you don’t know how to be in it.
You can’t relax.
Because your body is still on alert.
You're still listening for something to break.

This is the nervous system speaking not just stress, but years of internalised pressure to hold it all, be everything, stay ahead of every challenge, and never drop the ball.
Because who else will catch it?

But here’s the truth:
If you keep pouring from an empty cup …
If you keep ignoring the signals in your body …
If you keep believing you are the only one who can hold it all …

You may not be around to do any of it.

That’s a hard sentence, but it’s a real one.
Self-sacrifice is not the same as love.
And your child needs you, not just functioning, but well. Regulated. Present. Alive.

So let this be a gentle reminder:
Strong support begins inside the home, yes but it doesn’t have to begin and end with you.
You’re allowed to be supported.
You’re allowed to feel exhausted.
You’re allowed to need help learning how to switch off.
You’re allowed to rewrite the expectations you’ve placed on yourself.

The bravest thing you can do as a parent is to admit when you need holding, too.

We’re not meant to do this alone.

With gentleness,
BB
Parent • Mentor • Supporter of Families

11/06/2025

STILL SOME TICKETS AVAILABLE

Make sure you come and have fun with Shrek and his Fairy tale friends. Being held at the Donald Simpson Centre at Cleveland.

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Or call one of the team to reserve your seats.

01/06/2025

🌱 1:1 Support for Our Young People 🌱

Homeschooling or unschooling can be a beautiful path, but let’s be honest, it can also feel overwhelming, especially when you’re doing it solo. 💛

We have spaces available during the school week to help take the pressure off families. Whether you're needing support with schoolwork, emotional regulation, life skills, or just getting your young one out and about, our experienced and passionate team of independents are here to help.

If you're with NDIS, we can assist with that too.

Sometimes, just a few hours of 1:1 connection for your child can be the reset they need and the breather you deserve.

📱 Reach out via SMS to book a free meet and greet, we’d love to connect and see how we can support you and your young person.

You don’t have to do this alone. 💫

25/05/2025

Gentle Parenting or Hostage Negotiation? This s**t is REAL

Parenting is hard. Parenting a neurodivergent child? That’s a full-contact emotional sport requiring a level of patience, that no one actually has, Google Scholar qualifications, and a stash of emergency snacks you’re legally not obligated to share. I’m not on the spectrum, but parenting a child who is has taught me more about negotiation, emotional resilience, and power outages than I ever anticipated.

Let me take you on a ride through the beautiful, unpredictable, and often side-splitting world of being a spectrum mum, where gentle parenting looks a lot like hostage negotiation… but with less SWAT and more weighted blankets. The Most use saying in our family “I Will not negotiate with a terrorist” We watch a lot of SWAT, NCIS in this house!!!!

Gentle parenting isn’t for the faint-hearted. It's not just whispering kind affirmations while your child attempts to body slam you over incorrect toothpaste or even the suggestion they clean their teeth. It's about calmly talking through choices making it feel like it is their idea of course, even while dodging whatever object is close by for them to throw.

We're told it’s about setting firm boundaries with kindness and empathy. In practice? It’s more like:

“I understand you feel disrespected because the chicken nuggets had the wrong crumb, and yes, I agree, the packaging was suspiciously different. But saying the company has done it deliberately and only to your nuggets and you will sue them might be a little strong. Let’s breathe through this, after an hour of discussion around the differences and why they would target him in particular!!!!

It’s active engagement with a splash of desperate inner screaming. It’s the art of remaining calm while your child stages a protest over toilet-flushing logistics during a blackout (spoiler: yes, it can flush, but only after a full briefing with diagrams and a backup torchlight).

And it’s about navigating moments when a simple bedtime routine ends with the police knocking at your door. Why? Because our darling called them to report being “made to go to bed and pushed down forcefully on his bed” at 8:30pm. The officers, bless them, had a good chat about domestic discipline laws. Again another line that is common in our house is “It’s Called Domestic Discipline”

When You Have to Laugh or You’ll Cry (Or Both)
Humour isn’t just a coping mechanism in this house, it’s survival.
Like the time his older brother had absolutely had enough and decided the best response was to duct tape his younger sibling to a chair. I walked in, frozen in parental horror, only to be met with a casual, “He said it was fine.” Nothing to see here, Mum. Life is normal.

Or the genius moment, and I do mean genius, when he was locked out of his classroom. While some might sulk, not this one. No, he found a way to hack into the school’s speaker system and got his music to play through the entire school. It was giving DJ-turned-revolutionary vibes. Low-key iconic. In My mind it wasn’t the why it was “F**k yes that’s genius and HOW”

Then there are the high-stakes food situations. Chicken nuggets? A staple. But if the company dares switch the crumb and slap on some trendy new branding, all hell breaks loose. That night we weren’t just dealing with “wrong dinner.” We were navigating a breach of trust and the injustice!!!!

But Beneath the Madness … is magic.

Because what others see as defiance or drama, I’ve learned to see as deep processing, cleverness, and communication in its rawest form.

There’s intelligence in the chaos. Wit in the wildness. Beauty in the breakdown over packaging design and classroom speaker hacks.
Gentle parenting here isn’t about being permissive. It’s about navigating emotional hurricanes while teaching your child that they are safe, heard, and deeply loved. Even when the chicken is wrong.

In Case You Need to Hear It
To the other spectrum mums and dads out there, standing in the kitchen trying not to sob into your tea: I see you.

To the ones negotiating over pants, Pokémon facts, or why the fan can’t stay on during a thunderstorm blackout: you’re doing sacred work.

And to anyone who's ever gently explained why duct taping your brother is not an ideal solution, while also admiring the sibling cooperation? You're nailing it.

We are the calm in the storm. The eye in the cyclone. The parents who know that when everything goes sideways, sometimes the only thing you can do is laugh… then write a blog post about it.

So, whether you’re sipping cold coffee, Googling “can I survive on nuggets and tears,” or hiding in the car for five minutes of silence: you are not alone. You’re a legend. You’re doing the impossible.

And if you’ve made it this far, just remember, it’s not giving in.
It’s advanced negotiation… in glitter-covered pajamas that you have probably been wearing for a week now.

It's an honour that they have chosen us to guide them through and teach us the lessons we have needed.

For our younger mums and dads with only a year or two into this amazing journey just remember that you’ve got this and when people tell you there is something wrong or you aren’t doing this and aren’t doing go into your heart and let your intuition give you the answer!!! YOU made these beautiful little people (Most days you will feel that) so let them be exactly who they need to be.

All the Therapies in the world will not make your little person someone else who may or may not be accepted by society. News Flash they really don’t care if they are accepted or not!! Unlike us they are happy exactly how they are because they don’t have the ingrained patterning. It’s not in their programming!!

Feel free to share this with anyone who needs a little pep up!!

Much Love
BB

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09/05/2025

👇The Power of Connection Through Unschooling👇

In a world that often expects children to fit neatly into systems and schedules, it’s easy to overlook the magic that happens when kids are simply given space to be themselves. That’s why unschooling, even just one day a week, can be a game-changer. It opens a door to real-life learning, the kind that doesn’t come from a textbook, but from experience, exploration, and connection.

At Mystic Kids, we’ve seen firsthand how powerful this can be. These beautiful girls met through our group program, children who may have felt out of place or unseen in more traditional settings.

Here, they found something different. A sense of belonging. A gentle, unspoken understanding. There’s no need to explain themselves, no pressure to perform or conform, just the freedom to be who they are.

What’s emerged is not just learning, but a cool little friendship. The kind built on mutual respect, curiosity, and joy. Each week, these kids will dive into nature, creativity, and connection, not only growing in life skills but discovering who they are and what they bring to the world. And perhaps most importantly, they’re reminded that they do belong, just as they are.

Unschooling isn’t about doing less, it’s about doing what matters more. For these kids, it’s become a space of healing, growth, and wholehearted connection. And we’re so honored to walk beside them as they grow into their most authentic, empowered selves.

My vision is to bring so much more of this in the future. As someone who doesn’t do rules or guidelines this brings me joy knowing that each young person I meet will have the ability to make choices and stand in full conviction of who they know they are with judgement and fear.

Image: has absolutely been used with permission 💎

08/05/2025

🙌 Only 2 Places left 🙌

🌈✨ EMOTION EXPLORERS – Online 4-Week Program! ✨🌈

For curious, sensitive, big-hearted kids aged 8–12 💖

Hey parents!
Got a child who feels a lot, gets overwhelmed, or struggles to express themselves?

We’ve created something special just for them!

In this fun and empowering 4-week online program, your child will:
💥 Rewire tricky emotions
💬 Learn respectful communication
🌊 Build tools to manage anxiety + boost confidence
🧠 Explore emotional intelligence in a playful, supportive way

Through creative activities, games, mindfulness and movement, they’ll develop lifelong tools to feel calm, confident and connected 💫

💻 Online | Starting Monday May 12th at 3:30pm
🕓 4 x weekly sessions (same time each week)
💰 Just $55 for the full program
🎨 Small group setting to keep it cosy + connected

Let’s help our kids thrive emotionally, with tools they’ll carry for life.
📩 DM us or comment "EXPLORE" to grab a spot!

07/05/2025

“Play it your way — because music is more magical when it sounds like YOU!”

10/04/2025

🌈✨ EMOTION EXPLORERS – Online 4-Week Program! ✨🌈

For curious, sensitive, big-hearted kids aged 8–12 💖

Hey parents!
Got a child who feels a lot, gets overwhelmed, or struggles to express themselves?

We’ve created something special just for them!

In this fun and empowering 4-week online program, your child will:
💥 Rewire tricky emotions
💬 Learn respectful communication
🌊 Build tools to manage anxiety + boost confidence
🧠 Explore emotional intelligence in a playful, supportive way

Through creative activities, games, mindfulness and movement, they’ll develop lifelong tools to feel calm, confident and connected 💫

💻 Online | Starting Monday 21st April at 3:30pm
🕓 4 x weekly sessions (same time each week)
💰 Just $55 for the full program
🎨 Small group setting to keep it cosy + connected

Let’s help our kids thrive emotionally, with tools they’ll carry for life.
📩 DM us or comment "EXPLORE" to grab a spot!

26/03/2025

Want to know more DM it’s that simple 🎉🎵

Autism Music Australia

17/03/2025

✨ Empowering Young Minds Through a Unique Learning Experience✨

For the past 12 months, I’ve been part of something truly special, Autism Music Australia, a heart centered project I’ve had the privilege of supporting alongside my incredible brother, Jay Hoad. Until now, I haven’t shared much about it, but it’s time to shine a light on the impact it’s making!

This innovative approach is designed to foster independence, boost confidence, and celebrate every achievement. Using a one-of-a-kind color-coded system, it simplifies learning, making it more accessible, engaging, and fun.

The structure supports self-regulation, fine and gross motor development, and a strong sense of personal growth, all in a way that meets each individual exactly where they are.

💡 And the best part? It’s fully online! Every week, we host a live interactive session, where participants can connect, explore, and develop their skills in an inclusive and uplifting space.

We haven't forgotten about the Parents and Carers we have an exclusive accountability and supportive space for you as well.
Myself being a parent of children with additional needs it was vital that we supported the parents as well, because we need just as much support as our young people.

If you know someone who would love this, or if you’d like to learn more, reach out! Let’s continue creating opportunities that empower and inspire.

The link to book a quick call and have a chat to find out more is in the comments.

Much Love
BB