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Super sensational therapy services I am an OT, Autistic and Autism Mumma. These are my musings on all things that support well being, autonomy and neurodivergence.

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18/08/2025

This idea came out of a conversation a while ago now with a gorgeous Mumma I was working with about the dynamic between her girls. And it was a real light bulb moment for me.

Is this something you experience in your home ? Where the younger sibling antagonises to stop the constant walking on egg shells ?



Image: Alisha lying in bed with her favorite rainbow jumper. Too exhausted to completely change for bed but enough energy to make an Insta reel 🤣.

11/07/2025
08/07/2025

I know you will have been there
That place where you child is screaming at you “I hate you, you’re the worst mum/dad ever”

It is so hard to hear, especially if you are a PDA parent and have a huge sense of burden or just general feelings of under appreciation about how much you do and give up for your child.

I hear that, I see you.

It might be that in that moment your own inner child is triggered by feelings of being unlovable.

Staying curious and getting support for me from a family therapist who works in internal family systems (IFS Model by Richard C. Schwartz) has been a game changer for finding responsiveness rather than reaction in these moments.

It allowed me to see how this younger part of me was showing up in relationship with my children because of this believe that they were unlovable. It was big hard work and still is to sit with that part and let them know they are now safe, loved and secure to allow me more moments to pause when I hear those words.

It’s a good place to start if you feel you might have this belief of being unlovable from your own childhood.

Do you feel like this could be influencing your communication with your child ?

17/06/2025
04/06/2025

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04/06/2025

Why the w-sitting position can be a problem for some kids…

When a child prefers to sit in the w-sitting position, it can be a sign of poor muscle tone. Their body has to adjust to a comfortable sitting position to stabilize their…

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Kids who have one or more retained Primitive Reflexes may also sit in this position as a way to compensate for the retention.

As a result, you may find the child having a hard time with:

🤔Slouching in their chair
🤔Poor eye-hand coordination
🤔Clumsy handwriting
🤔Attention and focus issues

To find out additional signs and what can happen to the body and learning development with retained Primitive Reflexes that can cause w-sitting, comment “W Sitting” and we’ll send you the link.

04/06/2025
Just a little light reading this evening :)
23/05/2024

Just a little light reading this evening :)

Not all days will you be the parent your PDA kid needs, because it’s simply not possible to be someone else’s everything...
11/05/2024

Not all days will you be the parent your PDA kid needs, because it’s simply not possible to be someone else’s everything in terms of support and regulation all of the time, without loosing some or all of yourself depending on your own neurodivergence, trauma and/or regulation.

This picture is about two years old and at the time I couldn’t see the funny side, which is what my son intended. I put the I love you sticker on and he put the dead eye crosses on in response.

I just felt gutted that he wanted me dead, Crossed out. I had been working so hard to rebuild with him, because nearly everyday he told me he wanted his dad and I to divorce so he could live with him.

I felt like a failure which is a big trigger for my rage. And then my shame at the rage followed. I spiralled for days. He felt this as PDA’rs are so receptive to others moods but didn’t know why. This could not of made his feel safe or loved.

In the moment I couldn’t connect in and see my desperation to be loved by him was a massive demand for my PDA’r.

In order to save our relationship I had to find ways to love myself in every moment no matter how broken, dysregulated or unlovable I may have felt in moments.

That love had to become unshakable, for him to feel truly loved and accepted as well.

In the big moments now (where I am regulated enough to) I ask myself if I am making a fear based or love based decision?

And that is how I rebuilt things with my kid. By choosing love for both of us. And I did it with the help of the book in the second picture. Radical self love and rebellion from the old narratives I’ve lived by continues to grow.

Sending you all much love in whatever way you need today on this Mother’s Day 2024.

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