Kylie Cares. Connection and Coaching.

14/10/2025

💫 Week 2 Affirmation Summary✨ This is a sneaky peek into part of the program I created for myself to process my diagnosis upgrade. I was so used to providing love, connections and support to others… I need led to priorities my own journey too.

13/10/2025

Autistic and ADHD burnout
🌟 10 Ways to Heal from Autistic Burnout 🌟
1. Radical Rest
Give yourself permission to stop. True recovery starts with rest … not “productive rest” but genuine downtime where your nervous system can recalibrate.

2. Strip Back the Non-Essentials Simplify life to its core.
Reduce sensory input, commitments, and decisions to create a calmer baseline for your body and mind.

3. Gentle Movement Explore regulating activities like walking in nature, stretching, yoga, or swimming. Movement helps shift stuck energy without overwhelming your system.

4. Safe Sensory Nourishment Reconnect with sensory comfort … weighted blankets, soft textures, calming sounds, dimmed lights. Create a sensory sanctuary to soothe your system.

5. Compassionate Self-Talk Replace inner criticism with kindness. Remind yourself: “I’m not lazy. I’m healing.” Affirmations of self-worth reinforce recovery.

6. Micro-Goals
Break down daily tasks into tiny, achievable steps. Celebrate each small win to rebuild momentum without pressure.

7. Creative Expression Use journaling, art, music, or movement to process emotions. Creativity can bypass overwhelm and let you release feelings safely.

8. Community & Connection Seek supportive, understanding spaces (online or in person) where you can be unapologetically yourself. Being seen and validated reduces isolation.

9. Aligned Routines
Slowly reintroduce nourishing routines … sleep, hydration, balanced meals, and time in nature, without rigid expectations. Think rhythm, not rules.

10. Reclaim Your Sparkle
As energy returns, focus on joy. Explore passions, playful interests, and sparkly self-expression. Recovery isn’t just about surviving … it’s about remembering what lights you up.

12/10/2025

✨ Fresh Start. Fresh Sparkle. ✨

Nature is always my happy place … no matter how big or small the moment. 🌿
Today was the perfect little way to end the holidays.
Silly but true… I ended up doing a job one of my little people was meant to do, but they just weren’t up for it - and that’s okay. I’ll always meet them right where they’re at. 💛

It actually paid off too… I didn’t even realise it had started raining until I was standing in it… barefoot, smiling like an absolute idiot, breathing in that earthy, rain-soaked air. ☔️✨

A perfect little closure to the break.

When I first moved in, the grass was dead and the plants were barely holding on. A little care, love and patience … and now everything’s alive again.

I may never have my own house again…
But these moments, these little sparkly corners of life, will always feel like home. 🌸

Pretty sure I must’ve been some kind of happy, barefoot hippie or gypsy soul in a past life 😂

Now, serious question- am I meant to pull these spiky bits out, or are they part of the vibe? 🤔🌾

11/10/2025

✨ Meet Them Where They’re At ✨

Not where we think they “should” be.

As a NeuroSparkly mumma, coach and teacher walking alongside incredible neurodivergent teens, I’ve learned that growth doesn’t come from pushing… it comes from understanding.

Over the years, my parenting (and teaching) has evolved so much. What once felt like chaos or confusion has transformed into something calm, supportive and deeply connected.

Connection with teens - especially NeuroSparkly ones - isn’t always easy. But it’s possible.

For my family, the foundation was built long before the teen years through strong relationships, predictable routines and gentle expectations in my home.

There’s no pressure, no shame and no urgency to “fix” or rush the process. I give time… time to think, to feel, to procrastinate, to avoid… and then, eventually, to do (often with a laugh along the way 🤣).

We’ve weathered some major emotional rollercoasters over the years, but each one has been met with love, respect and compassion… not control.

It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking we’re not enough… not doing enough… not being enough. But sometimes, we’re already the perfect amount of everything our teens need. 💖

08/10/2025

A snap shot of the first week of the program I made for myself to process my diagnosis. It was time to offer myself the same love and support I give others. ✨🥰 These affirmations became a part of my processing… along with other daily activities and prompts.

07/10/2025

Find your joy, embrace your passion, live this life and make the most of it… you never know who’s watching and looking up to you. You never know how far your positive ripples reach. ✨

02/10/2025

Never forget to be YOU. We can get lost dulling out sparkly to fit in, when we were born to shine. ✨

01/10/2025

Masking 101.
It’s harder to learn how to unmask.

24/09/2025

💫 Navigating the world as a parent, teacher, coach… and now a woman who finally received her AuDHD diagnosis at 44.

After being the rock and support for so many, I’m now piecing together what’s actually me … and what’s the “tisim.” This feels like the first post in a whole series 🤣

✨ “You don’t need to say sorry every time you enter my classroom.”
Oops. I’ve been apologising for existing or causing the slightest inconvenience for over 40 years. (…and yes, I nearly said sorry just typing this 🙃).

✨ “If you tell me what to eat to lose weight, I can eat the same thing every day to make it happen.”
Because variations are overrated. Please, just give me the food plan!! (Ritalin didn’t give me the appetite suppression others talk about 😢🤣).

✨ “I’m a one-event-a-day person.”
Any more than that? Overload, and until the event, I can’t do much else. It’s like my whole brain parks itself in waiting mode.

✨ “If you tell me that’s the person I should be with … I can always make it work.”
Turns out, my masking skills apply to relationships. Seven years seems to be my crumble point 🤦🏼‍♀️🤢🤣.

✨ Clothes? Same outfit in every colour… YES please.

✨ Texture? Nothing tight. Collars, bras, tight pants = no thank you.
(Milla caught me tugging my jumper collar down whilst I was relaxed and reading and said, “How to tell you’ve got the ‘tisim without saying a thing, Mum.” My reply? “Takes one to know one” 😛).

✨ “I’m just going to watch this movie again.”
Because I already know how it ends. My heart can safely prepare for the emotions… no surprises.

✨ “I cry in every Disney movie.”
Cartoons are where I safely let my emotions out, so I can mask them in real life.

✨ “You have such a way with the students who need the extra love.”
Yep. Because it really does take one to know one ❤️.

✨ “You’ve been listening to this playlist nonstop!”
Of course… until the next concert is booked, then it’s all their music on repeat.

💖 Slowly unmasking, slowly piecing together the sparkly, colourful truth of who I am.

19/09/2025

💫 You never know who’s watching 💫
So show up as your full, unapologetic self.

Today, a little princess wrapped her arms around me with the biggest smile and said, “I have a sparkly brain too, just like you Miss Ebony!” ✨

This is the second little firefly this year who has seen themselves in me… using Miss Ebony as a positive anchor in their own diagnosis journey.

And honestly? That makes my heart burst. 💖

After decades of feeling “too much” and “not enough” at the same time, moments like this remind me… I am exactly the right amount of ME. 💫

This is why I teach. This is why I coach. To break stigmas. To make sure our sparkly, neurodivergent kids see role models who reflect their brilliance.

Welcome to the club, little firefly. Together, we can do incredible things. 🌟

15/09/2025

Waking up and walking with the wildlife and wildflowers 🌸✨
The crisp air on my face, the moo cows greeting me, dragonflies darting around, and the sky shifting with every step. A million photos later, I felt uplifted, grounded and free… an hour and a half each morning where my day began with a clear head and a fresh start.

I was chasing that dopamine hit and it felt so good.

So why did I stop? 🤔
After months of loving it, I set myself a goal: 100kms in the holidays. I smashed it. Every step felt amazing. Then… that was it. Box ticked. Next thing. And I never went back for the pure joy of it.

This is the AuDHD brain in action- driven by goals, fueled by novelty and sometimes abandoning the very things that light us up once they’re no longer “new” or “measurable.”

But here’s the reframe I’m working on 👉 I don’t need to see it as sabotage. I get to learn how my brain works, play with it and rewire some patterns so they work for me instead of against me.

Because sometimes the goal isn’t distance.
It’s presence.
It’s joy.
It’s starting the day with freedom and sparkle ✨

13/09/2025