What is your biggest challenge with ADHD?
When you are overwhelmed and everything feels abstract and urgent at the same time, what actually helps? The answer is a quick :30 reset. Yes, that’s it.
Emily Cox is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with over ten years of experience working with neurodivergent children, teens, and families. She is also neurodivergent herself, which means when she explains what is happening in your brain, she is usually speaking from the inside out.
In this episode:
The quick win: physically changing your environment when you are overwhelmed, even for thirty seconds, and why it works specifically for neurodivergent brains
Why direct eye contact can feel threatening to ADHD kids, and what to do instead when you need to have a real conversation with your child
What EMDR actually is, how bilateral stimulation works, and why it can be especially helpful for rewiring the "I'm broken" narrative that builds up over years
The window of tolerance: a concrete way to understand when your nervous system has been bumped out of its regulation zone and what brings it back
What happens to ADHD teens when the scaffolding disappears and they suddenly have to figure out adult life on their own
Emily works with kids as young as five and with young adults navigating the gap between structured school life and the wide open uncertainty of what comes next. Her approach is warm, practical, and refreshingly free of sitting across a couch staring at a stranger.
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Resources Mentioned:
Find Emily at larkspurtherapy.com
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Quick Wins for ADHD Moms is a podcast for smart, high-functioning moms with ADHD who are tired of systems that don't work. Practical resets for ADHD burnout, mental overload, and everyday mom life. Find every episode at theADHDmom.com.
