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Mindful Miss K 🧠 Occupational Therapist | Parent Coach

Supporting children & families with regulation, connection & confidence 🌱

Your gentle daily reminder. 🩷
10/20/2026

Your gentle daily reminder. 🩷

🧠MINDSET SHIFT MONDAY Old lens: “I can’t make accommodations for everything.”New lens: “Small adjustments to the environ...
10/20/2026

🧠MINDSET SHIFT MONDAY

Old lens: “I can’t make accommodations for everything.”

New lens: “Small adjustments to the environment can make a big difference.”

It’s easy to focus on teaching children to push through without considering how their environment might be affecting them.

The noise, lights, crowds, textures, and constant movement can sometimes become too much.

What feels manageable to one child may feel overwhelming to another.

Sometimes, supporting regulation means reducing sensory input, offering a break, or adjusting our expectations.

Because supporting regulation isn’t always about asking children to handle more. Sometimes, it’s about recognizing what they need.

💛 A question to reflect on this Monday: What might change if we considered the environment before asking a child to push through?

adhdawarenessmonth

🎃🧡👻 Back to in-person parent-and-me classes today after what felt like forever, and it was SO nice to connect and reconn...
10/17/2026

🎃🧡👻 Back to in-person parent-and-me classes today after what felt like forever, and it was SO nice to connect and reconnect with new and past students!

Yes, I love working with kids, but I equally love working with kids and their parents! These early years are crucial for planting the seeds for future habits and patterns. Parents are their biggest role models. ❤️

If you want to stay in the know about upcoming classes as well as newsletters, make sure to subscribe to my email list- link in bio (on my website)!

It’s ADHD Awareness Month and as promised, I’m going to be sharing ADHD content more frequently this month.So… let’s tal...
10/16/2026

It’s ADHD Awareness Month and as promised, I’m going to be sharing ADHD content more frequently this month.

So… let’s talk humming.

Humming is quite common with ADHD kids. Usually it’s a regulatory strategy but what happens when it’s disruptive in a social situation?

Check out my 3 tips you can do.

PS: children without ADHD can hum as a regulating strategy, so these tips apply to ANY child!

Tip 1 is my favorite! I do this a lot with my students. They look at me like I’m a bit crazy at first but it makes them smile and then suddenly they want to stop 🤣.

Is there something else that seems to work with your kiddo/student when they hum? Comment below! 👇🏻

💜 Our ability to regulate ourselves can become one of the greatest tools we give children.
10/15/2026

💜 Our ability to regulate ourselves can become one of the greatest tools we give children.

I had a moment with one of my clients recently that I wanted to share because it’s something I see so much value in as a...
10/14/2026

I had a moment with one of my clients recently that I wanted to share because it’s something I see so much value in as a therapist.

He’s a student with autism who struggles with impulse control and sensory processing. Touching things around him is soothing, and sometimes the urge to reach out happens before he has a chance to stop and think.

Every time he touched something, he immediately said, “I'm sorry.”

This is exactly why I prioritize skill-building over shame.

In the pediatric therapy world, we refer to these moments as teachable moments.

They're opportunities to take something that happens naturally in everyday life and use it to build skills that will serve a child long beyond the therapy room.

So rather than saying, “I already told you not to do that,” we worked on problem-solving. What happened? What could he try next time? What might help him pause before reaching for something?

Because if a child is struggling with impulse control, telling them over and over what they shouldn't be doing doesn't necessarily help them figure out how to do something differently.

And when our response is always correction, frustration, or shame, we can miss an opportunity to actually teach them something.

This doesn't mean there aren't boundaries or that children shouldn't learn accountability. It means helping them understand what happened and giving them the tools to handle it differently next time.

I don't want a child to walk away from an interaction simply knowing they did something wrong. I want them to walk away knowing what they can do differently.

There's a place for saying sorry. But an apology shouldn't be the only thing a child takes away from a situation.

Less shame. More skill-building. More opportunities to learn. ❤️

You've read the books. Tried the strategies. Reminded yourself to stay calm. And maybe ended the day feeling guilty that...
10/13/2026

You've read the books. Tried the strategies. Reminded yourself to stay calm. And maybe ended the day feeling guilty that things didn't go the way you hoped.

Parenting a child with ADHD can feel overwhelming, even when you're trying your very best.

But what if the next step isn't finding another strategy for your child?

What if it's understanding your child more deeply, recognizing your own emotional triggers, and discovering how the patterns between you shape everyday family life?

Not because you're doing something wrong. Not because you need to try harder. But because you and your child BOTH deserve understanding and support.

That's why I created The 30-Day Parent Reset: a four-week guided experience designed to help you:

✨ Reframe challenging moments through a new lens
✨ Better understand your child's needs and behavior
✨ Recognize your own emotional responses and build confidence
✨ Bring what you're learning into everyday family life

You'll also create Your Child's Personal Blueprint, a personalized resource to help you understand your child's unique strengths, needs, challenges, and the supports that may help them thrive.

Because the goal isn't to fix your child.

It's to understand them and remember that you deserve support, too. ❤️

📅 The founding cohort begins November 8, 2026.

If you're ready for a more intentional, connected approach to parenting your child with ADHD, I'd love to invite you to join me!

👉 Click the link below to learn more about The 30-Day Parent Reset and see if it's right for you:

www.mindfulmissk.com/30dayreset

You don't have to navigate this alone. ❤️

🧠 MINDSET SHIFT MONDAY Old lens: “My child should be further along now.”New lens: “My child has their own timeline, and ...
10/12/2026

🧠 MINDSET SHIFT MONDAY

Old lens: “My child should be further along now.”

New lens: “My child has their own timeline, and my job is to support their next step.”

One of the easiest traps for parents to fall into is comparing their child’s progress to where they think their child should be.

“Shouldn’t they be doing this by now?”
“Why does this seem to come so easily to other children?”

When we’re focused on where a child is expected to be, we can lose sight of where they actually are and what they need to take their next step.

Especially for neurodivergent children, progress doesn’t always follow a predictable or typical timeline.

Sometimes progress looks like a big milestone. Other times, it’s a small step toward independence, communicating a need, navigating a difficult moment, or trying again after something felt hard.

Different doesn’t mean not progressing. And needing support doesn’t mean a child isn’t capable of growth.

Because every child deserves to be met where they are, not where we think they should be.

💛 A question to reflect on this Monday: What might change if we measured progress against a child’s own journey instead of someone else’s?

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