sensory sensitivity

Welcome to another episode of Restoring the Soul with Michael John Cusick. Today, Michael takes you through the deep waters of understanding trauma's impact and how entities like hospitals and clinics are integrating Trauma-Informed Care into their daily routines. With practical insights and real-life scenarios, this episode begins a profound dialogue on creating environments that aid healing rather than hindering it.

Highlights from the episode include:

- The importance of incorporating trauma-informed care into clinical settings—beyond therapeutic modalities and organizational culture and practices.

- Personal anecdotes that underscore the consequences of neglecting a trauma-informed approach, exemplified by a discouraging visit to a dental clinic.

- Why it's vital for organizations to actively engage clients in the planning process and how this empowerment can make all the difference in care situations.

- The episode also delves into the specialized field of clinical trauma care, spotlighting treatment methods like EMDR, brain spotting, and somatic interventions.

Discover how the barrier built by porn addiction can become a bridge to abundant life.

What if lust for porn is really a search for true passion?

In a world where there are 68 million searches for pornography every day and where over 70 percent of Christian men report viewing porn in the last year, it's no surprise that more and more men struggle with an addiction to this false fantasy. Common wisdom says if they just had more willpower or more faith, their fight would be over.

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Dr. Joy and I chat about why nervous system regulation is so important for parents and kids to understand, and how you can start to explain it to them. We then touch on how you expand the knowledge of nervous system regulation into understanding that some brains and bodies are different, and their nervous system regulation (and finding the green energy) can look different for neurodivergent kids. 

Dr. Joy Malik-Hasbrook, PsyD (she/her), is a licensed clinical psychologist who helps children feel seen and grownups heal. She provides regulation and resiliency-based parenting support, specializes in neurodiversity assessments with kids, and presents on nervous system regulation and neurodiversity-affirming assessment. She is a mama of 2, a highly sensitive human, and biracial of South Asian Indian/white descent. She values integrating both Asian contemplative practices and contemporary psychology into her work and is committed to anti-oppressive practices. Dr. Joy understands how challenges with dysregulation create more distress. She believes that understanding nervous system regulation leads to compassion and resiliency and that all families should have access to this information—this book is a start!

You can find more of her work at: 

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Sensory Detectives Bootcamp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

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Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

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In this episode,I talk with Ina Chung, known as @theasianallergymom on Instagram. Ina shares her personal story of parenting her daughter who has food allergies to peanut, dairy and egg. She discusses how she educated herself on food allergies as a new mom and advocates tirelessly for inclusion of food allergy families. Ina offers practical tips and strategies for managing her daughter's allergies at school and in social settings. We also explore the intersections of food allergies and neurodiversity. This conversation provides valuable insights for both families living with food allergies as well as those wanting to better support their loved ones. You’ll walk away with actionable steps they can take to make food allergy families feel safe and included.

Sensory Detectives Bootcamp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Buy "A kids book about neurodiversity" : www.theotbutterfly.com/book

Kindermusik  is a  purposefully created multisensory music and movement program for ages 0-7 that provides neurodivergent children the opportunity to improve in all learning areas by consciously stimulating the whole brain.

Kindermusik creates shared research-based curricula that:

• Empower educators
• Strengthen family and teacher-child relationships
• Enhance community connections
• Build a deep-rooted love for learning

while providing early development strategies that are memorable, playful, and fun.

Diana has been working with neurodivergent children for over 30 years using music as a vehicle for change. She has a background in music, early childhood, learning differences, and sound therapy. Her personal and professional life has always been involved with children and adults with additional needs.

For the past 25 years, Diana has taught the Kindermusik curricula. Diana has seen firsthand the profound impact carefully crafted music programs can have on children and the neurodivergent brain.

In this episode, we talk about: 

• What is Kindermusik
• What is the role of music in a neurodivergent person?
• Why auditory processing can be so impactful on learning and behavior in a child 
• How does a Kindermusik class cater to the sensory needs of each individual? 
• How does Kindermusik help social and emotional skills in the ND child?
• Tips for parents- how you can get started today

Links:
Kindermusik:  www.kindermusik.com

Diana's book:  https://www.amazon.com/Insights-into-Autism-window-Childs/dp/0645389234/
Research studies:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/abt-media/pdf/science/Lucker_Doman_Autism_Research_Treatment.pdf
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/03057356211008968 

Sensory Detectives Bootcamp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Buy "A kids book about neurodiversity" : www.theotbutterfly.com/book

In this unscripted episode, I catch you up to speed with where we are with emotional and sensory regulation. Spoiler alert- Liliana is THRIVING. I talk about some of the big, foundational, anchoring concepts we focused on that I feel have made a huge  impact in getting to where we are today. 

You'll hear me talk about

• Whether or not I think development/age plays a factor in her progress
• The top 5 game discussions/concepts/strategies that played a huge role in her growth
• Some examples of what we do proactively in terms of sensory and regulation strategies

Links:
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/75

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Register for the masterclass: www.theotbutterfly.com/masterclass

Sensory Detectives Bootcamp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Buy "A kids book about neurodiversity" : www.theotbutterfly.com/book

Here’s a quick update on how our sensitivity to clothing journey has progressed, including the most game-changing hack I got Liliana to try (and hope it might save you some meltdowns in the future as well)


Behind the scenes morning routine clothing challenge

Grab the from stressed to dressed clothing guide

Blog post on clothing sensitivity 

Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Sensory Detectives Bootcamp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Buy "A kids book about neurodiversity" : www.theotbutterfly.com/book

You’ve heard me share my own story and progress as I work to support my neurodivergent daughter at home, and you’ve heard me share stories of other families I’ve helped support… but for the first time ever, you get to hear directly from another parent about their entire story. 

Listen to this episode to hear Carrie share Will’s story and how he went from anxious meltdowns about bath time to jumping into the lake with a huge smile on his face and becoming the confident kid he is today. 

Links :

Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Join the S.W.S. Winter 2023 cohort: www.theotbutterfly.com/swswinter

Will’s reel 

Sensory Detectives Bootcamp Waitlist
Episode transcript: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/podcast

The OT Butterfly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theotbutterfly

Work with Laura: https://www.theotbutterfly.com/parentconsult

Buy "A kids book about neurodiversity" : www.theotbutterfly.com/book

Welcome to another amazing episode with your host, Colette Evangelista.  In today’s episode, Colette is joined by Eileen “Mama Fry” Shaklee, an autism mom who provides humor, grace, and wisdom to the autistic community. Eileen talks about food selectivity & sensory sensitivity in autistic children, some of the learning activities you can give your autistic child to help them thrive, and vocal stimming in children with autism.

Eileen also discusses the stigmatization of adults with autism, how to manage burnout and stress as a caregiver and how she practices self-compassion. Additionally, she shares how to connect and interact with other families of autistic children and what she has learned from her Journey through autism.

Tune in!

During this episode, you will learn about;

[00:01] Episode introduction

[01:15] Know our guest; Eileen “Mama Fry” Shaklee

[03:48] Food selectivity and sensory sensitivity in autistic children

[12:51] Some of the learning activities you can give your autistic child to help them thrive 

[18:13] Vocal stimming in children with autism

[21:20] Going out in public with an autistic child

[25:08] Stigmatization of adults with autism

[29:33] How to manage burnout and stress as a caregiver 

[37:03] Sources of burnout and stress while parenting a child with autism

[44:48] How does Eileen self-soothe?

[47:11] How to connect and interact with other families of autistic children

[51:56] Eileen’s favorite TV shows 

[57:10] What she has learned from her Journey through Autism

[59:38] How to connect with Colette Evangelista

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Working in health care as an Occupational Therapist for over 25 years, Christel Seeberger saw how sensory sensitivity and sensory overload caused people to feel overwhelmed and anxious.

It made people feel isolated and alone. They stopped doing what was meaningful and important in their daily lives. Families ceased doing things together.  Mature adults stopped travelling.  People even avoided going out in their local communities. School became a place of stress for children, youth and adults. Workplaces became intolerable and workers left the workforce.

With adult-onset hearing loss, Christel understands these problems personally; she also experiences sensory sensitivity and sensory overload.

Christel Seeberger founded Sensory Friendly Solutions in 2016 to make sensory-friendly solutions readily available to people, businesses and organizations.

Sensory Friendly Solutions exists to help you; people, businesses and organizations, to find the sensory-friendly solutions you want and need, and to empower yourself with knowledge and awareness to change, and together, we make the world more sensory-friendly, accessible and inclusive.

Check out the Sensory Friendly Solutions Podcast

Got a question for Christina? Call her Heartbeat Hotline in Canada: 1-902-669-4769

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COVID-19 is an adventure and one that we've now completed twice. Join us as we explore the unique challenges of recovering from COVID-19 with specific Neuro-Biodiverse considerations that are unique to families likes ours. 

We took a week off as part of our COVID-19 mandated quarantine and recovery 10 day period and now we're back in heart, soul and most of our mental capacity to discuss the raw truths we've learned about being a Neuro-Biodiverse family experiencing Delta COVID. 

This week's topics include:

• Recognizing COVID-19 from typical chronic allergy and respiratory colds that we frequently get
• Acknowledging the unique vulnerabilities NBD families have in bringing home COVID-19
• Loss of taste and smell
• Sensory perception and processing issues related to eating
• Dr. Temple Grandin - Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships with Sean Barron
• Autism Training | Autism Conference | Dr. Temple Grandin + Other International Speakers | Cork (autismcork.ie)
• Auditory sensory perception and processing issues
• B-Vitamins and the Brain
• 5-MTFHR Folate / Folic acid
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4772032/
• www.rachellechandler.com/neuro-biodiversity

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So I wanted to go through and do some updates to Mandie's episode and I had planned to have this episode out earlier than this but at least it's here now. 

In part II of Episode 8, Mandie talks about starting a support group for special needs parents in her local area. Her group, Heroes, has also hosted three sensory-sensitive events for kids and families in Warren in the past year. Mandie talks through the process of recognizing a need in her community, developing programs to meet that need, the work involved, the frustration, but also the enormous rewards she gets from seeing kids and families who can't normally participate because of sensory sensitivities be able to do so. 

This girl rocks my world. 

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