Finding Calm in the Chaos: How the 4-7-8 Technique (and a Clever Alarm!) Helps Neurodivergent Families Stay Grounded

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All posts by Simone de Hoogh Life in a neurodivergent family can feel like a whirlwind—especially when a child goes […]

What if we’re exhausted?

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Dedicated to Ellie To be fair, it wouldn’t surprise me if you are! Parenting a neurodivergent child is not easy […]

When we are lost and how to repair connections

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Or all about ‘Glitching’ a concept within the Multilevel Emotion Regulation Theory – MERT “After a fight we cuddled. My […]

4-7-8 Alarm – Simple Tool

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Tool within the Multilevel Emotion Regulation Theory – MERT When to apply Applying the 4-7-8 Alarm in challenging periods of your […]

The Awareness Mantra

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It all starts with Awareness  Raising awareness is the start of the process of change, without awareness we cannot change […]

Compassion A, B, C

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Compassion is the key Our ability to stay as calm as we can in challenging times increases with the compassion, […]

Highly effective breathing exercise

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Staying calm The 4-7-8 breathing technique is a 60-second exercise that helps you take charge of panic attacks, adrenaline highs […]

The Cuddle Alarm (a simple tool to increase feelings of safety in our children)

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