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From Survival Mode to Connection: Understanding Meltdowns, Shame & the PAUSE Method with Laura
In this deeply honest and compassionate episode of the NDVPodcast, Andreia is joined by Laura Ellis, founder of Sensory Mother, teacher, coach, and parent to neurodivergent children.
Laura shares her personal journey through parental burnout,survival mode, and overwhelming shame — and how years of misunderstanding her son’s meltdowns as “behaviour” led her to hit rock bottom. From that place, Laura rebuilt not only her relationship with her child, but her entire career.
Together, Andreia and Laura explore:
What survival mode really looks and feels like for parents
Why meltdowns are nervous…
The skinny
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