About Conscious Parenting Your ADHD Child: The Coachcast
Conscious Parenting Your ADHD Child: The Coachcast is your lighthouse in the storm of parenting information, advice and overwhelm.
Hosted by Stacey Yates Sellar, a conscious parenting coach, this coachcast delivers real-time, bite-sized coaching sessions with parents navigating the unique challenges of raising ADHD and neurodiverse kiddos.
No expert panel marathons. No conflicting advice. Just clear, actionable guidance grounded in science, ancient wisdom, lived experience — and lots of heart.
Whether you're facing meltdowns, school struggles, sibling conflicts, or burnout, you'll find real strategies you can apply today.
Short. Smart. Sanity-saving.
The goal isn’t perfection — it’s connection.
Are you currently surviving the trenches of tantrums, homework battles, and sock-seam meltdowns with your primary school-aged child?
In this episode, we dive deep into the critical developmental window between the ages of four and nine, and why what you do now dictates your relationship with your future teenager. Drawing on the work of Dr. Gordon Neufeld and Dr. Gabor Maté, we explore the invisible shift where children transfer their attachment from their parents to their peers, and how you can build "relationship insurance" before the adolescent years hit.
What You’ll Discover
- The Myth of Teenage Rebellion: Why a teen pulling away is rarely about seeking freedom, and almost always about a misplaced need to belong to a peer group.
- The Danger of Peer Orientation: How a child's psychological compass can quietly swing away from the parent, making it nearly impossible for your guidance to get through.
- Building Relationship Insurance: Practical, everyday ways to repair ruptures, maintain your attachment, and ensure your child feels invited to exist in your presence exactly as they are.
Parenting isn't about having all the answers - it is about being the answer for your child when they are looking for safety and acceptance. Whether you are currently navigating the early years or trying to reconnect with a distant teen, it is never too late to rebuild the bridge.
If you need more support and want to join a tribe of other parents who get what you are going through, check out The ND Parenting Lab Support Group at happierbytheminute.com (happierbytheminute.com).
28 Sept 2026
Is Your Child Manipulating You?
When your neurodiverse child suddenly refuses to do a simple task they managed perfectly yesterday, it is easy to wonder if you are being manipulated.
In this episode, I dismantle the exhausting "can't versus won't" debate that leaves so many parents of neurodivergent children feeling overwhelmed and full of self-doubt. I explore why what looks like manipulation is often a capacity issue, how our own hidden fears drive our reactions, and why consistency is actually the very thing impaired by ADHD.
What You’ll Discover
- The Manipulation Myth: Why a dysregulated ADHD brain lacks the executive function required to truly manipulate, and why inconsistency is a diagnostic feature rather than proof of defiance.
- Unmasking Parental Fear: How our immediate panic about our child's future as an adult drives the urgency to force compliance in the present.
- Breaking the Spiral: A practical, in-the-moment tip to stop talking, lower the temperature, and stay present with the child in front of you rather than the imagined future.
Parenting a neurodivergent child requires immense compassion, both for your child and for yourself. By stepping out of the fear spiral, we can begin to see behaviour as a capacity issue rather than a character flaw.
If you need more support and want to join a tribe of other parents who get what you are going through, check out The ND Parenting Lab Support Group at happierbytheminute.com (happierbytheminute.com).
14 Sept 2026
Running on Empty: How to Regulate When You Have Nothing Left
How are you supposed to stay calm and regulated for your child when you literally have nothing left in the tank?
In this episode, we dive deep into the reality of parental burnout and why trying to "grit your teeth" through the exhaustion simply doesn't work. We explore why staying regulated is never a willpower problem, but rather a sign of a nervous system that has been stuck in threat mode for far too long. If you are constantly running on empty, the only way back to baseline is to stop adding to your plate and start ruthlessly deleting the things that drain you.
What You’ll Discover
- The Battery vs. Willpower Myth: Why your inability to stay calm at 9pm has nothing to do with how much you love your child and everything to do with a depleted nervous system.
- The Power of Lowering Demands: How to apply the same burnout strategies you use for your children to your own life by turning down the volume on your loudest stressors.
- Why You Must Delete Before You Add: Practical advice on letting go of the "shoulds," stepping back from unsupportive relationships, and ditching the endless mental loops that pickpocket your energy.
It is impossible to regulate a child with an empty tank. Before you try to add in meditation, self-care, or new parenting strategies, you have to make room by doing less. Your first brave move isn't trying harder - it is finally giving yourself permission to reduce the load.
If you need more support and want to join a tribe of other parents who get what you are going through, check out The ND Parenting Lab Support Group at happierbytheminute.com (happierbytheminute.com).
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