Wild Minds – Bright Future

education

  • Some of us don’t need perfection … just a safe place to land

    Wild Minds – Bright Future ยท when you tell me I cant One important thing the neurodivergent and traumatized child wants you to know … ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง’๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ …๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ… Continue reading

    Some of us don’t need perfection … just a safe place to land

  • Protect the child – not your ego

    ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ž๐ ๐จ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ? A couple of days ago I was in admin and found a child being grounded heavily for… Continue reading

    Protect the child – not your ego

  • Breathing – true strength begins with calm

    I’ll be talking quite a bit about Karate, and especially Kata on the blog. For good reasons.Kata is amazing for traumatized and neurodivergent children… for so many reasons. And I talked about them in an earlier post. I’m currently training… Continue reading

    Breathing – true strength begins with calm

  • The art of kindness

    Wild Minds – Bright Future ยท art of kindness TLDR: I grew up thinking something was wrong with me because I cared too deeply … for people, animals, and the ones no one else noticed. It took me years to… Continue reading

    The art of kindness

  • What is proprioception?

    Proprioception is the bodyโ€™s sense of where it is in space. A super important key for neurodivergent (ND) and trauma-experienced children. Many ND children struggle to feel where their body is in space. Trauma often disconnects children from their body.… Continue reading

    What is proprioception?

  • Karate – for ND and trauma-experienced children

    When I was a child I was obsessed by karate. But I lived in a village that didn’t offer classes so I ended up watching every martial arts movie I could possibly find , going to the woods and hitting… Continue reading

    Karate – for ND and trauma-experienced children

  • It takes courage to receive

    Wild Minds – Bright Future ยท Receiving takes courage TL;DR:1 Trying to help a 15-year-old traumatized boy by offering free boxing lessons.2 Excitement turns to rejection the moment he hears itโ€™s free โ€œI donโ€™t need charity.โ€3 He wasnโ€™t rejecting help,… Continue reading

    It takes courage to receive

  • What “I don’t care” really means

    Wild Minds – Bright Future ยท I dont care The shutdownWhat adults missThe hidden painWhat you can doWhat safety looks likeSpace without abandonmentEveryday practiceRebuilding trust TL;DR: Kids who say โ€œI donโ€™t careโ€ often care too much.Their detachment is protection from… Continue reading

    What “I don’t care” really means

  • Behavior isn’t the problem … loosing yourself is

    Wild Minds – Bright Future ยท behavior is not the problem 1 Behavior is just the surface2 Whatโ€™s really happening inside3 When self-worth fades4 Words donโ€™t build confidence … actions do5 Kids notice everything6 โ€œWhat are your strengths?โ€7 How beliefs… Continue reading

    Behavior isn’t the problem … loosing yourself is

  • Real tips from kids for kids – Getting up in the morning

    One of my 15-year-old 1:1 boys recently shared his genius morning strategy with me. And honestlyโ€ฆ itโ€™s brilliant. ADHD kids have a hard time waking up on time in the morning. Thanks, delayed circadian rhythm (!). He came up with… Continue reading

    Real tips from kids for kids – Getting up in the morning