Wild Minds – Bright Future

trauma

  • Put the eagle in the sky! Put the dolphin in the ocean!

    This morning I read a post where an influencer listed everything “horrific” about having an AuDHD brainโ€ฆ Negative point after negative point.No strengths of an AuDHD brain.No balance.No solutions. Honestly?If you werenโ€™t depressed before reading it, you definitely were after.… Continue reading

    Put the eagle in the sky! Put the dolphin in the ocean!

  • Some children don’t ask for help – they disappear

    ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ I was thinking about if I should post this or not โ€ฆPeople will say it is too long and heavy. But this is exactly the point.If reading about it feels too much, imagine being a… Continue reading

    Some children don’t ask for help – they disappear

  • 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

  • You don’t need fixing … you just need somebody to speak your language

    How people process thoughts differentlyFrom chaos to coherenceExternal processors … The talkersInternal processors … The quiet thinkersWhen the two worlds meetWhy misunderstandings happenThe boy who needed translationYou donโ€™t need fixing … You need translatingEven trying is enoughThe bakery story …… Continue reading

    You don’t need fixing … you just need somebody to speak your language

  • 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