Coaching For Lifetime Change

I used to call it the get off the world stage

After-school restraint collapse isn’t a child 'acting out'.

It’s the moment their nervous system finally exhales after holding everything in all day long.
And when you understand the timeline of a meltdown, the behaviours suddenly make so much more sense — and so does your response.

This is interesting for my own family and have to explore the difference between Afrid and Sensory Processing disorder

Many people think a child is simply being "picky" with food.

But for some children and young people, eating can feel overwhelming, frightening, or even impossible.

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a serious eating disorder that has nothing to do with body image or wanting to lose weight. A child may avoid food because of its texture, smell, taste, colour, fear of choking, fear of being sick, or a lack of interest in eating altogether.

The impact can be significant - poor nutrition, weight loss, delayed growth, anxiety, family stress, social isolation, and daily battles around meals.

Too often, children with ARFID are misunderstood, judged, or pressured to "just eat". What they need is understanding, patience, and the right support.

The more people understand ARFID, the sooner children and families can get help and the less likely they are to face blame for something that is far more complex than fussy eating.

Please share to help raise awareness. Someone in your network may be living with this struggle right now.



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Ross Greene has a new book out — The Kids Who Aren’t Okay: The Urgent Case for Reimagining Support, Belonging, and Hope in Schools.

Two words in that title stopped me in my tracks: belonging and hope.

This book is aimed at educators. And it should be. Schools need to hear it.

But my mind went straight you. The ones white-knuckling their way through school drop-off. The ones sitting in their car after a meeting with the principal. The ones navigating systems that weren’t built for their kid — carrying the weight of every hard moment, every hard conversation, every hard morning.

The kids who aren’t okay? They almost always have a parent who isn’t okay either.

Belonging and hope.

That’s what Dr Greene is calling for in schools. It’s also what I want every parent in this community to feel.

If you’re a parent who isn’t okay right now — you belong here. I see you.

I think the BOM couldn’t see the fog this morning when they looked out the window.

Been ages since getting out for a long walk. Did 9km walk and could feel it.

Is it warm yet? But nice hearing the birds waking up

A bit fresh for 7km this morning. Thank god for an infrared mat to warm me back up.