You Can Grow Your Own Way Podcast

19/11/2025

An Independent Learning Plan shouldn’t be a tick box, it should have real, thoughtful and considered strategies to assist learning and comfort at school.

This happens when staff are allowed the time to create careful and considered plans.

If the Departments of Education around Australia truly want neurodivergent children to feel welcome in mainstream schools, they need to take their needs and accommodations seriously.

12/11/2025

WE'RE BACK FOR SEASON 4 🤩

Ep 25 - Talking to your tween about puberty Part 1 with Heather Jolly - Taboo Topics Part 4

Let's be real, talking to our kids about body changes and hormones feels scary. It's messy and giggly and feels a bit weird... How do we then navigate the added challenge that neurodiversity can sometimes bring?

We chat candidly with Heather Jolly from Family Planning Australia and about how to get the conversation started... and ensure it can continue.

Part 1 is all about accessing information and how to share it. Let's dive in!

You can listen now on all major podcast platforms including:
- Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/you-can-grow-your-own-way/id1763975563?i=1000736496160
- Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zLJij3uDrEMLxvUXw3veY?si=U7B7EdzBTde5cMRSmsFrQA
- Audible - https://www.audible.com.au/podcast/You-Can-Grow-Your-Own-Way/B0DDSVNVMT?source_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdp
- Podbean - https://youcangrowyourownway.podbean.com/e/ep25puberty1/
- Youtube - https://youtu.be/vvxOCvzkQeU

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Happy listening 🎧💜

12/11/2025

Season 4 launches tomorrow! 😳😃🤩

07/11/2025

Absolutely love this! And just in time…

Next week we’re back for Season 4 talking to the divine Heather from Planet Puberty about having these discussions with our ND kids 🩷

30/10/2025

Wow - democracy at work! Amazing to see the collaborative work of the States to send a message about the fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants initiatives from the Federal Government 🥰🥰

Expand the shared post for full details.

24/10/2025

ARFID is no joke and parents can often feel so gaslit about their child’s struggles. Good to see this getting the attention it needs!

An estimated one to three per cent of Australian children have ARFID, a serious and increasingly prevalent eating disorder that is often dismissed as picky eating that...

19/10/2025

👏🏼👏🏼 This 👏🏼👏🏼

Can we have this on a billboard, in neon, broadcast from rooftops?!

We don’t need to be told to look after ourselves, we need to be wrapped up in community.

13/10/2025

Fabulous news and a great start!!

Deakin University is leading the way with a national first, embedding trauma-informed practice into all early childhood, primary and secondary teaching degrees from 2026.

Partnering with Berry Street, future educators will complete the Berry Street Education Model (BSEM), building skills to better support children impacted by trauma.

This initiative sets a new standard in teacher preparation and holds strong relevance for early childhood professionals supporting children’s wellbeing and resilience every day.

Learn more about this sector-shaping shift:
https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0jHvF0

02/10/2025

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21/09/2025

A great explanation of something that has such a profound and complex impact.

18/09/2025

Here we are at the end of Season 3 and today we share an episode with not one but two fabulous guests, Christina Keeble Consulting and leannetranpsychology!

Ep 24 - The importance of neuroaffirming parenting... and why it's not permissive parenting

TW: su***de ideation, self harm

What are neuroaffirming and low demand parenting? Why are they important? And could they have the ability to alter the energy in your family home?

Celebrating the individualism of your unique child and placing them at the centre of the decisions made about them is the most effective way to create a positive self image for your child. But what does this look like in practice? And how do we balance this against the need for boundaries and
structure?

We’ll also talk about how these are different to permissive parenting , and the risks that permissive parenting poses to yourself and your relationship with your child.

How do we walk the line to do the best for our child when parenting is already more complex than for many of those around us?

You can listen now on all major podcast platforms including:
- Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/you-can-grow-your-own-way/id1763975563?i=1000727307851
- Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hweW5pnB0CUT4r9qcoOGn?si=-QOk8M6xR9-I2YMroqWi8Q
- Podbean - https://youcangrowyourownway.podbean.com/e/ep24neuroaffirming/
- Youtube - https://youtu.be/QEvZ9jutw3U

Be sure to share with other parents and carers who will benefit from this discussion and share or follow so you don't miss an episode! And if you think we’ve earned it, we’d love a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on your favourite platform to help other parents find us 🫶🏼

Happy listening 🎧💜

15/09/2025

The ND challenges people don’t discuss…

Tonight Mr 7 pulled a whole box of toothpicks out, threw them everywhere and walked away. Just like it had never happened…

Then Miss 5 unzipped a giant crash pillow and used the minced up foam inside to make it snow in our playroom.

Not because they’re poorly behaved, have no boundaries or aren’t parented properly… but because they have no impulse control and low executive functioning… so curiosity leads immediately to action… and then to two parents scraping up sticky foam with a dustpan and piling it back into an enormous pillowcase.

Right now I need to hear your stories too, to know it’s not just us… looking at something, shaking our heads thinking “Seriously?! How?!”