Psyched2Parent: Turning Brain Science into Tiny Wins for Parents

Over-Functioning Parent in Recovery: How to Stop Rescuing and Build a Capable Kid Have you ever "helped" so much that you ended up doing 80% of the work—homework, emails, projects, the whole thing? In this episode, we talk about why over-functioning is so tempting (especially with anxious, big-feeling kids) and how it can quietly chip away at kids' confidence. You'll learn the simple CAR metaphor...

ADHD or Anxiety, or Just the Season We're In? A Calmer Way to Make Sense of What You're Seeing When your child can't focus, melts down, avoids homework, or spirals at bedtime, it's easy to wonder: Is this ADHD? Anxiety? Or are we just in a fried, overloaded season? In this episode, we zoom out from the moment and look for patterns over time—while also using a nervous-system lens (fight/flight/free...

Feeling like parenting is an endurance sport and no one handed you a map? In this trailer, Dr. Amy, a school psychologist, mom of two, endurance athlete, and creator of Psyched2Parent, shares what this podcast is all about and why she is right there with you in the messy middle of parenting. Psyched2Parent is where brain science meets real family life. Dr. Amy takes what she sees every day in scho...