TPP 339: Dayna Abraham on Helping Parents Calm the Chaos

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today I’m welcoming back Dayna Abraham to the show to discuss her latest book, Calm the Chaos: A Fail-Proof Road Map for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids. I really resonate with Dayna’s work because we both are committed to empowering families, especially those who are deep in survival mode, and in her new book, she shares the framework for her signature “calm the chaos” framework which is designed to give parents a doable plan for navigating challenging situations and finding genuine calm in the midst of the storm. In our conversation today, Dayan gives us the highlights of this framework and gives us some strategies to start employing right away. I’m betting most of you are familiar with Dayna Abraham, but just in case, here’s a bit about her. Dayna is the bestselling author of The Superkids Activity Guide to Conquering Every Day and Sensory Processing 101. She is on a mission to create a more accepting world, one challenging kid at a time. As a National Board Certified educator, parent of three neurodivergent children, and an ADHD adult herself, Dayna brings a unique and out-of-the-box perspective to parents raising kids in the modern world. Through Calm the Chaos, she has helped millions of desperate parents around the world find peace and meet their children where they’re at when conventional parenting tools have failed them. About Dayna Abraham Dayna Abraham, bestselling author of The Superkids Activity Guide to Conquering Every Day and Sensory Processing 101, is on a mission to create a more accepting world, one challenging kid at a time. As a National Board Certified educator, parent of three neurodivergent children, and an ADHD adult herself, Dayna brings a unique and out-of-the-box perspective to parents raising kids in the modern world. Through her compassionate framework, Calm the Chaos, she has helped millions of desperate parents around the world, find peace and meet their children where they’re at when conventional parenting tools have failed them. Things you'll learn from this episode What the five stages of Dayna’s Calm the Chaos framework are and how they work together Why every stage of the framework includes these four elements: You, Connect, Understand and Empower What emotional anchors are and how they can help parents regulate themselves Why getting back to emotional safety and nervous system regulation is so important and what it looks like in action Ideas for finding calm in the midst of challenging situations Resources mentioned for: Calm the Chaos: A Fail-Proof Road Map for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids by Dayna Abraham Calm the Chaos Podcast Lemon Lime Adventures Calm the Chaos on Facebook Calm the Chaos on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired.
0:07.0	Are they also struggling in their current educational setting, seen only for what they're doing wrong, while longing for positive relationships with peers and others?
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0:21.0	A world where they can connect with others and their true potential is seen and
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0:47.0	to learn more about what a strength-based assessment could mean for your family.
0:51.0	That's BGS.
0:52.0	E.D.U. When you think of family. That's BGS. Edu.
0:54.0	When you think of the most challenging moment, that's what I call storms.
0:59.0	And so this is about getting everyone to safety and you becoming the safe place.
1:05.0	And I think so often as parents we beat ourselves up because we end up adding fuel to the chaos.
1:12.0	We end up yelling or losing our own cool.
1:16.4	And a lot of times it's because we don't have the strategies
1:19.4	for writing it out.
1:21.2	And so that's what this plan really is about so if we go back to
1:24.7	those four elements you connect understand empower the you piece is all about
1:30.5	telling your brain you're safe you're okay you're going to get through this you've done it
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