Hi Friend!

I have a big week for you and I don't want you to miss any of it. 🧡

Two brand new episodes just dropped and there is a free event happening next week that I genuinely believe could be a turning point for your family. Let me walk you through all of it.

🎙️ EPISODE 61 — Stop Leaving Empty-Handed: How to Advocate for Your Neurodivergent Child at Every Appointment

This one is personal.

I once sat in a parking lot and cried after a provider told me to get my struggling, non-sleeping son a clock. He had enlarged adenoids, a tongue tie, and airway issues the entire time. I was right. My gut was right. And I had to fight to be heard.

If you have a highly sensitive or neurodivergent child who keeps getting dismissed at appointments — this episode is for you.

I'm walking you through three things you need before your child's next appointment so you stop leaving empty-handed:

✅ How to document your observations as a witness, not just a worried parent ✅ How to walk in with one clear, specific ask instead of six months of accumulated anxiety ✅ Why you need your next step decided before you walk through that door — because wait and see is the most common response for the kids who need help the most

And I have something to help you put it all into action right away. My free Appointment Prep Toolkit has everything from this episode in a printable fillable guide you can bring to your very next appointment.

👉 Grab the free toolkit at www.speakinglife.co/advocacy

EP 61: Stop Leaving Empty-Handed: How to Advocate for Your Neurodivergent Child at Every Appointment Listen Now

🎙️ EPISODE 62 — InterviewFrom Overwhelm to Breathing Room: Calm Connection Parenting for Neurodivergent and Highly Sensitive Kids With Jami Kirkbride

Can I tell you something I don't say enough?

Even as a speech-language pathologist and child development specialist — someone who works with kids and families every single day — I still needed support with my own children. 😔

Jami Kirkbride is my own personal parenting coach. She is a professional counselor, parent coach, author, podcaster, and mom of seven. She has been in the trenches personally and professionally and she is one of the most knowledgeable, warm, and genuinely helpful people I know.

In Episode 62 we talk about what it really means to raise a complex child — and why the tools that work for other kids might just not work for yours. We cover what is actually happening beneath the behaviors, why you are probably not doing it wrong, and how to start building a sustainable path forward for your whole family.

EP 61: Stop Leaving Empty-Handed: How to Advocate for Your Neurodivergent Child at Every Appointment Listen Now

📌 THE CALM CONNECTION PARENTING SUMMIT — AND I'M SPEAKING LIVE ON APRIL 22ND

Now for the big news. 🎉

Jami is hosting the Calm Connection Parenting Summit next week and it is completely FREE to attend online.

This is a five-day event packed with expert speakers covering everything parents of highly sensitive, neurodivergent, and emotionally intense kids need — emotional regulation, sensory processing, executive function, nervous system support, advocacy, and more.

Here is what the five days look like:

📅 Day 1 — Understanding the intensity. Moving from confusion to clarity about what is actually happening beneath your child's behaviors.

📅 Day 2 — Finding calm in the chaos. Focusing on YOU — your nervous system, your triggers, and how to move from overwhelm to regulation.

📅 Day 3 — Systems that support your family. Rhythms, structures, and advocacy strategies that actually work in real life. This is my day — I will be speaking LIVE on April 22nd. 🎙️

📅 Day 4 — Clarity, confidence, and hope. Moving from exhaustion to forward movement and knowing your next best step.

📅 Day 5 — Staying steady. Coffee with a coach and a follow-up workshop one week later with specific tools and quick wins.

On Day 3 I will be going in depth on advocacy — how to fight for your child at the pediatrician, at school, with specialists, and even with the family members who have a lot of opinions and not a lot of understanding. 😅

This summit is free. It is online. No travel, no childcare, no ticket price. Just register and show up from wherever you are.

👉 Register for free: https://link.calmconnectionparent.com/ccp-2026/scheeler​

Want unlimited access to all sessions, transcripts, speaker gifts, and a discount on Jami's coaching program? The VIP All Access Pass is absolutely worth it — grab that at the same link.

AND ONE MORE THING 🧡

If you finish Episode 61 and find yourself thinking — okay but I still don't know where to start for MY specific child — that is exactly what the Priority Plan Coaching is for.

In one 60-minute session we look at your child's full picture together and build a clear, personalized roadmap for what to do first. No more research spirals. No more wasted appointments. No more doing everything and making progress on nothing.

Just clarity on where to put your energy first.

👉 www.speakinglife.co/clarity​

Prayer for This Week

Lord, we pray over every mama reading this today. Give them the words when they don't know what to say. Give them the courage to walk back into rooms that have dismissed them. Give them the discernment to know what their child needs and the persistence to keep asking until someone listens. Remind them that You saw their child before anyone else did — and that You have not left them to figure this out alone. Amen. 🙏

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This is a big week and I am so glad you are here for it. You are not figuring this out alone — and I hope Episodes 61 and 62 remind you of that. 🧡

Keep speaking life, Elyse

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Elyse Scheeler Podcast Host of Speaking Life Into Motherhood Speech Language Pathologist, Wellness Coach, doTerra Wellness Advocate "Empowering transformations by speaking life into mind, body, and soul."

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