Your Brain is a Pumpkin Patch of Skills- Fall Series
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Release Date: 10/23/2025
New Year, New You: Who am I investing time and energy into? Interview with Coach Ryan Mayer
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Are you putting your oxygen mask first before helping others!? I LOVE how your BIG feelings comes with a compassion compass that can be such a gift to others! Let's pause and talk about how we need to be sure that we are actively regulating our own big emotions in order to have the capacity to use the gift of helping others with their big emotions! In this episode, you will meet my dear friend and ADHD brother, Coach Ryan Mayer! He has a super fun way of talking about the importance of putting your oxygen (regulation/self-care) mask on, how to choose friends wisely, and how to be mindful...
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The Gift of Trying Again
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Tis the season of SO much fun and often SO much frustration at the same time! That's why we are going to lean into cozying up to the idea of celebrating the gift of trying again when things feel tricky or sticky throughout this season of changes, mistakes, BIG feeling that burst, the many transitions that triggers many emotions too! You are not alone my friends! In this episode, we will unwrap the topic of trying again. Imagine that you walk outside and your boot makes a muddy, messy print in the snow, but then a fresh snow falls that night and the next day, the messy footprint is covered with...
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Cozy Targets- Little Wins in Big Seasons
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Do you ever feel like you have one "ugh" moment after the next!? On our ADHD journey, we are often faced with many frustrations and feelings of failure...this is WHY celebrating little WINS is so very important on the path toward thriving with ADHD! In this episode, I want you to cozy up and connect with the ones you love to talk about how you too can create tiny targets to shoot for during this big season of holidays, transitions, and a whole new year coming up! What is a cozy target? It's a tiny , kind goal- something small and doable that helps your ADHD brain feel calm, focused...
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Power Over Your Inner Voice: Interview with Author Renee Marie- The Secret Playbook of Life
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
You all are in for a treat with this episode! Have you been looking for a book that helps build confidence, grit, taming that inner voice and strengthens social skills!? If so, look no further! The Secret Playbook of Life is a book filled with 50 short stories that speak straight to day to day struggles we face and sometimes have a hard time knowing how to navigate through! In this episode, you will meet author and December podcast sponsor, Renee Marie, who has become an expert in the area of developing confidence, grit and social skills through the younger years. Even I have taken some...
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Thanks for the Mess: Choosing an attitude of gratitude
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Hold UP!? Thankful for a mess!? YEP, I did type that right!! In this episode, we are going to talk about how we can find gratitude, even when life, and/or our brains feel a little messy... Let's be honest, Having ADHD can feel like a living in a world of post-it notes, racing thoughts, and ideas that zip around! We forget things, our attention drifts, and our feelings get super big, really quickly! BUT, guess what? Inside that beautiful mess, there are some pretty incredible gifts too! Let's say a BIG "thank you to our differences! You might notice that your brain works differently from...
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Cozy Up to Connection: Fall Series
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Imagine when you feel the coziest!? Is it cuddled in a blanket? Is it sitting by a warm fire with a blanket? Or is it just cuddling up with someone you love? Now let's hold that cozy feeling while we start talking about cozing up to CONNECTION! In this episode, we will talk about how our brilliant brains have a special circuit that lights up when you feel connected. It helps us find calm, focus, and feel cared for. When we talk, listen, or share feelings with a trusted adult or friend, our connection circuit gets stronger! Our ADHD beautiful, colorful brains also feel big feelings,...
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Leaves Change and So Can You
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Just like the leaves change on the trees change colors in the Fall, we ALL go through changes too! In this cozy and encouraging episode, we explore how change is a normal, healthy, and even powerful part of growing up- especially with a beautiful, brilliant ADHD brain! We will use the beauty and changes of Fall as a reminder that letting go, learning new habits, and growing in new directions are all apart of becoming the best version of you! In this episode, you'll learn... Change doesn't have to be scary- It can be beautiful and exciting! Our thoughts, feelings, and even...
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Focus Fires: Staying Warm When Motivation is Cold
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Have you ever tried to start a fire and you can't seem to get it to catch or it quickly burns out? That is sometimes how our focus feels! In this episode, we are going to connect on how we can build a focus fire that will burn bright with practice. Imagine motivation is the firewood and your energy and attention are the flames that keep it burning bright! Some days, your focus fire is strong and glowing -whoosh! You are full of energy, ideas, and excitement! Other days, though, it feels like your brain is out in the cold, with wood that is damp, the spark is tiny, and it's super hard to get it...
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Spooky Feelings Aren't So Scary- Interview with Author Sara Hartley
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Let's wrap up our Fall series talking about how we can come up against "scary feelings" with intention and take the scary right out of them with a purposeful plan to respond! In this episode, you will meet, Neurodivergent Life Coach, Sara Hartley from Colorado. She and her son are also on an ADHD adventure, just like you and I are! Sara is not only a coach, but also the author of a brand new series of books called, "The Purposefully Me Series," which are social-emotionally themed stories that speak to your heart and mind! Sara will also share with us the ALIGN method she teaches...
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Your Brain is a Pumpkin Patch of Skills- Fall Series
Journey With Me Through ADHD: A Podcast for Kids
Let's pause together and imagine a pumpkin patch, filled with pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and textures! Some are smaller and struggling to thrive and others are big and bright, ready to thrive! Now put a name to each pumpkin based on how you feel your strengths and struggles are!? The little bumpy one might be your working memory pumpkin that needs to be watered and cared for more, while the big, round, orange pumpkin is your creativity pumpkin filled with brilliant ideas to share! Each one of us has a pumpkin patch of skills that look a little different. In this episode, we will...
info_outlineLet's pause together and imagine a pumpkin patch, filled with pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and textures! Some are smaller and struggling to thrive and others are big and bright, ready to thrive! Now put a name to each pumpkin based on how you feel your strengths and struggles are!? The little bumpy one might be your working memory pumpkin that needs to be watered and cared for more, while the big, round, orange pumpkin is your creativity pumpkin filled with brilliant ideas to share!
Each one of us has a pumpkin patch of skills that look a little different. In this episode, we will explore a variety of skills that may need to watered and strengthened, while also celebrating the skills that we are strong at and can use to shine bright!!
I want to encourage you to connect with each other about what your patch looks like, even draw a picture for fun! Find the pumpkins that may need a little extra care and come up with a plan to take care of those pumpkins, but then celebrate the growth of those thriving pumpkins that you've been putting effort into and they are progressing every day in different ways!
Reach out to me at www.katelynmabry.com or email me directly at katelynmabry4@gmail.com to share what your pumpkin patch looks like and how you are taking care of your patch!? I look forward to hearing from you!
Many of our pumpkins could use some sensory tools to grow! Check out our sponsor, www.sensorytoolhouse.com to find the sensory tools that could work best for you! They strive to connect inclusivity with innovation as their team of specialists are available to navigate this road to fufilling your sensory needs with you!!
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