Understanding Your Child's Brain with Occupational Therapy

Mom Life: Uncomplicated - Parenting tips, organization, routines, self-care, mindset

Does your child struggle with organization, focus, or problem-solving, leaving you frustrated and searching for answers?
Hi, I'm Natalie McCabe. I'm here with Suzie Forbes, a pediatric occupational therapist with 30 years of experience, mental health clinician, and parenting coach who's also a mom of two kids with big emotions.
In this episode, we're talking about why your child might be having meltdowns over socks, refusing to write, or seeming completely disorganized—and how occupational therapy and something called "executive function" might be the missing piece you've been looking for.
Here's what we cover:

• What occupational therapists actually do
• Executive function as your child's "inner boss"—why some kids need more help with planning and focus
• How fixing one small thing makes everything else easier too
• Why tiny changes create huge family wins (real mom stories!)
• What to do when your child melts down and their "inner boss" gets overwhelmed
• Hope for every family—ADHD, trauma, or just daily struggles, there are solutions

This isn't about complicated therapy jargon or fixing your child. It's about finally understanding why daily life feels so hard and discovering simple changes that make everything flow better for your whole family.
💬 Connect with Suzie: https://linktr.ee/forbes.suzie.otmamacoach
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