Where They're Planted
oleh Jen Bluske • Lit Path Studios
63: Showing Up for Our Kids Even When We Are Drained
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Where They’re Planted is a podcast for parents and care providers of unique children to gain skills, understanding and support. Listeners learn how to help children with developmental, emotional or behavioral challenges, neurodiverse brains, or difficult early life experiences bloom where they’re planted. Host Jen Bluske, occupational therapist and parent coach, offers rich insights using brain science, nervous system tools, collaborative strategy sessions and a deep understanding of the developmental process.
The Where They’re Planted Podcast is a Lit Path Studios Production.
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- 63: Showing Up for Our Kids Even When We Are Drained · 29 mnt · Musim 3 Episode 63Jen shares a heartfelt message that is relevant in her own life and that she sees as critical for many parents she works with. Jen discusses how to show up for your kids when you…
- 62: Working through Transitions with Neurodivergent Kids: The “Messy Middle” · 47 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 62Jen is joined by Cassie, a parent to three neurodiverse kids, to discuss how focusing on making transitions go as smoothly as possible and using them as opportunities for…
- 61: Embodiment: A Parenting Superpower with Shannon Stuckey · 41 mnt · Musim 3 Episode 61Jen Bluske is joined by Shannon Stuckey to discuss embodiment as a superpower in parenting. They discuss what embodiment is, why it is important to be the stable base for our…
- 60: Season Three Kickoff: The Power of Noticing in Parenting · 36 mnt · Musim 3 Episode 60Season Three begins with this important discussion about the power of noticing in parenting. Jen helps listeners conceptualize how noticing is not a side quest to applying the…
- 59: A Functional Medicine Approach to Supporting Neurodivergent Kids with Dr. Katy Wallace · 33 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 59Dr. Katy Wallace is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and author who specializes in gut health, diet and functional lab interpretations. She joins Jen to discuss how a functional…
- 58: What Horses Can Teach Us About Parenting · 25 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 58Jen discuses parallels that she has noticed between horse ownership and parenting and provides a bit of a broader paradigm shift about impact of the relationship between parent…
- 57: Opening Up a New Way of Being with Horses with Marcy Waelti · 27 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 57Jen is joined by educator, author and Equine Gestalt Coaching specialist, Marcy Waelti, to discuss using horses to support neurodivergent kids regulation, embodiment and…
- 56: Autism Advocacy - Part 3: Stopping Bullying with Jordan Salzano · 42 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 56Jordan Salzano returns to the podcast to discuss the effects of bullying for the neurodivergent individual, the snowball effect it has on the family and what parents can do to…
- 55: Autism Advocacy - Part 2: Fathering a Child with Autism: I Wanted to Change Him and He Ended Up Changing Me with Dr. Robert Naseef · 34 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 55Jen is joined by Dr. Robert Naseef to discuss how to support dads in the process of raising neurodivergent children, the grief parents may feel when their kids are neurodiverse…
- 54: Autism Advocacy - Part 1: Five Ways to Support Neurodivergent Kids Through Change with Jordan Salzano · 52 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 54Jen Bluske speaks with Jordan Salzano, an autistic author and advocate, about pivoting after her ice hockey dreams ended and how that led to work in motivation, autism/disability…
- 53: Grace, Not Guilt: What If I Don’t Like My Kid Right Now? · 26 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 53Jen discusses the often-unspoken reality that parents can deeply love their children while not liking them at times. She explores developmental changes that make kids feel like…
- 52: How Parenting Needs to Shift in the Teenage Years with Sarah Dimick · 36 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 52Sarah Dimick returns to talk with Jen how parenting teens can sometimes be super challenging and the reasons why it feels so tricky. Jen and Sarah discuss what is happening at…
- 51: Setting Your Child Up for Summer Camp Success with Jamie Gale · 31 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 50Jen talks with experienced summer camp director, Jamie Gale, Jamie Gale to discuss how parents of neurodivergent kids can help set their kids up for success at summer camps…
- 50: The Story in Our Mind Matters: Changing the Narrative in Parenting with Shannon Stuckey · 39 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 50Shannon Stuckey returns to the podcast to discuss how the brain creates narratives to predict safety and make sense of experiences, which become core beliefs that shape…
- 49: Beyond What the Kids Say: Communicating with Our “Big Feelings” Kids - Part 2 · 27 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 49In this second part of Jen’s two-part series on communicating with your kids who have big feelings, Jen discusses the more nuanced factors of communication that pack a punch in…
- 48: Communicating with Our “Big Feelings” Kids: Part 1 · 32 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 45In this first episode of a two-part series, Jen discusses communication strategies that are effective and lead to connection and understanding with our kids, especially those who…
- 47: Emotional Resilience: What It Is and How to Help Your Child Develop It · 27 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 47Jen talks about emotional resilience both from a developmental and relational lens. She discusses was emotional resilience is NOT and offers strategies that parents can use to…
- 46: Giftedness through an Occupational Therapy Lens · 29 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 46In this follow up episode, Jen discusses how she supports giftedness in children through an occupational therapy lens. She shares some key elements of how giftedness can present…
- 45: Understanding Giftedness in Your Child with Mark Talaga · 29 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 45Jen is joined by counselor for the gifted, Mark Talaga to discuss the concept of giftedness and what it means to have asynchronous development, often referred to as "2E". We…
- 44: This One's for the Moms: Growing and Changing while Mothering · 24 mnt · Musim 2 Episode 44Jen explores the complicated experience of being a mom while parenting unique kids. She discusses what it means to raise kids while also trying to grow and change as adults and…







