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Eleva8 Mentoring

NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner, Disability specialist. Diploma and university degree qualified.

Specializing in complex behaviors, family support consulting, ASD, intellectual disabilities and crisis intervention.

19/11/2025

Understanding ADHD, Anxiety, and Conversation Overload ✨🧠

Do any other people with ADHD and anxiety feel the need to finish someone’s sentence or wrap up a conversation quickly… not because you’re impatient, but because you’re trying to reassure yourself that the conversation isn’t going to make you anxious? 🤔💭

It’s like your brain is constantly scanning for “Is this safe?”
So you speed the interaction up — get to the end fast, gain closure, and reduce the chance that the conversation might turn uncomfortable, emotional, or overwhelming.

It becomes a cycle:
anticipate anxiety → rush to the end → feel relieved → move on → repeat.
Not rudeness. Not impatience.
Just a nervous system trying to protect itself. 🧩⚡️

Does anyone else do this?

18/11/2025

What an awesome day out at the annual Jacko’s Charity Golf Day. Great people, great energy, all coming together for an even greater cause. Proud to be part of an event that raises money and awareness for breast cancer. Days like this remind you what community really means – support, laughs, connection and giving back. Already keen for next year 💗⛳️🙌

07/11/2025

Great day supporting with the team! .fogarty

30/10/2025

“Why you’re not broken — you’re just misunderstood.” 🧠✨

I believe the best way to progress in life — and in working with clients — is through education and self-awareness.

It’s not about focusing on current behaviours or diagnoses. It’s about helping people understand why they are the way they are — what’s transpired in their life to shape them.

Once that understanding exists, everything changes. You can finally work backwards to make sense of your emotions, patterns, and responses. That’s where healing and growth truly begin. 🌱

29/10/2025

Being a Behaviour Support Practitioner isn’t just about helping clients and families 💬❤️

It’s also about being able to guide my own daughter — helping her break the cycle and raise my beautiful granddaughter to thrive in every part of her life 🌱✨

That’s the real blessing — seeing healing, growth, and understanding passed down through generations 🙏👨‍👩‍👧‍👧💫

15/10/2025

🎉 Celebrating a Legend 🎉

Today we had the chance to celebrate our client’s birthday — and it really hit home just how far he’s come over the last three years.

The progress he’s made has been incredible. His growth in confidence, maturity, and independence has been something special to watch. He’s worked hard, stayed consistent, and kept pushing through the tough days — and that’s what makes the difference.

We were lucky enough to be there with him today to celebrate and share in the moment. Couldn’t be prouder, mate.

14/10/2025

✨ What if I told you… ✨

In just 3 one-hour online coaching sessions, I can teach you everything you need to know about raising your child — from birth to adulthood — while completely transforming the way you understand parenting.

We often send our children to therapy hoping for change…
But what if I told you the real shift happens when parents understand how to respond — when you learn to parent each child differently, based on how their brain works, their personality, and their emotions.

The truth is — most of us parent the way we were parented.
There was no degree or qualification that taught us how to raise emotionally aware, resilient, and confident children.
That’s where I come in — I can teach you everything you need to know about understanding your child, reducing stress, and parenting with purpose.

Whether your child has anxiety, ADHD, depression, a disability, or behavioural challenges, I’ll give you the tools to:
✅ Respond calmly and effectively during challenges
✅ Reduce parenting stress and overwhelm
✅ Understand brain development and emotional regulation from 0–18
✅ Build stronger connections and lasting confidence in your parenting
✅ Create long-term change for your entire family

This isn’t therapy — it’s education, empowerment, and transformation for parents who want real results.

📩 To book your 3-session online parenting transformation, email: eleva8mentoring@gmail.com

Let’s change the way you see parenting — and set your family up for a calmer, happier future.

08/10/2025

🚦 Why Kids “Act Out” Sometimes – It’s Brain Development, Not Just Behavior! 🧠💡

Did you know your child’s frontal lobe (the part of the brain that manages executive functioning) isn’t fully developed until their mid-20s? 🤯

👉 Executive functioning skills are like the “control center” of the brain. They help kids:
• Plan ahead 📅
• Control impulses ✋
• Stay focused 👀
• Manage emotions ❤️
• Solve problems 🔧
• Transition between tasks 🔄

So when your child:
• Melts down over leaving the park 😢
• Forgets their homework 📚
• Struggles to manage big emotions 🌪️
• Can’t “just calm down” when you ask 🛑

…it’s not because they won’t do better. It’s because their brain is still learning how to do better.

💬 Think of executive functioning like a muscle — it gets stronger with coaching, patience, and practice over time. 💪❤️

✨ Parents: Your role is to be the “frontal lobe” for your child until theirs fully develops. That means guiding, modeling, and supporting them as they grow the skills to self-manage.

You’re not “spoiling” them by helping — you’re wiring their brain for future success. 🌱

04/10/2025

🌍 Generational Trauma: How Far Back Does It Go? 🌍

While researching Roman history, I came across something confronting: in those times, it was common for mothers to lose 3 or 4 children before one survived into adulthood. Imagine the grief and fear carried through families generation after generation.

But here’s what really struck me—Rome wasn’t just one city. The Roman Empire spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. It influenced almost half the world at its peak. That means these patterns of trauma and survival didn’t just sit in one place—they spread across continents, woven into countless bloodlines.

If trauma gets passed down, how far back should we trace it? Could the struggles families face today be echoes of losses and survival strategies from over 2,000 years ago, across an empire that shaped the world?

💭 It’s a confronting thought: maybe generational trauma isn’t just recent—it’s embedded in our DNA far deeper than we realise.

Would love to hear your thoughts?

02/10/2025

🚨The Boiling Kettle Analogy: Understanding Meltdowns in Kids 🔥☕

Imagine a child’s meltdown like a boiling kettle. When the kettle is switched on, the water heats up, bubbles, and eventually boils over, spilling hot steam and water everywhere. At this moment, if you try to grab the kettle, control it, or figure out why it’s boiling, you’re just going to get burned.

💡 Instead, what do we do? We step back and let the kettle boil until it naturally stops.

But here’s the key: Just because the kettle has stopped boiling doesn’t mean it’s safe to touch. It’s still hot, and if you turn the power back on too soon (poke, question, or try to reason with the child too early), it will boil over again in seconds.

The right approach? ✅ Wait for the kettle to fully cool down before handling it. That’s when you can safely pick it up and talk about what happened—without the risk of another explosion.

🔥 Key Takeaways for Parents, Teachers & Caregivers:
🔹 Don’t engage mid-meltdown—you’ll get burned! 🚫
🔹 Give the child time to fully cool down before discussing feelings. ⏳
🔹 If you turn the heat back on too soon, expect another meltdown. ♨️
🔹 Wait until they are truly calm to help them process what happened. ❤️

01/10/2025

🌱 Understanding Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) 🌱

Oppositional Defiant Disorder isn’t about being “naughty” or “bad.” At its heart, ODD is a pattern of strong-willed, defiant, and sometimes aggressive behaviours that often arise when a young person feels their autonomy, safety, or sense of control is threatened.

Children and teens with ODD are not choosing to be “difficult” — their behaviours are often a way of saying:
⚡ “I need to feel safe.”
⚡ “I need to feel heard.”
⚡ “I need to have some control over my world.”

🔑 Why does ODD occur?
• It often develops as a response to environments where the child feels powerless, misunderstood, or unsafe.
• Trauma, anxiety, neurodivergence, or inconsistent caregiving can intensify these feelings.
• The behaviour is less about rejecting people and more about protecting their sense of self.

💡 What helps?
• Offering choices rather than commands.
• Building routines that give predictability and safety.
• Validating feelings while setting clear, calm boundaries.
• Focusing on collaboration instead of control.

When we shift the lens from “defiance” to “a child seeking safety and autonomy,” we create the opportunity for trust, growth, and healthier relationships. 💛

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