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It Takes a Village Special Needs Parent Coaching LLC, United States Of America, Washington D.C., DC (2026)

02/11/2026

As special needs parents, we get very good at watching everything…schedules, medications, school updates, therapy notes. We are constantly tuned in to what our kids need.

But burnout doesn’t usually come from one big moment. It builds quietly when we stop noticing how we’re doing.

Here’s a simple way to change that without adding another thing to your to-do list:

The next time you pick up your phone to scroll, take 10 seconds to check in with yourself first. Just ask:

How am I actually doing right now? 🤔

Maybe you notice you’re holding tension in your shoulders. Maybe you realize you’re thirsty. Maybe you just need one slow breath before moving on.

That tiny pause is a form of self-care. And when you practice it throughout the day, it helps interrupt the slow slide into caregiver burnout.

You don’t need an hour to take care of yourself. Sometimes you just need a moment, repeated often enough to matter.

02/04/2026

✨ NEW FREEBIE ALERT ✨

If you’re a medically complex parent you already know what it means to be the one who is always holding it together.

You’re tracking meds, managing appointments, advocating, juggling behaviors, navigating school, and trying to keep the rest of life from falling apart—often with very little support.

And somehow… you still show up.

But here’s a question you likely don’t stop to ponder enough:

🧡 How are YOU doing… really?

Because burnout doesn’t always look like a breakdown. Sometimes it looks like functioning. Like pushing through. Like being “fine.”

That’s why I created a brand new FREE printable download for you:

📄 The Medically Complex Parent Burnout Self Check

It’s a gentle assessment to help you pause, reflect, and notice the signs—before you hit empty.

👉 And it’s available now for free on my website:

🌐 www.ittakesavillagenc.com

Go grab it, print it, and take 5 quiet minutes for yourself today.

Because you deserve support too.
Not just survival.

01/28/2026

Winter has a way of turning the volume all the way up.

Disjointed schedules.
Freezing temps that keep us stuck inside.
Cabin fever.
Shorter days. Less sunshine.
And for our medically complex and special needs families? The unpredictability can feel nonstop.

And then suddenly… you can feel it:
The dysregulation is creeping in.
The chaos is building.
And you’re one more curveball away from being completely steamrolled.

Here’s the reminder I needed today (and maybe you do too):

✨ Some things are out of our control.
We can’t control an illness.
A seizure.
A behavior breakdown.
A sleepless night.
A surprise phone call from school.

But we always have control over one thing:

🌬️ Our breath.

Even when everything feels like it’s spinning…
you can pause.
you can breathe.
you can ground yourself.
and you can redirect your energy.

Sometimes that one small reset is the difference between:
➡️ reacting all day
and
➡️ responding with intention.

Today, I bundled my son up and got us outside for a walk — in the freezing cold. 🧣🧤

It would’ve been so much easier to stay inside, but the act of preparing to go out, getting sunlight, and soaking in some much-needed Vitamin D shifted everything. ☀️

Not because it magically fixed everything…but because it helped us reset.

And after that? We had a productive afternoon. So if today feels heavy, chaotic, or out of control…

Pause.
Breathe.
And ask yourself:

💛 “What’s one small thing I can do to take my day back?”

Because sometimes, taking control of your day starts with one single breath.

✨ Save this for the next winter meltdown moment and comment BREATHE if you’re choosing calm over chaos today.

01/26/2026

Some days in medically complex parenting feel impossibly heavy.

You can love your child fiercely and feel worn down by the constant responsibility.

You can be grateful and grieving.
You can be strong and still need support.

That’s where Both / And thinking comes in.

It doesn’t sugarcoat the reality.
It doesn’t tell you to “stay positive.”
It simply gives your nervous system permission to hold the full truth—without shame.

If today feels like too much, try naming both truths instead of forcing yourself to choose just one.

You’re not failing.
You’re navigating something that was never meant to be easy.

Save this for the hard days, or share it with a parent who needs the reminder. 🤍

01/23/2026

When you parent a medically complex child, you don’t just worry more —
you live inside uncertainty.

Unpredictable symptoms.
Sudden hospitalizations.
Plans that change without warning.
A nervous system that never fully stands down.

Most parenting advice assumes a level of predictability that simply doesn’t exist here.

That’s why I created The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® for Medically Complex Parenting.

Not to “fix” the fear. Not to force positivity. But to help parents navigate the path forward when control and certainty are off the table.

The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® for Medically Complex Parenting is a practical framework designed to help you:

✔️ regulate your nervous system
✔️ make decisions under pressure
✔️ reclaim moments of steadiness
✔️ reduce burnout without minimizing the reality
✔️ find peace alongside complexity — not after it

Because peace in this life doesn’t come from things getting easier. It comes from being supported differently.

01/20/2026

And yet… we try anyway.

Because to be human is to crave certainty. To want guarantees. To believe that if we plan hard enough, prepare enough, control enough, we can ensure a soft landing.

That desire deepens the moment we become parents. 💯

Even with typically developing children, there’s an instinctual pull to intervene—to cushion the fall, to fix the hard parts, to predict the next step before it happens. But when you’re parenting a medically fragile child or a child with special needs, uncertainty isn’t occasional.

It’s constant. 🎯

Appointments replace milestones.
Plans change without warning.
Outcomes hinge on factors no one can fully explain or promise.

The illusion of control fades quickly and what’s left can feel overwhelming, scary, and deeply isolating.

If this resonates, I want you to know something important:

✨ Your discomfort with uncertainty is not a personal failure.
✨ Your desire to control outcomes is rooted in love, not weakness.

The work isn’t eliminating uncertainty.
The work is learning how to live well within it. That’s why I created The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® for Medically Fragile and High Needs Parenting—a supportive framework designed to help parents:
• regulate their nervous systems
• release impossible expectations
• navigate grief, fear, and ambiguity
• and find steadiness even when answers are unclear

Peace doesn’t come from certainty. It comes from support, tools, and learning how to stand steady—no matter how unpredictable the path becomes.

You don’t have to navigate this alone. Learn more via link in bio. 🤍

01/15/2026

There’s a moment many medically fragile parents don’t talk about.

The moment when you realize you’re not just tired…You’re drowning.

Drowning in appointments.
In decisions no one prepared you to make.
In carrying everyone else while quietly losing yourself.

And here’s the truth I want you to hear today: Needing help does not mean you’re failing. It means the load is heavy.

We were never meant to do this kind of parenting alone.

Seeking support is not weakness.
It’s strategy.
It’s protection.
It’s how you stay standing for the long road ahead.

That’s exactly why I created The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® for Medically Fragile Parenting—a 12-week virtual coaching program designed to help you:
✨ move out of survival mode
✨ regulate your nervous system
✨ create sustainable routines
✨ and find your footing again—without guilt or burnout

You don’t have to wait until you completely fall apart to ask for help.

If you feel like you’re barely keeping your head above water, this is your sign to reach for a lifeline.

💛 Enrollment is open.
💛 Support is waiting.
💛 You don’t have to do this alone.

Link in bio to learn more.

12/31/2025

If no one has said this to you lately, let me. You are allowed to move through this journey at your pace, not the pace others expect. Parenting in the world of therapies, appointments, advocacy, uncertainty, and hope is not a race. It’s a path you are walking with courage every single day.

💛 You can change your mind when something stops working.
💛 You can rest without earning it.
💛 You can release routines or expectations that bring more pressure than peace.
💛 You can ask for help—early, often, and without apology.
💛 You can grieve what you hoped for and love what is. Both can be true.
💛 You can define success in a way that makes sense for your family, not anyone else’s.

And most importantly?

You have permission to choose P.E.A.C.E. over perfection, again and again.

This isn’t about getting every step “right.” It’s about moving forward with compassion—for your child, and for yourself.

🌿 If you need support navigating this journey…

If you’re tired of feeling like you have to figure it all out alone…

If you’re craving clarity, peace, and partnership…

You don’t have to do this by yourself.
It really does take a village. And I’m here.

🔗 Send me a message if you’re ready for support that feels like exhale.

12/29/2025

There’s something sacred about these final days of the year…

The rush is over. The gifts are unwrapped. The calendar finally exhales.

And for special needs parents, this week can feel like a rare doorway— a moment to breathe, reset, and remember who you are outside the whirlwind.

This is the perfect time to shift from surviving the season to shaping the new year.

At It Takes a Village Special Needs Parent Coaching, we call this the Power Week of PEACE — where the P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® for Parent Caregivers becomes your compass:

🌿 P – Prioritize Your Self Care: Allow yourself to stop. Rest is productive.
🌿 E – Examine Your Problem Areas: What’s working? What’s draining you? What needs protecting?
🌿 A – Advocate for Your Needs: Not resolutions. Realignment. What actually matters for you and your family?
🌿 C – Create a New Normal: Build routines, boundaries, and systems that support you— not break you.
🌿 E – Evaluate Your Progress: Go into 2026 with clarity, confidence, and a plan that honors your needs, all while ready and willing to make adjustments along the way.

This isn’t about changing everything overnight. It’s about stepping into the new year with intention instead of exhaustion.

If you’d like a gentle starting point, I created a free PEACE Week Planning Sheet to guide you through this process— a simple tool to help you care for yourself, map your priorities, and maximize the freshness of the year ahead.

👉 Send me a PM with the word PEACE and I’ll send it right to you.

Here’s to clarity, rest, and a year that supports you as much as you support everyone else. 💛 You don’t have to figure this out alone— it truly does take a village.

#2026

12/11/2025

If you’re raising a child with complex special needs, chances are you’ve spent more time in survival mode than anyone ever should.

👉 The 24/7 vigilance.
👉 The decision fatigue.
👉 The constant awareness of what could go wrong.
👉 The planning, preparing, advocating, soothing, navigating…

It’s no wonder your body feels tense and your spirit feels weary.

If you’ve been tired down to your bones, you’re not alone. You’re not imagining it. And you’re not failing.

You’ve simply been operating from a place humans were never meant to live in for this long.

Finding safeness and rest can feel complicated when your child’s needs never pause. But you deserve moments of ease, even tiny ones. And small pockets of rest—micro moments—can begin to shift your nervous system out of survival mode and back toward steadiness.

A simple micro-activity for this weekend:
Take 2 minutes to put one hand on your chest and one on your belly. Breathe slowly. In through your nose for 4, out through your mouth for 6. Let your hands be a signal to your body: “In this moment, I am safe.”
It’s not a fix-all. It won’t change the complexities of your life. But it can give your nervous system a small exhale—a reminder that rest is still possible in the margins. 🧘‍♀️

Your soul deserves softness.
Your body deserves support.
And you deserve a life that is bigger than survival mode.

You’re doing so much more than you give yourself credit for. And you don’t have to navigate the path forward alone. ❤️

11/28/2025

✨ BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL ✨

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to get personalized support, clarity, and a roadmap forward—this is it! 💫

For the first time ever, I’m offering $100 off my newly trademarked P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® for Parent Caregivers— a 12-week, virtual, one-on-one coaching experience designed exclusively for parents navigating life with a child who has special needs.

This coaching program was crafted from years of advocacy, lived experience, and evidence-based strategies. It’s where overwhelmed parents become confident, grounded decision-makers for their children and themselves. 💪

🖤 Black Friday Deal: $100 off 1:1 Parent Coaching

📅 Valid 11/27/2025 – 11/30/2025
🌐 Completely virtual, completely personalized

Spaces are very limited— and with The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® now officially trademarked, this is an exclusive opportunity to experience a proven, invaluable coaching framework at a special rate.

If you’re ready to navigate the path forward with more balance, clarity, and support—this is your moment.

Send a DM or click the link in bio to claim your spot. 🖤

10/28/2025

📣 Big News from It Takes a Village!

I’m so excited to share a special milestone — The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® is now officially registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)!

After over a year of dedication and behind-the-scenes work, The P.E.A.C.E. Protocol® is now protected on the Principal Register under Class 41, covering education services—one-on-one mentoring for parents of children with special needs.

This milestone means so much because P.E.A.C.E. represents the heart of my work: helping parents find calm, clarity, and confidence as they navigate the path forward after a diagnosis.

Thank you to everyone who has supported this journey — your trust, encouragement, and belief in this mission make moments like this possible. 💙

It Takes a Village Special Needs Parent Coaching LLC