The Feel Good Club for Ambitious Moms of Neurodivergent Kids

Emotional health isn't about staying calm — it's about feeling it without taking it out on your kid. 💛

Tia Graham talks with sisters Laura Vann and Emma of The Emotions Lab about what emotional health really looks like for working moms with neurodivergent kids, why fear and old childhood wounds get triggered by our children's behavior, and simple tools to respond instead of react in the moment.

• Feel your feelings — don't behave them
• Your stress response, not just behavior, drives reactions
• Visualize who you want to be before the moment hits
• "Turn inward" to calm your own inner child first
• Choice and peace, not constant calm, is the goal
• Physical health (sleep, movement) fuels emotional capacity
• Speak to yourself with compassion, even before you believe it

Instagram: @the_emotions_lab Website: theemotionslab.co.uk

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When your child is in fight-or-flight every day, you need somewhere steady to stand. 🏔️

In this solo episode, Tia Graham shares the hardest season of her working mom life. Her daughter was dysregulated daily, Tia was building her business, and she realized her own triggered responses were making things worse. She shares the simple practice that helped her stay grounded through it all, then guides you through the Mountain Meditation.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Your nervous system matters as much as your child's. Regulating yourself is part of helping them
• You don't have to carry the hardest seasons alone. Reaching out for support can change everything
• Your thoughts, emotions and crises are like weather: they come and go
• You can choose stillness and equanimity, even when life feels out of control
• The Mountain Meditation is a tool you can return to again and again

🔗 RESOURCES

Mountain Meditation adapted from Jon Kabat-Zinn

🔗 CONNECT WITH TIA GRAHAM & THE FEEL GOOD CLUB

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You probably already have 99% of the answers inside you. 🧭

Tia Graham talks with Stephanie of Connection Therapy Clinic about "instinct erosion" — why moms slowly stop trusting their own gut — and how to reconnect with it, even on the busiest, most overwhelming days.

• Instinct erosion happens when outside noise drowns out your own gut
• Fear is a signal of disconnection, not a flaw
• Writing fears down turns them into something actionable
• Automating small decisions frees up space for your intuition
• You likely already know more than you think you do

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You don't have mom guilt, you have two desires that can't both come first. 🎙️

Tia Graham talks with Cait Scudder, founder of The Millionaire Mother, about why ambitious working moms burn out when demands outpace resources, and how to stop being the resource for absolutely everything.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Burnout comes from demands exceeding resources, not from lacking discipline
• Make the implicit explicit: map out every demand so support isn't left assumed
• "Mom guilt" is often two valid desires colliding, not a personal failure
• Choosing what to focus on doesn't mean the rest disappears
• Trade-offs are a skill worth modeling for your kids, not something to hide
• Your highest-value role may be emotional and structural, not doing every task yourself

🔗 Connect with Cait Scudder

Website: themillionairemother.com | Podcast: The Millionaire Mother Podcast | Book: Born for Both — bornforboth.com

🔗 Connect with Tia Graham & The Feel Good Club

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You don't have to wait until it gets easier to feel empowered. 📞

In this solo episode, Tia Graham breaks down the quiet shame so many working moms of neurodivergent kids carry, shares a client story that changed everything, and gives you a life-work harmony framework built for your actual life — not someone else's.

• You're already empowered — you don't need conditions to change first
• The gap between how put-together you look and how you actually feel is exhausting to maintain
• Comparing yourself to other moms' very different lives keeps you stuck
• Build a life-work harmony framework around your real life, not the standard advice
• You can't control the hard moments — you can control whether they write your whole day

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Raising a strong-willed child was never really about them — it was about you. 🌀

Tia Graham talks with Mary Van Geffen, author of Parenting the Spicy One, about the healing journey that starts when you raise an intense, deep-feeling kid, and the tools that keep you calm when they're not.

• Parenting a strong-willed child often surfaces your own unhealed wounds
• Understanding someone doesn't mean agreeing with them
• Name your fears out loud — vague fear has more power than a written one
• Ask "who's upset here?" to separate your feelings from theirs
• The "zip up" technique helps you stay calm when they're not
• Repair matters more than perfection

• 00:00 — Intro
• 03:12 — The 18-year spiritual retreat begins
• 05:31 — Finding a play therapist, discovering her daughter is gifted
• 13:06 — Checking in with your body
• 15:00 — Moving through fear as a parent
• 21:35 — The serenity prayer & letting go of control
• 26:37 — Grounding statements & the "zip up" technique
• 30:47 — The fingertip calming practice
• 33:14 — Where to find Mary + outro

Instagram: @maryvangeffen Book: Parenting the Spicy One (available in print and audiobook) Community: Moms of Spicy Ones Academy

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You don't need today to prove you're a good mom. 🕊️

In this deeply personal solo episode, Tia Graham shares the dinner that changed everything — the moment she stopped chasing validation from work and parenting, and decided once and for all that she is a great mom.

• You don't need daily proof to know you're a good mom
• Aligning your career with your family's needs can change everything, for both of you
• External validation is never enough — worth has to come from within
• Hard days as a parent don't erase who you are
• You can believe you're a great mom without giving up the work that lights you up

(approximate — verify against final edit)

• 00:00 — Intro
• 00:01:46 — The dinner that broke her open
• 00:04:51 — Her husband's suggestion to change course
• 00:07:26 — Launching the Feel Good Club
• 00:10:23 — Seeing herself as a great mom
• 00:12:22 — A lifetime of chasing external validation
• 00:13:52 — Where real worth comes from
• 00:15:04 — Message to every working mom + outro

Instagram: @tiaegraham (DMs open) Free resource — 5-minute self-connection practice: tiagraham.com/practice Learn more about the Feel Good Club Community for Working Moms with Neurodivergent Kids at tiagraham.com

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Your brain is wired to find the negative first — here's how to catch it. 🧠

Tia Graham talks with therapist Kelly Williams about parenting neurodivergent kids, the "poison berry theory" behind our negativity bias, and a simple reframe that turns triggered mornings into something manageable.

• Our brains are wired to register negative thoughts first
• Go from negative to neutral, not negative to positive
• Notice the trigger, then let your body calm down through breath and movement
• Look at the situation honestly, without the emotion attached
• If you're a taskmaster with yourself, others feel your whip
• Changing your self-talk changes everything on the outside

Instagram: @adhdparentingbalance Website: parentingbalance.com

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Raising a high-needs child is a second full-time job — and it doesn't come with PTO. 💛

In this solo episode, Tia Graham opens up about turning down her dream speaking opportunity because of her daughter's needs, and shares three things that actually help when your child's needs are affecting your career.

• This isn't a time management problem — it's a structural one
• Accept the season you're in, emotions and all
• Share the real load with your partner or nanny, not just tasks
• Protect small pockets of uninterrupted work time
• You're not failing — you're carrying two full-time jobs alone

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Your triggers aren't random — they're your childhood talking. 🪞

Tia Graham sits down with therapist Jessica Anne Pressler to unpack why working moms self-sabotage, how childhood shapes the way we parent, and how to spot when you're really parenting your inner child instead of the one in front of you.

• Self-sabotage often starts as childhood perfectionism
• Worth can't come from your boss or your kids — it has to come from within
• Most triggers trace back to unresolved childhood experiences
• Make a list of your triggers and get curious, not ashamed
• Mistakes are a teaching moment for your kids, not a failure
• Sleep matters more than sacrificing it for guilt

(approximate — verify against final edit)

• 00:00 — Intro
• 00:42 — What self-sabotage really is
• 02:01 — How it starts in childhood
• 06:44 — Emotional histories & self-worth
• 13:34 — Understanding your triggers
• 17:33 — Parenting your child vs. your inner child
• 22:16 — Working mom guilt & sleep
• 23:48 — Jessica's book, Traitor Within + outro

Website: jessicaannpressler.com Podcast: Your Traitor Within Book: Traitor Within

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