Decisions, decisions, decisions.

Apr 21, 2025

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Welcome to the finale of Chelsea's story. We’re tying it up today as we focus on a challenge that comes up for many anxious, sensory-overwhelmed kids: decision-paralysis or indecisiveness.

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You know that feeling when you’re so hungry and you get the dreaded question: "what do you want to eat?" and the person who's trying to be helpful rattles off a list of 5 of your favorite foods but “nothing sounds good.”

This is similar to what many kids with anxiety experience—but with many other decisions in their day.

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Lena’s story part 4

Today we’ll wrap up Lena’s story with learning about how her interoception processing differences impede her ability to self regulate, and how her parents can support her. If you want to catch up on parts 1-3, click here and scroll through each post. So far, we’ve talked about why transitions felt so hard for Lena, and how movement played a huge role in helping her regulate… until it di...

Lena’s story part 3

Welcome back for part 3 of Lena’s story. Catch up on part 1 [here] or part 2, [here] Today we’ll discuss why Lena’s regulation strategies that once were a “game-changer” were now backfiring. “She is stalling by spending time on the things that we have for regulation like her lycra swing and gymnastics bar. It’s hard to take away something that is regulating. Last time we did she had ...

Lena’s story part 2

In last week’s email, we were introduced to Lena — a movement-seeking, hyper-silly kindergartener who hates being told what to do. Today, I want to zoom in on her resistance to instructions and transitions. As you can imagine as a parent, this affects all parts of every single day. We are in charge of keeping these tiny humans fed, clothed, clean and attending school— and kids don’t jus...

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Decisions, decisions, decisions.

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