#283 - Strategies to Help When You're Parenting in Survival Mode

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This episode is all about parenting while in survival mode. If you’re a parent who feels like every day is a struggle, or if you’re a professional working with families, this episode is for you!

Listen in as we discuss practical tips and techniques for preserving your sanity during demanding times. Discover effective ways to prioritize self-care, find support networks, and seek help when needed.

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Jessica Hill: 0:00

I think the trick is to get into a habit and a routine with them. If you can build a routine around going for a walk every day, drinking more water, opening the windows, taking a movement break, being more playful, tidying up a little bit around the house, if you can build those into your daily routine, then ideally, you won't feel like you're in survival mode as much. It's almost like when you're in survival mode, you feel like you're out of control. But taking control of these little things that you can do every day, gives you back that sense of control. I'm Rachel and I'm Jessica. And this is All Things Sensory by Harkla.

Rachel Harrington: 0:44

We are both certified occupational therapy assistants and together with Harkless. We are on a mission to empower parents, therapists and educators to help raise confident and strong children of all abilities.

Jessica Hill: 0:56

On this podcast, we chat about all things sensory diving into special needs occupational therapy, parenting, self care, overall health and wellness and so much more.

Rachel Harrington: 1:06

We're here to provide raw, honest and fun strategies, ideas and information for parents, therapists and educators as well as other professionals to implement into daily life.

Jessica Hill: 1:17

Thank you so much for joining us. Before we jump into today's episode, we want to let you know that our Holiday Sensory Survival Guide is on sale right now through Christmas. And this is something that we've had on sale for the last couple of years during the holiday season, because it provides you with some tips, tricks and strategies to just get through the holiday season.

Rachel Harrington: 1:44

There are over 35 pages in this survival guide. And they include things like road trips, survival activities and strategies holiday picky eating our gift guide, our modified gift guides not like a huge ones like our sensory gift guide. We provide you with a holiday season sensory diets, visual schedule template, because we are obsessed with visuals, how to use sensory diets and visual schedules sensory diets for when you're traveling, which is what I'm going to be using, quite often this holiday season, holiday traditions, low talks, holiday ideas, you know surviving holiday parties, and we also share 10 tips for sensory friendly holidays. So lots and lots of information is included in the survival guide PDF document that you have access to forever. It is $5. You can head to the link in our show notes and check it out. Hey there, welcome to All Things Sensory by Harkla. We are so happy to have you here today. Welcome, welcome. We are not going to say we have an interesting episode. I say that all the time.

Jessica Hill: 2:57

You like to use the word unique.

Rachel Harrington: 2:59

We have a unique episode, we have an interesting, we have a fun, we have a relatable episode coming your way. Today, we're going to talk all about parenting while in survival mode.

Jessica Hill: 3:11

So if you're a parent who feels like you're constantly in survival mode with your children or your child, or if you're a therapist, and you are working with families, and the parents are struggling with carryover of strategies, home exercise programs, because they're in survival mode, this episode is for you. I was just thinking also teachers to listen to this episode, because many of your students' parents are probably also in survival mode. So, just know that you are not alone if you are in survival mode. We all go through it. I'm not currently in survival mode. But I know Rachel is. We talked about this a little bit before we started recording I asked her, I said "Rachel, are you in survival mode?"

Rachel Harrington: 4:02

And I said yes, because I am in a long season hopefully I'm like on the way out of it. I don't know. My kids are 20 months apart. I have a three year old and a 17 month old and they both need their parents a lot. They have a lot of needs. And that's okay, that's normal. But also, I have a lot of needs too. I am working 47 jobs, and I'm home with them. We have a nanny, which is so helpful. So we're doing well. But there are definitely moments when there's just a lot of moments of overwhelm and overstimulation. Specifically, Jess and I we were also talking about my situational ADHD this morning and my sensory quirks and those definitely add to the survival mode moments.

Jessica Hill: 4:59

Parenting is hard, especially if you have multiple children. And if one or more of your children has sensory challenges, ADHD, if they're autistic, if they, if they have these added things that are creating more challenges, and then also if you yourself have sensory challenges or ADHD or anything that goes along with those that is creating kind of just like an extra barrier to feeling regulated.

Rachel Harrington: 5:33

Yeah. So we want to make sure that you as the adults are understanding where your own challenges are. And I feel like we can talk about this number one, because Jessica's really thriving in life right now and I'm the one who was like struggling.

Jessica Hill: 5:52

Also, I will say, disclaimer, I do a lot of the things that we're going to talk about today, in order to feel regulated, because I feel like if I didn't do all the things that I do every day...

Rachel Harrington: 6:13

Okay, sorry, I'll let you talk.

Jessica Hill: 6:14

I'll move on. I would be in survival mode if I didn't do all these things.

Rachel Harrington: 6:22

I do a lot of them, too. I have to really focus on a lot of these regulation strategies myself. And we'll talk about that as well.

Jessica Hill: 6:31

So yeah, so understanding exactly what your challenges are as the adult as the parent, do you struggle with organization? Do you become overstimulated with too much noise? Too much touch? And we do have an episode on overstimulation for adults or sensory overload for adults. So we'll link that in the show notes. Because that's also a very helpful episode. Are you struggling because you're not getting enough sleep, or you're missing essential nutrient nutrients from your diet? So I think just taking a moment, maybe journaling, just identifying what exactly is it that you are struggling with that's causing you to feel like you're in survival mode all the time?

Rachel Harrington: 7:14

I think that's really important to be honest with yourself. And I feel like when you are in survival mode, it's hard to take a step back and be like, Oh, okay, like I really struggled with this. Like when we were interviewing Ashley, from it was our psychologist episode about ADHD. And I was like, Oh, my God, I struggle with that. Oh, my God, I struggle with that. Oh, my God, like, this is all me. And I Yeah, and I really had that, like, come to Jesus moment where it was like, Oh, wow, I do really struggle with a lot of things. I obviously knew about the sensory stuff that I struggled with, and the sleep stuff. So like, really, you know, and I'm seeing the functional medicine doctor and working on the essential nutrients, I am doing all of these things, we're really trying to figure it all out.

Jessica Hill: 7:59

But I do think it's important to think about if you weren't doing a lot of these things, you would feel so dysregulated, you'd be in more survival mode than you already are.

Rachel Harrington: 8:10

Oh absolutely. I'd be so off like the deep end, I don't even know how I would like still, like, keep my head above water.

Jessica Hill: 8:18

So I think that's a good point, too, to know that we are practicing what we're preaching to you today. But also, there's research and science behind the things we're talking about, that prove that these are effective to help with nervous system regulation.

Rachel Harrington: 8:36

So we're gonna give you some strategies, we're going to talk about things that we do, we're going to talk about just some evidence based strategies that can help your nervous system help overall regulation, help emotional regulation. So we're going to share some things that if you just take away one thing.,

Jessica Hill: 8:54

Yeah, one thing. Pick one thing that we talked about today and do it everyday for a week, and see if it helps.

Rachel Harrington: 9:02

What we don't want to happen is for you to listen to this episode, and just be like, oh, gosh, I am. I'm just like a hot mess. I can't do anything and you're like, you just get even more overwhelmed because we give you, we're gonna give you a lot of strategies, and you're not gonna like analysis by paralysis by analysis, paralysis by analysis. Yeah, you're gonna be like, oh my gosh, I can't do any of these things. Just pick one. Okay, you've got this. Just one.

Jessica Hill: 9:27

Just one. The first one is to go for a walk outside. Go around the block. Just get some fresh air. Don't even take headphones or your earbuds. Take deep breaths while you're walking and just go for a walk outside. Try to do it alone. I think especially if you are struggling with parenting and like your kids are overstimulating you. Then see if you can take a five minute walk by yourself. Ask your partner for help. Ask a friend or a neighbor .Just like hang out with your kids for a couple minutes while you go for a quick walk, and just being outside, getting grounded, breathing in the fresh air, getting the natural light, listening to the natural sounds can be so regulating.

Rachel Harrington: 10:18

I love that one. Practice that one. Love it. Okay, next one drink more water. Ah, I know it sounds so silly. But honestly, I think a lot of you listening are probably dehydrated.

Jessica Hill: 10:29

I get dehydrated when I'm at the clinic. Oh, yeah. Because I'm go go go, especially when I have three kids in a row. I barely drink any water and then I'll pick up my water bottle and it's still full and I'm like crap, I'm behind on my water. Yeah, so it happens to all of us.

Rachel Harrington: 10:44

So if you want to buy a fun water bottle,

Jessica Hill: 10:45

Even if you don't have you know, you don't want to you know buy one with a straw. I love my Owala water bottle. It go spend extra money on it. Because a lot of times the definitely provides a little bit of proprioceptive input when I drink which is also a plus. You know, try to aim set a goal for yourself to drink the entire water bottle maybe two, you might even have to set reminders on your phone like hey Siri, remind me to drink water every hour. So yeah, there you go. Take advantage of technology and remind yourself to drink water because I know when you're like home with the kids all day and cleaner ones are a little pricier. That's okay. You could you are focusing on getting them to drink water and making snacks for them and taking them out and about you definitely put your needs aside and we want to make sure that we're drinking water. Also get some electrolytes. Do you drink the element ones I drink the Redmond's Real Salt ones I love which they're both very similar. So yeah, get some electrolytes, some clean electrolytes. We're not saying go drink some Gatorade because that is fully blue dye. just sprinkle some salt into your water just to add a little bit of that salt because I this could be a whole nother topic. But I know that salt has been demonized for so long, but it has been proven that our bodies need salt to survive.

Rachel Harrington: 12:23

But get the good salt don't get like you know not the...

Jessica Hill: 12:26

Traditional table salt. Yeah, use some like pink Himalayan salt. And sprinkle a little bit in your water. And I'll probably taste weird at first.

Rachel Harrington: 12:34

Put some lemon, like a couple of drops of lemon essential oil.

Jessica Hill: 12:40

I really liked your strategy of using a timer on your phone. Use technology to your advantage. We all have our phones with us all day long. So, if you have a smartwatch, take advantage of a reminder every hour to drink some water. Okay, next is to diffuse some essential oils in your house and open the windows for some fresh air. I do this date well, okay, I don't use essential oils daily. But I do open my windows every single day, even in the middle of winter. Like the hottest part of the day. I'll go around and I'll open all the windows for just a few minutes. Even if it's just five minutes. It does let in some cold air. But what it does is it lets in fresh air, which if you are in the house all day long, or in the office all day long that fresh air is invigorating, and is so beneficial for you. Especially being inside of a building all day long one our bodies aren't meant for that we're not meant to breathe stale, moldy air all day. Long, right? But then yeah, diffuse some essential oils. That is such a great strategy, especially if you're in the house all day long. And then the other one was to, you know, we've talked about this many times, get a scrunchie and create an essential oil scrunchie so that you have just that little olfactory input with you all day long to maybe help wake your brain up a little bit and feel more calm and regulated.

Rachel Harrington: 14:22

My kids will grab my oils because they're in a location where they can reach them. And they'll grab them and Trip will get a bottle and he'll like tip his head back and like chug it and he's like, Mom, this is my wine. This is my wine... So he's like, do you want some? I'm like, Yeah, of course. So that's fun. And then we'll put like a drop in our hands and rub it together and smell it and they just like smells so hard. It's so cute.

Jessica Hill: 14:49

I cannot wait for everyone to hear you sniffing so loudly through there.

Rachel Harrington: 14:56

It's like one of those things. It's just so overwhelming. Alright, Should I do it again? Yeah, to my gun really loud, too?

Jessica Hill: 15:02

Oh, that's my thing.

Rachel Harrington: 15:05

Okay, next one, listen to some music. What kind of music do you love, what makes you want to dance and sing and party? I just feel like this is so overlooked and the hustle and bustle every day we forget to play. And I was talking to Daniel about this a couple of weeks ago. I'm like people, we need to just really focus on being playful and having fun. And every night we have like one of those Tony's boxes where they like play music with the little characters that we put on our Laurie Berkner Tony's box thing. And it's like the same songs, but we sing them, we dance, we just have a little party. And it's so fun.

Jessica Hill: 15:49

I like that tip also of being playful. Maybe this could be another tip here of you know, if you have multiple children, and you're really struggling to spend time, like intentional time every day with your child or children, to just be playful with them, let them lead, play a game, dance and sing to some music. I think that's a really great tip.

Rachel Harrington: 16:11

We wrestle a lot. Yeah, fly around the house. And, you know, it's something that it's it gets forgotten in the hustle and bustle every day.

Jessica Hill: 16:20

Well, and as adults, we're traditionally we're taught to be serious and be focused and be organized. And being an adult is such a serious thing. But it doesn't have to be. Playing and being silly and moving and running. keeps us young, right? That's not the thing, we want to stay young. All right, so listen to music, play be playful. Next, this is a really easy, I say easy, it's probably not as easy as I say it is. But it seems easy to me do a quick yoga stretch. So this is really great. If you are sitting down a lot throughout the day, if you work at a desk, do a quick three minute yoga stretch, every hour, every two hours. If you're with your kids all day long, do it with them, have them do this with you, this can be your brain break for the day, one of your brain, one of your brain breaks, it doesn't have to be super complex, you can start on your hands and knees and go through that cow stretch three times move into downward facing dog and really try to push your hips up to the ceiling, then move down into the cobra pose and really stretch your neck to look up. And you can move through this sequence three to five times, it just takes a couple of quick minutes. And it can be so helpful.

Rachel Harrington: 17:42

Really, the goal here with this one is to get your head into, one of the goals, is to get your head into different positions because that provides a lot of alerting vestibular input. It's a great reset button, a great refresh. And just these are also helpful for primitive reflex integration as well. So I always like to add these in after I work out. But if you don't have time to like actually do like a full workout, you know, just taking a couple of quick breaks throughout the day, do some yoga.

Jessica Hill: 18:11

It's also very grounding, because you're on the ground and you're pushing with your muscles and you're putting some stretch into your muscles in your tendons and it can be very grounding and organizing as well. So a really great one to try.

Rachel Harrington: 18:26

Okay, last one here that we're going to chat about. No, the last one in this section.

Jessica Hill: 18:32

Yeah, of like the little things that you can do today.

Rachel Harrington: 18:36

This is something that I really survive by. It's really helpful tidying your space, either in the morning, during lunch, during naps. At the end of the day. I feel like this is just me personally, but having all the stuff all over like my counter and the floor like kids play and it's good. And it's fun. And that's important. But also like I need to make sure that I'm not visually overstimulated. And it happens a lot to me. So I always at the end of the day, try to just clean the space, put the things away. And if I don't get to it in the evening, then Daniel will do it in the morning. So we kind of tag team it that way. But I also think that tidying your space mentally, and like digitally is also really helpful.

Jessica Hill: 19:29

Closing all of your tabs on your computer.

Rachel Harrington: 19:32

I'm still working.

Jessica Hill: 19:34

I'm really good at that one. I gotta get rid of all these tabs.

Rachel Harrington: 19:37

I didn't clean up some of my like screenshots on my desktop, though. Yeah, so yeah, yeah, tidying your space. Yeah,

Jessica Hill: 19:48

I do this I make sure. I try to make sure to I will say one area of tidying that I struggle with, and I clean my kitchen every evening. Yes, so that when I wake up in the morning, I can come into the kitchen and And I enter like a think you struggle with this, too, is putting away clean clean organized space first thing in the morning. I also I laundry. Oh my gosh, I did it last night, though. And I felt so good make my bed. Yeah, pretty much every day. So then I come home and in the evening, it's time for bed and I go into my room and my beds nicely made and ready to go. So these little things of just like picking up and tidying up, can be so beneficial mentally, and can just help you feel more organized. afterwards. And I wish that every time I did laundry, I could convince myself, how about how good I'll feel when it's done? Because it's so hard.

Rachel Harrington: 20:47

I know. I know. So hard. So yeah, that's one that will definitely like, let go too far and spend some time the whole way. Through all the things but yeah, yeah. So those are little things that you can do every day, pick one thing, or two things or do them all, if you really want to go big and go home.

Jessica Hill: 21:08

Yeah, I think the trick is to get into a habit and a routine with them. If you can build a routine around going for a walk every day, drinking more water, opening the windows, taking a movement break, being more playful, tidying up a little bit around the house, if you can build those into your daily routine, then ideally, you won't feel like you're in survival mode as much. Yeah, because you, it's almost like, when you're in survival mode, you feel like you're out of control. But taking control of these little things that you can do every day gives you back that sense of control. Okay, let's talk about bigger things that you can do. Alright, things that require more time, more effort for planning, but are also so beneficial to getting out of that survival mode.

Rachel Harrington: 22:01

The first one is to get more sleep. And it's funny that I'm the one sharing this idea.

Jessica Hill: 22:06

I mean, I did put it in the hour.

Rachel Harrington: 22:07

I know. This means that you might have to go to bed earlier. I'm just going to be real with you. This is definitely an area that I struggle with. Because once I get the kids to bed, I like to sit down and have some me times and quiet time like to work on some creative things. I like to watch some trash TV that I can just take my brain off of everything. Not the best I know. But it's honestly what I need. And sometimes I don't go to bed early enough. And then the kids wake up in the middle of night and I'm tired. But I will say last night I went to bed at like 930. Well, I was in bed I was watching below deck still and went to bed and I was asleep before Austin woke up for the first time, which doesn't usually happen. No good. So yeah. But regardless, I still feel like it's important to tell you that you need to sleep more.

Jessica Hill: 23:04

Sleep is so important. And maybe it is something that is not going to be on your list to focus on right now because of your situation, your kids getting up in the middle of the night or your kids not sleeping well or there's a safety concern of your child at night, whatever it is, and that's fine. But just maybe keep it in the back of your mind to find a couple of times throughout the month where you can get more sleep, or maybe take a nap in the middle of the day if you can. Just something to keep in mind because sleep is so important. So if it's something you can add to your list to focus on, that's great. If not right now, maybe later.

Rachel Harrington: 23:43

I do want to say that. So we interviewed Jessica from rooting and routines a little while ago about toilet training. Oh gosh, that's a long time. Yeah. And she just had her second baby and she struggled so much with the lack of sleep. You know with her first that her and her husband came up with like this really unique plan to like alternate sleep and so if you can go to her account is rooted in routine. Definitely check that out because she shared some really helpful tips to help her sleep and her husband's sleep more kind of like dividing and conquering the nighttime stuff. Yeah, so it didn't rely on her to wake up and feed the baby every every two hours. So just something to to look at if you are in that season.

Jessica Hill: 24:29

The next one is to implement a consistent exercise routine. This doesn't have to be big complex an hour at the gym. This could be a daily five minute walk, a daily hike, weekly yoga practice which I've actually started implementing because I found a really great Yoga studio in my neighborhood that I love. A daily weightlifting routine, even just 15 minutes of any type of movement. Exercise has immense benefits to your nervous system. So, I mean 15 minutes three times a week.

Rachel Harrington: 25:07

There's actually a lot of research out there for my ADHD'ers. If you do like a high intensity 10 minute high intensity interval exercise first thing in the morning, it really helps increase the dopamine, improve your attention and focus and just boost your mood. And so that would be something to think about too... just 10 minutes like get your heart rate up, up up and really fire that dopamine.

Jessica Hill: 25:32

not talk about it. The next one would be to complete a therapeutic listening program protocol, we talk about them all the time because they are so beneficial. Advanced Brain Technologies has the listening program. Integrated listening systems has the safe and sound protocol. There's a couple of other ones out there. But these are the two that we really love. They are essentially workouts for your brain. And you can listen to them while you tidy up your space and do the dishes. You can listen to them while you are going for a walk. You can listen to them while you are driving. So it's not even something that you have to carve out extra time for. It's something that you can add into your already daily

Rachel Harrington: 26:27

Really, the biggest thing you don't want to routine. do is listen while you're watching like a screen or working on a screen. So like while you're doing the dishes is great time. Okay, next one, focus on eating, you know,"healthier" and prioritizing protein at every meal. I feel like we're all very work dehydrated or protein deficient. So we're nutrient deficient. We've got lots of nutrient deficiencies. So focus on whole foods. Focus on what makes you feel good. I know for me, there was a lot of vegetables that just don't agree with me.

Jessica Hill: 27:04

You know, I'm curious about that. Is it uncooked vegetables?

Rachel Harrington: 27:08

I don't know, just like certain vegetables that like, here's my theory, things like asparagus that grows from the ground and has no defense mechanism. It's got like, little like, not antibodies, but like little warriors on it that like, you know, they don't want to be eaten by animals. So if an animal eats it, the animal gets sick, I don't eat it anymore. So things like that those types of vegetables don't agree with me, but things like bananas because they have a peel and grow from a tree. Those are fine.

Jessica Hill: 27:42

I do like this one. Because I think in our society today, we're so fast paced, so go, go go. So it becomes a habit to just grab something from a fast food restaurant or the order in because we don't we feel like we don't have time to make our own food. And I'm guilty of this, I've done this plenty of times. DoorDash is like one of my best friends. And I will go through phases where I will uninstall the app from my phone, so I won't order it. And then all of a sudden one day, I'm like running behind and I have no food prepped and I'm like, I'll just DoorDash it and I reinstall the app on my phone. So we're all guilty of this. But I think kind of like the the 80/20 rule. If 80% of the time you can focus on whole foods, drinking water, getting enough protein, and then 20% of the time you use something that's more convenient when you need it. The potential benefits of that are huge.

Rachel Harrington: 28:42

Yep. So there you go.

Jessica Hill: 28:44

Going along with that seeking out a functional medicine practitioner to look at any nutrition deficiencies, any mold...

Rachel Harrington: 28:54

...mold issues, heavy metal toxicity...

Jessica Hill: 28:57

Any of those things, because those cause inflammation in our body, cause inflammation in our brains, and can have such negative impacts that seeking someone out who can help you test for these and then provide you with ways to help detox your body to feel better, or to get more of those essential micro and macro nutrients can be really helpful. It's definitely more on the expensive side, which is why it's in our bigger tips category, but it is something that can be so helpful.

Rachel Harrington: 29:30

Yeah. And if you follow, like my account the sensory project, then, you know, this is what I've been working on for a year. And I feel like the reason why it's taken me a year is because it is so expensive, and I have to like save up for all these different tests and seeing the doctor and doing all the things so it's definitely a longer process, but I will say it's been really eye opening to find the mold and find the heavy metals and I basically have an undercut right now from all the hair they've cut off to test for heavy metals and taking the supplements and improving my thyroid, and so it's been, it's been a really eye opening process. But I honestly, I can't recommend it enough. I've got my husband going there, my mom going there. I'm like, just, I just want everyone to find the root cause and work on it from the inside out.

Jessica Hill: 30:21

Our last one for today, I think, is to seek out counseling, seek out some therapy. You know, I think so often when we're dealing with not only our own personal challenges, but the challenges that our children are going through, it creates a lot of trauma. And having an outside perspective, and someone to talk to, who can be more objective is a game changer.

Rachel Harrington: 30:50

Yes, I worked with one when I was going through the ADHD stuff at the beginning of the year. And it was really helpful to just have more strategies, more information, and just someone to piggyback ideas off, like, Hey, I tried this, but didn't work. So well. What do you think and I definitely recommend that for yourself. If you are struggling with your partner, definitely seek out marriage counseling, I think that can be so beneficial just to have someone you know, give you just be a mediator and kind of help you work through some things. Because I feel like a lot of times in relationships you have like these underlying, like, what's the word that I'm thinking of? Not guilt, but like a grudge, you hold grudges, and if you don't talk it out and communicate that it just like builds up this animosity. And it's like, oh, yeah, I remember like, three, three weeks ago, Joe, you know, didn't take the trash out. And I had to do it. And it just made me so mad. I'm still mad about it, you know.

Jessica Hill: 31:46

And a counselor can help you, like come up with ways to solve those problems, and how to work together and compromise to make it so that you work together as a team. Especially with your kids and to help you have that team approach to raising your children.

Rachel Harrington: 32:03

So there you go. Lots things big things, little things. Were getting out of survival mode, we're doing it together. You and me both Jessica's in lala land over there.

Jessica Hill: 32:15

I do 90% of these things we just talked about.

Rachel Harrington: 32:19

And you're not even in survival mode, but you are preventing survival mode.

Jessica Hill: 32:23

I'm being very proactive, because I feel like I could fall into survival mode pretty quick. If I didn't do a lot of these things. And there are weeks where I don't work out as much. And I feel, I can feel it. I can feel how not getting that exercise or not going for a walk impacts how I feel. So it's a very proactive approach. If you're in survival mode, it's all about one step at a time. I don't even know what thisepisode is.

Rachel Harrington: 32:59

This is a long one. Let's be done. Hopefully that was helpful. Take one thing take little weighing.

Jessica Hill: 33:04

If you found this episode helpful, let us know you can send us a message on Instagram. You could also take a screenshot of this episode, post it to your stories and tag us we're at @allthingssensory podcast. Let us know what strategies you're already using or which strategy you're going to start using. And just let us know how it goes.

Rachel Harrington: 33:27

And with that, we will plan on chatting to you next Wednesday. Goodbye. Thank you so much for listening to All Things Sensory by Harkla

Jessica Hill: 33:35

If you want more information on anything mentioned in the show, head over to Harkla.co/podcast to get the show notes.

Rachel Harrington: 33:44

If you have any follow up questions, the best place to ask those is in the comments on the show notes or message us on our Instagram account which is at Harkless underscore family or@allthingssensory podcast. If you just search Harkla you'll find us there.

Jessica Hill: 34:00

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Rachel Harrington: 34:18

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Jessica Hill: 34:24

We are so excited to work together to help create competent kids all over the world. While we make every effort to share correct information we're still learning.

Rachel Harrington: 34:33

We will double check all of our facts but realize that medicine is a constantly changing science and art.

Jessica Hill: 34:39

One doctor or therapist may have a different way of doing things from another.

Rachel Harrington: 34:42

We are simply presenting our views and opinions on how to address common sensory challenges health related difficulties, and what we have found to be beneficial. That will be as evidence based as possible.

Jessica Hill: 34:54

By listening to this podcast you agree not to use this podcast as medical advice to treat anyone medical condition in either yourself or your child

Rachel Harrington: 35:02

Consult your child's pediatrician or therapist for any medical issues that he or she may be having.

Jessica Hill: 35:08

This entire disclaimer also applies to any guests or contributors to the podcast.

Rachel Harrington: 35:13

Thanks so much for listening.