In this episode, counsellor and parenting coach Jami Kirkbride opens up about what she has learned raising seven children, including a neurodivergent child with ADHD and a mood disorder, and how that journey transformed both her parenting and her professional practice as a counsellor and coach.

Jami explores what happens when we stop treating behaviour as the problem and start getting curious about what it is communicating. She talks honestly about after-school restraint collapse, body budget, sensory overwhelm, and why the most challenging moments are often the most important signals a child can send.

At the heart of it all is Jami’s belief that every child is uniquely wired and that when parents understand that wiring, parenting stops feeling like a battle and starts feeling like a connection. She also shares something rarely talked about: the guilt and shame parents carry, and why giving yourself grace is not weakness but the foundation everything else is built on.

Join Jami and host Clive Wilson for an honest, warm and genuinely useful conversation about seeing your child clearly, supporting yourself first, and why curiosity might be the single most powerful parenting tool there is.

For Jami’s upcoming mums retreat and further resources visit parentingwithpersonality.com

Find Jami’s coaching programme at calmconnectionparent.com

ADHD Freedoms is hosted by Clive Wilson. Find more episodes and resources at adhdfreedoms.com