Parents as Warriors: Loving Our Children Through The Storms with Dave Herz
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What happens when our children push every button we have—and still need us to show up with love, connection, and compassion?
In this powerful episode of Empowering Exceptional Minds, host Maayan Glaser-Koren sits down with Dave Herz, Co-Founder of Wonder: A Confident Living Company, to discuss trauma, neurodivergence, school refusal, and the critical role of the family system in supporting children and teens.
Together, they explore how behaviors are often a window into the nervous system and why healing cannot happen in isolation. Dave shares his insights on supporting neurodivergent children through some of their most challenging moments while helping parents move from survival mode to connection.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Trauma and its impact on children, teens, and families.
- Neurodivergence and understanding behavior through a nervous system lens.
- School refusal and what it is communicating.
- The importance of family systems and relational healing.
- How to stay connected when our children are dysregulated.
- Parenting through uncertainty, burnout, and big emotions.
Whether you're parenting a child with autism, ADHD, anxiety, OCD, PDA, learning differences, or navigating school refusal, this conversation offers practical insights and a reminder that you are not alone.
Because sometimes loving our children means standing beside them in the storm—and helping them find their way through it.
Learn more about Dave Herz and Wonder: A Confident Living Company at https://www.teamwonder.org/.
