Hey ,

It's the start of whole new adventure today!

I wonder if you'll join me on this interoception journey? (see what I did there 😉)

I have to say I sure hope so. Each step we take into new topics and ideas gives us a new way to think about that kid in front of us. You know the old saying,

If all we have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail

And this is SO true for the work we do. We don't need to be masters of everything but the kids we work with sure do benefit from out detective work. Every one of our spotlight guests has given me a new perspective and a new lens to explore what might be going on for the kiddo in front of me. Which makes me a more effective therapist (even if I'm still not always sure of exactly what I need to do about it 🙃)

All this is to say, I am so grateful for you being part of this collective, because when I reach out to potential guests, I entice them with the promise of a whole bunch of enthusiastic, passionate and open minded therapists who love to learn, learn, learn. You make it possible for me to pull in some of the most sought after experts in our world of pediatric re/habillitation and Kelly Mahler is just such a person.

So...

I hope you take advantage of the good stuff you've made possible. In return, I'm doing as much as I can to make it as easy as I can for you to absorb all the clinical wisdom we can extract from Kelly. We start with our Spotlight snippets - a short 10 minute video each week to get your brain thinking about Interoception as you go about your usual day.

Then we move onto The Wise Table and Scholar Sip Café. My two favorite activities - these never disappoint - but man Kelly's got a super interesting and special Wise Table guest in mind (I can't wait to share more 🤐) and the research around interoception is FASCINATING!! So watch this space! Once we've finalized guests and times, all you have to do is show up to absorb the wisdom and grab the nuggets.

And somewhere in between this, if you haven't started thinking about your kids and seeing things a little differently I'll eat my hat! Which is why we have the Laser Coaching sessions scheduled in for you take the ideas and concepts from theory to practical. Look out for expressions of interest to have a one-on-one conversation with Kelly, either about a child you are working with, or even how you can problem solve integrating interoception into your existing work place. These opportunities are gold! Grab them!!

So all this to say...

If you haven't yet made logging into the dashboard part of your daily routine, now is the time to think about how you can do that.

1. There's a weekly email that will prompt you to log on and hopefully entice you with what's happening.
2. You can access all the content on the Dashboard via your mobile phone.
3. You can listen in to the private podcast when you're out and about.

Just hit reply to this email and ask me about any of these if you need help with them.

But most important!!

If you want to make sure you are taking advantage of your brains natural ability to be amazing by shaping habits, the science tell us you have to do one really important thing - you have to

Make your progress visible!!

Seriously - don't let this one behaviour change essential slip past you. Absorbing knowledge in the Wired Collective is hands down the easiest way to learn, but you do have to take action!

What action?

Take 5 minutes to find out where you are on the interoception therapist scale. This way it will be obvious how much progress you've made just by hanging out with your amazing Wired Collective crew.

Because it's so much fun, it doesn't feel like work, so you might not recognize your brilliance. But when you do, your brain is super charged to keep doing the good stuff - so make it visible - your future self will thank you!

What kind of an Interoception Therapist are you?

Here's to the start of our next amazing journey together - I wonder how much fun we will have 😉

With so much enthusiasm,

Mindy

PS. Last week our amazing Wired Collective member Jane Hamer gave a presentation jam packed full of stuff you need to know about sleep and 24 Hour Postural Care. It's in the dashboard waiting for your comments. Thank you Jane for sharing this exclusively with our collective ♥️