TPP 519: Brendan Mahan on Overcoming the Wall of Awful

TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids by Debbie Reber

Sep 1, 202643:16Kids & family

What if the reason you or your child can’t “just do the thing” is not laziness, but a Wall of Awful built from repeated frustration, shame, anxiety, and failure? Brendan Mahan breaks down the hidden emotional barrier beh...

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