Wired To Feel
A Parent-Led Program for Teaching Neurodivergent Kids to Regulate Their Emotions
Psychologist-designed. Parent-implemented. Built for ADHD, autistic, anxious, and AuDHD kids.
14-day money-back guarantee. Self-paced. Yours to keep — use it again with every kid you raise.
The program built for the families who couldn't get a session — starting right now, without the waitlist.
You Already Know the Moment
It's 6:40. Dinner's getting cold. Your kid is on the kitchen floor, one shoe off, screaming about a sock — and you already know this was never really about the sock.
Or the homework. Or the change in plans. Or the thing their sibling said an hour ago that's somehow still happening.
And there's that split-second pause where you're already trying to decide what to do — even though you've tried everything before and none of it seems to hold in moments like this.
You know that. You've known it for a while.
And right now — it's happening again. In your house. At the exact moment you wish you could just get ahead of it.
What you don't have in that moment is the next step: a way to help your child notice a feeling before it floods, put a real word to it instead of acting it out, and bring it back down without it all landing on you every single time.
You already understand the why. This isn't that course.
This is the one that teaches the how — a skill your child can actually use, built step by step, practiced when they're regulated enough to learn it, until it starts showing up when they're not.
If you've ever thought, "We've tried this before…"
Maybe you've practiced deep breathing. Downloaded feelings charts. Read the books. Listened to the podcasts. Maybe your child has already worked on this in therapy.
And yet, when they're overwhelmed after school, or frustrated with a sibling — it can feel like none of it is there in the moment.
That doesn't mean the strategies were wrong. It usually means your child learned a skill in one setting but didn't get enough support using it in real life, in the moment feelings are actually happening.
Here's what nobody tells you about emotional regulation: it isn't one skill. It's four.
Recognizing a feeling — on a face, then on their own.
Naming it — in their own words, not a worksheet's.
Sensing it — knowing how big it is, and where it lives in the body.
Working with it — tools that actually bring it back down.
Skip a step and it usually falls apart right when you need it most. Build them in order, and something clicks that wasn't there before.
And because every lesson tells you what to watch for, you'll start to notice which of the four your child already has — and which one is missing. In most kids, there's one that quietly breaks the chain.
What Wired to Feel actually is
Like bringing a specialist home — on your timeline, without the waitlist.
Wired to Feel is a parent-guided program built from Dr. Kristi's clinical work with ADHD, autistic, anxious, and AuDHD kids — adapted so you can do it at home, at your own pace, without a copay.
Each lesson follows the same structure, so you're never guessing what comes next — you don't have to figure out what to say in the moment, because someone already worked it out and wrote it down for you.
A short parent video explaining the skill and why it matters developmentally.
A second parent video walking you through exactly how to run the activity — what to say, how to introduce it, and what to do if your child resists, gets silly, shuts down, or the moment just doesn't go as planned.
A guided video made just for your child that walks them through the activity itself.
A facilitation guide so you're never left wondering if you did it "right."
Every child's brain handles stress differently — melts down fast, shuts down quiet, needs to move, needs to talk it out. Every lesson has guidance built for that specific pattern, not a generic script that only works for some kids.
This isn't a course you hand your child and walk away from. You're in the room. That's the point — the goal was never for your child to complete an activity. It's for the skill to eventually show up on its own, at school, with a sibling, on a hard Tuesday when you're not standing there. Your role shifts as that happens: from running every step, to supporting when needed, to standing quietly nearby while your child runs it themselves.
How this is different from what you've already tried
Most parenting resources aren't wrong. They're just missing the part that matters most in the moment.
| Most parenting resources | Wired to Feel |
|---|---|
| Help you understand what's happening | Teach the actual skill, one piece at a time |
| Hand you strategies and leave you to figure it out | Tell you exactly what to say — and what to do when it falls apart anyway |
| Assume it'll go smoothly | Tell you what to do when your child checks out — because they will |
| Teach it once and hope it sticks | Build in enough repetition and fading support that it actually transfers |
Knowing what to do was never really the gap. The gap is knowing how to teach it, in your kitchen, at 6pm, when things are already falling apart.
Whats Inside?
11 lessons across 4 modules — each one small enough to use tonight, sequenced so the skills build on each other. You're never starting from a blank page.
Module 1
Building the Language of Feelings
Real words for what they feel — their own words, not a worksheet's.
Module 2
Feelings Have a Body
Where a feeling lives, and how big it is. This is what turns "I'm mad" into "I'm at a 4" — the precision that makes everything after this possible.
Module 3
Building Regulation Tools
Breathing that actually works. Progressive Muscle Relaxation. A menu of tools matched to your child's specific brain — because what calms an anxious kid usually isn't what calms a kid who needs to move.
Module 4
Making It Stick
Turning practice into habit, and turning your involvement from constant to occasional as your child takes the wheel.
Also included:
Two parent videos per lesson (why, then how) plus a guided video for your child
Two versions of most activities, matched to readiness rather than age
ND-specific guidance in every lesson — ADHD, autism, anxiety, AuDHD
Feelings thermometers, body sensation tools, breathing and PMR audio, guided meditations, and the Regulation Ladder
Lifetime access — rerun it with another child, years from now if you need to
A few honest boundaries
This isn't a replacement for therapy. If your child is in crisis, or you're seeing self-harm or significant aggression, please reach out for professional support first. This can sit alongside that work — it isn't built to carry it alone.
This isn't behavior modification. It's not a sticker chart for compliance, and it's not about getting your child to stop having big feelings.
This isn't going to be finished by Friday. The skills in here build on each other over roughly three to four months of going at your own pace — often longer for neurodivergent kids, and that's not a flaw. Executive functioning differences mean skills take more repetition to stick, and more external structure to access under stress. Some weeks will feel like real progress. Others will feel like nothing moved at all. Both are normal, and neither means it isn't working.
Picture this
Your kid is melting down after school. Backpack thrown, voice climbing, the whole thing building the way it always does.
And somewhere in the middle of it — not calmly, not neatly — they choke out, "I think I'm a 4."
It doesn't fix everything. They're still crying. Still overwhelmed.
But something is different.
They reach for the breathing card. Drop it. Pick it up again because their hands aren't quite cooperating yet, and nobody is rushing them through it. And this time, they stay with it instead of spiraling further away from it.
You don't jump in and take over. You don't have to. You just stay close enough that they can keep trying.
Another night, you ask "how was your day?" expecting "fine." And instead you get a real answer. A feeling word. Not perfect, not complete — but real.
Some days none of the tools show up at all. That's still part of it.
This isn't about your child never falling apart again.
It's about there being something in between now — a step before the full collapse, a language they can sometimes reach for, a moment where you're not the only system holding everything together.
And over time, those moments start showing up more often than they used to.
That's eleven lessons, done at your pace, with a script for every hard moment along the way.
What this actually costs
| Traditional Therapy | Wired to Feel |
|---|---|
| A single session with a child psychologist or therapist often runs $150–$250 or more — for one hour, once. | Teach the actual skill, one piece at a time |
$97 - full payment, lifetime access
14-day money-back guarantee: start the Welcome Module and Module 1, and if it's genuinely not the right fit for your family, email within 14 days for a full refund. No hoops.
Who this is for
This is a good fit if you:
Feel like you've tried multiple strategies, but nothing seems to carry over into real life
Understand your child's emotions in theory, but still struggle in the moment when things escalate
Want something structured and step-by-step — not another collection of ideas to sort through
Are willing to practice skills alongside your child, not just talk about them
Appreciate clear guidance on what to say and do when things don't go as planned
Who this isn't for
This isn't the right fit if you're looking for a quick fix, a program that works without your involvement, a replacement for therapy or crisis support, or a guarantee of specific outcomes in every situation.
Wired to Feel requires your presence and practice — not because it's complicated, but because regulation is a skill built through guided repetition in real life, not one-time instruction.
About Dr. Kristi
I built Wired to Feel because of a phone call I couldn't answer the way I wanted to.
A parent reached out to me — desperate, exhausted, asking if I could help their child. I didn't have space on my caseload. And when I looked at what I could actually refer them to, the waitlists were months long, and most providers didn't specialize in neurodivergent kids and emotions specifically. I kept running into that same wall: parents who needed something now, and a system that couldn't give it to them.
I didn't want to just send them away.
Over more than a decade working with ADHD, autistic, anxious, and AuDHD kids, one thing became increasingly clear: children can learn and practice these skills in therapy — but what determines whether those skills actually show up at home is what happens between sessions.
A child might identify feelings in my office, or practice a strategy when things are calm. But at home, in the middle of real life, it can still fall apart. And parents are usually left trying to bridge that gap alone, without clear guidance for how.
So I built the next best thing: a way to bring what I actually do in session into your home, on your timeline — not a workbook you figure out on your own, not a generic feelings chart, but me, walking you through every activity, every conversation, every moment where you're not sure what to do next.
I think of the kids who could name every feeling on a worksheet — but ask them to recall a time they were actually upset, and they couldn't tell you how they'd felt at all. The kids who could take beautiful, textbook deep breaths in my office and still had screaming meltdowns two or three times a week at home. The kids who knew exactly the right answer when I asked them — and just couldn't do the thing when it mattered.
That's the piece nobody names: there's almost always a hole somewhere in the sequence. Recognizing, naming, sensing, applying — a kid can look completely fluent in three of the four and still fall apart, because the fourth one is missing and nobody's found it yet. Finding that hole, and building the specific piece that's missing, is most of the actual work.
I'm a licensed psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and mom to a kid who is wired differently. I know what the research says. I also know what it's like to be the parent in the room when your child shuts down, can't find the words, and feels everything at once.
A few common questions
Does my child need a diagnosis for this to work? No. This is built around readiness, not a label. Whether your child is seven or fourteen, if they're just beginning to build language for their internal world, this is the right starting point.
My child doesn't talk much / is nonspeaking. Will this work? What matters is whether your child can currently communicate complex ideas in some form — spoken, written, drawn, or AAC. If that's genuinely available to your child, this can be adapted. If you're not sure, reach out before you buy.
How much time does this actually take? Most lessons take one sitting — roughly 15–30 minutes once you've watched the prep videos. Some take a few sessions. There's no deadline. You and your child move at the pace that's actually true for you.
Can we use this alongside therapy? Yes. Just let your child's therapist know what you're working on so session time isn't spent covering the same ground twice.
What if my child resists or shuts down during a lesson? That's covered directly in the Welcome Module and in every lesson — what to do, what not to say, and when to come back to it another day. Resistance is information, not failure.
Can this replace therapy? No. If your child is in crisis, or you're seeing self-harm or significant aggression, please seek professional support first. This program is designed to support skill-building at home and to complement professional care, not carry it alone.
You already know what's happening underneath the meltdowns. Now you have a way to actually do something with that — one lesson, one feeling, one small piece of language at a time.
This is the program I wish I could have handed every family I couldn't fit into my schedule — the ones who needed something right now, not months from now. I'm glad you found it.
14-day money-back guarantee. Self-paced. Yours to keep.