ELISHA BIDWELL
About Elisha Bidwell (she/her)
I provide compassionate and inclusive coaching and support to parents who are struggling to raise children in a culture that insists on conformity to systems that simply do not work for them and are, in many ways, harmful. I help parents welcome all parts of themselves and create worlds that both
support and welcome
their children's needs--while navigating tough behaviors. I love helping parents connect with new perspectives, ideas, and ways of being (with themselves and with their children) that offer them a more grounded, flexible, and sustainable parenting approach. I am neurodiversity affirming, trauma-informed, LGBTQIA affirming, and center lived-experience and disabled wisdom.
Some areas of experience that help me support parents like you:
- Autism and PDA
- ADHD
- Sensory Sensitivities
- Complex Trauma
- PANS/PANDAS and Complex Neuroimmune Issues
- Nervous System-Focused-Parenting
- Low Demand Parenting
- Neuro Affirming Advocacy
- Parental Burnout
- Chronic and Autoimmune Illness
Free Digital Care Packages for Parental Burnout
"Living into the future, creating the culture we want with the people closest to us is a declaration of love and commitment."
-Mia Birdsong, author of How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Coaching for parents of kids with brain-based disabilities, complex medical challenges, trauma, sensitive nervous systems and/or children who may otherwise be deeply misunderstood within the context of behavioral, educational, or other dominant paradigms ▪️
We work together to
understand what's driving behavior so we can
develop parenting strategies rooted in
relational safety and
compassionate boundaries. We may work to define your truest beliefs and values, challenge or unlearn old paradigms and explore energetic boundaries so you can feel
solid and grounded in your parenting. We may also
anchor your voice as a your child's fiercest advocate. Foundational to my approach is a
relational neuroscience lens and a commitment to
centering disabled wisdom and joy. Together, we collaborate toward a way of parenting that is rooted in our deepest hopes for our collective futures.
Support for parents and caregivers healing from chronic stress and burnout through attention to the
nourishment of your own nervous system ▪️ We collaborate to find access to deep
rest and spaciousness in your system, even if nothing in your outer environment changes. We also work to discover what
can change in your inner and outer environments to
welcome more ease into your life. We lean into the
wisdom of your nervous system while borrowing from relational neuroscience, as well as, the
lived-experience wisdom and technologies that have long sustained the chronically ill, disabled, and neurodivergent communities. I am also familiar with the chronic health conditions and adrenal or hormonal dysregulation that may need to be explored as a part of addressing caregiver burnout. We will identify ways to increase your capacity while acknowledging the very real lack of resources available to caregivers.
More information coming soon about new courses, groups and retreats for parental burnout!
Caregiving is isolating. Stressed and under-resourced caregivers need connection. You were never meant to do this alone. In fact, we are wired to be in community, especially during the caregiving years. Connection buffers us from the impacts of chronic stress. The trouble is many of us were never shown how to truly be in intimate spaces, being seen in our vulnerability, imperfection, and messiness. And when our caregiving journey doesn't look like what we've been led to believe is acceptable, desirable, and "normal," there are fewer spaces where our particular brands of vulnerability and messiness feel safe or welcomed. Here, all parts of you are welcome.
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