Thriving Together
Thursdays 3:30-5:30
October 9th-November 27th
Nelson Waldorf School
The registration fee of $200 can be sent to [email protected] to reserve your place.
Questions may also be directed to [email protected]
Thriving Together
Support for Parents Navigating ADHD - with Connection, Clarity, and Care
Connect with other parents, learn practical strategies, and build a more peaceful, connected home—together.
Parenting a child with ADHD can feel isolating—but you don’t have to do it alone.
This program brings together parents who understand the challenges of raising differently wired kids.
In a supportive, judgment-free space, you'll gain tools to navigate emotional regulation, set boundaries with empathy, and reduce overwhelm—for you and your child.
You’ll leave with not just new skills, but a renewed sense of confidence and connection. Most importantly, you’ll be part of a community that gets it—and walks this path with you.
In Person Group Starts October 9th at the Nelson Waldorf School
About This Work
Hi, I'm Ariel-Paul Saunders, and I bring two decades of experience supporting children and families, offering a unique blend of clinical insight, developmental wisdom, and deep presence.
Drawing from my background in Waldorf Education, Somatic Therapy, Contemplative Practice, and the Arts, I help parents and educators create structured, connected, and playful environments where everyone thrives.
My approach is grounded in:
Attachment theory and trauma-informed practice
Nervous system science and polyvagal theory
Strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming perspectives
Real-world classroom experience and educator sustainability
Who is this for?
Parents and caregivers navigating ADHD-related challenges at home—whether diagnosed or suspected.
Families who want more connection, clarity, and calm—but don’t expect a “perfect fix”
Adults open to exploring both practical strategies and the emotional dynamics beneath the surface
Who isn't this for?
Families looking for a quick behavioral intervention without deeper relationship work
Parents who aren’t ready to reflect on their own nervous system patterns or habits
Individuals seeking formal diagnosis or medical treatment (this is not a clinical or diagnostic service)
Week 1: Laying the Foundation
Creating safety, building connection, and setting shared intentions for our time together.
Focus: Ground into the group, explore your values, and name the unique strengths and stressors in your family system.
In group: We’ll set the tone by getting to know each other, mapping out core challenges, and crystallizing our intentions for this group.
You’ll leave with: A clearer sense of where you are, where you want to go, and the support systems you can begin leaning into—starting now.
Week 2: Connection Before Correction
Understanding why connection must come first when addressing challenging behaviors.
Focus: Explore how connection creates the foundation for regulation and learning.
In group: We’ll unpack real-life moments when connection felt hard or healing, and practice noticing what’s underneath the behavior before reacting.
You’ll leave with: Simple tools to connect under stress—and support from others who are in it too.
Week 3: Co-Regulation & Nervous System Support
Exploring adult and child regulation patterns, with simple grounding strategies.
Focus: Understand how your calm helps your child regulate—and why that’s easier said than done.
In group: We’ll explore our own regulation patterns, what dysregulation looks like, and practical tools for coming back to balance.
You’ll leave with: Nervous system insights, increased self-awareness, and practices to apply right away.
Week 4: Rupture & Repair
Normalizing disconnection and practicing repair as the core of secure relationships.
Focus: Repair is the heart of resilience. Learn how to come back from hard moments with care.
In group: We’ll normalize rupture, workshop real repair language, and explore why returning to connection is more powerful than being “right.”
You’ll leave with: Repair scripts, emotional confidence, and deeper relational insight.
Week 5: Ritual, Rhythm, & Play
Creating structure and joyful connection that fosters ease at home.
Focus: Use rhythm and play to create predictability, reduce reactivity, and reconnect.
In group: You’ll share what works (and what doesn't) in your daily routines, and co-create rhythms that feel sustainable, not overwhelming.
You’ll leave with: Anchoring rituals that support emotional safety and playful ideas for connection.
Week 6: Community & Trusted Adults
Expanding the web of support so both you and your child feel more held, seen, and connected.
Focus: You don’t have to do this alone—and neither does your child. How to build a wider circle of safe, supportive relationships.
In group: We’ll reflect on what it means to be held in a circle of care—inside and outside this group—and identify the supports we can reach for.
You’ll leave with: A clearer sense of how you would like to foster an extended community of care.
Week 7: Care for the Caregiver
Remembering your vibrant connection to life
Focus: Reclaim your own needs—not just to survive, but to thrive.
In group: We’ll break down what drains and sustains you, explore guilt-free self-tending, and name the practices that restore your nervous system.
You’ll leave with: A plan for post-group integration and a reconnected sense of self.
Week 8: Integration & What's Next
Looking back with clarity and looking forward with intention—naming what matters and how to carry it with you.
Focus: Reflect on your growth, name what’s shifted, and create a simple, grounded path forward.
In group: We’ll revisit key insights, share what’s working at home, and explore how to carry this support into daily life. You’ll have space to celebrate progress, acknowledge what still feels hard, and set intentions for what comes next.
You’ll leave with: A clearer sense of what’s changed, what you want to sustain, and how to continue showing up with connection, care, and confidence.
About Securely Thriving
I founded Securely Thriving out of both lived experience and professional conviction: that meaningful support for ADHD must go deeper than behaviour, and begin with connection, safety, and relationship.
As a parent, educator, and somatic therapist, I’ve seen how nervous system regulation, attachment, and practical tools can transform not just a moment, but a whole family or classroom culture. This isn’t about perfection, it’s about creating the conditions where adults and children feel safe enough to grow.
Securely Thriving exists to walk alongside families, educators, and communities doing this brave, beautiful, often overwhelming work — with clarity, care, and compassion.
Next In-Person Group Starts October 9th
Questions? Email [email protected]. I'm here to help create environments where everyone feels safe to learn and grow.
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