I created this work because I lived it.

I know what it's like to love your child with your whole chest, be in complete awe of them and still feel completely overwhelmed by the meltdowns, the resistance and the constant second-guessing. I tried everything — therapy, reward charts, every parenting book on the shelf — and kept landing in the same exhausting cycle, wondering why none of it actually worked for my kid.

What I eventually realized is that most parenting advice is built for a typical nervous system and a typical brain. Once I started learning how differently-wired brains actually work — what's happening underneath a meltdown, why they can hold it together at school and fall apart at home — everything in my home started to shift. Not because my child became easier. Because I finally had a map that matched the terrain. I became the parent my child needed.

That framework is what became Chaos to Calm.

This framework is what changed everything in my home. Now, I help parents of gifted, neurodivergent, 2e and complex kids understand how their child’s brain actually works, respond in ways that de-escalate instead of inflame and build practical systems that bring real calm into daily life.

I hold a B.S. from Northwestern University and am certified through the Jai Institute for Parenting, with additional training in EFT Tapping from the EFT Tapping Training Institute.

But more than anything — I know this works because I’ve lived it.