The Gap Between Knowing and Doing
About this episode
This episode explores the challenges of translating parenting knowledge into action, particularly for parents of neurodivergent children.
The gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it in the heat of the moment. In this episode, we explore one of the most frustrating challenges in parenting - especially when raising neurodivergent children: you understand the strategies, you’ve done the reading and the reflection, but when your child escalates, the old reactive patterns still take over. This is a practical, compassionate look at why insight alone isn’t enough and what actually creates lasting change. What You’ll Discover - Why Knowing Isn’t Enoug h: The neuroscience behind the gap - your nervous system moves faster than your thinking brain under stress, so more insight rarely fixes the problem in real time. - Closing the Practice Gap : How to turn knowledge into automatic responses using “if-then” implementation intentions and deliberate low-stakes rehearsal, just like athletes and first responders. - From Insight to Action : Shifting from therapeutic understanding to behavioural practice, including how to prepare specific scripts before triggers hit so you can respond with intention instead of reaction. What really stood out is the powerful reminder that parenting change isn’t about knowing more - it’s…
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