The Happy Sensory Corner
Empowering parents through sensory enrichment for brain plasticity
The Happy Sensory Corner
Empowering parents through sensory enrichment for brain plasticity
About The Happy Sensory Corner
Empowering parents through sensory enrichment for brain plasticity
Welcome to 'The Happy Sensory Corner' the podcast where we explore the world of sensory enrichment and environmental enrichment to treat neurological conditions. Through insightful discussions, interviews with experienced experts in a variety of fields, from nutrition to psychology, and inspiring stories of resilience, we uncover the secrets to success in raising a child with complex needs.
Why Join The Happy Sensory Corner as a Guest
Neurodivergent Family Audience
You reach caregivers actively seeking proven tools for children with autism, ADHD, and sensory processing challenges.
Case-Based Interviews
You'll join a format that blends expert interviews with real-world stories-from gut healing to behavior strategies-making your insights relatable and actionable.
Evidence-Driven Conversations
You'll be featured alongside clinicians, therapists, and researchers with a shared commitment to data-backed practices in child development.
Available on Major Platforms
Your episode is distributed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other top platforms, ensuring wide accessibility for your message.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Nutrition Meets Neurology
Explore how gut health and targeted nutrition protocols support brain development in neurodivergent children.
Creative Tools for Behavior
Share innovative methods like art therapy and emotional regulation tools that reduce meltdowns and foster connection.
Rethinking Literacy & Language
Unpack strategies that nurture speech, language, and literacy-even for children with dyslexia or limited verbal skills.
Inclusive Classrooms in Action
Discuss how to build safer, sensory-friendly learning environments that meet every child where they are.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Listeners gain practical, research-informed strategies to support neurodivergent children at home and in the classroom.
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The Ideal Guest
You're a great fit if you're a pediatric therapist, educator, psychologist, nutritionist, or researcher with insights into neurodivergent care, sensory tools, or inclusive education.
Recent Episodes
Behaviors That Don’t Make Sense? When To Worry and When Not To
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 18, 2025
What a robot taught us about what kids need most - Peter Fitzpatrick
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 11, 2025
How to Improve Quality of Life with Sensory Enrichment Therapy at Home
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 5, 2025
Rebuilding trust after years of behavior therapy - Anastasia Arauz
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 27, 2025
Helping our children be less affected by the holidays' overload and stress
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 22, 2025
Praise helps the brain take risks. Punishment shuts it down. - Christopher Wyatt
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 15, 2025
It's our job as parents to fit the child, so they feel safe, seen and included - MegAnne Ford
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 8, 2025
Rekindling love while raising a neurodiverse child - Melanie Yates
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 1, 2025
How to Get Your Child Talking Instead of Shutting Down - Jeanine Mouchawar
The Happy Sensory Corner • Sep 17, 2025
Music rituals for calmer nights and stronger bonds - Craig Parks
The Happy Sensory Corner • Sep 10, 2025
Until the family heals, the child keeps falling - Austin Davis
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 27, 2025
A will is not enough to protect your child with special needs - Oscar Vasquez
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 27, 2025
The Trash Can Test for ADHD and Behavior - Dana Kay
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 12, 2025
The murder trial that misunderstood autism - McCracken Poston
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 6, 2025
Talk to your kids in their sleep about how awesome they are?
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 29, 2025
Autism, Adulting, and the Sleep Secret: A Mom & Son's Unfiltered Talk - April Ratchford
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 23, 2025
How gut bacteria make your child crave carbs and reject healthy food - Dr. Cody Golman
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 14, 2025
What brain scans teach us about how dyslexic kids feel when they read - Dr. Rebecca Troy
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 8, 2025
Why love and good intentions aren't enough: Understanding loss in adoption - Ana Maria Didio
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jun 25, 2025
How Pleasure Builds Resilience in Children with Developmental Delays - Dr. Traci Potterf
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jun 16, 2025
Calmer behavior through fascia, touch, and sensory games - Dr. Satya Sardonicus
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jun 12, 2025
She Lost Her Son, Survived Murder, and Found Autism—A Story of Grief, Guilt, and Masking - Sylvia Moore Myers
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jun 5, 2025
How We Cut Restraints at School by 97 %: Safety Before Behaviour - Dr. Bethany Bilodeau
The Happy Sensory Corner • May 29, 2025
Why so many special needs marriages break down—one dad’s story of what helps - John Fela
The Happy Sensory Corner • May 22, 2025
Why Reading to a Non-Verbal Child Matters—for Them and for You - Steph Katsovi
The Happy Sensory Corner • May 14, 2025
Therapy works—until kids leave the room. Why? - Nate Pope
The Happy Sensory Corner • May 6, 2025
Photobiomodulation: How light can rewire the brain, backed by clinical data - Dr Theodore Henderson
The Happy Sensory Corner • Apr 29, 2025
What kids learn from dad that they might not get from mom - Brent Dowlen
The Happy Sensory Corner • Apr 22, 2025
The easiest way to forgive—and set your brain free from the pain of the past - Katharine Giovanni
The Happy Sensory Corner • Apr 15, 2025
Our education system is working exactly as it was designed - Dr. Bibi Pirayesh
The Happy Sensory Corner • Apr 10, 2025
Your kid won’t do 10 squats. But they’ll dodge a beanbag 20 times! - Mark Gray
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 25, 2025
Healing Bipolar from the Inside Out: Support, Self-care and Sensory Enrichment - Michelle Reittinger
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 18, 2025
Chakras, brain plasticity, and neurodivergence - Vantana Atara
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 12, 2025
Stretching, not stressing: A better way to help kids grow - Andrea Pollack
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 7, 2025
DNA Testing to Find Out Why You’re Always Tired (And What to Do) - Dr. Tamar Lawful
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 1, 2025
How we react to our kids teaches them who they are - DJ Stutz
The Happy Sensory Corner • Feb 24, 2025
Labeling food as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ impacts how children see themselves - Anne Poirier
The Happy Sensory Corner • Feb 18, 2025
Learned to read at 62... time to rethink dyslexia? - David Chalk
The Happy Sensory Corner • Feb 3, 2025
Every meltdown or fear is a window into what your child needs most from you - Carrie Lingenfelter
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 29, 2025
The power of bedtime and car rides for meaningful conversations - Dara Erck
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 21, 2025
"I ranked my teachers based on who hurt me the least" - Ryan and Robert Delena
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 20, 2025
Better Speech Development by Honoring the 'No' and Playing Dumb - Jeaneen Tang
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 13, 2025
What caregivers get wrong about self-care: It’s not on the plate—it IS the plate - Jeanette Yates
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 6, 2025
Foster inclusion by teaching children they belong—start with mental hygiene - Delphia Howze
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 31, 2024
How to set goals - From a brain trauma survivor - Dan MacQueen
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 24, 2024
Finding peace while the kids are screaming: A radical approach to mindfulness - NatNat Bedard
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 17, 2024
Why I left ABA: Ethical concerns that can’t be ignored - Anneke Elmhirst
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 9, 2024
Kids thrive when we meet them where they are, not where we think they should be - Elaine Taylor-Klaus
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 2, 2024
12 heartfelt thank you's for parents who never give up on their neurodivergent child - Carolyn Skowron
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 26, 2024
Loving and Empowering Your Child: Lessons from a Transgender Scientist - Amethysta Herrick
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 12, 2024
What ancient African wisdom teaches about strengthening nonverbal bonds with your autistic child - Gao Motsemme
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 5, 2024
Stop suppressing their stimming – it’s a clue to their super talent and life’s purpose - Amanda Trisdale
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 29, 2024
Indigenous Practices, Play is the Way, and Helping Kids Regulate Emotions - Leroy Slanzi
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 22, 2024
When you can't calm your brain, sleep lists give you control over your thoughts - Helen Sernett
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 15, 2024
Autism firsthand: What I wish I could tell my teachers and why I'm grateful - Jason Dietrich
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 8, 2024
How to Instill a Love of Reading—With or Without Dyslexia or Other Conditions - Danny Brassell
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 1, 2024
It’s more than grades: helping special needs students stand out in college admissions - Matt McGee
The Happy Sensory Corner • Sep 24, 2024
6 Principles of Gut Healing to Support the Brain - Tracy Slepcevic
The Happy Sensory Corner • Sep 17, 2024
What do we miss when we focus on fixing our children? - Mariela De Santiago
The Happy Sensory Corner • Sep 10, 2024
Eye Contact Strategies: In-Depth Discussion with Veteran SLP
The Happy Sensory Corner • Sep 3, 2024
How AAC devices can help build a stress-free communication space - Lenora Edwards
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 26, 2024
Isolation ends here: The T.H.R.I.V.E. framework to build your special needs village
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 19, 2024
Read to Your Kids: The Music of Words and Healing for the Neurodivergent Minds - Kristof Morrow
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 14, 2024
John Brink’s Rising to Lumber King and Bodybuilder Shows Kids ADHD Can Be a Superpower
The Happy Sensory Corner • Aug 6, 2024
"Anything you don't like about playing digital?... You play alone" - Zorina Pritchett
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 30, 2024
Protocols to helps kids transition from the stress of transportation - Petal Harrigain
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 26, 2024
What they remember is the people, the adults who cared and who put time into them - Lori Andrews
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 23, 2024
Reducing Restraints: When to intervene and when to let go - Shawn Duffy
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jul 1, 2024
What Fast Food Can Teach Us About Reducing Restraints in Schools - Justin Bradford
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jun 28, 2024
Non-Contingent Reinforcement and the Mendability Minute to Calm Students - Wayne Hall
The Happy Sensory Corner • May 17, 2024
From the Marine Corps to Classrooms - How to fill the students' need to feel safe and secure in the classroom - Chris Sacoco
The Happy Sensory Corner • Apr 17, 2024
Better than Brain Gym, Mendability is our top choice after 35 years in special education - Ana Gonzales and Debbie Khor
The Happy Sensory Corner • Apr 1, 2024
De-escalate with Dignity: Try the Scented Hug - Alexis Seidner
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 29, 2024
What a few weeks in a wheelchair teaches about special education - Janalee Goodrich
The Happy Sensory Corner • Mar 8, 2024
75% teachers are women, but 75% superintendents are men - Dr. Carrie Potter-Murray
The Happy Sensory Corner • Feb 23, 2024
If someone can take a break and be with a kid to try to figure out why they are behaving, then I feel like I have won - Diana Fannon
The Happy Sensory Corner • Feb 16, 2024
The 4 C's of Special Ed: Collaboration, Communication, Cooperation, and... - Damon Dohar
The Happy Sensory Corner • Feb 8, 2024
Mindfulness in Motion - Strategy for a Calmer Classroom - Fran English
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 19, 2024
Putting yourself first to help students? Protocol to help students stay still - Dawn Fleming
The Happy Sensory Corner • Jan 12, 2024
"It's quiet here" - Protocol for attention span, mental image, tactile processing - Charles Bertram
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 29, 2023
Bridging the 2 sides of the brain - Self-Care in Special Ed - Heather O'Connor
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 21, 2023
Revolutionizing Behavior Management: The Power of Art in Special Education - Justin Bradford
The Happy Sensory Corner • Dec 16, 2023
Put your devices away - Boost brain chemistry - Anthony Caporaso
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 30, 2023
Inclusion through Playing Together and Teacher Burnout - Lorren Lucas
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 18, 2023
Great inclusion takes manpower - Increase without increasing costs - Shelley Halverson
The Happy Sensory Corner • Nov 3, 2023
Trailer - The Happy Sensory Corner in Special Ed
The Happy Sensory Corner • Oct 11, 2023
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