This is our most connected level of membership, designed for moms who are not only looking for community, but who also crave real conversations, deeper connection, and the opportunity to be seen and supported in real time.
As a Circle member, you receive everything included in The Honest Mom Community Collective, including:
The Honest Circle Community
A private, vetted Facebook community where you can connect with mothers who understand the invisible emotional and executive functioning load of motherhood.
Honest Conversations
Weekly reflection prompts and meaningful discussions around burnout, boundaries, identity, relationships, self-care, the mental load, and the realities of motherhood that are often left unsaid.
IYM’s Honest Perspective
Personal video responses to selected member questions, offering insight, validation, reflection, and practical guidance.
The Honest Mom Reset
Monthly reflections and resources designed to help you pause, evaluate what you are carrying, and reconnect with yourself beyond motherhood.
Anonymous Honest Shares
The ability to share honestly and vulnerably within a safe, confidential, and supportive space.
Complimentary Access to Nicole's Paid Substack
Additional reflections, articles, and resources delivered directly to your inbox.
PLUS, Circle members receive:
Weekly live Zoom conversations in a small, intimate setting designed for honest discussion, reflection, and connection.
These are not lectures. They are guided conversations where we come together to discuss the realities of motherhood, share what we are carrying, celebrate growth, process challenges, and support one another in a space where we do not have to explain everything.
Circle conversations may be organized by parenting season, child age, or themes based on the needs and interests of our members.
This is a place to put down the weight, be seen, and remember that the mom matters too.
This is a private, vetted membership community created for the mom who has spent years showing up for everyone else.
The mother who has been the researcher, advocate, planner, emotional anchor, and often the executive functioning system for the entire family.
Sometimes your child is struggling. Sometimes your child is thriving. But the invisible load of holding everything together can leave even the most proactive and capable mothers feeling exhausted, isolated, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves.
This is not another place to collect more strategies or add another thing to your parenting to-do list.
This is a place to be honest.
Honest about the parts of motherhood that are beautiful and the parts that are hard.
Honest about the guilt, resentment, loneliness, mental load, the pressure to hold it all together, and the desire to reconnect with yourself outside of the role of mom.
The Honest Circle
A private, carefully curated Facebook community where you can connect with mothers who truly understand the invisible emotional and executive functioning load of parenting.
Honest Conversations
Weekly reflection prompts and meaningful discussions around burnout, boundaries, identity, relationships, self-care, the mental load, and the realities of motherhood that are often left unsaid.
IYM’s Honest Perspective
Personal video responses to selected member questions each week, offering insight, validation, reflection, and practical guidance from Nicole and others from their years of supporting families.
The Honest Mom Reset
A monthly reflection designed to help you pause, evaluate what you are carrying, reconnect with yourself, and make intentional shifts that support your own well-being.
Anonymous Honest Shares
A safe way to share the thoughts, feelings, and struggles you may not feel comfortable saying out loud while remaining protected within the community.
The Honest Mom Village
A community where you can celebrate the wins, process the hard moments, laugh, cry, and be reminded that you do not have to carry motherhood alone.
This is a space where honesty is welcomed, vulnerability is protected, and the mom (and who you were before you became mom) matters, too.
Every summer, the same thing happens. School ends, structure disappears, and kids who held it together all year suddenly can't seem to do anything without being asked seventeen times. The screens take over. The waiting starts. And by mid-July, everyone in the house is frustrated.
If that sounds familiar, you're not missing something as a parent. Your child's brain is missing a scaffold — and summer just removed the last one it had.
This free starter guide introduces you to the why behind prompt-dependent and EF-delayed kids, and gives you a clear, research-backed starting point for building a summer that actually works for your family. In just two pages you'll learn why unstructured time is genuinely hard for these kids (not an excuse — a neurological reality), the three pillars every summer needs to support executive function development, and what authoritative parenting looks like when your child needs more than reminders and consequences.
It won't solve everything — and it's not meant to. Think of it as the first conversation. A way to finally have language for what you've been experiencing, and a direction to start moving in.
Whether you're ready to go deep or just getting started, this guide will shift how you see the next three months.
Already want more? The Summer Blueprint live webinar goes further — covering structure, screen time, chores, boredom tolerance, friendships, the summer slide, and scripts for the hard moments. You'll build your family's personalized summer plan right in the session and leave with something real in your hands. Details on the webinar are inside the guide.
Download free. No commitment required. A better summer starts here.
Executive function is one of the most misunderstood areas of child development. It’s often reduced to organization and time management, when in reality it drives how kids start tasks, stay on track, manage emotions, and follow through. This guide breaks it down in a clear, practical way so you can understand what executive function really is, why your child may be struggling even when they “know what to do,” and how the right support helps build lasting independence.
A Practical Guide to Resetting Screen Habits, Reclaiming Family Time, and Raising Resilient Tweens and Teens
You’ll likely see parts of your child in different sections, and that’s the point. This guide is here to help you step back, make sense of what you’re seeing, and start making small, intentional shifts in how screens are showing up in your home.
You don’t need to implement everything at once. In fact, trying to change too much too quickly usually doesn’t stick.
Start with what stands out to you most. Maybe that’s sleep patterns. Maybe it’s the after-school routine. Maybe it’s the level of pushback you’re getting when screen time is over.
Use the education in this guide and reset plan as your starting point, and come back to this as needed. As things shift, you’ll likely notice new patterns and areas to adjust.
Over time, small, consistent changes are what lead to real, lasting progress.
This guide helps parents understand how nutrition may support attention, mood, and regulation in children with ADHD. Inside, you’ll find research-informed information on nutrients that have been studied for their role in brain health, including omega-3s, magnesium, zinc, and other key micronutrients.
The guide explains what current research suggests, how these nutrients may fit into a comprehensive ADHD support plan, and when it may be helpful to discuss testing or supplementation with your child’s healthcare provider. It also includes practical food ideas for families who prefer to focus on nutrition through whole foods rather than supplements.
Designed to be clear and practical, this resource helps parents better understand the connection between nutrition and brain function so they can make informed decisions about supporting their child’s focus, regulation, and overall well-being.
Why Students Can Understand the Material but Still Struggle to Show It
I created this resource to give you more than just surface-level answers. It dives deeply into the research behind why some students can understand material but still struggle to show it, and it includes embedded links throughout so you can explore the studies, sources, and strategies in as much detail as you want.
New to executive function? Start here.
If you're just beginning to understand executive function, this digital guide is the perfect place to start.
Before we can teach planning, organization, time management, or focus, we have to build the foundation: self-awareness and self-regulation. Without these skills, everything else becomes much harder.
What if your child's outbursts, shutdowns, or avoidance weren't signs of defiance, but signals of stress, unmet needs, or lagging executive function skills?
Regulate. Reflect. Respond. It is a practical, research-backed guide that helps parents move beyond managing behavior and toward building emotional resilience, self-regulation, and lasting executive function skills.
You'll learn how to strengthen connection without lowering expectations, creating the foundation your child needs to thrive at home, at school, and in life.
A separate service and/or monthly support membership designed for those moments when you feel stuck and simply need a trusted voice to help you think through what comes next.
Unlike The Honest Mom Collective, The Clarity Corner is not a community membership. It is individualized, direct access to Nicole’s expertise through a one-time or monthly personalized question-and-response format.
Parenting challenges do not always happen during a scheduled coaching session. Sometimes you simply need a place to ask a question, process a situation, and gain clarity before moving forward.
Each month, you can submit one Clarity Question and receive a thoughtful, individualized response from Nicole designed to help you navigate the situation with more confidence and less overwhelm.
This is not full coaching or ongoing back-and-forth communication. It is focused, high-quality guidance that helps you pause, reflect, consider your options, and determine your next best step.
Whether you are navigating a challenge with your child, struggling with a school concern, questioning how much support to provide, or simply wondering, "What do I do now?" The Clarity Corner gives you a trusted place to turn.
Because sometimes you do not need an entire plan. You just need clarity.
The Clarity Corner can help with:
• Working through a specific challenge or situation
• Talking through options and identifying practical next steps
• Problem-solving around routines, communication, organization, and daily struggles
• Understanding executive functioning challenges and how they may be impacting your child
• Navigating school concerns and determining what support may be helpful
• Knowing when to step back, when to provide support, and how to avoid over-functioning
You will receive practical, compassionate, and grounded guidance tailored to your family's unique situation — not generic parenting advice.
The goal is simple: to help you move from overwhelmed and uncertain to clear, confident, and ready for your next step.
When you need more than a quick answer, we can always discuss additional coaching options. But many times, one thoughtful conversation can provide the clarity you have been looking for.
This guide is your go-to resource for understanding how protein fuels your child’s brain, mood, and focus, especially for neurodivergent kids who need steady energy and strong regulation skills. Inside, you’ll learn the science behind why protein matters, get simple and creative breakfast ideas, and find easy recipes your kids can help make. By involving them in the process, from choosing ingredients to preparing meals, you’ll boost their buy-in, build independence, and turn breakfast into a daily opportunity for connection and healthy habits.
Rejection sensitivity can hit hard at times, especially for kids with ADHD. Their brains are already working overtime to manage emotions, so even small moments of perceived criticism or exclusion can feel intense and overwhelming. It’s not overreacting. It’s a real response that can impact confidence, relationships, and willingness to try.
I created a guide to help you understand what’s actually happening and give you practical ways to support your child through it. You’ll learn how to reduce emotional spirals, build awareness, and teach strategies that actually stick over time.
Check it out here!
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