Self-Care Featured

The Post-Holiday Burnout Recovery Guide for ND Moms: What to Do When You’ve Hit Empty

The holidays ask more than your nervous system can give. By the time everyone’s gone, you feel hollowed out and weirdly buzzy. This guide helps you understand post-holiday autistic burnout and set up a low-demand January that respects your actual capacity as an ND mom.

Holiday Gift Planning

20 Easy Kid-Made Christmas Gifts (Designed for Moms With Zero Craft Energy)

A realistic, low-demand guide to kid-made Christmas gifts your toddler can actually make—without you becoming Pinterest’s unpaid intern. Zero perfection, minimal mess, sensory-friendly, and built for moms whose December executive function has left the chat.

Sensory Overload

Touched Out: A Sensory Ranking for Moms Who Are One Shriek Away From Transcending

Sometimes your baby does something innocent—like placing their damp mouth on your arm—and your entire nervous system screams. Being touched out isn't about love. It's about your sensory system reaching capacity. Here's my ranking of baby sensory experiences that make my autistic brain tap out.

Mental Load Featured

Why Neurodivergent Mom Brain Feels Overloaded — Even on Days That Look “Easy”

Why does a “calm” day with your baby still leave you completely flattened? It’s not the visible work—it’s the invisible cognitive load your brain carries all day. Here’s what’s actually happening inside mom brain, why neurodivergent moms feel it more intensely, and how to start lightening it.

Holiday

Christmas Break Survival Guide for ND Moms: 10 Low-Demand Activities That Won’t Drain You

Christmas break hits different when you’re a neurodivergent parent. Here are 10 low-demand, zero-performance activities your kids can do on their own—so you can survive the long days without burning out.

Holiday Gift Planning

Gift Planning for ND Moms: Using AI When Executive Function Has Left the Building

Gift season is an executive function nightmare for neurodivergent moms: decision fatigue, time blindness, and too many choices. Here’s how I use AI as an “extra brain” to plan gifts, shrink options, and show care without burning out.

Holiday Boundaries

The ND Mom’s Guide to Holiday Boundaries: Scripts for When You’re Overstimulated and Everyone Wants Something

Holiday gatherings hit different when you’re neurodivergent. Here are boundary scripts for when you’re overstimulated, touched out, and your brain has clocked out—but people still expect you to perform. No explanations required.

Neurodivergent Moms Featured

70 Ways Neurodivergent Moms Can Use AI to Make Life Easier (No Parenting Advice Required)

If your neurospicy mom brain is juggling six tasks, forgetting seven, and overwhelmed by the mental load, this guide is your shortcut. Here are 70 practical ways moms with ADHD or executive function challenges can use AI to stay organized, think clearly, and save energy.

Lifestyle AI Featured

I Used ChatGPT to Feed Myself Twice in 24 Hours (And Actually Ate Vegetables)

When I fed myself twice in 24 hours — including vegetables — it wasn’t meal prep motivation. It was ChatGPT doing the thinking my overloaded brain couldn’t. Here’s how AI helped me cook gumbo for the first time, save forgotten baby vegetables, and bypass mom-brain decision fatigue in real life.

Family Life

15 Low-Key Family Holiday Traditions You Can Start This Year (AI Edition)

Forget cranberry stringing and homemade ornaments. These 15 AI-generated holiday traditions are simple, meaningful, and actually doable for families who are just trying to make it to bedtime. Pick a few, skip the rest, and give yourself permission to keep December low-key.

Sleep

How to Use AI to Track and Troubleshoot Newborn Sleep (Without the Expensive Apps)

I spent $47 on a baby sleep app before realizing I didn’t need another graph — I needed context. Here’s how to use AI and ChatGPT to understand what’s actually normal for newborn sleep, troubleshoot real issues, and stop stressing over meaningless data points.

Postpartum

5 ChatGPT Prompts That Helped Me Survive the Fourth Trimester

I’d been using ChatGPT for work before I got pregnant, but realized during my second trimester it could help me survive early motherhood. Here are 5 prompts I actually used during the fourth trimester, what worked, what didn’t, and why I don’t feel weird about it.

Toddler

The Toddler Transition: Why Your Baby Systems Stop Working (And What to Do About It)

Between 12-36 months, everything changes — sleep, meals, emotions. Here's how to rebuild your parenting systems before you lose your mind.

Mental Load

Mom Brain Is Real — And It’s Not You, It’s Cognitive Overload

Mom brain isn’t forgetfulness—it’s cognitive overload. Working memory maxes out at ~4 items. Mothers handle 71% of mental load. Brain scans show hypervigilance even at rest. You’re not broken, you’re overloaded. Here’s the neuroscience and how AI can help.

ChatGPT for Moms Featured

Why I Use ChatGPT for Parenting (And Why That Doesn't Make Me a Bad Mom)

Modern motherhood runs on cognitive overload. I use ChatGPT not to replace my instincts, but to give my brain room to breathe. This is what it actually looks like to use AI for parenting without guilt or perfectionism.

AI 101 Guide Featured

How to Use ChatGPT for Moms: A Real Guide (When You’re Too Tired to Think)

ChatGPT can hold things for you when your brain is maxed out. This guide shows you how to actually use it for the invisible labor of motherhood — no hype, just practical prompts and real examples for when you're too tired to think straight.

Toddler

Toddler Tantrums: ChatGPT Prompts for When You're About to Lose It

Toddler meltdowns aren't manipulation — they're brain overload. Here are ChatGPT prompts that help you stay calm when your kid is screaming over the wrong color cup.

Lifestyle AI

20 ChatGPT Date Night Ideas for Exhausted Couples (After 9 Years Together)

We’ve been together 9 years and forgot how to date. So I asked ChatGPT for help—and found 20 date night ideas for tired parents and long-term couples running on fumes.

AI Tools

20 Ways ChatGPT Can Save Your Sanity (Productivity Hacks for Exhausted Moms)

Discover 20 ways to use ChatGPT when your brain is mush and everything feels urgent. From meal planning to mental load management—real prompts you can steal.

6-12 Months

The Nap Transition Nobody Warns You About: 3-to-2 Naps Survival Guide

Your 6-month-old suddenly fights the third nap but melts down without it. Welcome to nap transition hell. Here's how to survive it without losing your mind.

6-12 Months

8-Month Sleep Regression: What’s Really Happening + The ChatGPT Prompts That Help

The 8-month sleep regression hits hard — hourly wakeups, chaos, exhaustion. This research-based guide explains what’s happening and shares tested ChatGPT prompts that actually help you create a calm, flexible sleep plan.

ChatGPT for Moms

How I Use ChatGPT to Survive Mom Life (Real Prompts + Examples)

I found ChatGPT while pregnant and spiraling over test results. It explained everything in regular English. Then I had a baby and realized — this works for everything.