A Personal Update from Dana Kay: Why I’m Pressing Pause After 225+ Episodes

After more than four years and more than 225 episodes, Dana Kay is pressing pause on The Soaring Child Podcast - but she is clear that this is not goodbye forever. In this heartfelt solo episode, Dana reflects on why the show began, what the community has built together, and why stepping back now will allow her to give more of her energy to the families supported inside ADHD Thrive Institute.

For parents who have listened through school drop-offs, dog walks, laundry, and late-night worries, this message is both a thank-you and a reminder of how far the conversation around ADHD has come. Dana looks back at the shift from simply trying to stop behaviors to asking deeper questions about what a child's body, brain, and nervous system may be communicating.

Dana shares the heart behind the podcast: her own experience as a mom whose son's ADHD diagnosis turned family life upside down, her determination to keep asking questions, and her belief that every child deserves the opportunity to soar. She also reflects on the many topics explored over the years, including nutrition, the gut-brain connection, inflammation, sleep, blood sugar, mouth breathing, screen time, supplements, parenting, picky eating, and functional lab testing.

Listeners will hear why Dana has chosen to pause new recordings, what is staying the same at ADHD Thrive Institute, and the message she most wants parents to carry forward: stay curious, keep looking beneath the surface, trust your instincts, and remember that every small step toward understanding your child's biology, behavior, and unique needs matters.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW

ADHD Thrive Institute: https://adhdthriveinstitute.com/

KEY TAKEAWAYS

[00:09] Dana shares that this episode is bittersweet: after more than four years and more than 220 episodes, she is pressing pause on The Soaring Child Podcast - while reassuring listeners that this is goodbye for now, not goodbye forever.

[01:02] Dana reflects on why she started the podcast, first as a mom whose life was turned upside down by her son's ADHD diagnosis and then as a practitioner who discovered there was another way of looking at ADHD.

[02:10] She looks back at the wide range of topics explored on the show, including nutrition, the gut-brain connection, inflammation, sleep, blood sugar, mouth breathing, screen time, supplements, parenting, picky eating, and functional lab testing.

[02:38] Dana explains the deeper shift she hoped the podcast would create: moving parents from asking only how to stop a behavior to asking what a child's body, brain, and nervous system may be trying to communicate underneath the symptoms.

[04:15] Dana reflects on how far the podcast has grown, with more than 220 episodes, listeners around the world, and thousands of families who have walked this journey alongside her.

[05:32] She explains why she is taking a break: ADHD Thrive Institute has continued to grow, and she wants to give her best energy to the families inside the program rather than squeeze in or rush new podcast episodes.

[06:25] Dana reassures listeners that she is not stepping away from helping families. ADHD Thrive Institute is still supporting, teaching, and helping children with ADHD thrive; only new podcast recordings are pausing.

[08:14] Dana closes with the message she most wants parents to carry forward: stay curious, keep asking why, look beneath the surface, trust your instincts, and remember that every small step toward understanding your child's biology, behavior, and unique needs matters.

MEMORABLE MOMENTS

[00:48] “This isn't goodbye forever. It's simply goodbye for now.”

[01:54] “With ADHD, or any child deserves the opportunity to soar.”

[03:22] “I truly believe that when we ask better questions, we find better answers.”

[04:01] “Every single conversation had the same goal, and that was to give you hope, to help you feel less alone, and to remind you that there is always another question worth asking.”

[05:26] “It has probably been one of the greatest privileges of my entire career.”

[07:26] “So rather than calling this an ending, I'm simply calling it a pause.”

[08:23] “Never stop being curious, never stop asking why. Keep looking beneath the surface. Trust your instincts. You know your child best.”

[09:08] “So for now, this isn't goodbye. It's simply see you later.”

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