If you are here it's likely that things are really hard at the moment.

A Pause in Your Pocket is a short 7 minute audio you can play when everything feels too much, alongside a printable reminder card to keep close for when you need it most. It's just £7

It’s a pause.
A few minutes of calm.
A voice to sit with you in the hard moments, to help you breathe, take a beat, and find the space for your next small step.

No fixing. No judgement. No “shoulds.”
Just a pause you can reach for whenever you need it.

For when everything feels too much

There are times when parenting in a neurodivergent family feels relentless, like you just can't catch a break.
The noise, the decisions, the emotions, the systems we find ourselves in, it can all pile up until you can barely think straight.

You might find yourself snapping, shutting down, feeling really guilty ALL THE TIME, and wondering how you’ll get through the rest of the day.

Those moments can feel incredibly lonely.
It’s hard to ask for help when you’re already overwhelmed.
And sometimes, you don’t need a plan, you just need a pause and sometimes we just need a bit of help to take that pause.

What a Pause In Your Pocket gives you:

A short audio you can play right in the middle of the chaos, when you’re overwhelmed, overstimulated, or on the edge.

It’s there to help you slow everything down for a few minutes and give your nervous system a break.

You’ll also get a simple printable reminder card, something you can keep on the fridge, in your bag, or on your phone for when you can’t even think what to do next.

Why did I create A Pause In Your Pocket?et?

Because I know, both from personal experience and from working with parents, that those moments when everything is going wrong can feel like you can't breathe.
Like you’re hanging on by your fingertips and no one can quite see how hard you’re trying.

What helps in the moment, in the crisis, isn't advice to do better self care, or suggesting you need to keep calm, or a big programme to learn how to stay regulated — it's taking a pause. Moments to reset before we go again. And sometimes we need someone else to do that alongside.

I wanted to create a small, simple reset that can get you through the next few minutes until you’re ready to take the next step.

It's not pretending to be a quick fix.

It does what it says on the tin.

It creates a pause. It's gets you through, until you can think about bigger changes or supports.

This isn’t random “self-care.” It’s grounded in neuroaffirming, trauma- and sensory-responsive approaches, all wrapped up in an occupational therapy framework.

Leaving you feeling:

A little more grounded

A little more space to think

A little less alone

Just enough steadiness to take the next small step

Liz Evans - The Untypical OT

A Highly Experienced Occupational Therapist Specialising in Parental Burnout, Mental Health & Sensory Wellbeing. An occupational therapist for parents!

Liz has supported countless families over the years and knows, both professionally and personally, how often parents and carers end up at the very bottom of their own priority list. Their challenges are rarely seen, let alone understood—and that needs to change.

It’s become her mission to bring awareness to the mental health and well-being of parents and carers, to help them feel less alone, and to celebrate the quiet, powerful work they do every day in raising the next generation of brilliant, neurodiverse minds.

But Liz doesn’t just know this from her work—she’s lived it.

As a solo parent to two children, one of whom is neurodivergent, she’s navigated EHCP's, faced tribunals, and experienced the realities of a broken SEND system. All while juggling work, parenting, mental health, her own health, and dyslexia.