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