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Hey you!
Bet you're having a crazy week too.
Between being offered a place in a Grad Cert of Neurodiversity today and accepting,
having a mold remediation tomorrow and taking our three fluffy cats on a 4 hour car adventure,
a child with the snottiest nose I've ever encountered burning through a full Huggies wipes pack a day habit,
yeah, it's a crazy week.
Here are the pockets of calm I found, by just looking at stuff I like.
Mell Cockroft, a member of the Carer Community, created a new Facebook page. Wouldn't it be awesome for her to wake up with YOU as a follower? Check her out here: The Regulated Home
Casey Erlich, who talks about PDA and has named literally every thought living in my head: Peace With PDA
If I'm ever to unclench my jaw one day, I'd better keep doing the Gratitude thing.
Here's a FREE downloadable. Try it tomorrow? See how your day goes.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT FOR FREE.
Kat ‘Zen’ Abianac
In this brand-new Family Task Board app designed for use on an iPad or tablet, I share a full year of access to everything that your child and their support worker needs to make ticking off their personal care tasks and routine activities easy, effortless, and enjoyable!!
What's Included:
✅ A beautiful, wall-mounted task board built for use on ANY iPad, smart phone or tablet.
✅ Emoji-powered task cards that make chores feel like a game.
✅ A Task Rainbow Celebration: when your child finishes all their tasks, a full-screen rainbow animation lights up with confetti and music!
✅ Individual columns for every child with their own photo, name, progress bar, and personalised task list.
✅ Time-of-day grouping — tasks are organised into Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Bedtime sections.
✅ Recurring daily tasks that automatically come back every morning.
✅ Drag-and-drop reordering so you can arrange tasks in the exact order your family's routine flows.
✅ One progress bar per child plus a gold star when they hit 100%.
✅ Undo protection: A 5-second undo feature lets your child reverse a tapped task instantly.
✅ Parent dashboard with 7-day history: see how each child performed over the past week with simple bar charts.
✅ Multi-language support: switch between English, Spanish, and French with one tap.
✅ Built-in accessibility: high contrast mode, screen reader support, and colour-blind-safe indicators.
✅ Per-child sound controls: turn celebration sounds on or off for each child individually.
✅ First-time onboarding tutorial that walks new users through everything in under 60 seconds.
✅ Works offline, no internet needed!
What's Included for just $27:
A step-by-step system for finding your au pair from writing an ad that attracts the right candidates, to screening applicants and locking in a perfect match.
The secret recruitment hack that most host families never think of.
7 proven search methods covering the best websites, Facebook groups, and offline strategies Australian families use to find au pairs.
A ready-to-use sample ad to copy, customise, and post today. It's written to attract serious, quality candidates.
The applicant screening checklist so you know exactly what questions to ask, what red flags to watch for, and how to narrow down your shortlist with confidence.
How to set up their room for under $100 with my practical checklist of everything your au pair needs to feel welcome.
A daily structure and routine template with real morning and evening examples so you don't have to repeat yourself.
The weekly check-in framework that keeps communication open, prevents resentment from building, and catches small issues before they become big ones.
Real Q&A from experienced host families sharing their honest answers about hiring, settling in, funny moments, and the frustrations nobody else talks about.
12+ recommended websites and Facebook groups Australian host families use to find, connect with, and support their au pairs.
Written by a real mum giving you the facts, not an au pair agency recruiter. Kat Abianac is a Brisbane mother who has hosted 40+ au pairs over 14 years and had her articles about hosting them published on HuffPost, Mamamia, Kidspot and syndicated through Newscorp.
