I’m Margot—parent, coach, advocate, consultant, and systems translator—working to transform how we raise, teach, and relate to our neurodivergent kids. I believe connection changes everything. Creating spaces in which people feel heard, understood and empowered is my favourite work. I’ve seen how presence, respect, and nervous-system understanding can transform—in families, in schools, and in the hearts of children who were never meant to be reduced to behaviours or “fixed.” They were meant to be met with love, curiosity and authenticity.
My Story
Loss rewired how I listen.
It taught me to notice what others miss — the shift in someone’s tone, the pause between words, the weight of silence. Presence became my north star — in life, in parenting, and in this work.
I grew up in rural Ontario, spending most of my days outside soaking in the warmth of the sunlight, playing at the beach, exploring the forest, building snow forts, or counting the seconds between thunder and lightning. But my favourite place was beside my dad while he painted, learning the power of quiet observation and presence. He was a gifted artist.
When I was eleven, he died. Sudden. No warning. The world I knew forever changed. I felt so alone inside a grief no one around me knew how to meet. Friends couldn’t relate. Family didn’t know what to say or how to support. I longed for a steady, quiet presence to sit with me while my heart ached. I craved authenticity, acceptance, kindness, love.
Those early years tuned me to the spaces between people. It’s how I move through life and my work: curiously, authentically, listening for what’s spoken and what’s felt.
My Work Today
I bring that lens into advocacy, coaching, education, and consulting. With parents, school teams, and professionals, I help create understanding where things once felt hard or impossible, translating overwhelm into clarity and turning hard moments into workable plans.
I’m a co-parent to a profoundly curious, creative, neurodivergent child. I’ve walked the maze—diagnosis, school bureaucracy, therapy systems, and co-parenting—and built a support circle grounded in respect, regulation, and relationship. Professionally, I bring 15+ years of leadership: building and leading teams, coaching communication, resolving high-stakes conflict, and designing systems that centre emotional, physical, and relational safety.
What this looks like in practice:
Reframing behaviour through a nervous-system and trauma-informed lens
Building co-regulation routines and compassionate boundaries at home and school
Aligning teams (parents, educators, providers) around clear, humane plans
Why “Rewrite the Script”
Rewrite the Script is the culmination of all of it:
The personal and professional.
The heartbreak and the healing.
The stories we carry and the ones we’re ready to tell differently.
This work exists for the quiet revolutionaries: the parents, teachers, caregivers, and providers who know something needs to change. Who are ready to show up with intention, not just intervention.
I believe we can raise and support our kids in ways that honour their brilliance, their nervous systems, and their relationships.
And that it starts by rewriting the script, together.