What is Peopling?
A learning & coaching community
for parents of neurodivergent kids—
where expert insight meets everyday life.
Peopling helps parents of neurodivergent kids feel less alone, more equipped, and more connected.
We’re a learning and coaching community built to navigate the messy, emotional, and beautiful realities of neurodiversity as a parent.
Through expert-led micro-courses, guided reflections, and group coaching, we help families turn daily challenges into opportunities for understanding and growth.
Meet Asli & Mike
Mike Haykin is the author of our DIY Foundational Series of micro-courses. With 40+ years of experience working with neurodivergent young people, Mike provides you with deeper insights and tips to put into action.
Asli Aker is an executive coach and facilitator who helps people lead and relate with clarity, connection, and care. Her global experience and personal grounding bring depth and ease to every conversation.
How Peopling Helps You Grow
Parenting can be perplexing. it is not something you master from a book or from the top five tips videos on social media. It takes tools, insights, practice, and a community of people with shared experiences.
That’s why Peopling is built on three simple pillars:
Our Offering
Learn via Micro-Courses
Short, expert-led micro-courses that give you practical knowledge without jargon.
Reflect in the Action Guides
Guides and prompts that help you pause, notice patterns, and make sense of your experiences.
Connect a Membership Community
A supportive community of parents, plus monthly gatherings where you can share openly, learn together, and strengthen your sense of belonging and work on applying what you learn.
Trusted Voices
Dr. Karen Pavlidis
Clinical Psychologist, Owner, Child and Teen Solutions
“I was really blown away by the material. The content is exceptional. I especially appreciated the empathy building exercises and the scripts for parents. I really liked the simplicity of the executive functioning paradigm with scaffolding. I'm used to seeing things that are much more complicated and it gets overwhelming.”
Dr. Nancy Cohen
Psychologist, 20+ years experience
“Peopling.me's Foundational Series will help parents of neurodivergent kids get where their kids are coming from, and know how to help from there. Peopling.me's micro-courses will help parents and kids live better lives.”
Bob Dannenhold
Director at Collegeology, NACAC, PNACAC, HECA, LDA, CVSP
“I would very much like to share my sincere support, thanks and gratitude for the Peopling.me series of presentations by the incredible Mike Haykin. This series will be foundational for professionals in the field of academic support and for the parents of special needs students. Mike Haykin is offering a very special gift to all of us with this program.”
Jean Orvis
Seattle Academy Founder & Educational Leadership Consultant
“This course serves as an incredibly useful and practical guide for both parents and teachers who strive to better understand the experience and needs of a neurodivergent child and seek proven techniques for supporting emotional and academic development.”
Join Our Community
Parenting
neurodivergent
young people together.
At Peopling, we bring parents together with expert insight, practical tools, and a community that understands.
We help you find steadiness, rebuild connection, and rediscover the joy of growing together.
Here, insight and real-life experience meet—so you can breathe again and parent with calm and confidence.
It’s not about fixing your child.
Instead, it’s about finding yourself again—as a parent and as a person—and rebuilding connection that fosters steadiness, trust, and the joy of growing together.
