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Chaos to Connection

Chaos to Connection

By: Bright Connections Behavioral
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What if the chaos in your home, classroom, workplace, or community is not random, but behavior that makes sense once you know what to look for?

Chaos to Connection is a behavior-science podcast that turns everyday challenges into opportunities for greater understanding, stronger relationships, and meaningful change. Hosted by Catey Rice, a behavior analyst, business owner, doctoral student, educator, and mom of three, each episode breaks down the science of human behavior in a way that is practical, compassionate, and actually fun to listen to.

Through real-life stories, honest conversations, expert insights, and a healthy dose of humor, Catey explores why people do what they do—and what we can do differently when our usual approaches are not working. Topics range from parenting struggles, sibling arguments, motivation, communication, and emotional regulation to autism support, education, workplace leadership, relationships, and the realities of working in applied behavior analysis.

You will learn how to look beyond the behavior you can see, identify what may be influencing it, and respond in ways that build skills instead of shame. Because behavior is communication, challenging moments deserve curiosity, and connection is often the most powerful place to begin.

Whether you are a parent, educator, caregiver, behavior analyst, helping professional, leader, or simply someone who wants to understand people better, Chaos to Connection will give you evidence-based strategies you can use in real life, without requiring a textbook, a data sheet, or the ability to speak fluent ABA.

Come for the behavior science. Stay for the stories, the laughter, and the reminder that none of us has it all figured out.

New episodes explore the messy, funny, frustrating, and deeply human moments that happen when behavior meets real life, and how we can turn everyday chaos into meaningful connection.

Bright Connections Behavioral 2026 Hygiene & Healthy Living Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships
Episodes
  • Episode 1: So... What Exactly Is ABA?

    Episode 1: So... What Exactly Is ABA?
    29 Aug 2026

    Behavior makes sense, even when it makes absolutely no sense in the moment.

    In the very first episode of Chaos to Connection, Catey Rice introduces the idea at the heart of the podcast: behavior is happening everywhere, and understanding why it happens can completely change the way we respond to it.

    ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis, is often associated with autism therapy, but behavior science reaches far beyond the walls of a clinic. It's in the grocery store when a child screams for candy. It's in the five extra minutes of iPad time you swore you weren't going to give. It's in Starbucks rewards, sibling fights, procrastination, parenting, relationships, classrooms, workplaces, and yes, in our own behavior too.

    In this episode, Catey breaks down ABA without the textbook language and explores what it looks like to approach behavior with curiosity instead of judgment.

    You'll hear about:

    • Why behavior makes sense, even when it doesn't feel like it in the moment
    • How reinforcement shows up in everyday life—sometimes without us realizing it
    • Why a meltdown over the "wrong" color cup may be about much more than the cup
    • The difference between simply trying to stop a behavior and asking what someone needs to learn
    • What compassionate, meaningful ABA can actually look like
    • Why the smallest skills can create some of the biggest changes
    • Why behavior analysis isn't just for autism—or even just for kids
    • The debut of Antecedent. Behavior. Chaos., where the traditional ABCs of behavior analysis meet real life

    And because understanding behavior doesn't mean getting it right all the time, Catey also shares what happens when 19 letters after your name meet approximately four percent remaining parental patience.

    Because sometimes nobody needs a behavior plan.

    Everybody needs a snack and to go to bed.

    The challenge for this week is simple: the next time someone's behavior drives you absolutely crazy, pause before asking, "WHY are you doing this?!"

    Instead, try:

    "Huh... I wonder why you're doing this."

    Curiosity is where understanding starts.

    And understanding is how we begin turning everyday chaos into meaningful connection.

    On Episode 2, Catey's husband, Seth, joins the podcast to investigate a very important behavioral question: Why are our kids ALWAYS fighting?
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