If you’re parenting a complex or intense child, your nervous system is often running the show. Learn how to shift from reactivity to response with simple, body-based tools that build safety and connection at home.
Coping skills are so important. You work hard as parents to teach your children how to handle their big feelings during challenging episodes. The only time to really teach these skills is outside the heat of the moment, when you can communicate with your child's...
Happiness comes only after your brain believes that you are safe. This is true for all humans and profoundly true for children. This is such an obvious, yet complex concept, and of course, we are talking about emotional safety in relationships, not physical safety. That...
Leaning into safety in your nervous system is a fine thing to do. We heal in relationships, with ourselves and with others. We all know that feeling of unease, that we just cannot put our finger on. Something has triggered us but we do not...