Strong-willed children don’t need stricter parents. They need calm leadership. Discover why your nervous system—not your child—is often the missing piece.
The lack of sleep is real. But the story your nervous system automatically attaches to it is often what turns exhaustion into suffering.
The problem is usually not the holidays themselves. It’s the nervous system patterns that get triggered when you feel responsible for everybody else’s happiness.
Your kids can learn all the regulation exercises in the world. But if your nervous system stays overwhelmed and reactive, they will keep absorbing that emotional state first.
You already know what to do. The problem is that in stressful moments, your nervous system reacts faster than your logic can.
You’re not suddenly a different person at home. Your nervous system just reacts differently when your emotional triggers get activated.
You’re not losing control because you’re a bad mom. Your nervous system is reacting to something it already knows from the past.
