Uncategorized Archives - Alena Gomes Rodrigues https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/category/uncategorized/ Mental Fitness Coaching for Busy Moms Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:26:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/triangle-only-1.png Uncategorized Archives - Alena Gomes Rodrigues https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/category/uncategorized/ 32 32 How to Get Your Kids to Listen Without Yelling (Even When You’re Stressed or Running Late) https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/how-to-get-your-kids-to-listen-without-yelling-even-when-youre-stressed-or-running-late/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-your-kids-to-listen-without-yelling-even-when-youre-stressed-or-running-late Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:17:07 +0000 https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/?p=5337 How do you get your kids to listen without yelling when you’re stressed or running late?You don’t fix your kids in that moment. You fix what happens inside you before you react. Because when you’re overwhelmed, your reaction is automatic. And no parenting technique will work until you can stay calm under pressure. You’ve been …

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]]> Why Gentle Parenting Isn’t Working for You (Even If You’re Trying Your Best) https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/why-gentle-parenting-isnt-working-for-you-even-if-youre-trying-your-best/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-gentle-parenting-isnt-working-for-you-even-if-youre-trying-your-best Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:46:04 +0000 https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/?p=5329 Why isn’t gentle parenting working for you?Because before you can use any parenting technique, you need to be able to handle yourself first. And when you’re stressed, overwhelmed, or triggered, you don’t stay calm — you go back to your default patterns, the ones you learned growing up. I loved the gentle parenting theory.I really …

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]]> Why do you keep losing your patience with your kids even though you’ve done countless parenting courses and even years of therapy? https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/why-do-you-keep-losing-your-patience-with-your-kids-even-though-youve-done-countless-parenting-courses-and-even-years-of-therapy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-do-you-keep-losing-your-patience-with-your-kids-even-though-youve-done-countless-parenting-courses-and-even-years-of-therapy Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:34:57 +0000 https://alenagomesrodrigues.com/?p=5320 Why do you keep yelling at your kids even when you don’t want to?Because when you get stressed and overwhelmed, your nervous system is not reacting to what your child is doing right now. It’s reacting to something it already knows from the past. You wake up every morning promising yourself, “Today, I’m not going …

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