Parenting children who feel everything deeply changed me. It sent me inward — into my own nervous system, my own patterns, my own inner world — before I could offer anything steady to theirs.
Everything here is written from that place. Not from expertise. From the floor, the car, the grocery store, the 2am. If you have a child whose big feelings sometimes feel bigger than both of you — you’re in the right place.
Most parenting advice tells you to stay calm during a meltdown. Knowing what to say during a meltdown — the actual words, in the actual moment — is what nobody gives you. This is. These phrases aren’t about fixing the meltdown. They’re about giving your child’s nervous system something steady to hold onto while the …
If you’ve tried every parenting strategy in the book and nothing sticks — this might be why. Most behaviour strategies are designed for behaviour. Consequence charts, reward systems, logical outcomes. These tools assume the child’s thinking brain is online and available. When big feelings are involved, it often isn’t. Big feelings are not a behaviour …
When your child is starting to escalate — or already there — the last thing you need is a calm-down activity for kids that requires supplies, setup, or a child who can cooperate. These five work because they work with the nervous system. Fast, body-based, and usable anywhere — in the car, at the grocery store, in …
Most children’s books about feelings teach children to name their emotions. The My Inner World series does something different. These books help children notice what’s happening in their bodies — the tightness, the heat, the heaviness — and move through it. Not analyse it. Not perform it. Just notice, and let it pass. Because feelings …
By Adrianne Reeves · Easy Mama Alchemy It was a school morning. We were already late. And my kid was on the floor, completely undone, because of a jacket. Not a metaphor. An actual jacket. The wrong one, or the right one done up wrong, or maybe just the fact that a jacket existed and …