Most of us were taught what to do with our feelings. Manage them. Hide them. Push through them. Perform wellness on top of them. Very few of us were taught what feelings actually are — where they live, how they move, and what happens when we let them. That gap is not small. And it …
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 …