26/12/2025
I hear the questions every day.
“How do I stop the meltdowns?”
“Why won’t they listen?”
“What am I doing wrong?”
Sometimes it’s a toddler whose emotions feel bigger than their body.
Sometimes it’s a neurodivergent child whose nervous system is always on high alert.
Sometimes it’s a second baby tipping an already stretched system over the edge.
Sometimes it’s you. Triggered. Tired. Running on fumes.
Most parenting advice goes straight to behaviour.
Charts. Consequences. Strategies.
But children don’t start with behaviour.
They start with safety.
What looks like “not listening” is often a nervous system in overload.
What looks like “defiance” is often overwhelm.
What looks like “you’ve tried everything” is often that no one has helped you feel steady first.
When you pause instead of react, something shifts.
When you come back after a hard moment, trust repairs.
When you stay close during big feelings and still hold limits, their body learns something words can’t teach.
You’re not just getting through the day.
You’re shaping how safe connection feels in their nervous system.
And here’s the part so many mums need to hear:
You’re not failing.
You’re responding to more than one little nervous system while carrying your own.
This is the heart of regulated, relationship-based parenting.
Not perfect. Not passive. Not permissive.
Grounded. Connected. Human.
If this speaks to you, there is somewhere to take that recognition.
For Boxing Day, I’ve opened the Sacred Reclamation Challenge.
Five days of gentle, nervous-system-led support for parents who are stretched thin.
Thirty minutes a day.
Tools you can actually use when things get hard.
It’s $9 for Boxing Day.
Not because this is small work, but because support should be accessible when you’re already carrying so much.
No pressure. No perfection.
Just a steady place to begin.
🧬 Not a Parenting Class. A Nervous System Rebirth.
