Kristyn Georget Counselling

02/10/2026

🌿 MIDDAY NERVOUS SYSTEM RESET

(60 seconds to shift your stress)

Feeling fried, snappy, or mentally scattered?
That’s not a “you” problem — it’s a nervous system in overdrive.

Try this right now 👇

1) Drop your shoulders

Unclench your jaw
Let your tongue rest on the floor of your mouth

(Your brain reads this as “we are safe.”)

2) Slow exhale breathing

Inhale through your nose for 4
Exhale through your mouth for 6
Repeat 5 times

(Longer exhales activate the vagus nerve and calm stress hormones.)

3) Name + Ground

Silently name:
• 3 things you can see
• 2 things you can feel
• 1 thing you can hear

(This pulls you out of anxiety loops and back into the present.)

4) Say this in your mind:

“I don’t have to solve everything right now.
I just need to feel safe in this moment.”

Your nervous system doesn’t need more pressure — it needs regulation.

Save this.
Share it with someone who needs a pause today. 💚

02/09/2026

🧠 You can rewire your brain.

Every thought you think
Every habit you repeat
Every reaction you practice

…is literally shaping your nervous system.

Your brain is not fixed.
It is plastic — constantly updating itself based on what you do most.

This is called neuroplasticity.

And it means:
You are not broken.
You are trained.

When you repeat:

• worry
• self-criticism
• people-pleasing
• overthinking

Your brain builds faster and stronger pathways for those patterns — like carving deep grooves in a trail.

But when you practice:
• slowing your breath
• naming your feelings
• choosing a different response
• offering yourself compassion

You start creating new neural pathways.

At first they feel awkward.
Unnatural.
Hard.

That’s not failure — that’s rewiring.

Just like a muscle, your nervous system strengthens what you use.

Small changes.
Repeated often.
Change the brain.

You don’t have to become a different person.
You just have to practice being a safer one for yourself.

Save this for the days you forget 🧠✨
Share it with someone who’s doing the work.

02/06/2026

As a working mom running their own business - organization is key!

My paper agenda is life and it is the keeper of all the things. If you went to University with me you know I love to colour code and yes I still colour code EVERYTHING.

Each week I take time to get focused and organized so I can stay on top of things (the best I can).

I plan the menu, organize appointments, figure out cleaning and I also make sure I take time to plan out my self-care items and workouts.

Taking the time to organize each week helps me feel prepared and more calm for the week

02/04/2026

02/02/2026

As a working mom whose spouse works shift work sometimes I find myself solo during the day all weekend after a long exhausting work week...

I have learnt that I need to choose my hill....

Needed to take the dog for a walk - kids did not want to change out of their onesies and asked to bring toys...

I had a moment to choose whether to fight because I had expectations that the walk look a certain way (hello mom guilt!) or I could just let it be and realize there is no 'right' way to parent (there is a wrong way to parent but do not have time to get into that)

So I chose - I chose to not die on the hill of my mom guilt telling me they needed to change or not take toys and to just walk.

Did the walk take extra long because Barbie and Dinosaur needed to leave prints in the snow and mud? Yes.

Were we all happy and regulated? Yes.

Mom guilt can show up as expectations of how we think things are supposed to look or go

Choose your hill.

01/30/2026

Couldn’t have said it better myself!

01/28/2026

In December I celebrated my 5 years of being a fully Registered Psychologist in Alberta.

Why is that significant?

Because it means I can now provide supervision for Provisional Psychologists in Alberta

01/26/2026

Ways I fill my cup in the evenings to help destress.

Not every evening looks like this.

I also will do gentle movement I.e walk or Pilates, reading and sometimes watch a show

01/22/2026

I hear a lot about wanting more energy or motivation - fun thing about these two are they are BACKWARDS concepts. The best way to get them is by doing them.

Ever notice on busy days you feel like you have more energy compared to days you're sitting around a lot. By burning energy on busy days you are giving yourself more energy compared to days where you sit.

Best way to facilitate motivation is to accomplish a small task - the action of checking it off (physically or mentally) builds your motivation to do/accomplish something else

01/21/2026

Anxiety doesn’t need to be fixed in the moment.
It needs to be met.

Save this for the next wave 🤍

01/19/2026

🛑 Therapist Tip: The hardest part of the day isn’t work or bedtime
It’s the space in between. Especially with extra curricular activities...

Post-work and pre-bed is when exhaustion meets responsibility.
Your nervous system is done — but your role isn’t.

You don’t need to do more.
You need transition, not productivity.

Save this for tonight 🤍

01/16/2026