31/12/2025
If this spoke to you, I’ll start by saying the guilt you feel from this shows that you care, you love them, you want to do better.
But let the guilt go. It cannot help the work that’s ahead.
We can only work with the tools we have. Sometimes, when life does what life does, it can make you forget your toolbox even exists.
I spoke about alignment and regulation. These provide capacity.
It doesn’t mean you won’t get stressed.
It just means you’ll have the capacity to hold it and the awareness to release it in a healthy way.
Think of capacity like a cup.
When your cup is already full from work, worry, exhaustion, unprocessed pain… there’s no room left for patience.
No room for presence. No room for your kids just being kids.
So you overflow. And they get the s**t.
But when you’re living in alignment, when your nervous system is regulated, your cup has space.
You can hold more.
You can respond instead of react.
This isn’t about being a perfect parent. It’s about being a present one.
And presence starts with you doing the inner work that no one sees.
The work of processing what you’ve been carrying.
The work of releasing the pressure before it explodes.
The work of meeting the version of you that’s still fighting battles from years ago…
The threats that no longer exist.
Your kids don’t need you to never get angry.
They need you to stop using them as the release for pain that has nothing to do with them.
You’re not a bad parent. You’re just ignoring something important.
And the first step? Filling your own cup. Learning how to regulate yourself so you can hold space for them.
If you’re ready to start that work, drop me a DM. I’ve got some free resources that’ll help you understand what’s underneath the anger and give you practical tools to shift it.
I’ve been there.
Where you are now does not have to be where you end up.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​