Balance and Renewal Center

10/30/2025

A child’s nervous system can’t regulate well when their body’s needs aren’t met.

Sometimes the most powerful support is meeting the physical need first.

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10/30/2025

When our child shows difficult behaviour, it’s really a message: “I’m struggling, not bad.”
How we respond in those moments shapes what they learn about emotions and connection.
When we validate, empathise and help them calm, they learn to regulate — and behaviour naturally improves.
When we ignore, punish or isolate, feelings grow bigger and regulation becomes harder.

✨ Connection teaches regulation, not correction.

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10/29/2025

We often assume “processing trauma” looks the same for everyone: sit in therapy, talk it through, feel the emotions. But for many people, simply remembering can reopen the wound.

When the body doesn’t yet feel safe, the brain can’t tell the difference between past and present. The amygdala fires, stress hormones surge, and you’re no longer remembering - you’re reliving.

That’s why trauma processing has to be personalized.
Some people need to start with somatic work to bring the body out of survival mode.

Others need modalities like EMDR, parts-oriented therapy, or neurofeedback to help the brain safely rewire the memory.

Healing isn’t about forcing yourself to “face it.” It’s about creating the safety and support that allow your system to integrate it.

Because when your body no longer treats the memory as a threat - that’s when remembering becomes rewiring and healing begins.

10/28/2025

10/24/2025

A clip about the brain and how trauma can heal and learn differently from Diary of a CEO and Andrew Huberman

10/23/2025

Their actions aren’t about you

10/23/2025

DBTSkills : Module 1. Mindfulness. 'What vs How Skills'

10/23/2025

DBTSkills. Distress Tolerance Module. T.I.P.P skill.
We use Distress Tolerance Skills in crisis situations.