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elainenichollsnvr
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Glimmers - micro moments of joy
Glimmers are those tiny, magical moments that make us feel peace, joy, safety, and connection. They make us feel alive. We often don't...

elainenichollsnvr
Aug 29, 20241 min read
Rudeness
My conscious thinking brain knows this. My unconscious emotional brain sometimes doesn't. When we're feeling wound up by our kids it's...

elainenichollsnvr
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Things I manage not to say
Children’s brains are wired differently to adult brains. The bits of the brain that help us manage our emotions and impulses, reflect on...

elainenichollsnvr
Aug 8, 20242 min read
Coregulation
Therapeutic parents are encouraged to share their calm to coregulate their dysregulated child. They might be very distressed. They might...

elainenichollsnvr
Jun 30, 20241 min read
The measure of parenting success
A quote by lived experience trauma therapist Glenn Patrick Doyle - "We're not ourselves when we're triggered. We become who we think we...

elainenichollsnvr
May 25, 20241 min read
I'm so sorry
Apologies cover a multitude of parent mistakes and parent dysregulation. We all have ‘stuff’ that drives everything from behind the...

elainenichollsnvr
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Triggers and glimmers
Sometimes we know how we want to deal with things as parents. We know what we need to do and what we should avoid doing. We can picture...

elainenichollsnvr
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Change starts with us
In NVR parenting, change starts with us - the adults. When you hear that, what does it bring up in you? It's easy to conclude that if...
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