elainenichollsnvrAug 291 minRudenessMy conscious thinking brain knows this. My unconscious emotional brain sometimes doesn't. When we're feeling wound up by our kids it's...
elainenichollsnvrAug 212 minThings I manage not to sayChildren’s brains are wired differently to adult brains. The bits of the brain that help us manage our emotions and impulses, reflect on...
elainenichollsnvrAug 82 minCoregulationTherapeutic parents are encouraged to share their calm to coregulate their dysregulated child. They might be very distressed. They might...
elainenichollsnvrJul 11 minThe measure of parenting successA quote by lived experience trauma therapist Glenn Patrick Doyle - "We're not ourselves when we're triggered. We become who we think we...
elainenichollsnvrMay 261 minI'm so sorryApologies cover a multitude of parent mistakes and parent dysregulation. We all have ‘stuff’ that drives everything from behind the...
elainenichollsnvrApr 262 minTriggers and glimmersSometimes 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...
elainenichollsnvrApr 112 minChange starts with usIn 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...