Happy Monday! Starting next week: I'm gifting you my 7-Day Emotional Regulation Challenge.
If "just calm down" has never once worked on you (or your kid), this is for you.
Over next week, you'll get one small, doable skill each day (5-10 minutes, that's it) pulled straight from DBT and mindfulness research — the same tools I spent years applying in classrooms with at-risk kids:
By day 7, you'll have practiced how to:
- Catch a big emotion before it takes over — for you or your kid
- Regulate your body first, so your thinking brain can actually come back online
- Respond instead of react, even mid-meltdown (yours or theirs)
- Build a small toolkit you can actually reach for, not just read about
What's included:
- One specific daily practice — no filler, no 45-minute meditations you won't finish
- A prompt each day to reflect on what actually happened when you tried it
- Direct access to me — I read and respond to everyone in this group personally
- A community of people in the exact same daily reality as you
I'm offering this because pushing through overwhelm without a plan doesn't make it go away; it just means the next big moment catches you off guard again. This isn't about eliminating big feelings. It's about finally having something real to do with them.
Big emotions aren't the problem. Resisting them is.
Comment below with your favorite fun emoji if you're in! 🐱❤️🌮🤑