#186-When Your Nervous System Feels “Trapped"Try Love-Bombing Yourself:(Calm Parenting for Moms of Teens)
The Teen Years Toolkit For Moms: Parenting Communication Skills to Calm the Chaos · Jessica Stewart
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Show Notes
Would you ever scream at a frightened dog caught in a trap—or would you try to calm it with care and compassion? Then why do we so often speak harshly to ourselves in moments of parenting stress?
When parenting your teen gets hard, your nervous system can go into survival mode—snapping, freezing, or shutting down. This episode offers a powerful reframe that helps you understand what’s really going on in those moments and how to respond to yourself with the same compassion you’d offer someone else in pain.
- Learn how parenting stress impacts your nervous system and why self-criticism makes it worse
- Understand the harmful roots of “love bombing” in relationships—and how to flip it for self-healing
- Discover a practical, calming technique rooted in compassion that can help you respond instead of react
Press play now to learn how to use compassion—not criticism—as your most powerful parenting tool when stress hits.
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