Our aim is to help individuals better understand self-regulation and build resilience in the face of big emotions. We believe that strong bonds between caregivers and children are at the heart of self-regulation, and we use neuroscience-based strategies to support healthy nervous system development. From parents looking to help their child manage big feelings, to individuals interested in building their own emotional resilience, we're here to support you.
Our Mission
Our Vision
We’re igniting a revolution to help the world effectively manage and respond to their emotional experiences because it's not what happens to us but how we react that creates harmony or chaos in our lives.
Our clinical
experience
After two decades of clinical work, we have come to realize that if our clients walk away with the ability to effectively regulate their nervous systems, then they can not only handle difficult circumstances, but they can also create safety within themselves so they can offer safe environments for others. Through the Regulation Revolution podcast, we aim to help everyone become their own regulators. Our team is passionate about promoting and supporting self-regulation as a key component of well-being. We have all experienced the ups and downs of life, and we have seen how our nervous systems get hijacked which causes an unnecessary escalation of emotions resulting in an undesirable outcome. If we learn how to de-escalate ourselves, we naturally bring the emotional temperature down a notch, which can make the critical difference in any situation. All crimes, wars, and out-of-control situations could have been stopped before they even started if the individuals in power had personal self mastery over their emotions. Our podcast takes an individualized approach to regulation, recognizing that what works for one person may not work for another. We provide a safe space for listeners to learn how to meet themselves where they are in the moment, and to develop personalized tools for managing their emotions and behaviors. Join the movement today and take control of your life!
Why this podcast?
Why now?
The resources for setting up the pre-natal foundational elements for healthy emotional regulation are sparse.
Education for new parents is focused on more of the physical needs and not the emotional needs, which are just as important. Paying attention to infant mental health leads to healthy, emotionally intelligent and successful children and adults!
There's no parenting manual...well there is but it may not be the one we wanted.
We all get one, but it's not always effective. If you're listening to this podcast, you're likely trying to understand the manual you inherited and decide which parts need to be rewritten.
The science is here now and it's spreading into the therapy room.
Now, more than ever, we are equipped with knowledge of how the nervous system works and how the body maintain trauma residue. The past two decades have imparted wisdom and research about the interconnection of the brain, developmental psychology, and resulting human behavior. Time and time again, we see the impact of unresolved trauma in our clients. We want to help our audience understand their own trauma so they don't pass it to their children.  We'll translate complex science into layman's terms.  For example, Dr. Porges' polyvagal theory invites us to think about a radar system, which he calls neuroception, that scans the environment for cues of safety and cues of danger. Deb Dana, LCSW, uses a ladder as a metaphor for regulation. We enter fight-flight mode and move down the ladder if we sense danger. If we can't negotiate/eliminate or avoid the threat, we fall to the bottom of the ladder in a collapsed state. That's when we don't feel motivated or have hope, and we've given up. When you're at the bottom of the ladder, you can't leap from the bottom to the top; you must touch the middle rungs to climb to the top again. When we feel safe, we move up. When we're closer to the top of the ladder, we're safe and willing to be social and try new things. Even if we're a little nervous about it, we can be willing to try new things and connect - our social engagement system is online.
THE TEETER TOTTER
Through our in-depth exploration of the Polyvagal Theory, we hope to help our listeners access the fulcrum of their emotional teeter-totter to bring about a sense of balance in their lives.
The Regulation Revolution podcast explores the delicate balancing act of parenting with regulation. Using the metaphor of the teeter-totter, we discuss how parents act as modulators to adjust the weight their child takes on the end of their teeter-totter. When a child needs help, parents must move closer to the fulcrum to help them regain balance. However, if parents move their weight around too forcefully, they can flip their child off the end and send them flying. Our podcast helps you navigate this balancing act with your child. We'll start at the beginning, helping new parents nurture their babies so they have a solid foundation for building emotional health with a healthy nervous system.
About
Our goal is to help our audience understand the parent-child relationship as it relates to the genesis of emotional regulation and co-regulation, which are the basis for good mental health.
If you are a new mom, new dad, frustrated spouse, employee, pregnant mom, new parents in the adoption process, a single parent, a caregiver, a teacher, a boss or someone deeply curious about how to live a more emotionally stable life, this podcast is for you.
We'll start at the beginning...
We are going to discuss many areas of importance and how regulation factors in - relationships, work, school, self confidence - but we are going to start where regulation starts. With how important the first 12 months of life are for building a foundation for healthy regulation - that infant mental health approach - if you get the first 0-12 months right enough/good enough - research shows this foundation will set them up for a better chance of success and doing well despite the storms life throws at them, because of that strong foundation. If things go wrong during that time - we can still help improve regulation, it's just more difficult, different roads are often traveled down because regulation difficulties go unrecognized. Self regulation is developed out of co-regulation with the parents and primary caregivers. Our goal is to set babies and parents up for success in the very beginning, which allows for less heartache and work for everyone later on. We really do have a passion for improving infant mental health - which leads to improved adult mental health!
...let's begin
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Some parents may want to tune us out because, as parents, we are often blamed for the way our children "turned out." This podcast isn't about pointing the finger. It is about empowering new parents with knowledge and providing compassion for our parents and ourselves.