Sensational Moms: For Overstimulated Homeschool Moms
Mom, are you living in sensory overload? Heard the word "regulated" and wondering what it really means? If you’re touched out and talked out, this podcast is for you. Whitney is your coach in your backpocket, here to share:
-Encouragement
-Expert interviews
-Tips
...All to help you move from overstimulated and reactive mom to the present, connected, and responsive homeschool mom your kids need.
Kids feeling overstimulated and riding the emotional rollercoaster too? We go there, too. Understand what your kid's behavior is really trying to tell you is an important step to finding peace in your home.
Hit subscribe and join her every two weeks with expert interviews and one-on-one chats featuring sensory & self-regulation topics from a holistic, science-based viewpoint.
Whitney brings her extensive training and experience as a sensory-based occupational therapist to the day to day reality of homeschooling as a highly sensitive mom of 4 kids.
She specializes in looking at the connected nervous system of the family unit and how we influence each other and brings body/brain-based understanding into everyday life!
Sensational Moms: For Overstimulated Homeschool Moms
How to mom through crisis as a highly sensitive person
If you're overstimulated by your kids, then it could be just part of a bigger puzzle as a highly sensitive person. In today's episode, Whitney scratches the surface of what it means to be a highly sensitive person according to Elaine Aron.
Then, what does it look like to deal with heavy emotions like grief as an HSP and a busy mom?
Empathy. Attunement. Noticing. Reflecting. Then sharing…these are the superpowers of a highly sensitive person, but they can also be our downfall.
Because what makes you a responsive, attuned mom can also make you an exhausted, anxious human.
Walk away from today's episode feeling encouraged with 3 ways highly sensitive moms can keep mom-ing through hardship-- whether personal, local, or global.
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Link to Amy Bodkin interoception podcast
Research about news related stress
More about dorsal vagal shutdown and freeze
Kelly Mahler's body scan resources
This podcast is not meant as medical advice or a substitute for any medical advice. Please contact your health professional with any mental health or physical health questions or concerns.