Embodying Safety for Ourselves & Our Kids

“Not everything is an emergency, but it sometimes feels that way” — Kate Lynch

Do you ever feel so stressed you aren’t sure you can hold it together as a parent?

Or do you ever feel like when your kids have BIG feelings, they are too overwhelming for you?

Ever come out of big feelings yourself wondering if you might have been too hard on your kids or ignored your own needs?

Well, this conversation is for you.

Introduction 🌻

• I recently completed an online course about Nervous System Regulation based on Polyvagal Theory. I wrote about it here »

• I resonated with this work because it promised to help me address being anxious or shut down and making bad choices—and it has helped.

• I now have a practice with which to support the part of me that perceives danger when in reality, I am safe.

• From this place, I am little by little making better decisions when facing stress. Which is very good for me and my family.

• When I learned that Kate has been using Polyvagal Theory specifically to support parents and families, I wanted to dig into this topic with her for my own benefit and all of you listening as well.

• Kate is a trauma-informed mindfulness coach who has been raising her amazing neurodivergent kid for 13 years.

• We face a lot of uncertainty today. The question a lot of parents are asking is, “How can I help my kid feel safe when I feel unsafe myself?”

• Through Kate’s coaching, parents are realizing the importance of the Nervous System in supporting themselves and their kids to feel less stress and more confidence.

• In a sense, mindfully engaging with Polyvagal Theory is one way to be a more resilient human being in the face of uncertainty.

• Good skill to have in today’s world.

Kate’s Bio + links 🧘

Kate Lynch is a mindful parenting coach and yoga teacher who is on a mission to co-create a more inclusive world. Since 2002, she has supported thousands of parents internationally with self-compassion and mindfulness practices, so their families can feel more ease and joy. Kate is a cycle-breaker, an empath, and a vagus nerd. Her little neurodiverse family lives in a magical land called Brooklyn.

Parents of neurodivergent kids who want to feel more connected, calm, and present seek Kate out for trauma-informed support, strategies, and connection.

• Her Atypical Kids, Mindful Parents Blog sits at the intersection of mindful parenting and neurodiversity.

• Find Self Regulated Parent on Instagram.

• Get Kate’s Mindful Meltdown Cheat Sheet on her website.