Somatic Healing for Moms: How to Regulate Your Nervous System in Real-Time With Brittany Piper

Episode Highlights With BrittanyWhy this work is so important, especially for momsHow babies co-regulate with moms for several years and how our children borrow our nervous systems for several years until theirs" developHow dysregulated nervous systems affect parenting and the parent child bondChildren are wired to come to their caregivers for regulation, so when the caregiver is a source of fear or dysregulation this can create attachment issues and other issuesPerfection is not required- in fact an in-depth study found that mothers being attuned even just 30% of the time led to secure attachment in the child. So we don’t even have to get it right the majority of the time!Navigating rupture and repair well can actually lead to more resilience and secure attachmentSomatic practices that moms can do on the go when we feel overwhelmed Practical tools that moms can use to benefit our nervous systems and our familiesHow movement is so helpful for the nervous systemWhat resourcing is and how doing this for just a couple minutes a day can be really helpfulHow attunement is so important and can be helpful even if we"re personally not regulatedWays to help our kids develop healthy nervous system regulation and attachment.Her advice for those struggling with mom guilt. Resources MentionedBody First Healing ProgramBrittany on InstagramBody First Healing - the book