Headaches, a shrinking fuse, a body that won’t fully rest — these aren’t random. Here are the physical and emotional signs that you’re absorbing more than your nervous system can carry, and what to do about it.
Burnout and vicarious trauma get treated like the same thing. They’re not, and rest only fixes one of them. Here’s how to tell which one you’re carrying.
A calm child isn’t a resolved child. What actually happens in the aftermath of a crisis — and why skipping it keeps the cycle going.
Comfort during a crisis isn’t a reward for bad behavior. Here’s how to tell the difference — and why the distinction matters for kids.
In acute distress, words rarely land — but presence, posture, and distance speak a language the nervous system can actually hear.
The first sixty seconds of a child’s crisis decide everything. What to do, what to skip, and why logic never works when a nervous system is offline.
The words that actually help traumatized kids feel safe to talk — and why they ask nothing of the child except to be believed.
The praise and comfort phrases that can accidentally shame traumatized kids — and what to say instead that doesn’t grade their pain.
Why “I know how you feel” fails traumatized kids — and what to say instead when you actually want to understand.
Why telling a traumatized child “you’re safe now” often backfires — and what co-regulation actually requires instead.
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