There are two kinds of self-care your nervous system relies on: the kind that prevents overwhelm and the kind that helps you recover from it. Proactive self-care is anything that fills your system before the stress of the day hits. It builds capacity. It widens your window of tolerance. It lets you respond to your child with steadiness instead of survival mode. Reactive self-care is what you reach for when you have already hit your limit. It is the pause, the step away, the reset, the honest repair. This kind of care teaches kids that everyone gets overwhelmed and everyone can come back to connection. Supporting your nervous system is not indulgent. It is essential to raising emotionally safe kids and protecting your own wellbeing. If you want to understand what drains or restores your particular system, the Regulation Questionnaire will walk you through it. Comment REGULATE and I will send you the link. #BigKidsBiggerFeelings #SeedAndSew #EmotionalRegulation #ParentingTools #NervousSystemSupport #SelfCareForParents #RegulationFirst #ConnectedParenting