3 Things Moms Blame Themselves For That Are Really a Stressed Nervous System

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Here are three things that moms love to blame themselves for, but that are actually your nervous system asking for more support. So number one, snapping when you're overstimulated. If you're snapping, that's your brain saying there's too much input and not enough space to process it. Number two, feeling guilty the second you try to rest. That's probably your nervous system stuck on high alert. Like not a sign that you're doing it wrong, but your nervous system is like saying danger. number three shutting down when everything piles up if you are feeling burnt out it's your nervous system going into protect mode so none of this means that you're failing it means that you're running on empty without enough time to fill your cup and here's something that really helps the moms that I work with it's called straw breathing so it's taking a deep breath and exhaling as if you're exhaling through a straw what this does is it signals to your brain that like you're safe enough to take a deep breath it helps your body soften and when our body feels calm then our patience typically follows