Nadia

reaction we're all reacting to life rather than responding to yes exactly and if reacting and if we part of the nervous system work when i started to learn about it i started to look at people differently and it wasn't like they're bad but like they're dysregulated

they're acting from this place you end up having a lot more compassion for sound and then the co-regulation comes in when it's like if my nervous system can be steady then you're nervous then that will translate into your nervous system

And it's also, you know, in labor, it's a big thing.

As soon as someone walks into the room in labor with adrenaline and freaking out, the mother's labor is going to stop.

When there's someone next to her that's really calm and like, you know, girl, you've got this.

Just take a breath.

It's a big thing for me.

I'm a big journal keeper.

And what's been really helpful for the last few years, especially being in a new whole new situation in my life, is that I can watch myself grow from reading back some of these journals.

I really love it.

And I also have a lot of journals where I keep gratitude and things that I feel like, oh, I really grew through this or I handled this differently and I can write it all down and see how much I've changed.

And not everyone can go to a therapist or wants to go to a therapist.

And just by having some of these prompts we've got in the book and writing just what's in your head down on a piece of paper can get it out.

And when I got involved in my relationship,

When I was really, really angry, at least I knew this much.

Do not just vomit it out on him.

Take a moment.

Maybe I went for a walk.

Sometimes I would just write it all down, pages and pages of what was going on inside me.

And as I wrote, I would just start to breathe and feel like,