Kate Silverton Instagram – How much do you know about your stress response?
Do you know how many times it’s been triggered already today ?🤔
Our bodies evolved to cope with the stresses that came from being hunted, or threatened.
The stress response is a positive evolutionary adaption designed to keep us alive. It helps us to confront challenge, or escape.
Learning how to work WITH our stress response so that we harness its energy, but expressing it more safely is one of the most crucial skills we can teach our children
Because if your child’s brain and nervous system feel threatened; even just by the thought of something scary, eg. going into school and facing a child who hurt them yesterday, they will experience an automatic, whole-body response that typically drives the defensive behaviours of fight/flight.
Your child has little to no immediate control over this process. So, the next time your child squares up to their sibling, or run away from you .. consider what might be going on for them in that moment..
And then consider.. ‘how might I help’🤗
I share lots of scripts, tips, and tools in my books to help you support yourself if you are stressed, as much as I share advice on how to help your children.
Leave a 👍 if you’ve learned something from this – and leave any questions too!
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