Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

Eps 510: Somatic tools for our nervous system with Katie Connolly


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Katie Connolly, a Somatic Parenting Coach, teaches me a whole lot about our nervous system and somatic tools when she drops by this week.   


Katie explains how our nervous system and birthing experiences tie-in to our personal growth, who highly-sensitive people are & indicators, and why we’re able to better navigate experiences and stay connected in our bodies when we nourish our nervous system. We hit on so much this week: breathing exercises, meditation, scheduling-in time for ourselves, overstimulation, trauma, adoption, boundaries, co-regulation, and more. Katie ends by sharing specific tools and breathing patterns to try out at home.  


Takeaways from the show

  • Understanding & supporting our nervous system and how that fits in with self-growth 
  • Traumatic birthing experiences 
  • Sympathetic nervous system versus parasympathetic nervous system
  • Each parent-child relationship is completely unique 
  • Highly-sensitive people & indicators 
  • Everyone has trauma in their lineage 
  • Different breathing exercises & patterns 
  • Short meditations 
  • Nourishing & making time for yourself realistically 
  • Co-regulation & the family nervous system

  • For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here.

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