Episode Highlights With Brittany

• Why this work is so important, especially for moms
• How babies co-regulate with moms for several years and how our children borrow our nervous systems for several years until theirs' develop
• How dysregulated nervous systems affect parenting and the parent child bond
• Children are wired to come to their caregivers for regulation, so when the caregiver is a source of fear or dysregulation this can create attachment issues and other issues
• Perfection is not required- in fact an in-depth study found that mothers being attuned even just 30% of the time led to secure attachment in the child. So we don’t even have to get it right the majority of the time!
• Navigating rupture and repair well can actually lead to more resilience and secure attachment
• Somatic practices that moms can do on the go when we feel overwhelmed 
• Practical tools that moms can use to benefit our nervous systems and our families
• How movement is so helpful for the nervous system
• What resourcing is and how doing this for just a couple minutes a day can be really helpful
• How attunement is so important and can be helpful even if we're personally not regulated
• Ways to help our kids develop healthy nervous system regulation and attachment.
• Her advice for those struggling with mom guilt.

Resources Mentioned

• Body First Healing Program
• Brittany on Instagram
• Body First Healing - the book