Your child’s emotions explode and suddenly your body is reacting too. Your chest tightens and calm disappears in seconds. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why a child’s dysregulation can feel contagious and what happens inside your nervous system in that moment. Co-regulation isn’t fixing their feelings — it’s learning to stay present while the storm moves through.

“I want you to want to.” It sounds small, but in relationships those moments can feel enormous. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why ordinary frustrations — dishes, sighs, asking for help — can suddenly turn into big emotional fights. Often it isn’t the chore at all. It’s the deeper fear of being unseen or alone inside the relationship.

An email lands at work and suddenly your chest tightens. You feel defensive, exposed, or the urge to explain yourself before you even know why. In this episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore why your body reacts before your thinking brain catches up, and how recognising that moment can create the space to respond differently.

Why do we say yes when we mean no? In this opening episode of The 3 Minute Pause, we explore how fear of disappointing others quietly shapes our choices. The feelings we avoid don’t disappear — they begin deciding for us. Notice the moment before you react. That pause is where change begins.

Welcome to The 3 Minute Pause, a podcast about learning how to slow down, regulate your nervous system, and respond to life with greater clarity and choice.

Hosted by Somatic Coach and Psychotherapist Muneeza Khimji, this show explores emotional resilience, self awareness, and nervous system awareness through grounded conversations and pauses you can use in moments of stress, reactivity, or overwhelm.

Because when you learn to pause, you change how you respond.