From Burnout to Balance - Helping Parents Find Balance on the Burnout Recovery Journey

The Cost of “Just Be Happy”: How the Nervous System Holds Grief, Shame & Connection


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What if the well-meaning wish, “I just want my child to be happy”, is quietly fuelling shame, disconnection, and burnout?

In this heartfelt episode of From Burnout to Balance, Tanya unpacks how emotional suppression, rooted in generational trauma and cultural expectations, gets stored in the body, passed through parenting, and misunderstood as failure.

You’ll explore:

  • Why the nervous system reacts so strongly to your child’s big emotions

  • How grief becomes shame, for both parent and child

  • What nervous system safety really means (it’s not being calm all the time)

  • Why reparenting yourself is the key to supporting your child’s emotional world

  • What it sounds like to co-regulate instead of control

  • How grief, when welcomed, becomes the gateway to deeper trust and connection

This is not easy work, but it’s sacred work. And you don’t have to do it alone.

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From Burnout to Balance - Helping Parents Find Balance on the Burnout Recovery JourneyBy Tanya Valentin