The Steady Parents Blog
Meeting overstimulated parents with compassion and providing strategies that work to relieve sensory overwhelm
5 Actionable Holiday Shopping Tips for Overstimulated Parents
For parents already juggling multiple responsibilities, the prospect of navigating crowded stores, managing long shopping lists, and combating sensory overload can be overwhelming.
10 Helpful Cooking Tips for Busy, Dysregulated Parents
It’s the holiday season which means you may be spending extra time in the kitchen- or extra time feeling dysregulated!
Navigating Sensory Differences in Marriage: Understanding and Communicating Your Needs
How partners can have different sensory needs and parent together.
10 Surprising Symptoms of Overstimulation and How to Cope
Post-kids, your nervous system has a LOT more to deal with!
4 Home Organization Tips for Parents with ADHD and Sensory Overload
Discover practical home organization tips to conquer ADHD clutter and create a stress-free living space.
Supporting Sensory Regulation in the Face of Crisis
Have you stopped to think about how your sensory system affects the way you make sense of crisis? Or how crisis affects your sensory system?
Healing Your Nervous System: 10 Tips for Preventing Overstimulation
The Rage Clean: The Overstimulated Mom’s Superpower
How to effectively clean when stressed as a parent while staying in control of your nervous system.
Sensitive to Noise? Here is Why it Is So Triggering for Parents
Between the screaming and crying of our kids and all of the background sounds in our home, it’s no wonder noise is triggering for parents!
Parenting Mantra: 3 Words Every Overstimulated Mom or Dad Needs to Hear
It makes sense.
How Can I Play with My Kids If I’m Overstimulated?
The right kind of play can actually help regulate you, too!
Road Trip Tips to Avoid Overstimulation in the Car
One of the most commonly overstimulating situations is the car.
How to Stay Calm When Your Child is Having a Meltdown
Hint: Sometimes you actually can’t.
The Mental Load of Motherhood and Overstimulation - How Are They Related?
The real effects of a heavy mental load.
ADHD & Overstimulation - Symptoms and How to Manage
ADHD brains struggle with dopamine deficiency and arousal levels.
Five Things Every Parent Should Know About Being Touched-Out
Hint: it feels awful. But it’s not helpless.
Dear Overstimulated Mom…
You are not alone
Touched Out?
Get my FREE Touched-Out Meditation!
Parenting can throw us for a loop! When you’re in the thick of it and can’t figure out how to shift your energy and calm your nervous system, pop in your headphones and tune into this track (or read along if that’s more your style!), straight from the S.O.S. Vault!
I’ll be right beside you to walk you through it!