This made me burst into tears.

Reader!

The first time I heard this song in our weekly "Family Song" music circle, I spontaneously burst into tears.

Like a piece of my soul just cracked open.

It hit me like a wave.

Not because I didn't know those words should be true, but because I hadn't believed they were true for me.

If you grew up in an abusive or neglectful environment—if the words you heard shaped how you see yourself, even now—this message is for you.

Because parenting with a nervous system wired for protection (not connection) is really hard.

The way we were spoken to...
The looks we received...
The silence or blame or sarcasm or dismissal...
It shaped us.

And that pain doesn't disappear just because we become parents.
It lingers in our reactions, our exhaustion, our fear that we're failing.

It can make EVERY aspect of parenting harder because we might have less:

• patience
• compassion
• energy
• confidence

If you're in that place—tired, triggered, maybe even resentful of how hard this all feels—I want to invite you into a space that's helped me and thousands of others.

​Enroll in any parenting series by 5/5 and I'll send you a FREE set of Conscious Communication Cards, the ones I created to help you calm your mind and find the words when everything feels hard.

And when you join, you'll also get access to our WhatsApp Chat Community, a quiet, cozy, place to find validation for YOUR needs, and the kind of encouragement you won't find in a social media scroll.

I remember the days of begging:
​"Please just GO TO SLEEP!"

I remember how every decision...

• What to feed her (I hated this part)
• Getting dressed in time for school (pushing made her go slower)
• How to manage her insatiable energy (I was exhausted a lot)

felt like SO much.

Looking back, I wish I had given myself more freedom to be overwhelmed.

Because like many of us, I was:

😵‍💫 Easily overstimulated.
😩 Worn out from the repetition of caregiving.
😢 Quietly grieving a childhood I never had.
😴 Trying to be "better" but often running on empty.

I felt the pressure to give more than I could.
You might feel like you're too depleted to be "conscious."
Or you've given ALL you had, and it still wasn't enough.

So, just know you're not alone.
And you don't have to navigate this with sheer willpower (impossible task).

If you're craving structure or community or something to hold onto...

✅ Our Community Chat is available when you join an online series. These gentle reminders, video notes, nd small doses of inspiration, straight from me to you, will increase self-awareness and help you regulate before you react (especially if you're feeling out of sync or alone).

✅ Use the Communication Cards, a tactile (or digital), mindset-resetting tool for when words fail you! FREE through 5/5 with any online series enrollment.

✅ Let's connect what's happening on the inside with what we see on the outside.

If you want to hear my voice more often, receive real-time encouragement, and connect in a quieter, more intentional space, enroll today.

👉🏻 Find peace as a parent, even if you didn't have a role model for what that looks like.​

Or maybe… You don’t want to do anything right now. And that’s okay, too.

This isn’t a launch.
This is a landing.

And when you’re ready, whenever that is, I’ll be here.

Remember, conscious, not perfect! 🫶🏼

Warmly,

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