The pressure of trying to be calm for your child when you feel overwhelmed and anxious.

The Highly Sensitive Child

So many parents tell me that they’re trying to be calm for their child in those moments when your child is having a hard time. But in trying to be calm, we’re actually pushing our feelings down. Because we’re not ALLOWING ourselves to feel how we feel in those stressful moments. In this episode I talk about how “trying”to be calm won’t help you or your child and one practical way that you can start to calm your feelings in those moments.