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Brain Science for Parents: How to Return to Joy When You Feel Like Yelling
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We chat with Chris Coursey from THRIVEtoday to discuss “return to joy,” a crucial skill for moving from reactive parenting to thoughtful responses. Chris explains the three-step process of feeling, sharing, and quieting emotions, while offering strategies to increase your emotional capacity during challenging interactions with your kids. The conversation highlights the brain science behind emotional regulation and provides tools to recognize when you’re slipping into “enemy mode” and how to return to your relational self. Plus, learn how you could win a copy of Chris’s latest book, 4 Habits of Joy-Filled People.
Key points:
- Discover how you can recover from strong emotions and “return to joy”
- Understand how much emotional weight you can carry at any given time
- Learn to recognize when you’re in your best, relational state versus when you’ve slipped into a reactive state
- The three-step process Chris teaches: Feel your feelings, share your feelings, and calm your feelings
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- New 4-Day Mini-Course! How to Turn Fast, Large, and Loud Into Slow, Low, and Listen–Register Today for $9
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- Ep. 183 | Joyful Kids: What’s the Secret?
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