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🌿 A Gentle Guide to Regulating Overwhelm at Home
For stay-at-home women, homemakers, and anyone whose nervous system never clocks out

1. NOTICE — Listen before you fix
Overwhelm is information, not failure.
You may be overstimulated if you notice:
Irritability over small things
Feeling rushed with no clear reason
Avoiding rooms, tasks, or people
Wanting to escape (scrolling, snacking, leaving)
Tension in your jaw, chest, or shoulders
🕊️ Nothing is wrong with you. Your body is communicating.

2. ACKNOWLEDGE — Safety begins with being seen
Before changing anything, name what’s happening.
Place a hand on your chest or stomach and say:
“This feels like a lot right now.”
“I’m overwhelmed, and that makes sense.”
“I don’t need to fix this moment.”
Your nervous system calms faster when it feels recognized, not corrected.

3. REGULATE — Create calm through your environment
Regulation works best from the outside in.
Lower sensory input
Turn off overhead lights
Reduce background noise
Put your phone face-down
Slow the pace
Move more slowly
Speak more softly
Do one thing at a time
Meet basic needs
Eat before emotions escalate
Drink water
Use the bathroom without rushing
Regulation begins with care, not willpower.

4. SOFTEN EXPECTATIONS — Perfection is overstimulating
Say to yourself:
“This doesn’t all need to be done today.”
“Good enough is safe enough.”
“I can rest inside unfinished things.”
Peace comes from what you release, not what you perfect.

5. CLOSE THE DAY — Signal safety before rest
At night, help your body let go.
A simple closing ritual:
Dim the lights
Close the kitchen
Write down 3 things you did (not to-do)
Take one slow exhale before bed
This tells your nervous system: We are safe now.

.... A Reminder
Calm is not something you earn.
It’s something you allow.
Your home doesn’t need to impress anyone.
It needs to support you.