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Blending families is HARD. You're managing kids with different needs, trying to show up equally for all of them, and navigating two parents who operate completely differently. When your nervous system is dysregulated, all of that feels impossible.

My special guest Michael Braunstein is back on the pod this week talking about how regulating his nervous system and training his brain brought his blended family closer than he could imagine (they even had FUN on a family vacation!).

Blended families magnify nervous system dysregulation. You're trying to create one cohesive unit out of separate histories, different parenting styles, kids who didn't ask for this setup. Your nervous system is constantly scanning: am I favoring my own kids? Are the step kids feeling left out? Is my partner seeing me as the problem?

When you're regulated, you have the capacity to hold all of it without defaulting to control, shutdown, or resentment.

That's what regulation does. Your family stops running on survival mode and starts operating from connection.

Comment PODCAST and I'll send you a link to listen to the full episode with Michael on Thrive Like a Parent.

Xo, Dr. B 💛




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