If you’ve ever tried to talk through behavior or feelings with a child who is clearly dysregulated, you already know this truth: You can’t reason with a nervous system that feels unsafe. Before kids can reflect, apologize, problem-solve, or even name a feeling, their bodies have to calm first. In our home, especially with theContinue reading “Helping Kids Regulate Their Bodies: Proprioceptive, Vestibular, and Rhythmic Input Explained”
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Anchored in Love: Why I Started This Podcast
Anchored in Love is a new podcast rooted in real-life experiences with foster care, blended family life, healing, and boundaries. In this post, I share why I started the podcast and how it connects to the stories already shared here on the blog, now spoken out loud and available on Apple Podcasts.
Letting Go of the Perfect Mom Myth
For years, I thought being a good mom meant being a perfect one, calm, organized, and endlessly patient. But somewhere between the chaos, carpool lines, and bedtime stories, I realized perfection isn’t the goal. Connection is. In this post, I’m sharing how I learned to let go of unrealistic expectations and embrace the messy, beautiful reality of motherhood, especially in our blended family.
The Anker Homestead 