Your Emotional Emergency Plan: A therapist's 5-step guide to keeping your calm when your child can't

 

Calm your body before the words come out.
This isn’t “just breathe.” It’s a fast, therapist-designed plan you can grab in the moment so bedtime, mornings, and meltdowns don’t spiral. You’ll learn the 5 steps to steady your nervous system first—so your child can borrow your calm.

What you’ll get in minutes

  • The real reason your body reacts before your brain (so you stop the shame loop).

  • The early-warning cues that tell you you’re about to lose it (and how to hit pause).

  • A simple, repeatable 5-Step Calm Sequence you can use tonight:
    Pause the spiral → Reframe → Connect (not correct) → Repair → Prevent.

  • Try-this-now micro-resets (15–60 seconds) that bring your thinking brain back online.

Why it works (and keeps working)
Your child’s nervous system mirrors yours. When you steady first, they settle sooner. This plan shows you exactly what to do with your breath, body, tone, and words—in real life, not in theory.

Built for busy moms

  • Short, skimmable pages with “do-this-now” prompts

  • Quick phrases you can screenshot and use verbatim

  • Designed to be read on your phone during the hard moments

Real moments it handles beautifully

  • Bedtime refusal without power struggles

  • “No!” + eye-rolls without snapping back

  • After-yelling repair that actually lands and rebuilds safety

 

If you want tonight to go differently—start here.

 

Note: This guide is therapist-created and mom-tested; it pairs perfectly with the course if you want deeper support later.

 
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