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You love your kids. You want to be patient, present, and connected. But some days, no matter how hard you try, you find yourself snapping over the smallest things. The mess they’ve made. The whining. The endless “Mum! Mum! Mum!”

And then the guilt sets in.

You tell yourself: I should be able to handle this better. I don’t want to be this kind of parent.

But here’s the thing—your big reactions aren’t a reflection of your love for your children. It’s not that you don’t know how to handle this situation. It’s simply a sign that your nervous system is overwhelmed.

And that’s where energy work—yoga, breathwork, and tapping—comes in.

Let’s dive into why you keep snapping and how working with your energetic body can help you stay calm, even in the chaos of parenting.

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Why You Keep Losing Your Patience

Snapping at your kids isn’t just about “having a bad day” or “needing to try harder.” There are deeper reasons at play:

1. Your Nervous System Is Stuck in Survival Mode

When you’re overwhelmed, your body perceives even small stressors (like whining or messes) as threats. This activates your fight-or-flight response, making you react before you even have time to think.

2. You’re Holding Onto Stagnant Energy

Emotions are energy in motion—but when we don’t process them, they get stuck in our system. If you don’t have time to release stress, frustration, or exhaustion, it builds up… until it overflows onto the people around you.

3. You’re Taking On Your Child’s Energy

Kids feel everything. When they’re dysregulated, they send out emotional energy that can pull you in. If you don’t have tools to ground yourself, their emotions can become overwhelming or even triggering.

4. You’re Not Getting the Recharge You Need

Parenting is constant energy output. If you don’t have ways to restore your own energy, you’ll find yourself running on empty—making patience nearly impossible.

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How Energy Work Helps You Stay Calm

Your body, emotions, and energy are all connected. By working with your energetic body, you can shift how you respond to stress—without needing to rely on willpower alone.

Here’s how:

1. Yoga: Releasing Stuck Energy & Resetting Your Nervous System

Yoga isn’t just about stretching—it’s about moving energy through the body. Certain poses help release tension, while breathwork signals to your nervous system that you’re safe.

✨ Try This: Next time you feel overwhelmed, stand in Mountain Pose (Tadasana), press your feet into the floor, and take slow, deep breaths. Feel your body grounding. This helps reset your energy in just a few moments. You can also do this in a chair, visualising that connection with the earth.

2. Breathwork

Breathing techniques shift your nervous system in the moment. Sama Vritti (equal breathing) helps regulate your emotions and bring balance when you feel off-center.

✨ Try This: Practice Sama Vritti by matching the inhale and the exhale. I usually go for a count of 4 seconds but this can be adjusted to suit you. If you would like to, and if you’re not pregnant, you can also add in a pause between the breaths. So breathing in for the count of 4, holding for the count of 4, exhaling for the count of 4, holding for the count of 4. This is also known as square breathing. Repeat for a few rounds, noticing your body start to relax.

3. EFT Tapping: Releasing Overwhelm & Guilt

Tapping helps release stuck emotions and stress by gently stimulating meridian points and vocalising how we feel.

✨ Try This: When you feel on edge, tap the side of your hand while saying, “Even though I feel overwhelmed right now, I choose to bring in calm.” or even gentle reminders that even though you feel this way, that you are safe.

4. Grounding Practices: Protecting Your Energy from Your Child’s Emotions

Instead of absorbing your child’s stress, grounding techniques help you stay regulated—even when they aren’t.

✨ Try This: Imagine roots growing from your feet into the earth. With every exhale, picture stress leaving your body and moving down into the ground. Picture yourself as this strong tree, able to keep strong no matter the weather.

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Bringing This Into Your Daily Life

These practices don’t have to take hours. Small moments of energy work throughout the day make a huge difference.

Here’s how to integrate them into real life:

☀️ Morning: Start your day with a few deep breaths, a 2 minute tapping practice or even a morning yoga practice.
😤 In the Moment: Use tapping or breathwork when you feel frustration rising.
🌙 Evening: End the day with a grounding practice to reset your energy. Yoga Nidra or restorative yoga are my favourite practices to end the day with

The more you practice, the more automatic your calm response becomes. It’s like you’re keeping your cup filled.

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You Deserve to Feel Good, Too

Parenting is hard. You will have tough moments. But when you take care of your energy, you can navigate those moments with more ease.

This isn’t about being a perfect parent. It’s about learning to regulate yourself so you can model regulation for your kids.

Because when you feel balanced, it creates a ripple effect. Your children feel it. Your home shifts. And parenting starts to feel lighter.

💛 Ready to shift from snapping to showing up? Start with just one practice today. Your future self (and your kids) will thank you – well they may not actually thank you…. but they might not scream “I hate you.” which is pretty good (if you know, you know) 😂

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