CoRegulate Media

09/28/2026

85 humans showed up in Richmond VA to map their child's nervous system.

You couldn't make it???

No problem at ALL!

I'm offering an online Map Your Child's Nervous System workshop for anyone and everyone who has purchased your very own copy of the new Guided Joural for Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors.

1st- order the Guided Journal
2nd- sign up for the workshop
3rd- show up live because I've heard some rumblings of some free prizes for folks who come live!

📅 October 1
⏰️ 8-9:30pm easter
💻️ Come live for the chance to win a prize!
🎥 Everyone who registers gets the recording

Comment MAP below and our 🤖 helper will reply back with a clickable link to register.

OR just head to my website OR click the link in my bio!

09/26/2026

👀 A little sneak peek…

It starts with a regular day.
A school hallway.
A dangling shoelace.
Nothing big. Nothing scary.
But sometimes the smallest things are where a What If begins. 💭

Here’s your first peek inside Toby and the Land of What Ifs — where Toby discovers what happens when one little worry grows…and grows…and grows.
And, more importantly, what he can do when it does. 🐯💛

Coming soon from CoRegulate Media.

If you want to know when Toby’s next adventure is ready, join the launch list at CoRegulateMedia.com

08/19/2026

A baby cannot look at you and explain, “Mama, I’m scared, I’m lonely, I’m uncomfortable, I’m overwhelmed, and I need you,” so they do the only thing they know how to do: they cry.

Crying is communication, and before babies have words, it is one of the primary ways they can tell us that something doesn’t feel right.

They may be hungry, tired, uncomfortable, frightened, overstimulated, or simply needing the safety and closeness of the person they know best. They are not manipulating us or trying to control us, they are babies with developing brains and nervous systems who depend on us.

This is why we should not deliberately ignore a baby’s cries in an attempt to teach them not to cry. If crying is communication, intentionally refusing to respond means choosing not to answer the communication they have available.

A baby becoming quiet because you left them to cry-it-out does not mean they have become calm or learned to self-regulate, and research has even found situations in which babies stopped signaling while physiological measures of stress remained elevated. Silence does not necessarily mean the stress or need is gone!

Babies develop their ability to regulate through repeated experiences of being regulated with us. When we hold them, rock them, speak to them, comfort them, and respond to their cries, we help their developing nervous systems move from distress toward safety. Those experiences help build the foundation for emotional regulation, trust, secure attachment, and eventually greater independence.

Also, responsive parenting does not mean perfection. Sometimes you’re driving, caring for another child, using the bathroom, or simply need a moment to collect yourself. There will be times when you genuinely cannot respond immediately, and that is very different from intentionally withholding comfort when you are able to give it.

There will be plenty of time for independence. For now, when your baby cries and you can respond, respond. You are showing them again and again that they are heard, they matter, they are safe, and someone will be there when they need help. ❤️

07/20/2026

Real influence comes from encouragement, not pressure or control.

07/08/2026

07/07/2026

“One of the hardest parts of adoption is that love doesn’t erase loss.”

That’s why behaviors often make more sense when we understand what they’re protecting.

Next Friday we’re joined by adoptee and educator Isaac Etter for a conversation every parent and professional should hear.

Register here: https://www.coregulatemedia.com/whatadopteesneedmost

05/15/2026

One of the biggest mistakes we make around struggling children is believing that physical presence automatically equals learning.

It doesn’t.

A child can sit in a classroom every single day while their nervous system is overwhelmed, shut down, masking, panicking or simply trying to survive the environment around them.

And the longer that distress is ignored, the bigger the cost often becomes.

This isn’t about “giving up” on education.

It’s about understanding that regulation, safety and connection are not rewards that come after learning.

They are the foundation that learning is built on.

So many families are being blamed for difficulties that started long before attendance dropped.

If this resonates with you, follow our page for more content around nervous system overwhelm and supporting misunderstood children.

And if you’ve ever looked at your child and thought,
“They physically got there… but they weren’t really coping” — drop a ❤️ below.

Also, we have a library of free resources, including ones on emotionally based school avoidance, just put the word NEWS below in the comments and we can send you a link.

05/14/2026

New intervention with extensive clinical guide included!

Both / And: Hopes & Worries Worksheet and Play Therapy Companion Guide for Children Help children explore mixed feelings, internal conflict, hopes, worries, and emotional flexibility through a nervous-system-informed, play-therapy-friendly intervention. Both / And is a trauma-informed therapeuti...