The Overwhelmed Parent Reset

Facilitator: Talena Benedet

Parenthood can be beautiful, hilarious, exhausting...and relentless.

The mental load. The rushing. The constant needs of others. The feeling that you’re always “on”. And even when the kids are finally asleep, your body can still feel like it’s running a marathon.

Over time, stress doesn’t simply disappear when the stressful moment is over. Without the right rituals and practices, we can carry it in our bodies, our thoughts, our sleep, our energy and the way we respond to the people we love most.

And sometimes, it isn’t just you who is overwhelmed. Your child’s big emotions, anxiety, meltdowns, restlessness or difficulty settling can leave the whole household feeling dysregulated.

So what if you could learn how to actually clear it?

In this practical and empowering 90-minute workshop, Talena Benedet brings together her experience as a mother of five, former corporate professional and kinesiology practitioner to explore the nervous system, accumulated stress and the powerful role parents can play in helping both themselves and their children return to a greater sense of calm.

This isn't about becoming a perfectly calm parent.
One of the most valuable things a parent can learn is that regulation is something we can support, practise and build together.

Talena will share practical, age-appropriate ways to help children recognise and respond to what is happening in their bodies, particularly during moments of stress, overwhelm or big emotion.

You’ll learn how to support your child’s nervous system without simply trying to stop the behaviour - and how your own state can influence the emotional environment around you.

• The nervous system and parenting - understanding why modern family life can leave both parents and children constantly “switched on”
• Stress in the body - how accumulated stress can show up physically, emotionally and behaviourally in both adults and children
• The burnout cycle - recognising the signs that you’re moving beyond everyday stress and into depletion
• Kinesiology and the stress response - understanding how kinesiology can identify and work with stress held within the body
• Practical nervous system regulation tools for parents - simple techniques to help you settle, reset and come back to yourself
• Helping children regulate - learn practical ways to support your child when they are overwhelmed, emotionally heightened, restless or struggling to settle
• Understanding behaviour through the nervous system - looking beneath the behaviour to better understand what a child’s body may be communicating
• Co-regulation - discovering how your own nervous system and presence can become an important source of safety and regulation for your child
• Stress-clearing rituals and habits - creating simple practices that help your family process stress rather than continually carry it forward
• Creating your family reset rituals - practical strategies that can be woven into everyday life, from mornings and school drop-off to bedtime and those inevitable challenging moments

• Feels like they’re always doing something for someone else.
• Is tired but struggles to switch off.
• Finds themselves becoming reactive, overwhelmed or overstimulated.
• Worries about their child’s big emotions or struggles to know how to respond when their child is dysregulated.
• Feels like everyone in the family is carrying a little too much stress.
• Or simply wants to understand their own nervous system and learn how to help their children develop a healthier relationship with stress and their bodies.

As a mother of five, Talena understands the beautiful chaos of raising children and the reality that there isn't always time for elaborate wellness routines or hours of uninterrupted self-care.

And having previously built a career in the corporate world, she understands the pressure of high performance, constant demands and the gradual accumulation of stress that can eventually lead to burnout.

Through her work with kinesiology, Talena explores the relationship between the mind, body and nervous system-and how we can develop simple rituals and practices to help ourselves and our children move from stress and overwhelm towards greater regulation and resilience.

When your child is melting down.
When everyone is overstimulated.
When you’ve had a long day and have nothing left to give.
When bedtime has become a battle.
When you can feel yourself about to react.

You'll learn how to pause, recognise what your body is telling you, and create pathways back towards calm-for yourself and for your children.

And when you learn how to regulate yourself, you become better equipped to co-regulate, support and teach your children how to navigate their own big emotions and stress responses.

Join Talena and discover a family life with greater ease and flow.

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