8-Week Regulation, Safety & Capacity Journey
8-Week Regulation, Safety & Capacity Journey
A Somatic, Bottom-Up Experience for Parents, Caregivers, Teachers, Clinician
Monday, September 14, 2026
8:00 PM Eastern Time
Online via Zoom
When someone you love is struggling with an eating disorder, addiction, mental health crisis, or other serious challenge, it is easy for your entire nervous system to become organized around fear, urgency, and trying to fix what may not be within your control.
This eight-week journey is an opportunity to turn some of that attention back toward you.
Rather than simply talking about stress, participants will learn how to recognize what is happening in their bodies, experience moments of safety firsthand, build greater capacity for difficult emotions and uncertainty, and develop practical tools for moving from reactivity toward choice.
You cannot always change what is happening around you; you can learn how to become more grounded within it.
What Makes This Journey Different
This program uses a somatic, bottom-up approach to nervous system regulation.
We begin with safety.
Before asking an overwhelmed nervous system to release, change, or process more, we first help the body discover:
As safety grows, capacity grows.
As capacity grows, choice grows.
And when choice grows, hope begins to return.
Your 8-Week Journey
Week 1: Safety First
Understand overwhelm and begin practicing simple orienting and grounding exercises. Learn how even 20 seconds of felt safety can become the beginning of nervous system change.
Week 2: Building Capacity
Explore your own window of tolerance and learn how to remain present with a little more emotion, sensation, and uncertainty without becoming overwhelmed.
Week 3: Anchoring Safety
Develop personalized resources through imagery, memory, sensory awareness, grounding, and felt-sense practices that help your body recognize “safe enough.”
Week 4: Pendulation & Titration
Learn to move gently between difficult sensations and experiences of support rather than becoming consumed by either one. Practice approaching stress in smaller, manageable amounts.
Week 5: Recognize. Respect. Redirect.
Use the Three R’s as a simple daily framework:
Recognize: What is happening inside me?
Respect: Of course this makes sense.
Redirect: What is one small thing I can choose now?
Participants will also explore their own “UGH” and “AH” signals and learn to recognize what contraction and expansion feel like in the body.
Week 6: Creating Your Regulation Toolbox
Experience different supportive practices and begin discovering what works best for your individual nervous system.
Practices may include:
Week 7: Gentle Release & TRE®
Once safety and capacity have been established, participants will be introduced to gentle release practices, including Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®), when appropriate.
The emphasis is never on forcing a release.
We learn to listen to the body, work within our capacity, and allow regulation and release to unfold gradually.
Week 8: Integration, Choice & Moving Forward
Bring the pieces together and create a realistic plan for continued nervous system care.
We will reflect on:
Throughout the Eight Weeks, You Will Practice
Safety → Capacity → Choice
and
Recognize → Respect → Redirect
You will learn that regulation does not mean being calm all the time.
It means developing enough awareness and capacity to notice what is happening, stay connected to yourself, and have more choices about what happens next.
This Journey May Be Especially Helpful If You Are:
A Special Invitation for the Every Brain Matters Community
If you attended the Every Brain Matters presentation on August 12 or you were personally INVITED TO JOIN, special Rate of $197.
This reduced rate is being offered as a thank-you to the Every Brain Matters community and to those who are joining us at the beginning of this new parent journey.
Space is limited. Early registration is encouraged.
Your Oxygen Mask Matters Too
Supporting someone you love can become all-consuming.
This program is not about becoming a perfect parent or caregiver.
It is about learning how to become a more grounded one.
A more resourced one.
A more compassionate one.
And perhaps most importantly, learning that you are allowed to have a life, a nervous system, and a healing journey of your own.
You do not have to have all the answers.
You simply have to be willing to keep showing up.
Wednesday evenings beginning September 14, 2026
8:00 PM Eastern Time
Online via Zoom
Founding Every Brain Matters Rate: $197
[REGISTER FOR THE 8-WEEK JOURNEY]
Register HERE
Questions: [email protected]
THIS WILL BE A ROLLING TYPE GROUP - SO IF YOU MISS A CLASS, YOU CAN MAKE IT UP. VIDEOS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FROM EACH LIVE CLASS
A Somatic, Bottom-Up Experience for Parents, Caregivers, Teachers, Clinician
Monday, September 14, 2026
8:00 PM Eastern Time
Online via Zoom
When someone you love is struggling with an eating disorder, addiction, mental health crisis, or other serious challenge, it is easy for your entire nervous system to become organized around fear, urgency, and trying to fix what may not be within your control.
This eight-week journey is an opportunity to turn some of that attention back toward you.
Rather than simply talking about stress, participants will learn how to recognize what is happening in their bodies, experience moments of safety firsthand, build greater capacity for difficult emotions and uncertainty, and develop practical tools for moving from reactivity toward choice.
You cannot always change what is happening around you; you can learn how to become more grounded within it.
What Makes This Journey Different
This program uses a somatic, bottom-up approach to nervous system regulation.
We begin with safety.
Before asking an overwhelmed nervous system to release, change, or process more, we first help the body discover:
- How to orient to the present moment
- How to recognize small cues of safety
- How to anchor a felt sense of support
- How to increase capacity gradually
- How to move between challenge and resource through pendulation
- How to respond rather than automatically react
- How to make choices from a more regulated state
As safety grows, capacity grows.
As capacity grows, choice grows.
And when choice grows, hope begins to return.
Your 8-Week Journey
Week 1: Safety First
Understand overwhelm and begin practicing simple orienting and grounding exercises. Learn how even 20 seconds of felt safety can become the beginning of nervous system change.
Week 2: Building Capacity
Explore your own window of tolerance and learn how to remain present with a little more emotion, sensation, and uncertainty without becoming overwhelmed.
Week 3: Anchoring Safety
Develop personalized resources through imagery, memory, sensory awareness, grounding, and felt-sense practices that help your body recognize “safe enough.”
Week 4: Pendulation & Titration
Learn to move gently between difficult sensations and experiences of support rather than becoming consumed by either one. Practice approaching stress in smaller, manageable amounts.
Week 5: Recognize. Respect. Redirect.
Use the Three R’s as a simple daily framework:
Recognize: What is happening inside me?
Respect: Of course this makes sense.
Redirect: What is one small thing I can choose now?
Participants will also explore their own “UGH” and “AH” signals and learn to recognize what contraction and expansion feel like in the body.
Week 6: Creating Your Regulation Toolbox
Experience different supportive practices and begin discovering what works best for your individual nervous system.
Practices may include:
- Breath and grounding
- Gentle movement
- Sound and vibration
- Tuning forks
- Guided imagery
- Essential oils when appropriate
- Humming and vocal toning
- Mindful sensory practices
- Co-regulation and connection
Week 7: Gentle Release & TRE®
Once safety and capacity have been established, participants will be introduced to gentle release practices, including Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®), when appropriate.
The emphasis is never on forcing a release.
We learn to listen to the body, work within our capacity, and allow regulation and release to unfold gradually.
Week 8: Integration, Choice & Moving Forward
Bring the pieces together and create a realistic plan for continued nervous system care.
We will reflect on:
- What helps me return to myself?
- What belongs to me and what does not?
- How do I support someone I love without losing myself?
- What boundaries protect my well-being?
- What practices will I continue?
- Who am I becoming beyond the crisis?
Throughout the Eight Weeks, You Will Practice
Safety → Capacity → Choice
and
Recognize → Respect → Redirect
You will learn that regulation does not mean being calm all the time.
It means developing enough awareness and capacity to notice what is happening, stay connected to yourself, and have more choices about what happens next.
This Journey May Be Especially Helpful If You Are:
- Parenting or caregiving for someone with an eating disorder
- Supporting someone struggling with addiction or substance use
- Living alongside significant mental health challenges
- Frequently anxious, hypervigilant, exhausted, or emotionally depleted
- Struggling with guilt, helplessness, over-functioning, or the urge to fix everything
- Ready to learn how to care for yourself while continuing to love and support someone else
- Looking for more than talk therapy alone and wanting practical, embodied tools
A Special Invitation for the Every Brain Matters Community
If you attended the Every Brain Matters presentation on August 12 or you were personally INVITED TO JOIN, special Rate of $197.
This reduced rate is being offered as a thank-you to the Every Brain Matters community and to those who are joining us at the beginning of this new parent journey.
Space is limited. Early registration is encouraged.
Your Oxygen Mask Matters Too
Supporting someone you love can become all-consuming.
This program is not about becoming a perfect parent or caregiver.
It is about learning how to become a more grounded one.
A more resourced one.
A more compassionate one.
And perhaps most importantly, learning that you are allowed to have a life, a nervous system, and a healing journey of your own.
You do not have to have all the answers.
You simply have to be willing to keep showing up.
Wednesday evenings beginning September 14, 2026
8:00 PM Eastern Time
Online via Zoom
Founding Every Brain Matters Rate: $197
[REGISTER FOR THE 8-WEEK JOURNEY]
Register HERE
Questions: [email protected]
THIS WILL BE A ROLLING TYPE GROUP - SO IF YOU MISS A CLASS, YOU CAN MAKE IT UP. VIDEOS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FROM EACH LIVE CLASS