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Lauren offers a gentle reminder that pausing is not a disruption, but a necessary part of regulation and sustainable leadership. As the podcast takes a short break, she encourages listeners to consider where they, too, might need to slow down and create space for reset.

She shares a simple, accessible tool using sound based regulation like binaural beats or isochronic tones to help shift the nervous system from chaos to calm in just a few minutes. With an emphasis on both reactive and preventative use, the invitation is to build small, intentional moments of steadiness into daily life, supporting a more grounded and regulated way of showing up.

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• The Behavior Hub Website
• The Calm App

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• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

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• Repair without Weakening Authority
• How Regulated Leaders Make Better Decisions in High-Stress Systems
• Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
• Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• The Pause Between Now and Next
• Leading From a Regulated Core
• When Culture Dysregulates
• Growth & Feedback Without Fear
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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Repair is often where leadership breaks down, but it is also where trust is built. In this episode, Lauren walks through why rupture is inevitable in high stress environments and how avoiding it quietly erodes culture, connection, and accountability. Rather than weakening authority, thoughtful repair work signals emotional maturity, steadiness, and self awareness, qualities that strengthen leadership over time.

Through a simple, practical framework of naming the moment, owning your part, and re anchoring the expectation, this conversation reframes repair as a critical leadership skill. When done well, it lowers defensiveness, restores clarity, and allows teams to re engage without losing standards or direction.

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• Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
• A Fresh Look at the Five Ives Framework in the Workplace
• Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• When Leaders Become the Stressor
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• The Pause Between Now and Next
• Leading From a Regulated Core
• When Culture Dysregulates
• Growth & Feedback Without Fear
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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This week, we’re revisiting a past episode of the podcast, The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe. As recent episodes have explored sustainable authority and the shift away from urgency driven leadership, this conversation feels especially relevant. It expands those ideas beyond the individual, showing how regulation or dysregulation spreads across a team and shapes the culture as a whole.

Through the Five Ives framework, this episode reminds us that thriving organizations don’t just perform differently, they feel different. With a focus on co regulation, predictable rhythms, and simple rituals, it offers a practical look at creating environments that support steadiness, creativity, and long term sustainability.

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• How Regulated Leaders Make Better Decisions in High-Stress Systems
• Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
• A Fresh Look at the Five Ives Framework in the Workplace
• Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• When Leaders Become the Stressor
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• When Culture Dysregulates
• Onboarding as Co-Regulation
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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Lauren begins a new series on maintaining authority without escalation, focusing on why accountability can feel threatening in high-stress or trauma-exposed systems. When teams are already carrying chronic stress, even small moments of correction can activate the nervous system and trigger defensiveness, avoidance, or shutdown.

Rather than avoiding hard conversations, Lauren encourages leaders to understand these reactions as stress responses and approach accountability with clarity and compassion. When done well, accountability reduces ambiguity, strengthens trust, and supports healthier, more sustainable teams.

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• Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
• A Fresh Look at the Five Ives Framework in the Workplace
• Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• When Leaders Become the Stressor
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• The Pause Between Now and Next
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• When Culture Dysregulates
• Growth & Feedback Without Fear
• Onboarding as Co-Regulation
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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In this final episode of the Leading Under Pressure series, Lauren reframes authority as nervous system stability rather than intensity or control. She explains how regulated leaders build trust through emotional predictability, consistency, and co-regulation instead of urgency and reactivity.

Sustainable authority, she argues, is not about being the strongest personality in the room, but the most steady, creating resilient teams where people can perform, speak honestly, and thrive long term.

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• What are the Five Ives?

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• Leading Through Conflict Without Escalation
• A Fresh Look at the Five Ives Framework in the Workplace
• Boundaries as Leadership Infrastructure
• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• When Leaders Become the Stressor
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• The Pause Between Now and Next
• Leading From a Regulated Core
• When Culture Dysregulates
• Growth & Feedback Without Fear
• Onboarding as Co-Regulation
• Policy as a Nervous System
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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Lauren returns to the series on leading under pressure with a focus on navigating conflict without escalation. She reframes conflict as a nervous system event rather than simply a communication issue, explaining how stress activates threat responses around control, safety, and belonging. When leaders become dysregulated, they lose access to clarity and often default to avoidance, control, or appeasement.

She also explores what it looks like to stay grounded in tense moments through steady tone, clear boundaries, defined next steps, and meaningful repair when needed. Conflict is inevitable, but escalation is not when leaders choose regulation over urgency.

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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.

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• Clarity as a Safety Cue
• When Leaders Become the Stressor
• Episode 2: Authority Without Fear
• Episode 1: What Stress Does to Decision Making
• The Pause Between Now and Next
• Leading From a Regulated Core
• When Culture Dysregulates
• Growth & Feedback Without Fear
• Onboarding as Co-Regulation
• Policy as a Nervous System
• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization

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Lauren shares how policies and procedures act like an organization’s neural pathways, shaping safety, trust, and overall regulation. Punitive or confusing policies create anxiety, while clear and compassionate ones build stability and support.

She explains the difference between stress-driven and safety-driven policies and offers simple steps to make them more regulating. Lauren encourages listeners to reflect on their own policies and take one small step toward a safer, more supportive workplace.

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• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization
• Retain: Sustaining Staff, Culture, and Capacity
• Reinforce- Ensuring that Change becomes Cultural Muscle Memory
• Reset: Moving from Relief to Real Transformation
• Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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Meetings set the tone for an organization. Lauren explains how structure, pacing, tone, and clarity can calm the nervous system and keep teams grounded instead of drained.

She also shares simple practices like ritualized starts, sensory grounding, one word check ins, and clear closures to help meetings become stable, productive spaces that support a healthier culture.

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• The Regulated Organization: What it Means to be a Regulated Organization
• Retain: Sustaining Staff, Culture, and Capacity
• Reinforce- Ensuring that Change becomes Cultural Muscle Memory
• Reset: Moving from Relief to Real Transformation
• Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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Lauren launches The Regulated Organization series, exploring how stress and regulation affect entire workplaces, not just individuals. She explains how an organization’s “nervous system” shapes culture, communication, and trust, and how the Five Ives framework helps bring balance and sustainability to teams.

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• Retain: Sustaining Staff, Culture, and Capacity
• Reinforce- Ensuring that Change becomes Cultural Muscle Memory
• Reset: Moving from Relief to Real Transformation
• Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren explores how organizations can move beyond burnout to build lasting staff retention through the Three M’s: Moments, Memories, and Meaning. She explains that small daily interactions, shared experiences, and a sense of purpose create connection, stability, and momentum. True retention, she says, isn’t just about keeping people; it’s about helping them thrive.

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• Reset: Moving from Relief to Real Transformation
• Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren dives into Reinforce, the third phase of the Staff Sustainability Program. After moving through relief and reset, this stage is about turning new, healthy patterns into lasting habits that define an organization’s culture. She shares how repetition, reflection, and consistent routines help build stability, trust, and regulation across teams. By focusing on reinforcement, organizations can move beyond short-term fixes and create a culture of well-being that truly lasts.

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• Stage 1: Relieve — Stabilizing in Survival Mode
• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren explores what it means for organizations to truly reset after burnout. She shares how leaders and teams can move from short-term fixes to lasting change by addressing root causes, rebuilding trust, and fostering compassion-driven accountability. Through small, consistent practices and reflective leadership, Lauren shows how organizations can build cultures that support well-being, connection, and sustainable growth.

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• Why Women in Leadership Micromanage
• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren explores why many organizations try to build sustainability while running on empty and how real change begins with creating relief. She shares how survival mode shows up through reactivity and disconnection and offers practical ways for leaders and teams to calm their systems, rebuild trust, and create the foundation for lasting change.

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• Understanding Burnout & Turnover in Trauma Impacted Organizations
• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• "Why Wasn't I Good Enough?": Walking Away From What Wasn't Meant For You
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In the second episode of the Staff Sustainability series, Lauren explores why women in leadership often turn to micromanagement and how it’s rooted in stress, trauma, and cultural expectations. She shares practical steps to move from control to co-regulation, helping leaders build safer, more sustainable workplaces grounded in trust and collaboration.

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• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• "Why Wasn't I Good Enough?": Walking Away From What Wasn't Meant For You
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
• Spaces that Regulate
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren launches a new series on staff sustainability and explores the hidden costs of burnout and turnover in trauma-impacted organizations. She shares why quick fixes like pizza parties or gift cards fall flat and how deeper systemic change is needed.

Through the lens of the nervous system, Lauren reframes burnout as a collective issue rather than an individual failing. She explains how creating cultures of belonging, safety, and regulation can shift organizations from survival toward thriving.

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• The Five Ives Hot Seat: Honest Answers for Hard Questions
• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• "Why Wasn't I Good Enough?": Walking Away From What Wasn't Meant For You
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
• Spaces that Regulate
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this Q&A episode, Lauren tackles some of the most pressing challenges organizations face including burnout, high turnover, and behavior struggles in both staff and students. She explains how the Five Ives framework, rooted in nervous system science and trauma-informed care, offers practical micro-strategies that boost morale, improve regulation, and create sustainable cultural shifts without adding extra burdens.

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• What are the Five Ives?

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• The Regulated Team: Creating Cultures that Breathe
• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• "Why Wasn't I Good Enough?": Walking Away From What Wasn't Meant For You
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
• Spaces that Regulate
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• How to Get Kids to Cooperate without Power Struggles
• What Happens When Consequences Backfire
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren unpacks how nervous system regulation shapes workplace culture. She explains how stress and micromanagement spread through teams, and why leaders who model calm can shift an entire organization. Lauren also shares simple rituals like intentional meeting openings, midday resets, and predictable rhythms that help teams move from survival mode to thriving together.

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• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
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• What are the Five Ives?

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• No Off Switch: Why Regulation Belongs in All Your Roles
• "Why Wasn't I Good Enough?": Walking Away From What Wasn't Meant For You
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
• Spaces that Regulate
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• How to Get Kids to Cooperate without Power Struggles
• What Happens When Consequences Backfire
• Helping Children Catch your Calm with Nervous System Regulation
• Part 2: Behavior isn't the Problem
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Jessica explores how nervous system regulation shows up across the many roles we play, whether we’re leading, teaching, parenting, or supporting others on the front lines. She explains why our nervous system doesn’t switch hats when we do, and how our presence impacts the people around us in every setting.

Jessica offers practical strategies for bringing calm, steady energy into classrooms, meetings, and family life. From co-regulating with students to repairing after rupture with kids or colleagues, she shows how small shifts in tone, posture, and pacing can make a powerful difference.

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• "Why Wasn't I Good Enough?": Walking Away From What Wasn't Meant For You
• Can't Sleep, Can't Think? Resetting Rhythms That Rule Your Day
• Taming Transitions: Tiny Rituals That Calm Big Shifts
• Spaces that Regulate
• Part 2: Regulation in the Real World
• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
• How to Get Kids to Cooperate without Power Struggles
• What Happens When Consequences Backfire
• Helping Children Catch your Calm with Nervous System Regulation
• Part 2: Behavior isn't the Problem
• Hive- The Last Stage of the Five Ives
• Thrive- The Fourth Stage of the Five Ives
• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this heartfelt episode, Jessica turns toward a question many of us have wrestled with: Why wasn’t I good enough? Drawing from her own experiences with rejection, criticism, and seasons of struggle, she reflects on how painful moments can shape our identity, hold us back, and make us doubt our worth.

Jessica invites listeners to reframe those experiences not as proof of inadequacy, but as protection from what was never meant for them. Through stories, encouragement, and gentle guidance, she reminds us that we are enough exactly as we are, and that our unique light and purpose are needed in the world.

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• Spaces that Regulate
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• What Happens When Consequences Backfire
• Helping Children Catch your Calm with Nervous System Regulation
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• Part 1: Behavior isn't the Problem
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In this episode, Lauren explores the hidden power of daily rhythms and how they shape our ability to stay calm, focused, and resilient. From sleep and meal times to email habits and screen use, she shows how predictable patterns support the nervous system and how disruptions can quietly lead to stress and dysregulation.

She shares why building consistent routines matters, offers examples of small shifts like winding down without screens or adding rhythmic movement, and explains practical ways to create rhythms that work for both adults and children.

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Resources:

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

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• What Happens When Consequences Backfire
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• Chaos to Connection
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• Part 1: Behavior isn't the Problem
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• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
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Transitions are everywhere from shifting between tasks at work to moving through family routines and they can quietly dysregulate us. In this episode, Lauren shares why these moments feel so disruptive and how tiny rituals can anchor them, bringing calm and predictability.

Discover simple, sustainable practices like a breath after a meeting, calming music before bed, or a quick stretch at the end of the day that turn daily shifts into opportunities for grounding and resilience.

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• Part 1: Regulation in the Real World
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• What Happens When Consequences Backfire
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• Chaos to Connection
• Part 2: Behavior isn't the Problem
• Part 1: Behavior isn't the Problem
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• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives

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In this episode, Lauren takes a thoughtful look at the often overlooked impact our environments have on regulation and well-being. She explores how seemingly small elements like lighting, layout, sound, and even clutter can either support or sabotage our nervous systems. Drawing from both personal examples and brain-based strategies, Lauren shows how to create spaces that cue safety and calm, whether at home, in a classroom, or in an office. She also shares quick, practical ways to regulate when you cannot change the space itself, from portable sensory tools to small rituals that signal a shift.

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• Space Design with the Brain in Mind

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• Part 1: Behavior isn't the Problem
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In this episode, Lauren dives into the real world challenges of creating a morning routine that supports nervous system regulation, especially when life feels chaotic. She breaks down the morning into four key parts and offers practical, compassionate strategies for bringing more calm and intention to each one, from wake up rituals to the first interaction of the workday.

Whether your mornings start in a sprint or you’re just looking for a little more stability, this conversation reminds us that regulation isn’t about perfection. It’s about starting small, finding what works for you, and building from there. Lauren also shares a peek into her own routine and struggles, making this episode as relatable as it is actionable.

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Resources:

• Sounds that Heal

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In this episode, Lauren explores what it really means to regulate in the midst of everyday chaos. Building on the Five Ives framework she and her partner developed, she explains why common strategies like breathwork or meditation often fall flat when we are overwhelmed and in survival mode. Regulation, she reminds us, is not about staying calm all the time. It is about noticing when we are dysregulated and learning how to recover quickly and effectively.

Lauren shares practical, real world tools that do not require extra time, just a shift in intention. From humming in the car to squeezing your toes while standing in line, she offers simple ways to pair regulation with routines you already have. Whether you are barely making it to lunch or trying to prevent burnout, this episode offers accessible, meaningful strategies that meet you right where you are.

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Today Lauren is looking at what drives power struggles with kids and how we can respond in ways that build cooperation rather than conflict. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or work with children in any capacity, the strategies shared here offer a helpful shift away from control-based approaches and toward connection-driven responses.

Lauren unpacks why so many common discipline tactics fall short and offers practical tools like giving voice and choice, using visual supports, and planning ahead for tricky moments. Through personal examples and clear, actionable insights, she reminds us that change takes time, but it’s absolutely possible—and worth it—for stronger relationships and calmer environments.

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If you've been questioning why traditional consequences often fail to create meaningful behavior change, this is for you. Lauren walks through the whys of this failure and how traditional consequences may harm relationships and regulation. She unpacks common disciplinary practices and explains how these strategies can backfire when they’re disconnected from emotional support and repair. Instead of punishing behaviors, Lauren encourages us to understand the nervous system and the unmet needs driving those behaviors.

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In this episode, Lauren explores the importance of adult emotional regulation when navigating children’s challenging behaviors. She emphasizes that outbursts aren’t personal—they’re rooted in a dysregulated nervous system. By staying calm and composed, adults can create a sense of safety that allows children to begin co-regulating. Lauren shares practical strategies like pausing before responding, reframing the moment, and using grounding techniques to manage your own emotional state. She reminds us that regulation doesn’t mean you aren’t frustrated—it means choosing not to let that frustration lead.

Resources:

Dr. Wood's Website

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Today Lauren is setting the stage for a new series that encourages a shift from managing behavioral chaos to building meaningful connections, especially in classrooms. Lauren uses examples from her personal experience to illustrate how the idea of connection as biologically essential and the foundation for all emotional regulation shows up in the real world.

Lauren offers simple, practical routines to foster connection: consistent morning greetings, regular emotional check-ins, and environmental cues like soft lighting and cozy corners. She also suggests using humor or music during transitions to create moments of connection. These practices send safety signals to the brain, making regulation and re-direction more effective. Over time, small, consistent changes can reduce dysregulation and help children feel more secure and supported.

Try it at Home Tip: Choose one connection ritual for the age group you work with and implement it in your classroom.

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In this episode, Lauren continues exploring the connection between behavior and the nervous system, focusing on the stress responses known as fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. She encourages us to look beyond the surface of behaviors like hitting, screaming, or shutting down and ask what’s driving them. These reactions aren’t choices—they’re subconscious responses to feeling unsafe.

Lauren breaks down how each state might show up in children: fight can look like defiance or aggression, flight might look like restlessness or avoidance, freeze can show up as silence or disconnection, and fawn often appears as people-pleasing or over-apologizing. Rather than correcting or controlling these behaviors, she urges adults to meet children where they are. Regulation must come before reasoning. When we name what we see, notice the cues, and respond with calm and care, we help children feel safe and can start to make change.

Resources:

Steven Porges- Polyvagal Theory

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In this episode, Lauren focuses on why behavior isn't the problem. Behavior is a signal that we need to interpret. She challenges us to ask a different question when seeing extreme behaviors- I wonder what happened that is driving that behavior? There is likely a need under all of that behavior. She talks about why traditional approaches that focus on controlling the behavior don't work. We need to get to the root of the behavior. What needs are driving this behavior and what interventions should I put in place to alleviate that problem. Expression of feeling is appropriate. When you meet the root cause of the need, the behavior will gradually become less and less. The more I try to control a behavior the more it escalates. When you learn to communicate in a way that understands the behavior you began to build trust with your students and your own children. Try to shift from what's wrong with you/why are you doing that to what's under this/ what's the need and once the need is known what can I do to respond to the need either preventatively or reactively.

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In this episode, Lauren and Jessica explore the final stage of the Five Ives framework: Hive. This stage is all about meaningful connection—both personally and organizationally—after individuals have reached a more stable and grounded state. When someone enters the Hive stage, they often feel ready and energized to engage with others, to gather in community, and to offer support from a place of wholeness.

On a broader scale, Hive represents the capacity of organizations to truly serve and uplift others. The most powerful communities are built intentionally, often through informal, organic connection rather than rigid structure. Lauren and Jessica remind us to stay present, move slowly, and maintain healthy boundaries. And importantly, if something isn’t working—whether in your personal connections or your organizational efforts—don’t double down. Pause, reassess, and realign.

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• Using Our 5-Category Regulation Framework in the Workplace
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
• Impacting Organization Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps

Our Online Programs:

• Behavior Breakthrough
• Policing Under Pressure
• Board Governance Training

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In this episode, Lauren and Jessica explore the fourth stage of the Five Ives framework—Thrive—where individuals and organizations are aligned with their goals and truly "living the dream." Thriving means healthy communication and the ability to regulation emotions quickly. It builds on the healing work of earlier stages like Revive and Strive and emphasizes the importance of social connection for long-term well-being. At this stage, fulfillment, alignment, and meaningful relationships are at the core of sustained success.

Other related resources from Five Ives:

Blog Post:

• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• Strive- The Third Stage of the Five Ives
• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives
• What are the Five Ives?
• A Five Category Regulation Framework - Five Ives!
• Using Our 5-Category Regulation Framework in the Workplace
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
• Impacting Organization Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps

Our Online Programs:

• Behavior Breakthrough
• Policing Under Pressure
• Board Governance Training

Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about Stress, Trauma, Behavior and the Brain!

• Check out our Facebook Group – Five Ives!
• Five Ives Website website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren and Jessica dive into the second stage of the Five Ives framework: Revive. After becoming self-aware and stepping out of pure survival mode, the journey into Revive is all about beginning the slow, intentional process of healing. It’s not quick or flashy—in fact, healing is inherently soft, gentle, and gradual. This stage is about rewiring our brains and taking consistent micro-steps forward, both individually and as an organization. Lauren and Jessica explore what it starts to feel like as we shift out of survival and begin to nurture ourselves with care and attention.

They highlight five key areas—food, hydration, sleep, social interaction, and movement—as foundational to this healing process. Even simple actions like adding one nutritious food to your plate, drinking more water, or getting ten minutes of daily movement can make a real impact. For organizations, supporting Revive might look like offering meditation spaces, encouraging real breaks, or fostering safe spaces for social connection. Whether you’re an individual wanting to heal or a leader supporting your team, Revive is about embracing the slow, steady path to well-being.

Resources:

Peanut App

Other related resources from Five Ives:

Blog Post:

• What are the Five Ives?
• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives
• A Five Category Regulation Framework - Five Ives!
• Using Our 5-Category Regulation Framework in the Workplace
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
• Impacting Organization Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps

Our Online Programs:

• Behavior Breakthrough
• Policing Under Pressure
• Board Governance Training

Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about Stress, Trauma, Behavior and the Brain!

• Check out our Facebook Group – Five Ives!
• Five Ives Website website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren and Jessica continue their exploration of the Five Ives, focusing on the third stage—Strive. They unpack what it means to be in the Strive phase, both for organizations and individuals. For organizations, a positive culture in this stage is built through intentional inclusion and collaboration at all levels, supported by transparent decision-making and guidance from external coaches. When people feel heard and informed, they’re more engaged and motivated to move forward.

For individuals and businesses alike, Strive is about pacing yourself and setting smart, attainable micro-goals. Lauren and Jessica emphasize the importance of realistic, habit-based steps that support bigger, audacious dreams. Progress doesn’t have to be loud or fast—it just has to be steady and intentional. And importantly, they remind listeners not to let unhealthy voices dictate the healing process. You are capable of big things—just keep it simple and stay consistent.

Resources:

Jim Kwik

Other related resources from Five Ives:

Blog Post:

• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• Revive- The Second Stage of the Five Ives
• Survive- The First Stage of the Five Ives
• What are the Five Ives?
• A Five Category Regulation Framework - Five Ives!
• Using Our 5-Category Regulation Framework in the Workplace
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
• Impacting Organization Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps

Our Online Programs:

• Behavior Breakthrough
• Policing Under Pressure
• Board Governance Training

Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about Stress, Trauma, Behavior and the Brain!

• Check out our Facebook Group – Five Ives!
• Five Ives Website website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren and Jessica reintroduce the Five Ives—Survive, Revive, Strive, Thrive, and Hive—and take a closer look at the first step: Survive. They explore how many people today are unknowingly stuck in a state of survival, shaped by trauma, chronic stress, the lingering effects of the pandemic, political unrest, and the constant stream of heavy information. Most don’t even realize they’re operating from this place, but the signs are clear: constant exhaustion, mood swings, avoidance, and a gut feeling that something just isn’t right.

Survival mode doesn’t stop with individuals—it shows up in organizations too. High turnover, disengagement, and burnout often indicate that an entire workplace is stuck in survival. Lauren and Jessica explain that when people within an organization are just trying to get by, the organization itself reflects that same struggle. But there’s hope. Whether you're an individual or part of a team, recognizing survival mode is the first step toward meaningful change—and you don’t have to stay stuck. We can help.

Other related resources from Five Ives:

Blog Post:

• What are the Five Ives?
• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• A Five Category Regulation Framework - Five Ives!
• Using Our 5-Category Regulation Framework in the Workplace
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
• Impacting Organization Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps

Our Online Programs:

• Behavior Breakthrough
• Policing Under Pressure
• Board Governance Training

Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about Stress, Trauma, Behavior and the Brain!

• Check out our Facebook Group – Five Ives!
• Five Ives Website website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Lauren and Jessica, education professionals and creators of the Five Ives program, explain their journey. Witnessing students' disruptive behaviors as trauma responses, they realized their lack of training. Years of supporting individuals revealed a broader issue: burnout among those in flawed systems. This prompted them to explore how to support frontline workers and foster trauma-informed organizations.

They introduce the Five Ives framework for well-being: Survive (self-awareness), Revive (self-care and regulation), Strive (intentional growth), Thrive (engaged and regulated work), and Hive (helping others and connecting). Five Ives aims to create sustainable, trauma-informed organizational transformation through these stages.

Resources:

• Dr. Stephen Porges Website

Other related resources from Five Ives:

Blog Post:

• Why Traditional Employee Wellness Programs Fail (And What Works Instead)
• Survive Mode: Recognizing When Your Organization is in Crisis
• What are the Five Ives?

Podcast:

• A Five Category Regulation Framework - Five Ives!
• Using Our 5-Category Regulation Framework in the Workplace
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 2 Ps
• Impacting Organization Culture: Explaining the Second 2 Ps

Our Online Programs:

• Behavior Breakthrough
• Policing Under Pressure
• Board Governance Training

Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about Stress, Trauma, Behavior and the Brain!

• Check out our Facebook Group – Five Ives!
• Five Ives Website website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode of the Returning to Us Podcast, Lauren announces the show’s move to the Five IVES website and wraps up the nervous system series with a look at hormones. Cortisol and Adrenaline—our “stress squad”—can throw us off balance, but Oxytocin, the “love hormone,” helps restore calm and bring us back into our Window of Tolerance.

Lauren shares simple, science-backed ways to boost Oxytocin—like hugs, eye contact, and laughter—that support mood, sleep, and nervous system regulation. She reminds us that while hormones impact how we feel, they don’t have to take over. Small, mindful actions can help us reclaim calm and clarity.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try it at home tip: Try any of the tips suggested in the last few episodes about nervous system regulation.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Understandig Heart Rate Vulnerability: Tools for a More Regulated Nervous System
• From Stuck to Safe: A Deeper Dive to Rewiring Your Nervous System After Freeze & Fawn
• Why Freeze State Happens in Two Different Ways (and Why it Matters)
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren dives into the importance of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and how it reflects the state of your nervous system. She shares seven practical ways to support and improve HRV—like cold water exposure, humming, singing, rhythm, eye movement, laughter, caring touch, and play-based activities. Her message is clear: if you're feeling tired or overwhelmed, your nervous system is asking for help. The good news? You now have some simple tools to support it. Don't worry about being perfect—just aim for progress.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Resources:

• Stephen W. Porges, PhD- Polyvagal Theory
• Elite HRV
• Welltory

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• From Stuck to Safe: A Deeper Dive to Rewiring Your Nervous System After Freeze & Fawn
• Why Freeze State Happens in Two Different Ways (and Why it Matters)
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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If you’ve ever felt frozen in stress or stuck in people-pleasing mode, you’re not alone. But knowing why you freeze or fawn is just the first step—the real transformation comes from learning how to shift into safety and resilience.

Your nervous system isn’t meant to stay stuck—it’s designed to adapt. And with the right tools, you can start creating a sense of safety from the inside out.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Pick one small way to practice nervous system flexibility from some of the options provided in this episode.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Why Freeze State Happens in Two Different Ways (and Why it Matters)
• Nature's Role in Nervous System Regulation
• Rhythms That Regulate
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Sounds That Heal
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Hacking our Biology to Respond to Impulsive Behaviors

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
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• The Behavior Hub blog

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Ever felt completely stuck in the face of stress—unable to act, speak, or even think clearly? Or do you find yourself saying “yes” just to avoid conflict, even when you don’t want to? These are nervous system responses—freeze and fawn—and they’re not just habits, but survival strategies.

In this episode, we’re breaking down:
-Why freeze happens in two different ways (and why it matters)
- How fawning keeps you stuck in people-pleasing mode
-Simple, actionable steps to shift out of these patterns
Your nervous system isn’t broken—it’s doing what it was designed to do. But with the right tools, you can teach it a new way forward.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip:Think about if you are a sympathetic freezer, a parasympathetic freezer, or a fawner and think of one micro practice you can integrate when either you feel it and you're reacting to it or to prevent it from happening.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Nature's Role in Nervous System Regulation
• Rhythms That Regulate
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Sounds That Heal
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren explores the concept of play as a powerful tool for nervous system regulation. While we often associate play with childhood, she reminds us it's just as vital for adults. Whether you're playing with your kids, goofing around with friends, or engaging in creative or physical activities, play helps shift your brain out of a reactive state. It stimulates feel-good chemicals, calms the body, and promotes connection.

Lauren highlights that laughter, often a byproduct of play, isn't just fun—it’s therapeutic. It can reduce cortisol levels, lower blood pressure, stimulate the vagus nerve, and act like a reset button in times of stress. She breaks adult play into four categories: movement, creative, social, and solo play, encouraging us to consciously find space for it in our lives. Whether you're dancing, painting, joking with a friend, or simply getting lost in a hobby, play is a nervous system superpower we all have access to.

Resources:

Lindsey Gurk
365 Days of Art
Wreck This Journal

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Nature's Role in Nervous System Regulation
• Rhythms That Regulate
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Sounds That Heal
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In today’s episode, Lauren continues her discussion on the nervous system, highlighting simple, effective rituals to support regulation throughout the day. By focusing on small, manageable practices instead of drastic changes, she makes consistency easier. She shares practical ways to incorporate these habits into your morning, midday, and evening routine.

Try it at home tip: Pick one practice to try from the list of things Lauren mentioned in today's episode.

Resources:

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

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Blog Post:

• Creating Rituals, Routines, and Habits: The How To of Preventative Self-Care
• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Nature's Role in Nervous System Regulation
• Rhythms That Regulate
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Sounds That Heal
• Polyvagal Theory- What in the world is it and why should I care?
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Tiny Habits: Get Into Nature

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren explores the powerful connection between nature and nervous system regulation. Spending time outdoors can lower cortisol levels, activate the vagus nerve, improve heart rate variability, and heighten sensory awareness.

Lauren shares practical ways to incorporate nature into daily life, even with a busy schedule. Simple habits like taking your morning coffee outside, finding green spaces for micro-nature breaks, and engaging your senses by walking barefoot on grass or listening to birds can have a significant impact.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try it at home tip: Find one way to incorporate nature into your routine and notice how it feels after you've done it a few times.

Resources:

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Rhythms That Regulate
• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Sounds That Heal
• Polyvagal Theory- What in the world is it and why should I care?
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Tiny Habits: Get Into Nature

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren delves deeper into nervous system regulation, exploring how rhythm can be a powerful tool for finding your window of tolerance—both reactively and proactively. She explains how engaging with steady, predictable rhythms activates a state of safety, calm, and social connection. Plus, she shares practical ways to incorporate rhythm into your daily life.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Try one of the rhythmic activities Lauren suggests: Take a walk outside while listening to calming music, gently sway or rock, drum or tap, and listen to binaural beats or isochronic tones.

Resources:

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Cold Exposure: How the Cold Can Calm your Nervous System
• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Sounds That Heal
• Polyvagal Theory- What in the world is it and why should I care?
• The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren continues to explore ways to reset the nervous system. Today, she talks specifically about using cold exposure to activate the vagus nerve to promote calm and build resilience. She shares a handful of cold exposure methods and suggests starting small and focusing on controlled breathing and finding a place of calm. Under 5 minutes of cold exposure provides the most benefit!

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Try one of the cold exposure options Lauren discussed!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Beyond Deep Breaths: Surprising Ways to Reset your System
• Polyvagal Theory- What in the world is it and why should I care?
• The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Manage Your Stress or it will Manage You

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today, we're diving into the power of breath—but with a twist. You've probably heard about deep belly breathing or box breathing, but what about humming, sighing, or even yawning as breathwork? In this episode, we’ll explore non-traditional breathwork techniques that help regulate the nervous system in gentle, accessible ways.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Try one of the techniques from the episode!

References:

Dr. Don Wood Instagram

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• Polyvagal Theory- What in the world is it and why should I care?
• The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Manage Your Stress or it will Manage You

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
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So, what is Polyvagal Theory? This theory was developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, and it helps us understand how our nervous system shapes the way we experience the world—especially in terms of safety, connection, and stress.

Now do you see why you might care?

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Try one of the techniques from the episode!

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Manage Your Stress or it will Manage You

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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Today we’re diving into one of the most fascinating parts of your nervous system: the vagus nerve. Often called the body’s "superhighway of calm," the vagus nerve plays a crucial role in regulating your stress response and overall well-being. From chaos to calm - here we go!

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Try one of these vagal nerve toning tips this week!

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Manage Your Stress or it will Manage You

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
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In this episode, Lauren dives into how prolonged stress impacts the brain and body. She explains how chronic or traumatic stress rewires key areas of the brain—such as the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus—shifting us into survival mode and making it harder to thrive. The effects extend to the body, as ongoing stress floods our system with stress hormones, disrupting vital systems like the cardiovascular, immune, musculoskeletal, and hormonal networks. She also shares actionable strategies to reset your nervous system and reduce stress.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Download a breathwork, mindfulness, or meditation app

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References:

• Insight Timer
• Calm
• Headspace
• Breath Source
• ClassPass

Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)

Podcast:

• The Link Between Technology and Nervous System Dysregulation
• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Manage Your Stress or it will Manage You

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren dives into the profound impact of our hyper-connection to technology on our nervous system and explores how we can reclaim regulation through a digital detox. Constant notifications, endless scrolling, and exposure to screens can fragment focus, disrupt sleep, and increase stress hormones, all of which negatively impact mental health. Lauren highlights that recognizing signs like trouble concentrating, increased anxiety, sleep issues, and a sense of disconnection are key indicators that it’s time to reevaluate our digital habits.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try at Home Tip: Create a micro morning routine.

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Find Your Way Back to the Window of Tolerance
• Micro Changes Macro Results
• Sounds That Heal
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• Fight or Flight
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In this episode, Lauren delves deeper into the significance of expanding and maintaining your Window of Tolerance. She shares practical strategies to help you identify when you've stepped outside your Window of Tolerance and introduces evidence-based techniques that can be applied both proactively and reactively to guide you back into a state of regulation.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

References:Dr Don Wood Instagram

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Micro Changes Macro Results
• Sounds That Heal
• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• Fight or Flight
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In this episode, Lauren reintroduces the concept of the Window of Tolerance and shares practical tips for breaking behavioral patterns and resetting your nervous system. She explains how to identify your current state of dysregulation and suggests using activities that activate the opposite state to help achieve regulation.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Eat less sugar!

References:Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Fight or Flight
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 1 Ps
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In this episode, Lauren explores the use of sound and music as therapeutic tools for achieving a calm, meditative state. She delves into two specific types of audio—binaural beats and isochronic tones—and explains how listening to them for just 10-20 minutes can profoundly enhance your ability to regulate your nervous system.

Try-at-home tip: Use natural low lighting or warm low lighting to stay in a state of calm.

References:Calm App
Insight Timer App
brain.fm
Binaural Beats Generator

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• I Can't Stop Talking about the Nervous System
• Fight or Flight
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 1 Ps
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In this episode, Lauren discusses three highly effective techniques to quickly regulate your nervous system. She re-introduces the Window of Tolerance framework and shares three actionable tips to help your nervous system return to regulation. First, humming or singing vibrates the back of your throat, stimulating the vagus nerve, a key player in calming your system. Second, crossing your body with movements that pass the midline engages the thinking part of your brain, encouraging your emotional brain to settle. Lastly, chewing something chewy or crunchy activates sensory nerves in your jaw, further stimulating the vagus nerve.

Try-at-home tip: Cold water stimulation to shock your body into the present!

References:Five Ives Website
Progressive Muscle Relaxation

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Blog Post:

• Polyvagal Theory
• Sympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Fight or Flight
• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 1 Ps
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren focuses on how to move the second two pillars of the 4 Ps—Policy and Practice—out of survival mode using the 5 Ives Framework. Lauren dives into the sensory elements of physical spaces (Practice) that influence regulation, from temperature and textures to visuals and ambient sounds. She also discusses how organizations can take a trauma-informed approach to Policy, advocating for changes that support well-being while aligning with organizational goals.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Eat Superfoods like goji berries, blueberries, dark chocolate, and leafy greens to help you stay more regulated!

References:Five Ives Website
Regulation Posters!

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Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Impacting Organizational Culture: Explaining the First 1 Ps
• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In this episode, Lauren dives into the first two of the 4 Ps—Practitioner and Patient—focusing on strategies to move organizations from a survival state into a healthier, more regulated space. She begins by explaining the 4 Ps (Policy, Practice, Practitioner, Patient) and how to identify their roles within an organization. Lauren connects these concepts to the Five Ives framework, highlighting how aligning the 4 Ps with its principles can create a more balanced environment.

For the Practitioner, Lauren emphasizes the importance of equipping leaders with tools to recognize their own survival states and communicate their needs effectively. She shares practical regulation strategies like temperature exposure, music, and shock techniques to address overwhelm in the moment. Transitioning to the Patient, Lauren explores the power of co-regulation when supporting dysregulated individuals, offering actionable scripts and examples for building rapport. She also discusses ways to introduce regulation education into shared spaces, such as offices, waiting rooms, and classrooms, to foster a culture of calm and responsiveness.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Get out in Nature (or at least watch a nature video!)

References:Five Ives Website
Regulation Posters!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren introduces the 4P framework, a tool designed to evaluate and improve workplace culture. It focuses on four key areas: Policy, Practice, Practitioner, and People—each representing a different facet of an organization. By examining these components, we help organizations apply the Five Ives framework to their organization, ensuring that culture is evaluated at every level.

We also explore how the Five Ives framework complements the 4Ps. Leaders are encouraged to audit themselves and assess where they stand on the 5 Ives scale for each of the Ps. The goal is to influence workplace culture in a way that motivates employees, reduces turnover, and creates an environment where people genuinely want to show up every day. Our team guides organizations through this process, helping them implement actionable strategies based on the audit results.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Do a Space-Color Audit.

References:Five Ives Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• 5 Ives episode
• Window of Tolerance
• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In this episode, Lauren explores the "Five Ives" framework, a powerful tool for understanding and navigating emotional regulation. She explains how each stage—from Survive to Hive—represents a natural response to life's challenges and emphasizes that no stage is inherently negative. While certain stages are best not to linger in, they are all part of the biological journey.

Lauren shares her own story of moving through these stages, drawing from past trauma and offers practical guidance for identifying your current stage and working towards the stages you aspire to reach.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Double regulate. If you're in Survive or feel like you're struggling - try combining 2 regulating activities.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

ReferencesFive Ives Website
Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)

Podcast:

• Surviving the Storm (Part 3)
• Surviving the Storm (Part 2)
• Surviving the Storm (Part 1)
• Window of Tolerance
• Creating a Calm Down Space
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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In the third and final episode of this microseries, Lauren and her Five Ives partner, Jessica Doering, explore practical steps to move forward from a survival state. They discuss the importance of recognizing and appreciating progress, even if you're not yet back to your pre-trauma self.

By setting small, achievable goals, you can take simple steps toward reestablishing familiar patterns, which can help restore a sense of control in moments of crisis. Lauren and Jessica offer practical ideas, such as incorporating soothing teas like chamomile, lavender, or lemon balm; setting a single goal for each day; adding Omega-3 fatty acids to your diet; and using emotional regulation strategies like nature sounds or calming tactile activities.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Reduce and replace to help you change your unhealthy habits.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Surviving the Storm (Part 2)
• Surviving the Storm (Part 1)
• Window of Tolerance
• Creating a Calm Down Space
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this second episode of the microseries, Lauren is joined again by her Five Ives partner, Jessica Doering, to discuss the concept of the window of tolerance and its role in healing from trauma. It can be difficult to consider the window of tolerance when you're in a survival state, but using visualization tools like the 3-box method can help you understand your emotional state and guide you back to balance.

Lauren and Jessica discuss the importance of simple, neutral regulation techniques that can work in both types of dysregulation. They highlight essential practices that can help you start to move in the direction of regulation: sleep, movement, and hydration, These straightforward strategies can be easy to forget when you're overwhelmed.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Try basic journaling. Journal your reactions to things in life that you aren't loving. Write how you're reacting and how you want to be reacting.

References:Window of Tolerance Graphic
LMNT pouches
Moon Juice
Five Ives Website

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Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Window of Tolerance
• Creating a Calm Down Space
• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren is joined by her Five Ives partner, Jessica Doering, to explore the first part of a 3-part series on navigating the "Five Ives" framework, with a focus on regulating your emotional state after natural disasters or unexpected events. They emphasize the importance of having grace and compassion when you're in survival mode. Surviving can be overwhelming, but understanding that it's a process to work your way out of it is key.

Lauren and Jessica provide a quick overview of the Five Ives framework and discuss how it can help you visualize progress from surviving to thriving. They share three simple steps to help move out of survival mode: Release, Tempo, and Body-Based Support. These are actionable, accessible steps that can be done in just a few minutes, at little to no cost. Lauren also shares three personal signs she uses to recognize when she's in survival mode and offers encouragement to focus on just one small act, like drinking water, to start moving toward a better state.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Take one of the tips from this episode and share it with someone else.

References:Five Ives Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Window of Tolerance
• Creating a Calm Down Space
• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In the final episode of the emotional regulation series, Lauren dives into the third step: problem-solving. If you haven’t listened to the previous two episodes, be sure to check them out first. Sometimes, emotional dysregulation stems from a recurring issue that can’t be resolved with regulation techniques alone—it requires working through the problem itself.

Lauren walks through the importance of keeping communication simple: "You felt, I felt, problem, solution."

With problem solving, timing is key—you can’t address problem-solving when a child is dysregulated or immediately after, as this could re-trigger them. The goal here isn’t to teach a lesson, but to collaboratively solve a problem in a way that helps children feel heard and open to solutions.

Don’t forget to share what you’ve learned, write it down, and apply these strategies in real-life situations!

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Eating mindfully - be present with your meal.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel's Hand Model
• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Window of Tolerance
• Creating a Calm Down Space
• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode Lauren re-visits her framework for helping kids recognize emotional dysregulation. Emotions are abstract and recognizing the spectrum of emotions can be hard, especially for kiddos who have so many stimuli that can knock them out of their window of tolerance.

After walking through the key steps of using the framework to recognize that you're dysregulated, Lauren explains how to visualize the window of tolerance and how use it to identify when you're dysregulated.

Try-at-home tip: Aromatherapy - not just essential oils!

References & Resources:Window of Tolerance

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel's Hand Model
• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Creating a Calm Down Space
• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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If you haven't listened yet, go back and listen to the past 2 episodes of this series on going back to the basics of emotional regulation. Today Lauren is giving us strategies for how to up or down regulate on the spot - in the moment that the dysregulation occurs.

There are hundreds of regulation strategies that you can try yourself or with your kiddos. Lauren is sharing her go-to strategies and providing resources for finding other strategies so that you can find what works for you and your kids.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Favorite Quote"Just think in opposites and you'll have good strategies to use."

Listener Question: Where can I learn more about this?

Try-at-home tip: Try using taste to regulate the nervous system. Think about using foods that have strong tastes like sourness or bitterness.

References & Resources:Deepak Chopra
Rangan Chatterji

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 6)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 5)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 4)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 3)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this second episode of this re-introduction to the Returning To Us series, Lauren walks through how to build and use a calm down quiet space in your home or classroom. In the last episode, Lauren strategies for recognizing and categorizing emotional states - a critical step in emotional regulation.

Creating a quiet space to facilitate regulation is an easy way to help your kiddos with emotional regulation. This isn't a time out or punishment; it's a safe place where kids can go to focus on how they are feeling internally and employ emotional regulation strategies.

Lauren provides the steps necessary to setting up a quiet space in your home and teaching your young kids to use it in concert with the regulation strategies and temperature system introduced in past episodes.

Listener Question: Where do you get all the materials you use to create this?

Try-at-home tip: Create a mind space for your teens, tweens, and young adults.

References & Resources:

• What Happened to You?
• Interview with Oprah and Bruce Perry
• Understanding the Window of Tolerance
• Aaron Alexander's Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Teaching Emotional Regulation to Toddlers
• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand
• How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior?

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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In this new series Lauren is going back to the beginning for some re-introductions. From how she got her start with The Behavior Hub to her current role with the University of Pennsylvania, Lauren walks us through her growth as an expert in the brain and human behaviors.

She also gives us a re-introduction to the Returning To Us podcast. The goal of the podcast is to give people the information and tools they need to return to a regulated, balanced nervous system state.

And, with the spirit of getting back to basics in mind, Lauren spends time re-introducing the strategies and tools needed to teach emotional regulation to really young kids.

Favorite Quote"We're human. We have to work through emotions. Not just bypass them."

Try-at-home tip: Try the turtle squeeze regulation technique.

References & Resources:

• What Happened to You?
• Interview with Oprah and Bruce Perry
• Understanding the Window of Tolerance
• Aaron Alexander's Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand
• Book Review Series, Episode 1
• Book Study Series: What Happened to You?
• How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior?
• Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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In the final installment of Lauren's series on books that help kids deal with hard topics, she's sharing 4 more books. In this episode, Lauren gives an overview of each book and her recommendations for adapting it to kids in different age groups.

We want to protect our kids, but to do that, we need to give them the language to explain their experiences. It's good to educate them earlier and young and allow them to feel comfortable expressing themselves in uncomfortable situations. And, as always, Lauren gives some great ideas for how to easily modify these for your younger kiddos.

Different books resonate with different people, kids, and situations so make sure to look these up online and check the reviews to see what other people are saying.

1. Does Blake Keep the Secret? (Priest)
2. I Have the Power to Get Out (Zayas)
3. One of a Kind (Dominguez)
4. Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept (Sanders)

Listener Question: How do I know which of these books is appropriate for my child or student? How do I know what to change to make it more appropriate?

Try-at-home tip: Let your kids lead.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children's Emotions
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)

Podcast:

• Children's Storybooks on Abuse (Part 2)
• Children's Storybooks on Abuse (Part 1)
• Changing the Culture of Child Abuse
• What is Emotional Abuse?
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Communicating with Kids?: Saying How You Feel

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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In this second installment of Lauren's series on books that help kids deal with hard topics, she's sharing 4 more books. In this episode, Lauren gives an overview of each book and her recommendations for adapting it to kids in different age groups.

Most books on these topics are designed for kids ages 5-12, but they can be modified for younger kids. It can be helpful to introduce the topics early as long as they're introduced in a developmentally appropriate way. Lauren gives some great ideas for how to easily modify these for your younger kiddos.

Different books resonate with different people, kids, and situations so make sure to look these up online and check the reviews to see what other people are saying.

1. Mommy Always Comes Back to You (Yeung & Liang)
2. When Sad Scary Things Happen: Coping with Childhood Trauma (Arnold-McEwan)
3. Body Boundaries Make Me Stronger (Cole)
4. See Ya Later Croc-A-Gator (Shelton & Kralia)

Try-at-home tip: Use water as a tool of regulation with your kids.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children's Emotions
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)

Podcast:

• Children's Storybooks on Abuse (Part 1)
• Changing the Culture of Child Abuse
• What is Emotional Abuse?
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Communicating with Kids?: Saying How You Feel

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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This is the first episode of a review series where Lauren introduces children's books that address topics like private parts, abuse, and anxiety. In this episode, Lauren gives an overview of each book and her recommendations for adapting it to kids in different age groups. Check them out online for reviews and Lauren will give her opinion of each book.

Different books resonate with different people, kids, and situations so make sure to look these up online and check the reviews to see what other people are saying.

1. My Body is Mine (Marnach)
2. God Made All of Me (Holcomb & Holcomb)
3. Somedays He Growled (Ostrowski)

Try-at-home tip: Read books with your kiddos!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children's Emotions
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)

Podcast:

• Changing the Culture of Child Abuse
• What is Emotional Abuse?
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Communicating with Kids?: Saying How You Feel

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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Annnnd....she's back! After taking July off to enjoy the summer, Lauren is back with the final installment of emotional regulation strategies. So far Lauren has shared over 30 emotional regulation tools that you can use to build your toolbox. If you missed them, go back and listen to episodes 1-6 so that you can start curating a list of strategies that work for the kids in your life.

This is now officially the last episode in the regulation series - Lauren couldn't help herself sharing just one last set of regulation tools! In this episode, Lauren shares new regulation strategies that focus on blowing. Some of these may be a little annoying for the adults around, but blowing is a great tool for helping kids regulate their emotions.

1. Whistle, kazoo, harmonica, pinwheels, balloons, starfish breath
2. Kazoo
3. Harmonica
4. Pinwheels
5. Balloons
6. Streamers
7. Starfish breaths
8. Cotton balls or tissues

Coming up next week is a new series on using books to help kids learn about and deal with hard things. Tune in next week for the first installment!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What if I try these things and nothing is working?

Try-at-home tip: Using fire exposure as meditation.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 6)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 5)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 4)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 3)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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For the past 6 weeks, Lauren has shared close to 30 emotional regulation tools that you can use to build your toolbox. If you missed them, go back and listen to episodes 1-5 so that you can start curating a list of strategies that work for the kids in your life.

This is the last episode before Lauren's summer break. The podcast will be on break for all of July, but Lauren will be back in August with a series on books that help kids learn about and deal with hard topics. So, enjoy your July and we'll be excited to reconnect later this summer!

In this episode, Lauren shares 5 new regulation strategies that you can use with your kiddos to help prevent emotional dysregulation or to regulate emotions in the moment when they are happening.

1. Feather or leaf blowing
2. Mountain breathing
3. Alphabet or color breathing
4. Clapping games or finger drumming
5. Animal walk or charades
6. Animal breathing

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do I teach my kid these techniques? When I try to teach them, they get more upset.

Try-at-home tip: Create an accountability group around these tools and implementing them.

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 5)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 4)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 3)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
  Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Lauren is back with 5 more regulation strategies that you can try with the kiddos in your life! For the rest of May and all of June, Lauren is going to share 5 regulation strategies per week. In each episode, Lauren will explain how each strategy works to regulate and then give you specific examples of how you can start using these strategies with young kids (but these can be used with people of any age too!).

In this episode, Lauren goes through a quick review of the regulation techniques shared in the first 4 parts of this series. She also shares even more regulation tools. Some of these tools are preventative and other are reactive; with a lot of tools in your toolbox, you always have what you need to help kids avoid or deal with difficult feelings.

1. Cleaning
2. Sorting or organizing
3. Storytelling or story writing
4. Imaginary play
5. Humming or singing
6. Screaming

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: These are all helpful, but how can I remember to do these things in the moment?

Try-at-home tip: Take a walk.

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 4)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 3)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
  Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Lauren is back with 5 more regulation strategies that you can try with the kiddos in your life! For the rest of May and all of June, Lauren is going to share 5 regulation strategies per week. In each episode, Lauren will explain how each strategy works to regulate and then give you specific examples of how you can start using these strategies with young kids (but these can be used with people of any age too!).

In this episode, Lauren shares 5 more regulation tools that you can use with people of all ages (most of these were developed with kids in mind, but can be easily adapted). Everyone needs a toolbox so that you can use different things depending on the day, feelings, or behaviors happening at the time. Today's techniques are all gamified regulation tools. These are fun ones!

1. Simon Says
2. I Spy
3. Scavenger Hunts
4. Yes and
5. Pillow Plunge
6. Origami or Paper Airplanes

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I'm stressed out and feel very tense. I feel like I'm holding on to all these emotions. What do I do to react to my kids better?

Try-at-home tip: Water paint.

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 3)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
  Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Lauren is back with 5 more regulation strategies that you can try with the kiddos in your life! For the rest of May and all of June, Lauren is going to share 5 regulation strategies per week. In each episode, Lauren will explain how each strategy works to regulate and then give you specific examples of how you can start using these strategies with young kids (but these can be used with people of any age too!).

In this episode, Lauren shares the first 6 emotional regulation strategies. All of today's approaches are nature and outdoors based which is perfect as we head into these warmer months. When you have a lot of options available, you can try each one and find the techniques that work best for you and your kiddos.

1. Get Out in Nature
2. Water
3. Cloud Watch, Moon Watch, Airplane Watch
4. Nature-Based Art
5. Find Art Forms that Feel Like Nature
6. Bring Nature Inside

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I frequently and regularly am losing my cool with my kids. What do I do?

Try-at-home tip: Use a temperature change to "shock" system into neutral zone.

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
  Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Lauren is back with 5 more regulation strategies that you can try with the kiddos in your life! For the rest of May and all of June, Lauren is going to share 5 regulation strategies per week. In each episode, Lauren will explain how each strategy works to regulate and then give you specific examples of how you can start using these strategies with young kids.

In this episode, Lauren re-introduces the categorization system that she uses with young kids to help them identify their emotional states. And then shares the first 5 emotional regulation strategies:

1. Acupressure Points
2. Gratitude Practice
3. Validation
4. Whisper Wish
5. Fantasy Strategy (with a bit of humor!)

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What can I do, as the adult, to regulate?

Try-at-home tip: When energy goes up, go outside!

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
  Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Today is the first day of a 6 week series on regulation strategies. For the rest of May and all of June, Lauren is going to share 5 regulation strategies per week! In each episode, Lauren will explain how each strategy works to regulate and then give you specific examples of how you can start using these strategies with young kids.

In this episode, Lauren re-introduces the categorization system that she uses with young kids to help them identify their emotional states. And then shares the first 5 emotional regulation strategies:

1. Tense and release
2. Balancing
3. Humor
4. Shaking Your Body or Dancing
5. Breathwork

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How many regulation tools are enough tools for the toolbox?

Try-at-home tip: Water exposure! Any exposure to water at all is super-calming and can bring the energy down almost instantly.

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
• Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
  Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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We're taking a break from our micro-wellness series because the current culture around child abuse has been weighing on Lauren's heart and she didn't want to go another day without talking about it.

In this episode, Lauren is talking about child abuse and how it can be prevented by teaching our little ones how to talk about their bodies and advocate for themselves. From the definition of what abuse is to sharing resources that you can use with kids as young as 1 or 2 years old, Lauren provides the information and resources you need to feel empowered to talk about this with your kids or other caregivers in your life.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What do we do if kids disclose abuse?

Try-at-home tip: Try taking a regulating breath by expanding out your chest.

References:The Mama Bear Effect
Sex Ed Rescue
ACEs Study

Books:Who Has What? All About Girls' Bodies and Boys' Bodies (Robie Harris)
The Parents Guide to Private Body Parts (Cath Hakanson)
That's My Willy (Alex Waldron)
What's Down There? Book About Girls Bodies (Alex Waldron)
When Sad, Scary Things Happen (Erika Arnold-McEwan)
Some Days He Growled (N. Kimball Ostrowski)
Body Boundaries Make Me Stronger (Elizabeth Cole)
I Have the Power to Get Out
Does Blake Keep the Secret?
My Body's Mine
Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept
The Amazing You

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children's Emotions
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• How Emotional States Impact Learning
• Mental Health Crisis in Education
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
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The past few episodes have given you 5 minute micro-practices that you can add into your daily schedule to improve your physical and mental health. In this episode, Lauren focuses on how to use these micro-practices and micro-steps to achieve more balance in your life.

Recently, Lauren has noticed so many people around her are just exhausted. Knowing how to recognize what to change and taking micro-steps to get there can make big changes in how you feel. It is possible to change your behavior patterns and re-wire your brain - you just need to know how to start.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: If you have 3 minutes a day to ground, what's the best thing you can do?

Try-at-home tip: Try the size of your emotions strategy.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• What is self care?
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup
• Rest & Digest: The Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: The Sympathetic Nervous System

Podcast:

• First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout
• Rest to Sweat in 5 Minutes
• Low Impact Workout in 5 Minutes or Less
• HIIT Workout in 5 Minutes or Less
• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• The Align Method Daily Five
• Nervous System 101

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today we're switching gears for our micro-practices series, we've been focusing on the physical body but today we're going to shift focus to the mind. In this episode Lauren talks about the benefits of meditation and how you can start to add meditation into your daily routines. As someone who struggles with meditation, Lauren shares the tips and tricks she finds helpful to becoming successful at meditation.

We're giving you this 5 minute habits series as a way to help you move from a survival state to a place where you are thriving. There is no fast way to do this, but adopting micro practices like these will help you to start healing and will move you towards more consistent practices.

Use the tips for building lasting habits to make these daily practices!

Make sure to check out the First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I absolutely hate to meditate! What else can I do?

Try-at-home tip: Cleaning your produce - look up the benefits of an ozone machine!

Resources

• Fives Ives Website
• Insight Timer
• Calm App
• Headspace

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• What is self care?
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout
• Rest to Sweat in 5 Minutes
• Low Impact Workout in 5 Minutes or Less
• HIIT Workout in 5 Minutes or Less
• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Manage Your Stress or It Will Manage You
• The Align Method Daily Five

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In today's installment of our micro practices series, we're giving you an opportunity to level up the 5 minute workout routines we've been doing. Lauren is walking us through a high intensity interval (HIIT) workout that will help you improve cardiovascular health with just a couple of exercises per day.

We're giving you this 5 minute habits series as a way to help you move from a survival state to a place where you are thriving. There is no fast way to do this, but adopting micro practices like these will help you to start healing and will move you towards more consistent practices.

Use the tips for building lasting habits to make these daily practices!

Make sure to check out the First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do I heal my nervous system?

Try-at-home tip: Temperature Play!

Resources

• Feel Better in 5 with Ramgen Chatergee
• Fives Ives Website
• Aaron Alexander

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• What is self care?
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout
• Rest to Sweat in 5 Minutes
• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Manage Your Stress or It Will Manage You
• The Align Method Daily Five

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In today's installment of our micro practices series, Lauren walks us through a 5 minute low intensity workout. This workout may feel slightly easier than the other workouts we've shared, but these exercises are still extremely beneficial. Plus, they can be easily fit into your day.

We're giving you this 5 minute habits series as a way to help you move from a survival state to a place where you are thriving. There is no fast way to do this, but adopting micro practices like these will help you to start healing and will move you towards more consistent practices.

Use the tips for building lasting habits to make these daily practices!

Make sure to check out the First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I have 2s and 3s. How do I teach these toddlers to regulate?

Try-at-home tip: Give the Easy Peasy Workout a try this week!

Resources

• Feel Better in 5 with Ramgen Chatergee
• Fives Ives Website
• Aaron Alexander

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• What is self care?
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout
• Rest to Sweat in 5 Minutes
• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Manage Your Stress or It Will Manage You
• The Align Method Daily Five

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today we're continuing our series on workouts that can improve your body in 5 minutes. It is so important to maintain muscular strength as you age. Adding even 5 minutes of strength training to your day can help with mental health, stress reduction, sleep, and improves your long-term health.

In this episode Lauren shares a 5 minute HIIT workout that anyone can do can add to their daily routine. HIIT workouts can be uncomfortable because they get your heart up quickly, but even 5 minutes of HIIT exercises help to prevent diabetes, decreases visceral fat, and keeps your body strong as you age.

Use the tips for building lasting habits to make these daily practices!

Make sure to check out the First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do I respond when I lose it with my kid?

Try-at-home tip: No tip [again!] today! Just try the Power 5 this week.

Resources

• Feel Better in 5 with Ramgen Chatergee
• Fives Ives Website - check out our new project!
• Aaron Alexander

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• What is self care?
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• First episode in the series! The 5-Minute Workout
• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Manage Your Stress or It Will Manage You
• The Align Method Daily Five

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today Lauren is switching it up! She's noticed that her students and colleagues are feeling drained and exhausted. They've been talking a lot about well-being, self care, and stress management.

Strength training, even for just 5 minutes a day, helps improve your overall health, longevity, function, and gets more oxygen to your brain. In this episode, Lauren walks us through 5 classic movements that you can incorporate into your daily routine so that you can start seeing these benefits in your life.

Use the tips for building lasting habits to make these daily practices!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I am overwhelmed and exhausted. How can I possibly make improvements to my health?

Try-at-home tip: No tip today! Just do the 5 classic movements.

Resources

• Feel Better in 5 with Ramgen Chatergee
• Fives Ives Website - check out our new project!
• Aaron Alexander

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• What is self care?
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Manage Your Stress or It Will Manage You
• The Align Method Daily Five

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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This is the third installment of out Tiny Habits series. Our focus is on helping you create micro stress management habits that will fit easily into your busy life.

In this episode, Lauren walks us through the importance of flow state (or child state) as part of our self care routines. Flow state is an intense state of body and mind in which you are so immersed in the moment and what you are doing that you struggle to even hear others talking.

With all of the stress and busyness in our lives, adults can have a hard time achieving this state, but Lauren has some tips and ideas for getting yourself completely immersed in an activity you really love and enjoy.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What else can get me into flow state?

Try-at-home tip: Spend more time with your kids (or pets!) when they're in flow state. Use this time to be fully present in the moment.
Resources

• Fives Ives Website - check out our new project!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory
• Creating Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• What is self care and why is it important?
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Tiny Habits: Get Into Nature
• Tiny Habits: Breathwork
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• The Align Method Daily 5
• Pomodoro Method

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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This is the second installment of out Tiny Habits series. Our focus is on helping you create micro stress management habits that will fit easily into your busy life.

In this episode, Lauren presents an alternative to meditating for other people, like her, that find it hard to maintain a meditation practice. There are a variety of types of breathwork and guided breathwork programs that you can try. All have the benefits of stress reduction and nervous system regulation.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What do you do for breathwork? Are there different options?

Try-at-home tip: Check out Insight Timer and try a couple of the different types of breathwork.
Resources

• Insight Timer
• Leila Dylla
• Sarah Blondin
• The Brain Tap Ramgen Chatergee
• Fives Ives Website - check out our new project!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory
• Creating Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• What is self care and why is it important?
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• Tiny Habits: Get Into Nature
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• The Align Method Daily 5

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In the last episode, Lauren gave tips for making micro-habits stick. Today starts a series of micro-mental health strategies that take less effort to implement and are more sustainable than big changes.

Getting out into nature is a small change that you can make to regulate your nervous system and decrease stress. Even just 5 minutes of outside time per day provide benefits. We are biological beings so we are hard-wired to thrive in that environment.

Remember, to make this a habit, trying pairing it with a routine that you are already doing.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What if I can't leave the city to get out into nature?

Try-at-home tip: Bring air-purifying plants into your house. (There are a lot of plants that are REALLY hard to kill - start with those!)

Resources

• The Brain Tap Ramgen Chatergee
• Fives Ives Website - check out our new project!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory
• Creating Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• What is self care and why is it important?
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• 7 Things to do to Create a Habit
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• The Align Method Daily 5

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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It can be challenging to create long-lasting habits that help to keep you happy, functioning, and regulated. It's so common for to set goals, work towards them for awhile, and then go back to your old habits.

In this episode, Lauren layouts out a roadmap for creating new habits that will stick. From starting with easy, tiny changes to learning to celebrate yourself, she shares 7 of her techniques for making meaningful changes to your habits and routines.

The next few episodes will be ideas for micro-changes we can make to improve our lives, minds, and bodies. Today we learn about the Brain Tap and Lauren provides prompts to help you get started.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What are 2 things I can do to improve my health right now?

Try-at-home tip: Create a fluid goals board.

Resources

• The Brain Tap Ramgen chatergee
• Fives Ives Website - check out our new project!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Polyvagal Theory
• Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In our society, many of us are experiencing chronic stress instead of the acute stress our bodies are adapted for. During chronic stress, we aren't able to come back into the window of tolerance.

In this episode, Lauren walks through Aaron Alexander's align method and helps us to understand how movement purges stress from the body. The Align Method Daily
Five will help you get back into that window of tolerance and keep your body in an optimal state of functioning.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What are the signs of childhood sexual abuse?

Try-at-home tip: Cold plunge (actually get into a bucket of water with ice in it!)
For people with a menstrual cycle, remember to only do this during the follicular phase.

Resources

• The Align Method Book
• Breath Book by James Nestor

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• Nervous System 101
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Polyvagal Theory
• Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren walks through the basics of our nervous system. Whether you have more sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system activation, it is helpful to know how to recognize when your nervous system is dysregulated.

The goal is to stay within your Window of Tolerance and to get back into it as quickly as possible after becoming dysregulated. Lauren shares tips and ideas for preventing nervous system dysregulation and restoring regulation.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What do we do with students or children who have behaviors and we don't understand what's going on (and we don't either!) because they are too young?

Try-at-home tip: Read for pleasure!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Polyvagal Theory
• Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In today's episode, Lauren is tackling listeners' most common questions. She will walk through answers to questions about topics ranging from regulating your own responses to getting to the root of unwanted behaviors in your students.

Tune in to get some great knowledge nuggets and resources or email your question to us so we can answer your question in a future episode.

Try-at-home tip: Listen to what your body is telling you. Don't explain physical symptoms away so quickly - consider if they could be caused by stress.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children's Emotions: How They Work and Strategies to Try
• Five Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Improve Communication by Giving Kids Choices
• Positive Communication: Try Some Humor
• Improve Communication: Less is More
• Effective Communication: The Power of the Written Note
• Communicating with Kids: Saying What You Feel
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog

Podcast:

• Communicating in a Way that gets Kids to Listen
• Positive Communication Using the "I See" Strategy
• Improve Communication by Giving Kids Choices
• Positive Communication: Try Some Humor
• Improve Communication: Less is More
• Improve Communication: Information Instead of Instructions
• Effective Communication: The Power of the Written Note
• Communicating with Kids: Saying What You Feel
• Five Things that Drive Unwanted Behaviors
• Emotional Brain Parts and How Executive Functioning Heals It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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The way that you communicate with kids directly impacts their self esteem and worthiness. So often the way that adults communicate with their own children or kids in a classroom setting is not productive.

In this episode, Lauren points to some areas that may be going wrong in your communication with kids. She walks through the areas that you can focus on to make sure that your kids are feeling heard and respected.

Plus, Lauren gives examples of communication strategies that will improve your communication with anyone in your life.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: Supporting others to consider alternative reasons for a child's behavior.

Try-at-home tip: Going outside first thing in the morning wakes up your system!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Positive Communication: Give Children a Problem to Solve
• Improve Communication by Giving Kids Choices
• Positive Communication: Try Some Humor
• Improve Communication: Less is More
• Effective Communication: The Power of the Written Note
• Communicating with Kids: Saying What You Feel
• Five Reasons Behaviors Occur

Podcast:

• Positive Communication Using the "I See" Strategy
• Improve Communication by Giving Kids Choices
• Positive Communication: Try Some Humor
• Improve Communication: Less is More
• Improve Communication: Information Instead of Instructions
• Effective Communication: The Power of the Written Note
• Communicating with Kids: Saying What You Feel
• Five Things that Drive Unwanted Behaviors

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Research show that suspending students worsens behaviors, leads to more negative educational outcomes, and results in poor academic performance. So then, why are 3 million students suspended in the United States every year?

Undesirable behaviors in children are most often caused by unmet needs. They are seeking connection and relationships. They very likely don't have the tools to correct the behaviors on their own.

In this episode, Lauren gives us alternatives to suspension and expulsion that will help kids to develop the skills they need while also providing a supportive school environment.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do you provide a consistent and appropriate response from all providers working with children?

Try-at-home tip: Walk and take tough calls. Walking helps you regulate your nervous system so your calls will go better if you do them while walking!

Terms to Look Up:

• Restorative Circles
• Peer Led Mediation

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Five Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Children's Emotions
• All the Coping Strategies for Your Kiddos

Podcast:

• Five Things that Drive Unwanted Behaviors
• How on Earth do we Deal with Misbehavior?
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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The terms "self care" and "stress management" are overused terms these days, but what do they really mean? Making the time to take care of yourself and your needs shows respect for yourself and your body and sends a message to those around you.

"When you start with yourself on the inside and address things that need to be healed and neutralized, it radiates outward."

In this episode, Lauren walks through the big 5 areas of self care and gives tips for creating routines that incorporate healthy behaviors into your life. Plus, she'll walk you through creating your self care flower as a reminder of your goals.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: Struggling with talking back (specifically when related to cleaning up).

Try-at-home tip: Take the [physical] steps. Use the stairs whenever you have the chance!

References & Resources:

• Self Care Quiz
• Core Values List
• Real Food Video
• Sleep Video

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Tying Self Care Practices to Your Values
• Creating, Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• Self Care: Filling Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• Self Care Quiz
• Self Care and Food
• Self Care Big 5: Water & Sleep
• Self Care Big 5: Socialization
• Self Care Big 5: Movement & Exercise
• Putting Self Care into Practice with Routines

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Behaviors are most often an expression of of unmet needs. It's easy to get bogged down in trying to stop a student's unwanted behaviors. Working to meet the underlying needs that are causing the unwanted behavior may be more effective.

There are 5 categories of needs that typically drive undesirable behaviors. In this episode, Lauren walks through these needs and gives examples so that you can identify these in your students. She also provides strategies for meeting these needs to reduce the unwanted behaviors.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What do we do if a child is disrespectful?

Try-at-home tip: Remember to notice the big and little awes.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Emotional Regulation
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
• Decoding Unwanted Behaviors

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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The start of a new year is a great time to sit down as a family to define your family's core values. This is a conversation that you can have with your whole family, including your youngest kids.

Lauren provides a framework for developing and using core values for your family. From accountability meetings to using core values in behavior re-direction, she has a treasure trove of ideas for instilling these values in our children.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: Dealing with behavior over a short period of time, such as during a speech session. It can be very difficult to gain compliance and while parents are often present they may not be helpful in managing their child's behavior. What should I do?

Try-at-home tip: Balancing - try balance activities to build mindfulness.

References & Resources:

• Dr. Thomas Lickona's Website
• Scott Jeffrey Core Values List

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Tying Self Care Practices to Your Values
• Creating, Rituals, Routines, and Habits

Podcast:

• Building Your Family System
• How to Get Kids to Cooperate
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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If we can create a stabilizing routine, even if it's just morning and evening, we can maintain emotional regulation though the holidays. Lauren gives some ideas for how you can incorporate fun holiday routines into your daily life during the 2 weeks around the chaos of Christmas.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we problem solve through behaviors?

Try-at-home tip: Size of the problem - which box does your problem fit into?

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Posts:

• Creating, Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• 5 Breathing Exercises for Your Kiddo
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcasts:

• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Resources for Well Being
• Putting Self Care into Practice with Routines
• Helpfulness: How to Encourage Helpfulness

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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The holidays are fun and exciting, but are also a break from routines and can be chaotic. We're traveling, have new and different plans and events, the house looks different, people you don't see all the time are coming to visit, etc, etc, etc.

In this episode, Lauren focuses on managing kids' emotions and behaviors around the holidays. She talks through how to do all the fun stuff and also maintain some sense of emotional regulation and calm.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we support others to deal with behaviors in a more helpful and positive way?

Try-at-home tip: Daily affirmations or a daily mantra

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Creating, Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• 5 Breathing Exercises for Your Kiddo
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Resources for Well Being
• Putting Self Care into Practice with Routines
• Helpfulness: How to Encourage Helpfulness

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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PAUSE this series until after new year!!!!!

In this episode Lauren walks us through the 4 steps for emotional regulation and gives tips for how to provide support and space for these in your classroom. These skills should be practiced, evaluated, and adapted as you continue to use them with your students and in your own life.

Check out the resources below. These should make it easier to set these spaces and practices up in your classrooms.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we address behaviors and regulation through a sensory lens?

Try-at-home tip: Witness, allow, release!

Favorite quote:"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
- Viktor E. Frankl

Resources:

• Zones of Regulation for young kids
• Feelings Thermometer handout
• Wise Mind Poster
• Calm Mind Kit
• Dimple Popper
• Time In Tool Kit
• Jumbo Doodle Mat

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel's Hand Model
• Reptilian Brain: Better Known as the Brain Stem
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog
• Thinking Brain: The Wise Owl

Podcast:

• Emotional Brain Parts and How Executive Function Heals It
• Understanding Behavior and Regulating It
• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel's Hand Model
• Emotion Regulation Using the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• The Barking Dog: Our Emotional Brain
• The Wise Owl: Better Known as Our Thinking Brain

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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After giving a quick overview of the anatomical parts of the brain and their roles in functioning, Lauren moves focus to how we can strengthen and grow our executive functioning skills as a method of calming our limbic system.

Incorporating games and activities that strengthen executive functioning and cognitive flexibility at all ages helps to grow and strengthen these important skills. Strong executive functioning skills allow you to consciously assess situations instead of just reacting.

In this episode, Lauren gives examples of games and activities that you can use to build your executive functioning skills.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What do we do with students who dealing with behaviors they do not understand because they are too young?

Try-at-home tip: Empty days or Empty weekends

References & Resources:

• Explaining the Emotional Brain to Children Video

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel's Hand Model
• Reptilian Brain: Better Known as the Brain Stem
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog
• Thinking Brain: The Wise Owl

Podcast:

• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel's Hand Model
• Emotion Regulation Using the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• The Barking Dog: Our Emotional Brain
• The Wise Owl: Better Known as Our Thinking Brain

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Behaviors are not the result of moral or personality flaws. They aren't signs of lack of willpower or bad character either. Behaviors are caused by neurochemical changes in the brain and can change based on your environment or experiences.

Positive loving environments can change these patterns in a positive way to make space for our brain to focus on things like exploration, play, learning, and cooperation.

In this episode Lauren walks us through the experiences, environment, thoughts, and events that can lead to different types of behaviors and the role that the nervous system plays in our responses and reactions.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do I tell a student has reached their max stress for the day?

Try-at-home tip: Sauna/cold plunge

Favorite quotes:"Students must Maslow before they can Bloom.""We're not logical! We're biological!"

"Hurt people, hurt people."
- Bessel Van Der Klok

References & Resources:

• What Happened to You?
• Interview with Oprah and Bruce Perry
• Understanding the Window of Tolerance
• Aaron Alexander's Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
• Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
• Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

• Book Study Series: What Happened to You?
• How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior?
• Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Healing takes place in the presence of positive, loving, and empathetic relationships - it only takes one positive relationship to form new neural pathways. Connectedness has the power to counterbalance adversity and that is something that we can foster in classrooms to promote focus and learning.

Understanding trauma and its causes is important for recognizing stressors in the classroom. In this episode Lauren explains the different types of childhood trauma and some of the life events that cause it.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we help students cope with stress without completely avoiding the stressful element?

Try-at-home tip: Digital Detox!

Favorite quotes:
"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."
-President Theodore Roosevelt

"But I believe trauma can also arise from quieter less obvious experiences such as humiliation or shaming or emotional abuse."
-Dr. Bruce Perry

“In a brain scan, relational pain—that caused by isolation during punishment—can look the same as physical abuse. Is alone in the corner the best place for your child?”
- Dan Siegel

References:What Happened to You?

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children's Emotions
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• How Emotional States Impact Learning
• Mental Health Crisis in Education
• How to Get and Keep Students' Attention
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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The internet has opened up a world of resources and connectivity, but online teaching and learning has its challenges. Organizing lessons, keeping students interested, and assessing what they are learning are unique challenges when it comes to online learning.

In this episode Lauren unpacks the pros and cons of teaching online and gives tips for keeping students engaged. She also walks through the logistics of setting up an effective online learning environment from the best way to position yourself in front of the camera to when to use humor to keep people engaged.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What are some ways we can help students find the language to recognize stressors?

Try-at-home tip: Cleaning and organizing - organize your external world to organize your internal world.

References:Uncommon Sense Teaching
Kahn Academy
Imagine Learning

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• teleteaching, #virtualeducation, #onlineed

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Know Thyself: Initial Steps for a Self-Care Practice
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• How Emotional States Impact Learning
• Memory Hacks for Better Productivity
• How to Get and Keep Students' Attention
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Are you a perfectionist? We live in a world where everyone is striving for perfection, but it's an impossible goal. Because perfection doesn't exist, the more you chase it the more likely you are to experience anxiety and depression.

In this episode Lauren walks us through the dangers of perfectionism, its connections to anxiety and depression, and how you can practice self-love to turn these thoughts and habits around.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What strategies can we give students to help them cope?

Try-at-home tip: Tuning into Scent

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• teleteaching, #virtualeducation, #onlineed

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Know Thyself: Initial Steps for a Self-Care Practice
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• How Emotional States Impact Learning
• Memory Hacks for Better Productivity
• How to Get and Keep Students' Attention
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today the focus is on assessments in education. Lauren walks through self assessments, pre-testing, formative, and summative testing and how they can be actively and interactively implemented in the classroom setting.

When it comes to assessments in the classroom, remember that the goal is for students focus on the mastery of learning instead of their test performance.

Comment below if you use self assessment and tell us how you use it!

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How to reduce stress for adults in the workplace?

Try-at-home tip: Color - 365 Days of Art

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Introducing the Amygdala
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• 5 Things You Can Do To Engage Kiddos Virtually
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• How Emotional States Impact Learning
• Memory Hacks for Better Productivity
• How to Get and Keep Students' Attention
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Ideally we'd spend 20% of our days in group work; whether it's adults at work or kids in the classroom. Group work doesn't always have to be an assignment, though. There are a lot of ways to build collaboration into classroom activities.

In this episode Lauren provides a framework for planning group work, walks through her simple method for handling conflict, and gives some out-of-the-box ideas for incorporating groupwork ad collaboration into your classroom activities.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: Why do we continue to change the way we address behaviors and why do behaviors continue to get worse?

Try-at-home tip: Horse Lips! Stimulate that regulatory nerve!

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Introducing the Amygdala
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• 5 Things You Can Do To Engage Kiddos Virtually
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• Collaboration in the Classroom (Part 1)
• Memory Hacks for Better Productivity
• How to Get and Keep Students' Attention
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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We are biological and social beings that seek human connection and belonging. Collaboration in classrooms, schools, and workplaces provides synchronous time to connect with your peers.

In this episode, Lauren discusses the importance of collaboration and how you can successfully create a collaborative environment in your classroom or workplace. From skills preparation to setting expectations to setting up systems to handle conflict, Lauren gives you everything you need to provide positive collaborative experiences.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can we help the entire class cope with students who are having stress and/or trauma issues?

Try-at-home tip: Spend some time in comfy clothes (to help with nervous system regulation!).

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Introducing the Amygdala
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• 5 Things You Can Do To Engage Kiddos Virtually
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• Memory Hacks for Better Productivity
• How to Get and Keep Students' Attention
• Questions and Answers from Listeners

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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As part of our mini-series focusing on productivity, Lauren shares memory enhancers that will help your students (and you!) to hone their memory skills. These ideas can be implemented in the classroom and taught to your students to help improve their memories.

Techniques like connecting information to the senses and creating funny mnemonics can improve information retention and create strong memory building skills and lasting habits.

This week, think about how can you take these memory enhancers and integrate them into your own day or how you teach.

"I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."
- Confucius

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we help students who internalize anxiety?

Try-at-home tip: Focus on staying hydrated! Try LMNT electrolyte powder.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Your Brain's Memory Storage Command Center
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog (Limbic System)
• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel Hand Model
• Thinking Brain: The Wise Owl

Podcast:

• The Pomodoro Method
• How to Get and Keep Student's Attention
• Space Design with the Brain in Mind

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Our brains are not capable of doing multiple cognitively demanding things at once which is why reducing multitasking will increase your productivity and motivation.

In this episode Lauren breaks down the Pomodoro Method and how people from toddlers to adults can use it to build stamina around focus and sticking to one activity at a time.

Try-at-home tip: Use music to regulate (use 80 beats per minute as a benchmark), check out Happy Hits playlists on Spotify

On the Show:

• Five Ives Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Posts:

• Ways to Neutralize or Gain Energy for Adults
• Rest and Digest
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation

Podcast Episodes:

• How to Get and Keep a Student's Attention
• Calming and Coping Strategies

Our Online Courses:

• Stress and Trauma and the Brain, oh my!
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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What kind of environment can we create that's more conducive for productivity, learning and listening? There are some simple environmental changes you can make to improve stress, productivity, attention, and behavior.

In season 1 we did a series on Room Design and how to optimize spaces for better learning and attention. In this episode, Lauren gives an short overview of how to optimize spaces for nervous system regulation.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What are some signs that an escalation is about to happen?

Try-at-home tip: Self Hug

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Posts:

• Using Color in Room Design
• Room Temperature
• Sound in the Classroom
• Aroma and the Classroom
• Lighting in Room Design

Podcast Episodes:

• Consider Sound in Room Design
• Using Color in Room Design
• Aroma and Room Design
• Temperature and Room Design
• Lighting and Room Design

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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Sean has lived 32 years with autism spectrum disorder. He consults on autism and working with people with autism. Sean is working on a book (Summer 2024) looking at autism in terms of polyvagal theory.

Jessica loves helping people who help people. Jessica and Lauren have partnered on a new project that provides training and resources for organizations that want to implement trauma-informed care. Check out the Five Ives website to learn more!

In this episode, Lauren, Sean, and Jessica discuss:

• Using polyvagal theory and somatic practices to recognize the signs of a heightened physical and emotional states, connecting those feelings to programmed behaviors, and using this information to inform future responses
• Recognizing and reacting to heightened states and their causes in children based on their behavior

Try-at-home tip:1. Stop, notice your body
2. Take a breath or move your body
3. Check back to see if you're back to neutral

Sean’s recommendations:

• Uniquely Human Podcast
• Steven Porges
• For Educators: The Polyvagal Path to Joyful Learning
• Hold onto Your Kids - Dr. Gordon Neufeld & Dr. Gabor Maté

Where to find Sean: LinkedIn

Where to find Jessica: Doering Institute Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:Blog Post:

• Achieving Balance: The Polyvagal Theory and Mind-Body Practices
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog

Podcast:

• Breathing Techniques for Calming
• Exercise and How It Relates to Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation

Our Online Courses:

• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress, Trauma, and Behaviors, Oh My!

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Every moment of every day, your brain and body are subconsciously working to appraise your current situation. While you aren’t conscious of this, your nervous system is.

In this episode, Lauren walks you through how to set up your routines to help students prepare to learn, AS well as the UDL engagement guidelines: recruit interest, sustain effort and persistence, and self-regulate.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can we help students deal with stressful situations?

Try-at-home tip: Evening routine

References for this episode:

• Teaching with the Brain in Mind - Eric Jensen
• Brain-based learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn
• Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education
• The Plainer Truths of Teaching, Learning and Literacy: A comprehensive guide to reading, writing, speaking, and listening Pre-K-12 across the curriculum. - Botel and Paparo

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children’s Emotions: How They Work and Behavior Strategies to Try
• The first step to emotional regulation

Podcast:

• 4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence
• Categorizing Emotions
• Calming & Coping Strategies
• Problem-solving steps

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
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• The Behavior Hub blog

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When your emotional networks impact your state of mind it disrupts your ability to be present, neutral, and ready to learn. Emotional states impact attention, memory learning, and they are contagious. So, how do you teach students who have dysregulated emotions?

Today Lauren discusses how to use non-verbal cues to help understand someone’s current emotional state and how to change your emotional state.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we help teachers effectively manage their own stress and trauma?

Try-at-home tip: Hot-cold exposure

References for this episode:

• Teaching with the Brain in Mind - Eric Jensen
• Brain-based learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn
• Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education
• The Plainer Truths of Teaching, Learning and Literacy: A comprehensive guide to reading, writing, speaking, and listening Pre-K-12 across the curriculum. - Botel and Paparo

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Children’s Emotions: How They Work and Behavior Strategies to Try
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog (Limbic System)

Podcast:

• Meet the Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain: The Amygdala
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• Putting Self-Care into Practice with Routines

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In this episode, Lauren delves into how the brain works and what to do at each stage of childhood to best help your child. She walks through suggestions from toddlers/preschoolers all the way through the difficult teen years. Two of the biggest requirements for children and adults are sleep and water intake.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can I know that a student is too stressed to learn?

Try-at-home tip: Sobriety

References for this episode:

• NIH: Places Where Neurons Connect
• Teaching with the Brain in Mind - Eric Jensen
• Brain-based learning: Teaching the Way Students Really Learn
• Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Does Food Really Impact the Brain and Emotions?

Podcast:

• Food and the Brain
• How to Teach Based on Our Knowledge of the Brain (pt.1)
• How to teach Based on Our Knowledge of the Brain (pt.2)
• How the Brain Stores Information
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• Classroom Design with the Brain in Mindg Children
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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When a person is under stress, especially chronic stress, they struggle to focus, can’t make smart or wise decisions, and have trouble remembering information they learn. In this episode, Lauren starts by walking through how the brain takes in and stores information. She uses that as the explanation for how the amygdala short circuits that process when under stress or trauma.

All of this affects emotional regulation and learning. So, how do you handle children when they are suffering trauma or stress? Listen to today’s episode to find out.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can we help students who are stagnant? They might have stress but don’t give us anything at all in terms of positive or negative behaviors.

Try-at-home tip: Drink less coffee and more water

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Children’s Emotions: How They Work and Behavior Strategies to Try
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog (Limbic System)
• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel Hand Model
• Reptilian Brain: Better Known as the Brainstem
• Thinking Brain: The Wise Owl

Podcast:

• Meet the Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain: The Amygdala
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• The Barking Dog: Our Emotional Brain
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today’s Q&A continues the discussion around stress, trauma and emotional regulation. How to recognize it and how to help those who are struggling with their emotions and stress.

• How do you guide the student that uses the stress as a way to avoid work?
• What are some suggestions for self-regulation curriculums and coping strategies for students?
• What are some strategies we can use with our students who are experiencing trauma/stress?
• What is the most common stressor for students?
• How many ways can a student react to stress?

Try-at-home tip: Focus on one.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Generation Mindful
• Wendy Mogel
• How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 1
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 2
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• 4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today’s episode is a shift from the last two. In this episode, Lauren focuses on the “continuum of self-values” created by Ross Rosenberg in his book “Human Magnet Syndrome.” This continuum orders human behavior based on 11 numerical values to represent the full range of self in relationship to others. These numerical values range from -5 to +5. A zero is the perfect balance of one’s self and another’s orientation, very few, if any people fall in the zero category. The negative side of the spectrum puts the needs of others before your own with the higher number being more mentally ill. The positive side of the spectrum puts their own needs before the needs of others with the higher numbers becoming more selfish and narcissistic.

The goal of a relationship is to find someone and make your number come closer to zero. So a -2 partnering with a +2. This is called a zero sum relationship.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can we best identify signs of stress in students?

Try-at-home tip: Notice the sounds around you.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Ross Rosenberg Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 1
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 2
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• 4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Last episode Lauren discussed the five ways to solidify content in your students’ brains. This episode follow-up on that knowledge with a teaching model which prepares your learners and creates an optimal environment for learning using the before, during, and after teaching model.

• Before: prepare for your diverse students’ needs in advance, visualize your lessons and how you'll engage your students.
• During: engage the students by getting emotionally invested, frame learning to make it relevant, important, and compelling.
• After: setting the learning with time for passive processing like breaks, lunch, or the end of the day, rehearsing and incorporating the learning,

According to Jim Kwik, you lose 80% of the information you learn in the first 48 hours. Try using the tips in this episode to help prevent that learning loss.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I would like to know some strategies to use class for students who have trauma and are struggling in class.

Try-at-home tip: Read more to promote mindfulness.

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Room Temperature: How it Affects Learning
• Lighting: How it Affects Us both mentally and physically
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• 5 Needs - Decoding Unwanted Behaviors
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• 4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 1
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 2

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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This episode switches gears a bit in order to focus on how to teach people to listen, attend, engage, learn and remember. There are 5 steps to this:

• Pre-exposure: covertly preparing students for future learning of content. This is done days, weeks or even months ahead of the teaching.
• Preview: this involves setting the stage for the content minutes or hours ahead.
• Priming: introducing words, concepts, or skills in advance then coming back to those moments before you teach.
• Review: Going over what students learned.
• Revision: Reconstructing the learning. Correcting errors. Reteaching

Today Lauren reviews each of these steps in depth and gives examples on how to apply this in your life and teaching.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How has COVID affected stress in our kids?

Try-at-home tip: Recognizing the 12 signs of high anxiety

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Sound in the Classroom: How it Can Trigger a Stress Response
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• 5 Needs - Decoding Unwanted Behaviors
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• 4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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After a summer break, Lauren returns with a question and answer episode focusing on stress in both kids and adults and how to process, deal, and return to stable emotional regulation after increased stress and trauma.

• How do we help students cope with stress and/or trauma so that they can learn as well as process their stress/trauma?
• How can we limit our stress as teachers to better serve our students?
• How can we help students handle stress from home that is making things harder for them at school?
• What are some practical strategies I can teach my students to help them cope with stress?
• What are the most common signs and symptoms for students experiencing trauma related stress?
• In what ways are wide swaths of our students now dealing with post-traumatic stress in a Covid impacted world?

Try-at-home tip: Space Design

Mentioned in this episode:

• Zones of Regulation Set

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Sound in the Classroom: How it Can Trigger a Stress Response
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• 5 Needs - Decoding Unwanted Behaviors
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Self Care Quiz and Continuum
• Resources for Well Being
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In the second part of our book study on Limitless by Jim Kwik, Lauren discusses how to make new habits stick.

• Want to know which activity you do everyday is worse than smoking?
• How to unlock your limitless brain?
• Do you give speeches and want to know how to remember your talking points so you don’t have to read from a script?

This episode covers all that and more.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we help students navigate stressful situations?

Try-at-home tip: Lalah Delia

Mentioned in this episode:

• Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
• Jim Kwik Website
• Kwik Brain
• Tiny Habits
• Atomic Habits
• Lalah Delia

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Creating Rituals, Routines, and Habits
• Improve Communication: Information instead of Instructions
• Effective Communication: The Power of a Written Note
• Communicating with Kids: Saying How You Feel

Podcast:

• 5 Needs - Decoding Unwanted Behaviors
• Small Changes that lead to a calmer (and happier!) you
• Food: First of the Big 5 in Self-care
• Self Care Big 5: Movement and Exercise
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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This episode continues our book study series. Today Lauren discusses Limitless by Jim Kwik. This book discusses brain development, how to make the things you learn stick, why multi-tasking is possible but not a good idea, why holding on to emotions is detrimental for your health, and how emotion and irrationality influences your long-term memory.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we best support a kiddo that has experienced trauma?

Try-at-home tip: Turn notifications off

Mentioned in this episode:

• Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
• Jim Kwik Website
• Kwik Brain

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 5 Reasons Behaviors Occur

Podcast:

• 5 Needs - Decoding Unwanted Behaviors
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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In today’s episode Lauren discusses how trauma travels through families and through generations. Trauma and the relationships that create trauma are passed on from one generation to the other. However, these patterns can be broken and today’s episode helps you begin the journey of breaking those patterns.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do we recognize that a student’s response to a situation is driven by trauma?

Try-at-home tip: Add a good and remove a bad food

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Human Magnet Syndrome

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Does Food Really Impact the Brain and Emotions
• Sound in the Classroom: How it Can Trigger a Stress Response

Podcast:

• Food: First of the Self-Care Big 5
• Food and the Brain
• Exercise and How It Relates to Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today is the third, and last, episode with Lauren discussing some of, “What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey.

Today Lauren highlights some passages she found interesting and insightful. She focuses on how our modern society has created a stress response in all of us and what that looks like. She talks about connecting with people who are disregulated, our distance from nature and how that is impacting our health and stress levels, understanding someone’s past but not excusing their behavior, and the impact of all the sensory stimulation on our bodies.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can we help manage/lessen stress for students and staff.

Try-at-home tip: Slow ride

Mentioned in this episode:

• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
• Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Sound in the Classroom: How it Can Trigger a Stress Response
• Sensory Integration AKA Sensory-Motor Strategies for Kidsces

Podcast:

• Self Regulation – First of the 5 Needs Areas
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Exercise and How It Relates to Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse
• Sensory Need – Fifth of the 5 Needs Areas

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
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• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today is the second episode in our “Book Study Series.” We are continuing our discussion of “What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey.

In this book study episode, Lauren discusses narcissism and how changes in our societal belief systems have made us more narcissistic, more distracted, and less present in our lives. This leads to less grace for our kids and others and more stress.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How does child stress compare to adult stress?

Try-at-home tip: Try something new

Mentioned in this episode:

• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
• The Human Magnet Syndrome

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Polyvagal-Mind-Body Practices

Podcast:

• Relationships and the Need to Feel Connected – Second of the 5 Needs Areas
• All the coping/calming strategies
• Exercise and How It Relates to Emotional Regulation

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
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• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today is the first episode in our “Book Study Series.” We are kicking it off with a book released in 2021, “What Happened to You: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey.

In this episode Lauren connects Dr Perry’s thoughts on trauma with her experiences. She discusses divorce as a type of death for kids and the importance of attachment and relationship bonds developed in childhood on our adult selves.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I am burning out. How do I stop it?

Try-at-home tip: Tap it in.

Mentioned in this episode:

• What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• Sensory Integration AKA Sensory-Motor Strategies for Kids
• Self Care: Filling Up Your Own Cup

Podcast:

• Calming and Coping Strategies
• Relationships and the Need to Feel Connected – Second of the 5 Needs Areas
• All the Coping & Calming Strategies
• Decoding Unwanted Behaviors

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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Today is the third, and last, episode in a mini-series of teacher questions and Lauren saved the toughest questions for last. Lauren reached out to different school districts and teachers for a list of their most pressing questions to answer. While these were asked by teachers there is a lot of information that relates to parents and other caregivers. Don’t miss this episode.

Today’s Listener Questions:

• How do you we ask students about traumatic events in their lives to gain knowledge and show we care without being invasive or upsetting them?
• What are the typical signs of stress?
• How can teachers be sensitive to trauma/stress while still maintaining high expectations and holding students accountable?
• How do we identify students who are stressed but do not have obvious indicators?
• Is it possible to have flashbacks of traumatic situations with no warning? Or, are there certain triggers?
• Best practices for educators to manage their stress while in the thick of student’s stress?

Try-at-home tip: Ice bath and sauma

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 4 Super Easy Steps to Create a Calm Down Space for Kiddos
• Sound in the Classroom: How It Can Trigger a Stress Response
• What is Self-care & Why it is important?
• Know Thyself: Initial Steps for a Self-Care Practice

Podcast:

• Calming & Coping Strategies
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse
• Small Changes That Lead to a Calmer (and Happier) You

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• Self Care: Filling up your Own Cup
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Today is the second episode in a mini-series of teacher questions. Lauren reached out to different school districts and teachers for a list of their most pressing questions to answer. While these were asked by teachers there is a lot of information that relates to parents and other caregivers. Don’t miss this episode.

Today’s Listener Questions:

• How do you tell the stress level of your students?
• What are the indicators of stress that a student might demonstrate?
• How does stress help or hinder the retention of material?
• Does constant interconnectedness help or exacerbate trauma/stress?
• How to prioritize social and emotional learning AND subject specific content in one class?
• How do years of abuse/trauma affect children’s learning and processing of information?
• How can we weave stress reduction into the day for our students and staff?

Try-at-home tip: Locus of control

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 4 Super Easy Steps to Create a Calm Down Space for Kiddos
• Sound in the Classroom: How It Can Trigger a Stress Response
• Emotional Regulation With the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• Calming & Coping Strategies
• Calming Corner for Both Adults & Kids
• 4 Steps to Teach Emotional Intelligence
• Using Color in Room Design: How it Affects Actions, Learning, and Retention
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Today is the first episode in a mini-series of teacher questions. Lauren reached out to different school districts and teachers for a list of their most pressing questions to answer. While these were asked by teachers there is a lot of information that relates to parents and other caregivers so don’t miss this episode.

Today’s Listener Questions:

• How do you de-escalate a child who is losing composure?
• How do we reduce stress, trauma, and negative behavior triggers?
• How technology use affects stress?
• How long can it take to “reprogram” the brain after major stress/trauma events (such as the pandemic)?
• What are the best practices, or strategies, to help students who’ve experienced trauma?
• Are young people likely more stressed by the pandemic than adults?
• Is it better to teach in a way that assumes all children have experienced trauma?
• Is learning to cope with stress as good as eliminating stress?

Try-at-home tip: Create Art

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• 4 Super Easy Steps to Create a Calm Down Space for Kiddos
• Sound in the Classroom: How It Can Trigger a Stress Response
• Emotional Regulation With the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach

Podcast:

• Calming & Coping Strategies
• Calming Corner for Both Adults & Kids
• Breathing Techniques for Calming
• What Is Emotional Abuse?
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Today is the last episode in our series on how other cultures raise children.Throughout the world parents use a whole network of people to help raise their child. In this episode Lauren discusses how you can create that network. This not only gives you a break from your kids but exposes your kids to people of all ages.

Ideas discussed include:

1. Allo parenting - allow older kids to help parent the younger
2. Create a network of older people in your community to act as Aunties and Uncles and help take shifts with childcare.
3. Build a multi-age playgroup so you don’t have to constantly monitor kids while playing
4. Value your families and their input.
5. TEAM: togetherness, encourage, autonomy, minimize interference

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: What do I do about disrespect and teens, especially ones that hang up on me?

Try-at-home tip: Consider less stimulating toys

Mentioned in this episode:

• Bringing up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman
• Hunt, Gather, Parent - Michaeleen Doucleff
• There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather - Linda Akeson McGurk
• Achtung Baby - Sara Zaske
• The Danish Way of Parenting - Jessica Joelle Alexander, Dissing Sandahl

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• Sensory Integration AKA Sensory-Motor Strategies for Kids
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• Improve Communication by Giving Kids Choices
• The Wise Owl: Better Known As Your Thinking Brain
• How to Make Kids Cooperate
• How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior
• How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior? Pt. 2
• How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior? Pt. 3

Our Online Courses:

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
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Over the last few episodes, Lauren has discussed how other cultures teach cooperation, helpfulness, motivation, and emotional control. Today she discusses building self-esteem in our kids which leads to more resilient and less anxious children.

In the last few years we have moved away from a strict authoritarian approach to parenting. The US has embraced giving kids a little more control while, at the same time, we became overprotective and controlling in a different manner.

This episode discusses six ways to help your kids become more resilient and gain self-esteem.

1. Limit your requests or orders.
2. More non-verbals.
3. Don’t answer for your kids.
4. Let kids be.
5. Let them do hard or dangerous things.
6. Disappear or get lost

Listen to the episode to hear the reason behind each change and examples.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: Kids are really stressed out and tired and struggling to regulate their emotions. What do we do?

Try-at-home tip: Natural light vs. darkness

Mentioned in this episode:

• Bringing up Bebe - Pamela Druckerman
• Hunt, Gather, Parent - Michaeleen Doucleff
• There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather - Linda Akeson McGurk
• Achtung Baby - Sara Zaske
• The Danish Way of Parenting - Jessica Joelle Alexander, Dissing Sandahl

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• Sensory Integration AKA Sensory-Motor Strategies for Kids
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation

Podcast:

• Exercise and how it relates to Emotional Regulation
• Helpfulness: How to Make Kids Helpful
• How to Make Kids Cooperate
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 1
• How Other Cultures Teach Emotional Control - Pt 2

Our Online Courses:

• 4 Simple Step to Problem Solving
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing listand find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

Are you struggling with behaviors and not sure where to begin? Let me help!
Schedule a free discovery call and let me be your Guide.

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Over the last few episodes, Lauren has discussed how other cultures teach cooperation, helpfulness, motivation, and emotional control. This is the third episode in a three part series on how other cultures handle children's misbehavior. You can find the link to the first two episodes in the show notes.

Lauren does a quick review of the strategies discussed in the first two episodes and then adds a couple more. Today these include using role play, questions, and general lightheartedness to change the situation.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: There’s a significant age gap between our youngest child and our middle child. It creates huge power struggles and is tough to manage the emotional needs of both.

Try-at-home tip: Read more children’s stories and do more creating.