What does it mean to truly regulate internally?
✅ It means you understand your brain and body.
✅ You understand what your body physically needs, what it dislikes, what it likes.
✅ You know what self care will really support you.
✅ You understand if you’re an introvert versus an extrovert.
I want you to check in with yourself to see if you are externally emotionally regulating yourself or are you internally emotionally regulating yourself… AND what are the steps you can take to shift that? Deep dive into WHY..
👉 Why do I feel this way?
👉 What do I need?
👉 What do I want relationships in my life to look like?
👉 Is this something that I can give to myself?
👉 Does this feel scary?
👉 Am I capable of giving this to myself?
Go down that rabbit hole and explore all those different things. Because what’s waiting for you on the other side is freedom. Freedom from resentment and anger. Freedom from holding permission in everyone else’s hands for your happiness and your mental health. Freedom from needing to feel worthy from others, and most importantly, regulating through someone else and other things externally.
Internal vs external regulation unpacked on this week’s episode of Thrive Like a Parent Podcast.
XOXO,
Dr. B
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