Are Your Reactions Getting in the Way of the Relationship You Want with Your Child?
Ever find yourself losing patience or reacting in ways you later regret?
Do you worry about how your stress or emotional responses are affecting your child?
Parenting can bring up deep emotions and, at times, unexpected frustrations. But what if you could change those reactions—turning moments of tension into opportunities for connection?
Imagine if you could respond with calm, empathy, and understanding, even during the most challenging moments.Â
With From Reaction to Reflection: A Parent's Guide to Self-Regulation, you’ll learn how to navigate your emotional landscape confidently, creating a family environment built on respect, empathy, and resilience.
This 100-page workbook is filled with insightful exercises, practical tools, and self-reflective prompts to help you become the parent you aspire to be, even in the face of stress and strong emotions.
What You’ll Discover in From Reaction to Reflection Workbook:
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Identify Your Emotional Triggers
Learn to pinpoint what sets you off and how to anticipate and manage those triggers, preventing reactions that can strain your relationship with your child.
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Build Empathy for Yourself and Your Child
Through empathy mapping exercises, you’ll gain insights into your own emotional experiences and your child's, helping you understand each other’s perspectives and emotions more deeply.
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Practice Effective Self-Regulation Techniques
With proven methods for calming your mind and body, you’ll be equipped to handle stressful moments with a steady, mindful approach, improving your interactions with your child and partner.
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Establish Boundaries with Empathy and Respect
Healthy boundaries create safe, loving environments. You’ll learn strategies to set firm yet kind boundaries, empowering both you and your child to thrive.
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Foster Long-Term Resilience in Yourself and Your Family
With tools like the resilience pyramid, this workbook teaches you how to build emotional resilience that benefits you and your child’s future.
Chapters Inside This 100+-Page Guide?
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Understanding Emotional Triggers
This foundational chapter helps you identify the specific situations or behaviors that spark intense reactions. Through reflection exercises, you’ll begin to recognize your personal triggers and learn why certain moments may feel overwhelming. This awareness sets the stage for healthier emotional responses and a deeper understanding of yourself.
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Building Emotional Awareness
Once you’ve identified your triggers, this chapter helps you explore the emotions underlying your responses. By increasing your emotional awareness, you’ll start to decode the messages behind your feelings, empowering you to stay present and calm during difficult parenting moments. Activities like journaling prompts and mood-mapping exercises make this chapter a meaningful step toward self-connection.
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Self-Regulation Strategies
Equipped with emotional awareness, you’re ready to dive into practical self-regulation techniques. This chapter offers proven strategies to manage your emotions before they take over, including breathing exercises, grounding techniques, and mindfulness practices. By building these skills, you’ll be able to navigate stressful moments with a steady, composed approach.
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Empathy in Action
Empathy is key to connecting with your child, and in this chapter, you’ll explore ways to cultivate empathy for both yourself and your child. With tools like the Empathy Map, you’ll practice stepping into each other’s shoes, learning how to understand and validate emotions without judgment. Empathy fosters a compassionate family dynamic where both parent and child feel seen and heard.
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The Resilience Pyramid for Parents
Resilience is vital for handling life’s ups and downs, and this chapter introduces the Resilience Pyramid, a framework for cultivating emotional strength. You’ll learn how to build resilience from the ground up—starting with emotional safety and moving through self-regulation, adaptability, and growth. The exercises here will strengthen your ability to recover from setbacks and model resilience for your child.
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Creating Your Personalized Self-Care Plan
Self-care is essential for effective parenting. In this chapter, you’ll develop a personalized self-care plan that covers emotional, physical, social, spiritual, and mental well-being. Thought-provoking prompts and planning templates help you design routines that support your well-being, enabling you to parent from a place of wholeness and energy.
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Bonus Section
To deepen your journey, the bonus section includes a self-regulation cheat sheet, 30 mindfulness cards, and daily journal prompts. These resources are designed to inspire further growth and provide lasting tools for your self-regulation toolkit.
I'M IN!Benefits of Completing This Workbook:
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Strengthen Parent-Child Connection: By managing your emotional responses, you can create an environment of mutual respect and trust, nurturing a deeper bond with your child.
- Promote Positive Behavior Through Empathy: Your child is more likely to respond positively when they feel seen and understood. This workbook will help you create that foundation.
- Model Emotional Regulation: Your reactions teach your child more than words ever could. By staying calm and regulated, you’re showing them healthy ways to handle their own emotions.
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Reduce Stress and Increase Joy in Parenting: Self-regulation can turn stressful situations into manageable ones, helping you enjoy more moments of connection and joy with your child.
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Empower Yourself to Be the Parent You Aspire to Be: This journey isn’t just about managing emotions; it’s about becoming the best version of yourself—for your child and for you.
Meet Dr. Burke
Dr. Taniesha Burke is a sought-after speaker, parenting coach, scientist, and child development consultant. She helps parents raise cooperative, respectful, resilient, competent, independent children and enjoy the parenting journey through her rigorous and effective coaching programs, classes, and workshops. By leveraging her scientific expertise, psychological background, and her own experience of parenting a teen and two younger children, Dr. Burke translates the latest scientific findings into relatable and practical parenting tools parents may immediately implement to transform their home and relationship with their children.
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Transform Your Reactions, Deepen Your Connection!
