Some calming strategies are used as a preventative while others are reactive. These strategies are referred to as being either Bottom-Up or Top-Down Approach. Lauren explains each approach and how to easily add to your daily life.

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Changing the Culture of Child Abuse

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.

Finding Balance in Your Life

In this episode, Lauren focuses on how to use these micro-practices and micro-steps to achieve more balance in your life.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerApril 29, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

5 Minute Meditation

In this episode Lauren talks about the benefits of meditation and how you can start to add meditation into your daily routines.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerApril 22, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

HIIT Workout in 5 minutes or Less

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.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerApril 15, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Low-Impact Workout in 5 Minutes or Less

In today's installment of our micro practices series, Lauren walks us through a 5 minute low intensity workout.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerApril 8, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Rest to Sweat in 5 Minutes

In this episode Lauren shares a 5 minute HIIT workout that anyone can do can add to their daily routine.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerApril 1, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

The 5-Minute Workout

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.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerMarch 25, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Tiny Habits: Flow State, Be More Like Your Children

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.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerMarch 18, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Tiny Habits: Breathwork

There are a variety of types of breathwork and guided breathwork programs that you can try.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerMarch 11, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Tiny Habits: Get Into Nature

Getting out into nature is a small change that you can make to regulate your nervous system and decrease stress.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerMarch 4, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

7 Things to do to Create a Habit

In this episode, Lauren layouts out a roadmap for creating new habits that will stick.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerFebruary 26, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

The Align Method Daily Five

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.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerFebruary 19, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Nervous System 101

Whether you have more sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system activation, it is helpful to know how to recognize when your nervous system is dysregulated.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerFebruary 12, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Listener Q&A: Lauren Answers Your Most Burning Questions

In today's episode, Lauren is tackling listeners' most common questions.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerFebruary 5, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Communicating in a Way That Gets Kids to Listen

he 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.

Brain, Emotional Regulation, BehaviorLauren SpigelmyerJanuary 29, 2024Brain development, Emotion Regulation, Teaching, ParentingComment

Suspension and expulsion - why it isn’t helpful and what is

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.