Rupture & Repair is Human
Feb 23, 2026
Dear Parents,
If you’re parenting a child who gets dysregulated easily—and you’re honest—you know this truth:
When your child loses it, something happens inside you too.
Your chest tightens.
Your thoughts speed up or go blank.
Your tone sharpens—or disappears altogether.
And suddenly, the parenting tools you know evaporate.
This episode of UnMuted Love, Rupture and Repair, is not about being a calmer parent all the time. It’s about understanding why regulation is contagious, why rupture is inevitable, and why repair—not perfection—is the mechanism of healing.
In healthy relationships, connection breaks. That’s not abnormal, that’s biology.
According to Polyvagal Theory (developed by Stephen Porges), our nervous systems are constantly scanning for safety or danger--every 4 When stress hits—noise, defiance, rejection, exhaustion, old trauma—our bodies shift before our thinking brains have a chance.
That shift is what we experience as:
- Yelling
- Shutting down
- Controlling harder
- Withdrawing emotionally
- Power struggles that feel way bigger than the moment
This is rupture—a nervous-system break in connection.
And it is normal.
Check out the full podcast at the links below.
Your Love Matters,
Ce
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