After You Yell: Repair Scripts for Overstimulated Moms

If you’ve ever mentally berated yourself after yelling—and then immediately vowed to “never do that again”—this episode is for you. In this real-life, nervous-system-first conversation, I’m sharing what repair actually looks like when you’re a neurodivergent mom parenting little kids while you are dysregulated too: the noise, the touch, the demand stacking up… the snap… the instant guilt… and then the moment your kids cry, get scared, and sometimes even name it out loud (“Mommy, you got frustrated”).

You’ll learn my simple 4-step repair loop (regulate first → name what happened → take responsibility without dumping → reconnect and reset), plus word-for-word repair scripts you can use with toddlers and young kids—including why I say “I apologize” instead of “I’m sorry,” how to reconnect with “hug or space,” and how to stay gentle and firm so repair doesn’t turn into permissive parenting. This episode is about reducing shame so you can reduce repetition—because your kids don’t need a perfect mom. They need you.

In other words: this is your go-to guide for after I yell moments—real repair after yelling that doesn’t rely on empty promises, but on repair scripts for toddlers and practical tools for the overstimulated mom in the thick of it. We’ll talk honestly about what it means to be a neurodivergent mom (including the lived reality of an autistic mom) practicing gentle parenting while holding gentle and firm parenting boundaries at the same time. You’ll learn how to keep parenting while dysregulated from turning into a shame spiral, using rupture and repair plus nervous system regulation for moms strategies that actually work in the moment—especially when mom rage, postpartum overwhelm, and sensory overload are all sitting in the driver’s seat. We’ll break down emotional regulation and co-regulation in real-life language, share an apology script for kids that supports connection without collapse, and give you repeatable parenting scripts for cycle breaking, boundaries with kids, and steadier parenting while dysregulated moments—because parenting scripts, regulation, and repair are how you change the pattern when parenting while dysregulated meets sensory overload in the wild.

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