You can’t pour from an empty cup—and you can’t co-regulate from a dysregulated nervous system. This post explains why student behavior strategies fall flat when teachers are overwhelmed, and what nervous system literacy means for real classroom leadership.

Explore how chronic dysregulation, constant vigilance, and lack of recovery time push teachers past their limits and contribute to burnout.

Not all behavior is willful. This blog explains how nervous system dysregulation shows up as inattention, defiance, or shutdown—and why stress-based responses need co-regulation, not consequences.