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Isabella Houareau is a Somatic Therapist offering a range of mind body approaches to stress management and relaxation.

These include compassionate enquiry, mindfulness, reiki, meditation, breath-work, and kundalini and yin yoga.

30/04/2026

If you have a 2–3 year old with BIG reactions… this is for you.

Frustration, tears, throwing things - it can feel like “is this just who they are?”

But it’s not.

Children learn to handle frustration by feeling it - not by avoiding it or being shut down.

When we:
• allow the emotion
• set safe boundaries
• stay calm and present

They learn how to move through it.

And over time… everything changes.

Those big reactions don’t last forever. 🤍

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

24/04/2026

We don’t always respond to what our child is doing now…

Often, we’re responding to what it once felt like to be a child ourselves.
When a behaviour lights up our nervous system, it’s rarely just about the present moment. Our brain is scanning for threats based on past experiences - what wasn’t allowed, what felt unsafe, what led to disconnection when we were young.
So when our child does something similar, our body reacts first.
Not because we’re failing - but because our nervous system learned long ago what to watch out for.
This isn’t about blame.
It’s about awareness.
Because when we realise that some of our reactions belong to the past, we create a little more space to meet our child in the present 💛

20/04/2026

Let me tell you a secret…I had a tantrum too. Not my child - me.

And for a long time, I thought that meant I was failing.

But now I see it clearly:
I was dysregulated, trying to support a dysregulated child.

No shame.
No blame.
Just awareness.

Because awareness creates choice - and that’s how we break the cycle. 🤍

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

16/04/2026

Repair doesn’t make you weaker as a parent.
It makes your child feel safer with you.

It shows them that relationships can hold honesty, responsibility, and care - without fear or shame.

That’s where real trust is built. 🤍

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

14/04/2026

If your child’s frustration triggers you… it’s not just about them.

Next time they struggle with something, pause before reacting. Notice what’s happening inside your body.

Tension. Tightness. Urgency. Irritation.

That’s your nervous system speaking.

Because even if you don’t consciously remember how your frustration was handled growing up…
your body does.

And in that moment, you’re not just responding to your child - you’re responding from your past.

But awareness creates space.
And in that space, you get to choose differently.

That’s how cycles are broken. 🤍

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

07/04/2026

I get it - I’m not a perfect parent either.
When I’m tired or triggered, I can very quickly slip into “this is bad behaviour.” And honestly, that’s human.
In those moments, our own nervous system doesn’t have the capacity to see things differently. We react from survival, and it can feel like our child is doing this to us.

But when I’m regulated, I can step back and notice something else: children aren’t born knowing how to regulate emotions, tolerate frustration, or express needs. Those are skills - and sometimes what we’re seeing is a child missing a skill, not choosing to be “bad.”
So the invitation isn’t to change everything in the moment.
It’s to reflect when we’re calm:

What are the patterns that keep showing up?
What skills might my child still be learning?
And how can I support that before we’re both overwhelmed?
No perfection … just awareness, preparation, and a little more compassion

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

30/03/2026

Frustration isn’t the enemy. It’s the doorway to resilience. 🤍

When we stop trying to eliminate it and start helping our children tolerate it, we build confidence, problem-solving, and emotional strength.

The goal isn’t to avoid hard things.
It’s to build the capacity to face them.

✨ Save this for the next meltdown.
And tell me - how do you usually respond to frustration?

26/03/2026

This doesn’t excuse the behaviour … and it doesn’t require shaming the system that produced it. Repair, responsibility, and support are what actually reduce the chances of it happening again. Safety changes patterns. Shame keeps them going.

If this resonates, comment “SAFETY” below.

Let’s normalise repair over punishment.

23/03/2026

Screen time isn’t the real problem. Our guilt is.

When we react from shame, our kids learn shame.
When we regulate first, they learn self-awareness.
Pause. Check your state. Then respond.

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

18/03/2026

“They’re too young to notice.” They notice everything.

Children don’t understand context — they understand feeling.
And when something feels heavy, they often make it about them.

Pause and reflect — what did you once believe about yourself?

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

16/03/2026

When your child triggers you, pause and ask:
Who am I responding to right now?
Awareness changes everything. Sometimes we’re not reacting to our child… we’re reacting to our own childhood.
Pause. Breathe. Choose differently. 💛

✨ DM me to explore how I can help you, your child and your family through Somatic Therapy.

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