Join Julie Riga as she sits down with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, renowned children's mental health expert, best selling author, and host of the top ranked Dysregulated Kids Podcast, to explore how nervous system regulation can transform not just parenting, but your entire approach to self-leadership, confidence, and purpose-driven growth.
In This Episode:
✨ Why regulating the nervous system is the true foundation for confidence, clarity, and personal growth
✨ How the Love Pause, a minimum three second pause, builds self-leadership before you react
✨ The a la carte menu of free, accessible tools including diaphragmatic breathing, the heart hug, the butterfly tap, and humming
✨ Why most people breathe incorrectly and how that habit quietly activates the stress response
✨ How consistency, not intensity, becomes the missing ingredient for lasting transformation
Key Takeaways:
📌 Regulation is not a one time event, it is a practiced skill built through daily repetition
📌 A short pause before responding creates space for calm, clear decision making
📌 Small, consistent habits build more lasting change than occasional big gestures like retreats
📌 Muscle memory for calm is built in moments of ease, not only in moments of crisis
📌 Chronic dysregulation shows up as anxiety, OCD, and physical symptoms like joint pain and headaches
📌 True resilience and authentic leadership start with understanding the nervous system first
Memorable Quotes:
"The more you dysregulate, the more you're gonna dysregulate. The more you regulate, the more you will regulate." – Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge
"When your body and your nervous system is regulated, everything else works right." – Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge
"Once you're totally dysregulated, you have very minimal access to your thinking brain." – Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge
"Stress is every day. You have to constantly pull the stress out so you create capacity." – Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge
Perfect for parents, leaders, and anyone building resilience, confidence, and purpose-driven growth through authentic self-leadership.
Connect with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge:
🌐 drroseann.com
📚 The Dysregulated Kid, available on all major platforms and at your local library
🎧 The Dysregulated Kids Podcast
📱 Search Dr. Roseann, spelled R O S E A N N, no E at the end
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🌐 julieriga.com/lead
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