{"title":"Core Supports: Our Steady State Workbooks","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrounded emotional support workbooks for every stage of parenthood.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-steady-state-pregnancy-workbook","title":"The Steady State Pregnancy Workbook - Grounding emotional support for birthing parents and families","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePregnancy is not only a physical experience. It is a neurological, hormonal, relational, and identity-level transition, and yet most of the support available focuses almost entirely on the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis workbook was created to fill that gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWritten by a licensed therapist, and mother of 2, The Steady State Pregnancy Workbook is a 74-page psychoeducational guide for birthing parents who want honest, grounded emotional support throughout pregnancy — from the anxiety and uncertainty of the first trimester to emotional preparation for birth and beyond. It is not about performing okayness. It is about building genuine steadiness from the inside out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhat’s inside:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Understanding Emotional Changes in Pregnancy Why pregnancy affects emotions so deeply, what’s happening hormonally and neurologically, and why intensity doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grounding \u0026amp; Emotional Steadiness Tools What “feeling safe” actually means in the body, breath as an anchor, sensory grounding, micro-practices for hard days, and how to build your personal grounding menu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e Identity, Control \u0026amp; Uncertainty The emotional impact of becoming someone new, tolerating uncertainty, the perfectionism trap, and how to build flexibility alongside preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emotional Preparation for Birth Fear, safety, and the protective mind. 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This workbook was created for parents who are past the newborn stage and finding that the emotional work of early parenthood is still very much present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIf you feel like you should be feeling better by now, this is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWritten by a licensed therapist, and mom of 2, grounded in psychoeducation, this 57-page workbook gives you honest, warm support for the longer arc of becoming a parent. The identity questions, the regulation challenges, the relationship shifts, and the slow erosion of self that nobody warned you about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhat’s inside:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e What Early Parenthood Actually Is A reframe of what this season is really about, and why waiting to “return to normal” may be the thing making it harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emotional Regulation: Yours and Theirs Why regulation is harder in earlyparenthood, how your child’s big feelings activate your own, the difference between reacting and responding, and micro-practices that work in real life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e Identity, Values, and the Parent You Are Becoming The gap between the parent you imagined and the parent you are. How to clarify your values as a compass, not a standard. 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