Post-Holiday Triggers: How to Regulate Your Nervous System and Return to Your True Self

The holidays can stir up every part of us : old wounds, family triggers, exhaustion, resentment, sadness, and that familiar feeling of emotional chaos.
If you’re feeling cracked open after a gathering, you’re not broken. You’re human, and you’re carrying the echoes of past pain that deserve attention, not shame.

In this episode, I walk you through the exact trauma-informed practices I use after emotional overload : tools that help you create space for all your feelings, soothe activated parts, and come back to your true self with compassion.

We explore:

• How to recognize emotional triggers without spiraling

• Why your nervous system reacts so intensely after family gatherings

• Gentle somatic tools to regulate in the moment

• How to sit with activated parts without suppressing or judging them

• How to rebuild internal safety after chaos

• Ways to cultivate peace and grounding during the holiday season

• How self-compassion moves you out of survival mode and into healing

This episode blends nervous system regulation, inner child work, trauma-informed coping, and emotional resilience to help you navigate post-holiday overwhelm without abandoning yourself.

You don’t have to fear the chaos inside you.
You can listen to it.
You can tend to it.
And you can return home : to yourself.