Ask Me Anything: How to Stop Reacting, Handle Back-to-School Anxiety, and Actually Pause in the Hard Moment (Part 1)

You asked, Albiona answered. This AMA covers the questions that came in most — reactive parenting, back-to-school transitions, and why pausing is so much harder in practice than it sounds. Practical, somatic, and honest.

Inside, she explores:

• How to actually pause when you’re already activated — the somatic tools and breathing technique Albiona uses herself, including why the exhale matters more than the inhale

• Why telling yourself “I won’t yell today” keeps failing — the two real reasons parents overreact and what actually interrupts the pattern

• Back-to-school anxiety and transitions: how to help kids who dread the change, the difference between a transition problem and a frustration tolerance problem, and how to sequence routines so you’re not setting yourself up to fight every afternoon

Connect with Albiona:

• Book a Free Discovery Call (1:1 Coaching) — https://www.theparentingreframe.com/coaching

• Follow Albiona on Instagram — @theparentingreframe

• Join Albiona’s Paid Substack Community —

• Email Albiona directly — albiona@theparentingreframe.com

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Rate, review, and share with a parent heading into back-to-school season running on fumes. Part 2 is coming.

Until next time,

Albiona 🤎