Chaos to Calm: One Storm at a Time
Hi, I’m Sami, mum, wellness coach, and like so many others… someone who’s had to learn how to parent through emotional dysregulation, trauma, linked physical health, and the kind of heartbreak that doesn’t come with a manual.
This blog is a space to share our story, not the shiny Instagram version, but the real, raw, stormy one. My daughter first disclosed childhood trauma when she was 14. She’s now nearly 23. In between, there have been crisis teams, hospital admissions, self-harm, misdiagnoses, waiting lists, and many, many moments where I’ve just been lost.
This is for the parents living in that space, the ones holding it all together with coffee, Google searches, and sheer love.
Why Chaos to Calm?
Because that’s the journey. And it doesn’t always go in a straight line. Sometimes calm is just five minutes of peace before the next wave hits.
Sometimes it’s a deep breath in a psych ward waiting room.
Sometimes it’s not calm at all, just less chaos than yesterday.
We live in storms! Emotional ones, systemic ones, the ones that arrive out of nowhere and knock you off your feet. But we also learn to become our children’s anchors, and sometimes, we have to anchor ourselves too. Not perfectly. Just enough to stay steady.
I want this to be a space where we tell the truth about what it’s really like. The hard bits. The hopeful bits. The moments no one else talks about.
You’ll find stories from our life, thoughts on emotional dysregulation and trauma, reflections on what helped (and what really didn’t), and maybe a few survival tips along the way.
If any part of this sounds like your life, please know, you’re not alone.
And if you’ve found your way here, welcome. This space is for you too.
Sami x
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