Why Your Family Constantly Feels Exhausted and Wired

We live in a world that runs on stress. Deadlines, traffic, screens, sugar, caffeine, doom scrolling, true crime TV, overstimulation… It all pushes our bodies into constant fight-or-flight. The scary part is that many of us have been living in this state for so long that our body thinks it’s normal. 😩

Your child may be stuck in the same pattern, too. ⚠️ Difficulty focusing, meltdowns, emotional outbursts, anxiety, or constant motion… These are all signs of a cortisol-addicted system.

Cortisol addiction happens when your body becomes dependent on stress hormones just to function. The sympathetic nervous system (the "go-go-go" side) becomes dominant, while the parasympathetic system (the "rest-digest-heal" side) shuts down. And the more this pattern continues, the harder it becomes to break.

It often starts way earlier than you ...