✨ FIRST EPISODE OF 2026 ✨

Welcome to The Early Learning Lounge: Hustle, Grind & Heart — and to a new year that begins not with pressure, but with intention.

Before we talk about children’s behaviour, emotional regulation, or learning in 2026, this episode invites us to pause and start where everything truly begins: the adult nervous system.

Children don’t experience the world in isolation.
They experience it through us — our tone, our pace, our stress, our calm.

Neuroscience reminds us that regulation comes before resolution.
Nervous systems sync. Emotions travel. And when adults are grounded, children can settle too.

In this Monday Morning Reframe, we explore:
• Why adult regulation is the foundation of co-regulation
• How our nervous systems shape children’s behaviour and learning
• Why slowing down is leadership — not weakness
• What it looks like to begin the year with awareness instead of urgency

✨ New for 2026 ✨
The Early Learning Lounge Hub is now open on Skool — a space for deeper reflection, ongoing professional learning, and real community beyond the podcast.

This episode isn’t about doing more.
It’s about noticing more.

A new year.
A steady breath.
A slower start.

Because the hustle is real.
The grind is constant.
But the heart — your heart — is what makes it all matter.

🎙️ Happy New Year, friends.
Let’s begin 2026 with grit, hustle, and heart.