EleMental Freedom

A balance of containment and fostering freedom leads to having the capacity to experience life with a sense of empowerment while also fostering secure attachment.

Here is what occurs when the scales are tipped towards *too much* Permissiveness or Control/Restriction.

Remember this journey and not a destination. As our children grow and learn we can grant ourselves grace and understanding that it is an ever evolving classroom of finding the balance for each child at different developmental stages.

Neuroscience of Learning Through the FEAR Pathway vs. SAFETY Pathway:

When we experience learning via the FEAR PATHWAY, we learn, activate, and/or strengthen the following:

✅️Survival instinct & subconscious experience/neuroception of lack of safety in the world (limited brain accessibility)

✅️Constriction in physiology (chronic overtime)

✅️Stress-based & fear-based responses: Activates 4 F's (Fight, Flee/Flight, Freeze, and Fawn)

When we experience learning via the SAFETY PATHWAY, we learn, activate, and/or strengthen the following:

✅️Intellect, full cognitive functioning, problem solving

✅️Integration with use of the whole brain & body without constriction (sense of more ease)

✅️Security and self-worth

✅️The Four R's (Regulating, Relating & Reasoning) = Recalling/Recollection is strengthened
(Note: 3 R's is a tool we reference by )

This is why it is best if we teach, demonstrate, and utilize tools that foster learning and relating through a pathway that illicits safety and connection.

This provides the best likelihood to integrate the learning and recall the experience in a way that allows us to problem-solve using our reasoning and have access to our whole brain (vs only the parts that are associated with fear/stress response).

Understanding the functionality of these three parts of the brain is imperative for understanding what does and does not work with human behavior. This goes for ourselves and those whom we are in relationship with.

We must feel safe to be fully available for integrated problem solving, learning & understanding.

Rational Brain (Neocortex): Governs reasoning & higher functioning (only fully accessed when there is a felt sense of safety).

Emotional Brain (Limbic System): Governs emotion & attachment (relationship with self/other).

Primitive Brain (Brain Stem): Governs our fear/threat response (fight/flight/flee/freeze).

When an overall neuroception (felt sense) of Capacity and/or Containment are out of balance, this creates a threat/fear response which results in neuroception of lack of safety which results in a threat response. Threat/fear response limits access to the rational brain, which hinders our ability to have/make healthy decisions & healthy boundaries, thereby limiting our access to secure relational attachment.

Communication & Social Media Manager & Website Manager (part-time work from home opportunity)

Duties:
⁃ Website management including publishing and managing digital products, design and edits
⁃ Content creation including presentations, infographics, and social media content using Canva
⁃ Management of social media including writing and publishing posts to social media platforms

Requirements (non-negotiable):
⁃ Well-versed using Canva software
⁃ High level of competence in managing multiple tasks
⁃ Extreme attention to detail
⁃ Familiarity and competence with website design

Preferred Qualities:
⁃ Experience with Squarespace
⁃ Experience with Acuity/Squarespace Scheduling systems
⁃ Familiarity/experience with management of professional social platforms including Instagram and Facebook

Ideal Candidate:
⁃ Ability to triage tasks effectively by order of urgency and due date
⁃ Effective communication with high level of proficiency in written and verbal correspondence
⁃ Solution-oriented
⁃ Ability to complete projects efficiently and independently, taking initiative to seek out support/direction when necessary

Hours: 5-10 hours per week (this is variable dependent on workload and business growth)

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Once you've done this please reach out with any questions by directly messaging here or by email at: [email protected]

Note: We are NOT looking for an agency at this time. We are looking for a single individual. If you are an agency do not email us. We are not able to commit to more than 5 hours of work per week at this time.