Sunday afternoon can feel completely different from Sunday morning. You may start the day relaxed, but as the hours pass, something changes. Your mind starts moving toward Monday. You think about work. The schedule. The people. The emails. The responsibilities waiting. And suddenly your body is no longer resting. That feeling is often called the Sunday scaries, but underneath the name is something very real: your nervous system may already be anticipating the week ahead. 🌿 A

We all grow older. Birthdays come, years pass, our bodies change, our responsibilities increase, and from the outside we look very much like adults. We build careers, raise families, pay bills, make decisions, and move through life carrying all the things adulthood asks of us. But emotional age does not always move at the same speed. There can be parts of us that remain connected to the age when something hurt us deeply. A moment when we felt abandoned. A childhood where emot

There is a part of healing that feels validating. Naming what happened. Understanding why it hurt. Recognizing the places where someone failed us, abandoned us, betrayed us, frightened us, or simply didn’t know how to love us in the way we needed. That part matters. It matters deeply. But eventually, healing asks something harder: what are you still participating in? Not because you caused what happened to you. Not because you deserved it. And not because everything painful i

Transitions can be surprisingly hard on the body, even when the change itself is positive. Moving from summer into the school year, starting a new job, changing routines, returning to work after time off, moving homes, or even shifting from one part of the day into another can create more stress than we realize. 🌿 Our nervous system likes predictability. It is constantly taking in information and trying to determine what is familiar, what is safe, and what requires more atte

If your child seems to hold it together all day at school and then completely unravel at home, you are not imagining it. They may walk in the door irritable, emotional, loud, withdrawn, argumentative, tearful, or completely exhausted. Sometimes the smallest thing can set them off. For many kids, especially sensitive children, neuro-divergent children, and kids who work hard to meet expectations all day, home is the first place their nervous system finally feels safe enough to

Back-to-school season gets talked about as if it is mainly something children have to adjust to. New teachers, new classrooms, new routines, new expectations. But the truth is, September can be a major nervous system shift for adults too. 🍂 Parents suddenly move from summer flexibility into alarms, lunches, transportation, school emails, extracurriculars, appointments, work schedules, homework, and trying to keep everyone moving in the same direction. Teachers, educational a

Boundaries are one of those things people talk about constantly, but they are often misunderstood. A boundary is not a punishment. It is not shutting people out, becoming cold, or caring less. A healthy boundary is simply a way of recognizing where your responsibility ends and someone else’s begins. 🌿 For people who are naturally caring, sensitive, intuitive, or used to being the one others rely on, boundaries can feel uncomfortable at first. You may worry that saying no mak

Have you ever walked into a room feeling completely fine and left feeling heavy, irritated, anxious or exhausted? Maybe someone was upset. Maybe the room felt tense. Maybe you spent an hour listening to somebody talk about everything going wrong in their life. And afterward, something in you just felt different. One question I come back to often is: Does this belong to me? ✨ That question isn’t about denying our emotions. It’s about learning to notice the difference between w

You finish work. You get into your car. And suddenly you realize just how tired you are. Not necessarily sleepy. Just… done. You don't want anyone asking you another question. Noise feels louder. Decisions feel harder. You may want to sit in silence before driving home, change your clothes immediately when you walk through the door, or have ten minutes where absolutely nobody needs anything from you. For teachers, educational assistants, healthcare workers, social workers, ca

There is something about the end of August in Saskatoon. The evenings get a little cooler. School supplies start appearing everywhere. Calendars fill up again. Parents are organizing schedules, students are thinking about new classrooms and teachers, and educators are preparing to return to very full days. Even when we are excited about a new school year, our nervous systems still have to adjust to the change. And sometimes that adjustment shows up as stress before we even re

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co "Nervous system regulation." It's a phrase that's everywhere right now. Social media. Podcasts. Books. Therapy. Healing spaces. But if I stopped someone on the street and asked, "What does nervous system regulation actually mean?" I think most people would struggle to answer. The truth is, regulation isn't about becoming calm all the time. It isn't about never feeling anxious. It isn't about always being peaceful. It's about your body's ability

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co Have you ever noticed that even when life is finally quiet, your body doesn't seem to get the message? The bills are paid. The kids are okay. Nothing is immediately wrong. Yet your shoulders are tight, your mind is racing, and you feel like you're waiting for the next thing to go wrong. Many people tell themselves they "should" feel relaxed. Instead, they wonder what's wrong with them. I want to gently suggest something different. Maybe nothing

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co Have you ever noticed something strange? You finally have a day off. Nothing urgent is happening. The house is quiet. You sit down... ...and suddenly you feel restless. Your mind starts racing. You remember ten things you forgot to do. You grab your phone. You clean the kitchen. You make another list. Anything but actually rest. If this sounds familiar, you're not failing at relaxation. Your body may simply not believe it's safe to rest yet. Res

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co Everyone talks about regulating the nervous system. But very few people talk about what that actually feels like. Many of the people I meet at Ki'smet Co don't come in saying, "My nervous system is dysregulated." They say things like: "I'm exhausted." "I can't shut my brain off." "I don't feel like myself anymore." "I just want to feel normal again." The truth is, most people don't know what regulation feels like because they've been surviving f

By Kiernan @ Ki'smet Co. Have you ever had one of those weeks where you thought, "I was doing so well... what happened?" Maybe you were sleeping better. Feeling lighter. More patient. More present. Then suddenly... You found yourself crying over something small. Feeling anxious again. Overthinking. Wondering if all the healing you've done somehow disappeared overnight. If you've ever felt that way, I'd like to gently offer you another perspective. Maybe you didn't go backward

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co Have you ever walked away from a conversation feeling lighter... even though nothing in your life had actually changed? Your bills were still there. The difficult relationship was still difficult. Your to-do list was still waiting. But somehow... You could breathe again. That isn't your imagination. It's your nervous system. One of the most powerful experiences we can have as humans is feeling truly seen—not judged, not fixed, not analyzed... si

By Kiernan @ Ki'smet Co. Have you ever walked into a room and immediately felt like something was different? Nobody had said anything. No one was arguing. Nothing looked wrong. Yet somehow... you knew. Or perhaps you've found yourself driving home after spending time with someone and feeling completely drained, even though you weren't the one talking. Maybe you've cried during a commercial. Felt overwhelmed in crowded stores. Needed time alone after being with people you genu

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co Have you ever found yourself saying, "Why do I keep ending up here?" Maybe it's a relationship. A friendship. A job. A familiar feeling of anxiety. Overcommitting. People pleasing. Or putting yourself last… again. You promised yourself this time would be different. Yet somehow, the same pattern quietly found its way back into your life. If you've ever wondered why, you're not alone. And no, I don't believe it's because you're broken. Your Patter

By Kiernan Garvie — Ki'smet Co Have you ever noticed that the more exhausted you become, the more convincing your thoughts seem? You start believing things like: "I'm failing." "I'm not doing enough." "Everyone else has it figured out." "I should be able to handle this." "Maybe I'm just lazy." I want you to know something. Burnout has a way of changing not only how your body feels—but how your mind interprets the world. And if you've been living in chronic stress for a long t

By Kiernan @ Ki'smet Co. Have you ever been told to... "Calm down." "Don't be so emotional." "Just let it go." "Stay positive." "Be the bigger person." Most of us have heard some version of those words throughout our lives. Sometimes they were spoken with kindness. Sometimes they weren't. Either way, many of us learned something without even realizing it. We learned that certain emotions were acceptable... ...and others weren't. Joy? That's welcome. Gratitude? Absolutely. Exc