Nervous System Regulation for Parents with co-founder of MamaZen Irene Rubin | Episode 113
Parenting burnout often feels like constant overwhelm, reactivity, and exhaustion that sleep alone does not fix. What if the issue is not just stress, but the state of your nervous system itself?
In this episode, I am talking to Irin Rubin, CEO and co-founder of MamaZen, about how nervous system regulation shapes parenting, emotional wellbeing, and family dynamics. We discuss mindfulness, hypnotherapy, CBT, and how emotional regulation tools can support both parents and children.
Irin and I chat about:
• Why nervous system regulation is foundational to managing parenting stress and burnout
• How chronic stress states can affect emotional reactivity, patience, and daily functioning
• Why parenting challenges shift with each developmental stage and cannot be solved with “scripts” alone
• How emotional regulation impacts both parent behaviour and children’s responses
• The importance of modelling calm behaviour for children to learn regulation skills
• Why many parents experience burnout, anxiety, or depletion without recognising nervous system dysregulation
• How mindfulness, hypnotherapy, and CBT are used together in the MamaZen approach
• What hypnosis is and how it naturally occurs in everyday life (such as driving or falling asleep)
• How guided sessions can help bring the brain into a calm, regulated state more quickly
• Why practising regulation consistently helps retrain stress responses over time (neuroplasticity)
• How co-regulation between parent and child can reduce escalation during emotional moments
• Why emotional regulation skills are framed as lifelong tools that support both parents and children
Irin Rubin is the CEO and co-founder of MamaZen, a digital platform designed to support parents with emotional regulation and nervous system tools. She works in the space of maternal mental health, burnout recovery, and stress management through guided mindfulness, hypnotherapy, and cognitive behavioural techniques.
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