Mental Health (Ours and Our Children’s)
Dysregulation
Updated August 6th, 2026
Dad Guild Resources
Dad Pod Episode 8: Managing Anger
Patrick Lucey discusses anger with Hollis Easter, a psychotherapist, father, and one of the original participants in Dad Guild. Patrick and Hollis explore different manifestations of anger, strategies to cool down when we feel angry, and what it means to do the repair work if harm has been caused.
Dad Pod Episode 16: We’ve All Got Big Feelings!
Patrick talks about big feelings with educator and author Alex Shevrin Venet. Alex is an expert on emotional dysregulation, a state of imbalance in one's emotions. Patrick and Alex chat about hyperarousal vs. hypoarousal, the "window of tolerance," patterns of dysregulation, and how to "lend your calmness" to an elevated situation.
As Patrick mentions in the episode: "Dysregulation is information, and I'm a detective. It's a mystery case to be solved."
External Resources
Books:
Tiny Humans, Big Emotions by Alyssa Bask Campbell, M.Ed., and Lauren Stauble, M.S.
Big Kids, Bigger Feelings (Surviving and Thriving Through the Elementary School Years Ages 5-12) by Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., with Rachel Stuart Lounder
