Reconnected Parenting: Healing the Whole Family Nervous System Through Regulation, Breathwork, and Play Therapy, a new book co-authored by Emma Johnston and Eleanor Mann, founders of The Reconnected, is set for release on September 16, 2025. 

Created by the minds and hearts behind a global community of over 100,000 families, the book is a grounding, practical resource for parents seeking deeper connection and more ease in their homes. It’s a guidebook for those that feel the weight of reactivity, stress or disconnection, and are ready to gently shift their family patterns from the inside out.

This experiential read introduces parents to a unique blend of breathwork and play therapy, designed to meet the nervous system where it’s at. With simple tools and supportive guidance, Reconnected Parenting helps parents move through family tension, reduce reactivity and regulate their own nervous systems, so they can respond to their children with more presence, calm and love.

“When parents learn to regulate their own nervous systems first, everything changes,” explains Johnston, a breathwork practitioner, yoga teacher and mother of five young children. “The ‘sacred pause’ we teach can be the difference between yelling at your child and responding with the grace and presence you’ve always wanted to offer.”

Meanwhile, Mann—a counselor, breathwork practitioner, play therapist and mother of five children ranging from their teens to early adulthood—adds, “Most childhood experiences and self-beliefs have a way deeper hold than people realize. When we go directly to the source— breath, body and nervous system—families can rewire quickly and naturally.”

Together, Johnston and Mann have spent the last several years weaving nervous system science and breathwork with child-centered play therapy, creating a heart-led approach that has helped thousands of families since their first Reconnected Parenting course was launched in 2019.

To celebrate the book’s release, The Reconnected will be hosting a special week-long experience inside their free app; a space for families to explore the practices, connect in community and feel supported every step of the way.

In a world where family stress and overwhelm are common, this book is a gentle invitation to slow down, breathe deeper and explore the roots of reactivity; not with blame, but with compassion and empowered tools that support real, lasting change.