Hi, I’m Taryn Watson
When I was about to become a mom, I pictured teaching them how to tie their shoes, snuggling while reading one of my favorite children's books. A life of joy and purpose. I knew it wouldn't always be easy, but I felt up to the task.
My kids are now 5 and 7, and it has not looked like the life I pictured. We experience joy together, but much of my parenting journey has been hard. I've cried in closets while my kids screamed and banged on the door, driven away from my house in a fit of rage, and grieved for a connection I so badly wanted but that seemed out of reach.
I read every book, listened to every podcast, did every training. I became a better parent year over year, but so much of what I found was contradictory, or gave me the what without the how. I knew I was supposed to be calm amidst the chaos. But when your daughter throws a hairbrush at you and it lands, I didn't see how I could access calm when my own body was overwhelmed too.
Things shifted when I saw how much my own nervous system was shaping hers. That sent me on a different kind of search into my history, my own patterns, the ways my past had quietly been running my parenting. Understanding that finally let me put down the guilt of feeling like I could never get it right. And once I did, I started to see my kids with more clarity.
We still have hard days. Our kids still fight and get mad when we turn off the tv. But we laugh more, I feel closer to them, and I'm lighter because I understand why we both show up the way we do.
Why the Burrow?
The Burrow isn't just theory, and it isn't just my story. It's my lived experience, made sense of through real training in the science of parenting.
I'm a working mom with two kids who don't fit the standard mold. I've had thousands of conversations with my husband after the kids were finally asleep, replaying the day and questioning what we got wrong and how we could do better tomorrow. The coping mechanisms that had carried me through my whole adult life worked fine right up until I had kids, and then they didn't. Everything that used to feel manageable started to feel broken.
I hit an actual rock bottom, the kind where you can't tell people what's happening inside you because the shame is louder than the pain itself.
I tried everything after that. Read everything. Every podcast, every course, every framework. Things would get a little better, then slide back. I kept collecting tools without ever understanding why I needed them in the first place.
I became a better mom over time, but I found myself confused in intense moments, not sure what parenting thread to pull on from whatever I had read most recently.
What actually changed things was my parent coaching certification course, and specifically the work of understanding why I showed up the way I did. Getting honest about the beliefs that were quietly running the show. Understanding my daughter differently, what might actually be going on for her, and how all of it was shaping our whole family. Piecing together a coherent story of my own past, instead of scattered pieces I was ashamed of.
That's when things started to feel lighter. Not perfect. Lighter.
And slowly, that lightness turned into a better relationship with my daughter, one that's happier and more connected than I thought was possible for us.
I can finally do the things I'd heard I should do for years. Not through gritted-teeth willpower, but because I understand them now, all the way through. I show up calmer, sturdier, and with a lot less baggage in the room with me.
I don't hate parenting anymore, and I know that's not a small thing to be able to say.
That’s why The Burrow exists: to help other parents get there faster than I did.