I remember a day when everything seemed to go wrong: a client complaint, a team misunderstanding, and a family issue all hit at once. My emotions felt like a thunderstorm with no shelter in sight. I wanted to lash out and shut down. Then I remembered something I often tell my clients:   “You can’t stop the storm, but you can choose where you stand in it.”   That’s where self-regulation begins, the ability to guide my emotions instead of being ruled by them. I went for a short