The Regulated Bitch: Calm the Chaos, Let Go of Control, and Master Emotional Regulation

by Gwen Taylor

Feel like your emotions are driving the car while you’re just hanging on for dear life?

The Regulated Bitch is your no-nonsense guide to calming your mind, softening your reactions, and finally feeling steady inside your own body. This isn’t about becoming serene or “unbothered” — it’s about learning emotional regulation that works in real life, with real stress, real kids, and real chaos.

If your days feel like a nonstop spiral, this honest, relatable guide gives you clear tools, zero fluff, and the validation you didn’t know you needed.

Inside you’ll learn how
• Calm your overwhelmed nervous system before it takes over
• Stop reacting like everything is an emergency
• Break the self-criticism loops that keep you stuck
• Respond instead of explode — even on overstimulated days
• Build simple regulating habits you can actually keep

You’ll also hear real stories from women who stopped spiraling and started regulating — plus access to a free companion workbook to put everything into practice.

If your patience is thin… if your reactions feel bigger than the moment… if you’re tired of apologizing for overwhelm-mode — this book is for you.

You don’t need another routine. You need relief. Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” now — because emotional chaos isn’t your destiny, and you were never meant to handle it alone.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

154 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2025

About the author

Gwen Taylor didn’t set out to write these books—she wrote them because she needed them.

For years, she was the one holding everything together: family, work, responsibilities—while quietly running on empty.

At 50, after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, things finally started to make sense. Not overnight, but enough to stop blaming herself and start understanding what was really happening beneath the surface.

That shift changed everything.

Now, through The Regulated Woman Series, Gwen writes honest, practical books for women who are overwhelmed, stuck in survival mode, or tired of carrying everything alone.

Her work helps readers understand their patterns, regulate their emotions, and build a life that actually feels like their own.

Reviews

[Dana Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a licensed professional counselor, I didn’t find this book particularly helpful to myself although I did learn a few new analogies. I found the book quite redundant and several times wanted to quit reading it for that reason.

However, I didn’t read this book for myself, I read it to see if it was something I would recommend to my clients. The answer is… yes! I didn’t disagree with any of the information in the book and it contained several self-regulation strategies that I myself use and teach to others. I’d even recommend it as a book study to read a chapter at a time, discuss with the group (or therapist), and then move on to the next chapter the following week or whatever schedule is convenient. Overall, from the mental health professional viewpoint, this book would be helpful for the average reader. For someone like myself with expertise in the area of emotional reflection, not so much.

[Matt Winser · Rating 4 out of 5]

I still want to be a bitch, but regulated. It was good for that 😆

[Jena Shlegeris · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good, the chapter on boundaries made me cry in a good way and there were lots of good nuggets but I didn’t realize the book was for like a married lady with kids. Or at least that’s how it felt. Anyways overall good but I had to tune out like whole chapters

[Julie Barrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Regulated Bitch by Gwen Taylor

This section is about not getting it perfect everytime. You can take a step or breath for yourself. Love the real talk sections of real life sitautions. Being a parent is a real good one also. So much there that we were expected to do, following what our mothers did while they raised us.
Lvoe the grounding and regulating things. Love routines that are NOT overwhelming.
Great advice throughout.

[Kayla Hedrick · Rating 1 out of 5]

if this is your first venture in true emotional regulation, it may be ok. Overall it felt like a lot of high level concepts without any sort of follow through breaking it down, one liners that went no where.

[⋆˖⁺‧₊☽Jeanna☾₊‧⁺˖⋆ · Rating 1 out of 5]

I couldn’t finish this book, I was listening to it on audible and it genuinely just sounded like AI slop 🙃

[Jenna Waz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wouldn’t say I’m cured from my dysregulation, but they made some good points and gave me some things to try. Sadly there’s no simple cure for this hot mess express 😊

[Lana]

Bits and pieces are helpful but it is very repetitive