Authentic Parenting

Warning: This episode contains mature themes and sensitive topics. 

While I think the conversation is deep, important and rich, it could be triggering for some. Please use your best judgment and asse…

We enter into the world with a breath and the process of breathing continues automatically. We don’t pay much attention to it unless of course something goes wrong. 

But the way we breathe has an eno…

Julie Lythcott-Haims believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. Her work encompasses writing, speaking, mentoring, and activism. She is the New York Times bestselling autho…

Today’s episode is a compilation episode. I have put together short clips from some of your favorite conversations to remind you of what’s important in parenting, to give you a boost of inspiration a…

Hello and welcome to the final episode of the year. I’m joined with my dear friend Kristy Lauricella from episode 300. And today we are going to reflect on the past year: lessons we learned, hardship…

Jessica Lahey talks about her own experience with alcohol, the role of genetics and other risk factors, and how parents can "inoculate" their children from a life of substance abuse. 

• Who get addict…

Welcome to episode 300. 

What an accomplishment! 

6 years! 

300 episodes. 

Hundreds of amazing guests. 

Global, diverse and phenomenal community!

And one passionate host! 

Thank you from the bottom o…

For the past 25 years Marc Brackett, Ph.D has been researching and writing about emotions and running around the world talking to people about their feelings. 

Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding d…

A thirteen year old Laney and her mom Julie are here to talk about how they transformed their relationship. They went from fighting daily into a more peaceful, positive and connected place. Julie is …

The core struggle for most of us is we want things to be different than they are. How can we free ourselves from unnecessary suffering and experience freedom that is already present in our lives. 

As…

We all have an inner voice and how it manifests differs from person to person.

How well do you know your inner voice?

Rather than silencing the negative self-talk-the chatter, we need to learn how to…

In this Special Episode, my freind and colleague Laura Froyen and I answer some of listener questions about siblings. 

Questions range from keeping the older sibling from parenting the younger, paren…

There are so many therapeutic methods and healing modalities available these days.  

One of them is IFS, or parts work.

I have the honor of  speaking with the creator of IFS, Dr. Rick Schwartz.

He's …

Did you know that when we name our feelings the activity in the amygdala decreases? My guest Sarah Peyton and I start today’s conversation with this topic. She mentions Matthew Liberman’s research

Sh…

The mother-daughter relationship is one of the most important—and complicated in the lives of most adult women.

Helping my patients understand their mothers has helped me become familiar with parts o…

Stress is part of life. When stress becomes too intense, too much and too frequent it overwhelms our nervous system, and awakens stress imprints from our past and we lose the ability to effectively r…

Have you ever considered looking into astrology for parenting advice or insight? 

How can learning about your child’s horoscope guide you in terms of education, discipline, extracurricular activities…