The Caring Instinct
Navigating parenting challenges with trust and an open heart. Tune in for our parenting journeys through the lens of developmental science and stay for interviews with our amazing guests. Find guest bios, video clips and transcripts as well as our webinars and course here Music by ManLikeChez
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Episode 15: Encanto: The Cost of Giftedness and Quest for Belonging
We’re kicking off a series on the psychology behind our favourite Disney stories with an episode on the incomparable Encanto! Mirabel, an ordinary child, desperately works for love and belonging in h…
00:29:48 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Episode 14: Building a Caring Community: Conversation with Andy Stockton
This conversation with Andy Stockton, a community development worker from Sheffield UK, has put a big smile on my face and hope in my heart. How about a community that is a source of belonging and su…
00:52:42 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
Episode 13: Walking into the Storm: Interview with a Therapist
If human emotions are like weather, therapists are here to brave the storms with us. In part 2 of our mini-series on Compassionate Inquiry, Olga interviews Joe about how he structures his work, sets …
00:31:12 |
Mon 19 Dec 2022
Episode 12: The Myth of Normal and Compassionate Inquiry Part 1
Attachment, vulnerability, trauma and growing into our full human potential. The work of Dr Gabor Maté and Dr Gordon Neufeld has been pivotal for both Joe and Olga in how we parent, work, teach, unde…
00:20:07 |
Thu 08 Dec 2022
Episode 11: Santa's Secret
A strictly 10+ conversation about navigating Santa’s imminent arrival with young children. Where does the idea of Santa rewarding good boys and girls and punishing bad ones come from? Do we want to j…
00:18:39 |
Fri 02 Dec 2022
Episode 10: The Caring Instinct Children's Book Club
Welcome to our book club - and check out the video for this episode on https://www.facebook.com/thecaringinstinct where you can see the beautiful picture books. We share our favourite children's book…
00:20:48 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Episode 9: The Play Instinct Part 3
We are used to thinking about emotions as reactions to what happens to us. But what if emotions precede experience? In the final part of The Play Instinct series we talk about the emotions of care an…
00:17:45 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Episode 8: The Play Instinct Part 2
What happens to our joy, sadness or anger when we can’t express them without pushing away our loved ones? Who would win in a match between authenticity and attachment? And what has play got to do wit…
00:21:25 |
Thu 10 Nov 2022
Episode 7: The Play Instinct Part 1
"The opposite of play is not work - the opposite of play is depression," says Dr. Stuart Brown. When we start to understand play, we find that we hold the key to mental health and resilience, stronge…
00:22:37 |
Sun 06 Nov 2022
Episode 6: Halloween: the Scary, the Brave and the Worried!
Halloween! When is it too much and when is it just the medicine the child and their grown-up need? Dr Gordon Neufeld’s theory of alarm defences and what your child’s take on Halloween can tell you ab…
00:21:27 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
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