Conscious Parenting Starts With You: Regulate First, React Less

So many parents want to raise connected, emotionally resilient kids, but find themselves reacting from stress, shame, or survival instead.

In this episode, Lauren Dry speaks with Conscious Parenting Coach and Sleep Specialist Donna Moala about how to move from reactivity to regulation. Drawing on her training and her lived experience as a mum of three, Donna shares how healing yourself first becomes the most powerful parenting tool you’ll ever use.

Together, they explore how unconscious patterns show up in parenting, what “doing the work” really looks like, and how to raise emotionally safe kids without losing yourself in the process.

You’ll hear us explore:

• How generational patterns shape the way we parent, even when we “know better”
• Why emotional safety matters more than behaviour management
• What conscious parenting really looks like in moments of stress and rupture
• How to set loving boundaries without shame or control
• Why regulating yourself is the most effective way to raise resilient kids

Whether you're raising young children or parenting teens, this conversation offers both insight and compassion for the moments that matter most.

Resources Mentioned:

• Learn more about Rise into Regulation™, the skillset for connection, communication, and Nervous System safety in modern marriage
• Follow Lauren on Instagram @lauren_dry
• Connect with Donna on Instagram @parentingcollective.au
• Explore Donna’s work or book a free call: Book here

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Big love,

Lauren X