Roots & Resilience, A Therapeutic Parenting Podcast

This week, Laura and Mandie cover the challenges of managing anxiety around summer holidays, creating a light touch routine for predictability, balancing sensory overload and low stimuli activities, the importance of connection and not compliance during wobbly moments, and the preparation and organization for low stimuli activities during the summer break. The conversation covers engaging children...

Laura and Mandie welcome everybody back the audience and celebrate a 500 streams! They then delve into a discussion about PACE in therapeutic parenting, explaining its significance and application. The conversation transitions to the role of acceptance in parenting, followed by a detailed exploration of curiosity and empathy in parenting. They cover the topics of empathy and understanding, parenti...

In this episode, Mandie discusses the challenges of holding boundaries in therapeutic parenting and provides five top tips for navigating these challenges. She emphasizes the importance of anchoring boundaries in safety, using predictable and calm tones, holding boundaries while offering support, naming feelings instead of behaviors, and modeling emotional regulation for children. Mandie also shar...

Laura and Mandie discuss the challenges of parenting and managing relationships with schools, focusing on personal boundaries, communication, and the impact on parents' well-being. They explore the experiences of parents with neurodiverse and traumatized children in school settings. The conversation delves into the challenges faced by children with trauma in school environments, highlighting the l...

The conversation explores the impact of football on children with trauma, providing insights on creating predictability, safe spaces, managing big emotions, using distraction, and repairing triggers. It also emphasizes the importance of a support network and alcohol awareness when watching football with children. Takeaways Predictability Safe Space Emotional Narration Distraction Repair and Reconn...

Mandie and Laura catch up for an R&R session, discussing the recent heatwave and its impact on children. They share their top 5 tips for supporting children in a heatwave, emphasizing the importance of fluids, food, shade, a cool house, and sunblock. Additionally, they address the therapeutic approach to catastrophic thinking, offering empathic commentary and narrative to support parents deali...

Mandie and Laura discuss the complex challenges of bedtime for children, emphasizing the importance of understanding the child's perspective and addressing environmental and sensory factors. They also explore the impact of trauma on adolescent sleep patterns and highlights the parental challenges in achieving rest during bedtime struggles. The conversation delves into the importance of rest and re...

Laura and Mandie answer listeners questions around their childrens behaviours and this time is it focused more on teens and tweens. Using their extensive knowledge and understanding on therapeutic parenting, they answers the questions based on their own lived experience and try and offer support to listeners with some strategies on how to move forwards. Takeaways Adolescent Behavior and Rule-Break...

The conversation delves into the complex topic of triggers, exploring their impact on children's behavior, emotions, and physical symptoms. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing, interpreting, and monitoring triggers, as well as the need for reflective recording and understanding of triggers and emotional responses. The conversation delves into the complex topic of triggers and reactions in...

The conversation covers the challenges of therapeutic parenting during the Easter holidays, navigating birthdays, maintaining calm in challenging situations, and picking battles in parenting. It emphasizes the importance of planning, preparation, and understanding the need beneath the behavior when managing risky behaviors in children. The conversation delves into the impact of trauma on daily lif...

Mandie and Laura discuss the intersection of neurodivergence and trauma, exploring the similarities, differences, and the impact on therapeutic parenting. They emphasize the importance of recognizing and embracing neurodiversity while considering its role in a child's identity. The conversation sheds light on the challenges and misconceptions surrounding neurodivergence and trauma, advocating for...

The Roots and Resilience podcast introduces therapeutic parenting from two unique perspectives, offering support and guidance to parents dealing with trauma in children. Laura and Mandie share their personal journeys, challenges, and transformations in therapeutic parenting, emphasizing the need for empathy, understanding, and a shift to trauma-informed parenting. The podcast aims to bring lightne...

In this episode, the Laura and Mandie discuss various aspects of behavior, including the impact of trauma on children's behavior, the role of shame, and the importance of building trust and connection with children. They share personal experiences and provide insights on how to respond to dysregulation, shame, and the challenges of therapeutic parenting. The conversation delves into the impact of...

The conversation delves into the importance of support networks and relationships in the context of fostering. It explores the concept of ecomaps as a visual representation of support networks and reflects on the challenges faced by foster parents and the need for professional support. The conversation delves into the importance of building and maintaining relationships, both professional and pers...

The podcast introduces the concept of therapeutic parenting and sets the tone for using analogies and humor to address trauma-related parenting challenges. Takeaways Therapeutic parenting Analogies and humor Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Therapeutic Parenting