The Parent Inspiration Podcast

We are doing a whole series on Laura Markham's parenting books.  Today we cover how self regulation starts with the parent.  Connection comes before correction.  Instead of punishing behavior, guide them to cope with their emotions.

Learn from psychologists Dr. Dan Siegel, Dr. Ross Green, Dr. Laura Markham, Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, and Dr. Haim Ginott on how to view misbehavior.   Today we cover when children are at their worst, that's when they need us the most.   Kids do well if they can.   All misbehavior is a cry for help. Every behavior is part of a child's way of striving for independence. Children act out because they c...

Today we discuss the many things that can block us from feeling delighted and that we compassionately realize we don't need to feel it all the time. But these 5 things can help us feel delight more: Capsure the moments, being Curious, saying Certain sincere phrases, Cherishing our kids, and Connecting with playful energy.

Learn what Dr. Daniel Siegel, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Mr. Rogers, Dr. Becky Kennedy, Brene Brown, Dr. Ross Greene, and Dr. John Gottman says about the importance of delighting in our kids. 

Mel Robbins teaches we all have a need to control, but as we learn to let go as much as we feel able to and empower our kids our relationship and our children can better thrive.  

Today we discuss Dr. Alisa Pressman (developmental psychologist and author of The Five Principles of Parenting) and the best advice she's ever heard.  

Learn from Mel Robbin's interview with Dr. Alisa Pressman (developmental psychologist, professor, and podcaster) and her book Five Principles of Parenting.  Today's episode condenses her 5 Rs: Relationship, Reflection, Regulation, Rules, and Repair! 

Learn from KC Davis' book How to Keep House While Drowning on our mindset around the mess!  Today we discuss the inner bully, the little self, and the compassionate observer voices in our brains.  

Today we cover so many traditions and fun ways to communicate I love you as well as ideas for one on one time.  I also include some ideas from the 5 Love Languages for Children book.  

Learn about a special tradition between parent and child (or spouse and child) that is so bonding.

In mental health professional Robyn Gobbel's book Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors, she talks about the next 3 stages of activated watchdog brain.  In this episode we discuss her parental strategies, how to stay calm, and things to watch out for when our child is very escalated, hostile, or doing dangerous behavior.

From the words of mental health professional Robyn Gobbel in her book "Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors" we learn about the wise, calm "owl brain" which puts us in connection mode and the "watch dog" brain that puts us in protection mode since we or our kids feel threatened.  She expalins the beginning watch dog brain, 2 stategies to use to help our child, and things to watch out for.  

From Roybn Gobbel's book Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors we learn that "all behaviors make sense." We will discuss how emotionally available are we, how safe do our children feel around us, and are we and our children in connection mode or protection mode?     

Even if you love listening and understanding your kids, sometimes we can let barriers get in the way of truly listening.  I had a humbling experience that helped me realize I need to get better at listening so I devoted a whole week to do just that.  Come learn Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's listening tips from their book How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk.      

Today we discuss easy ways to teach and inspire with just writing a few things down!  

Here are some ideas from pbskids' website as well as some research about what helps children become resilient.  We can apply these into our own lives as well!

From psycholgoist Dr. Becky's Good Inside book we learn what fosters resilience in children and what we can do to help!   You can reach Mindy at theparentinspirationpodcast@gmail.com or leave a review of what you are in need of for future podcasts.

Dr. Becky Kennedy, author of Good Inside and clinical psychologist, explains perhaps the two biggest goals of parenting.  They are so encouraging and doable.  We've got this!  

Philippa Perry in her book "The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will be Glad That You Did) talks about this concept of feeling with are children rather than merely dealing with them.  Our kids are good inside and are having a hard time rather than trying to give us a hard time.  

Come learn some powerful tools for how to help our children process through really big  emotions.  These ideas come from Dr. Becky's book Good Inside as well as Philippa Perry's book The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did).  

We all have hard days!  Hard can mean challenging moments or times of suffering.  Hard can also describe being solid and not easily broken and having strength.  Today we discuss two things that can help us get through our toughest days!  

We can all take a break to find calm and patience again and take care of our emotional wellbeing so we can better address any storm we are in.  Research shows that supportive physical touch can also we a way to reach calm and tame our nervous system.  

Our children and ourselves sometimes wonder "Am I loveable? Am I likeable?"  We can be that person in our child's life that they can turn to to reassure them of how we love them and we like them.  We see their infinite worth and goodness even when others or they can't see it in themselves.  Sometimes we all get frustrated with certain behaviors and we can learn to separate the behaviors with how w...

Come learn about authors Philipa Perry and Dr. Shefali on a new shift in our parenting!  These powerful ideas have revolutionzied my whole paradigm and how I interact with my kids.

Slipping into our partner's shoes or squeezing into our children's shoes can give us perspective that makes all the difference!