Do we actually believe we aren’t good enough parents because we weren’t good enough kids? Were our mistakes punished and pointed out in order to make us feel bad and do we feel bad now when we mess up, chastise ourselves and hold ourselves to unattainable standards like the ones our parents held us to? I believe this could be a big part of the parent shamin ... Show More
Jul 28
Play Instead of Punishment
When your child is being hard, what is the first tool you reach for? A countdown. A consequence. A lecture. A raised voice. Almost every one of those is a version of the same instinct: when my child gets hard, I get harder. It makes complete sense, because that is exactly what we ... Show More
18m 38s
Jul 21
Your Neurodivergent Child Doesn’t Need a Different Parent
When Cammie's son began struggling with school, anxiety, and sensory challenges, she heard the same message so many parents hear: maybe he needed a different approach. But instead of abandoning connection, she leaned into it, and watched something remarkable happen.In this episod ... Show More
20m 34s
Jul 14
Your Child is Not Disrespectful, They Are Dysregulated.
For years, I believed that when my daughters pushed back, they were being defiant. Then one afternoon at the American Girl store, my youngest daughter had a public meltdown that completely changed the way I understood children's behavior and my role as a parent.In this episode, I ... Show More
24m 37s
Jun 2025
The Follow-Up: Unlearning and Re-parenting Together
This episode is personal. My husband and I sit down for an open, honest, and vulnerable conversation about what it means to reparent ourselves while raising our son. It’s a raw look at how childhood experiences—good and bad—shape us as adults, and how we can consciously break har ... Show More
17m 6s
Jan 2023
Why and how we carry the "Not Good Enough Stuff" from our childhood
Anytime you have told yourself you’re not good enough, you’re not capable of, or you have to be better at something that comes from somewhere in your childhood. On today’s episode, I welcome Mary Beth Fox, a licensed professional counselor and owner of The Inner Child Therapist t ... Show More
36m 53s
Sep 2022
#304: 6 Common Areas of Parental Guilt & How to Overcome Them
It seems like guilt in parenting is just par for the course. We come into this journey with so many expectations, hopes, and goals about the way we will parent, but when the reality of day-to-day parenting sets in, we often feel we are falling way short on so many fronts. So in t ... Show More
25m 19s
Feb 2024
Relisten: Shame-Proof Your Parenting Mercedes Samudio [450]
We have all experienced the judgmental looks and unsolicited advice from others about our parenting. Why does our society shame parents, who are simply trying their best to raise children? Today, I talk with Mercedes Samudio, LCSW, a licensed psychotherapist, speaker, and bestsel ... Show More
54m 19s