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Oct 2024
35m 26s

Understanding Your Child's Brain

Dr. Shefali / Maia Wisdom
About this episode

Most parents don’t realize that conscious parenting involves understanding what's going on in a child's mind. Without this knowledge parents have a tendency to be reactive which can be detrimental to our children. In this episode Dr Shefali explains how we can better attune with our children once we appreciate what’s going on in their brains.


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