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Feb 2025
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How My Parents Raised an Expert Communic...

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About this episode

How do you raise a good communicator? How do you teach kids to be kind but not a pushover? And what actually matters when it comes to parenting?


In this episode, I’m sitting down with the two people who shaped my life the most—my parents.


This is a personal one. But whether you're a parent, thinking about becoming one, or just curious about how childhood shapes the way we communicate, I think you’ll take something valuable away from this conversation.


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