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Aug 2025
49m 35s

02 | Your number one job as a parent wit...

Ashleigh Warner
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Today Dr Vanessa Lapointe joins me to share what our key role is in parenting and why it's so hard for so many of us who feel drawn to a more respectful approach. She shares her own raw and vulnerable story and her own lessons from being a parent who initially struggled to lead.


Dr Vanessa Lapointe : Instagram

Work with Dr Vanessa: The Parenting Transformation

Dr Vanessa's Books: Discipline without Damage

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