Brave Being the Podcast

Bridget discusses the topic of modeling, how children learn by observing what we do rather than what we say, and what this means for how we express ourselves to our kiddos.

Topics Include:

• Children learn through observation, not description
• Managing confrontation in front of our kiddos
• Modeling the behaviors and values we tell our kids are important
• Why our children often express the things we as parent suppress
• Children that express aggression
• Realistic expectations as a parent or caregiver
• And other topics...

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Bridget discusses the Colorado grocery store shooting that took place this week, and how we can have brave conversations with our kiddos about this tragedy and other acts of violence.

Topics Include:

• The normalization of violence in our culture
• Resisting the urge to shelter our children from reality
• Brave conversations with kiddos about violence
• Naming what has occurred, being mindful of the feelings that arise, and holding space for questions and reflections
• Fighting our numbness to tragedy
• And other topics...

Resources Mentioned:
https://www.facebook.com/bravebeing

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Bridget discusses the topic of mirroring and how young children look to their parents and primary caregivers as examples of how to behave in the world.

Topics Include:

• Developmental changes for one-year-olds
• Mirror neurons
• Promoting development and learning through modeling
• Building neuropathways
• Why "do as I say, not as I do" can't work with kiddos
• Mirroring with siblings 
• Developing coping skills
• And other topics...

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In today's episode, Bridget discusses the pent-up energy many of us are feeling right now, our kiddos included, and how we might manage expectations of our children and ourselves during this time.

Topics Include:

• Managing pent-up energy from winter and the pandemic
• Suspending our problem-solving brains
• The impulse to intervene more than maybe we should
• Letting your kids sort things out
• Finding empathy for ourselves during these challenging times
• And other topics...

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In today's episode, Bridget discusses our need to feel right, why differences in relationships are as important as shared interests, and how having a healthy relationship with these differences can foster more resilient children.

Topics Include:

• Our attachment to being right
• The fantasy of being completely on the same page with someone else
• Better together because of our difference, not in spite of them
• Choosing a partner that pushes our growth
• How being exposed to different values fosters resilience in children
• And other topics

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In today's episode, Bridget addresses the growing tensions in today's society, how being stuck in a survival state causes us to lose sight of our common humanity, and what we can do to navigate these feelings.

Topics Include:

• The survival state
• The intensifying of dichotomies in society
• Being a role model for our children and the world
• Letting go of being right
• The power of kindness
• Leaning into love, even in moments of anger
• And other topics...

Resource Mentioned:
Daring Greatly by Brene Brown 

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Bridget connects with listeners on the topic of unconditional love, the tragedy of love's trivialization in popular culture, and why unconditional self-love is the key to contentment.

Topics Include:

• Pop culture's trivialization of love
• Love vs unconditional love
• Being loved, unconditionally–our deepest human desire
• Defining unconditional love
• How we shape our child's inner dialogue
• Self-love, and ego
• Material satisfaction vs inner contentment
• And other topics...

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Resources Mentioned:
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/unconditional-self-love-looks-like/

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Bridget opens up to listeners about her recent experience of tragedy, the pain of being seen when we are hurt, and how tragedy provides us with a precious opportunity for growth... 

Topics Include: 

• How tragedy forces us to confront the reality of our lives... 
• The fear of being seen when you are hurting... 
• Borrowing another's belief in you when you need it... 
• Being mindful of our resilience as we move through tragedy... 
• Trusting that out of darkness comes light... 
• And other topics...

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Bridget discusses the scientific benefits of mindfulness-based practices, the importance of keeping your practice simple, and resources that can help you on your mindfulness journey... 

Topics Include:

• Doing more by doing less... 
• The scientific benefits of mindfulness-based practices... 
• Starting simple–finding a practice that can be done anywhere... 
• Creating space for subconscious processing... 
• Reducing reactivity... 
• Resources to help you on your mindfulness journey... 
• And other topics... 

A quote for you :) "Quiet the mind and the soul will speak" 

Resources Mentioned: 
https://www.headspace.com/ 
https://www.calm.com/

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In today's episode of Brave Being, Bridget discusses how we can model healthy attachment to self for our kids, a foundational skill they will draw from for the rest of their lives.

Topics Include:

• A foundation for life–teaching kids to cope with big emotions
• Modeling healthy attachment as a parent
• Understanding our feeling states
• The relationship between feeling states and physical sensations
• Three parts of attachment to self
• Parent/child communication
• How your parenting will impact future generations
• And other topics…

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