In this weeks episode, Jessica Fowler interviews Mercedes Samudio, LCSW about her book Shame Proof Parenting: Find Your Unique Parenting Voice, Feel Empowered, and Raise Whole Healthy Children.  

Mercedes shares in this episode how she does not teach people how to parent but rather become shame proof in their parenting.  Shame proof parenting is understanding that people will have their opinions and judgments but exploring how you are going to let it impact self.  Some ways to do this that we explored are empathy, knowing needs, boundaries, and awareness.

Other topics we discussed were confidence, developing your shame proof village, understanding behaviors are needs and permission to grow into the parent you want to be.

Lastly, we discussed culture, spirituality and religion.

Mercedes Samudio, LCSW is a Mercedes Samudio, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist, bestselling author, international speaker, and visionary entrepreneur. She works with parents worldwide to develop a healthy identity with her revolutionary Parental Identity Development Model – incorporating her Shame-Proof Parenting framework to help reduce the shame parents experience as they raise healthy children. Mercedes is also trained in trauma-informed modalities, which she uses in her work with parents to help them heal the past traumas that can influence how they interact with themselves and their children. 

You can connect with Mercedes at her website.