How are parenting and rewiring your brain for less pain similar?  You may be surprised.

Crystal Haitsma teaches Radical Connection Parenting, in which connection and relationship are valued over behavior modification.  Instead of using rewards and punishment to get kids to do what you want, you work on the relationship instead, so they naturally do what you want them to.

She talks a lot about emotional regulation in parenting- for both parent and child. As we learn to process our own thoughts and emotions, we can model this and hold space for our children to do the same.  As we develop that secure attachment with them, they are more likely to obey us and listen to us and model our behavior.  

This episode is not just for parents.  Crystal teaches that as you heal yourself from the inside out, then you heal your parent-child relationship.  Which is also the way to heal all relationships in life.  

The more compassion you have for yourself, the more compassion you will naturally have for others in your life.  So parenting starts with our own inner work.

You can find Crystal on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the.parenting.coach/ or on “The Freedom Moms Podcast” 

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