Parenting Paused

In this episode, Mei shares how challenging her early childhood was being raised in a traditional punitive home. Even though she had a desire to create a safe home for her son to express his feelings she found herself acting out her early strategies of control and punishment.

In this episode, Mei shares how challenging her early childhood was being raised in a traditional punitive home. Even though she had a desire to create a safe home for her son to express his feelings she found herself acting out her early strategies of control and punishment.

Olivia had learned about attachment parenting and done a lot of therapy and wanted to give her children the "perfect" secure attachment. What she didn't expect was to feel so angry and reactive instead of loving and kind.

Olivia had learned about attachment parenting and done a lot of therapy and wanted to give her children the "perfect" secure attachment.  What she didn't expect was to feel so angry and reactive instead of loving and kind. 

Amy Beth shares her journey of becoming a first time mom at 46 years old raising her daughter on her own. As she faced into the lonliness and challenge of doing it alone she just wanted to get it "right" which led her to try and change her daughter's behavior so she could feel OK.

Angelina shares her powerful story of opening to how much fear and judgment she had about screwing up her kids. The more she tried to control her son the angrier he became and began to act out aggressively towards everyone in the family. As she began to find a refuge where she could SafeSeat, compassion and love became her friend.

Lindsey shares her raw journey of how her perfectionism was not working for anyone in her family. Listen in as she faces her fear of being a failure and begins to learn to offer unconditional kindness to her old conditioning around parenting