Parenting the Intensity

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

Today, we'll explore sibling relationships with one or more emotionally intense children.

• The Challenge of Conflicting Needs
• When One or More Children Demand More
• Parental Guilt
• Children's Relationships: Is It Our Fault?
• Less Intense Sibling Experience
• How Do We Cope?

If you haven’t, subscribe to the new private podcast ‘You’re not failing’, to stop feeling…well like you’re doing it wrong and start to build your parental confident https://familymoments.ca/notfailing

You can find everything else I offer on the website www.familymoments.ca so you can take action on what’s the most important for you right now. 

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I’m recording this podcast on an unceeded territory of the N'dakina and Wabanaki communities.

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

Today we will normalize the feeling of isolation and explore the reasons for this isolation:

• Understanding our experience (or lack thereof)
• Sharing our experience (once again, or lack thereof)
• Judgment

We will also explore the fact that sometimes we need to isolate ourselves to process, give ourselves time, and protect ourselves.

And as a possible solution: seek the right support to break the feeling of isolation.

• Need to feel part of a community.
• Clean up the support around us.
• Impact of good support on confidence.

If you haven’t, subscribe to the new private podcast ‘You’re not failing’, to stop feeling…well like you’re doing it wrong and start to build your parental confident https://familymoments.ca/notfailing

You can find everything else I offer on the website www.familymoments.ca so you can take action on what’s the most important for you right now. 

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I’m recording this podcast on an unceeded territory of the N'dakina and Wabanaki communities.

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

Today, we'll discuss trauma. This may seem like something that doesn't apply to your situation, but you might be surprised.

We'll cover:

• What minor trauma, major trauma, and complex trauma are?
• Why it's not widely recognized in official systems and the impact it has
• School trauma
• Healthcare system trauma
• Rebound or direct trauma from parents: Burnout

If you haven’t, subscribe to the new private podcast ‘You’re not failing’, to stop feeling…well like you’re doing it wrong and start to build your parental confident https://familymoments.ca/notfailing

You can find everything else I offer on the website www.familymoments.ca so you can take action on what’s the most important for you right now. 

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I’m recording this podcast on an unceeded territory of the N'dakina and Wabanaki communities.

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

In this episode we'll be talking about parental confidence—what it really means, why it matters, and how it impacts the way we respond (rather than react) to our emotionally intense kids.

Rooted in my experience and findings from my Master's degree I'll cover the internal and external factors that shape our sense of confidence as parents, including our knowledge, personal experience, relationships with our children, and the influence of societal expectations and outside feedback.

I'll also share practical strategies for identifying your own parenting triggers, building self-compassion, and shifting from guilt and self-doubt to a more empowered and intuitive approach.

If you haven’t, subscribe to the new private podcast ‘You’re not failing’, to stop feeling…well like you’re doing it wrong and start to build your parental confident https://familymoments.ca/notfailing

You can find everything else I offer on the website www.familymoments.ca so you can take action on what’s the most important for you right now. 

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I’m recording this podcast on an unceeded territory of the N'dakina and Wabanaki communities.

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

Today, we are talking about grief, because yes, we are going through a grieving process of what our life is not what we expected or what society is telling us it should be. And that might make us feel some guilt.

We will dive into:

• What is grief in general
• What's different with our grief
• Why there's not reason to feel guilt
• Ways to support yourself in the grieving process

If you haven’t, subscribe to the new private podcast ‘You’re not failing’, to stop feeling…well like you’re doing it wrong and start to build your parental confident https://familymoments.ca/notfailing

You can find everything else I offer on the website www.familymoments.ca so you can take action on what’s the most important for you right now. 

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I’m recording this podcast on an unceeded territory of the N'dakina and Wabanaki communities.

This is a special episode from the "Parenting the Intensity Retreat - Conflict Edition" coming up February 25th-27th! (start tomorrow)

It's the live kick-off call from the Facebook group that shares how the event works and explain how the nervous system works and it's impact on the emotional reaction and conflicts in our family and how working with instead of against it can make a difference. You can go to minute 26 if you only want the info on the Nervous system

You can get register over here at www.parentingtheintensity.ca/register to get access to it all!

What to expect from this recording

-What to expect this week and how it will all work

-How to win prizes

-Goal of the retreat

-How to choose which presentations to attend

-How to get the most of the presentations you attend

-Deep Connection Pass

-Dive into the Nervous System (it's key to so many presentations, it's important to understand)

This roundtable is part of the Parenting the Intensity Retreat 2025 - Conflict Edition. You can register to the retreat at www.parentingtheintensity.ca/register 

We discussed strategies for staying calm as parents to support children effectively and why it's important.

We emphasized self-care, understanding triggers, adapting parenting strategies, and modeling calm behavior, while focusing on the importance of addressing underlying needs and setting realistic priorities.

Key themes are:

• Staying calm to support children.
• Impact of parents' calmness on kids.
• Self-care and basic needs.
• Understanding and handling triggers.
• Role of environment in behavior.
• Modeling self care and regulation for children.
• Differentiation in sibling parenting.

Panelists are:

Laurie Moser from https://www.stayingactive.ca/

Jen Lumanlan M.S., M.Ed from https://www.yourparentingmojo.com

Malia Phelps Waller from www.maliaphelpswaller.com/homeschooltoolbox

Moderator is retreat host Anouk Briere-Godbout, owner of Family Moments www.familymoments.ca

This roundtable is part of the Parenting the Intensity Retreat 2025 - Conflict Edition. You can register to the retreat at www.parentingtheintensity.ca/register

Panelists are:

• Afsaneh Moradian from https://www.mlccoaching.com
• Allison Livingston from https://www.5stepstoconnect.com
• Shaqueena Murreld M.S., CCC- SLP from www.immersedtherapies.com

Moderator is retreat host Anouk Briere-Godbout, owner of Family Moments www.familymoments.ca

In this roundtable we discussed shifting perspectives on children's behavior, emphasizing understanding unmet needs, emotional regulation, modeling, and reducing conflict.

We highlighted strategies like connecting through empathy, validating feelings, and maintaining a flexible approach for effective parenting.

Key themes are:

• Understanding children's behavior
• Conflict resolution in parenting
• Emotional regulation techniques
• Communication strategies with children
• Homeschooling challenges and solutions
• Parental expectations and pressures
• Importance of apologies and repairs
• Supporting children's unmet needs

This is a special episode sharing all the details about the "Parenting the Intensity Retreat - Conflict Edition" coming up February 25th-27th!

You can get on the waitlist over here at www.parentingtheintensity.ca/register before February 10th or register if it's after that date!

You want to be on the waitlist for the reminders of the pre-retreat live roundtables!

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

This is the last episode of the season (that lasted around a year and a half. The podcast will pause until after the Parenting the Intensity Retreat in February (there might be some surprise episode once in a while but I can't promise anything).

To get the episodes when they will be available again, make sure to subscribe to the podcast.

Here are the links referenced in the episode:

Navigating Judgment workshop : https://familymoments.ca/product/navigating-judgments-workshop/

Holiday episode on Judgment: https://www.justcast.com/shows/parenting-the-intensity/audioposts/1524263

Parenting the Intensity Retreat waitlist: https://parentingtheintensity.ca/

Self Care Guide: https://familymoments.ca/realistic-self-care-for-busy-parents/

Meltdown to Connection Guide: https://familymoments.ca/from-meltdown-to-connection/