Episode 141: Parenting Parenting Is Harder Than You Think, Easier Than You Know (Here's How)

Before we became parents we had all sorts of ideas about what it would be like, stemming from our past experiences, memories, books, hopes and dreams, other peoples ideas...but it's not quite the same thing becoming a parent. I'd personally never have it any other way but there are things we don't anticipate if our children are of a certain sensitive temperament and experience great anxiety; we might not be prepared for the reactivity, the unpredictability of emotional upheaval, the overwhelm, the feeling of 'nothing's working'.  Let me help you out a little bit...there are 3 important mindset shifts or mental models that builds a framework that could turn things around.  1. regulation over reaction 2. curiosity instead of judgement 3. connection before correction Tune in to learn more.  Also go check out the Emotional Storm Module from the Making Sense of Anxious Kids program...you can access that completely free if you sign up on our website : www.huddlewisdom.com You won't regret it!