Today Dr Vanessa Lapointe joins me to share what our key role is in parenting and why it's so hard for so many of us who feel drawn to a more respectful approach. She shares her own raw and vulnerable story and her own lessons from being a parent who initially struggled to lead.

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Welcome to The Raising Humans Kind Podcast! In today's episode I share why I am returning to podcasting and what you can expect with an important story from my own parenting about how adopting labels can disconnect us from our position as leader of our homes.

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In this episode Daniel Grose shares his powerful story from childhood and the changes he has made to become a loving and dedicated father of 4 boys. We discuss:

- The role of fathers in their son's lives

- Managing aggression in children

- The role of chores in family connection

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In today's episode, I share 4 important insights you need to understand if you're parenting a child through a season of aggression. Best suited for parents of kids aged 3-9 years old.

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This week I share the first Small Shift, Deep Roots idea.

Tricks and hacks don't work in parenting, especially with kids in really tricky seasons. But small shifts that have deep roots can make big differences.

In this week's episode, I share about something I call The Soft Close.

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Do you use rewards and consequences in your home? Or avidly avoid them? Or want to avoid them but can't articulate why?

In this episode, Ashleigh Warner, Family Psychologist, describes the 3 reasons why rewards and consequences can make things trickier for families and also, the traps parents can fall into when they try and avoid them.

So whether you use them or avoid them, this episode is for you!

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Have you ever found yourself giving so many chances to your children because you know they're having a hard time but then it seems to be making everything worse.

Inspired by some client wins, in this week's episode I share why we tend to do this as parents and what might be blocking a shift in the dynamic.

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In this episode, I talk about impulse control, what it is, when you can expect more of it and 4 ways you can compensate for your child's lack of impulse control. I also share a helpful phrase that I use with my own children to support them to develop their own impulse control.

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We can absolutely make changes to our children's sleep and along side that - these processes can be an insight into our inner world and a way we can expand our capacity and grow.

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Where are you leaving it to someone else to decide what's respectful in your own home? In this episode, I explore the shadow side of our information-rich parenting culture—and why the ability to feel your relationship (instead of analysing it) is the one skill we've lost. Learn to notice the difference between panic tears and soft tears, between a stressed 'I love you' and a rested one, and why trusting yourself to read your relationship changes everything.

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Today Integrative Paediatrician, Dr Elisa Song, shares with us the link between a child's behaviour and their gut health.

She offers some incredible case studies that demonstrate how quickly emotions, mood and behaviour can shift when parents work to rebalance the gut.

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Today I am joined by Natalie Brunswick - a perinatal therapist, an occupational therapist and a Mum to two exceptional boys. Natalie shares how she managed school transitions for her sensitively wired children in a system that wasn't always supportive of her choices.

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I'm Ashleigh, I'm a Family Psychologist and in today's episode I am sharing 4 really important things all parents need to know about separation anxiety.

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I'm Ashleigh and I'm a Family Psychologist who specialises in aggression, anxiety and challenging behaviour in kids.

If your child is struggling with the anticipation of something coming maybe:

- the new school year

- a new soccer class

- moving house

Then this episode is for you. Inside I share 3 important things that parents can do today to help their child manage, while they anticipate this big change.

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Episode 13 on Separation Anxiety

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