Rebecca: This is the All Relationships Can Heal Podcast. My name is Rebecca Thompson Hitt and we are continuing our conversation today about how parenting is impacted by our own experiences of trauma. We’ll be sharing some stories about parents who have been doing their own healing work and what it looked like in their interactions with their kids. Dr.
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Rebecca: We are beginning our series, “All Relationships Can Heal” with healing your relationship with yourself. Today we are going to be talking about trauma, triggers, validation, and vulnerability, and we are very lucky to have with us today Dr. Robert T Muller. He is the author of the book, Trauma and the Struggle to Open Up: From Avoidance to Recovery and
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We have all experienced them. They’re the moments when we’re feeling overwhelmed as a parent. Maybe it’s the way your child doesn’t listen to you when you ask them to do something. Or perhaps it is when your child says no to something they need to do. Or when your child isn’t caring as much as you think they
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I was walking through Oaxaca City, Mexico’s Zocolo last Friday evening. There were so many families playing in the courtyard next to the church with the street vendors selling their elotes or corn on a stick, the smells of food wafting through the air. On the other side of the park, street musicians also added to the playful atmosphere.
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After all this talk so far this week about dysregulation and feeling unsettled, which happens when a relationship isn’t going well, we’re going to shift a bit into thankfulness. Finding something to be thankful for makes a huge difference in your body and your ability to regulate yourself! This is not about denying something is going poorly or that
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Yesterday, we talked about Time-In and I mentioned a little bit about the science behind time-ins. I wanted to tell some stories about what the word regulation means to help you understand this idea more deeply. Wisdom Wednesday is all about the science behind what I’m talking about on the All Relationships Can Heal podcast. I love the research
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Time-in has become a bit more common a term over the past 5-10 years and the reason is that our new understanding of growing brains supports it. The old way of thinking about time-out was that when a child misbehaves, they need to go away by themselves and think about what they’ve done. Sounds good in theory and it’s
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Welcome to the All Relationships Can Heal podcast. My name is Rebecca Thompson Hitt and I am your guide on our healing journey together. I will be sharing stories of hope, healing, and support during our time together. Today is Mindful Monday and I’ll be sharing a story about Personal Space. Paying attention to our own experience- our thoughts,
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Welcome to the All Relationships Can Heal podcast. My name is Rebecca Thompson Hitt and I am your guide on our healing journey. I will be sharing stories of hope, healing, and support during our time together. Today, I’ll be sharing with you why we’re here with a little bit of my own story. The idea for The Consciously
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All Relationships Can Heal. It’s a bold statement, but one that I stand behind. I would argue that most people have a relationship that needs some healing balm. Whether the relationship is with a child, a partner (coupled now or not), your parents, a friend, or your relationship with yourself. I’ve dedicated my life’s work to helping families to
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