Authentic Parenting

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Every Memory Deserves Respect: Finding Healing With EMDR Therapy with Michael Baldwin Feb 02, 2023

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WRANING

The following episode contains content that may be triggering to some listeners. Please check the show notes for more detailed descriptions and take care of yourself.

It contains discussions of complex trauma, the depiction of traumatic events, graphic descriptions of violence against children with sounds of a beating, has references to emotional neglect, child abuse, sibling abuse, sexual abuse, bullying, dysfunctional family, and childhood trauma:

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

With that said, the story that we unravel has a positive ending. It's truly an incredible, compelling, and inspiring story about someone who experienced trauma during childhood and recovered from it with EMDR therapy.

All his life Michael suffered tremendously from the effects of trauma. He experienced severe symptoms, fears and phobias and felt lost, like he had nothing, that he was nothing. He developed survival strategies to cope with his pain.

At the age of sixty-one, despite years of therapy, he was no closer to understanding why so many things that came effortlessly to others were impossible for him: sustaining a relationship or a career, even using public bathrooms. In 2017 when he started EMDR therapy he had such severe symptoms that his life felt like a prison.

Recovering From Trauma with EMDR Therapy Jan 26, 2023

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How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing and Underliving Jan 19, 2023

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Becoming Resilient with Anna Seewald Jan 12, 2023

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Parenting for Peace Jan 05, 2023

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I truly believe that we can create a peaceful world through parenting. Thank you for joining me on that mission and thank you for doing your part. I see you, I recognize you, I honor you! And most of all, I celebrate you.

To begin the new year, I bring you a bouquet of inspiration and insight to help you start the year great! To motivate you, and ignite a spark in you to be the best version of yourself so that you can show up authentically in the world and offer the gift of you to your children and loved ones. Wherever you are on the path towards wholeness, I want you to know that you are not alone, and that you have an ally. The podcast, myself and our diverse, global community of like-minded people are behind you.

I have put together a mega compilation episode—short clips from almost every episode from the past year.

I love the symbolism -it is by looking back, we live forward.

As you listen you might notice that I have put them together thematically to the best of my ability and had to dissect just the right clip for the purpose. I had a lot of fun!

The year 2022 was one of my favorite years of podcasting in 7 years, and I wanted to remember it.

HERE ARE THE FULL EPISODES IN ORDER

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2022: A Year in Review, the Top 10 Episodes, Your Voicemails and My Wish Dec 28, 2022

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Welcome to the final episode of 2022! What a year!

In the 7 years of podcasting I think the year 2022 is my FAVORITE.

An incredible array of guests, often difficult subjects, shared vulnerability, laughter and tears, heartfelt stories, sweet and warm moments, virtual hugs, insights and wisdom, truths…

I will be forever changed by the many wonderful conversations and carry the many valuable lessons that I learnt with me through life.

Heartfelt gratitude to all of our wonderful guests!!!

And special thanks to you, my dear listener! It is because of you that I'm still here and going strong.

In this episode:

Rapid-fire

- Best show/movie I watched
- Best book I read
- Songs I enjoyed
- Best meal I had
- Place I visited
- Best purchase I made

22 Powerful Questions to Reflect on 2022

What inspired you this year?
This year my biggest challenge was:
This year my biggest accomplishment was:
Which relationships remained rock-solid?
Describe one moment when people you were with made all the difference. How did you feel?
What was the most gratifying use of your time this year?
What would you like to spend less time on next year?
What would you like to spend more time on next year?
Was there a moment when you overcame fear or did something outside of your comfort zone?
What enabled you to overcome this fear?
What made you feel alive this year?
What is the most important lesson you learned this year?
What did you enjoy the most?
What was your favorite moment?
How did you have fun?
What are you most proud of this year?
What did you learn about yourself?
What got in the way of your success?
What did you do for your physical and mental health?
What did you leave unfinished?
What advice would you give your last-year self?
What has been hard to admit to yourself?

Listener voicemails

- Ranela
- Zara
- Mathu
- Lauren
- Jen
- Arijana

Top 15 Episodes of 2022!

15. 317: The Anatomy of Anxiety with Ellen Vora, MD

14. 310: The Healing Power of Storytelling

13. 313: Becoming Your Authentic Self with Dr. Thema Bryant

12. 314: The 6 Critical Needs of Children with Anna Seewald

11. 306: The Invisible Epidemic of Trauma with Paul Conti, MD

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10. 312: Unwinding Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer

9. 309: Why Your Happiness Matters with Ericka Souter

8. 304: How to Be an Adult with Julie Lyfcott-Heims

7. 307: How Mother Loss Shapes Who We Become with Hope Edelman and Judith Rabinor

6. 310: Why You Can't Pay Attention and How To Think Deeply Again with Johann Hari

5. 303: How to Rock Your Parenting in 2022 with Anna Seewald

4. 305: Breathing and Your Health with Patrick Mckeown

3. 308: How to Ask For What You Need in a Relationship with Yvette Erasmus

2. 336: Trauma and Healing in a Toxic Culture with Dr. Gabor Maté

1. 315: How to Help Kids with Emotional Self-regulation with Mona Delahooke

Intentions and goals for 2023+word of the year.

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Anna Seewald

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The Power of Vulnerability to Create Intimacy Dec 15, 2022

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Allowing oneself to be vulnerable with another person can be exceedingly difficult yet rewarding as it leads to more closeness and intimacy.

Can asking another person a structured set of questions really help two people deepen closeness and boost intimacy or fall in love?

We are exploring the famous 36 questions to fall in love experiment.

The so-called 36 questions to fall in love are a set of questions developed in the 1990s by psychologists Arthur Aron, Ph.D., Elaine Aron, Ph.D., and other researchers to see if two strangers can develop an intimate connection just from asking each other a series of increasingly personal questions.

The 36 questions in the study are broken up into three sets, with each set intended to be more probing than the previous one.

If you are looking to strengthen your relationship with your spouse, deepen your connection with your friend or romantic partner, reconnect emotionally with someone, fall in love with someone new, boost intimacy and closeness give the 36 questions a try.

Remember, vulnerability is not weakness.

ABOUT MY CO-HOST

Kristy Lauricella is a psychotherapist in private practice in New Jersey. She takes a supportive and collaborative approach with a primary focus on a person's relationships, patterns, and sense of self.

Kristy is an experienced hospice and palliative care social worker, birth and postpartum doula, teacher of writing, and professional development facilitator. As a result of her broad background and training and range of experiences, Kristy is able to create a safe space to process seemingly insurmountable challenges. Through their work together, her clients feel more empowered to take action and build authentic relationships that reflect their true values and core beliefs. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

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Anna Seewald

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Heal Your Anxiety for Good Dec 01, 2022

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Dr. Russell Kennedy, aka "The Anxiety MD" on the origins of anxiety, why it's there, and how you can heal it for good. Dr. Russ is the author of Anxiety Rx where he shows a practical, actionable program for anxiety relief that incorporates a combination of the latest in neuroscience with the grounding wisdom of the body with the ultimate goal of relieving the anxious thoughts of the mind.

In this epsiode we discuss:

Why trying to get rid of your anxiety and alarm just makes it worse
How all anxiety is separation anxiety
Growing up with a dad with severe schizophrenia
The role of psychedelics in treating anxiety
His method

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Anxiety Rx: A New Prescription for Anxiety Relief from the Doctor Who Created It

OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY ENJOY

312: Unwinding Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer
317: The Anatomy of Anxiety with Ellen Vora, MD
322: Why Anxiety Is Good For You Even Though It Feels Bad with Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
326: Befriending Your Nervous-System with Deb Dana
153: Anxiety with Dennis Tirch, Ph.D
290: Alarmed Aloneness with Sarah Payton

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HOW TO WORK WITH ANNA

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Anna Seewald

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(Special) Should Kids Do Chores-Part 2 Oct 27, 2022

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This is Part 2 of a two part show.

We took a deep dive into the topic of chores. In the first part we talked about our feelings about the word-chores, shared our own experiences of growing up doing chores, unpacked the why of assigning chores to kids, started a discussion of ages and development and expectations and answered a listener question.

As well as, we talked about the importance of parental attitude, engaging kids seamlessly into the process using playfulness and teaching crucial lessons and life-long skills, like responsibility and helpfulness and imparting our values without control.

In this part we continue the discussion of what kids are capable of doing at different ages, we both share how we do chores with our own kiddos, answer some fantastic listener questions, talk about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and tell you what we think about paying kids for doing chores. A super-packed, useful and really helpful episode sprinkled with humor and fun.

Think of this episode as a masterclass on chores. Read the article we mentioned in this epsiode.

OTHER SPECIAL EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE

This episode is brought to you by our course ALL ABOUT SIBLINGS.

Laura and I taught this class live and the recoding is now available as a self-study course. It covers everything you need to know when it comes handling sibling issues. The ONLY resource you need for raising friends for life and coahcing siblings thrugh their conflicts like a pro.

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Anna Seewald

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(Special) Should Kids Do Chores? with Laura Froyen+Anna Seewald Oct 20, 2022

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This is PART 1 of a two part show. With Dr. Laura Froyen, a friend, colleague and frequent co-host of the podcast, we took a deep dive into the topic of kids and chores, shared our own experiences growing up, what we think of the word "chore", how we approach chores in our families, and most importantly answered some of the listener questions.

We discussed the "why" of doing chores. We talked about the importance of parental attitude, engaging kids seamlessly into the process and teaching crucial lessons and life-long skills, like responsibility and helpfulness and imparting our values without control.

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