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Raised Resilient: Help Your Highly Sensitive Child

Parenting is the hardest job ever – and parenting a highly sensitive child who’s struggling can feel downright impossible.

If you’re suffering through endless meltdowns, walking on eggshells to avoid your child’s huge emotions, and losing sleep worrying that you’re failing your child, you’ve landed in the right place.

I’m Dr. Hilary Mandzik – clinical psychologist, parenting specialist, and mom of 3. And I’m here to help you feel GOOD about parenting your highly sensitive child.

Join me each week on the Raised Resilient podcast as we explore the topics parents worry about most when it comes to raising highly sensitive kids: managing meltdowns, building emotion regulation, understanding highly sensitive kids, making sense of challenging behaviors, building self-esteem, finding parenting strategies that actually work *with* your child’s sensitivity … and everything in between.

I’ll help you understand your child’s behavior (and your reactions to it!) so that even the reall…

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3 Invaluable Parenting Truths I’ve Learned Through Creating a Parenting Podcast (One Year Anniversary Episode!) Feb 22, 2023

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Raised Resilient with Dr. Hilary officially turns ONE this week! This means that it’s been a full year since I started this podcast. I wasn’t sure where this journey would take me (and I had no idea what I was doing), but I trudged ahead anyway, with a makeshift recording studio in my closet, a mic, and some serious passion for parenting & supporting parents.

In this week’s episode, I reflect on the journey that creating this podcast has been, and I share 3 invaluable parenting truths that I’ve learned along the way. I also give a preview of what you can expect from season two, including the introduction of guest episodes (and I’ve got some good ones lined up, so stay tuned!).

Creating this podcast has been one of my proudest accomplishments and favorite things I’ve done to date, and I’m so grateful that you’ve been a part of it! At the time of this writing, the podcast has already amassed 30,000 downloads and counting. And best of all, making this podcast each week has made me a better mom and a better person. So thanks for being here, and stay tuned for season 2, which starts next week!

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“My Child Won’t Share Her Toys on Play Dates”: Responding to Challenging Behaviors After a New Sibling is Born Feb 15, 2023

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I get so many questions about challenging behaviors – not wanting to share, hitting and kicking, “clingy” behaviors, refusing to listen – that occur in the days, months, and years after a child becomes a big sibling. And while most parents acknowledge that getting a sibling is a big deal, we often don’t realize that our child’s challenging behaviors are connected to this major life shift.

In this week’s episode, I answer a listener who wants to know how to help her young daughter, who’s struggling on play dates. She doesn’t want her peers to play with any of her toys, and that often causes friction. I offer thoughts on how to handle these tough moments – and I also offer some perspective and thoughts about how our listener can reconnect with her older daughter.

Here’s the thing: Getting a sibling is a really big deal for kids, and it’s a big deal for a lot longer than most of us think it should be a big deal. Many, many times, challenging behaviors are connected to this huge life transition, and we can best support our kids by reconnecting with them and helping them process and regulate the tough emotions that come with being a big sibling.

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Do Kids Actually Need Play Dates & Preschool? An Overview of Social Development for Toddlers Through Teens Feb 08, 2023

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Meeting your child’s social needs can feel confusing. Parents often feel pressured to create a full schedule of play dates starting in babyhood … and then we feel frustrated when our older kids – especially our teens – only want to spend time with their friends. So what do our kids *actually* need in terms of social development and peer interactions, especially as they grow and change?

In this week’s episode, I give an overview of healthy social development from toddlerhood through the teen years. I talk about why young kids don’t actually need playdates (and what we need to focus on instead!) and help you think about your child’s most pressing social needs, no matter their age.

Here’s the thing: Social development starts from birth – but what our kids need most depends on their developmental stage. After listening to today’s episode, you’ll know what YOUR child needs most right now (and in the future!) to support healthy social development.

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

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“Why Is My Child’s Behavior Good at School and Bad at Home?!”: Unpacking This Common Dynamic Feb 01, 2023

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Your child is a star student – literally a teacher’s dream. But then she comes home from school, and it’s a totally different story; it’s meltdowns and tantrums and refusing to cooperate from carpool until bedtime. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and you’re probably wondering why on earth your child only has meltdowns at home.

In this week’s episode, I answer a listener’s question about the huge difference between her child’s behavior at school versus at home. I unpack this super common dynamic, explain why it happens (and why it’s actually a good thing!), and give you strategies to better support your child when they’re struggling at home.

Here’s the thing: It’s super normal and actually healthy for our kids to hold it together at school and then fall apart at home. And once we understand WHY this happens, we will be so much better able to effectively support our kids in managing tough emotions and challenging behaviors after school.

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

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How to Stop Sibling Teasing (& Why It Happens in the First Place) Jan 25, 2023

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If you’ve got more than one child, you already know how infuriating it can be when one kid starts picking on the other, seemingly out of nowhere. It might seem purposeful and mean, and it can be super tricky to meet both kids’ needs in these tough parenting moments.

In this week’s episode, I answer a listener’s question about how to stop sibling teasing. I dive into the many reasons and complicated dynamics that cause one child to seemingly intentionally provoke the other, and I share both strategies to intervene in the moment and to help you feel prepared before things ever get to that point.

Here’s the thing: It’s super normal for siblings to fight, tease each other, and otherwise struggle sometimes. The conflict we see on the outside is just the manifestation of how our kids are feeling – both in general and towards each other – on the inside. Understanding what’s really going on in these moments is key to supporting our kids effectively.

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

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How to Get Kids to Clean Up: Pro Tips to Help You Teach This Important Skill (Without All the Stress!) Jan 18, 2023

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“All I do all day is go from room to room cleaning up the messes my kids make!” Sound familiar? If it does, you’re not alone! The constant tidying we do as parents is exhausting. It makes so much sense that you’d want your child to start cleaning up their own toys & messes as soon as humanly possible.

In this week’s episode, I talk about how to actually get your child to clean up after themselves (I promise you it IS doable!). I share what to do (& what not to do) and what to expect as you teach your child the important skill of cleaning up what they’re not using.

Here’s the thing: Children can absolutely learn to clean up, but like most things in parenting, this isn’t something we can force, and it’s definitely a process that doesn’t happen overnight. After listening to today’s episode, you’ll feel prepared to teach your child the art of cleaning up (without all the stress!).

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

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Parenting With Trauma: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Reparent Yourself While You Simultaneously Raise Your Own Child Jan 11, 2023

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Most of us arrive at gentle / respectful / conscious parenting for a reason: We want to do things differently than they were done when we were kids. And the parts of our own childhoods that we leave behind as we become parents ourselves – the punishments, developmentally inappropriate expectations, criticisms, etc. – have often left us with unmet needs & unhealed wounds.

In this week’s episode, I answer a listener who wonders how to deal with guilt around not having fully healed her childhood trauma before becoming a parent. I talk about how and why we can let go of that guilt, share my own story of recognizing childhood wounds through becoming a parent, and give you concrete ideas of how to heal that trauma – to reparent & heal your inner child! – WHILE also parenting your own kids.

Y’all, this is a powerful episode. We ALL have unhealed wounds coming into parenthood, and it can be freaking painful to parent with what can feel like gaping, vulnerable holes where our inner child peeks through when it’s least convenient. Here’s the thing, though: You will NEVER be fully healed; healing is a PROCESS – it’s ongoing. And when you listen to this episode & hear all the ways (big and small) that you’re healing as you go, you’ll realize that you are already DOING the work. And that’s what truly matters.

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Parents, Stop Doing These 3 Things Today to Simplify Your Parenting & Feel More JOY! Jan 04, 2023

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"Parenting is the hardest job we’ll ever do." It's literally the first line of my podcast intro, and that’s because it’s the truth. But we often make parenting even harder than it needs to be; we take on responsibilities that were never ours to begin with … and then we feel like failures when we’re unsuccessful.

In this week’s episode, I share three common but unnecessary “jobs” we take on as parents …. and I encourage you to LET THEM GO! You’re probably working harder than you need to, friend.

Here’s the thing: While I can’t make parenting easy for you (no one can!), I CAN help you parent in a way that feels *lighter*. And after listening to today’s episode, you’ll have 3 things you can stop doing TODAY to lighten your load and feel better about how you’re parenting.

FREE Mindset Shifts: https://www.raisedresilient.com/mindset

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Why You Should Forget the New Year’s Resolutions & Do This ONE Thing Instead for Lighter, More Joyful Parenting in 2023! Dec 28, 2022

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Ah, New Year’s Resolutions. According to the research, most of us make them … and most of us also give up on them before the end of January. I think this is because we often think of our resolutions in all-or-nothing terms (read: I resolve to NEVER yell at my kids again) … which sets us up to fail.

In this week’s episode, I give you another option: Ditch the all-or-nothing thinking connected to New Year’s Resolutions and instead build more (real, actual) gratitude into your life. Research tells us that gratitude is literally life-changing when it’s a regular part of our daily lives, and in this week’s episode, I share ways you can work on inviting more gratitude into your life so that parenting as a whole feels better. You can do these things even if you’re busy, stressed, and struggling to make ends meet. Seriously.

Here’s the thing: We don’t have to make some huge all-or-nothing shift every January. But we can use the energy and momentum of the new year to propel us into bite-sized, sustainable change that actually feels good. And inviting more gratitude into our lives is an excellent way to do this.

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From Toddler Tantrums to Big Kid Struggles: How to Manage Holiday Meltdowns Like a Pro Dec 21, 2022

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The holidays are magical for children. There’s a constant stream of fun activities, sugar, and presents. But all of that excitement and schedule changes can also bring tantrums, meltdowns, difficulties with impulse control, and lots of big feelings.

In this week’s episode, I give you actionable strategies to support your child through the holidays by paying attention to their schedule and cues, making a plan ahead of time, and knowing when to cut your losses and head home.

Here’s the thing: It’s not if your child will have a meltdown this holiday season – it’s when. If we expect that our child will struggle at some point during all of the holiday excitement, we’ll be so much better prepared to support them when it actually happens. And after listening to today’s episode, you’ll be ready to do just that.

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