Trauma-Informed Parenting

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Episode 164 - What do you believe about your kiddos? Part 3 Jul 29, 2020

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Last week Kathleen shared part 2 of the topic- What do we believe about our kiddos? This week she continues the series. She picks up in the middle of the conversation - What are we teaching our kids by what we say to them or our actions? This week she adds some simple scripts you can use for reframing your beliefs. Grab a cup of coffee and join this recovering codependent Mom.

Episode 163- What do you believe about your kiddos? Jul 22, 2020

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Last week Kathleen started the topic- What do we believe about our kiddos? This week she continues the series. She picks up in the middle of the conversation - What is one thing said to you as a child that you have carried into adulthood? What are we teaching our kids by what we say to them or our actions? Kiddos who have experienced trauma already come with their own set of beliefs. Neglect says, “You don’t exist.” Abuse says, “You don’t matter.” How are we helping them reframe their beliefs? How are we reframing our beliefs about them? Grab a cup of coffee and join this recovering codependent Mom.

Episode 162 - What do you believe about your kiddos? Jul 15, 2020

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Think back to your childhood- What’s one thing you heard about yourself? What’s one thing that was said to you? What’s one implied belief, practice, or statement? Now think about right now- Which ones of those are you still living out? What about our kiddos? What are we telling them verbally or by our actions about them that will follow them into adulthood? What do we believe about them on a daily basis? Remember, we are mirrors for our children. They see themselves through our eyes. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen, a recovering codependent Mom, as she introduces the topic - What do you believe about your kiddos?

Episode 158 - Helping Teens Use Journaling as a Coping Mechanism Jun 17, 2020

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Is your teen struggling with regulation? Is he/she able to sort about his/her feelings on the current circumstances? If you said, yes, this is for you! The thought of giving some teens a blank journal and asking them to write their feelings, may leave you shaking your head and thinking, this lady doesn’t know MY teen. I get it. Some teens don’t like to write or talk about their feelings. But before you check out of this episode, hang on, at least listen to my suggestions and try them. Grab a cup of coffee and a journal an join Kathleen!

Episode - Teaching Your Kids Journaling as a Coping Mechanism Jun 10, 2020

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How are your kids coping during this difficult time? They may be feeling ambiguous loss and chronic stress. This can trigger cortisol levels and cause anxiety and suppress the immune system. We adults need some coping mechanisms during this difficult time and so do our kiddos. Journaling is a healthy way to process. So why not teach our kids. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen as she shares three tips on how to teach kids to cope through journaling.

Episode 156 - Helping Your Kids Cope and Have a Voice Jun 03, 2020

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It’s difficult to articulate what’s going on in the world as an adult. Imagine how difficult it is for kids. As tensions rise in our nation, it’s difficult to sort generalizations from truth. Our kids need the tools to cope just as much as we do, especially if they have experienced trauma. Grab a cup of coffee and join me as I ramble through some thoughts and points on helping your kids cope.

Episode 155 - How to Stunt the Growth of Anxiety in Your Kiddos May 27, 2020

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Right now we are living in a season when the simplest tasks can seem overwhelming. Going to the grocery stores isn’t the chore it used to be. Now it’s full of even more stress and tension. We don’t know if someone will bump into us, yell at us, or if we are crossing the aisle at the wrong time. As much as we tell ourselves, I will not let this bother me (raising my hand here), it does. It’s a palatable feeling in the air. The anxiety settles down on all of us collectively. As much as we feel it, our kiddos do too. Our kiddos mirror us. If we feel stressed, they feel stressed. If we feel overwhelmed, they feel overwhelmed. If we feel anxious, our anxiety adds to their stress shaped brain and squeezes. This is true for any kiddo, even more so for kiddos from hard places and who has a capital letter syndrome. If we are feeling anxious and our kids are too, how do we stop the anxiety from growing? Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen as she shares four tips to stunt the growth of anxiety.

Episode 154 - New Goals for Your Kiddos May 20, 2020

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Is your child stuck in one of the mistaken goals? Does he/she seek: Constant attention? Total Control? Retaliation/Revenge? Or is he/she giving up? Wrapping up the series on mistaken goals, Kathleen shares an analogy to help us better understand our kiddos! Grab a cup of coffee and join her!

Episode 152 - Mistaken Belief and Goal 4 - Giving Up May 13, 2020

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Does your child give up easily on everything? Does he/she act on the belief “I can’t” all the time? This this is for you! As foster and adoptive parents, we see the repercussions of abuse and neglect. We see a child’s mistaken beliefs about themselves — like “you don’t matter” or “you don’t exist” — being lived out on a daily basis. If you didn’t believe you deserve to exist, would you be able to conquer fractions? Would you have the gumption to conquer anything? So what can you do? Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen as she shares some tips and stories!

Episode 151- Mistaken Belief and Goals 3 - Retaliation and Revenge May 06, 2020

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Does your kiddo seem to be stuck in pattern of revenge? Does he/she seem bent on retaliation? Does he/she blame everyone, especially you, for EVERYTHING? Then this is for you! Kids from hard places can displace anger from their past into their present. When they blame their foster or adoptive mom for what their bio mom did, it is usually a subconscious behavior. Over time, it becomes a rut that gets deeper and deeper until retaliation becomes the norm. Grab a cup of coffee and join Kathleen as she shares some tips on how to realign the mistaken goal of retaliation and revenge.

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