Podcast Episodes
Back to Search{REPLAY} All Behavior Makes Sense- Decoding the Neurobiology of Baffling Behavior
This episode originally aired in October 2024.
All behavior makes sense and no behavior is maladaptive- in the moment that behavior emerges.
Of course,…
4 months, 1 week ago
{REPLAY} Grief in Parenting a Child with a VNS
If you're parenting a child with a vulnerable nervous system, grief is an ever-present companion, whether we acknowledge grief or not.
The holiday sea…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
EP 243: Cool, Calculated- But Still in Protection Mode
Episode 243
Sometimes our kids look completely calm- even smug — while doing something that definitely isn’t a behavior of connection.
But…they’re not melting dow…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
EP 242: Why It's Hard for Your Kid to Take Responsibility
You ask your child what happened, and before you can finish the sentence, they’re already saying, “It wasn’t my fault!”
Sound familiar?
I know this is …
5 months ago
EP 241: Why Some People Resist Relational Neuroscience
Episode 241
Sometimes you share something about the brain—like how all behavior makes sense—and people push back hard. Maybe they dismiss it. Maybe they even get…
5 months, 1 week ago
EP 240: Window of Tolerance- What it Is and How to Grow It
Sometimes, your kids can handle frustration or disappointment with ease, and other times the exact same challenge sends them into meltdown mode. This…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
EP 239: When Your Words and Feelings Don’t Match
Episode 239
Have you ever smiled while you were seething inside? Or told your child “it’s fine” when it absolutely wasn’t? That mismatch (incongruent affect, we’…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
EP 238: Happy Birthday RKBBB- and a gift for you!
Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors turned TWO! 🥳
So, we’re having a party right here on the podcast.
Parties have gifts, so I’m offering three “g…
6 months ago
{REPLAY} Is Understanding Behavior Just Excusing It?
Understanding behavior helps us actually solve the problem, leads to compassion, and actually helps behavior to change, but first we must understand …
6 months, 1 week ago
EP 237: Connection: A Biological Imperative (for parents)
Parents aren’t the only ones providing co-regulation — we need it too. In fact, connection is a biological imperative for every nervous system, inclu…
6 months, 2 weeks ago