Podcast Episodes

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’…

11 months ago

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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…

11 months, 1 week ago

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{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 …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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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…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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EP 236: Rewriting the Nervous System Story

Your child’s behavior isn’t telling you the whole story. Their behavior is telling you just the story their nervous system is writing in that moment.…

11 months, 4 weeks ago

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EP 235: Parenting in Chronic Protection Mode

Episode 235

Parenting kids with vulnerable nervous systems often means that parents and caregivers are living in a state of chronic chaos and danger. Even if the…

1 year ago

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EP 234: Polyvagal Theory, Hope, Dysregulation, and Repair

Episode 234

What if dysregulation isn’t the problem? 

I know I know- that’s really hard to wrap our brain around! At least, it was for me. 

In this episode, I cont…

1 year ago

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EP 233: Polyvagal Theory as a Path to Hope: Regulation, Repair, and Connection with guest Deb Dana

Episode 233

Polyvagal theory isn’t just a theory- it’s a way of living that can transform how we show up for our kids, ourselves, and everyone around us. I’m SOO…

1 year ago

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EP 232: Swearing- What it Means and How to Respond

When kids swear, it often feels jarring, disrespectful, or even threatening. But swearing isn’t about defiance or being a bad kid- it’s a clue about …

1 year ago

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EP 231: EMDR with Kids with Attachment Trauma with Deb Wesselmann

Episode 231

I’m so excited to introduce you to someone who has deeply influenced my work- Deb Wesselmann! Deb is a pioneer in integrating EMDR therapy with famil…

1 year, 1 month ago

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