Wondering how to hold your space as a parent? This one is for you mama.

As mother’s, especially when your kids are younger, your children’s needs need to come first. That doesn’t mean that you stop having needs altogether. Here to talk us through the minefield of looking after yourself while meeting your children’s needs is Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Laura Schwinn. Listeners will hear her thoughts on feminine, and how we have lost sight of softness as a society. We explore the importance of focusing on your needs and communicating them to others then the byproducts of that. Listeners will be tuning into a waterfall of knowledge on this topic, and we hope you join us for this and so much more.

• The difference of being listened to vs being heard.
• The journey and difficulty of being a bonus parent.
• What the ideal step-parenting role looks like, as the outsider being brought in.
• Why it is important to get clear on what we value as parents.
• Attachment styles and how they affect our relationships as adults.
• Parenting attachment styles: secure, authoritarian, permissive, neglectful.
• Being a compass for your children doesn’t mean you have all the answers.

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“When we do that inner work and really focus and are able to ask for what we really need, then we ask in a different way, then we see ourselves in a different way, then people hear us in a different way.” – Dr. Laura Schwinn

 

Links mentioned in today’s episode: 

The Artist Way

Hold Onto Your Kids

Dr. Laura Schwinn on LinkedIn

Dr. Laura Schwinn on Instagram

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