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Many of us know exactly what it's like when our kids have completely flipped out and had a grade 5 meltdown. We so often get frustrated, embarrassed, and even angry. Why does this have to happen?    Emotional dysregulation.    That's EXACTLY why this happens and we have 3 easy and foolproof ways to help get everyone back to a calmer state! Resources We Shared: Join our FREE No Guilt Mom Podcast group Follow us on Instagram! Check out our No Guilt Mom Amazon Shop with recommended books and books from podcast guests HERE! Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! ⁠Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids⁠ by Mona Delahooke, PhD Check out our favorite deals and discounts from our amazing sponsors⁠ here⁠! #parentingpodcast #parentingtips #selfcare #mentalload #kids #teenager #toddler #preschooler #baby #noguiltmom #emotionalsupport #emaotionaldisregulation #tantrums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

​In this special 9-year anniversary episode, I'm doing things a little differently. Instead of a guest interview, I'm doing a solocast in which I share nine shifts I've noticed in the parenting paradigm for those of us raising neurodivergent kids over the past almost decade since I first founded Tilt. Some of the things I explore in this episode include the evolution of language within the neurodiversity movement, the increased recognition of dual diagnoses like Autistic ADHD and new identifications such as PDA, how concepts like Polyvagal theory and co-reguation have profoundly changed the ways differently wired children are understood, the importance of centering neurodivergent voices, and much more. * I've put together a special anniversary playlist of the podcast episodes I reference in this episode over on Spotify. To listen to that, click here.*   About Debbie Debbie Reber, MA is a parenting activist, bestselling author, speaker, and the CEO and founder of Tilt Parenting, a resource, top-performing podcast, consultancy, and community with a focus on shifting the paradigm for parents raising and embracing neurodivergent children. A regular contributor to Psychology Today and ADDitude Magazine, and the author of more than a dozen books for children and teens, Debbie's most recent book is Differently Wired: A Parent's Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope.   Resources mentioned Dr. Megan Anna Neff and Neurodivergent Insights Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price, PhD Are you autistic? How a 'lost generation' of women on the spectrum went under the radar (The Telegraph)  The lost girls: ‘Chaotic and curious, women with ADHD all have missed red flags that haunt us' (The Guardian) The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman's Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home by Katherine May Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May Is This Autism? A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else by Dr. Donna Henderson and Dr. Sarah Wayland Dr. Stephen Porges Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Dr. Mona Delahooke Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Dr. Mona Delahooke Deb Dana's website, Rhythm of Regulation Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana Navigating PDA in America: A Framework to Support Anxious, Demand-Avoidant Autistic Children, Teens, and Young Adults  by Ruth Fidler and Diane Gould The Family Experience of PDA by Eliza Fricker Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn and Thrive Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Aspergers by John Elder Robison Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically by Dr. Devon Price Executive Function Coach Seth Perler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We live in a society where success is often defined by external markers like prestigious jobs, academic achievements, or traditional milestones. But as parents of neurodivergent kids, we know our children's paths and timelines often look different. And while their journeys may not align with conventional notions of success, that doesn't mean they're any less meaningful or valuable. So, how can we redefine what success means—for our kids and for our families? That's one of the big questions I explore with today's guest, child psychologist Dr. Emily King. In our conversation, Dr. Emily and I dive into redefining success for neurodivergent students, emphasizing the importance of joy, self-discovery, and effectiveness in their learning journeys. We explore how cultural definitions of success can be limiting, what's happening in American public schools regarding neurodivergence, and the actionable steps we can take to help shift the paradigm. Most importantly, we talk about how to reframe “success” in our families in ways that empower our children to build autonomous, self-actualized lives on their terms.   About Dr. Emily King Dr. Emily King is a Child Psychologist and former School Psychologist who has worked with neurodivergent children and teens for over 20 years. She received a Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she worked at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities. She spent five years as a School Psychologist in Houston, Texas specializing in providing school-based mental health services in K-12 public schools. Dr. Emily now works in private practice in North Carolina supporting the mental health needs of neurodivergent youth, their families, and their teachers. Dr. Emily hosts the Learn with Dr. Emily Substack where you can find her blogs and monthly parent workshops. She is also the creator of The Neurodiverse Classroom, a professional development curriculum for elementary and middle school educators. Dr. Emily has been featured on MSNBC's Morning Joe, quoted in The New York Times and The Washington Post, and has written for Parents.com. You can learn more with Dr. Emily by listening to her podcast or following her on Substack.   Things you'll learn from this episode Why the 2 key ingredients for success for neurodivergent students are joy coupled with effectiveness How cultural definitions of success can be limiting for neurodivergent kids, and what we can do about it What is the state of neurodivergence understanding in American public schools and what we can all do to shift the paradigm forward How we can redefine “success” in our families and for our children in ways that empower them to create autonomous, self-actualized adult lives   Resources mentioned Dr. Emily King's website Learn with Dr. Emily (Emily's Substack) Learn with Dr. Emily Podcast Dr. Mona Delahooke's website Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Dr. Mona Delahooke Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Dr. Mona Delahooke Dr. Mona Delahooke on the Power of Brain-Body Parenting (Tilt Parenting podcast) Dr. Mona Delahooke on Looking Beyond Kids Challenging Behaviors (Tilt Parenting podcast) Dr. Dan Siegel & the Window of Tolerance Stephen Porgess & Polyvagal Theory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We want our children to be able to regulate their emotions, but how do we teach them how? How do we know if a child is deliberately testing their boundaries versus having a fight-flight-freeze stress response? If you've wondered about these things, you're in luck because in this Mindful Mama Podcast episode I talk to Mona Delahooke, author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids.  ABOUT HUNTER CLARKE-FIELDS: Hunter Clarke-Fields is the host Mindful Parenting Podcast (Top 0.5% podcast ), global speaker, number 1 bestselling author of “Raising Good Humans” and “Raising Good Humans Every Day,” Mindfulness Meditation teacher and creator of the Mindful Parenting Course and Teacher Training. Find more podcasts, Hunter's books, blog posts, free resources, and more at MindfulMamaMentor.com. Discover your Unique-To-You Podcast Playlist at mindfulmamamentor.com/quiz/ We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: /mindfulmamamentor.com/mindful-mama-podcast-sponsors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond the Sessions is answering YOUR parenting questions! In this episode, Dr. Rebecca Hershberg and I talk about...     1:48 - A tantrum is a behavioral expression of emotions that feel to big to express in a productive manner.   2:25 - Tantrums typically tend to start around one-year-old and petter out by about 7.   6:37 - Try to compare your child to their own emotion regulation development and not compare them to another child.   9:37 - It's helpful to track the intensity, duration, and frequency of your child's tantrums - because our memories of these high stress times can often be flawed and being able to look at a log is very helpful.   Click here to download my FREE OBSERVATION TRACKER to help you log these behaviors over the course of a week and work to change it over the course of 3 weeks.   14:10 - The red flags you should be on the lookout for that might mean there is something abnormal with your child's tantrums.     WANT TO TAKE THIS TOPIC EVEN FURTHER? CHECK OUT THESE BOOKS, PRODUCTS, AND RESOURCES:   HELPFUL BOOKS:   The Tantrum Survival Guide: Tune In to Your Toddler's Mind (and Your Own) to Calm the Craziness and Make Family Fun Again by Rebecca Schrag Hershberg, PhD   Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke, PhD   Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Mona Delahooke, PhD   ON-DEMAND COURSE FOR COMBATTING TANTRUMS:   Learn exactly how to reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of your child's tantrums in my self-paced course, The Science of Tantrums.     ✨We want to hear from you! Go to https://drsarahbren.com/question to send us a question or a topic you want to hear us answer on Securely Attached - Beyond the Sessions! ✨

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODETeach Your Kids: LinkedIn | Website | X | Instagram | Substack | Facebook | TikTokManisha: LinkedIn | X | Instagram | FacebookDebbie Reber:  Website | X | Instagram | FacebookJoin our premium community with expert support and adviceRelated ResourcesTilt ParentingPodcastAllison Carmen on Finding Peace in Uncertainty and Embracing the Word “MaybeMaster Classes & Online CoursesDifferently Wired Club Tilt Parenting - App"The Brooklyn StrategistDIR FloortimeBooks, Articles, and PublicationsDifferently Wired: A Parent's Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope - Deborah Reber The Explosive Child - Ross GreeneBrain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids - Mona DelahookeDying To Be A Good Mother: How I Dropped the Guilt and Took Control of My Parenting and My Life - Heather Chauvin I Will Die On This Hill - Meghan Ashburn, Jules EdwardsDiary of a Social Detective: Real-Life Tales of Mystery, Intrigue and Interpersonal Adventure - Jeffrey E. Jessum The Asperkid's (Secret) Book of Social Rules - Jennifer CookEducational ResourcesOutschoolNext Level HomeschoolYoung Scholars Academy  Time Codes00:00:00 — Introduction to Debbie Reber and the topic of homeschooling neurodivergent children00:03:00 — Debbie's journey into homeschooling and its challenges00:06:51 — Examples of what a nurturing homeschooling environment looks like00:11:46 — How to maintain balance and self-care while homeschooling00:20:43 — Strategies for adapting homeschooling to “differently wired” kids00:29:06 — The importance of creating a supportive community for homeschooling families00:33:25 — Fostering a love for learning in children who resist traditional educational methods00:40:00 — Debbie's advice for parents new to homeschooling neurodivergent children00:45:00 — Overcoming common challenges faced by homeschooling families00:50:00 — Resources and tools recommended by Debbie Reber for homeschooling families00:55:30 — Debbie Reber provides concrete resources for listeners to utilize if their child receives an autism diagnosis01:02:18 — The concept of self-determination versus independence is discussed01:03:53 — Debbie discusses resources available through her website, Tilt Parenting 01:06:05 — Concluding thoughts and reflections This podcast was recorded on Riverside and is made possible through a generous grant from the Vela Education FundVELA Education Fund is catalyzing a vibrant alternative education ecosystem. VELA provides trust-based funding to entrepreneurs, fosters community-building and knowledge-sharing, and increases visibility through storytelling that promotes cultural awareness and acceptance of the out-of-system space. Today, VELA serves the largest community of out-of-system education entrepreneurs in the country, with over 2,000 community members. About half of VELA's community members operate small learning environments, and the other half are ecosystem and community builders offering direct services and support across the out-of-system space. Learn more at velaedfund.org.This site contains product affiliate links. We may receive a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links.

How can we raise joyful resilient kids? We talk with Dr. Mona Delahooke, a clinical child psychologist and the author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids.In this episode, we cover:“Too often we are focused on the child's behavior instead of the child. We are concerned about solving problems rather than cultivating the relationship.”A child's behavior is a clue for us parents to understand what is going on inside the child.No one-size fits all approach to child rearing. What's most important isn't the rules, but the child. We must understand how our parenting is landing on our child. Personalize our parenting.Three pathways to the mind-body platform.Body budgeting.The distinction between behaviors that seems to be defensive but are actually protective.How do you approach tantrums in a preschooler?How to co-regulate with our child and why?How to build resiliency in our children?This podcast is produced  by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:Weekly podcastsWeekly articles/blog postsResource pages on all aspects of family buildingPlease leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamilySupport the showPlease leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamily

If you've ever felt overwhelmed and close to a breaking point, you're not alone!In this episode, we're diving into the concept of the mental load, something that's been all over social media lately. Moms often take on the role of being our children's counselor in relationships and emotions, absorbing their feelings and challenges. Combine that with managing the family's overall mood, predicting potential stressors, and trying to create harmony within the household….it's overwhelming, to say the least. We're shedding light on six hidden tasks that might be adding to your mental load and pushing you to the edge. We'll chat about the idea of a "body budget" from Mona Delahooke's book, Brain Body Parenting, and how it relates to sensory input and overwhelm. Join us as we explore the challenges, misconceptions, and strategies to lighten that mental load and find some balance!In this episode of the No Guilt Mom podcast, you'll learn:How to identify and acknowledge the unnoticed tasks that add to your mental load.Common false assumptions and myths about mental load that can hinder your ability to effectively manage it.Practical strategies to actively reduce and balance your mental load, enhancing overall well-being.Recognizing signs of progress and implementing self-care practices to prevent burnout and maintain mental health.Resources We Shared:Balance VIP- Are you stressed out, feeling like you're doing it all on your own? Through personal coaching and accountability, you will break through your overwhelm and follow through with your goals to be the happy mom you were meant to be In this exclusive coaching program for women!Stop Doing It All Checklist! - This FREE checklist will help eliminate tasks that cause guilt and eat up time.Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke, PhDVisit No Guilt MomRate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too! 

When our kids are feeling upset, many of us have been told that we need to teach our kids how to self-regulate on their own. But if we take a long hard look into neurodevelopment and how that affects our body and behaviors, and our kids' bodies and behaviors, you can see that kids can't always regulate themselves. But how do we help them learn to self-regulate then? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Mona Delahook, a Child Psychologist and author of Beyond Behaviors as well as her newest book, Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids. She's a mom to 3 grown kids ranging from 26-34, and is trying to shift the lens and change the paradigm of how our world views challenging behaviors!We talk about how others can experience certain situations in a different way than others, how we can help our kids by using co-regulation, and what can we do as parents to nurture and build our kids' ability to self-regulate.Resources We Shared:Calm & Happy Parenting Time to get your kids to listen and help out more without the fighting!  This is your complete solution to shift the responsibility of "doing everything for everyone" to your family and to give you the kind of relationship you want with your kids and the entire family!Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Mona Delahooke, PhDBrain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke, PhDVisit No Guilt MomRate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! Listen on Spotify? You can rate us there too!No Guilt Mom YouTube Channel Check out everything we have and subscribe to be notified every time we have new videos added for parents and kids!Take this 2-minute quiz to pinpoint exactly where you can make adjustments to feel energized, encouraged, present, confident, intentional, and aligned. Heather Chauvin, author of Dying To Be A Good Mothercreated this quiz to help identify where to focus, so you can conquer your energy leaks and step into becoming the best version of yourself!

The holidays can be A LOT, especially when we've been in survival mode -- as many of us have been since the pandemic started. This has been a challenging year for us: Gill has been managing her cancer diagnosis and treatment, while Melia has been building her coaching business and moving to New York with her family. There's a lot of cultural pressure to make the holidays “the most wonderful time of the year,” but WE get to decide what our holidays look like. To lower stress and overwhelm and boost joy and connection, we start by zeroing in on what matters most to us. When our priority and intention is clear, we can let the rest go. A few questions to ask yourself when considering baking cookies, buying gifts, going to holiday events, etc.: Do I want to do this? If I want to do this, what do I want from the experience? What matters most to me? How does it affect my body budget (deposits/withdrawals), and how do I plan to stay fueled? Tell us: What are your intentions for this holiday season? What are you choosing to do and not to do? Email us at podcast@semitogether.com or send us a voice memo. ----- Resources: Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, by Mona Delahooke Anxiety RX: A New Prescription for Anxiety Relief from the Doctor Who Created It., by Russell Kennedy, M.D. The Tapping Solution (EFT Tapping Meditation app) ----- Find us on the web for show notes and extras: www.semitogether.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/semitogether Facebook: https://facebook.com/semitogether Book a Discovery Call with Melia, who coaches adults with ADHD: www.risingspiralcoaching.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/semi-together/message

We want our children to be able to regulate their emotions, but how do we teach them how? How do we know if a child is deliberately testing their boundaries versus having a fight-flight-freeze stress response? If you've wondered about these things, you're in luck because in this Mindful Mama Podcast episode I talk to Mona Delahooke, author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids. Watch this episode on the Mindful Mama Youtube channel! If you enjoyed this episode, and it inspired you in some way, I'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. Take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram stories, and tag me @mindfulmamamentor. Have you left a review yet? All you have to do is go to  Apple Podcasts or  Stitcher (or wherever you listen), and thanks for your support of the show! Takeaways: Looking at behaviors through a brain-body lens allows us to parent with more compassion The current culture rewards parents for ignoring our body signals  Children want to please Mona Delahooke, PhD. is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation and a member of the American Psychological Association. She is the author of Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges, and her new book is Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kid. Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! Click here to order and get book bonuses! ABOUT HUNTER CLARKE-FIELDS: Hunter Clarke-Fields is a mindful mama mentor. She coaches smart, thoughtful parents on how to create calm and cooperation in their daily lives. Hunter has over 20 years of experience in mindfulness practices. She has taught thousands worldwide. Be a part of the tribe—we're over 25 thousand strong! Join the Mindful Parenting membership. Take your learning further! Get my Top 2 Best Tools to Stop Yelling AND the Mindful Parenting Roadmap for FREE at: mindfulmamamentor.com/stopyelling/ Find more podcasts, blog posts, free resources, and how to work with Hunter at MindfulMamaMentor.com.

Making Learning Meaningful Did you know that the best learning environment is the one where we feel safe? The relationship has to be more important in education than the content. Monica Cochran and I explore this idea and all about making learning meaningful. Monica is passionate about nurturing the love of learning and has vast experience helping learners of all ages enjoy learning. She has been active in alternative education since 1978, home-educated two of her children, and worked with other home-educating families both on the ground and virtually for the past 25 years. Her private practice serves families with kids who learn non-traditionally for various reasons using strength-based approaches and partners with others to facilitate workshops and courses on strength-based learning and resilience.  Monica earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in a multi-disciplinary program in child development, social work, and early childhood education and a Master's Degree from Eastern Michigan University in special education. She also earned a Primary Montessori Certification from the American Montessori Society and is an Advanced DIR practitioner and a provider of SSP (Safe and Sound Protocol) and the iLs Focus System of Integrated Listening Systems. She holds a K-12 Michigan teaching certificate in learning disabilities and emotional impairment. Since 1997, following her youngest son's auto accident, she has also been active in working with survivors of traumatic brain injuries and learners with other health issues, as they redesign their lives. In This Episode Are you just beginning your homeschooling journey or are you looking for a refresh in your learning journey? This episode is for you. Monica and I explore what learning means, the numerous ways we learn and the learning environments we build. We dive into: Making Learning Meaningful and Fun Spelling & Grammar (Did you know there are over 40 ways we can support learning to spell that are not direct instruction?) Supporting talents and what it means to hold space for our kids Observing children's learning- not looking to fix things but observing what they already know Curriculum- "Curriculum is everything a child is learning. In its broadest sense. We have to enlarge our notions of what learning looks like and our baggage around it." PolyVagel Theory - The Science of Feeling Safe When we bring our personal expectations into our learning environments How and when learning flourishes How do we help our children feel safe? Tools we can use as a parent. Dealing With Meltdowns Tips For When We Are Beginning Our Homeschool Journey Resources Monica shared a ton of fantastic resources and references on this episode! Monica's Website- Learning Without Borders Monica's Educational Therapy Monica On Instagram Clubhouse Facebook Personal Growth Meets Alternative Education Facebook Page AERO Alliance For Self Directed Education Mr. Rogers Pat Farenga On Honey! I'm Homeschooling The Kids~On Homeschooling And Education Dr. Porges- Polyvagel Theory Dr. Dan Siegel Brain, Body, Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids~ Mona Delahooke Our Emotional Deposits/Bank Account reference-Stephen Covey- 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People Dr. Greenspan- Developmental,Individual Differences, Relationship-Based 3rd Grade Daze The New Map Of Life- Stanford Report Self Determination Theory- Deci and Ryan Thank you to our wonderful Sponsor! Mel Science is our episode sponsor. They are a learning resource that my daughter has been using this past year and she LOVES it! MEL Science is a subscription service that offers monthly science boxes, which combines hands-on experiments with VR and AR technologies to engage kids in studying science. Science is about exploration, experiments, discovery, and asking questions – all of which comes naturally to all children.They strive to make serious science accessible, interesting, and cool. Mel Science is offering Honey! I'm Homeschooling The Kids listeners a 50% discount for the 1st month for any of their subscriptions (Chemistry, STEM, Physics, Coding, Med). To access this discount, use the promo code HONEY at purchase. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mona Delahooke, PhD is a clinical psychologist with a specialization in infant mental health. She is the author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Rasing Joyful, Reslient Kids  and Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges In this interview, she describes how using Steve Porges Polyvagal Theory helps us understand when our children's behavior is intentional and when it is a stress response and how making that distinction is a critical guide about what to do next. Her website monadelhooke.com contains several useful webnairs, a blog and other useful information

Burnout is common. It's estimated that up to 5 million U.S. parents experience it every year.  And sadly, so often we see it in others long before we see it in ourselves. Let's address that.   In this episode, we tell you the top signs that you are heading toward burnout and need a BREAK! We also share 4 simple ways that you can get that much-needed break that you are long overdue for! Resources We Shared: Calm & Happy Parenting Time to get your kids to listen and help out more without the fighting!  This is your complete solution to shift the responsibility of "doing everything for everyone" to your family and to give you the kind of relationship you want with your kids and the entire family! May 2022 Balance Workshops- Do you feel like everything is so overwhelming? Do you ever beat yourself up for not following through or "dropping the ball"? Get the support you need to finally balance your own needs with the needs of your family with our Balance workshops program! No Guilt Mom Podcast Episode #10 Mommy Burnout with Dr. Sheryl No Guilt Mom Podcast Episode #130 What Every Parent Needs to Know About Self-Regulation with Dr. Mona Delahooke No Guilt Mom Podcast Episode #131 How to Get What You Really Want Find Your Unicorn Space: Reclaim Your Creative Life in a Too-Busy World by Eve Rodsky Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke, PhD The Impact of Parental Burnout - American Psychological Association Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast!

Join us for a special interview with Dr. Mona Delahooke to discuss her new book "Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids".Mona Delahooke, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting families of neurodiverse children, adolescents and adults.Dr. Delahooke holds the highest level of endorsement in the field of infant and toddler mental health in California, as a Reflective Practice Mentor (RPM). She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate, relationship-based neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences. She is the author of Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges (PESI, 2019), and Social and Emotional Development in Early Intervention: A Skills Guide for Working with Children (PESI, 2017). Her popular blog, at www.monadelahooke.com covers a range of topics useful for caregivers and childhood providers.Support the show

When our kids are feeling upset, many of us have been told that we need to teach our kids how to self-regulate on their own. But if we take a long hard look into neurodevelopment and how that affects our body and behaviors, and our kids' bodies and behaviors, you can see that kids can't always regulate themselves. But how do we help them learn to self-regulate then?  In this episode, we speak with Dr. Mona Delahook, a Child Psychologist and author of Beyond Behaviors as well as her newest book, Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids. She's a mom to 3 grown kids ranging from 26-34, and is trying to shift the lens and change the paradigm of how our world views challenging behaviors! We talk about how others can experience certain situations in a different way than others, how we can help our kids by using co-regulation, and what can we do as parents to nurture and build our kids' ability to self-regulate. Resources We Shared:   Raising Kind & Capable Kids Challenge - A 5-day challenge that leads you in teaching kids the skills they need so you can confidently step back and watch them conquer problems on their own. Calm & Happy Parenting Time to get your kids to listen and help out more without the fighting!  This is your complete solution to shift the responsibility of "doing everything for everyone" to your family and to give you the kind of relationship you want with your kids and the entire family! Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges by Mona Delahooke, PhD Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke, PhD Visit No Guilt Mom Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast!

Many of us know exactly what it's like when our kids have completely flipped out and had a grade 5 meltdown. We so often get frustrated, embarrassed, and even angry. Why does this have to happen?    Emotional dysregulation.    That's EXACTLY why this happens and we have 3 easy and foolproof ways to help get everyone back to a calmer state! Resources We Shared:   Raising Kind & Capable Kids Challenge - A 5-day challenge that leads you in teaching kids the skills they need so you can confidently step back and watch them conquer problems on their own.   Rate & Review the No Guilt Mom Podcast on Apple here. We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast! S.I.B. Journal System - Get the system that gives siblings a simple process to communicate without yelling or hitting.  Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids by Mona Delahooke, PhD Visit No Guilt Mom

Dr. Dan welcomes back psychologist, expert, and author Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. to discuss her new book Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids.Mona Delahooke, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate, relationship-based neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences. In Brain-Body Parenting, Dr. Delahooke offers a radical new approach to parenting based on her clinical experience as well as the most recent research in neuroscience and child psychology. Dr. Delahooke is also the author of the award winning book Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges. Follow Mona Delahooke and read her popular blog at www.monadelahooke.com.Listen to Dr. Dan and Dr. Mona's first episode (Rethinking Challenging Behaviors) here. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode).Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter).Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Wondery or wherever you get your podcasts.For more information www.exactlyrightmedia.com www.drdanpeters.comFor podcast merchwww.exactlyrightmedia.com/parent-footprint-shopSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Julie and Ginger talk about the delicate balance between structure and nurture. What are the differences in punishment, consequences, accountability, and discipline? These terms are defined and discussed to determine what works best when doing trauma informed, therapeutic parenting and why. We should always seek to understand what is underneath the child's behaviors, and we need to ask why they are acting the way that they do. As Julie said, “None of this is easy. It's all about establishing a connection. This cannot be done without a relationship.” Check out the new book by Dr. Mona Delahooke, Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids. Dr. Delahooke says, “Human beings don't develop new strengths without some level of stretching, but it must be individualized.” This book can be ordered from ATN's bookstore at Brain-Body Parenting. This episode is dedicated to the trail-blazing trauma-informed and attachment-focused work done by Larry Smith, LCSW. (1951-2016)

I want to offer some context for today's episode. My guest is the phenomenal pediatric psychologist and author of the new book, Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, Mona Delahooke. Mona is not a yoga teacher; in fact, her life's work focuses on looking beyond children's behaviors to understand the root cause -- which, in most cases, begins by looking at the nervous system.So, although her work focuses on children and how we parent and teach our children, there is so much beneath the surface that applies to all adults. None of us were parented the way that Mona and her colleagues suggest -- because the neuroscience simply wasn't there when we were kids. Our parents didn't have Polyvagal theory in their back pockets (we talk about this in the episode), they didn't know that the most effective way to manage our behavior was to co-regulate with us, to make sure our "platform" was sturdy, and to practice self-compassion.Now that we know these things, we have the opportunity to practice them in our own lives; to hold space for them in our yoga classes; to view our friends and family's negative behaviors through the lens of the nervous system instead of instantly judging them. This is THE stuff for me right now -- the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and applied yoga philosophy or mindfulness. This is where we have the power to change our own lives and the lives of those we come into contact with. To break it down, in this episode here are a few of the things we cover:Mona's three-part framework for how to measure the state of the autonomic nervous system, and how to utilize it in working with childrenNew research about interoception and how interoceptive awareness can help children develop emotional literacyCo-regulation and how it's different from coddling or spoiling a child (plus how yoga teachers use it in their classes, even if they don't know it!)Why she feels that flexibility is the cornerstone of resilience for children and adults alikeShow notes: http://www.jasonyoga.com/podcast/episode261 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/yogaland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the most important life skills we can teach our children is the ability to regulate their emotions-the skill of self-regulation. How do we nurture that skill in children is through a process called co-regulation.  Mona Delahooke, a clinical psychologist, and author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids explains what co-regulation is, why it's important, and how to do it.  We will also dispel some of the myths around co-regulation.  Co-regulation doesn't mean perfection. Do's and don'ts of co-regulation.   LINKS AND RESOURCES 267: The Power of Discord with Dr. Ed Tronick The Still Face Experiment  Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges The Power of Self-Regulation with Sarah McLaughlin  The Harsh Realm of “Gentle Parenting” artilce in The New Yorker magazine  Here Are My Online Classes The Why of Challenging Behaviors and The How-to of Dealing with Them ($49.99) How to Be a Calm Parent ($49.99)   SUPPORT THE SHOW, SHOW YOUR LOVE Become a patron on Patreon.com and join 18 exisiting memebers who contribute $92 towards our monthly goal of $500.  Make a one-time donation in any amount to say “Thank you!” Rate or write a review   FULL SHOW NOTES www.authenticparenting.com/podcast    WORK WITH ME I would be thrilled to support you in your parenting journey! All listeners get 10% off on my services. Private Coaching Online courses and classes    GET IN TOUCH Comments, questions, feedback, and love notes  USA listeners call 732-763-2576 and leave a voicemail. International listeners use the FREE Speak Pipe tool on my website Email: info@authenticparenting.com   STAY CONNECTED Instagram Facebook Group-Authentic Parenting Community   Thank you for listening!  With gratitude, Anna Seewald Parent Educator, Keynote Speaker, Author www.authenticparenting.com

With new studies in neuroscience and child psychology, paired with the experiences in her own clinical work, Mona Delahooke calls for a change in the way we approach children's behaviors. If you're constantly having tough moments with your kids, this episode walks you through what to consider first and ways to encourage resilience in your children. Find out more about this episode HERE: modernmommydoc.com/how-to-stop-managing-behavior-and-start-raising-joyful-resilient-kids

How can we raise joyful resilient kids? We talk with Dr. Mona Delahooke, a clinical child psychologist and the author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids.In this episode, we cover:“Too often we are focused on the child's behavior instead of the child. We are concerned about solving problems rather than cultivating the relationship.”A child's behavior is a clue for us parents to understand what is going on inside the child.No one-size fits all approach to child rearing. What's most important isn't the rules, but the child. We must understand how our parenting is landing on our child. Personalize our parenting.Three pathways to the mind-body platform.Body budgeting.The distinction between behaviors that seems to be defensive but are actually protective.How do you approach tantrums in a preschooler?How to co-regulate with our child and why?How to build resiliency in our children?This podcast is produced  by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:Weekly podcastsWeekly articles/blog postsResource pages on all aspects of family buildingPlease leave us a rating or review RateThisPodcast.com/creatingafamilySupport the show (https://creatingafamily.org/donation/)

Dr. Mona Delahooke, clinical psychologist and author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, is on for a deeper dive into the parenting conversation. The entire parenting system is focused on behavior and compliance, but is it actually working for our kids? Many behaviors are subconscious, so how do we engage a new way forward with “brain body parenting” to help our kids make good choices and consider the future impact of those choices? Dr. Delahooke teaches us to do that by focusing on what is causing our kids' behavior rather than the behavior itself, setting good boundaries, setting examples, and being empathetic. Guest Links:Website: http://monadelahooke.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/monadelahooke/Twitter: https://twitter.com/monadelahookeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrMonaDelahookeFor 25% off The Fitness App by Jillian Michaels, go to www.thefitnessapp.com/podcastdealFollow us on Instagram @JillianMichaels and @MartiniCindyJillian Michaels Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1880466198675549Email your questions to JillianPodcast@gmail.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on the Mimosas with Moms Podcast, Abbey welcomes Dr. Mona Delahooke! Dr. Mona is a a licensed clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of experience caring for children and their families. Dr. Mona shares with us her newest book, Brain-today Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids! We dive into how the book and Dr. Mona's works helps parents shift their mindset around challenging behaviors in the early years. Dr. Mona walks with us to better understand our child's emotional outbursts, tantrums, and what we should focus on during these hard times. Are you struggling with your young child's behaviors? Let's talk about it, CHEERS! ——————————————— You can find Dr. Mona Delahooke: Instagram: @monadelahooke Books: Brain-Body Parenting: How to stop Managing Behaviors and start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids and Beyond Behaviors Website: https://monadelahooke.com/ ——————————————— Instagram @mimosaswithmoms FB /mimosaswithmoms Email 2mimosamoms@gmail.com An ABC of Families by Abbey Williams - https://www.amazon.com/ABC-Families-Abbey-Williams/dp/0711256535 ———————————————— This episode is sponsored by: * Sunsama - The daily planner app that helps you do more with less! Try out Sunsama with a 14 day free trial, https://sunsama.grsm.io/mimosaswithmoms or find Sunsama in your app store!

Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has been on the other end of tired and distraught parents at their wits' ends as they struggle to manage their children's relentless, volatile, and often rebellious behaviors. In most cases, parents come to Mona looking to correct or improve their children's emotional landscape, only to be met with a new perspective – one that will not only support said child's behavior, but regulate and support the parent's nervous system as well. In Mona's latest book, Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, she helps parents understand what lies beneath the surface of their child's behavior with a bottom-up approach sure to help parents and kids alike thrive. We dive into her background, her own experience being a parent, and why anyone managing to survive these past two years deserves a freaking award. Resources: Learn more at https://monadelahooke.com/ (monadelahooke.com) Follow Mona on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monadelahooke/ (@monadelahooke) Read: https://monadelahooke.com/brain-body-parenting/ (Brain-Body Parenting) Follow + DM us: https://www.instagram.com/offtherecordwithyou/ (@offtherecordwithyou) + http://instagram.com/skinowl (@skinowl) Tag Us: #offtherecordpod  Shop SkinOwl: https://www.skinowl.com/ (skinowl.com) Want to try SkinOwl skincare? Use code “OFFTHERECORD15” on https://www.skinowl.com/ (SkinOwl.com) for your first order.  Best sellers: Maqui Berry Beauty Whip, Eye Concentrate, and our first ever product to alleviate breakouts and dark marks: Geranium Drops.

I am so excited for today's episode on The Balanced Parent Podcast because our guest is one of my favorite authors. She's got a great book that you may already have read: Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges. Plus a brand new book we are going to be discussing that will radically change the way you approach your child's challenging behaviors! Her work has transformed the lives of so many children and families, including my own, and I am so excited to share what I have learned from her with you! I know learning to understand our kid's challenging behaviors can be really difficult as there's so much for us to uncover. And so for this episode, we will be figuring out how to see beyond our kids' challenging behaviors and really dig deep and understand what's going on for them, the underlying reasons for why they are the way they are, and how to support them more fully. To help us, Dr. Mona Delahooke has joined me in this conversation. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than thirty years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation and a member of the American Psychological Association. She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. To get more resources, follow Dr. Delahooke on social media and visit her website. Instagram: @monadelahooke​ Twitter: @monadelahooke​ Facebook Page: Mona Delahooke, Phd Website: monadelahooke.com ​ Dr. Mona's new book BRAIN-BODY PARENTING: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids is on-sale today! GRAB A COPY HERE (That's an amazon affiliate link, so I make a small commission that supports the podcast at no cost to you. Of course if you have a local, independent book store you love, I always recommend shopping there!)Find more show notes here: www.laurafroyen.com/podcast

Dr. Mona Delahooke is an infant and toddler mental health specialist who weaves together the connection between behaviors and the nervous system. In addition to her direct clinical work with families, Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to bringing the science of behaviors and the nervous system to educators and parents.Dr. Delahooke's third book, Brain Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, was released today, March 15, 2022.In today's interview with Dr. Delahooke, you're going to hear about the three things she always takes into consideration when supporting a child with behavioral challenges: the child's autonomic statedevelopmental stageindividual unique needs But more than practical tips, what I'm most excited for you to hear from Dr. Delahooke is how much compassion she has for parents of kids who struggle.  Over on my website you can find:Masterclass on What Behavior Really Is (FREE)eBook on The Brilliance of Attachment (FREE)In depth parent course: Parenting after Trauma: Minding the Heart and BrainOngoing support, connection, and co-regulation for struggling parents: The Club

Themes: Behavior management, nervous system, parenting, Polyvagal theory, & education reform. Summary: Over her decades as a clinical psychologist, Dr. Mona Delahooke has routinely counseled distraught parents who struggle to manage their children's challenging, sometimes oppositional behaviors. These families focused on correcting or improving a child's lack of compliance, emotional outbursts, tantrums, and other “out of control” behavior. Science has taught us over the last three decades that these types of approaches are rooted in outdated information. "Behavior management" isn't only ineffective, it's harmful. In this episode, Matt and Dr. Delahooke talk about the challenges within our education system and the essential science of the nervous system that can lead parents to a guidebook on how to parent effectively. Links: Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids Dr. Delahooke's Website Mona Delahooke's IG Matt's IG: @mindfulnesscounselor Visit the Pathly Website! Follow Pathly on Instagram

Brain-body parenting can help you raise joyful, resilient boys, says Dr. Mona Delahooke. Boys' behavior offers clues as to what's going on inside the child -- and deciphering what's happening internally can help us tailor our response to the unique human individual before us. It's time to  "move from focusing on behaviors to focusing on how each child perceives, understands, and interprets their world," says Dr. Delahooke,  a child psychologist and author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids and Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges. The autonomic nervous system is our "automatic nervous system," she explains. It controls our bodies' unconscious, non-voluntary reactions. Importantly, the triggers for each of us can be different. So, while some people aren't bothered by noisy environments or tags on their clothing, other people who experience those same triggers may feel "threatened," even though they are objectively safe. Their bodies may move into the "red zone," which is characterized by increased alertness and reactivity, an increased heart rate, and a desire or need to move. Chronic stress can lead to the "blue zone," a state in which humans often withdraw to conserve energy. The green, red, and blue zones are adaptive. "You are witnessing the power of human resilience," Dr. Delahooke says. "Those states are there to protect us." Learning to recognize these states of being can help parents determine an appropriate challenge zone for their kids -- and may reveal expectation gaps. You can use that information to more effectively and compassionately support your boys. In this episode, Jen, Janet & Mona discuss: What is brain-body parenting? The link between the nervous system and behavior Green, red, and blue zones -- an easy way to recognize a person's current level of functioning Checks-ins vs. time-outs Getting curious about kids' behaviors Body budgets Parental self-care The challenge zone Expectation gaps Co-regulation Parallels between toddlerhood & adolescence How unrealistic expectations for young boys cause problems for boys in school Links we mentioned (or should have) in this episode: Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, by Dr. Mona Delahooke Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges, by Dr. Mona Delahooke monadelahooke.com -- Dr. Delahooke's website Sensory Processing Disorder with Nancy Peske -- ON BOYS episode Need help with your boys? Subscribe to Jen's newsletter, Building Boys Bulletin Opt-in at Boys Alive! for your free guide: Boys & Big Emotions with Janet Sponsor Spotlight: Sambucol Use the BOYS15 discount code to SAVE 15% off your next order of $9.99 or more

Our February 10 conversation with Dr. Mona Delahooke about her new book, Brain-Body Parenting:How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids, is ON BOYS' Most Popular Episode of 2022.And no wonder: The Center for Childhood Development calls the book a “game-changer,” and Berkely's Greater Good Magazine lists it #2 on its Favorite Parenting Books of 2022 list. Jen & Janet's copies are both dog-eared & marked up because it's packed with information and easy-to-implement strategies that can change your parenting for the better.It's an episode you can listen to again and again because you'll likely hear and implement different things each time. (At the very least, you'll feel inspired and supported!) It's a clear 2022 favorite: Brain-Body Parenting with Dr. Mona Delahooke was downloaded more than 13,000 times in 2022.Some highlights:It's time to “move from focusing on behaviors to focusing on how each child perceives, understands, and interprets their world,” says Dr. Delahooke.and“You are witnessing the power of human resilience.”In this episode, Jen, Janet & Mona discuss:What is brain-body parenting?The link between the nervous system and behaviorGreen, red, and blue zones — an easy way to recognize a person's current level of functioningChecks-ins vs. time-outsGetting curious about kids' behaviorsBody budgetsParental self-careThe challenge zoneExpectation gapsCo-regulationParallels between toddlerhood & adolescenceHow unrealistic expectations for young boys cause problems for boys in schoolNeed help with your boys?Subscribe to Jen's newsletter, Building Boys BulletinJoin Janet Allison's real-time, monthly group coaching program, Decoding Your Boy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Which ON BOYS episodes were the Best of 2022? Some of our favorites!5. Raising LGBTQ AlliesChris Tompkins, author of Raising LGBTQ Allies: A Parent's Guide to Changing the Messages from the Playground, recognized the power of unspoken messages when his then 6-year-old nephew asked him — an openly gay man — if the female friend with him was his girlfriend. In that moment, Chris realized that his nephew didn't know he was gay. In conversations with adult family members the next day, Chris learned that most believed that his nephew wasn't “old enough to understand.”4. How Microschools & Black Moms May End the School to Prison PipelineWhen they realized that schools wouldn't change quickly enough to meet their kids' needs, members of the Black Mothers Forum opened microschools, with an eye toward ending the school to prison pipeline.Existing school leaders and educators “really did not understand how to create a safe and supportive learning environment for our Black children,” says Janelle Wood, President of The Black Mothers Forum, Inc.3.  Myths & Misconceptions About BoysHow many do you believe?“Boys are easier than girls.”“Boys are less emotional than girls.”“Boys leave their families when they grow up.”“With boys, you don't have to fight over clothing choices.”“There's less to worry about with a son than a daughter when they're teenagers and dating.”2.  Picky Eaters, Family Meals, & Nutrition“I felt confident going into parenting!” says Rebecca Toutant, a registered dietician who began her career helping children with autism and sensory issues expand their palate. “I thought my boys would be these really wonderful, adventurous eaters and we'd sit down at the dinner table and have such peaceful family meals.”…Children are naturally “neo-phobic,” or hesitant to try new things, Rebecca says. That's a protective instinct. So, our kids look to us to see how we're interacting with and reacting to food — & many, many, MANY exposures to a food (as many as 10-20) for a child to accept it.1. Brain-Body ParentingIt's time to “move from focusing on behaviors to focusing on how each child perceives, understands, and interprets their world,” says Dr. Delahooke, a child psychologist and author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids and Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges.The autonomic nervous system is our “automatic nervous system,” she explains. It controls our bodies' unconscious, non-voluntary reactions. Importantly, the triggers for each of us can be different.A few of our other 2022 favorites:Why are Video Games So Important to Boys?Sex Talks w TweensHelping Boys Develop Healthy Body ImageWhich were your favorite episodes of 2022?Need help with your boys?Subscribe to Jen's newsletter, Building Boys BulletinJoin Janet Allison's real-time, monthly group coaching program, Decoding Your Boy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy