What do children want from us as quickly as they’re experiencing intense emotions? What are the very best factors to say and do to calm their emotional storms? Janet responds to notes from three insightful professionals who categorical factors that what they’re doing isn’t working. Janet validates their views and explains why. Then she offers particular […]

Permitting our children to vent their emotions, encouraging and even welcoming them nonetheless they’re expressed (and in no way taking it personally!), it’s not simple at first. It’s a apply that requires taking our head after which our coronary coronary coronary heart proper right into a spot the place we’re going to calm ourselves ample to genuinely focus, and […]

How can we assist our children overcome their fears? Most of us have the intuition to produce consolation with messages like “don’t concern, you’re protected, it’ll seemingly be alright.” On this episode, Janet explains why our children generally want higher than our reassurance, even when their fears appear unreasonable or overblown. The mandatory issue: validating […]

Emma Nadler is a psychotherapist, creator, and mum or dad whose life was modified eternally when medical docs educated her that her second toddler, Eden, had a peculiar genetic situation. As she grew to show into accustomed to the complexities of her daughter’s prognosis, Emma needed to confront her preconceptions of motherhood, self-judgment, and notably […]