Trauma-Informed Parenting

Teaching Social Safety  Media With A Tween Novel – The Case Of The Missing Person

While I know today kids think that owning a device and having social media accounts is a right, not a privilege. It’s our job as parents to set limits to make sure our kids are emotionally mature enough to navigate having a device.

The truth is lots of damage has been done to kiddos seeking connection, comfort...

When it comes to healing from trauma, the first step is acknowledging the trauma.

When we acknowledge the trauma -whether it is caused by one of the six risk factors or due to being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world, we can begin to heal.

What does the Bible say about healing from trauma? Is there hope? That's what you may be asking right now. Let me assure you, there is hope.

Grab a cup of coffee and join me as I share 3 Bibl...

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How do I parent kiddos with a trauma history?

How do I become a trauma-informed parent?

What about kiddos with neurodiversity?

How can I not take my kiddos' behaviors personally?

How can I make peace with my past and be a more present parent?

How can I leave the traditional parenting model behind?

And the biggest question of all is, can I *really* parent the way my kidd...

Celebrating with kiddos with trauma histories and neurodiversity looks a lot different than neurotypical celebrations.

When raising kiddos with trauma histories/neurodiversities it is easy to get caught up in meeting physical needs.

In her article “Hopes and Prayers,"  Joyce Maynard describes what happens to many of us.

“We’re so consumed with the feeding, the dressing, the buckling into our ca...

Kelly Edwards of 90 Minute School Day joins me today to talk about -healing, growth, and resilience in homeschooling.

Kelly shares:

I’m just thrilled to help parents in homeschooling make the transformation that I feel like I stumbled down the mountain and up the mountain and through the woods in the dark to get to myself. That’s really where the 90-Minute School Day came from: coming alongside parents who are either considering ho...

Dr. Jerrod Brown returns to the podcast to teach us about "The Gut-Brain Health Axis"

Dr. Jerrod shares -

"This is a topic that I’ve been doing more and more work on over the last handful of years. I became interested in this because in most of the cases I’ve consulted on over the years where the client has had a really severe mental health problem or a neurodevelopmental disorder or extensive trauma histories or drug and alcohol p...

Our culture is what directs us on a daily basis. Our adopted/foster kiddos come to us with a culture already intact.

Culture – the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

Sometimes culture requires you to meet ridiculous standards to fit in and your child feels the shame and guilt for being wrong 😑 o...

What about being spiritually prepared? Although the emotional and spiritual components are often intertwined, there is an aspect of spiritual preparation that stands alone.

When a Christian decides to become a missionary or start a ministry, training takes place. Often it involves Bible college or leadership training at church. Missionaries study the culture of the ...

A couple of podcast listeners (during a TIP workshop) asked me to share about spirituality and kiddos with trauma histories/neurodiversities. 

Honestly, this is a tough subject because of what we expect. We expect our kiddos to accept our religion of choice when they come home to us through foster care/adoption or have a Capital Letter Syndrome.

If we don’t understand our own foundation and place in the family of God, we aren’t goi...

Today I have a special guest -Amber Trueblood

Amber is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, entrepreneur, speaker, author, wife, and mother to four sons. Amber is all about helping real moms shift their mindset, improve communication skills, and implement simple practices to be the absolute best version of themselves.

She joins me to talk about her book The Unflustered Mom: How Understanding the Five Anxiety Styles Transform...

In this episode, I first lay the foundation for why we need investment parenting. It all has to do with co-regulation.

Children with trauma histories/ Capital Letter Syndromes have altered brain development. The main outward sign of past trauma is what we often refer to as “bad behavior” or the inability to self-regulate (if you want it to sound more science-y and less critical). The truth is, when i...

You don't want to miss this episode.

Daughter Audrey and I get super real on autism, neurodivergence, and how to parent kiddos on the spectrum. (These tips work with kiddos with trauma histories as well!)

We are both on the spectrum, so not only do we share what we've learned about parenting our kiddos, but we do it through the lens of neurodivergence.

As far as parenting goes, we share the "Instead Of" Tips -Tips You can use inste...

Alexithymia is when a person has difficulty experiencing, identifying, and expressing emotions. 

I’m beginning this episode/article with a definition for a reason. When we are parenting kiddos with trauma histories/Capital Letter Syndromes (or reparenting ourselves) we hear many terms. Alexithymia is one of those. Along with proprioception, interoception, and a slew of...

I have a special guest, Duygu Balan. She is an author and psychotherapist specializing in intergenerational trauma. She has just co-written a workbook called, Re-Write: A Trauma Workbook of Creative Writing and Recovery in Our New Normal.

Duygu works with individuals and couples working through adverse childhood experiences (ACES), attachment injuries, and trauma. She also works with parents who are survivors of child abuse healing...

Dr. Jerrod Brown joins me again today for a rather heavy important topic - FASD and Problematic Behaviors: A Neurobiopsychosocial Perspective.

Dr. Jerrod explains -"My goal today is maybe to tease apart what could be going on if someone does engage in problematic behavior, irrational behavior, violent/aggressive behavior, even full-blown criminal behavior. It’s complex. Kathleen, you mentioned in the title the neuro biopsychosocial...

Parenting is hard, we all know that. While I believe it is one of the most important jobs in life, that doesn’t mean it is easy. My early view of parenting (before I had kiddos) was a sun-filled kitchen with happy kiddos who wanted to help me with the dishes or set the table. In my pre-child view, I was showered, dressed in nice clothes, and had make-up on every day. Then I had kiddos. 

Six kids later, four through adoption, I’d gr...

 Renee Mill, a clinical psychologist, and a neuro psychotherapist, is a returning guest. She joins me to talk about a super important topic for trauma-informed parents - parenting neurodiverse children. Parenting is hard. Add some neurodiversity to the mix and you've got a whole new level of difficulty. We also deal with shame and guilt.

Renee shares-

"We have to find a way of coming to terms with who they are and learning to value...

In this day and age, trauma is a word we hear so often, we may let it buzz right past our ears. Some of us assume trauma has nothing to do with our children, so we ignore the effects, the advice, the YouTube videos, Podcasts, and keep scrolling. All the while, our kids are dealing with the fallout of trauma and its effects every day.

what is trauma-informed parenting?

Trauma-informed parenting is par...