Connected Parenting shares techniques that therapists use to help parents soothe their child as well as enhance the parent-child bond and is based on the understanding that correcting and guiding behavior works best when it is preceded by and linked to empathy. At the heart of this parenting model is the CALM Technique which helps parents accurately attune to children’s affect and experience. These empathic interactions release reward chemicals in the brain that stimulate positive emotions and increase order and balance in the nervous system. Reward chemicals, including natural opiates, endorphins, and a powerful hormone called oxytocin, reduce and inhibit stress hormones and bathe the brain in positive emotions that ripple through every cell in the body. The benefits of empathy and compassion have a strong base in science that cannot be underestimated. Simply put, it is brain food, the emotional nutrition all of us need, perhaps our children most of all...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 8 hours 15 minutes
Connected Parenting Episode 6 – Staying Neutral
Want your kids to listen? Then turn down the volume and discover the power of being neutral. Jennifer shares how to respond instead of react to your children.
Connected Parenting Episode 6 – Staying Neutral
Want your kids to listen? Then turn down the volume and discover the power of being neutral. Jennifer shares how to respond instead of react to your children.
Connected Parenting Episode 5 – When Parenting hurts…
Behind every anxious, acting-out child, is a parent who is suffering. This episode explores the very real, and rarely discussed issue of parental frustration and fears. These parents are watching their children’s lives flashing before their eyes.
Connected Parenting Episode 5 – When Parenting hurts…
Behind every anxious, acting-out child, is a parent who is suffering. This episode explores the very real, and rarely discussed issue of parental frustration and fears. These parents are watching their children’s lives flashing before their eyes.
Connected Parenting Episode 4 – Parenting and The Brain
This episode explores interpersonal neurobiology with a fascinating look into what's happening in your child's brain when they get upset and how your reactions affect what happens next.
Connected Parenting Episode 4 – Parenting and The Brain
This episode explores interpersonal neurobiology with a fascinating look into what's happening in your child's brain when they get upset and how your reactions affect what happens next.
Connected Parenting Episode 3 – Oxytocin, The Love Drug
Jennifer explains the importance of Limbic bonding and the power of connection.
Connected Parenting Episode 3 – Oxytocin, The Love Drug
Jennifer explains the importance of Limbic bonding and the power of connection.
Connected Parenting Episode 2 – CALM Technique
Jennifer explains the most important component of the Connected Parenting method.
Connected Parenting Episode 2 – CALM Technique
Jennifer explains the most important component of the Connected Parenting method.