If you find yourself being triggered by your child and want to understand why certain things that they do or say create an emotional reaction for you, this episode will help you. Children tend to trigger the parts of us (feelings, behaviours, reactions) that we weren't allowed to feel or express as a child. As a psychotherapist and mother of 2 I have experience of finding certain parts of mothering difficult and I have developed my own style of conscious parenting over the years. This episode will discuss how to navigate parenting in a way that will set your child up for emotional health, and it explores the differences between conscious, emotionally mature parenting versus more traditional, emotionally immature parenting.

You will learn strategies for working through your own triggered emotions as a parent so that you can stay calm and steady as a parent.

Main Topics Discussed

- Defining what it means to be "triggered" by your child's behavior (00:02:23)

- How emotionally immature parenting leads to suppression of emotions and behaviors (00:05:37 - 00:08:51)

- Example of how the host's own childhood experiences trigger her when her daughter rejects her (00:11:16 - 00:14:22)

- Practicing conscious parenting by holding your own emotions while also attending to your child's needs (00:14:51 - 00:18:00)

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Where to Find Sian Crossley

• IG Breakthecycle_coaching
• Conscious Parenting Bundle: [healinginprogress.co.uk/conscious-parenting](https://healinginprogress.co.uk/conscious-parenting)

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Key References

- Conscious parenting

- Emotionally immature parenting

- Suppression of emotions and behaviors

- Triggered emotions

- Healing childhood wounds

- Parenting your inner child

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