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The Parent Hope Podcast
Episodes
56 episodes
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections for Ep 4: Raising Boys with David and Jenny Brown
In this episode of Parent Hope Podcast: Real Questions, Grounded Reflections, Jenny Brown and David Brown revisit some of the key themes raised in Jenny's conversation with Justin Coulson about raising boys. Rather than foc...
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Raising Boys to Be Good Men in a Confusing World: A Guide to Raising Boys to be Confident, Resilient and Caring with Justin Coulson
Jenny interviews Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia's most respected relationships speakers, authors, and researchers. Passionate about understanding what helps relationships flourish, Justin has spoken to tens of thousands of people about rel...
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections for Ep 3: The Real Questions About Parenting After Separation with David and Jenny Brown
In this episode of the Parent Hope Podcast: Real Questions, Grounded Reflections: Jenny and David Brown unpack listener questions following their conversation with Elisabeth Shaw, Relationships Australia NSW CEO, on parenting after sep...
Parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Supporting Children with Clarity and Care with Elisabeth Shaw
When a relationship ends, parenting continues—and how parents navigate that transition can shape a child’s long-term wellbeing. In this thoughtful and compassionate episode, Dr. Jenny Brown speaks with Elisabeth Shaw, CEO of Relationships Austr...
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections for Ep 2: Unpacking Resilience: Parenting an Anxious, Disengaging Child With David and Jenny Brown
This follow-up episode explores the real-life questions parents are still asking after the Parent Hope interview with Dr. Lyn Worsley. Together, David and Jenny Brown unpack what parents are left grappling with about resilience in everyday pare...
Let’s Unpack Resilience: Parenting an Anxious, Disengaging Child With Confidence and Hope with Dr Lyn Worsley
Anxious kids and teens often begin to withdraw—from friends, from challenges, and increasingly, from school. But behind that disengagement lies a deeper need: resilience. In this episode, our guest Dr Lyn Worsley of The Resilience...
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections for Ep 1: Children’s Exposure to the Online World — What Parents Are Still Wondering
In this first Real Questions, Grounded Reflections episode, Jenny and David Brown slow down the conversation following the Parent Hope interview with Dr. Marshal Ballantine Jones. Together, they explore questions many parents are carrying: Is m...
When the Internet Gets There First: Restoring Steadiness So Children Can Recover Well with Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones
When children are exposed to confronting sexualised online content, parents can be left reeling—worried about the impact, unsure what to do next, and tempted to jump into control mode. While Australia has now rolled out age restrictions for chi...
REBROADCAST: Parenting with Purpose: How Goal Setting Impacts Family Life
In setting the tone for this repost, Jenny Brwon highlights why she thinks this conversation endures: Phil Klever’s long-term research shows that the most resilient families aren’t defined by perfect parenting but by steady, self-directed goals...
REBROADCAST: Let Them Be: Resisting the Rush to Pathologise Adolescence
In opening this repost, Jenny Brown highlights this episode as a standout for its clarity and compassion. Briony Scott’s reminder to see teens as emerging adults rather than fragile problems resonates deeply with parents feeling pressure to dia...
REBROADCAST: Being a Lighthouse: Parents Bringing Steadiness and Calm in the Storm of Self-Harm
In introducing this repost, Jenny Brown points to Dr Anne-Maree Bickerton’s lighthouse metaphor as one of the most transformative ideas for parents facing intense distress. She reflects on how the shift from fear-driven responses to calm, conne...
How Self-Leadership Helps Parents Navigate Australia’s New Social Media Rules
As Australia begins new social media age restrictions, many parents are feeling the pressure to tighten control or worry about what this shift will mean for their children. In this repost of Reclaiming Calm Leadership in the Digital World
Respecting Differences, Staying Connected: Navigating Holidays Without Losing Yourself With Dr. Kathleen Smith
The holidays can bring out our best—and our most anxious—selves. Therapist and author Dr. Kathleen Smith (True to You; Everything Isn’t Terrible) will join Jenny Brown to discuss staying kind and self-defined when those predictable family tensi...
Grandparenting Without the Drama: How the generations can work together, not pull apart
Grandparenting can be a gift—or a point of tension—depending on how generational differences are navigated. In this episode, Jenny Brown speaks with two special guests, Selden Illick and her daughter-in-law Alison Illick, about the subtle and p...
Parenting Beyond Worry: Breaking Cycles & Building Hope this Mental Health Month
As parents, our worries can quietly slip onto our children’s shoulders.But what if there’s another way?This Mental Health Month (in our State: NSW), the Parent Hope Podcast explores how parents can support children’s well-being by fi...
Let Them Be: Resisting the Rush to Pathologise Adolescence with Dr. Briony Scott
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Briony Scott, renowned educator and advocate for young people, to unpack the growing tendency to pathologise normal teenage emotions. Are we too quick to label sadness as depression or worry as anxiety? Bri...
Partners, Not Strangers: How to Build a Positive Relationship with Your Child’s School
This episode explores how parents can become confident, empowered partners in their child’s education. Through insights from an educator and head of student wellbeing, we unpack the real challenges both parents and teachers face when trying to ...
Q&A: Reclaiming Calm Leadership in the Digital World
How do you help teens to raise their own awareness to the impacts of their screen addictions and to motivate them to stop doing it if they're refusing or denying that the phone's the problem?In this follow up episode (see Episode 5), Vic...
Reclaiming Calm Leadership in the Digital World
In this timely episode, facilitator Vicki Wilkins interviews Dr. Jenny Brown — founder of the Parent Hope Project — to explore how parents and educators can reclaim calm, confident leadership amidst the chaos of the digital age.Rat...
Bridging the Gap: Parents Relating Positively to their Child’s Mental Health Service
Bridging the Gap: Parents Relating Positively to their Child’s Mental Health ServiceIn this episode, Jenny Brown and Dr Annemaree Bickerton explore how parents can effectively engage with mental health clinicians supporting ...
The Parent Balancing Act: Supportive Parenting without Overdoing It.
In this episode, we explore a modern parenting paradox: how to be a supportive parent without overdoing it. Joining us again is researcher and family systems therapist Phil Kelver from Kansas, USA, sharing insights from his 20-year study of 50 ...
Being a Light House - Parents bringing steadiness and calm in the storm of self-harm
Discovering that your child is self-harming is understandably fear- inducing for any parent. Drawing on Bowen family systems theory, PHP invites parents to consider first how they are responding when safety fears are raised – rather than focusi...
Parenting with Purpose: How Goal Setting Impacts Family Life
Goal setting – how parents setting applicable goals helps a family to functionIn this first episode of 2025, Jenny Brown interviews Philip Klever, a clinician and researcher from Kansas City in the USA. Philip describe...
REBROADCAST: How Bowen Family Systems Builds Hope for Worried Parents
In this rebroadcasted episode, from Season 2 Episode 7, Jenny is back in the hosting seat with guest Dan Papero.Dr Jenny Brown draws on Dan’s rich experience as a Bowen family systems scholar, teacher and clinician. They explore how our...