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The Parent Hope Podcast
Episodes
63 episodes
4.8 | Still Learning: Four Decades of Parenting Conversations (with Maggie Dent)
After more than four decades each of walking alongside parents, children and families, Maggie Dent and Jenny Brown come together for an honest conversation about what time, experience and countless conversations have taught them. Th...
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4.7 | Beyond the Trauma Lens: Hope Beyond Repair: Real Questions Grounded Reflections (with David & Jenny Brown)
David and Dr Jenny Brown reflect on the previous episode with Michael DeRuyter, “Hope Beyond Repair” and what his experience of foster and adoptive parenting can teach us. How can we honour the impact of trauma and adversity for children...
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4.7 | Hope Beyond Repair: Parenting Foster and Adoptive Children Without the Pressure to Fix (with Michael DeRuyter)
Hope Beyond Repair: Parenting Foster and Adoptive Children Without the Pressure to Fix A conversation with a family systems leadership coach, pastor, and foster and adoptive parent Michael DeRuyte...
4.6 | RQGR | Just Tell Me What to Do! – Helping Parents Find Their Own Way Through Parenting Dilemmas (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 6): 4.6 | The Parenting Paradox: Can Too Much Love Actually Get in the Way of Raising Resilient ...
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4.6 | The Parenting Paradox: Can Too Much Love Actually Get in the Way of Raising Resilient Children? (with Dr Kathleen Smith)
Recorded live at the Washington, DC launch of The Parenting Paradox, this special episode features Dr Jenny Brown in conversation with author, therapist, and Bowen family systems faculty member Dr Kathleen Smith. Drawing on...
4.5 | RQGR | How Much Risk Should Parents Tolerate? (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 5):4.5 | Why Parenting Feels Harder Than Ever: What History Reveals About Parental Anxiety, Expert Ad...
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4.5 | Why Parenting Feels Harder Than Ever: What History Reveals About Parental Anxiety, Expert Advice, and Raising Children Today (with Peter Stearns)
With a special distinguished guest Peter N. Stearns, author of Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America; co-author of The American Child: the transformation of childhood since World War II, Professor Emeritus...
4.4 | RQGR | Raising Boys (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 2):
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4.4 | 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...
4.3 | RQGR | The Real Questions About Parenting After Separation (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 3 - Episode 3):Parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Supporting Children with Clarity and Care (with Elisa...
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4.3 | 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...
4.2 | RQGR | Unpacking Resilience: Parenting an Anxious, Disengaging Child (with David & Jenny Brown)
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4.2 | 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...
4.1 | RQGR | Children’s Exposure to the Online World — What Parents Are Still Wondering (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 1):4.1 When the Internet Gets There First: Restoring Steadiness So Children Can Recover Well wi...
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4.1 | 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...
3.14 | Rebroadcast | Parenting with Purpose: How Goal Setting Impacts Family Life (with Phillip Klever)
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...
3.13 | Rebroadcast | Let Them Be: Resisting the Rush to Pathologise Adolescence (with Dr. Briony Scott)
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...
3.12 | Rebroadcast | Being a Lighthouse: Parents Bringing Steadiness and Calm in the Storm of Self-Harm (with Dr Anne-Maree Bickerton)
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...
3.11 | 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
3.10 | 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...
3.9 | Grandparenting Without the Drama: How the Generations Can Work Together, Not Pull Apart (with Selden & Alison Illick)
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...
3.8 | Parenting Beyond Worry: Breaking Cycles & Building Hope this Mental Health Month (with Lauren Errington)
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...
3.7 | 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...
3.6 | Partners, Not Strangers: How to Build a Positive Relationship with Your Child’s School (with Lisa Chalmers)
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 ...
3.5 | Q&A | Reclaiming Calm Leadership in the Digital World (with Vicki Wilkins & Dr Jenny Brown)
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...