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59 - Dr Vanessa Lapointe - Parent Educator & Best-selling Author

Will Slater & Stephanie Slater Season 1 Episode 59

Dr. Vanessa Lapointe is a renowned parenting educator, best-selling author, and international speaker with a background in psychology. She founded The North Star Developmental Clinic and has spent nearly 20 years supporting families in understanding and nurturing children’s growth. 

Known for her compassionate approach, Dr. Vanessa encourages parents, teachers, and caregivers to see the world through a child’s eyes, believing that doing so empowers “big people” to meet children’s needs authentically. Her mantra, “SEE it, FEEL it, BE it,” embodies her philosophy of parenting with empathy and instinct rather than following rigid strategies. Dr. Vanessa’s work, including her books Discipline Without Damage and Parenting Right From the Start, aims to shift the conversation toward parenting that honours both child development and parental intuition.

On this episode you will learn howe to enforce intuitive boundaries with our children and our partners, how to become a ‘yes’ parent, what we can learn from resentment and how it helps us understand our truth, key stages of a child’s development and the impact this has on their behaviour, how to co-regulate children during emotional outbursts, and last but certainly not least, how we can raise children without ever having consequences or curfews.


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