Dr. Mona Delahooke on the Power of Brain-Body Parenting

Psychologist, speaker, and author Dr. Mona Delahooke talks about her new book Brain-Body Parenting, and the power in understanding and responding to children's complicated behavior as a symptom rather than a problem.

Chapters

• 4:52 Mona shares the story of why she wrote "Brain-Body Parenting" and what she hopes it does in the world
• 8:04 The importance of repairing our relationship with our child, and whether or not it's ever "too late" to do so
• 11:45 Why there is no "one size fits all" approach to successful child rearing
• 14:10 The power of interpreting our child's challenging behavior as which pathway of their nervous system is activated
• 16:39 Mona explains the red, green, and blue pathways system
• 21:10 What a "vulnerable platform" is, and why differently wired children inherently have one
• 25:05 Mona's thoughts on finding the right balance of pushing and backing off when supporting our child's regulation
• 27:53 The challenges of supporting our child's emotional regulation when we're dysregulated as parents
• 30:20 The biggest barriers in the way of parents embracing this new paradigm / approach
• 32:42 How we can faciliate awareness and understanding of brain-body parenting in teachers, other parents, and more
• 37:31 Why, in fact, every human has a unique sensory platform and would benefit from an individualized approach
• 40:25 How parents can prioritize their own self-care so they can best support their child's emotional regulation
• 44:21 What Mona hopes listeners take away from this conversation