HER Podcast with Enisa Cuturich

Parenting, Triggers, and Trauma: What Your Kids Really Need From You

Enisa Cuturich Episode 6

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Are you stuck in reactive parenting patterns? In this powerful episode of HER Podcast, Enisa Cuturich sits down with Dr. Ash Moreland to unpack how your nervous system impacts the way you parent. Learn how to move from survival mode to connection, regulate your triggers, and raise emotionally secure children—without losing yourself in the process.

If you're ready to break generational cycles and embrace conscious, trauma-informed parenting, this conversation is for you.

#herpodcast #empoweredparents #traumainformed #parentchildconnection #enisacuturich #parentingsupport #parentsmotivation

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Dr Ashleigh Moreland is a neuro-behavioural specialist, educator, and founder of the Re-MIND Institute. With a deep understanding of how early experiences shape behaviour, identity, and nervous system patterns, Ash helps parents make sense of their child’s meltdowns, shutdowns, and tricky behaviour, while supporting them to heal and regulate themselves in the process.

Ash is the creator of the Responsive Parenting program - a practical, brain-based framework designed to help parents raise emotionally healthy kids without losing themselves in the process. You can explore the program, listen to the Re-MIND Institute Podcast, or book a free 15-minute consult at www.re-mind.institute/parenting

Follow @remind.institute and @dr.ashleighmoreland on Instagram

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Timestamps:
 
01:00 – Introducing Dr. Ash Moreland
02:30 – Why entrepreneurs struggle with presence in parenting
04:15 – The disconnect between being good at your work and running a business
06:00 – The hidden cost of hustle: business, stress & shame
07:45 – What we don’t know about our nervous systems
08:45 – Prefrontal cortex vs. survival brain explained
10:00 – Why we sabotage relationships: The survival brain in action
12:00 – Staying grounded when others are in survival mode
13:00 – Nervous system 101: Parasympathetic vs. sympathetic explained
14:00 – Why breathing alone isn’t enough to regulate
16:00 – Is your house always on fire? What regulation is really about
18:00 – What trauma looks like in everyday parenting moments
20:00 – Reaction vs. response: The nervous system’s automatic behaviors
22:00 – Why we overreact: The science behind big parenting emotions
24:00 – Dr. Ash’s son and the crocodile house story: Misunderstood intentions
27:30 – How curiosity can prevent trauma in kids
29:00 – We are raising humans with their own experiences
30:15 – Understanding child development and belief formation
31:00 – Dr. Ash’s daughter & the swimming carnival: Holding safe space
33:30 – When helping hurts: Adults who can't hold kids’ big emotions
35:00 – Emotional processing vs. emotional suppression
36:45 – How not to pass down trauma: Parenting with presence
38:00 – Real talk: When your partner parents differently
40:00 – How childhood beliefs shape adult patterns
42:00 – Communicating your needs while honoring your child’s
44:30 – The impact of our language: Kids can’t read between the lines
46:00 – Craft in the bin: A story of shame, misunderstanding & values
48:00 – What you value unconsciously shows up in how you parent
50:00 – Rewriting hustle culture: Let go of time & effort = worth
52:00 – Your survival response shapes your child’s
53:30 – The mirror of parenting: They adapt to our nervous system
54:45 – The origin of Rise & Thrive and why it matters
56:30 – Ripple effect of healing: Changing families, teams & legacies
57:30 – Rapid fire questions

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