Are you struggling with conscious parenting, despite your best intentions?

Are you unsure of how to stay connected with your children and to other loved ones (including yourself) when stress and frustration get high?

Today’s guest gives practical ways to implement conscious parenting and shares fundamental concepts of brain development that will help you understand yourself and your children better.

This is a replay of one of our favorite episodes - episode 16. It’s so good we had to share it again!

In Kumbay’all episode 54 you’ll learn:

• How our knowledge of child development and neurobiology has changed, and what this means for how we approach parenting

• Carrie’s suggestions for common struggles parents face

• Tips for handling a meltdown

• Aspects of attachment theory, prenatal and perinatal psychology, and interpersonal neurobiology that can help shape your parenting approach

• Why self-care is a necessity and not a luxury

• Different types of self-care and how to learn which ones are most important to you

This episode is packed with actionable advice and great information, we hope you enjoy!

About Carrie:

Carrie Contey, PhD is an internationally-recognized coach, author, speaker, and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports, and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis on prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology, and spirituality of humanhood. She is the creator of Evolve, a year-long "personal growth through parenting" program which ran from 2011-2017. She is also the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement and the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting, Huffington Post, and The Boston Globe.

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