In this conversation, Hunter Clarke-Fields  @mindfulmama  shares her journey into mindful parenting, emphasizing the importance of self-regulation and emotional intelligence in parenting. She discusses strategies for managing reactivity, supporting neurodivergent children, and teaching resilience through failure. The conversation also touches on the challenges of parenting teenagers and the necessity of self-care for parents to foster healthy relationships with their children.

00:00 Intro00:33 Introduction to Mindful Parenting03:36 The Journey to Mindfulness in Parenting06:30 Building Skills for Non-Reactivity09:20 Strategies for Calming Reactivity12:37 Healthy Emotional Expression15:23 Be honest about your feelings with kids19:24 Supporting Neurodivergent Children 23:42 Understanding and Addressing Extreme Reactions27:12 Teaching Resilience Through Small Failures, navigating Parental Boundaries and Consequences32:36 Overcoming Helicopter Parenting35:37 The Impact of Childhood Experiences on Parenting36:25 Insights from Podcasting and Notable Guests, including Lenore Skenazy on giving kids more independence, Gabor Maté on childhood trauma and emotional healing and Bethany Saltman on true attachment, which is rooted in emotional attunement, not co-sleeping or other surface behaviors.40:20 Building Lasting Relationships with Teens #TrustMeMom #MindfulParenting #ParentingJourney #EmotionalIntelligence #ParentingTools #ResilientKids #MindfulMama #mindfulmamamentor #HealingGenerations #ConsciousParenting #SelfRegulation #ParentingSupport #RaisingGoodHumans #MentalHealthAwareness #parentingteens