

Authentic Parenting
Anna Seewald
Practical tools and powerful insights for trauma-informed parenting. Learn how to heal your childhood, do your own inner work, and break generational cycles—so you can raise capable, resilient, and emotionally healthy children. Each episode offers strategies and stories to bring more calm, connection, and joy to your parenting journey.
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Jul 5, 2024 • 58min
What Does it Mean to Be Nourished? with Deborah MacNamara, PhD
Clinical counselor and educator Dr. Deborah MacNamara on how food has become divorced from attachment, how we make it so stressful, how food creates relationship issues and vice versa and why family meals are not the full answer. Also, how to handle picky eating, and treating feeding our children like we treat a bedtime routine. Her new book is Nourished: Connection, Food, and Caring for our Kids (and everyone else we love). LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Jun 25, 2024 • 1h 6min
How to Stop Holding a Grudge with Judith Rabinor, PhD
Dr. Judith Rabinor on why we hold onto grudges, the impact on our well-being and relationships, and practical strategies for letting go and finding peace. We also explore why some people struggle more than others with letting go, examine the role of trauma and the transformative power of updating our life story to move past feeling stuck. And the significance of developing inner safety and resources in overcoming trauma, and the profound role of gratitude, among other insights. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram. OTHER EPSIODES YOU MAY LIKE The Complicated Mother-Daughter Relationship with Judith Rabinor, PhD The Power of Storytelling with Kristy Lauricella and Judith Rabinor, PhD How to turn Self-Care into a Way of Life with Judith Rabinor, PhD The Power of Deep Listening wiht Judith Rabinor, PhD How Mother Loss Shapes Who We Become with Hope Edelman and Judith Rabinor, PhD

Jun 13, 2024 • 1h 2min
Parenting through Connection Instead of Coercion with Pam Leo
Author of Connection Parenting (the book is about 20 years old!) Pam Leo on why connection matters, how build and rebuild connection with our children on a daily basis, and what it looks like in reality. Also, we talk about respecting children. the importance of play, literacy, and so much more. Pam shares a truly powerful exercise from her book to help you with your parenting goals and values. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Jun 8, 2024 • 48min
Overcoming Trauma: Releasing Shame and Healing the Body with Peter Levine, PhD
Renowned developer of powerful healing modality Somatic Experiencing (SE) Peter Levine on how trauma lodges itself to the body, wreaks havoc on the nervous system and what it takes to heal. Also, he shares his personal experience with rape when he was 12 years old, a trauma he carried most of his life and how using his own method he overcame it. He talks about how dreams, synchronicities and 4 powerful women influenced him in developing his method and so much more. Hiw new book is called An Autobiography of Trauma: A Healing Journey. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

May 30, 2024 • 59min
The Harms of Gentle Parenting with Laura Froyen
Has gentle parenting gone too far? Is it too soft, too gentle? What are the harms of gentle parenting and what can we do to remedy the situation? Laura Froyen, a returning guest, co-host and friend joins on the discussion of different styles of modern parenting, including peaceful, conscious, authentic and respectful. We also talk about some of the cons of gentle parenting; lack of discipline and boundaries, overfocus on emotions and emotional exhaustion for parents. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

May 23, 2024 • 29min
(LIVE PODCAST) Finding Healing, Peace and Joy- Part 2
This is ther Q&A session from our live event on April 27, 2024. Part 1 can be found in episode 406. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

May 16, 2024 • 57min
(LIVE PODCAST) Finding Healing, Peace and Joy with Seth Gillihan, PhD-Part 1
This is the edited recording from our live event–LIVE Podcast '24 Finding Healing, Peace and Joy with featured guest psychologist, author and host of Think, Act, Be podcast Seth Gillihan. Do we need to change ourselves to be happy? How can we access a deeper sense of well-being even amidst challenges and adversity? How can we let go of what we hold onto so tightly? Can we lighten the load, loosen the grip? What's the balance between self-acceptance and self-improvement? LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

May 9, 2024 • 56min
Truth, Trauma and Transformation with Dr. Frank Anderson
LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Apr 18, 2024 • 1h 8min
How Changing Your Story Can Change Your Life with Nina Mongendre
LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Apr 11, 2024 • 46min
Colonoscopy and Cannolis
LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.


