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24. Parental Healing with Travis Slagle

We appreciate Travis Slagle, the Clinical Director at Evoke Therapy Intensives, for coming on our show for an in-depth discussion about effective parenting and healing ourselves.
 
Parenting is challenging, especially if we haven’t worked through our own issues. Parenting a neurodiverse child often adds additional stressors into the mix, bringing our personal issues into the equation. 
 
We go into specifics of how that can look and feel in our parenting versus what effective parenting looks like even when we make mistakes, don’t have the answers, or face unsolvable problems.
 
We talk with Travis about how to recognize when we’re projecting and externalizing our own stress onto our children and family members and what questions you can ask yourself to create powerful shifts in your thinking so you can show up more as the parent you want to be.
24. Parental Healing with Travis Slagle

What You'll Learn from this Episode:

  • The surprising signal of mental illness and dysfunction in our lives.
  • What we may be hiding with outdated parenting techniques.
  • The parenting approaches to be aware of that can cause long-term negative consequences for our neurodiverse and autistic children.
  • How to avoid causing train wrecks in relationships.
  • The first step for parents to have a more attuned and healthy relationship with their neurodiverse children.
  • How parenting a neurodiverse child can be an opportunity to learn and discover new insights about ourselves.

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