476: How to Deal with Your Stuff So Your Kids Don't Have To // Eli Harwood

About this episode

Eli Harwood discusses the importance of addressing personal emotional issues to better support children in their development.

There is a specific kind of worry that lives in the back of most mothers' minds —the worry that we're not doing it right. That somewhere in the gap between who we are and who we wish we were, our kids are absorbing something we never meant to give them: our unresolved stuff. Our triggers, our patterns, the things from our own childhoods that we're still working through. Is all of that making its way to our children? The uncomfortable truth is that some of it will. That's just the reality of being parented by a human. But what Eli Harwood taught me in this conversation is that parenthood itself is a developmental stage, which means we are not finished, and the work we do on ourselves is one of the most profound gifts we can give our children. This week's guest is Eli Harwood, licensed therapist, author, and creator of Attachment Nerd.In this conversation, Eli shares why doing the deep inner work of understanding your own emotional world isn't just good for you — it's the foundation of everything your kids actually need from you. In this episode, you'll hear Eli share: 💜 Why she built an asterisk right into her book title (you'll love her reasoning!) 💜 What it means when she says…

People in this episode

Guest: Eli Harwood

Topics covered

• parenting
• emotional health
• self-improvement
• child development
• mental health

Keywords

• parenting
• emotional work
• self-awareness
• childhood triggers
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Attachment Nerd

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