Reparenting Yourself: How to Develop Emotional Maturity | Dr. Lindsay Gibson

About this episode

Dr. Lindsay Gibson discusses reparenting and developing emotional maturity with Forrest Hanson.

Dr. Lindsay Gibson joins Forrest to explore how we can reparent ourselves, recover from emotionally immature parenting, and develop greater emotional maturity. They discuss what emotional maturity actually is, the "good enough" parent, the voices we internalize, and how adults can begin to give themselves the internal security and emotional attunement they missed in childhood. Other topics include why feeling misunderstood is so painful, the lifelong dance between connection and autonomy, and the hidden costs of authoritarian parenting. About our guest: Dr. Lindsay Gibson is a clinical psychologist and bestselling author of a number of books, including Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents and her new book, How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child. Key Topics: 0:00: Intro & what emotional maturity looks like 7:45: Why our culture undervalues emotional maturity 12:56: The “good enough” parent 20:05: What happens to children with emotionally immature parents 27:15: Repair in adulthood 36:22: The importance of feeling understood 43:40: Mirroring: why it’s important and how to get better at it 49:07: Balancing connection and autonomy 53:39: The appropriate level of parental…

People in this episode

Host: Forrest Hanson

Guest: Dr. Lindsay Gibson

Topics covered

• emotional maturity
• reparenting
• parenting styles
• emotional attunement
• connection and autonomy
• authoritarian parenting

Keywords

• emotional maturity
• reparenting
• parenting
• emotional security
• connection
• autonomy
• authoritarian parenting

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, How to Raise an Emotionally Mature Child

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