Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #112: Mona Delahooke, PhD – Beyond Behaviors
From Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast by Dr. Chris Magryta, "Dr. M"
May 22, 2026 · 56 min
About this episode
Dr. M interviews Mona Delahooke about her insights on child behavior and development.
Today on Dr. M’s Women and Children First, we welcome one of the most important voices in modern child development and behavioral science, Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized speaker, and the author of groundbreaking books including Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting. Her work challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern parenting and education: that difficult behaviors are simply choices to be corrected. Instead, she invites us to ask a radically different question, what is the nervous system trying to communicate? This conversation sits right at the crossroads of neuroscience, attachment theory, polyvagal theory, developmental psychology, and the lived experience of parenting. In many ways, Mona’s work gives language to something clinicians and parents often feel intuitively but struggle to articulate: behavior is not merely compliance or defiance, behavior is biology expressed through the body. We explore how stress physiology, early attachment, sensory processing, trauma, neurodivergence, and autonomic nervous system states shape the way children interact with the world around them. We discuss why…
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Chris Magryta
Guest: Mona Delahooke
Topics covered
- child development
- behavioral science
- neuroscience
- attachment theory
- emotional regulation
Keywords
- behavior
- nervous system
- parenting
- trauma
- neurodivergence
- emotional regulation
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Beyond Behaviors, Brain-Body Parenting
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