What's the Most Important Parenting Change I Can Make?

About this episode

The episode discusses how personal stress and perfectionism affect parenting, featuring insights from mental health professional Erin Bagwell.

Parenting: The Small Shift That Changes Everything What if the small shift that changes everything in your parenting has nothing to do with your kids? In this episode, Dr. Christopher Villarreal and Dr. Deb Anderson talk with Erin Bagwell, a licensed clinical social worker and mental health professional at Family Enrichment in Omaha, about how our own stress, history, and perfectionism quietly drive so many of our parenting struggles. Erin offers a practical, judgment-free look at why parents...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Christopher Villarreal, Dr. Deb Anderson

Guest: Erin Bagwell

Topics covered

• parenting
• mental health
• stress management
• perfectionism
• personal growth

Keywords

• parenting change
• mental health
• stress
• perfectionism
• parenting struggles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Family Enrichment

Places: Omaha

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