Healing Yourself While Raising Your Kids: Breaking Cycles Without Perfection | Eli Harwood (Bonus Episode)
About this episode
The episode discusses the importance of repair in parenting rather than striving for perfection, featuring insights from therapist Eli Harwood.
What if the goal of parenting isn’t perfection - but repair? In this episode, I’m joined by Eli Harwood, therapist, mother of three, and author of How to Heal Your So Your Kids Don’t Have To: An Encyclopedia for Ditching Your Emotional Baggage. Together, we explore the messy but meaningful work of breaking cycles, building secure attachment, and learning how to parent with greater emotional awareness. Eli shares why attachment is far more flexible than many parents realize and how repair — not getting everything right the first time — is often what builds the deepest trust and connection. We also discuss practical ways to navigate anger, defensiveness, control habits, jealousy, blame, and body image struggles, while examining the deeper emotional needs often underneath these reactions. This conversation is a compassionate reminder that intentional parenting isn’t about becoming flawless. It’s about learning to stay present, take accountability, and create relationships rooted in empathy, responsiveness, and repair. Links Discussed in This Episode | Checkout the podcast storefront for recommendations from Diane. Subscribe to the Minimalist Moms Youtube Channel Connect with Eli…
People in this episode
Host: Diane Boden
Guest: Eli Harwood
Topics covered
- parenting
- emotional awareness
- attachment theory
- breaking cycles
- repair in relationships
- intentional parenting
Keywords
- parenting
- emotional baggage
- attachment
- trust
- connection
- anger
- jealousy
- body image
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Attachment Nerd
Books & works: How to Heal Your So Your Kids Don’t Have To: An Encyclopedia for Ditching Your Emotional Baggage, How to Deal with Your ____ So Your Kids Don't Have to: An Encyclopedia for Ditching Your Emotional Baggage, Securely Attached, Raising Securely Attached Kid
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