The missing skill that helps parents and kids stay calm: Interoception

About this episode

The episode explores interoception and its role in helping parents and children regulate emotions and maintain calm.

Send us Fan Mail Last week, we uncovered how your child’s behaviour is really their nervous system communicating. Today, we’re going deeper, inside the body, to explore the science of interoception, the hidden sense that helps us feel and understand our emotions. My guest, Laura Petix, is back to break down how learning to tune into your body’s internal signals can transform the way you regulate emotions, set boundaries, and parent with calm. We’ll explore what the research says including new...

People in this episode

Host: Cindy Hovington

Guest: Laura Petix

Topics covered

• interoception
• emotional regulation
• parenting
• nervous system
• self-awareness

Keywords

• interoception
• emotions
• parenting
• calm
• nervous system
• boundaries
• self-regulation

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