All About Meltdowns: Episode 227

About this episode

In this episode, Sarah Rosensweet interviews Hayden Ahlbrandt about strategies for preventing and managing meltdowns in children.

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or check out the fully edited transcript of our interview at the bottom of this post. In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interviewed Hayden Ahlbrandt, a certified Synergetic Play Therapist. Hayden shares some really helpful thoughts and strategies on both how we can prevent meltdowns and how best to support our child—and ourselves—once we find ourselves with a meltdown on our hands. We focus on connection, co-regulation, mindfulness, and creating safety. Know someone who might appreciate this episode? Share it with them! And if you love the podcast , FREE ways to help us out:1- Rate and review the podcast in your podcast player app 2- “Like” this post by tapping the heart icon ♥️ 3- Share this with a friend. THANK YOU! We talk about: * 00:00 – Sarah introduces Hayden Ahlbrandt, certified Synergetic Play Therapist. Overview of meltdowns, regulation, and co-regulation * 05:25 – Viewing behavior through a nervous system lens * 10:30 – Understanding Meltdowns Through the “Pop Bottle” Analogy * 12:00 – Why some days kids can handle more than others * 1:00 – “Regulation Is Connection to Self” - Helping kids discover what…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Rosensweet

Guest: Hayden Ahlbrandt

Topics covered

• meltdowns
• co-regulation
• mindfulness
• parenting strategies
• child behavior
• emotional regulation

Keywords

• meltdowns
• parenting
• co-regulation
• mindfulness
• child behavior
• emotional regulation
• strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, Synergetic Play Therapist

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