Dr Ashleigh Moreland on Fawning, Nervous System Safety & Her Free Mental‑Health Home Bases
About this episode
Dr Jodi Richardson interviews Dr Ashleigh Moreland about fawning, the nervous system, and her free mental health resources for families.
In this deeply insightful episode of Well, Hello Anxiety, Dr Jodi Richardson welcomes Dr Ashleigh Moreland, founder of the Remind Institute, to unpack the nervous system, fawning, functional freeze, and the hidden barriers families face when seeking mental‑health support. Drawing from her PhD in neuroplasticity and her own 20‑year journey with anxiety, Dr Ashleigh reveals why she created her groundbreaking - and completely free - online Home Bases, designed for parents, practitioners, teachers, and schools who need clear, compassionate, research‑grounded guidance. They explore: • The difference between fight, flight, freeze and the relational survival response of fawning • Why so many parents say “yes” after saying “no” six times • How childhood emotional experiences shape adult nervous‑system safety • Why understanding behaviour through a trauma‑informed lens changes everything • The cost, access and overwhelm families face in the current mental‑health system • How Dr Ashleigh’s Home Bases offer scripts, explanations, tools and neuroscience‑based strategies anyone can use Explore the free Home Bases here: • Anxiety…
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