<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/275835/open_sms">Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.</a>Do you feel like raising a child with a history of trauma has stirred up your own traumatic past? If you wonder how to parent from a position of healing, listen to this conversation with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz. She is a psychologist, trauma expert, and author of the new book, <a href='https://amzn.to/4401d1k'>Post-Traumatic Parenting: Break the Cycle, Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be</a>.In this episode, we discuss:<ul><li>You open your book by saying, ‘It’s not you, it’s your trauma.’ That feels like both a relief and a challenge. Can you unpack that for parents and caregivers who blame themselves for every misstep in their parenting?</li><li>When you use the term post-traumatic parent, what do you mean? How does that differ from saying ‘parent with trauma’ or ‘healed parent’?</li><li>Many caregivers feel haunted by an internal guilt that says, “How can I give what I never received?” How can parents or caregivers move from guilt to agency—without glossing over the pain?</li><li>What are the 5 post-traumatic parenting defaults you identify in your book? What do they look like in real-life moments of parenting? </li><li>How does a parent choose not to opt into those old trauma-driven defaults (e.g., yelling, withdrawal, overcontrol) in the moment? </li><li>The metaphor of trauma as an app</li><li>What is the concept of cycle-breaking versus cycle-making, and how is it valuable for breaking those unhealthy parenting patterns?</li><li>What are some practical applications of this post-traumatic parenting reframe? </li><li>How can a parent create and maintain trauma-responsive routines or rituals that will increase a child’s sense of felt safety, without being rigid or feeling like a bunch of rules they must follow?</li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://creatingafamily.org/donation/">Support the show</a>Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by <a href='http://www.creatingafamily.org/'>www.CreatingaFamily.org</a>. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: <ul> <li>Weekly <a href='https://creatingafamily.org/category/radio-show/'>podcasts</a> </li> <li>Weekly <a href='https://creatingafamily.org/blog/'>articles/blog posts</a> </li> <li> <a href='https://creatingafamily.org/'>Resource pages</a> on all aspects of family building</li> </ul>

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