Parenting - navigating the joys and challenges
04/18/24 • 18 min
Becoming a parent is a gift but it has its challenges. In this episode I look at some factors to be mindful of including the difference between the child and adult brain plus micro tips to help navigate your way through the maze of parenthood.
Links:
Parenting styles: https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/style/parenting-styles-explained/
Brain development in children: https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/blog/early-childhood-brain-development-and-health/
Parenting styles and psychological complaints: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873100/
Hoffman Process for understanding how early life connects to your adult behaviours: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.co.uk/about-the-process/
Unconditional love: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/peaceful-parents-happy-kids/201504/how-give-unconditional-love-your-child-and-yourself?amp
Steve Biddulph’s advice: https://www.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au/blog/steve-biddulph-key-takeaways
The Health Fix: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Dr-Ayan-Panja/dp/1914239326/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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Becoming a parent is a gift but it has its challenges. In this episode I look at some factors to be mindful of including the difference between the child and adult brain plus micro tips to help navigate your way through the maze of parenthood.
Links:
Parenting styles: https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/style/parenting-styles-explained/
Brain development in children: https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/blog/early-childhood-brain-development-and-health/
Parenting styles and psychological complaints: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873100/
Hoffman Process for understanding how early life connects to your adult behaviours: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.co.uk/about-the-process/
Unconditional love: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/peaceful-parents-happy-kids/201504/how-give-unconditional-love-your-child-and-yourself?amp
Steve Biddulph’s advice: https://www.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au/blog/steve-biddulph-key-takeaways
The Health Fix: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Dr-Ayan-Panja/dp/1914239326/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Skin Health - a 101
Skin - it’s known as our largest ‘organ’ and most of us have had some kind of skin issue.
This is my 101. Enjoy!
Guttate psoriasis: https://www.healthline.com/health/psoriasis-guttate
Pitiryiasis rosea: https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/a-z/pityriasis-rosea-symptoms
Scarlet fever: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/176242
Slapped cheek syndrome: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/slapped-cheek-syndrome/
Omega 3 and skin: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892455/
Probiotics and skin: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9386980/
Acne: https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/acne/ss/slideshow-acne-dictionary
PCOS: https://www.healthline.com/health/polycystic-ovary-disease
Rosacea: https://www.rosacea.org/patients/all-about-rosacea
Non IgE cows milk protein allergy: https://www.allergyuk.org/about-allergy/allergy-in-childhood/cows-milk-allergy/
Dermatitis herpetiformis: https://www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coeliac-disease/dermatitis-herpetiformis/
Elimination diets: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/elimination-diet
Atopy: https://www.healthline.com/health/atopy
Demodex: https://www.healthline.com/health/demodex-folliculorum
MI allergy: https://www.webmd.com/beauty/what-to-know-about-methylchloroisothiazolinone-allergies
Contact dermatitis: https://www.healthline.com/health/contact-dermatitis
Melanoma and ABCDE: https://www.melanomauk.org.uk/the-abcde-rule
Sunlight and cancer: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4571149/
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Next Episode
Addiction - where and how it starts and how we manage it
Addictions can ruin lives but why do they occur in the first place and what can we do to acknowledge them better?
In this episode Iook at why they can be so hard to conquer and touch on different aspects of addiction.
Links:
How the addicted brain works:
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/how-an-addicted-brain-works
Sugar - why most of us could easily have a sweet tooth: https://theconversation.com/a-taste-for-sweet-an-anthropologist-explains-the-evolutionary-origins-of-why-youre-programmed-to-love-sugar-173197
Addiction and childhood: https://www.jkacap.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5765/jkacap.2017.28.1.4#
Heroin detox in Thailand: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-13674101
Dr Gabor Maté on trauma: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/12/the-trauma-doctor-gabor-mate-on-happiness-hope-and-how-to-heal-our-deepest-wounds
Gambling addiction: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/gambling-addiction/
A personal story: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/30/studied-neuroscience-understand-addictions-not-cure
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