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Parenting is often lived in the extremes. It's either Great Joy or chaotic overwhelmed. In one moment you’re nailing it and the next you're losing your cool I want to help you find your way to the messy middle, to a place of balance. You see, balance is a verb not a state of being. it is a thing you do not a thing you are. it is an action a process a series of micro-corrections each and every day to keep ourselves feeling centered. We are never truly balanced. We are engaged in the process of balancing.

Hello, I’m Dr. Laura Froyen and this is the Balanced Parent podcast, where overwhelmed stressed out and disconnected parents go to find tools, mindset shifts and practices to help them stop yelling at the people they love and start connecting on a deeper level, all delivered with heaping doses of grace and compassion. Join me in conversations that will help you get clear on your goals and values and start showing up in your parenting, your relationships, YOUR LIFE, with open-hearted authenticity and balance. Let’s go!

Welcome to another episode of The Balanced Parent Podcast! Dr. Laura Froyen welcomes Judy Wilkins-Smith, author of The Hidden Power in Your DNA, to discuss how understanding our ancestral patterns can help us parent from a place of awareness and intention.

Here are some of the topics we covered:

How a deeper understanding family dynamics and intergenerational trauma fosters healing and growth
Recognizing and shifting from parenting based on past wounds to a more intentional and healing-centered approach
Setting boundaries to maintain healthy parent-child roles and break cycles
Transforming inherited emotional patterns to foster healing, growth, and possibilities for both parents and children
How to support children in understanding and processing their inherited family history
Shifting perspectives on our parents by understanding their own background and traumas
Creating balanced family patterns by setting boundaries with compassion and awareness

To learn more about Judy, visit her website judywilkins-smith.com and follow her on Instagram @judywilkinssmith, Facebook @judywilkinssmith, LinkedIn @judywilkinssmith and Youtube @judywilkinssmith.

Resources:

The Hidden Power in Your DNA: How to Use Genealogy to Explore Ancestral Patterns & Transform Your Life

Remember, understanding where we come from empowers us to parent with greater awareness, intention, and compassion—both for ourselves and for our children.

Laura Froyen, PhD

Laura Froyen, PhD

Balanced Parent Podcast

Laura Froyen, PhD

Welcome to the home of The Balanced Parent Podcast!

Episode 220: How to Heal Intergenerational Trauma for the Next Generation with Judy Wilkins-Smith