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Each week, Anna Seewald dives deep into parenting and wellness with some of the most influential and groundbreaking voices in parenting, mental health, trauma, mindfulness, neuroscience, psychology and spirituality.These intimate, often intense conversations will empower you to break free from the cycles of generational trauma, rediscover the power of living authentically, and parent from the heart.Heal your inner child, practice compassion and true self-care, and raise emotionally healthy children—while growing into your most authentic self.

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Want to Truly Connect With Your Teen? Start With Yourself

Do you ever feel like your teen is drifting—lost in screens, giving you one-word answers, or keeping you at arm’s length? Here’s something that might surprise you: Real connection with your child begins with deep connection to yourself. When you slow down and reconnect with your own emotions, needs, and values, you show up differently. […]

Redefining Success: Finding Joy and Fulfillment in Parenting and Raising Resilient Kids

Are you a parent constantly learning and growing alongside your children? Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the possibilities and potential, and are confronted with feelings of doubt, anxiety, or impostor syndrome? You might be experiencing what author and executive coach Laura Gassner Otting calls “Wonderhell“. It’s that emotional space we enter when we achieve […]

Stop People Pleasing: How to Value Yourself and Your Needs

We all want our children to be happy and successful, but are we inadvertently hindering their growth by overstepping our boundaries as parents? This week’s episode of the Authentic Parenting podcast, featuring author and podcaster Amy Wilson, delves into the delicate balance between providing support and fostering independence in our children. The episode tackles a […]

Healing Insecure Attachment with Dr. Judy Ho

Episode 422 of the Authentic Parenting Podcast features a conversation with Dr. Judy Ho, a triple board-certified neuropsychologist, on healing insecure attachment styles. Dr. Ho’s work, highlighted in her book “The New Rules of Attachment”, emphasizes that understanding your attachment style is key to thriving in your relationships, career, and personal life. Do You Struggle […]

The Consequences of Parental Burnout

How to Break Away from Overdoing, Overworking, Underliving

About my guest Celeste Headlee is an internationally recognized journalist and radio host, professional speaker and author of bestselling book We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter and Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving. Her latest is Speaking of Race: Why Everyone Needs to Talk About Racism […]

2022: A Year in Review

Another year comes to an end. I think in my seven years of podcasting the year 2022 is my favorite. An incredible array of guests, often difficult subjects, vulnerability, heartfelt stories, sweet and warm moments, laughter and tears, virtual hugs and a solid, global and diverse community of listeners. I will be forever changed by […]

Trauma and Healing in a Toxic Culture

Trauma is a fact of life. Sooner or later it happens to many of us. There are traumatic events in the world but trauma is not the event. It’s the wound one sustains as a result of it. Listen to my conversation in episode 336 of the Authentic Parenting podcast with Dr. Gabor Maté on the […]

The Chipmunk

By Anna Seewald “I’m scared to close my eyes because I don’t want to die.”, my 4 year old neighbor Abby said as she pushed her tiny body closer to mine on the park bench. Her wide-open, blue eyes were teary. Her voice-unusually serious. The thoughtful expression on her face pierced my heart. She had […]

How to Help Kids with Emotional Self-Regulation

Co-regulation is a wonderful process through which we help another human calm down and regulate their own emotions. It’s a lifelong process. As humans we are wired for connection. Our nervous-systems are social structures. Children need it and adults need it too. It is one of the most important life skills and we can teach our […]

Reconnecting to Your Authentic Self with Dr. Thema Bryant

About my guest Dr. Thema Bryant is a clinical psychologist and president-elect of the American Psychological Association. She is also a professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and director of the Culture and Trauma Research lab. Dr. Thema earned her doctorate from Duke University and completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. With more […]

Unwinding Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer

Anxiety is so prevalent. 40 million Americans suffer from it. We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Do you suffer from anxiety? I do. We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic attacks. But it’s also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad […]

The Healing Power of Storytelling

We all have a story. Your life story defines who you are. And only you can tell your own story. By sharing it you not only release painful feelings, make sense of what happened to you, gain a new perspective, form a new meaning, but you access a possibility of transforming your life. Whether you […]

Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again with Johann Hari

Have you noticed that your ability to pay attention is collapsing? Did you know that in the US teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time and office workers average only three minutes? Like so many of us Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab […]

Why Your Happiness Matters with Ericka Souter

Parenting is hard. But being a parent doesn’t mean you have to stifle your most basic wants and needs. It doesn’t mean it has to consume you to the degree of self-sacrifice and martyrdom and you definitely don’t need to lose yourself to be a good parent. In fact, studies show how parental happiness and […]

How to Ask for What You Need in a Relationship with Yvette Erasmus

Do you feel lonely, unseen and unheard in your intimate relationship? Asking for what you need skillfully, mindfully and compassionately from your partner not only will improve your communication but also fortify your relationship. Having unmet needs can yield to a build up of anger, bitterness and resentment. I have an incredible episode for you […]

How Mother Loss Shapes Who We Become with Hope Edelman and Judith Rabinor

Losing a parent as a child is always traumatic. And its impact is long-term. Two short sentences but they say a lot, especially for those of us who have become bereaved by a parental death before the age of 18. I first became aware of the unique difficulties motherhood would present to me when at […]

Trauma: An invisible Epidemic with Paul Conti, MD

What happens inside of us as a result of trauma changes us. When trauma hits, it affects all aspects of our life: our brain biology, emotions, memory, physical health, But above all-it alters our sense of self. It creates a permanent divide in our personal history-forever dividing it into two segments of Before and After. […]

Breathing and Your Health with Patrick McKeown

I was first introduced to the power of breathing back in 2004. My uncle was having an open heart surgery. It was a cold, February morning. I stepped outside with my two aunts to get some fresh air. Everybody was nervous. I don’t recall exactly where and how I had learned about breathing but when […]

Rock Your Parenting in 2022

I wanted you to start the year with a big dose of inspiration, great reminders and positivity! Tune in to Ep: 303: How to Rock Your Parenting in 2022 and get a boost of confidence, encouragement and motivation. I have put together short clips from some of your favorite conversations to remind you of what’s […]

10 Best Self-Help Books of 2021

I read a lot. In fact I have counted the number of books I read in 2021. Want to know how many I read from cover to cover? Fifty four! While I enjoyed most of them, I have decided to select just 10 to make a favorite list. If you listen to the podcast, I […]

Coparenting: How To Know If You Are Ready for It

By Anna Seewald Are You Ready For It? When you got divorced, you probably thought that the divorce was the end. It was. It was the end of your couple’s relationship. Now you’re entering a new era, a whole new territory, and a whole new relationship. Co-parenting. And you are not entering into this uncharted […]

The Gift of Presence with Caroline Welch

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Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne

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Listener Love Notes

“I love your enthusiasm. I love that you clearly state that raising children goes along with personal growth. I really like that you give clear advice. I even like the possibility of talking to you and asking questions. It helps me a lot. I love the variety of topics and guests. It makes the whole podcast so authentic. ”-Katja

“What I love about the podcast is all the pieces of wisdom that I write. I feel like Authentic Moments is like a mini class. It expands my mind and gives me to think about things. They make for interesting discussions with my kids too (14y and 17y). I share things that I learn with them. ”

-Tina, Mom of 4 children

“I like the guests you have on the podcast. There is always a golden nugget that I can take away. I like the way you present practical tools to the parents and you just make authentic parenting attainable. So many parents want to parent in a more gentle way, without all the punishments and you have great ideas that you talk about. ”

-Isabelle, Mom of 6 children

“I love the show because it was exactly what I needed at exactly the right time and I didn’t even know it! It’s life changing. It’s revolutionary. I feel understood. Anna is so relatable. Every episode resonates with me somehow. Your authenticity comes through. All parents need this info and support that you provide. It’s so helpful. For me, it as a life saver! "

-Angela, Mom of 2 girls

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