Parent Your Highly Sensitive Child Like A Ninja

Parent Your Highly Sensitive Child Like A Ninja

Hosted by: Megghan Thompson

You are a parent of a Highly Sensitive Child and are ready to gain skills that will help you feel capable and confident disciplining your child or teen while helping them feel understood in a world that says they are...

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110. Breaking The Cycle of 5 Meltdowns a Day While Working From Home

Today we have Jamie and John join us to share how they shifted from 5 meltdowns a DAY!  John was sceptic from the first conversation we ever had. His willingness to give it a shot changed their family dynamic...
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109. President or Prisoner?

I talk a lot about overcoming problems in these podcasts. Ending the meltdowns 
 Calming the fights, tears and tantrums 
 And I often share how to simply cope with the challenges raising an HSC can bring. That’s...
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108. The False Safety of Anger

When your child is experiencing anger they are experiencing a deeper emotion and then on top of that they are experiencing shame.  Shame that they can't have things that they want in the moment. Shame that they aren't...
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107. The Whole Household Is Ready to Rest but Your HSC Is Wired

Running around the house like someone gave them a Red Bull at 8pm.  Bedtime battles can be the worst kind of meltdown in this cycle. When your energy is drained, your patience is thin, of course it drives you extra...
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106. Why Your Parenting Approach Matters More Than Your Child's Coping Skills

Highly sensitive children are more susceptible to differences in their environment. That means, the way that you parent is more important to change and transformation than teaching your child coping skills as a first...
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105. Worried About Getting Your Kid Back Into a Routine for School?

Waiting with baited breath trying to suck the life out of this last week before you have to be a ‘mean parent’ again. What if there's a better way? There’s no doubt about it, HSCs thrive on having a regular...
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104. 5 Major Issues With Mental Health Care for Children

It's super important to know that you're working with a professional who can guide you in understanding your Highly Sensitive Child's personality trait.  Understanding the difference between the behaviors as a symptom...
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103. Back to School Freak Outs

Stomach aches. Tears. Tantrums. And complete meltdowns. All these can be a daily struggle when trying to get your HSC to go to school. And that’s on a normal morning, when they’re in a routine. But following a long...
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102. The Biggest Thing Holding Parents Back From Turning This Around Today

Automatic responses... They can sabotage you and your HSC. Not addressing this in a systematic and effective way is perpetuating the same problem when your kid hits a different developmental milestone. It just might...
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101. The #1 Reason Verbal Aggression is Still Happening in Your Home

“Shut up”, name calling, threats, how do you draw the line?  You want to be treated with respect in your house, and who can blame you? You need a place to relax, rest, recharge, and where else can that reliably be but...
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100. Decrease Complacency as a Parent

Do you feel like you're throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks?  The parents that I speak to who deal with meltdowns/shutdowns on a day to day basis come to a point where they start to wake up and are done...
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99. Does ‘Getting Emotions Out’ Help The Meltdown Cycle?

I just got off a call with a parent who said she worked with a therapist that said her son just needed to ‘get his emotions out’.  This child was stating he wished his brother would die, that at 9 years old asking his...
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