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132 | Parent Yourself First: Raise Confident, Compassionate Kids by Becoming the Parent You Wish You’d Had with Bryana Kappadakunnel
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I’m overjoyed to welcome a special guest, Bryana Kappadakunnel, onto the podcast today!
Bryana Kappadakunnel is a licensed Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and author of the NEW book, Parent Yourself First: Raise Confident, Compassionate Kids by Becoming the Parent You Wish You Had. She believes in providing families with practical tools and compassionate support. Not only can this work heal the child-parent relationship, but also, leave a lasting impact on the generations to come.
Bryana originally thought her career would be in working with children (ages 0-5), but she quickly realized she was destined to work with parents. She had a bit of a ‘lightbulb’ moment that led her down a path of helping parents heal their ‘inner child’, and ultimately, transform their relationships with their child(ren).
In today’s episode, we talk about what it looks like to parent yourself first, and how to raise confident, compassionate kids by becoming the parent you wish you had. So many of us have a desire to parent our children differently than how we were raised. Unfortunately, we aren’t clear on how to go about parenting in a more conscious, connected, and intentional way.
If you truly want to improve your relationships with your children and your overall family dynamic, it starts with you. We change the world by healing ourselves!
You’ve got to be okay with getting curious, ‘feeling your feelings’, and letting those move through you. It will be difficult and uncomfortable at times, but it’s VITAL that you get to the root of what you’re feeling, instead of staying stuck in guilt and shame when you’re triggered by your children.
Bryana and I also discuss how your past upbringing is undoubtedly influencing your parenting in the present, why the self-compassion piece is crucial in healing the little girl or boy inside of you, juicy details on her upcoming book, and more.
Bryana is someone I’ve looked up to for a very long time. She’s really shaped how I’ve worked on myself as a mom, which in turn, has allowed me to pour into my kids in the ways they deserve.
I KNOW this episode is going to bless you greatly; don’t forget to pre-order Bryana’s new book, Parent Yourself First, HERE, if you’re listening before January 28th, 2025!
Bryana Kappadakunnel is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified, and a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach via Dr. Shefali’s training program. She is the owner and voice behind Conscious Mommy, where she teaches parents to become the conscious parent they never had. For more than a decade, she’s helped thousands of parents learn how to end power struggles, break cycles of past hurts, and transform the energy of their home from chaos to peace.
With all of Bryana’s proven and practical insights and strategies, parents grow their parenting toolkit and their confidence. She is the mom of 2 children, and lives with her spouse inSouthern California. Her first book, Parent Yourself First, comes out January 28th, 2025.
In this episode, Parent Yourself First: Raise Confident, Compassionate Kids by Becoming the Parent You Wish You’d Had with Bryana Kappadakunnel, we cover:
- Bryana’s ‘lightbulb’ moment that ultimately led her on the path to helping parents heal their ‘inner child’ & transform their relationship with their child(ren)
- What it really looks (and feels) like to pursue the path of ‘conscious parenting’
- Choosing to get curious and let feelings move through you vs. shoving them down and pretending they’re not there
- Taking time to notice what’s happening within your body & giving yourself space when you’re triggered by your child
- How your past upbringing may be influencing your parenting now + learning to parent from a place of connection
- Having compassion while also setting boundaries within intergenerational relationships
- Bryana’s upcoming book, Parent Yourself First
- Realizing you don’t need to have all the answers + finding comfort in the unknown
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- Episode 103 | A Mom’s Lesson in Moving Forward with Love Instead of Fear
- Episode 017 | How to Talk When Kids Won’t Listen with Julie King and Joanna Faber
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Welcome to Gather in Growth, a show created for passionate, growth-focused rural women like you. From mindset work and building strong habits to nerding out over personal growth books through the lens of life on a backroad, this is a show to leave you feeling joyful, inspired, ready to take action, and a little less alone.
Tune in for honest and heart-felt conversations with host, Emily Reuschel, and fellow thought leaders, to talk about personal growth and thriving as a rural woman. Here you’ll gain tactical strategies to bring your dreams to reality, real talk about the ups and downs of tackling goals, meaningful insight from fresh perspectives, and the confidence to step into the calling that’s been laid on your heart for a reason. If you crave to feel seen in a small town, you’re in the right place.
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Welcome to Gather in Growth, a show created for passionate, growth-focused rural women like you. From mindset work and building strong habits to nerding out over personal growth books and exploring the unique joys and challenges of living rural, this is a show to leave you feeling joyful, inspired, ready to take action, and a little less alone.
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