As a parent, when you’re freaked out about the direction of where your child is going, do you trust that they’re going to make the right decision? Or are you too scared they’re going to fall short of your expectation? Clinical mental health counselor Pripo Teplitsky and host of the podcast, Relationships! Let’s Talk…
Positive parenting is fundamentally about developing a strong and deeply committed relationship between parent and child. The theory relies heavily on what we have learned about attachment and how we can use it beneficially. The more that we work against attachment in the relationship, the harder parenting becomes. There are some core positive parenting…
Today, I decided to do an interview with my son Gabriel, who is 10 years old. I speak a lot in the podcast about him. It is never intended to suggest that somehow I know better but it feels more honest to open up about my experiences than always speak about clinical or hypothetical situations. …
The success of how two people in a relationship communicate is fundamentally tied to trust. What does this mean? The sense that you can count on someone else to take you seriously, respond to your needs most of the time and share their own concerns forms the basic fabric of any healthy relationship. If this…
One of the dangers in families is that we tend to approach things with the glass half-empty. We often want our children to be MORE motivated or MORE focused, or for them to try HARDER. What could be more disheartening than somebody approaching you and constantly undervaluing what you are doing. Imagine if a…
I am delighted to bring Pripo Teplitsky on today’s episode as we talk about parenting and what it takes for us to make room for the spirit of the child to emerge. From the minute I heard Pripo’s voice, I felt this kinship with his raw and relatable style of connecting. Pripo is a licensed…
Why is there so much conflict between couples going through infertility? Dr. Erica Berman is a Toronto-based psychotherapist who specializes in helping clients cope with infertility and pregnancy loss, and postpartum mental health, and she expounds on the reasons behind this conflict between couples. All of the connections between society, culture, neurobiology, evolutionary biology, and…
I’m in the middle of a series of podcasts on parenting. It is a strange topic to talk about from the standpoint of parenting being a very personal sphere and something that we generally let our friends, neighbours and family do the way they see fit. But there is a very technical aspect to…
One of the dangers in families is that we tend to approach things with the glass half-empty. We often want our children to be MORE motivated or MORE focused, or for them to try HARDER. What could be more disheartening than somebody approaching you and constantly undervaluing what you are doing. Imagine if a friend…
Today I want to invite and welcome you to The Dignity of Suffering podcast. On this podcast, we are going to take a candid look at the trials and tribulations that come with being alive.