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My guest today is Dr. Emily Edlynn. Emily is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in pediatric health psychology who works in private practice with children, teens, and adults. Emily spent almost ten years working in children’s hospitals before pivoting to private practice, which allowed her to start a writing career. Emily’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Parents, Scary Mommy, Good Housekeeping, Motherly, Psychology Today, and more. Her first book, Autonomy-Supportive Parenting: Reduce Parental Burnout and Raise Competent Confident Children earned an Indies Foreword award for a best book in 2023. She also writes about modern parenting in her Substack newsletter and co-hosts the popular Psychologists Off the Clock podcast.

Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:

- Emily’s reflections on first becoming a parent

- How misguided parenting advice inspired Emily’s writing

- The importance of the repair process in relationships

- The trap of overcorrecting from our childhood experiences

- The value of being authentic as a parent

- Autonomy-supportive parenting vs controlling parenting

- And tapping into a child’s intrinsic motivation

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Dr. Edlynn’s website: https://www.emilyedlynnphd.com/

Autonomy Supportive Parenting: https://a.co/d/ja3ahmq

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