Healing Your Own Trauma to Raise Healthier Children with Sari Rose Barron, LMFT

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This week I am delighted to be joined by Sari Rose Barron, LMFT, as we're talking postpartum mental health and how this feeds into parenting.

What happens when your four-year-old's tantrum suddenly has you responding exactly like your father did—despite promising yourself you'd never parent that way? Why do certain moments with your children trigger intense emotional reactions that seem disproportionate to the situation?
Sari explains how our childhood experiences shape our parenting in ways we often don't recognize. Sari brilliantly distinguishes between mood (our emotional states) and regulation (our ability to manage those states), explaining why even the most well-intentioned parents find themselves hijacked by unexpected triggers.
"Being a perfect parent actually fosters anxious attachment, not secure attachment," Sari explains, stating that moments of imperfection—followed by repair—are what truly build security in our relationships with our children. We discuss how trauma gets stored in the body and brain, creating automatic responses that feel beyond our control in heated parenting moments.
The conversation delves into practical approaches for healing, including EMDR therapy and other trauma-focused modalities that access the deeper, somatic aspects of our past experiences. Sari explains why traditional talk therapy sometimes doesn't reach the root causes of our reactivity, and how recognizing our own trauma responses (fight, flight, freeze, and fawn) can be transformative.
Whether you're navigating the intensity of the postpartum period or the challenges of raising teenagers, you'll gain powerful insights into breaking generational patterns and creating healthier relationships with your children. Listen now to understand why healing yourself might be the most important gift you can give your family.

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Postpartum Mental Health (00:00:00)

2. Mood vs Regulation in Postnatal Health (00:01:28)

3. Perfectionism and Attachment Relationships (00:09:58)

4. How Our Parents Shape Us (00:17:25)

5. Understanding Trauma Responses (00:27:35)

6. EMDR and Trauma Healing Approaches (00:37:25)

7. Finding the Right Mental Health Support (00:52:30)

8. Closing Thoughts and Takeaways (01:03:02)