Thrive Like A Parent
This podcast is different from all the other parenting podcasts you’ve seen. Dr. B gets real and open about the true struggles of parenthood. It’ll be messy, entertaining, educational and real! No quick band aid fixes but an authentic journey to THRIVING in parenthood. Think of Dr. B as a personal trainer for your brain. Cause this sh*t is REAL. She specializes in neuroscience based sensory and emotional regulation. But the good news is you don’t have to be a neuro science geek to learn all the brilliant tips and tricks to make your life so much easier in parenthood * New episode every Friday.
Episodes
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
EP:67 On this week’s episode of Thrive Like a Parent podcast, I am so honored to be joined by the one and only Erika Nolan!
Erika has not only been a dear friend of mine since childhood, she has also been an inspiration for personal growth and courage to live authentically in a world that often pushes conformity. Erika is now an incredible Holistic Health and Homestead Coach. Her journey involved many unexpected turns that led to a profound transformation.
Pursing a life that aligns with one's true self means stepping into the unknown, releasing old expectations , stepping out of societal norms and stepping into a path that feels right for you.
You, my friend are so worthy of living an aligned and fulfilling life that is your true calling. My hope is that this episode will be the sign for you to live and be unapologetically you!
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Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
EP:66 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Thrive like a parent Podcast. Today, I'm going to just give you a life update. So every now and then I will kind of do this and share with you what's going on in my life. And there are plenty of other podcasts of mine that give you tons and tons of information. But every now and then you crave and ask for a life update from me. And I appreciate your interest.
I think I will start with a Hashimotos update, because so many of you are asking for that. Doctors found that I had one tiny, gross, but former parasites, they've decided that I had an overgrowth of Candida. And of course, you know, stress, which of course that comes along with my life, and how much I have on my plate, which I knew that that's a part of Hashimotos. And they put me on basically a three month protocol.
And so it took me a lot to figure out what I could eat on a daily basis. But, I kept saying we've got to do something about this daily routine because like this is clearly not working for my lifestyle. Please know that number one, in life, you have to do what works for you! I now know that this can be managed. But it has to be managed in the way that works for me. I'm so proud of myself because I finally have enough energy to be able to attend to my needs as well as my kids. It's slow, but I see it coming back and I take all my wins because if I don't then I'll just still feel icky.
I will never be the same person I was before Jonathan passed like I will never be the same person. I do believe that if you have have gone through anything huge in your life, lost a spouse, or a divorce or anything like that. I do believe that we don't fully own that it's okay to be someone different than who we were before. Like, at the end of the day, I'm still broke, but the life experiences have shaped who I am, and who I will be for the rest of my my life, right.
The other thing on the life update is, I could not be more excited about this upcoming thrive. So there are many different ways to work with me, you can work with myself, one on one, you can work with the three individuals who I've trained for over two years that I would absolutely never have on my team or never allow them to see clients if I didn't feel that you were going to get the same result as you would with me. And so you can work with one of them. You can work with me one on one basis, or you can do our Thrive group program. So this year, we only do Thrive twice a year, just FYI, we do it in the beginning of the year and we do it before Thanksgiving, around September (please listen to my podcast to know how Thrive works).So let's talk about what's to come besides thrive. I have some very, very exciting guests coming on the podcast in the coming year. So look for that, we are going to be doing a lot more of all that we already are doing. Because we feel so good with what we're doing. And it's it's so rewarding.I can't thank you enough for listening and coming along for this crazy ride. It's the best. It's so much fun. I love doing this and I love I'm very lucky that I love what I do. And I love supporting all of you.
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
EP: 65 Being around our family for the holidays can be so triggering to us. On this week’s episode of Thrive Like a Parent podcast, I want to give you a guideline of how to support yourself through that time.
Dysregulation into regulation does not happen overnight.
Anxiety into calm does not happen in a blink of an eye.
Fight or flight into rest and digest does not happen overnight.
It takes time, especially when you've been pounding the pavement all year long. That's the exact reason why I don't want you to start adding more to your plate with your family or taking on the emotional dysregulation of your family during this season.
This holiday season, I encourage you to take care of yourself, because I care. I care so much. And I am so grateful to each and every one of you.
XOXO,
Dr. B
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
EP: 64 On today’s episode of Thrive Like a Parent Podcast, I have a friend I want to introduce you to, her name is Kelly Brock. She is a business mentor, a coach, a mom, a wife and frankly overall bad ass.
Kelly has been an entrepreneur for 14 years now. She spent 10 years in network marketing and has even been on the billboard in Times Square. But, in her last years of network marketing, she developed anxiety and depression. This made it difficult for Kelly to function as she used to and for anybody who knew her at that moment, it would not have matched the identity that she saw for herself or that was portrayed online.
There is definitely a difference between achieving your dreams and achieving those dreams while maintaining your mental health, balance, and authenticity. And that’s literally exactly what Kelly does. And she does it in such a vulnerable and honest and beautiful way. And I’ve seen it firsthand.
So a lot of what we want to tell you about today is entrepreneurship and finding the right people to work with, while keeping your authenticity and mental health a priority.
It's important for everyone to know that you can be your own beautiful mess, yet still be a really awesome leader at the same time. It is possible to have that darkness but yet, what comes out of it is not icky and traumatizing but beautiful and healing and moving into alignment with, especially, entrepreneurship and business. You can be a human being and run a business, you can be a human being and be a leader. It is possible.
Living in integrity is so crucially important to me, and having the trust of my community and knowing how important it is to find the support from humans who truly care, rather than just be a sales tactic or finding financial gains is what continues to motivate me in making a difference in people’s lives while helping them thrive like a human.
You can follow Kelly on Instagram @KellyBrock or you can go to her website www.kellybrockco.com
XOXO,
Dr. B
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
EP:63 I promise you I am not getting political.
My stance on what is going on in the world is that "a human is a human is a human '' and anytime there is loss of a human, it's devastating. With recent events, was I devastated to see what happened on October 7th? You bet. Does it hit home for me? Sure, I am a white Jewish female. But a human is a human is a human, and I need you to know that before I speak on anything I say today.
As someone who has a voice you are always going to say things wrong. No matter what you say, it is always the wrong thing. I was told I was a disgrace, uneducated, disappointing, unfollowed, ignorant for my stance. But I want to take this example of what happened to me to speak about what often happens to us in our daily lives.
It is important for you to understand that when having a conversation with someone you feel you are being heard, seen, your boundaries are being respected, and your position on a particular subject or matter, matters. It is also important for you to know, prior to any conversation, if that conversation will meet:
1. Conversation dialogue of safety
2. Connection
Everyone needs to feel a safe connection rather than feeling shut down and defensive.
You might be experiencing this right now and I'd like to help guide you and move you through how you can support yourself in moments where you don't feel seen, heard, shut down, defensive, etc.
Those hard conversations will lead to the most beautiful safety and to the most beautiful connection if you go into them with vulnerability, honesty, and chipping away at all the walls around you. And if you have fear going into those conversations, that means that you're doing something different than you've ever done in the past. And that fear can guide you into knowing you're actually making changes in your life and making changes in your brain patterning and you're growing as a human because you're saying no fear.
Join me on this week's episode of Thrive Like a Parent podcast to talk through how you can build safety within your brain.
XOXO,
Dr. B
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
EP:62 In this podcast episode of Thrive Like a Parent podcast I am so honored to be joined by Maria Gonzalez, a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Maria is also one of the coaches on my team who helps support our clients.
Personal growth doesn't happen overnight and requires trust in the process. So many of our clients initially seek rapid, linear changes, but it takes time. We must learn to embrace the journey with its highs and lows that eventually turn into rolling hills.
We must understand what truly mental health looks and how to support your mental health on a neurological level. And it stems so deep that we are then able to impart this wisdom on to our children.
Once you make that shift, your child is then living with that parent, that version of you. And that's the version you've always been, but maybe never let out. And our children will then learn that and we help our clients learn how to support our children through the same mindset.
If you tired of living in a constant state of fight or flight and are ready to find balance and piece.. My team and I would love to support you.
Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
EP:61 If you are tired of being exhausted, if you're tired of being lonely, if you are tired of snapping at your kids, if you're tired of feeling like it's an uphill battle, if you are tired of only getting that dopamine hit when you buy something for yourself and there's no other joy in life, if you feel like your partnership is stale, or you want to rip their heads off…..
That means ding ding, ding, ding, ding, it's time for support! Because you we aren't meant to do this alone.
Take time to support you in the way that you need. That is how you go from fight or flight (red zone) to rest, restoration, peace, calm and all the different things that you long for. So take some time to rest and move through the yellow which is will be wildly uncomfortable but oh so worth it when you come out on the other side.
Today I urge you to check in see how you're feeling for the day.
- Are you picking your skin?
- Are you chewing your nails? Are you biting your nails?
- Are you emotionally eating? Are you snapping at your kids?
- Are you completely disconnected from your partnership?
- Are my shoulders raised?
- Is my jaw clenched?
- Is my forehead lifted?
- Do I have a headache?
Do a body scan. What are the things your body is telling you that suggest you may be in the red. What are you feeling? Where in your body are you feeling it? Then go give yourself three hours to take care of you because you're so damn worth it.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
EP:60 You can create positive feedback loops of finding connection and safety and trust within the world around you. WHILE you are just simply being yourself. No costume. No act. No performance.The combination of no performance, just simply being yourself And finding safety in moments where you are just yourself is the secret sauce to that feedback loop of trusting you can simply be who you are. Know and trust your loved for exactly who you are. And it’s okay to be that person.So much good can come out of the awareness of finding safe moments and letting down your walls to simply be yourself, show up as yourself and trust those humans around you that they are safe. And if they don’t feel safe, that’s great awareness too.Join me on this weeks episode of Thrive Like a Parent podcast to talk through how you can build safety within your brain.XOXO,Dr. B#thrivelikeaparent #poscast #newepisode #thrivelikeaparentpodcast #parenting #emotionalregulation #buildingsafetywithinme #parent #sensory #sensoryregulation #nervoussystem #nervoussystemregulation #momlife #dadlife #trauma #traumahealing #childhoodtrauma #postpartum #thrive
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
EP:59 This episode of Thrive Like a Parent podcast is for the parent who is struggling with a child. And that is the bottom line. No matter diagnosis or not. The reason I'm doing this podcast, is because I've been there.Maybe you haven't realized how to put it into words.Maybe you haven't allowed yourself to fully feel those emotions.Maybe you haven't given yourself the permission to just validate that sometimes this shits hard, and you're exhausted and you're tired.I want you to know you're not alone. I want you to know it's okay to feel those feelings. And I want you to know that you are not the only parent on the roller coaster.If you need more support the team and I would love to support you. We would love to support your child into learning how to regulate. This journey is not meant to be taken alone.Comment “SUPPORT” and let’s chat.XOXO,Dr. B
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Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
EP:58 Join us in our latest episode on Thrive like a parent Podcast, where we chat about something we've all felt at times--- that feeling of being 'too much.'
It's a deep-seated issue that quietly influences many areas of our lives, often without us realizing it.
In our journey of self-discovery, we often seek empowerment, self-confidence, and control over our lives. These desires can be powerful driving forces, but sometimes, in our quest to achieve them, we unintentionally create a mask that usually hide our true selves where we end up portraying another version of us that doesn't align with our genuine feelings and identity, and make it hard for us to embrace confidence, honesty, and control which are helpful in rewiring the brain.
But if we learn how to embrace our authenticity, speak up, and dance to our own rhythm, fear won't hold us back.
So in this podcast, we talk about honoring exactly who you are, so that being too much will be your greatest gift.
Actually, you are not too much, you're just being all that you're meant to be in this life.
Take a risk! It's your brain's way of saying, "Be yourself, it's worth it!"
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