I'm talking about how we should parent as students and not parent as teachers.

Most parents go into the parenting realm with their bookbag and their clipboard and their chalkboard

to teach the child, but the truth is that the child comes to you as a stranger.

And what do you do with strangers? You learn everything from the stranger about them.

You learn everything about the stranger from them.

You don't impose your thoughts and belief processes on any stranger, do you?

So if we look, if we approach our kids that way, it's a whole different ballgame.

Welcome to how my parents raised me. I'm Dawn Chitty.

When we are born, we arrive here as pure and perfect souls.

And the direction our life takes from that moment is deeply connected to what our parents bring to our

lives. And what our parents bring to our lives is deeply connected to what their parents brought to

their lives. And that's the cycle of families. I have always craved connection with real and raw

stories to understand what makes you you what makes you the absolutely unique human that you are.

Stories are medicine for the soul. They can connect us and they can change the world. And so in

this podcast, I'm listening to beautiful souls sharing their story. What happened to them? How

they got through and how they have healed and thrived despite everything to arrive right here

in this moment. Content warning, if you are triggered by the themes of this podcast,

please seek a help line in your city.

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You might feel constantly tired. You might be low in energy, low in motivation. You might have

constant feelings of anxiety or worry, feelings of sadness or feeling constantly guilty about

everything. If this sounds like you, take a look at the story depression. It's a treatment plan

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