2995: Self Care and Parenting the Inner Child by Rachel Trotta on Creating A Sustainable Healthy Lifestyle

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4.4 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2995: Rachel Trotta explores how treating yourself with the same compassion, structure, and care you'd offer a child, or even a pet, can transform your self-care habits. By reconnecting with your "inner parent," you can develop routines rooted in empathy, foresight, and executive function, creating a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://racheltrotta.com/inspiration/self-care-parenting-inner-child/ Quotes to ponder: "Why don’t we treat ourselves that way?" "The parental self, caring for the inner child, is the wise, executive planner who knows how to keep the show running smoothly." "Taking responsibility for yourself is not the same thing as shaming and hating yourself." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	This is Optimal Health Daily.
0:33.5	Self-care and Parenting the Inner Child by Rachel Trotta of racheltrata.com, and I'm Dr. Neil Malick.
0:40.5	Hey there, welcome back to another episode of Optimal Health Daily. This is where I read to you from
0:45.5	some of the best health and fitness blogs on the web, kind of like an ongoing audiobook, and always
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1:02.7	Self-care and Parenting the Inner Child by Rachel Trotta of racheltrata.com.
1:09.6	Creating Optimal Self-Care
1:11.2	I went back to my hometown of Baton Rouge last weekend,
1:15.3	and it was an incredible experience of rekindling connections and reliving memories.
1:20.5	While I was there, my parents brought me a stack of old yearbooks to sift through,
1:24.5	and one picture made an indelible impression on me.
1:27.8	My fifth grade yearbook picture, taken just before the gates of adolescence and acne and bad
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