The key here isn't, hey, it's your fault. Your kid is struggling. The key is there are things

you can do within your own nervous system, heart, body, and mind that will really help your child

utilize their relationship with you.

Hi, this is Monica Packer, and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about

progress made practical.

Have you ever had a moment as a parent where you think, where did that come from?

Like anger, overwhelm, or a reaction that is bigger than the moment.

And I'm not talking about your kid.

I'm talking about you.

Today's conversation is going to help you make sense of those kinds of reactions.

And this is a conversation I wish I had 11 years ago.

About Progress is a self-help podcast and community, one that began over 11 years ago, as I

personally learned how to change myself outside of the perfectionistic model I knew so well.

You likely know that, but what you may not

know is that this desire to work on myself was instigated thanks to how poorly I saw I was showing up

for my kids. I was having the, where did that come from moment over and over and over again.

I knew that in order to truly help my kids,

I first needed to help myself. So much of parenting out there is about fixing the kid,

but what if we need to work on the parent too? In today's interview, I am talking with therapist and author Eli Harwood

about what it really means to be a secure parent and how our own emotional baggage,

patterns, and even the ways we learn to cope as kids can either block or build connection

with our children. We talk about why parenting brings up so much anger,

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