Calm is contagious
My New Life
Kate Garlinge
4.7 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Parenting is full of trying moments. One way that parents express their frustration is by yelling — we’ve all been there! Feeling overwhelmed is usually at the root of it, but being around a parent who regularly raises their voice isn’t optimal for a child. Learning strategies to reduce yelling takes time, but it’s worth the hard work.
Jessica Rolph, your host, welcomes Brandi Jordan to today’s episode, she is the founder of The Cradle Company and host of the podcast Dear Doula. Brandi shares her strategies to bring more calm into the home.
Key Takeaways:
[1:40] Why “calm is contagious” is a favorite phrase of Brandi’s.
[3:22] What is Brandi’s advice for us when baby needs our attention and we are far from calm?
[4:50] What about when a toddler is in meltdown mode? Can calm really prevail?
[7:10] What to do when your children aren’t listening.
[10:39] Brandi speaks to the importance of being honest with ourselves about how we were parented.
[13:22] Brandi explains why she is a big advocate of asking for support.
[15:30] What are some silver linings emerging from the pandemic, according to Brandi?
[17:33] How does Brandi find calm when chaos erupts in her own home?
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| 0:00.0 | Parenthood is a time of so much change for you and your baby. |
| 0:13.8 | A little reliable information can go a long way towards making this new life a good life. |
| 0:20.1 | I'm Jessica Rolfe and this is my new life, |
| 0:24.1 | a love every podcast. While the science aligns on what's healthy for a baby's brain development, |
| 0:30.1 | when it comes to how to care for our babies, there's a seemingly endless supply of competing |
| 0:35.0 | perspectives. Parents are swimming in advice on sleep, feeding, |
| 0:39.7 | parenting philosophies. In this season of the podcast, we aim to provide a variety of curated |
| 0:46.2 | perspectives so you can make informed choices for your family. Okay, let's face it, parenting is full of trying moments. |
| 0:58.1 | One way that parents express their frustration is yelling. |
| 1:02.0 | We've all been there, myself included. |
| 1:05.1 | Feeling overwhelmed is usually at the root of it for me. |
| 1:08.5 | But being around a parent who regularly raises their voice |
| 1:11.2 | isn't optimal for a child. Learning strategies to reduce yelling takes time, but it's worth the hard |
| 1:17.6 | work. And guest Brandy Jordan is here to show us the way. She is the founder of the Cradle Company |
| 1:24.8 | and host of the podcast, Dear Dula. Hello, Brandy. Hi, thank you so much for |
| 1:31.1 | having me. That's so wonderful to be here with you. You have a favorite saying calm is contagious. |
| 1:38.1 | I love it. Why is that phrase so important to you in the work that you do? It's so important to me because I work |
| 1:45.2 | with families in some of the most important days of their lives, and that's bringing a baby home |
| 1:51.7 | from the hospital, dealing with a sleep issue, trying to calm a weary toddler. And in those moments, |
| 2:00.6 | you know, when people are trying to draw from what they have |
| 2:03.1 | to be able to show up as their best selves, it's one of those things that I have learned to do with |
| 2:09.1 | my own children, with clients, children. And it's this idea that kind of creating that calm |
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