David Thomas on What Makes a Healthy Parent (Type 1) [S06-0017]

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🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

As the director of family counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, David Thomas has seen some patterns develop over the years.

“Some of the healthiest parents I have worked with over the years are parents in recovery,” says David. “Because you've done your work: those basic tenets of ‘I understand I have a struggle, I need God, I need community.’”

Those are principles that apply for everyone, whether in recovery or not, and they reflect a kind of humble acknowledgement of reality that every parent needs.

But there’s another way into these concepts: “The other set of parents that I see are the healthiest are those who are using the Enneagram,” says David. “You're getting connected with some of those same things. Understanding, ‘Here's what the shadow side looks like, Here are my traps, Here are my vulnerabilities.”

This week, we talk to David Thomas about his own experience dealing with the Enneagram One’s inner monologue, how the shadow side comes out in parenting, and how the Enneagram can help us raise emotionally strong boys.

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David Thomas, LMSW, is the director of family counseling at Daystar Counseling in Nashville, TN, and the coauthor of ten books, including the bestselling Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys and Are My Kids on Track? He is the co-host of the top 10 parenting podcast “Raising Boys and Girls.”

To learn more about David Thomas, follow him on Instagram, visit his website, or check out his new book, Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build On for Life.

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0:00.0	Hey folks and welcome to typology, the show on which we explore the story of you through
0:08.6	the lens of the any gram.
0:10.1	My name is Anthony Skinner.
0:11.7	I'm your co-host today.
0:12.7	We're thrilled to have you here with us.
0:15.0	We've got a great guest.
0:16.1	I'm talking about David Thomas.
0:17.6	He is a neighbor of ours, a local Nash villain and he is the director of a family counseling
0:23.8	at the Daystar Counseling, which is an amazing counseling center for children here in Nashville,
0:29.4	Tennessee.
0:30.4	He is co-author of 10 books, including the best-selling, Wild Things, The Art of Nurturing
0:35.4	Boys, and are my kids on track.
0:38.7	And he is the author of the brand new book, Raising Emotionally Strong Boys.
0:43.6	Tools your son can build on for life.
0:46.4	And we're talking about that book today as well as, of course, the any gram.
0:50.2	He's got a great workbook called Strong and Smart, a boys guide to building healthy emotions.
0:55.3	You're going to want to check all of those materials out.
0:58.8	This is a great conversation, a really strong one.
1:02.0	David is an any gram one, and we go in depth on that.
1:05.4	So I know you're going to enjoy this.
1:06.9	We've got an any gram one for you and an any gram one who is a therapist.
1:11.5	So happy that you're here.
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