Dr. Tanya Cotler: Why Boundaries and Emotional Safety Matter for Kids

The Mom Room

Renee Reina & Podcast Nation

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Ep509. The Mom Room favourite guest, Dr. Tanya Cotler is back to talk with Renee about raising emotionally resilient kids—especially boys—in a world that often discourages vulnerability. They unpack the impact of media like the Netflix series Adolescence, how to know when something’s “off” with your child, and why kids don’t need us to be perfect—they need us to be present, intuitive, and willing to set loving boundaries.

Renee also opens up about parenting through grief after the loss of her dad and the emotional layers that surfaced in her son’s quiet reaction. Together, they explore nervous system regulation, the role of play and connection, and how to teach kids that emotional expression is a strength that needs mindful nurturing from us parents.

Read more about Dr. Cotler and her work here: https://drtanyacotler.com

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0:00.0	Is drinking raw milk safe like RFK Jr. suggests? Can you reduce a glucose spike if you eat your food in, quote, unquote, the right order? I'm registered dietitian Abby Sharp. I host a nutrition myth-busting podcast called Bite Back with Abby Sharp. And those are just some of the questions I tackle with qualified experts on my show.
0:21.4	There is so much food misinformation and disinformation out there, and it can feel impossible
0:27.9	to know what's real and what's BS.
0:30.7	On Biteback, my goal is to help listeners create a pleasurable relationship with food,
0:35.3	their body, and themselves, which in my opinion is the
0:38.6	fundamental secret to good health. Listen to bite back wherever you get your podcasts.
0:44.8	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Dr. Tanya Kotler, my friend, one of my favorite guests, welcome back to the mom room. Did you notice I have a total set change? I'm actually in my room, the mom room. I did notice and I sort of loved it and it calmed
1:13.8	me and then I felt like I shouldn't be wearing red because it didn't work with the color scheme.
1:19.3	Do you wish you had a jelly cat too? I kind of too. I was going to say, you know, can we pretend I'm a
1:24.1	guest on the podcast where you do give jellycats and can I get one?
1:28.8	I know. I should pick out your jellycat. That's actually, I'm going to work on that. I'm going to
1:34.1	work on that. It's a skill that I didn't expect to discover about myself, but here we are.
1:42.1	At the end of the podcast, can you tell me what jellycat i'd be i really
1:45.4	want it's going to take me a while because like i sit and i scroll through the jellycat website
1:50.4	and it's like a whole thing and like something will pop up to me and i'm like it's like a vibe so it might
1:56.4	take like the rest of the day i'm so excited but i'll get to it don't. You will all be alerted to who my jelly cat is at some point. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Everybody wants another jelly cat. And then I thought about it. I'm like, I haven't even done my own. I can take that on. Like me and Ariana need to know our jelly cats. I feel like I might take that on.
2:18.7	I'll give it back.
2:19.6	I'll pay it forward.
2:21.5	Okay, yeah.
2:22.3	Scroll the website and you let me know your thoughts.
2:26.4	Anyways, this episode's not about jelly cats, even though it could be.
2:30.8	Okay, so a while back, it feels like a while back, a show came out on Netflix and everybody
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