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The Mom Room

EP277. Dr. Shefali on Destroying the Fantasy, Parental Ego, and The Parenting Map

The Mom Room

Renee Reina & Podcast Nation

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8602 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

EP277. Dr. Shefali is a best-selling author, clinical psychologist, and international speaker. In this episode she explains why we need to destroy the parenting/motherhood fantasy, how to identify whether you are parenting with your ego, and tells us all about her new book The Parenting Map. Take notes on this one!

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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.

0:44.9

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. Welcome to Tuesday's episode. I was so excited

0:52.9

to record this because I'm a huge fan of Dr. Sheffali.

0:56.4

After you listen to this episode, you will understand why everything she says. I'm just like,

1:01.5

yeah, yeah, totally. Dr. Sheffali has a new book out. This is her fourth parenting book. It is called

1:09.0

The Parenting Map. Oprah has endorsed her work in

1:13.4

conscious parenting as revolutionary. Okay, Oprah. Dr. Shefali is a clinical psychologist that specializes

1:20.3

in the integration of Western psychology and Eastern philosophy. She is super impressive,

1:26.5

and again, everything she says, I just love. And it's

1:31.2

such important messaging. That's the thing. It's not like the fru-frou parenting. You have to do this.

1:38.1

No, it's all about how us as parents need to adjust to better parent our children and have more connection with our

1:47.7

children. Figuring out our own shit and changing how we look at our children and how we look at

1:56.5

motherhood to have a more meaningful relationship that is not based in ego or wanting to have

2:03.8

control over our children, focusing on success and, you know, relying on our children to make us

2:10.8

happy and so on and so forth. There's just so many great pieces of information and messages in this episode. I am very excited about

2:20.6

this episode. I know you're going to love it. So please welcome Dr. Sheffali to the mom room.

2:27.3

All right. So the first question I always ask people who have children is what their transition into motherhood was like. So I'm curious what your

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