Episode 41: Highly Sensitive Children: Tips for Parenting, Nurturing and Co-Regulation with Natalie Brunswick

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Episode 41: Highly Sensitive Children: Tips for Parenting, Nurturing and Co-Regulation with Natalie Brunswick @highlysensitivefamily We hear the term “highly sensitive” a lot these days- but what does being highly sensitive or having a highly sensitive child really mean? This week Rachael and Natalie Brunswick, a psychotherapist OT and parenting educator, dive deep into the characteristics of highly sensitive children (and parents!). You’ll learn all about the importance of understanding and supporting highly sensitive children, as well as the need for parents to do their own inner work. Here’s what they discuss inside this insightful episode: Natalie’s challenges with her colicky and sleepless baby, which led to her own postpartum PTSD diagnosis and a journey towards helping others All the amazing & unique characteristics of highly sensitive children How to help co-regulate and release stress for parents AND children Some of the challenges and difficult experiences that can come with parenting highly sensitive children Some potential ways to support highly sensitive children in school and social settings Tools for sensitive & neurodivergent parents to support the needs of their sensitive children Ways for parents to creatively meet their own needs The grief that may arise during parenting How to decide if and when you are ready for more children, particularly if your first was highly sensitive or you had a difficult time postpartum Natalie is a psychotherapist, occupational therapist, parenting educator, mental health advocate, and mother of two exceptional boys. Like so many of us, she came into parenthood with an idea of what it would all look like. And, well, spoiler alert, it looked nothing at all like what she imagined! And so The Highly Sensitive Family was born. The Highly Sensitive Family is an online community with courses, workshops, and support for educating parents and helping others better understand their experiences, their stories, their nervous systems, their families, children & relationships, their dreams & passions. Mentioned in this episode: Natalie’s Instagram: @highlysensitivefamily Natalie’s Website: https://highlysensitivefamily.com/ Natalie’s courses: The Reparenting Masterclass Raising Us: Community Membership I’d Love Another Baby, But… If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok | Website Episode Sponsored By: Mysteries About True Histories Podcast: Tune in every Thursday for a brand new episode of Mysteries About True Histories! This series is perfect for kids ages six and up. Even if your child hasn’t learned some of these concepts yet in school, the storytelling seamlessly plants the seeds for all kinds of math, history, geography and science lessons that will keep your little ones curious and excited to learn. Listen to the podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.0	ahead and get involved. Grab a Coke, drink it in.
0:51.7	Welcome back to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:59.0	I'm your host, Rachel Shepardota, and today I am so happy to have my friend Natalie Brunswick, a psychotherapist, occupational therapist, parenting educator, and mental health advocate, plus mom of two exceptional little boys. Natalie,
1:12.7	like so many of us, came into parenthood with an idea of what it would all look like, and spoiler
1:17.1	alert, it looked nothing like that at all. And so the highly sensitive family was born.
1:22.5	Natalie runs the highly sensitive family as well as an online membership called Raising Us, where she
1:27.4	educates
1:27.9	parents and helps us better understand our experiences, stories, nervous systems, and relationships.
1:34.6	Thank you so much for being here, my friend. I have missed you since we were together in Nashville
1:38.9	a couple weeks ago. How are you doing? I'm well. Thank you for having me. Did you pull that from my
1:43.4	website? That was like so,
1:45.0	you didn't even ask me for my bio, but that sounded great. Well done. I'm with a research team. Well done to Emma, my assistant who helps me put all this stuff together. Yes. Well done, Emma. Yeah, she was like, you know, I can come up with some questions for you. And I said, you know, me and Natalie have talked about this kind of stuff so many times I can probably wing it. But I do
2:03.5	have a list of
2:05.0	some things we could cover. The first thing I really want to hear, though, for those who are new to
2:09.7	you or new to your page, the highly sensitive family is, what was your inspiration? Because I think
2:15.8	for many of us who kind of joined this online space to
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