Hypervigilance- Podcast #632

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd discuss hypervigilance, or the elevated state of constantly assessing potential threats. They discuss how our uncertain and ever-changing world can create this, or how some of us learned it in childhood. They also discuss the mental wellness of our kids and how we can talk to them about self-care and staying hopeful.

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0:00.0	do do do do do do do here we go my name's Todd and this is Gabi welcome back to another episode of
0:10.0	zen parenting radio this is podcast number 632 why let the Zen parenting radio because you'll feel
0:16.6	outstanding and always remember a motto which is that the best predictor of a child's
0:21.0	being is a parent's self-understanding. Why don't you tease the topic, even though I think I'm going
0:27.5	to derail it pretty early, sweetie? Uh-oh. That's no way to start. We are going to talk about hypervigilance.
0:34.1	Oh, that's a lot of, I'm writing it down. I even know if I know how to spell it.
0:39.0	Hypervigilance.
0:39.4	Yeah, I have no idea how to spell it, I would guess.
0:41.3	But you don't, do you know what it means?
0:46.3	Overly, really, if I am, if I'm trying to assemble my daughter's bike, I need to be hypervigilant to make sure it gets done 100% correctly without any flaws.
1:00.9	Hypervigilant?
1:02.3	Yeah, I mean, I think that could work.
1:04.7	I mean, it doesn't like it's not super true to the definition, but that makes sense to me.
1:09.1	Okay.
1:09.6	How would you define it?
1:11.0	Well, I mean, the definition is an elevated state of assessing potential threats around you.
1:16.6	Yeah.
1:16.9	And if I don't assemble that bike correctly, my darling, the wheel might fall off and she might die.
1:23.1	Do you know any hypervigilant people?
1:26.1	Yeah.
1:26.8	I think I do. Who? Does she live with you? Ohilant people? Yeah, I think I do.
1:27.9	Who?
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