Welcome to the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast, a weekly conversation about mental health,

personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions

of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information or to find a therapist in your area, visit our website at therapyforblackgirls.com.

While I hope you love listening to and learning from the podcast, it is not meant to be a substitute

for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all!

Thanks so much for joining me for a session 120 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

I know that for many of you, it's back to school time, or it soon will be.

So I wanted to dig into a topic to hopefully help stay off a few meltdowns for both you and your kids.

In today's episode, we'll be talking about how we can work to better regulate our own emotions

so that we can help our kids regulate theirs.

For this conversation, I was joined by Dr. Anliwis Lockhart. Dr. Lockhart is a pediatric psychologist,

parent coach, national speaker, author, and business owner of a growing psychology practice

in San Antonio, Texas. She was born and raised on the island of St. Croix.

Dr. Lockhart and I discuss what co-regulation is, how it can be useful in strengthening your

relationship with your kids, how we can make sure we have enough reserves to manage our own emotions,

and the important distinction between discipline and punishment.

If you hear something that really resonates with you while listening,

please make sure to share it with us on social media using the hashtag,

tbg-incession. Here's our conversation. Thank you so much for joining us today Dr. Lockhart.

...