The Power of Repair - How the Simple Act of Apologizing to Your Kids Can Transform Your Family’s Home and Generations to Come

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

Big Little Feelings, After Bedtime, Deena Margolin, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, Kids & Family, Parenting, 105161, Kristin Gallant

4.7 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this powerful episode, Child Therapist Deena Margolin and Parent Coach Kristin Gallant offer a profound healing moment to parents everywhere: if you messed up, if you yelled: it’s not too late, you didn’t f*ck this whole thing up, you aren’t a horrible monster: you’re HUMAN, just like the rest of us. This episode will be the warm hug of “I’ve been there, you’re not alone” that you’ve been waiting for, PLUS: An exact framework of what makes a good repair moment Common phrases to STOP saying when you apologize after messing up Why repairing doesn’t come naturally to us (spoiler alert: it’s not YOU, it’s your childhood) The powerful love chemical in the brain that gets released (for both parties) when you apologize The most IMPORTANT part of repair most people miss: ways to take care of YOU after you’ve messed up and why it’s the crucial piece of the repair puzzle Why easy going kids do not equal better kids Theme Song Composer: Liz Fohl To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings.
0:11.0	And hold up before we begin, this podcast is just for you.
0:14.6	You're hanging out with us, your besties.
0:16.8	There will be swearing and explicit jokes, so pop those headphones in and let's get into
0:21.6	the show.
0:22.6	Today's episode will literally change the trajectory of your family's life and change generational
0:29.1	patterns of your family's lives to come.
0:31.8	This one is a huge episode, a huge topic.
0:35.0	We are talking about repair, repairing after you fuck up because we're all going to do it.
0:41.2	We're all going to fuck up.
0:42.2	We're all going to yell.
0:44.0	And then here's where we swoop in with repair.
0:47.4	Let's go.
0:48.4	Finally, here we are.
0:56.5	After Bedtime, the kids are asleep and it is time to get down.
1:01.0	I'm Kristen and I'm Dina, we're the duo behind the ever-popular Instagram account Big
1:05.7	Little Feelings, which helps you navigate all things parenthood.
1:09.4	But this is not a boring ass parenting podcast.
1:12.5	There will be inappropriate jokes, we will be getting down and dirty, so put those babies
1:17.7	to bed and let's have fun.
1:21.8	Dina, what's up?
1:24.8	Oh my God, what a week, what a day, huh?
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