

Authentic Parenting
Anna Seewald
Break the cycle of generational trauma by doing your own work, connecting to your authentic self, so that you can raise children who won’t have to recover from their childhoods.
Our Motto is: Raising Our Children, Growing Ourselves.
Authentic Parenting explores how you can find more calm, connection and joy in parenting through the process of self-discovery and inner growth with a trauma-informed lens.
Enjoy!
Our Motto is: Raising Our Children, Growing Ourselves.
Authentic Parenting explores how you can find more calm, connection and joy in parenting through the process of self-discovery and inner growth with a trauma-informed lens.
Enjoy!
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Mar 29, 2024 • 56min
The Big 400! Let's Celebrate!
LIVE EVENT Join us for LIVE Podcast '24–our signature event featuring past guest of the show Seth Gillihan. WHEN: Saturday, April 27 WHERE: Princeton, NJ TOPIC: Finding Healing, Peace and Joy TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-healing-peace-and-joy-tickets-834775033597 Watch this short trailer with last' year's highlights. This is epsiode 400! Hooray! Anna and a few loyal listeners talk about the podcast and its impact on their lives. What they have learned, how they have grown and why are they still here after many years. They mention the Support Calls that Anna started during the pandemic back in March 2020. They are still ongoing and they are free. Hear what people had to say about the support calls in this audio clip. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Mar 21, 2024 • 49min
How to Rest Better
Join us for LIVE Podcast '24–our signature event featuring past guest of the show Seth Gillihan. WHEN: Saturday, April 27 WHERE: Princeton, NJ TOPIC: Finding Healing, Peace and Joy TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-healing-peace-and-joy-tickets-834775033597 Watch this short trailer with last' year's highlights. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Mar 13, 2024 • 54min
Death and Cupcakes with Kristy Lauricella
When you think of death, or if you think of death, do you imagine cupcakes? Apparently some folks do. More specifically Kristy Lauricella tune in to my thought-provoking, emotion-stirring and surpassingly enjoyable conversation all about death with Kristy. You will also find it helpful Kristy shared some practical advice about taking care of certain business. Are you scared of death? Do you have experience with witnessing someone die? Listen to DEATH AND CUPCAKES and explore with us whether the dying person has awareness of the fact that they are dying, learn to stretch your discomfort around uncomfortable subjects, and hear how I want to die. Do you ever think about were were you before your birth and do we go to the same place after death? JOIN US for LIVE Podcast '24! To learn more and get your ticket >>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-healing-peace-and-joy-tickets-834775033597 Watch the trailer on YouTube with last year's highlights. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Mar 11, 2024 • 11min
BONUS: Excerpt from Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls - And How We Can Take it Back by Kara Alaimo
Excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House Audio from Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls - And How We Can Take it Back by Kara Alaimo; Read by Sarah Mollo-Christensen. © 2024 Kara Alaimo ℗ Penguin Random House, LLC. Listen to the author's interivew on the podcast in epsiode 397: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls

Mar 7, 2024 • 51min
Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls Kara Alaimo, PhD
Join us for LIVE Podcast '24–our signature event featuring past guest of the show Seth Gillihan. WHEN: Saturday, April 27 WHERE:Princeton, NJ TOPIC: Finding Healing, Peace and Joy TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-healing-peace-and-joy-tickets-834775033597 Watch this short trailer with last' year's highlights. Communication professor Kara Alaimo, PhD, author of Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls – And How We Can Take It Back discusses how social media is affecting every aspect of the lives of women, girls and nonbinary people — from our relationships and our parenting to our physical and mental wellbeing — and explains what users, lawmakers and tech companies can do about it. OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY ENJOY Ep. 310: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to think Deeply Again with Johann Hari Ep. 370: Strategies for Digital Well-being: How to Reduce Stress, Gain Focus and GainControl of Your Life Ep. 376: Growing up in Public Ep. 295: Strategies for Digital Parenting Ep. 244: Should You Worry About Kids’ Screen Time LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Mar 4, 2024 • 49min
4 Steps to Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal
Join us for LIVE Podcast '24–our signature event featuring past guest of the show Seth Gillihan. WHEN: Saturday, April 27 WHERE:Princeton, NJ TOPIC: Finding Healing, Peace and Joy TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-healing-peace-and-joy-tickets-834775033597 Watch this short trailer with last' year's highlights. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Feb 20, 2024 • 5min
You Are Invited! LIVE PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT
I’m super excited to let you know that we will be doing another LIVE podcast event this year, and you are invited! This year’s event is on Saturday, April 27, in Princeton, NJ, with special guest Seth Gillihan! Seth Gillihan is a clinical psychologist, author of several books and host of the Think Act Be podcast. The topic of the LIVE event is: Finding Healing, Peace and Joy. We are offering only 25 tickets. Secure your Early Bird ticket at a discounted rate, available until March 27th! TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-healing-peace-and-joy-tickets-834775033597 Immerse yourself into an unforgettable experience, spend quality time with your favorite podcast host and special guest, connect, ask questions and enjoy a lovely cocktail hour. Be part of the show. Enjoy an evening to yourself. Make memories, learn and nourish your soul! I hope I will get to meet you in April this year. Join us for our LIVE Podcast event of 2024!

Feb 10, 2024 • 58min
Profound Truths About Loss and Grief That Everybody Needs to Know
WARNING: There is a mention of suicide, PTSD, death, drowning in this episode. The most profound concept around grief and loss is that we do do it even though it feels impossible and it is actually impossible. As a grief and loss specialist Meghan Riordan Jarvis, didn’t expect how unprepared she was after her mother’s death. Grief-stricken, she found herself unable to go on with life and ended up in the same inpatient cliinic where she used to send her clients. What makes grief traumatic? The symptoms of grief, and so much more. LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Jan 25, 2024 • 51min
Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself with Lisa Marchiano
LINKS AND RESOURCES Support the podcast by making a donation (suggested amount $15) 732-763-2576 call to leave a voicemail. info@authenticparenting.com Send audio messages using Speakpipe. Join the Authentic Parenting Community on Facebook. Work w/Anna. Listeners get 10% off her services. Visit authenticparenting.com Follow Anna on Instagram.

Jan 9, 2024 • 1h 4min
The Benefits of Compassion for Yourself and Others with James Kirby
The podcast discusses the benefits of compassion for oneself and others with James Kirby. Topics include the preference for AI robots over human caregivers in aged care, the struggle of receiving compassion, the power of compassion and parental warmth, and resources for parents to cultivate compassion. It also explores the significance of self-compassion and modeling compassion for children.