Emotion Regulation

230: Do all babies have Wonder Weeks? Here’s what the research says

By Jen Lumanlan | Dec 1, 2024

Is your baby crying more than usual? It could be a Wonder Week! Tune in to learn the science behind these phases and why the concept may not be as reliable as it seems.

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227: Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 2

By Jen Lumanlan | Oct 20, 2024

In our last conversation with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett [Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1] a couple of weeks ago we looked at her theory of where emotions originate. This has important implications for things like: How our ‘body budgets’ affect our feelings How we make meaning from our feelings so…

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226: Where emotions come from (and why it matters) Part 1

By Jen Lumanlan | Oct 6, 2024

Have you ever wondered where our emotions come from? Do you think that if you look at a person’s face, you can have a pretty good idea of how they’re feeling? But at the same time, do your child’s feelings seem mysterious to you, like you can’t figure them out? Listener Akiko introduced me to…

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225: How to stop shaming your child

By Jen Lumanlan | Sep 29, 2024

I know it can be really (really) difficult to bridge the gap between being the kind of parent we want to be, and the kind of parent we’re able to be in the moments when our kids do things we find difficult. We might know that we want our kids to receive a message of…

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224: How to heal your Mom Rage

By Jen Lumanlan | Sep 22, 2024

There are several books available on mom rage by now.  They tend to follow a predictable formula: a journalist interviews a bunch of parents and makes sweeping pronouncements about how anger-inducing it is to be a Mom, interspersed with anecdotes about terrible things they’ve said and done to their children. They usually end with a…

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