Ep 95: Hypervigilence, Knowing Ourselves, Enoughness and Values in Parenting

Written By Helena Bradbury

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This episode is a continuation of some of the themes from episode 94 (and can also be listened to alone).

Cath speaks about the core of people pleasing and how carrying this into parenting sets us up to feel bad, she touches on ‘metrics’, getting to know ourselves and having an embodied sense of our enough-ness. There is also discussion around values.

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