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Parenting with Kindness (To Ourselves)
In this episode, Rachael Clinton Chen and her husband Michael Chen dive into the importance of parenting with kindness—not just toward children, but toward ourselves....
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The Eternality of Parenting
“We’re going to invite you as an audience to address the reality that we need to be mothered and we need to be fathered. Whether...
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Parenting the Parent
Annie Allender Robbins and Amanda Christian join their dad, Dan Allender, for a personal and profound dialogue about how they were raised, how that shaped...
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Change Is Afoot
It was a sunny winter day in the Pacific Northwest, and I had my Miele vacuum cleaner in hand. The endless days of gray...
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Grief & Gratitude in Partnerships and Parenting
How do we open ourselves up to greater grief – and the potential for greater gratitude – with our spouses, partners, children and closest friends?...
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Grief & Gratitude with Family of Origin
As we prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, Dan and Rachael continue their discussion on the intersection of grief and gratitude, focussing on how to...
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Surviving the Sea
“Curiosity killed the cat” is an aphorism that warns us to stay safe at home. It suggests it is dangerous to dream, wander, and explore....
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Revisiting Our Stories, Part Two
In these days of what feels like endless ache and wave after wave of trauma and demand for resilience, we have the opportunity to develop...
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