016 Gentle parenting and neurodivergence as medicine for our culture with Celestyna Brozek Wild

In this episode, Kari has a passionate conversation with Celestyna Brozek Wild (she/they), an integrative deep change worker and astroanalyst who specialties in parenting and neurodiversity.  Today Kari and Celestyna jam about:  - Demystifying “gentle parenting” - what it is NOT (e.g., it’s NOT about being “calm all the time” or “always being present or available”, and it definitely doesn’t result in your kids always being compliant) - Gentle parenting is actually about working around YOUR OWN nervous system as an adult  - Interrupting the urgency of needing to “fix” problems - The snowball of time effect where we do future catastrophization about the things we are experiencing today  - How accepting neurodivergence + our kids’ emotional expression is medicine for our emotionally flatlined culture - The benefits of being in non-evaluation, curiosity, and observation, and using declarative language to describe what’s being experienced and cross check with your child’s experience  - Being willing to use experimentation and trial-and-error to find bespoke strategies for your particular family  - The necessity of safe places to share your truth and be supported  You can learn more about Celestyna here.  Sign up for emails from the Village Collaborative Parenting Center for Neurodiverse Families and register for our free community gatherings and coworking/body doubling  Connect with Kari on Instagram and Facebook To re-imagine business for your sensitive, highly neurodivergent brain through honing your intuition and radical community collaboration, join the Community Wisdom Collective.