37. Raising Empowered Kids, with Isabella Catena

Isabella Catena is an expert on kids, more specifically raising empowered kids! She helps parents navigate parenthood in a more easeful, aligned and  empowered way. Supporting with things like boundary setting, behaviours and navigating big emotions. Isabella is someone I personally love to learn from and have learnt so much about not only empowering kids, but also parenting my inner child! In this episode, Isabella shares: Noticing kids be more receptive based on the ways she was showing up. How inner child healing benefited her approach to supporting children. How to navigate tantrums in private and public. Understanding that kids don’t have the capacity to regulate their emotions and need a calm adult to soothe. Creating a safe space for your children. Loving kids through their full range of emotions. How our relationship with our emotions impacts our children. Learning not to take things personally. The importance of regulating your own nervous system around children. Exploring our triggers and healing underlying wounds. Ways reflection can be a game-changer. Setting healthy boundaries with kids. The ‘this or that’ technique. Giving kids the opportunity to be involved and have a choice. Cultivating patience and how this impacts our ability to parent. Allowing kids to have a go and dropping our perfectionism. Helping your kids believe in themselves and develop confidence, self worth and competence. What she would change about the schooling system and why. Learning through play. Being open to learning from our kids, not just teaching them. Remembering that kids are humans too. Being present with children. Building a deep connection with our kids. How to get kids to respect you. And so much more! Learn more about Isabella and her offerings via her website https://www.raising-empoweredkids.com/ and follow her on instagram @raising.empoweredkids for lots of supportive content.