e054 – The Part-Time Jungle Podcast: Helping by Healing with Jenn Abbatiello

Do you ever feel the overwhelm of trying to “do it all”? Or maybe you’ve been struggling on your parenting journey and are needing a bit of hope that it’s all going to be okay? In this episode, Jenn Abbatiello joins me to talk about peaceful parenting and how it can help us build stronger relationships with our kids and ourselves. Jenn is a mom of two young boys and a Certified Parent Coach. She is the founder of Your Transformed Family, helping parents end the anger, frustration, and guilt to find calm, confidence and ease in their parenting without yelling, threatening or punishing.  As a former dominant parent, Jenn learned to become a peaceful parent and is dedicated to helping other parents transform their parenting too! Prior to founding Your Transformed Family, Jenn worked for 20+ years as a senior sales & marketing executive with companies of various sizes and across industries. She helped launch Microsoft Advertising in Canada, built and led the marketing team at Thinking Capital and spearheaded the growth of Reader’s Digest in Southeast Asia. When not working with families, she loves the outdoors skiing, hiking or running with her husband and two boys. One thing she can’t live without is her morning latte with oat milk. Listen in as we talk about: The struggle behind being a mom. Jenn gets honest and real about becoming a mom even if it wasn’t in her life plan. Healing our trauma to help our kids through their big emotions. Jenn talks about her biggest parenting lesson, which is to do her own inner healing work so that she can help her kids. Tips for prioritizing working on yourself. We can only show up as the mom we want to be when we take care of ourselves. Jenn shares her two tips on how to do just that. Connect with Jenn * Instagram: @yourtransformedfamily https://www.instagram.com/yourtransformedfamily/ * Facebook: @yourtransformedfamily https://www.facebook.com/yourtransformedfamily/ * Website: https://www.yourtransformedfamily.com * Quiz: What’s Your Parenting Style I checked out Jenn’s "What's Your Parenting Style?" Quiz and learned that I am a “Balanced Parent”. Take the quiz to see what type of parent you are and receive tips and resources to support you along your parenting journey: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6230b3f2452f9b00188a8bd5 Connect with Tiana and The Part-Time Jungle Community: * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parttimejungle/ * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parttimejungle/ * Website: https://theparttimejungle.com THE STRUGGLE BEHIND BEING A MOM  When Jenn and her husband started talking about kids, Jenn felt it just wasn’t in her life plan. After a battle with cancer, she wasn’t even sure if she could have them.  Jenn gets honest and real about becoming a mom, and how it brought up many fears and a battle with wanting to be in control. She talks about how she hit her breaking point, packed her bags and left. This is what led her to where she is now, helping people through their parenting journey.  HEALING OUR TRAUMA TO HELP OUR KIDS THROUGH THEIR BIG EMOTIONS  “Parenting is about co-regulation. You cannot co-regulate if you yourself are not regulated.”