E67: Dr. Adele Lafrance

Dr. Adele Lafrance is a clinical psychologist, research scientist, author, and the co-developer of emotion-focused treatment modalities, including Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, and she’s also a psychedelics researcher, with a focus on ayahuasca, MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine. She is the co-author of What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: A Practical Guide for Parents and Caregivers, which aims to help parents reconnect with their instincts and have more empathetic and effective relationships with their children. In our conversation we discussed connection, core loneliness, rest, suffering, helplessness, psychology, technology, science, Ashley Miller, neuroscience, scripts, indigenous healers, trauma, instincts, empathy, toxicity, culture, blame, parent blame, mother blame, luck, forgiveness, aiming for understanding, feeling your feelings, emotional processing, disconnection, knee-jerk responses, building bridges, emotional translators, imagining, validating, and emotional reassurance. Episode Details: Guest Name: Adele Lafrance Website: https://dradelelafrance.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-adele-lafrance-9a498784/ What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work: https://dradelelafrance.com/books Gong Sound: 68261__juskiddink__bell4.wav Other Content from the Explorer Poet Download my latest writing: Myth for Modern Men: A Letter to My Son - https://explorerpoet.com/myth-for-modern-men/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexplorerpoet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheExplorerPoet Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIQxs0F0mGoEJYNNJx4ph5g Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Z9WKzUIWbq5qOJE1zmRJQ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-explorer-poet-podcast/id1621189025 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ead95bf9-2f53-4965-8c29-b787a198891c/the-explorer-poet-podcast Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85MmM5ZTY5NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjA6v_KhPn3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA To hear more, visit theexplorerpoet.substack.com