Parenting Starts Within: Breaking and Healing Cycles & Raising Emotionally Secure Children

Parenting is one of the most challenging roles we will ever step into—especially when, alongside caring for our children, we are navigating unhealed experiences from our own past. These unresolved patterns can show up as triggers, emotional reactions, inner criticism, and behaviour that doesn't always align with the kind of parent we long to be. Together, Sue and Libby discuss how becoming conscious of these patterns—and learning to meet ourselves with compassion, self-care and emotional awareness—can profoundly shape not only our parenting journey, but our child’s emotional wellbeing too. This conversation explores: How childhood conditioning influences the way we parent Why emotional regulation and self-love are foundational parenting skills The connection between nourishment, nervous system health, and mental wellbeing How healing before baby is one of the greatest gifts we can offer our future child If you’re preparing for parenthood, already parenting, or simply curious about breaking cycles and raising confident, resilient, emotionally secure children—this episode offers gentle insights and grounded guidance to support you on that journey.