All Episodes
Emotionally Intelligent Parenting with Stephanie Pinto — 126 episodes
126: Six Steps to De-Escalating Big Emotions (And the Meltdown at Taronga Zoo)
125: Tummy Aches, Tears, and Panic: Anxiety in Kids.
124: What to Do When Your Child Is Overwhelmed: The ABCs of Co-Regulation
123: My 10 Most Underrated Ways To Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids
122: A Mini Masterclass on Cooperation (Without Yelling)
121: The Secret to Raising Cooperative, Emotionally Resilient Kids
120: Emotional Intelligence and the Art of Getting Kids to Open Up
119: When Your Child is The Bully: This Parent Was in Shock.
118: Triggers, Tantrums, and Techniques That Work
117: Mini Masterclass on Emotional Intelligence 2026
116: How to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids in 2026 (Without Doing More)
115: The A+ Kid Who Says He’s Being Bullied… Then Takes It Back. What’s Really Going On?
114: Top 10 Lessons That Changed How I Parent (and Teach Emotional Intelligence)
113: Repair Over Perfection: Raising Emotionally Resilient Toddlers with Devon from Transforming Toddlerhood.
112: My Post on Kids' Anger Went Viral: I'm Burning These Myths to the Ground.
111: How To NOT Just Survive The Kid/Teen Years.
110: Breaking the Rules: Why Neurodivergent Kids Push Back with Christina Keeble
109: Own Your Story: How to Finally Stop Repeating the Past, with Lael Stone
108: The Emotional Intelligence Cheat Sheet for Heated Moments
107: Self-Regulation BEFORE Co-Regulation?! (I Was Shocked Too): Nervous System Parenting with Justin Sunseri
106: The One Emotional Pattern That Predicts Breakups (and How to Stop It)
105: 10 Underrated Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence
104: When Calm Feels Impossible: A Nervous System Lens on Parenting Anger.
103: When Your Child Sees or Hears Explicit Content: How We Explained Inappropriate Content using Emotional Intelligence.
102: Mum vs Dad: The Best Way to Handle Power Struggles (Hubby is back on the podcast!)
101: I pulled off a miracle!!! Zero-Nag, Zero-Tantrum Hack That WORKED.
100: How One Step Changed Everything: My Emotional Intelligence Journey (100TH EPISODE!)
99: How NOT To Raise Snowflakes: This Is What Real Resilience Looks Like.
98: The Internet Told This Mum to Punish Her 10-Year-Old's Behaviour (SO Much Wrong!!!)
97: No-one Is Talking About This!
96: Are You Parenting The HARD Way or The EASY Way?
95: Get Your Kids to TIDY UP! (The Emotionally Intelligent Way)
94: How NOT to Explode When Your Kids Push Your Buttons! (Emotional Intelligence Hack for Parents!)
93: Stop the Bedtime Chaos... Without Yelling or Losing It!
92: Use This Immediate Calming Tool When You're About to Explode! With Jackie Black.
91: When You're Trapped in the Car With Fighting Kids... Here's How To NOT LOSE IT and Calm the Chaos.
90: Stop "Fixing" Your Kid’s Feelings!! Do THIS Instead (It Builds Emotional Intelligence!)
89: The Emotionally Intelligent Way To Handle Conflict (without yelling and door slamming).
88: Manipulative? Attention-Seeking? What's Going On With Misbehaving, Naughty Kids.
87: Who Are You Calling Soft?? Emotional Intelligence Is NOT About Being a 'Nice' Person.
86: "Control Your Emotions" Is TERRIBLE Advice.
85: The Discipline Lie: Why Everything We Were Taught Was Wrong PLUS It Doesn't Work on Kids Anyway.
84: This is How the World’s Happiest People Raise Kids: Danish Parenting with Jessica Joelle Alexander.
83: "Why Am I So Angry at My Kids?”: You're Not Broken, You're Repeating Cycles, with Shelly Robinson.
82: So You Lost Your Sh*t. Now Learn the Real Way to Repair (and Teach Your Kids How To) with Emotional Intelligence.
81: 11 Hidden Triggers Your Child Has - How to Spot Them and Defuse Them with Emotional Intelligence.
80: Dr. Mona Delahooke On What's REALLY Driving Your Child's Big Behaviours.
79: Your Kid Isn’t the Problem - The Power Struggle Is Sabotaging Your Parenting with Vivek Patel.
78: Why Your Child Lies (and How All The Parenting Advice We Get Is WRONG!!)
77: Parenting Neurodivergent Kids Without Punishment or Power Struggles with Marissa Taylor
76: The Legendary Alfie Kohn on Time-Outs, Accidental Manipulation and 'Motivating' Kids.
75: The Truth About Rewards, Stars, Stickers, and Points with Megg Thompson
74: A Little Rant (The Double Standards in Emotional Intelligence)
73: Soulful Single Parenting: How to Thrive as a Solo Parent with Dr. Gila.
72: Stop Being Hijacked By Your Emotions: 10 Lessons in Emotional Intelligence Every Parent Needs to Know.
71: Tough Kids vs. Snowflakes: The Science of Raising Resilient Humans with Tim Curtis.
70: Permission to Feel: Busting the Biggest Myths About Emotional Intelligence with Prof. Marc Brackett
69: Fast-Track Your Emotional Intelligence: Lessons I Learned the Hard Way (So You Don’t Have To)
68: Early Warning Signs: How to Spot Dysregulation in Your Kids.
67: Meltdowns and Shutdowns: The Neuroscience Behind Extreme Dysregulation
66: Help! My Kids Are Bored: Surviving the School Holidays with EI and Ease.
65: Good Enough Parenting: Letting Go of Perfection and Comparison with Dr. Catherine Kizana
64: When Meltdowns Turn Physical: How to Handle Hitting, Throwing, Kicking, And Keeping Your Cool
63: Out of Spoons: Your Key to Finally Understand Your Kids’ (or Partner’s) Baffling Behaviour!
62: From Self-Esteem to Self-Care: Parenting Tweens with Purpose with Michelle Mitchell.
61: Mind Over Munchies: Raising Balanced Eaters and Building Healthy Food Relationships with Fiona Kane.
60: How We Failed As New Parents with Steph and Alex.
59: How to Get The Happier, Calmer and Connected Family You Want With Emotional Intelligence
58: Anxiety and Emotional Intelligence: From Overthinking to Overcoming.
57: The Art of Letting Go (Without Actually Letting Go) with Amy Sargent
56: How We Keep Our Kids Safe Online (Without Banning Everything!)
55: Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom (and Beyond).
54: Parenting on the Same Page: My Husband’s Journey into Emotional Intelligence.
53: What Really Is Emotional Intelligence and What Does It Really Look Like in Parenting?
52: Our Husband-Wife Duo on Emotional Intelligence, Boundaries, and Protecting Our Kids
51: How Emotional Intelligence Helped Us Navigate Our Kids' Unhealthy Friendship
50: How to Protect Your Kids Online with Fareedah Shaheed.
49: Kids and Big Emotions: How to Dial Up Your Emotional Intelligence and Respond Calmly.
48: Stop Avoiding "The Talk": Navigating the Sex Conversation with Your Kids, with Vanessa Hamilton.
47: Breakages and Mistakes: Raising Kids in a Punishment-Free Home.
46: Parent Tug-of-War? Say Bye-Bye to Battles and Get on the Same Page with Kyle and Sarah Wester.
45: ADHD, Aggression and Big Emotions with Rebecca Challoner
44: Let's Be Attachment Nerds Together with Eli Harwood.
43: Time to Stop Yelling: Secrets to Calmer, Happier Parenting with Kristina Manning
42: Bedtime Meltdown: How I Turned Chaos into Calm with Co-regulation.
41: What You Do Speaks Volumes: Emotionally Intelligent Parenting with Noble Gibbens.
40: Why Can't My Kid Just DO THE THING? Seth Perler Talks Executive Function Skills.
39: The Emotional Intelligence "Brain Hack" for Parents.
38: Respond Not React: Mastering Your Emotional Reactions.
37: When Validating Your Child's Emotions Backfires.
36: My Child Won't Listen! Advice For A Parent Who Wrote In.
35: Better Communication = More Cooperation: Because YOU Are Probably Creating Arguments and Power Struggles.
34: Parenting Teens: How to Stay Connected Amid Risky Behaviour, Vaping, Phones and the TikTok Lifestyle, with Kirsten Cobabe.
33: Parental Burnout with The Therapist Parent (Krysten Taprell)
32: Part 2 of Redefining Fatherhood with Daniel Franco
31: Redefining Fatherhood: Emotional Intelligence and Gentle Parenting with Daniel Franco (Part 1).
30: Raising Respectful, Resilient Kids with Sarah R. Moore
29: Honour Your Child's Sensory System To Reduce Meltdowns, Stress and Conflict with Laura Petix OT.
28: My Wake-Up Call This Week: Navigating Scary Videos and Bedtime Meltdowns
27: When All The Emotions Regulation Tools Don't Work, with Alice Bullivant.
26: Cooperative Co-parenting in Separation and Divorce with Aurisha Smolarski and Stephanie Pinto.
25: Anger and Shame in Parenting with Crystal Haitsma and Stephanie Pinto
24: Parenting with Neurodiversity with Kelly Wiseman and Stephanie Pinto.
23: Taming Your Triggers with Emotional Intelligence
22: Leslie Josel and Stephanie: Raising Problem-Solvers not Direction Followers (and ADHD kids)
21: The OT Parent Coaches and Stephanie: Understanding Sensory Processing Differences and Behaviour.
20: Sarah Rosensweet and Stephanie: Peaceful Parenting.
19: Tosha Schore and Stephanie: Aggression in Boys.
18: Dr Vanessa Lapointe and Stephanie: Big Emotions, Attachment and Intention.
17: Using Emotional Intelligence to Understand Your Child's Behaviour.
16: Handling Big Emotions In Public with Emotional Intelligence.
15: Tantrums vs Meltdowns: Are They Different?
14: Hypocritical Habits: Are You Practicing What You Preach?
13: My Child Is Being So Unreasonable!
12: A Mini Masterclass on Emotional Intelligence
11: A Punishment-Free Home With Emotional Intelligence
10: When Your Partner Is On A Different Page (Of A Different Book In A Totally Different Shop).
9: We removed YouTube from our home - here's how it went.
8: The Christmas Tree Meltdown That Didn't Happen
7: I asked my community "What do you wish you heard as a child?"
6: 10 Emotional Intelligence Tips to Navigate Burnout
5: How I Defused A Meltdown in 15 Minutes
4: Stop Making This One Mistake with Emotions (please!)
3: How to Encourage an Apology (using Emotional Intelligence)
2: Starting Your Emotional Intelligence Journey
1: Welcome to Emotionally Intelligent Parenting!