Ep. 41 Post-Traumatic Parenting with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz

Dr. Robyn Koslowitz is a licensed school psychologist and clinical psychologist. She is also an author, writting the book she needed as a mom, (due to be out in 2025).

As someone who suffered from childhood trauma and PTSD, she knew that her panic attacks and flashbacks would impact her ability to parent her son. So, she set out to understand only to find that the research was limited. Fast forward 26 years and she has created a community to support parents, a YouTube channel, a podcast, and is the educational director of the Targeted Parenting Institute.

You won’t regret setting aside an hour of your time to listen to her wonderful insights and wisdom about mental health, self-care, parenting, relationships, and understanding how our nervous system works.

Much of what she shares can be applied today!

Here are some of the questions we address and ideas we discuss:

• What is trauma?
• Self-doubt, shame, negative self-talk and self-blame
• Parenting through past trauma
• What is a “trauma app”?
• Self-regulation exercises
• Behavioral patterns
• Rupture and repair
• Temperament work and respecting our children’s unique neurological writing
• Developing our skills as parents so we can parent ourselves and our unique kids.
• Polyvagal Theory and co-regulation
• “Sharing our calm”
• Entanglements and types of post-traumatic parents
• Our emotions are history, “What’s hysterical is historical.”
• How our memories are encoded in objects and places and people.
• Why people impact our nervous system.
• The power of acceptance, even our pain.
• Understanding the future self and appreciating your past self.
• And more!

As always, I’d love to hear what resonated. Please share your aha moments with us.

People/Things mentioned in the podcast:

Steven Hayes’ work

Polyvagal Theory

Erikson’s developmental model

Where to find more of Dr. Koslowitz:

Website: https://www.drrobynkoslowitz.com/about/

Instagram:  @dr.koslowitzpsychology

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drkoslowitzpyschology

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@posttraumaticparenting

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