96: Parenting Lies You Were Told (Kelly Brogan Exposes the Truth)

If you want to feel more empowered in ALL of your relationships, end the cycles of pain in your mother line, and feel more confident as a parent,  join Kelly for Victimless Mothering.In this episode, you'll learn why children owe parents nothing beyond gratitude for life, how micromanaging your child's space can disconnect them from intrinsic motivation, why control-based parenting breeds entitlement, and how shifting to a devotional approach to motherhood creates a deeper connection.Timestamps:[00:00] Introduction  [00:30] The mother-child relationship is the deepest form of intimacy[01:15] The habit of micromanaging children's spaces[02:10] How control-based parenting impacts kids[03:05] Teaching kids compliance vs. true cooperation[04:00] Understanding the hidden motives behind parenting rules[05:00] Why children only owe parents gratitude for life[06:10] The natural flow of giving from parent to child[07:05] Recognizing the burden of transactional love[08:00] How unmet childhood needs shape parenting behaviour[09:15] Letting go of expectations for children’s appreciation[10:00] Why it’s okay if children never reciprocate gestures[11:10] The power of giving without expecting anything in return[12:05] How control-based parenting creates entitlement[13:00] Teaching kids intrinsic motivation instead of compliance[14:05] The issue with forcing kids to clean their rooms[15:00] Encouraging kids to take ownership of their space[16:10] How parents project their own discomfort onto their kids[17:00] Shifting from control to true service in parenting[18:00] Recognizing martyrdom and self-pity in motherhood[19:10] Prioritizing motherhood over career and personal goals[20:05] The mindset shift from burden to privilege in parenting[21:00] The importance of truly listening to children[22:00] Letting go of the need to control your child’s choicesWant to start a podcast like this one? Book your free podcast planning call hereResources Mentioned:Family Constellation Training | WebsiteInstagram: @kellybroganmdWebsite: kellybroganmd.comJoin Kelly's monthly membership, Vital Life Project here.Get Kelly’s new book The Reclaimed Woman here and join the companion program, Reclaimed, here.

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It hurts to have unmet needs. And it sucks to scurry after crumbs when you’re starving. Join Kelly Brogan MD, as she teaches us how our pain points are portals. She’ll help you discover a world where every seeming challenge is a new chapter in your most audacious story. Plot twists, body symptoms, and heartbreak each represent an opportunity to own ourselves and learn to better wield the power of choice. Kelly will take you on a reclamation journey from the battlefield of victim consciousness to the sovereignty of self-devoted pleasure and expose every surprising place you’ve given your power away. Explore the tools you’ll need to find out what you want, how to ask for it and how to stand in fierce alignment with yourself.Kelly Brogan is a soul alchemist and threshold guardian devoted to the transformation of collective consciousness. As a young know-it-all atheist, candy-addict, straight-A MIT neuroscience major and Ivy-league trained psychiatrist, she specialized in feeding women, herself included, straight into the mouth of the medicated beast. After a Hashimoto’s healing journey inspired her to sound the alarm on the bait-and-switch of big pharma, she became a renegade activist—authoring the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own, and its follow-up, Own Your Self; co-editing the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression; and eventually becoming an honorary member of the Disinformation Dozen. She is the creatrix of Vital Mind Reset, the online health reclamation program, and the membership community Vital Life Project. She’s a human, cat, and chicken mom.