<![CDATA[Back to Basics Parenting]]>501fed43-bcbf-5850-a217-b638abbb942cThu, 13 Mar 2025 19:00:14 +0000Captivate.fmLucy Dahillhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/9ab4f77c-7bc4-4e34-85c5-e4955b335799/6b0Ao_GWhfX9pmJo_F7z1OtQ.jpgBack to Basics ParentingLucy DahillLucy DahillThere are so many books telling us how to parent that it can get quite overwhelming. So we don't do that! What the b2b parenting podcast offers is lived experiences of the foundations from which to parent. You are the one who lives in your home, not us, but if we get the foundations right then we can adapt to whatever presents. So no must-do's although you will probably hear a fair few wish-I-had-done's!https://b-to-b-parenting.captivate.fmfalseepisodicnopodcastRole modelling from the inside outRole modelling from the inside outHave you ever considered what influences you and therefore what you role model for your children? Is it time for an audit?

Our children watch and learn from us all the time, let’s give them something awesome to see!

]]>Have you ever considered what influences you and therefore what you role model for your children? Is it time for an audit?

Our children watch and learn from us all the time, let’s give them something awesome to see!

]]>b82e63bf-118d-4ec2-b355-a22de42e51adFri, 14 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +110004:04falsefull1818Lucy DahillNot speaking up poisons our relationshipsNot speaking up poisons our relationshipsPlaying the calibrating and calculating ‘not speaking up’ game, is exhausting and poisons our relationships. Why? Because no-one gets a genuine interaction or conversation.

Check out our lates vlog

]]>Playing the calibrating and calculating ‘not speaking up’ game, is exhausting and poisons our relationships. Why? Because no-one gets a genuine interaction or conversation.

Check out our lates vlog

]]>acc48598-d8b0-416c-9f3c-2b5177a67681Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +110004:11falsefull1717Lucy DahillDo you feel ashamed of how you parent?Do you feel ashamed of how you parent?In parenting, ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ feed shame and shame puts you at the mercy of a model that will keep you searching for answers forever.

How about we walk away from that beast...

]]>In parenting, ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ feed shame and shame puts you at the mercy of a model that will keep you searching for answers forever.

How about we walk away from that beast...

]]>7b571eaa-3621-4679-b2ed-0dd06af32024Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +110004:05falsefull1616Lucy DahillTrying to be liked as parentsTrying to be liked as parentsHow much do we want our children to like us? Wanting our children to like us can lead to complications and trouble with a capital ’T'!

This simple vlog offers some insight to why we fall into the trap, the consequences and why it is never worth it...

]]>How much do we want our children to like us? Wanting our children to like us can lead to complications and trouble with a capital ’T'!

This simple vlog offers some insight to why we fall into the trap, the consequences and why it is never worth it...

]]>ad78c6cd-4bba-4e0d-bbcb-3c72236aaf1fFri, 21 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +110002:32falsefull1515Lucy DahillWhy do I feel scared of my child?Why do I feel scared of my child?Child-to-parent abuse is increasingly common, that is huge to admit to ourselves, let alone talk about publicly.

This is a short blog, but we go there…we start the conversation

]]>Child-to-parent abuse is increasingly common, that is huge to admit to ourselves, let alone talk about publicly.

This is a short blog, but we go there…we start the conversation

]]>50d44ba1-7d26-4a43-87f2-e52e6ebe0703Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +110004:32falsefull1414Lucy DahillThe cost of fitting inThe cost of fitting inWhen we understand why we behave the way we do, it supports us to see why so many work so hard to fit in.

Yet this ‘fitting in’ comes at a cost. What price are you prepared to pay?

]]>When we understand why we behave the way we do, it supports us to see why so many work so hard to fit in.

Yet this ‘fitting in’ comes at a cost. What price are you prepared to pay?

]]>97538835-fa15-4fc8-b793-7f3acdea363aFri, 07 Feb 2025 06:00:00 +110004:19falsefull1313Lucy DahillSaying NO to bullyingSaying NO to bullyingSaying no to bullying is a skill we all want for our children and for ourselves.

Let’s look at what ‘feeds’ the bully in the first place so we can consider lasting change.

]]>Saying no to bullying is a skill we all want for our children and for ourselves.

Let’s look at what ‘feeds’ the bully in the first place so we can consider lasting change.

]]>92cee0f1-038f-4c6b-86e7-d13a1a3d59acFri, 31 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +110005:38falsefull1212Lucy DahillParenting FitnessParenting FitnessDid anyone tell us that parenting needs us to have a certain kind of fitness?

Nope..

Well let’s talk about the elephant in the room now…

]]>Did anyone tell us that parenting needs us to have a certain kind of fitness?

Nope..

Well let’s talk about the elephant in the room now…

]]>1a8bddd5-d5cb-4b84-b641-afd8f18d8c1cFri, 24 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +110003:21falsefull1111Lucy DahillBoundaries, Expression and ReactionsBoundaries, Expression and ReactionsLet’s have a different take on boundaries, what if it wasn’t about restriction … would it change the reactions?

Listen in if you dare!

]]>Let’s have a different take on boundaries, what if it wasn’t about restriction … would it change the reactions?

Listen in if you dare!

]]>262bb21d-ceb9-417a-b3c4-4cd646ec43a5Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +110003:48falsefull1010Lucy DahillDiscipline in family lifeDiscipline in family lifeDiscipline in family life is a challenging topic. But could we see discipline in a more practical 'life skill' kind of way? And what would happen to family dynamics if we did? Check out our vlog to hear more.

]]>Discipline in family life is a challenging topic. But could we see discipline in a more practical 'life skill' kind of way? And what would happen to family dynamics if we did? Check out our vlog to hear more.

]]>aec3acb4-2dd9-4d13-bbdf-1e60868adcb2Fri, 10 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +110003:40falsefull99Lucy DahillAre we prepared for Thirteen?Are we prepared for Thirteen?Are we caught with our pants down when children turn teen?

Check out our vlog for more on how we can set a foundation so everyone feels more confident parenting the teen years.

]]>Are we caught with our pants down when children turn teen?

Check out our vlog for more on how we can set a foundation so everyone feels more confident parenting the teen years.

]]>e71f127a-50ed-47e2-9e17-66de9b49968fFri, 03 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +110003:46falsefull88Lucy DahillWho do you think you are?Who do you think you are?Have you ever had that comment said to you as an insult, a put-down?

Being criticized is exhausting.

We want to change the narrative!

]]>Have you ever had that comment said to you as an insult, a put-down?

Being criticized is exhausting.

We want to change the narrative!

]]>b03a73bb-555f-48c1-83d4-b60c3486fc73Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +110003:30falsefull77Lucy DahillSelf-appreciation and knowing your worthSelf-appreciation and knowing your worthCould we consider that what we accept as our normal may be for us to not know our worth. If that was the case, then how convenient that we have mega-marketing machines in every industry to sell us all the ways we can improve ourselves.

How can we have self-appreciation or set standards if we don't know our own worth?

]]>Could we consider that what we accept as our normal may be for us to not know our worth. If that was the case, then how convenient that we have mega-marketing machines in every industry to sell us all the ways we can improve ourselves.

How can we have self-appreciation or set standards if we don't know our own worth?

]]>249fa9d0-0524-4c10-a611-07b8c790078aFri, 08 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +110002:47falsefull66Lucy DahillIntensity in ParentingIntensity in ParentingYou may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business, we squeeze our eyebrows together and squash our brain in effort, compressing ourselves to ‘get it right.’ The problem with all that squeezing and squashing is that we can easily become overwhelmed with the pressure of trying to show that we have all the answers.

Check out this vlog that looks beyond the right and wrong of parenting.

]]>You may have noticed that parenting can sometimes be an intense business, we squeeze our eyebrows together and squash our brain in effort, compressing ourselves to ‘get it right.’ The problem with all that squeezing and squashing is that we can easily become overwhelmed with the pressure of trying to show that we have all the answers.

Check out this vlog that looks beyond the right and wrong of parenting.

]]>0851960d-a6a0-414e-a4fd-49f433d8a13dMon, 04 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +110003:31falsefull55Lucy DahillParenting doesn't start with the childParenting doesn't start with the childHave we ever considered that parenting starts before our baby arrives and is based on what foundations we have lived for ourselves… or did you, like me, think that parenting started the moment we gave birth? Perhaps if we considered how we were parented and what we model for our own children we may recognise that we have to parent ourselves first.

]]>Have we ever considered that parenting starts before our baby arrives and is based on what foundations we have lived for ourselves… or did you, like me, think that parenting started the moment we gave birth? Perhaps if we considered how we were parented and what we model for our own children we may recognise that we have to parent ourselves first.

]]>1462964d-63cb-4d4f-a75e-507c6ac021a1Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +110003:07falsefull44Lucy DahillGrump Pants ParentingGrump Pants ParentingYep, being a grumpy parent is a thing and something that comes when we, as parents, get sucked into all the expectations of what we ‘should’ be doing and forget what really matters in a relationship. 

Here we look at what kind of message that sends.

]]>Yep, being a grumpy parent is a thing and something that comes when we, as parents, get sucked into all the expectations of what we ‘should’ be doing and forget what really matters in a relationship. 

Here we look at what kind of message that sends.

]]>50c8de39-1a79-43b8-bcaf-d1596ee4850eMon, 14 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +110004:05falsefull33Lucy DahillArguments and comfortable intensityArguments and comfortable intensityWe are all familiar with arguments in family life, you know, the ones where we get into an argument with our kids and or our partner, words are spoken on both sides that should not have been said, and the atmosphere at home is thick as treacle. Is it any wonder we make sure we have a hard shell for protection?

This vlog talks about the non-verbal yet very loud communication in life.

]]>We are all familiar with arguments in family life, you know, the ones where we get into an argument with our kids and or our partner, words are spoken on both sides that should not have been said, and the atmosphere at home is thick as treacle. Is it any wonder we make sure we have a hard shell for protection?

This vlog talks about the non-verbal yet very loud communication in life.

]]>1bc043b9-c108-4b6f-9681-dbdc8262b9f2Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +110004:17falsefull22Lucy DahillSitting back and observingSitting back and observingSitting back and observing is not a physical movement where you throw your hands up in the air and give up – that is a reaction and not wildly helpful in the moment, yet a familiar go-to as we start looking at not reacting.  

Check out our vlog as we consider the power of observation.

]]>Sitting back and observing is not a physical movement where you throw your hands up in the air and give up – that is a reaction and not wildly helpful in the moment, yet a familiar go-to as we start looking at not reacting.  

Check out our vlog as we consider the power of observation.

]]>2e176d15-93d2-481b-8831-c7f0c12aefd8Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +110003:28falsefull11Lucy Dahill