Is My Child A Monster? A Parenting Therapy Podcast
Leslie Cohen-Rubury
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How To Manage Parental Overwhelm with Special Guest Dr. Kiki Felhling
Parenting is an overwhelming job with endless meals, cleanups, and activities. But on top of that, there’s the general overwhelm we're all feeling in our current world, and there are skills you can learn to help manage that daily overwhelm. In this episode Leslie speaks with special guest, Dr. Kiki Fehling. Dr. Kiki Fehling, a licensed psychologist, DBT expert, author and speaker, discusses the transformative impact of DBT on her life and the lives of her clients. Together Leslie and Kiki focus on specific DBT skills that can directly help parents who feel overwhelmed, including Mindfulness, TIPP, and Opposite Action Skills which can help both you and your children. Time Stamps 3:05 Why Kiki is committed to getting DBT resources out to the public 5:13 Distinguishing between DBT Therapy and DBT Skills The four Modules of DBTThese are life skills to help you deal with the hard parts of life7:15 How do we talk to parents about the overwhelm Start with mindfulnessDefinition of mindfulnessIncreasing one’s awareness of the Overwhelm11:10 Jon Kabat Zinn’s Quote: “if our lives depended on our awareness of our breathing we’d all be dead 12:48 Mindfulness is the foundation of DBT 13:00 TIPP Skills to help us regulate our nervous system 13:25 Paced Breathing Skill14:48 Tip your Temperature - mammalian Dive Reflex16:48 Intense Exercise17:47 Progressive Muscle Relaxation19:46 Opposite Action Skill 24:50 Dealing with Overwhelm Using your TIPP Skills IS Opposite Action25:25 Start with yourself: Model it and that teaches your child to cope Co-regulation is when the parent calms themselves down27:06 Kids are growing up with Mindfulness as an everyday word 28:55 “ Living Therapeutically” is Leslie’s term for a way of living without therapy that continues to help you learn and grow (a newsletter will be coming soon on this) Leslie-ism: Practice Naming Your Emotions Resources: Dr. Kiki Fehling’s Website Self-Directed DBT Skills: 3 Month DBT WorkbookDBT Cards for Coping SkillsKiki Fehlings Tik Tok @dbtkikiKiki Fehling Instagram.TIPP Skills from DBT Therapy Handout Tip your Temperature VideoIntense Exercise VideoOpposit Action Skills Video from DBT Therapy Jon Kabat Zinn’s Website For a full transcript of this episode and more information about the host visit https://lesliecohenrubury.com/podcasts/ . You can also follow Leslie’s work on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Join the conversation with your own questions and parenting experiences. Credits: Is My Child a Monster? is produced by Alletta Cooper, Camila Salazar, and
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