Show Notes
What if your biggest parenting trigger has nothing to dowith your child, and everything to do with your past?
In this episode, Mia sits down with Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst, psychologist and emotional intelligence expert, to explore how the emotional patterns stored in our brains from childhood shape the way we parent today, often without us even realising it.
Dr. Vanderhorst reveals why so many men grow up emotionally disconnected, how well-meaning parents unconsciously limit their children's emotional lives, and what it actually takes to break those generational cycles.
In this episode you'll discover:
• Why naming an emotion is the single most powerful thing you can do for your child's development • How boys are systematically taught to suppress emotions, and the lifelong cost of that • What your triggers are really telling you about your own unfinished history • Practical ways to create emotional safety for your children starting today
Whether you're raising a sensitive boy, navigating a partner who shuts down, or simply tired of reacting in ways that don't feel like you, this conversation will change how you see yourself and your children.
🎧 Listen now and start breaking the cycle.
Connect with Gloria Vanderhorst: 🌐 Website: https://drvanderhorst.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gloria-vanderhorst-ph-d-730826b/
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