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Ep 157: Generational Clashes and Parenting as Gardening
Episode 157

Ep 157: Generational Clashes and Parenting as Gardening

Grow Yourself Up · Catherine Counihan

January 20, 202649m 57s

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Show Notes

In this loving and practical episode Cath responds to a listener question about how to manage generational clashes around the approach to dealing with emotions and how to start conversations around this. She reads the listener's letter and looks at the query from multiple points of view.


Cath addresses common contexts in terms of generational patterns/clashes, points out how much new information we have these days, she addresses perfectionism, anxiety and control, different approaches we might take to addressing this, and she makes some practical suggestions to support intergenerational relationships.


Cath speaks about parenting as gardening and uses this analogy to provide comfort and a useful framework to hold in mind as we work on shifting/breaking cycles in our families.


The book Cath reads from is called 'The Gardener and the Carpenter' by Alison Gopnik.


The 'Brene Brown' TED talk can be found here: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability


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