Episode 41
Welcome to the Healing Pod!
Jess is back! And audio…seems to be changing volume in the video and be a bit…odd. Maybe it’s my imagination. Probably not. But…it happens! The more I catch tiny errors in well established podcasts the more I realize it’s ok for our little fun here not to be perfect.
We are answering a question from Allie about the natural nature of fears, responding to their child’s fears, and balancing the child’s excitement about “spooky” things with the parental knowledge of Supernatural episodes (get the salt!!)
We talk about balancing safety needs with calming for the fears that are not really safety based. Spooky can mean fun investigations, it can mean something unusual and different and potentially surprising, feeling that sense of unknown does not necessarily mean we cannot handle it.
Fear is meant to keep you safe, not to keep you from living. And the kids are watching. They want to know how to respond, what is safe, what is allowed., what tools and support do they have to explore and expand into this wonderful world we have.
We also touch on vivid dreaming briefly. Always check the medical reasons first (new meds, illness, discomfort) and the physical (exhaustion, what you’ve eaten/drank/substances) and environment (something waking you up in the night, temperature extremes). Don’t be ignoring your basic sleep hygiene, but also don’t be afraid to search for repeating themes that you are struggling with and help yourself find closure however you need to (dealing with it in reality or using guided imagery to create a new ending that will help settle things).
Dream EZ is the app you can download for working through repeated dream themes. An anecdotal review from a chronic nightmare haver was “well my dreams aren’t bad, now they’re weird.” It was designed for military combat PTSD so has lots of science and data behind it.
Kids are weird. Let them. And remember to be weird with them.
As always, thank you to the wonderful Miki Anderson for our intro and outtro music. She can be found under Pax Minerva on Apple Music and is all around a wonderful human being.
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