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Come Back to CareSix Scripts for Talking to Our Children about Immigration Rights (in Ways that They Get & You Don’t Sweat)In this episode, you’ll hear six scripts that you can use or adapt when your little one is asking who immigrants are and why people are protesting. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational family healing, and more.I invite you to join me in a vi...2025-06-1508 min

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms425: When PARENTING Doesn't Turn Out As Planned // Michelle BarrowWhat happens when your child's story looks nothing like the one you had imagined? This heartfelt encore episode features my dear friend, Michelle Barrow—a mother of four and grandmother of six—who generously shares the wisdom she’s gained from raising teenagers and supporting her adult children through life’s unexpected twists.This conversation is a powerful companion to last week’s episode with author Jessica N. Turner on moving forward when life doesn’t turn out as planned. In this episode, Michelle invites us into her journey of learning how to let go of rigid...2025-04-1439 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] 10 Roles to Play with Our Children in Collective Care with Deepa IyerIn this bonus episode, Deepa Iyer shares her wisdom on staying engaged in social change when you’re a caregiver. You’ll explore the roles you can play in liberation and make your advocacy “sustainable and effective.”---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational family healing, and more.I invi...2025-02-1849 min

Come Back to CarePower With With Your Neighbors: Pod MappingIn this episode, you and I are going to roll up our sleeves and dig into how to build a parenting support system. We’ll explore what social justice actions like pod mapping can teach us about how to build a parenting support system that’s based on trust, reciprocity, and interdependence. We’ll also unpack how inner child wounds can sometimes make this interdependence and community building work so uncomfortable and challenging. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Inst...2024-12-1024 min

Come Back to CarePower-With With Your Family this Holiday with this Political Messaging StrategyI first shared this episode with you last November and my mailbox got flooded with kind feedback from so many listeners saying how compassionate and concrete the strategy was. So, I’d love to share it with you again today, my dear co-conspirator.In this episode, you and I will explore a framework for strategic communications that a political messaging expert and campaign advisor, Anat Shenker-Osorio, teaches. Then, you’ll adapt and apply this three-part framework to craft your own statement that you can use to set boundaries and protect your peace with those who judge or crit...2024-11-1930 min

Come Back to CarePower-With With Gaza at Your Child's School with Nora Lester MuradToday’s episode invites you to take direct action and practice power-with at our children’s schools through a campaign called Drop the ADL from Schools. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational family healing, and more.I invite you to join me in a virtual gathering once...2024-11-051h 07

Come Back to CareMothering, Not Smothering: Power With When Your Child is StrugglingIn this episode, you and I are going to explore one action to power-with with your child when they struggle. You’ll also explore the science behind how power-with nurtures your child’s motivation and perseverance. You can prepare your child for the real world using power-with. This way you get to practice what feels aligned with your values and promote your child’s development at the same time. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign u...2024-10-2223 min

Come Back to CareUnlearn Adult Supremacy & Power-With with Your ChildIn this episode, you and I are going to explore one barrier that prevents many of us from meeting our children where they’re at. And that barrier is adult supremacy. Let’s unlearn this pattern of oppression together so that you can shift from power-over your child to power-with with them… most of the time. Then, we’ll pick one adult supremacy pattern to unlearn together and explore one fear that fuels our resistance to change. This episode is part one of our exploration and we’ll continue our unlearning in the following episode.---------------------------Get full...2024-10-0822 min

Struggle Care113: Balancing Self-Care and Community Care with Nat VikitsrethThis episode is about liberation, revolution, and social justice. We are tackling these topics from a practical perspective with my guest, Nat. Join us!Nat Vikitsreth is a licensed clinical social worker who works with families who want to practice social justice in their daily lives but are torn between acting in their communities and at home. She helps them bridge the gap despite being tired, overwhelmed, and stretched too thin. Holding space for their beautiful intentions and walking with them on this journey are Nat’s passions. Show Highlights: Nat’s backg...2024-09-3054 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] Politicians aren’t Our Parents: What Disorganized Attachment Teaches Us about this MomentIn this episode, you and I will explore the both-and of voting and organizing in your community through the lens of disorganized attachment. Then, we’ll unpack what disorganized attachment can teach us about ways to get organized in this moment of uncertainty. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, in...2024-09-1415 min

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms387: Why Calming Yourself Helps Calm Your Child // Eli HarwoodThis bonus excerpt is one I pulled from Eli's full episode that dropped earlier this week. (If you haven't had a chance to listen, I highly recommend it. It's one of the most value-packed conversations I've had on 3 in 30!) Because it was so value-packed, we had to trim it to 30 minutes, and I didn't want you to miss out on this fascinating part of the conversation, so I decided to make it a bonus episode.These thoughts from Eli on co-regulation for parents blew my mind! 2024-09-0517 min

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms386: Raising Securely Attached Kids // Eli HarwoodWe all know how important it is to raise securely attached kids, but how to do it can be the tricky part! It's true what they say about parenting: The days are long but the years are short. I feel like the years are flying by with my two kids, who are both now in double digits, and I often find myself wondering how I can parent them in a way that will keep our bonds strong through their teen years and into adulthood - and in a way that they will thrive in t...2024-09-0237 min

Come Back to Care[Bonus] Back-to-School Grounding GuideIn this bonus episode, you and I are going to explore two invitations to stay grounded amid the changes and transitions of back to school. Then, we’re going to unpack the sense of “here we go again” you might be feeling when it comes to both back to school and social justice action during these times. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topi...2024-08-2417 min

Come Back to CareWhy Re-Parenting Inner Child is HardThis episode concludes our inner child re-parenting series (Ep 50-58). In this episode, you and I are going to recap some key concepts of inner child re-parenting that we’ve been talking about since episode 50. Then, we’ll explore some reasons why the people closest to you might not be the most supportive of you when you choose your own healing and choose to break the family cycles. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up fo...2024-07-2312 min

Come Back to CareHow Elisa Sets Boundaries with Her Mom in front of her TeenagersOur inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you will hear the conversation that I had with Elisa about boundary setting, intergenerational family healing, inner child re-parenting, and parenting teenagers. At the end, you’ll have one reflection question and invitation to integrate this discussion into your own boundary setting practices. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on top...2024-07-031h 04

Come Back to CareAre You Regulating or Coping?In this episode, you and I are going to explore how our inner child wounds can complicate our ability to practice regulation. Then, we’ll discuss one action we can do to slowly cultivate regulation and safety, going beyond coping and surviving. So that you can offer regulation to your child and meet their needs where they’re at, most of the time. And this practice will help you stay centered in moments when your child pushes your parenting buttons too.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor...2024-06-2131 min

Come Back to CarePep Talk: Listen When You Have a “Bad” Parenting DayLet’s take a quick breather from our inner child re-parenting series to re-center ourselves. It’s been a lot to process, hasn’t it? In this mini episode, you and I are going to explore three measures of parenting success that aren’t shame based but are more aligned with liberation and informed by child development science. If that sounds generative to you, let’s get started.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our...2024-06-0407 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] Using Household Chores to Ground Yourself & Demand a Gaza CeasefireIn this quick bonus episode, we’ll explore three body-based self-regulation exercises you can experiment with while doing household chores to get out of the freeze response and get back into direct action.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized parenting, embodied, body-based centering practices for you and your children, intergenerational family healing, and more.I invite you to...2024-05-2804 min

Come Back to CareTwo Overlooked Actions to Soothe Your Parenting TriggersEp 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I are going to unpack what happens when we’re triggered both in parenting and social justice advocacy using our react-revert-reduce cycle. Then, we’ll close out the episode with two actions you can experiment with. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on topics like decolonized paren...2024-05-2124 min

Come Back to CareHow to Raise Change Agents: Lessons from Gaza Solidarity EncampmentsEp 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I are going to connect the dots between re-parenting our inner child and raising our children to take social justice action that’s aligned with their values, just like the university students who are a part of the anti-war movement now. You’ll explore three things you can play with today in your parenting to nurture your child’s sense of justice and advocacy skills.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor m...2024-05-0739 min

3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms357: Tips for Staying Calm During Your Big Kid's Big Meltdowns // Cheryl CardallDo you struggle to stay calm during your big kid’s big meltdowns? You’re not alone! As a parent of spirited, intense children, I have plenty of experience with big meltdowns and "bad" behaviors. It can be especially frustrating when the kid losing it is a big kid! If you can relate, you will love this interview with Cheryl Cardall! For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. Related Episodes: 339: The Hidden Reason for Misbehavior (in kids AND parents!) // Wendy Bertagnole279: Navigating Parenting Triggers // Nat Viki...2024-04-2934 min

Come Back to CareWhy Intentions Don’t Matter When You’re Triggered (in Parenting & Activism)Ep 51-52: Our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58) continues. In this episode, you and I will zoom in on our nervous system and see what’s going on in there when we’re triggered both in parenting and community organizing. Between this episode and the next one you’ll learn about three concrete tools to replace automatically reacting when you’re triggered with intentionally responding to your child and your co-conspirators in the community.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podc...2024-04-2323 min

Come Back to CareWhy Inner Child Healing Boosts Your Child's DevelopmentEp 50: Welcome to our inner child re-parenting series (eps 50 to 58).In this episode, you and I will explore these themes: why Inner child healing boosts your child's development and what inner child wounds are. Then, we’ll wrap up the episode with one action you can play with to care for your inner child wounds.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and inspiration on...2024-04-1123 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] How Aireen’s Breaking Generational Cycles & Transforming Parenting Triggers with Her DaughterIn this episode, you’ll hear about Aireen’s healing journey and how she puts the social justice parenting and inner child re-parenting ideas that we discuss in our podcast into action…most of the time. In our conversation, you’ll hear us talk about how Aireen was working with her parenting triggers to get unstuck from yelling at her little one. You’ll hear about some of the body-based strategies she and her child used together too.Special note: I’m taking a season break until late March.---------------------------Get full show notes and mo...2024-02-2757 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] Why I Love Working with Parents & Young ChildrenIn this episode, you’ll hear about how I started social justice organizing back in 2007, how I’ve learned to love and trust myself in the world that simply hates that I exist and look fabulous, and what made me fall in love with serving young children, parents, and families aka you.** This episode is originally published as an interview from the Burn the Box with Dr. Sonali Deepika Podcast.*** I’m still on a season break and returning for Season 5 in March 2024. Thank you so much.---------------------------Get full show notes a...2024-02-1338 min

Meaningful Moments - Connecting IMH to EICaring Across Colors: Bridges to Understanding with Kirsten Sippel-Klug and Kena ChambersIn this insightful episode, our special guests, Kirsten Sippel-Klug and Kena Chambers, shed light on the process of building a stronger therapeutic relationship despite cultural differences. They discuss how they fostered a positive working relationship by navigating the nuances of their backgrounds. The conversation delves into instances of mismatch and repair, highlighting the challenges faced and the strategies employed to overcome them. Additionally, the guests share a pivotal moment in their collaboration that significantly contributed to the development of their relationship. For therapists and parents interested in creating their own positive therapeutic relationships, valuable advice is offered based on...2024-01-3039 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] How to Practice Social Justice Parenting TodayIn this episode, you and I are going to explore what social justice parenting means and what it actually looks like in practice using a framework I’ve been using with families for 15 years. You’ll see how the two components of the framework fit together so that you can begin applying it to your daily parenting at your own pace.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for...2024-01-2016 min

Come Back to CareIntegrating Lessons from Season 4In this season finale episode, you and I will explore what parenting agility or the hokey pokey of parenting means to our liberatory practices. Together we explore how do we stay in the struggle for liberation and shape the liberated future for our children to grow up in amid climate catastrophe and systemic oppression? How do we keep going without blowing our pain through others or giving in to despair, cynicism, and burnout? How do we keep building the liberated future we want when we only have a vague idea of what that might look like? How do we...2023-12-2619 min

Come Back to CareFind Your Roles in Liberation: An Antidote to Cynicism & DespairIn this episode, you and I are going to explore the roles that you play in liberation both in your home as a decolonized parent and in your community as a social justice advocate. You’ll hear examples of small-yet-significant parenting moments that you’re already doing. My hope is for these mundane and messy moments to be a concrete receipt that tells your inner critic, “excuse me, I am powerful, not powerless, because of these specific roles I’m playing as a parent in literally shaping the brains, hearts, and spirits of the future generations.” Then, you’ll reflect on 1...2023-12-1229 min

Burn the Box! 🔥📦Breaking Chains: Nat's Inspiring Journey from Decolonized Therapy to Parenting LiberationIn this episode, we welcome Nat Vikitsreth, a passionate dot connector and advocate for social justice in parenting. As the founder of Come Back to Care, Nat guides parents on a transformative journey from autopilot to decolonized, embodied, and intergenerational parenting. Join us as Nat shares her insights on healing, emphasizing the vital role of addressing inner child and internalized oppression wounds within a supportive community. Dive into Nat's vision of a world where parents, having reconciled with their past, authentically engage in parenting and community organizing. Nat's academic achievements include a graduate degree from the Erikson Institute’s Social Wo...2023-12-0835 min

Come Back to CareProtect Your Peace this Holiday with this Political Messaging StrategyIn this episode, you and I will explore a framework for strategic communications that a political messaging expert and campaign advisor, Anat Shenker-Osorio, teaches. Then, you’ll adapt and apply this three-part framework to craft your own statement that you can use to set boundaries and protect your peace with those who judge or critique your parenting choices. I’ll share various examples of what this framework can look like when the critiques range from “you’re too soft” to “you’re gonna let your child do that?” This way you can experiment with this framework, leave what doesn’t feel right, and...2023-11-2829 min

Come Back to CareHow to Keep Fighting for a Ceasefire when You Can’t Go Marching: Wisdom from Disability JusticeIn this episode, you and I are going to unpack this question: how do we keep fighting for liberation in Gaza, Sudan, Congo, and Ukraine in between school drop off, pick up, and grocery runs? How do we fight against antisemitism and Islamophobia in between our work shifts, Zoom meetings, and the kids’ homework? How do we grieve the lives that have been lost when we can’t fall apart…otherwise the whole family will fall apart too? I invite you to explore a liberatory practice from disability justice by adapting the rhythm and pacing of your advocacy according to you...2023-11-1429 min

The Balanced Parent Podcast165: Kindness Starts at Home - Parenting with Social Justice in Mind with Nat Vikitsreth 2023-10-2445 min

Come Back to Care[BONUS] Somatic Warm-Ups Before You Demand a Gaza CeasefireSpecial note: I’m taking a break for real now and I’ll be back on Nov 21st. ---------------------------In this episode, I’ll walk with you through a few somatic or body-based exercises. So that you can take a moment to take care of your nervous system and fill your cup. And then with fuller cups you and I can take action and demand a ceasefire…from a place of dignity and solidarity not fear, confusion, or performative allyship.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcast 2023-10-2112 min

The Queer Family PodcastHealthy Queer Parenting Amidst Anti-LGBTQ Laws| S14 EP3 | Nat Vikitsreth is a licensed clinical psychotherapist and child development specialist, and host of the Come Back to Care Podcast. She shares her personal journey, growing up in Bangkok, Thailand, and embracing her identity as a trans woman. Nat's work goes beyond therapy; she offers vital support to the queer community by being the "trans auntie of the village, loving up on other parents, especially queer parents." She discusses the importance of self-awareness and being present with our children. Her message reminds parents (especially Jaimie 😜) to give themselves grace as they navigate the complexities of parenting. "...2023-10-161h 05

Come Back to CarePoliticizing Abandonment Wounds & Practicing Interdependence in ParentingA quick note: I’m taking a brief break and returning the first week of November. ---------------------------In this episode, you and I are going to unpack the concept of “organized abandonment” together. A term that’s enlivened by professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore, a prison abolitionist and scholar. Then, we’ll explore one antidote to abandonment and codependence which is interdependence. We’ll close out the episode with four invitations for you to play with when you practice interdependence in your daily parenting. So that you can strengthen your social justice muscles of interdependence- not codependence...2023-10-1036 min

Come Back to CareHealing Abandonment Wound & Shifting from Codependence to InterdependenceIn this episode, you and I are going to explore an aspect of attachment theories that can help us make sense of our fear of rejection and abandonment. As per usual, we’ll also layer a political analysis on top. Then, you’ll unpack one invitation you can experiment with to heal your wound of abandonment and shift from codependence to interdependence in your parenting practice.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our...2023-09-2633 min

Come Back to CareAttachment Basics to Know Before Re-Parenting Your Inner ChildIn this episode, you and I are going to explore a question that one listener emailed me about attachment theories: what inner child wounds are and how to re-parent our inner child. So we’ll start by going right to the heart of attachment to explore why we need to shift from saying “attachment styles” to “attachment strategies.” Then, we’ll continue our exploration of why attachment discussions need to be grounded in a social-political analysis; otherwise, we risk perpetuating ableist, individualistic, and patriarchal illusions of mental health. We’re going back to basics together to get at the heart of what...2023-09-1227 min

Come Back to CareHow Sylvia Shifts from Triggered to Centered, Most of the TimeIn this episode, Sylvia shares her decolonized parenting practices as she’s raising her bi-cultural and bilingual 8- and 10-year-old mixed race children. You’ll hear how Sylvia re-parents her inner child to move through her parenting triggers. I’ll offer reflective questions for you throughout the episode as invitations to reflect on and enrich your own parenting practices.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our weekly Care Collective Newsletter for information and in...2023-08-2952 min

Attachment Theory in ActionSocial Justice Parenting: Nat VikitsrethThis week, Jenna sits down with Nat Vikitsreth to discuss issues in social justice parenting, and what that can mean for the parent-child dynamic. Show Notes: Watch the Conversation on YouTube Come Back to Care Website Come Back to Care Podcast The 7-week social justice parenting and inner child re-parenting program Come Back to Care Instagram 2023-08-2250 min

Come Back to CareWhere do I start “meeting my child where they’re at”?In this episode, you and I are going to explore two needs that children across cultures and abilities need from their caregivers to thrive. Then, you’ll unpack three things- action, awareness, and agility- that you can play with to meet those needs in your child...most of the time. Together, we’ll find ways to put 60 years of attachment research into action, so that you’re ready when systemic oppression leaves you too tired and inner child wounds leave you too triggered to show up fully for your child.---------------------------Get full show notes and mo...2023-08-1534 min

Come Back to CareThree Ways to Power-With and Meet Your Child Where They’re At While Keeping Them SafeIn this episode, you and I are going to unpack parenting worries and fears that drive us to unintentionally center coercion, control, compliance, and domination in parenting. Then, we’ll explore a three-part process of powering-with so you can design your own way to balance power-over and power-with in your parenting. You’ll also look at how power-with builds children’s brain development and social-emotional development.---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow @comebacktocare on Instagram!Sign up for our we...2023-08-0131 min

Come Back to CareFour Ways Your Child Can Help You Unlearn People PleasingThe pressure to teach and prepare your child to survive systems of oppression can easily take over your parenting driver’s seat and put your social justice values in the back seat, especially when you’re exhausted. To relieve this pressure and slow down the urgency to teach people pleasing to your child 100% of the time, let’s step back and notice four lessons your child is already teaching you about liberation. ---------------------------Get full show notes and more information at: comebacktocare.com/podcastFor more BTS of this podcast, follow...2023-07-1829 min

Wild & SublimePride Show: "Living Authentically and Fearlessly" + comedian Manny PettySend us a textThe first half of our Pride Edition show features a panel on how to live authentically and fearlessly as a LGBTQ+ person in these challenging times, plus a comedy set with Chicago standup musician Manny Petty. Guest host Matthew Amador. Recorded at Hungry Brain in Chicago.Leave a tip for our work or join our monthly Patreon members’ club, the Afterglow, for discounts and other goodies! Help us continue to spread the message of sex-positivity.Live show sponsor: Rowan Tree CounselingIn this episode:Matthew Amador...2023-07-1338 min