Loving Your Kids Without Losing Yourself w/Dr. Morgan Cutlip, Type 9
Listening to the beautiful love song, Till Forever Falls Apart this morning, I was actually reminded of the depths of parenting love. I release my babies with prayer on the always-memorable September 11, just as many of you do the same!
Yes, we ALL want to love in the best ways possible - and for those who nurture kids, there's absolutely NOTHING we wouldn't do for them.
There's no one who knows and feels this more with us than my dear friend and mom, our pod guest, my favorite parenting expert, author, and popular psychologist, Dr. Morgan Cutlip, Enneagram 9!
Dr. Cutlip's new beautiful book, Loving Your Kids Without Losing Yourself is one that has already helped me to connect better to the heart of my children as a pre-reader, and as we share on the pod here, connecting well without losing ourselves is so truly life-giving.
(Yes, even for those of us who "know" the best parenting tips intellectually, like myself, but who are ALSO right in the throes of it!)
Whether you want to be a great parent up ahead, are doing the parenting era with us right now, or have a desire to foster growth, this episode is one that will make your living legacy a good one right now.
We talk through parent guilt, healthy expansiveness, holding on and letting go well, the benefits of knowing your child (and yourself) deeply, the myth of perfect balance, and truly the life-giving benefits of modeling love but not codependency for your child.
This kind of emotional growth is a gift others you nurture keep getting from you for a lifetime and Dr. Morgan comes to us with humility, research, and wisdom to bring it all home!
A fun aside is that she also reminds us you can enjoy healthy friendships with your parents for a lifetime, too, as she actually started her career working alongside her psychologist father for a decade, whom I Enneagram typed on air a while back (he's a 5!)!
Don't miss this chance for a hope-filled beautiful and intentional pivot and pod with us right here!
