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Episode 147: When Your Inner Child Parents Your Child
Have you ever lost your cool over something tiny?
I explain why those moments aren't always about your child. We dive deep into the concept of the 'inner child' and how our own unprocessed childhood experiences can...
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Episode 146: Don't Snap: How to Stay Calm When Exam Stress Runs High
Huddle Wisdom: Navigating Exam Season
Exams are looming, and the pressure cooker is on. Not just for our kids, but for parents too. In this episode of Huddle Wisdom, Dr. Davin Tan shares how to help your family...
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Episode 145: What I See That You Don’t
Parents often wonder why I notice things about their child that they don’t. In this episode, I explain why that happens (hint: it’s not because you’re failing), and I share a simple Jedi-inspired exercise that helps...
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Episode 144: Beyond “Just Be Consistent”: Real-Life Strategies for Parenting Anxious Kids
If you’ve ever been told to “just stay calm” or “be consistent” but no one actually showed you how to do that in the middle of your child’s meltdown, this episode is for you. Child psychiatrist Dr Davin Tan unpacks...
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Episode 143: Never say 'Calm Down' to your child. Do this instead.
In this episode, Dr. Davin Tan helps parents understand what to do when their child is having a meltdown. He explains why our typical response, "calm down," is not only ineffective but can also make things worse.
Dr....
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Episode 142: When Anxiety Masquerades as Misbehaviour: Seeing Beyond Surface Behaviours
Struggling with a child who seems defiant, argumentative, or won't follow simple instructions? Before you assume it's misbehaviour, there might be something deeper going on. In this episode, we explore how childhood...
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Episode 141: Parenting Parenting Is Harder Than You Think, Easier Than You Know (Here's How)
Before we became parents we had all sorts of ideas about what it would be like, stemming from our past experiences, memories, books, hopes and dreams, other peoples ideas...but it's not quite the same thing becoming a...
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Episode 140: How to Parent When You’re Exhausted: Staying Present with Your Child on Empty
This episode is about the version of parenting no one talks about. The one where you’re running on almost nothing. Where your child still needs you, and you’re not sure what you have left to give. We’re not talking...
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Episode 139: The Smoke is Not the Fire: Decoding Your Anxious Child's Behavior
Is your child's misbehaviour leaving you frustrated, confused, or exhausted? You're not alone. In this powerful episode of The Huddle Wisdom Podcast, host Dr Tan unpacks a crucial concept that will transform how you...
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Episode 138: Your kids are maxed out, not acting out
Ever found yourself thinking, “Why is my child acting like this?” In this first episode, we reframe what many of us call "misbehaviour" not as disobedience, but as a signal of stress, overwhelm, or mismatch between a...
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Episode 137: When Connection Feels Impossible: Parenting Through the Disconnection
When Connection Feels Impossible: Parenting Through the Disconnection Feeling disconnected from your child? This Huddle Wisdom podcast episode with Dr. Davin Tan explores why kids withdraw and offers practical...
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Episode 136: Beyond the Fix: Understanding and Responding to Your Anxious Child
In this episode, Dr. Davin Tan explores a powerful shift in how we respond to anxiety in our children, not by rushing to fix, but by staying present.
When your child is overwhelmed, your calm presence, not your...
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