The Whole Person Parenting Podcast
Parenting content focused on relational, spiritual, and psychological well-being for parents and children. This podcast features a mother/daughter duo. Mom is a licensed mental health provider and parent-child relationship expert, hosted by her own daughter who's a young woman finding her way in the world with a passion for the next generation. Authentic, hilarious, heart-felt, and informative. We hope every parent who listens is reminded of how important they are in their child's life, and how important they are to God.
Episodes
12 episodes
Are We There Yet?: Why Exploration Needs Boundaries
Have you ever noticed that toddlers seem wired to explore everything… and also completely unaware of danger at the exact same time?In this episode of Are We There Yet?, Presley and Val continue their look at the toddler...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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32:56
Are We There Yet?: Supporting Your Toddler's God-Given Drive to Explore
The toddler years are marked by curiosity, movement, and a relentless drive to explore—and Scripture gives us a surprisingly rich place to understand why. In this episode, Presley and Val discuss what it means to support exploration the way God...
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39:18
Are We There Yet?: Formation Through Dependence
The earliest years of a child’s life are not just about milestones—they’re about relationship. In this episode, Presley and Val explore how God designed infancy and early childhood as a season for deep relational formation between pare...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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33:41
Are We There Yet?: Understanding Development as God's Design
Parenting often feels like a race toward the next milestone—or a desperate attempt to “fix” what isn’t working right now. In this introductory episode, we invite you to slow down and consider a different question: What if your child’s devel...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:30
All is Calm, but Family is Complicated
The holidays don’t just bring twinkly lights and cocoa—they also bring opinions. In Part 2 of our Christmas series, Presley and Val are talking about navigating the beautiful, complicated reality of extended family gatherings while sta...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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26:00
Fa-La-La-La-Lord-Help-Me: Choosing Joy This Season
If “joy to the world” feels more like “stress to the parents” at your house, this episode is your Christmas lifeline. This is the first of our 2 holiday episodes looking at how to choose joy for yourself and your family. In this episode, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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27:26
Perfectionism & The Fear of Failure: The Parenting Duo Nobody Wanted
Welcome back to The Whole Person Parenting Podcast! In today's we’re jumping into everyone's favorite toxic duo, perfectionism and the fear of failure—otherwise known as “Tuesday” for many parents.So grab your coffee, take a pause from t...
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26:24
Parenting in Pixels
Presley has been reflecting on her own journey with the smart phone and social media as she's been reading a new book for one of her classes, and she's anxious to discuss it. Listen in as Presley and Val discuss both the mental, relationa...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:45
Ghosts & Angels (Our Not So Halloween Episode)
Presley and Val continue the conversation on the intergenerational transmission of trauma by discussing two well-known psychoanalytic concepts known as "Ghosts" and "Angels" in parenting, and how they can be considered in Christian parenting. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:37
A Generational God
In this episode, Presley and Val explore the generational aspects of parenting from what you bring to parenting, to how God works in generational ways. Join us as we journey into spaces where the past meets the present and begin to discover whe...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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33:48