Episode 241: Nurturing Kind Inner Voices for Ourselves and Our Kids with Lily Howard Scott
/Welcome to another episode of The Balanced Parent Podcast! So many of us are working on being kinder to ourselves in the face of our own imperfect humanity. We are working so hard to speak to ourselves as we would to a dear friend, with compassion, love, and grace. When we are working so hard on this, it is natural to start noticing the way our kids talk to themselves and wonder how we can support them in speaking to themselves in a kind voice, so that maybe they don’t have so much work to do when they are grown up.
In this episode, I sit down with Lily Howard Scott, educator, compassionate parenting advocate, and author of The Words That Shape Us, for a heartfelt conversation about nurturing gentle, resilient inner voices in our children—and in ourselves.
Here are the topics we covered:
How children can develop an inner voice through parental language
Supporting children in managing negative self-talk
Supporting resistant children without forcing it
Helping children develop self-worth beyond achievement pressures
Cultivating self-compassion through mindful and intentional language use
Resources:
If you want to learn more about Lily, visit her website at lilyhowardscott.com and follow her on Instagram @lily_howardscott.
Supporting your child’s inner voice and your own is a journey. Take what resonates, practice it gently, and notice the small shifts along the way.
Remember, the inner voices we help grow today can guide our children—and ourselves—toward resilience, kindness, and confidence.