Episode 253: Somatic Practices for Parents to Heal, Regulate, and Connect with Charlotte Mindel
/What if the key to feeling calmer, more connected, and more like yourself as a parent wasn’t about doing more—but about learning to listen to your body?
In this episode, I sit down with somatic therapist Charlotte Mindel to explore what somatic therapy really is—and why it can be so powerful for parents. Together, we unpack how our bodies hold onto experiences, emotions, and coping patterns, and how learning to listen to our “felt sense” can help us heal, regulate, and show up more authentically in our lives and relationships.
Here are the topics we covered:
How parents can reconnect with their body signals
How overthinking disconnects us from our body, and how slowing down helps us reconnect and respond to our needs
The benefit of practicing small daily self-care to nurture mind, body, and spirit.
Practical ways to slow down despite habits and daily discomforts
How slowing down is a countercultural act that nurtures the nervous system and expands capacity by unwinding stored stress
How to determine if somatic therapy or body-focused work is right for you
Repeated anger, people-pleasing, dissociation: signs of blocked emotions in parents
Learning to set and maintain healthy boundaries through somatic awareness
To learn more about Charlotte, visit her website charlottemindel.com and her Instagram @theembodiedmother.
Remember, parenting from calm, connected awareness starts with listening to your body.
Tune in if you want to discover how somatic awareness can transform your parenting.