The Stories We Tell Ourselves Are...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves Are The Stories Our Bodies Believe

The Family Architect: Parenting by Design, Rather than by De... by Philippa Scott
S1 · E25
Feb 9, 2026
15:58

Episode notes

You've read the books. You understand attachment. You know what you should do.

And your body still reacts before your values can get online.

This is the gap most parenting conversations skip over. The space between intellectual understanding and actual regulation. And it's where most mothers are living, knowing better but still dysregulating, understanding the concepts but unable to access them under pressure.

In this episode, we're talking about what's actually standing between you and real change: the stories your nervous system believes.

Not the stories in your head. The stories in your body.

We'll explore why the "compassion trap" keeps smart, self-aware parents stuck. What your dysregulation is actually protecting you from. And where the real work of change actually begins with gentle witnessing, not willpower.

If you're tired of feeling like you're failing at something you already understand, this episode is for you.

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