Episodes 32
Avg. Duration 23m
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Since Aug 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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Helping caring parents and professional to find their LEAD in the relationship dance with troubled children and youth, laying the foundations for healing and development Our approach is based on developmental science, which puts relationships and emotional well-being at the heart of raising and supporting our children and youth. Our passion is in supporting other parents and professionals to explore the underlying causes of their children's / students behaviours and mental health challenges, and help the adults to find their 'lead' in that relationship dance, so their child can make changes naturally and sustainably. We are parents, parent coaches and Laura Newman is also a registered Speech and Language Therapist. Parents are welcome to contact Laura on her website www.ReadySteadyConnect.com for a free chat about their child. Disclaimer: We have no affiliations with any companies. You should always seek professional advice if you are concerned about your child's welfare and safety.

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S3E3 Practical Guide to Meeting our Childrens Attachment Needs

Jun 04, 2025 32m

This week we review our childrens attachment needs and what we can do to support them. Practical ideas informed by the science of attachment Did you know you can access professional support directly…

S3E2 Childrens Attachment Needs

May 26, 2025 28m

We take a deep dive into the science of attachment, how children are meant to connect with their parents and carers. We look at the hierarchy of attachment and its development, as defined by Dr…

S3E1 Welcome to Season 3 - Introduction to the LEAD approach

May 04, 2025 39m

Welcome to Season 3 with a review of our approach. The LEAD approach is the foundation of Chasing the Connection. We discuss what it is, how it came into being and ultimatley how connection between…

S2E10 Science meets Faith

Oct 13, 2024 28m

Following our last episode, we go deeper into our values and beliefs. Our scientific understanding of attachment walks hand in hand with our faith in Nature or Christianity. In this sense Nature or…

S2E9 Guest from Mission On Earth on starseed children

Sep 28, 2024 36m

Hamaima Love, Director of Mission On Earth, shamanic practitioner and previously social worker, describes her project to raise awareness of our sensitive little ones, our starseed children, and…

S2E8 Bubble-wrapping kids from our stress

Sep 16, 2024 23m

Life brings stress for parents but how do we safeguard our kids from this? What can we control in uncontrollable situations? A controlled explosion maybe, tears of futility, a strong relationship. No…

S2E7 What's changed: instinct, culture or something else?

Sep 03, 2024 26m

What has changed in our parenting practices? Gordon Neufeld identifies 'peer orientation' as a key phenomenon. In the LEAD approach we identify the 'Caring LEAD' and our children's 'Attention to the…

S2E6 There's no place like home

Aug 09, 2024 26m

Welcome back Mike and Amy from your holiday travels, which gives us a great opportunity for today's episode: why it's important to create a homebase, what this looks like and how to support our kids…

S2E5 Guest speaker Holly Maya Greenwood, SALT

May 21, 2024 39m

An initial exploration into the efficacy of intervention with children with complex needs. What might we be missing and what might be needed for change in the profession? PROMPT trained Holly Maya…

S2E4 Relational dynamics in Speech Therapy

Apr 30, 2024 16m

Our parenting experiences in Speech Therapy and the importance of meeting our children's need for connection and seeing the whole child. Is the profession changing to meet the relational needs of…

S2E3 Weaving Frustration into Play

Apr 23, 2024 26m

What to do with our childrens aggression, in all its forms and how can play help? We talk about using "I wonder..." to have empathic conversations with our children who display frustration. We…

S2E2 Roots of Behaviour

Apr 07, 2024 16m

'To fix or not to fix their behaviours'. A compliance-based approach tries to fix children. In contrast the LEAD approach is relational, child-led, and reflective. We reflect on what's missing,…

S2E1 Welcome the New Year with Tears!

Apr 07, 2024 21m

As we start the year full of hope for our families, we consider an unlikely source of happiness......tears of sadness. When we, or our children, 'have a good cry', it helps our bodies release stress…

S1E19 Self-Compassion & Emotional Buffering

Mar 26, 2024 28m

Our New Year starts with a passage from Gerard Durrell as we explore his insights about mothering from his childhood memories; the importance of 'hope' in the face of what can feel 'hope-less'; self…

S1E18 Introducing the PRRR model as we close for 2023

Dec 23, 2023 22m

Our last episode for 2023 takes us on a brief reflection of past themes, as well as introducing the PRRR model as another way to summarise our parenting approach and WIN as a way of remembering to be…

S1E17 Six levels of deepening our connections

Dec 16, 2023 20m

We take a deep dive into Neufeld's 6 levels of attachment so we can better understand our kids relationship needs. We weave this in with having realistic expectations (not being the 'perfect'…

S1E16 Diffusing Resistance and Power Struggles

Dec 04, 2023 23m

This week we take a look at some of the places we experience our childrens' resistance and how that can lead to power struggles. We explain the natural instinct of 'counterwill' as our children feel…

S1E15 The sacrifices we make & the process of letting go

Nov 29, 2023 25m

We all make sacrifices for the sake of our kids but sometimes they are very different to what we expected and planned for. There can be so much to let go of, from our vision of what it was supposed…

S1E14 Loss & Nostalgia meet Family Values and Connection

Nov 13, 2023 22m

Remembrance Sunday has brought up losses and nostalgia for when our children were younger, for all the things we wish we'd known then, for missed opportunities for connection. On the flip side, we…

S1E13 Dependence, rest and play

Nov 06, 2023 29m

We value independence and getting ahead so we unwittingly push our children towards it earlier and earlier. But Nature has her own plan! Our children need to feel safe to depend on us so they can…

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Chasing The Connection has published 32 episodes since August 2023, covering topics in Kids & Family, Parenting.

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