<p>What if the pressure to “get parenting right” is actually coming from your trauma?</p><p></p><p>In this powerful and deeply validating conversation, I sit down with Stephanie Foo, author of What My Bones Know, to unpack what it really means to parent while healing from complex PTSD.</p><p></p><p>Together, we explore the intense fear many trauma survivors carry into parenting; the belief that one wrong move could damage their child forever. We also discuss how modern parenting culture often amplifies that fear instead of easing it.</p><p></p><p>Stephanie shares her personal journey of becoming a mother while navigating C-PTSD, including the anxiety, perfectionism, and overwhelming pressure to control every outcome.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This episode is a must listen for anyone who has ever wondered:</p><p>“Am I messing up my child?”</p><p></p><p></p><p>Topics covered in this episode:</p><p></p><ul><li>Why “perfect parenting” is often a trauma response</li><li>The hidden ways parenting advice can prey on vulnerable moms</li><li>The difference between child distress and actual harm</li><li>Why control doesn’t create safety (and what does instead)</li><li>How C-PTSD shows up in parenting from hyper-attunement to dissociation</li><li>The truth about attachment (hint: you only need to get it right ~30% of the time)</li><li>The role of repair, not perfection, in raising resilient children</li></ul><p></p><p>About the Guest:</p><p></p><p>Stephanie Foo is the author of the bestselling memoir <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-my-bones-know-a-memoir-of-healing-from-complex-trauma-stephanie-foo/916e2e6fdff307fd?ean=9780593238127&amp;next=t&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=%7Bcampaignname%7D&amp;utm_content=6443417794&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=16235479093&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACfld42wm3ZJYOrS192gzz20OPUOL&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwyYPOBhBxEiwAgpT8P353Fr1ludibZnz305XmuimN8dbxEz4KYcG_sFKBVNuexJAUxJkqshoC0ukQAvD_BwE">What My Bones Know</a>, where she chronicles her journey of healing from complex PTSD. Her work has helped bring C-PTSD into mainstream conversation, giving voice to experiences that were long misunderstood or overlooked. To read more about Stephanie, and to buy a copy of her book, you can visit her website <a href="https://www.stephaniefoo.me/">here</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Connect with me on Instagram<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dr.koslowitzpsychology/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> @dr.koslowitzpsychology</a> and check out my new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCSWBL4M" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">Post-Traumatic Parenting: Break the Cycle and Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be</a></p>