The Masterful Parenting Podcast - Heal Your Childhood and Parent Better Through Relational Parenting

The Masterful Parenting Podcast - Heal Your Childhood and Parent Better Through Relational Parenting

Do you struggle in your parenting because of childhood pain? Do you sometimes repeat old patterns from your childhood? You want to be a better parent, but you don’t know how. I understand, parents. I came from dysfunction, trauma, and abuse. I didn’t know what was healthy. Over the years, as a school counsellor, and mom of two, I learned what is healthy and how to be healthy with my own children. There’s a better way to parent where you feel good and so do your children. This way can replace the old patterns so you can nurture healthy relationships with your kids. This is relational parenting. This is what I teach parents. Hi, I’m Anne Alvares, Parent Coach of the Masterful Parenting Program. In this 9 week program, I will help you to heal, gain confidence in your parenting and foster healthy relationships with your kids. You will learn how to become more self-aware, how to connect better, and ways to communicate that touches your child’s heart. I have helped many parents over the years as a high school counsellor and teacher and I am also the mother of two boys, age 23 and 13. I understand the challenges of parenting and have gained the skills to help keep peace and build relationship with your kids. And I can help you too. If you want to feel confident about your parenting, less tired, more connected, and more appreciated by your kids, then you are in the right place. Join me in my Masterful Parenting Podcast. I truly believe parents can feel empowered in their role and we can change the world one parent at a time.

Episodes

January 6, 2026 28 mins

Parents usually don’t mean to sabotage their kids’ growth—but certain patterns can still slow it down. This episode dives into some common ways it happens, explained plainly and without blaming:

 

Once we know what we are doing and where it is coming from such as parent fear, cultural expectations, or our own childhood pattern, then we can change things with our kids and foster their growth.

 

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Bonnie and Thomas Liotta didn't just study parenting - they lived the transformation. When Bonnie met Thomas in 2011, she was a single mother whose children had behavioral diagnoses. Within six months of implementing his methodology, her home was completely transformed. Now married and co-founders of Creating Champions For Life, they've helped thousands of children and more than 300 families who report a 90% behavioral transformati...

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Rachel Grant is a disruptor of traditional modes of healing, creator of the Beyond Surviving program, international speaker, podcast host, and Sexual Abuse Recovery Coach with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. She is also the author of Beyond Surviving: The Final Stage in Recovery from Sexual Abuse.

 

Based on her educational training, study of neuroscience, and lessons learned from her own journey, she has successfully used the Be...

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Do you need support in helping your child with anxiety or depression?

 

Meet Brett Aldrich.

 

Brett Aldrich is an Ayurvedic Counselor, Breathwork Practitioner, and founder of Seed the Spirit in Portland, Maine, whose work blends decades of service with deep holistic training. Her career has taken her from supporting survivors of trauma and children with developmental needs to guiding others in Ayurveda, breathwork, and yoga. A grad...

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🌪️ When emotions explode, what do you do? This week on the podcast, I’m joined by the incredible Bethany Bilodeau, and we’re diving deep into one of the toughest challenges so many of us face—meltdowns, anger, and those big, overwhelming feelings.

Whether you’re a parent, partner, educator, or simply a human navigating a stressful world, this episode is packed with real, actionable tools to help you stay grounded when everything a...

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A small-town girl from Oklahoma, Vivian Cumins is the author of Break Down Better: 52 Restoring Devotionals for Burned-Out Women, a speaker, and host of the Juggling Life, Finding Balance Podcast. A retired career professional with over 26 years of service in the United States Air Force and Forest Service, Vivian draws from a wealth of experiences and a heart for helping others find peace amid life’s demands.

Vivian knows first-han...

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Hakeem Bourne McFarlane is a creator, author, and motivational speaker whose raw truth and relentless tenacity have inspired thousands to stop living on autopilot and start choosing themselves. His message has reached an audience of over 385,000 across platforms but numbers mean nothing if the people don’t transform. He’s the mind behind Choose Yourself To Be Chosen and the founder of the Choose Yourself Movement, a community built...

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Parenting isn’t about winning power struggles—it’s about building relationships that last. 💛

In this episode, we dive into how connection becomes the most powerful tool we have as parents. You’ll learn how to reduce conflict, strengthen trust, and guide your kids with confidence without relying on control-based strategies.

If you want more peace, more collaboration, and more joy in your home… this one’s for you. 🎧

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Until every child is safe not one of us is safe _Chidinma Nmaele-Afam.

Please meet Chidinma Nmaele-Afam,

WHO Panelist | Keynote Speaker, Ending Corporal Punishment | Founder, TWEConsultant, African Boarding Schools |

Abuj...

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We can replace the unhealthy behaviours we grew up with in our childhood and replace them with healthy behaviours.

That's how we change our parenting and raise emotionally healthy kids.

Let me walk you through how.

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For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Anne Alvares.  I came from childhood pain.  I suffered abuse, controlling parents, and was ...

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If you grew up in a dysfunctional home and have childhood pain, you may not know what unhealthy behaviours are.

Let me enlighten you on the top ten unhealthy behaviours in our parenting.

Once we become aware, we can change it.

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For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Anne Alvares.  I came from childhood pain.  I suffered abuse, controlli...

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What does punishment really do to our kids and why doesn't it work long term?

What can we do instead in our parenting?

Many parents wrestle with the concept of punishment because many of us were raised by punishment. The fact is that punishment does not work long term and our kids actually get damage with the use of punishment.  Punishment is NOT healthy parenting. 

 

There are no benefits to punishment.  Let me unpack this for y...

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Erica Hornthal, known as *The Therapist Who Moves You*, is a board-certified dance/movement therapist and licensed clinical professional counselor who helps people reconnect with their bodies to improve mental health and emotional well-being. As the founder and CEO of Chicago Dance Therapy, she specializes in working with individuals who tend to overthink and underfeel, guiding them to use movement as a powerful tool for self-expre...

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Welcome Dr. Suzanne Simpson!

Helping Parents Get on Their Child’s Turf — Building Connection, Reducing Conflict, and Creating Calm at Home | Host of Get On Their Turf Podcast | Keynote Speaker & Mental Health | Wellness Educator

 

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@DrSuzanneEncountering

 

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/encountering-with-dr-suzanne-simpson/id1724652932

 

Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2SMqMnxwcwrJ...

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Rachelle McGarry,MSW, is a Parenting and Life Coach with 40 years of experience helping families. She is the creator of Empowered Parenting--From Overwhelm To Calm, Confident and Connected, guiding parents to heal old patterns, release limiting beliefs,regulate their nervous systems and build strong, resilient bonds with their children.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelle-mcgarry-99874736a/ Facebook: https://www.faceboo...

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Make Parenting Make Sense.

Rino helps overwhelmed parents replace chaos, confusion, and second-guessing with clarity and confidence.

As a trauma-informed parenting coach and consultant, she specializes in complex family dynamics, neurodivergence, and alternative education.

Her Core 4 framework brings a practical, grounded approach to parenting. One rooted in logic, trust, and real-life connection.

With a background shaped by lived ...

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Hasan Merali, MD, MPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on child injury prevention in low- and middle-income countries. He has published more th...

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Susan Gladstein is a Board Certified Health Coach, Functional Nutrition Specialist, and retired Air Force veteran with a passion for helping women reclaim their health through faith-led, holistic healing. After serving 23 years in the military, Susan shifted her focus to empowering women with the tools, education, and support they need to address the root causes of health challenges and experience true transformation. She is the fo...

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Patrick Murakami is a Christian entrepreneur, coach, and survivor—Unpurposed to Unfinished—who equips moms and dads to lead at home like founders, build faith‑aligned businesses, and raise kid‑entrepreneurs; he and his wife are raising a 10‑year‑old entrepreneur.

Here are the questions Patrick answers:

 

  1. How would you describe your approach to parenting?
  2. Why is it impo...
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From my interview with Susan Gladstein on her podcast: Faith Over Pharma.

 

What if the story you inherited doesn’t have to be the story you pass down? Anne Alvares grew up carrying wounds she never wanted to repeat. Through faith, healing, and God’s perfect timing, she discovered how to break generational cycles, find redemption, and step into motherhood with intention. From surviving trauma to experiencing two miracle pregnanci...

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