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In this episode, I’m excited to share a meaningful conversation with Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers about moving away from shame-based parenting and embracing a more open, empowering approach. If you’re a new mom adjusting to life with a newborn, you may already wonder how to create a positive and supportive environment for your little one as they grow. Dr. Tina brings valuable insights that can help you shape that path confidently.
We delve into how shame-based parenting—often unintentionally passed down—can impact children’s sense of self and confidence in their bodies. Dr. Tina offers practical strategies to teach children, even as toddlers, to understand and respect their own bodies. She shares why using accurate language for body parts is essential and how it can actually make conversations about safety and respect feel natural and open.
One of the core concepts we explore is teaching young children personal boundaries without instilling fear or shame. Dr. Tina explains how, by reinforcing respect and confidence, we can empower our children to set boundaries as they grow, helping them develop a strong sense of autonomy and self-worth. This episode offers practical ways to start these early conversations in a way that encourages children to trust and communicate openly.
For new moms, especially, Dr. Tina’s advice on approaching these topics can help lay the groundwork for a positive parent-child relationship. This episode provides a gentle guide to understanding how to move past shame-based parenting and embrace methods that support your child’s emotional and mental well-being.
If you’re ready to explore new ways to support your child’s growth, click play to hear how you can start fostering a healthy, respectful environment from day one.
You Will Learn
- How to answer common questions from curious toddlers about their bodies in a way that promotes openness and trust.
- Key strategies for teaching body autonomy that help children feel safe and confident without instilling fear.
- Practical advice on using accurate language for body parts to support healthy understanding and communication from a young age.
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About Dr. Tina Sellers
Dr. Tina Schermer Sellers is a licensed sex and gender feminist psychotherapist, best-selling author, researcher, emeriti professor, and media personality whose expertise spans sex therapy, spiritual intimacy, parenting, medicine, and social
justice.
Her revolutionary perspectives have been expressed on platforms such as Spirituality & Health, Refinery 29, Vocal, Medium, and Bust Magazines, along with many podcast, radio, news, and TV outlets.
Known for exposing the impact of patriarchy and sexual shame on our ability to securely attach to our partners, and instruct our children to attach to theirs, Dr. Sellers’ book Sex, God, & the Conservative Church – Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy has had a global impact. Her latest book, Shameless Parenting – Everything You Need to Raise Shame-free, Confident, Kids and Heal Your Shame Too! was a New Release Bestseller in eight categories.
She speaks throughout the world on how to heal, and how to raise shame-free relationally confident children. In 2015, Dr. Sellers founded the Northwest Institute on Intimacy, a post-graduate institute to train psychotherapists, educators, clergy, and physicians in sexual
health, healing sexual shame and trauma, and understanding their sexual biases.
In 2023, Dr. Tina founded InannaRising.org – A private membership community for psychedelic assisted therapists and medical providers to get ongoing clinical consultation, collaboration, training, and support in creating scholarships for the under resourced, and participation in an indigenous reparation fund.
