Post Traumatic Parenting
by Dr. Robyn Koslowitz
Your Thoughts Aren't Facts: Understanding OCD, Anxiety, and…
About this podcast
“How can I give my kids a normal childhood, when mine was anything but?” Post-Traumatic Parenting is the podcast for anyone who has ever asked themselves that question. Robyn Koslowitz, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and Post-Traumatic Parent, combines the fields of post-traumatic recovery and growth with our best understanding of how to raise Little Humans. Through interviews with experts in the fields of behavior science, psychology, trauma, and child development, as well as interviews with toy developers, children’s book authors, and anyone else who makes childhood a delight, Dr. Koslowitz explores how trauma impacts our parenting, and how to hack our traumas into superpowers and super-parenting.
Each week, Dr. Koslowitz unpacks how to survive and thrive as a Post-Traumatic Parent. She shares behind-the-scenes insights into the research that underlies what we know about parenting, child development, and trauma recovery. Each podcast provides actionable tips about how to transform our Post-Traumatic Parenting and how to turn our parenting journey into a post-traumatic growth experience. Dr. Koslowitz interviews some of the famous names in these fields, and some experts you’ve never heard of (but should have!).
Ready to go from survivor to thriver?
Ready to become the parent you've always dreamed of being?
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 66 episodes
- Your Thoughts Aren't Facts: Understanding OCD, Anxiety, and Intrusive Thoughts with Jenna Overbaugh · 1 h 13 min · Season 4 Episode 3What happens when the thing that feels frightening, unpredictable, or even traumatic is your own brain? For people living with OCD and anxiety, intrusive thoughts can feel…
- Postpartum Psychosis: A Mother’s Story of Survival, Misdiagnosis, and Hope · 57 min · Season 4 Episode 2What happens when a mother knows something is wrong, desperately seeks help, and is repeatedly told she’s fine? In this powerful and deeply moving episode, I sit down with…
- The Goodbye Doesn’t Break the Bond: Parenting Through Separation, Work, and Loss · 50 min · Episode 1What if being apart from your child doesn’t mean you’re any less connected? In this episode, I sit down with actress, author, content creator, and co-host of The Mother Daze…
- What Your Partner Wishes You Understood About Their Emotions with Eli Weinstein, LCSW · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 14Why do so many couples feel like they’re talking but not actually understanding each other? In this episode, I sit down with therapist, author, and podcast host Eli Weinstein…
- When Your Child’s Diagnosis Changes Everything with Jodi Michelle Cutler · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 13What happens when the life you imagined for your child suddenly changes? In this deeply moving episode, I speak with author and advocate Jodi Michele Cutler to explore her…
- The Power of Family Culture in Shaping Identity and Resilience with Nancy Shapiro Rapport · 28 min · Season 5 Episode 13What if the way your family functions wasn’t something you had to figure out as you go… but something you could actually design? In this episode, I sit down with Nancy Shapiro…
- When Childhood Becomes Content: The Ethics of Sharing Kids Online with Fortesa Latifi, M.A. · 45 minWhat is the cost of families and specifically children growing up online? In this conversation, I speak with journalist and author Fortesa Latifi, M.A. to talk about the rise of…
- Trauma, Motherhood, and the Superpowers We Never Asked For with Anna Seewald · 49 minWhat if the hardest parts of your parenting journey are actually pointing you toward your greatest growth? In this deeply honest and powerful conversation, I sit down with…
- The Truth About Eating Disorders (That No One Tells Parents) · 1 h 13 min · Season 3 Episode 7What happens when food, feeding, and our kids’ bodies trauma shows up in ways we don’t always expect? In this deeply honest and compassionate conversation, I speak with eating…
- Kids Do Well If They Can: Rethinking Behavior, Trauma, and Parenting with Dr. Ross Greene · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 6What if your child’s “behavior problem” isn’t a behavior problem at all? In this deeply practical and paradigm-shifting conversation, I sit down with clinical psychologist Dr…
- Complex PTSD & Parenting: Why Control Won’t Save Your Child with Stephanie Foo · 60 min · Season 3 Episode 5What if the pressure to “get parenting right” is actually coming from your trauma? In this powerful and deeply validating conversation, I sit down with Stephanie Foo, author of…
- Helping Your Child Feel Seen: Why Mattering Changes Everything with John Miles · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 4What if the deepest wound a child carries isn’t what happened to them, but the feeling that they don’t matter? In this episode, I speak with John Miles, host of the Passion…
- When Parenting Awakens the Past: Dissociation, Healing & Making Sense of Your Story with Sally Maslansky, LMFT · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 3What if the symptoms you’re ashamed of once saved your life? In this powerful and deeply human episode, I sit down with Sally Maslansky, LMFT author of A Brilliant Adaptation…
- Healing Through Recovery: Dr. Frank Putnam on Childhood Trauma, Biological Aging, and Hope for Change · 1 h 3 min · Season 3 Episode 2What if the very fact that you’re worried about passing on your trauma means you probably won’t? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Frank Putnam, one of the world’s leading…
- Healing Through Estrangement: Eamon Dolan on Boundaries, Anger, and Breaking the Cycle of Family Trauma · 1 h 6 min · Season 3 Episode 1What if stepping away from a harmful family relationship wasn’t an act of betrayal, but an act of healing? In this episode, I’m joined by Eamon Dolan, author of The Power of…
- How Parenting Changes Your Brain: Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum Explains the Science of Healing Trauma Through Nurturing · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 22What if the very act of nurturing your child could rewire your traumatized brain? Today I explore how parenting changes your brain with neuroscientist and author Greer…
- Emotional Inheritance: How Your Family's Trauma Becomes Your Child's Story with Dr. Galit Atlas · 41 min · Season 6 Episode 21What if your childhood trauma isn't just yours to carry? What if emotional inheritance means your kids are already carrying pieces of it too? Today I'm talking with Dr. Galit…
- How to Raise Securely Attached Kids as a Post-Traumatic Parent With Eli Harwood · 40 min · Season 6 Episode 20What happens when you desperately want to give your children the secure childhood you never had, but you have no instincts to guide you? Raising securely attached kids becomes…
- Peaceful Parenting: Why Your Kids Don't Listen & What to Do Instead of Punishments with Sarah Rosensweet · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 19Have you ever caught yourself yelling at your kids and thought, "I sound just like my parents"? Peaceful parenting offers a different path—one that breaks the cycle of fear-based…
- How to Parent Without Yelling: Mindful Parenting With Hunter Clarke-Fields · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 18What happens when mindful parenting feels impossible because you're still having nightmares about your own childhood? Today I'm talking with Hunter Clarke-Fields, bestselling…







