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The Parent Hope Podcast
Clarity & hope for parents in these anxious times with Dr Jenny Brown. This podcast features examples from the frontlines of parenting, plus discussions with parents and helpers considering how best to be a positive resource for their child’s wellbeing. It draws from research and Bowen family systems theory revealing that families do best when the parent focuses on managing themself and clarifying parenting principles rather than changing the child.
Episodes
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4.9 | Is My Child Autistic? Finding an Off-Ramp From the Worry Cycle
This episode shares a real-life example of how understandable parental worries can sometimes amplify difficulties. It isn't intended to challenge the reality…
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4.8 | Still Learning: Four Decades of Parenting Conversations (with Maggie Dent)
After more than four decades each of walking alongside parents, children and families, Maggie Dent and Jenny Brown come together for an honest conversation…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.7 | Beyond the Trauma Lens: Hope Beyond Repair: Real Questions Grounded Reflections (with David & Jenny Brown)
David and Dr Jenny Brown reflect on the previous episode with Michael DeRuyter, “Hope Beyond Repair” and what his experience of foster and adoptive parenting…
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4.7 | Hope Beyond Repair: Parenting Foster and Adoptive Children Without the Pressure to Fix (with Michael DeRuyter)
Hope Beyond Repair: Parenting Foster and Adoptive Children Without the Pressure to Fix A conversation with a family systems leadership coach, pastor, and…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.6 | RQGR | Just Tell Me What to Do! – Helping Parents Find Their Own Way Through Parenting Dilemmas (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 6): 4.6 | The Parenting Paradox: Can Too Much Love Actually Get in the Way of Raising Resilient…
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4.6 | The Parenting Paradox: Can Too Much Love Actually Get in the Way of Raising Resilient Children? (with Dr Kathleen Smith)
Recorded live at the Washington, DC launch of The Parenting Paradox, this special episode features Dr Jenny Brown in conversation with author, therapist, and…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.5 | RQGR | How Much Risk Should Parents Tolerate? (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 5): 4.5 | Why Parenting Feels Harder Than Ever: What History Reveals About Parental Anxiety…
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4.5 | Why Parenting Feels Harder Than Ever: What History Reveals About Parental Anxiety, Expert Advice, and Raising Children Today (with Peter Stearns)
With a special distinguished guest Peter N. Stearns, author of Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America; co-author of The American Child…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.4 | RQGR | Raising Boys (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 2): 4.4 | Raising Boys to Be Good Men in a Confusing World: A Guide to Raising Boys to be…
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4.4 | Raising Boys to Be Good Men in a Confusing World: A Guide to Raising Boys to be Confident, Resilient and Caring (with Justin Coulson)
Jenny interviews Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia's most respected relationships speakers, authors, and researchers. Passionate about understanding what…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.3 | RQGR | The Real Questions About Parenting After Separation (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 3 - Episode 3): Parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Supporting Children with Clarity and Care (with…
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4.3 | Parenting Through Separation and Divorce: Supporting Children with Clarity and Care (with Elisabeth Shaw)
When a relationship ends, parenting continues—and how parents navigate that transition can shape a child’s long-term wellbeing. In this thoughtful and…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.2 | RQGR | Unpacking Resilience: Parenting an Anxious, Disengaging Child (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 2): 4.2 Let’s Unpack Resilience: Parenting an Anxious, Disengaging Child With Confidence and Hope…
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4.2 | Let’s Unpack Resilience: Parenting an Anxious, Disengaging Child With Confidence and Hope (with Dr Lyn Worsley)
Anxious kids and teens often begin to withdraw—from friends, from challenges, and increasingly, from school. But behind that disengagement lies a deeper need…
The Parent Hope Podcast4.1 | RQGR | Children’s Exposure to the Online World — What Parents Are Still Wondering (with David & Jenny Brown)
Real Questions, Grounded Reflections (for Season 4 - Episode 1): 4.1 When the Internet Gets There First: Restoring Steadiness So Children Can Recover Well with…
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4.1 | When the Internet Gets There First: Restoring Steadiness So Children Can Recover Well (with Dr Marshall Ballantine-Jones)
When children are exposed to confronting sexualised online content, parents can be left reeling—worried about the impact, unsure what to do next, and tempted…
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3.14 | Rebroadcast | Parenting with Purpose: How Goal Setting Impacts Family Life (with Phillip Klever)
In setting the tone for this repost, Jenny Brwon highlights why she thinks this conversation endures: Phil Klever’s long-term research shows that the most…
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3.13 | Rebroadcast | Let Them Be: Resisting the Rush to Pathologise Adolescence (with Dr. Briony Scott)
In opening this repost, Jenny Brown highlights this episode as a standout for its clarity and compassion. Briony Scott’s reminder to see teens as emerging…
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3.12 | Rebroadcast | Being a Lighthouse: Parents Bringing Steadiness and Calm in the Storm of Self-Harm (with Dr Anne-Maree Bickerton)
In introducing this repost, Jenny Brown points to Dr Anne-Maree Bickerton’s lighthouse metaphor as one of the most transformative ideas for parents facing…
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3.11 | How Self-Leadership Helps Parents Navigate Australia’s New Social Media Rules
As Australia begins new social media age restrictions, many parents are feeling the pressure to tighten control or worry about what this shift will mean for…
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3.10 | Respecting Differences, Staying Connected: Navigating Holidays Without Losing Yourself (with Dr. Kathleen Smith)
The holidays can bring out our best—and our most anxious—selves. Therapist and author Dr. Kathleen Smith (True to You; Everything Isn’t Terrible) will join…
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3.9 | Grandparenting Without the Drama: How the Generations Can Work Together, Not Pull Apart (with Selden & Alison Illick)
Grandparenting can be a gift—or a point of tension—depending on how generational differences are navigated. In this episode, Jenny Brown speaks with two…
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3.8 | Parenting Beyond Worry: Breaking Cycles & Building Hope this Mental Health Month (with Lauren Errington)
As parents, our worries can quietly slip onto our children’s shoulders. But what if there’s another way? This Mental Health Month (in our State: NSW), the…
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3.7 | Let Them Be: Resisting the Rush to Pathologise Adolescence (with Dr. Briony Scott)
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Briony Scott, renowned educator and advocate for young people, to unpack the growing tendency to pathologise normal…
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3.6 | Partners, Not Strangers: How to Build a Positive Relationship with Your Child’s School (with Lisa Chalmers)
This episode explores how parents can become confident, empowered partners in their child’s education. Through insights from an educator and head of student…
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3.5 | Q&A | Reclaiming Calm Leadership in the Digital World (with Vicki Wilkins & Dr Jenny Brown)
How do you help teens to raise their own awareness to the impacts of their screen addictions and to motivate them to stop doing it if they're refusing or…
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3.5 | Reclaiming Calm Leadership in the Digital World (with Vicki Wilkins & Dr Jenny Brown)
In this timely episode, facilitator Vicki Wilkins interviews Dr. Jenny Brown — founder of the Parent Hope Project — to explore how parents and educators can…
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3.4 | Bridging the Gap: Parents Relating Positively to their Child’s Mental Health Service (with Dr Annemaree Bickerton)
Bridging the Gap: Parents Relating Positively to their Child’s Mental Health Service In this episode, Jenny Brown and Dr Annemaree Bickerton explore how…
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3.3 | The Parent Balancing Act: Supportive Parenting without Overdoing It (with Phillip Kelver)
In this episode, we explore a modern parenting paradox: how to be a supportive parent without overdoing it. Joining us again is researcher and family systems…
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3.2 | Being a Light House: Parents Bringing Steadiness and Calm in the Storm of Self-Harm (with Dr Annemaree Bickerton)
Discovering that your child is self-harming is understandably fear- inducing for any parent. Drawing on Bowen family systems theory, PHP invites parents to…
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3.1 | Parenting with Purpose: How Goal Setting Impacts Family Life (with Philip Klever)
Goal setting – how parents setting applicable goals helps a family to function In this first episode of 2025, Jenny Brown interviews Philip Klever, a clinician…
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2.15 | Rebroadcast | How Bowen Family Systems Builds Hope for Worried Parents
In this rebroadcasted episode, from Season 2 Episode 7, Jenny is back in the hosting seat with guest Dan Papero. Dr Jenny Brown draws on Dan’s rich experience…
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2.14 | Rebroadcast | Co-regulation or Self-regulation in Parenting
In this Rebroadcast of Season 2, Episode 5, the tables are turned! Michelle Varcoe, interviews Dr Jenny Brown to discuss: The importance of co-regulation in…
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2.13 | Treatment Can Make Things Worse - Sharing a Thought (3 of 3)
Recent studies have found that several of these programs not only failed to help young people but also made their mental health problems worse. Jenny shares…
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2.12 | Always More than Genetics and Brain Wiring - Sharing a Thought (2 of 3)
Jenny reflects on parents' questions about why they would need to be involved in addressing a child’s symptoms if it is from the child’s genetics or brain…
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2.11 | The Problem is Not the Problem - Sharing a Thought (1 of 3)
Jenny shares some thoughts on how the way we respond to a concern is more impactful than just focusing on the content of the issue. We can research problems…
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2.10 | Differentiation-Based Parenting - Part 2: Challenging the Parenting United Front
Challenging the Parenting United Front... Do Parents Always Need to Be on the Same Page? In this episode, Jenny Brown delves deeper into Differentiation-Based…
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2.9 | Differentiation-Based Parenting - Part 1: Cultivating Connection & Independence
In this episode, Jenny Brown introduces a title for the Parent Hope Project's parenting approach. Part one of this series asks the question: Is this just…
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2.8 | Engaging the Challenge of Children’s School Avoidance (with Ahmed Tohamy & Samantha Pilcher)
In this episode of the podcast, Dr Jenny Brown sits down with Clinical Psychologists Ahmed Tohamy and Samantha Pilcher to explore the challenges of school…
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2.7 | How Bowen Family Systems Builds Hope for Worried Parents (with Dan Papero)
In this Episode Jenny is back in the hosting seat with guest Dan Papero. Dr Jenny Brown draws on Dan’s rich experience as a Bowen family systems scholar…
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2.6 | Limit Setting and Responding to Children’s Misbehaviour (with Vicki Wilkins & Dr Jenny Brown)
In this episode, the tables are turned again as Vicki Wilkins, the Parent Hope Project Professional Programs Coordinator, interviews Dr. Jenny Brown. They…
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2.5 | Co-regulation or Self-regulation in Parenting (with Michelle Varcoe & Dr Jenny Brown)
In this episode the tables are turned! Last week's guest, Michelle Varcoe, interviews Dr Jenny Brown to discuss: The importance of co-regulation in parenting…
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2.4 | Tantrums, Sleep Issues and Exhaustion - Staying Steady (Enough) During the Early Parenting Years (with Michelle Varcoe)
In this Episode Jenny and Guest Michelle Varcoe discuss tantrums, sleep issues and exhaustion - staying steady (enough) during the early parenting years…
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2.3 | Marriage and Parenting - It Takes More Than Love (with Arum Nadigel)
In today's episode, Jenny will discuss Marriage and Parenting with a seasoned family therapist, author, Father and Husband, Arum Nadigel. With a special…
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2.2 | Managing Extended Family Stress Without Adding to Parenting Worry (with Dr Carrie Collier)
In this episode we will discuss an important finding from Bowen family systems theory: parents can detour our troubles onto our children. This is described as…
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2.1 | How Parents Can Partner with Schools to Increase Student and Family Confidence (with Robin Shultz)
In this Episode of the Parent Hope Podcast Jenny Brown explores “How parents can partner with schools to increase student and family confidence” with Robin…
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1.17 | Rebroadcast | Adolescents: Independence on Steroids
The Summer Theme - Parents promoting responsible, age-appropriate independence & avoiding futile power struggles. These themes are relevant, whatever the age…
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1.16 | Rebroadcast | Toddler in Meltdown: The First Push for Independence
The Summer Theme - Parents promoting responsible, age-appropriate independence & avoiding futile power struggles. These themes are relevant, whatever the age…
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1.15 | Parenting Courses – Are They Worth the Effort? Lessons from an Experienced Community Parent Educator (with Stephen Dinning)
In this episode, we will discuss parenting courses with a family skills community educator. We'll explore what parents get out of carving out time for…
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1.14 | Parents Connecting with their Adolescents (with Marie Vakakis)
Join Jenny as she asks Marie Vakakis what she has learned from her young clients about their relationships with their parents. Parents connecting with their…
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1.13 | Grandparenting Relationships (with Selden Dunbar Illick)
In this Episode of the Parent Hope Podcast Jenny Brown explores Grandparenting with Selden Dunbar Illick. They discuss what makes for flourishing…
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1.12 | Parenting with a Backdrop of Trauma and Adversity - How this Affects Building Confidence in Parenting (with Dr Linda Mackay)
In this episode Jenny talks with Dr Linda Mackay on parenting with a backdrop of trauma and adversity and how this affects building confidence in parenting…
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1.11 | When Parents Undermine Each Other (with Amber McPherson & Dr Jenny Brown)
This podcast explores a common tension between parents about how each responds to a struggling child. One parent reacts with more nurturing and the other with…
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1.10 | Is There Such a Thing as a Calm Parent? (with Dr Kathleen Smith)
In this episode Jenny discusses with Dr Kathleen Smith the challenges and opportunities for parents managing fears and anxieties. What are the challenges of…
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1.9 | Parents Becoming Good Observers of Themselves (with Lauren Errington)
In this episode, Jenny Brown will be in discussion with Lauren Errington sharing stories of working with parents who are worried about 1 or more of their…
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1.8 | Staying Connected When Emotions Run High (with Dr Annemaree Bickerton)
In this episode, Jenny Brown interviews renowned Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr Annemaree Bickerton about her work supporting parents managing their…
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1.7 | Raising Kids Who Care - What is Within a Parent's Influence? (with Suzy Lee)
In this podcast, Jenny Brown interviews Susy Lee, prize-winning author, speaker, and educator. They discuss Susy's prize-winning book 'Raising Kids Who Care…
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1.6 | Young Adults - The Challenge of Launching
Parenting doesn’t end when a child leaves school. In fact, parenting can become even more complex with young adults, especially if they are struggling to…
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1.5 | Parenting Children with Special Needs (with Nicole Clarke)
In this podcast, Jenny Brown explores the challenges of parenting Special Needs children – neurodiverse kids or children with a biological impairment of some…
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1.4 | Adolescents - Independence on Steroids
Adolescents present unique challenges for parents. For example, the reactive push for independence can be triggering for parents. In this podcast, Jenny…