Reflective Parenting Podcast
What if one book could help you see yourself more clearly as a parent?
As parents, we're constantly learning. We listen to podcasts, read books, and consume endless advice online, but real growth happens when we pause long enough to reflect on what we're learning and what it means for our own lives.
Welcome to The Reflective Parenting Podcast, a parenting book club led by neuroscientist, international speaker, mom of three, and founder of Curious Neuron, Dr. Cindy Hovington.
Each month, we'll explore a new book together and reflect on the ideas that can help us better understand ourselves, our emotions, our relationships, and our parenting. Every week, I'll share reflections, insights from neuroscience, and practical takeaways to help you become more self-aware, manage stress more effectively, navigate conflict with greater confidence, and show up as the parent you want to be.
This isn't a book summary podcast. It's an invitation to slow down as parents, think more deeply, and grow alongside your children.
Because becoming a better parent isn't about consuming more information; it's about reflecting on it with me by your side.
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Reflective Parenting Podcast
Latest Episodes
Reflections on Daring to Lead as a Parent
In this episode, I reflect on Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead and what it means to bring the principles of daring leadership into parenting. I explore how courage, vulnerability, self-awareness, and connection show up in our homes and in th...
Reflections on resilience, freedom & identity from the book In Order to Live
In this episode, I reflect on In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park and the deep questions it raised for me about freedom, identity, resilience, and what it means to think for ourselves. The book prompted powerful reflections on how we under...
Reflections on loving more deeply and being present
This week, I'm sharing six simple mantras from the book How to Love that made me stop, reflect, and think differently about the way I show up as a parent, partner, and person.Together, we'll explore what it really means to be pr...
Reflections on the Hidden Risks Inside Kids' Group Chats
What does Toy Story 5 have to do with raising emotionally healthy kids? Trigger warning: masturbation is mentioned in this episode. Much more than I expected. After watching the movie with my children, I found m...
3 reflections about how we take care of ourselves as parents
Why do so many parents feel like they don't have time to take care of themselves?The answer isn't as simple as being busy.This week, we're reflecting on a passage from the book How to Love by Thich Nhat Hanh and ex...
Fan Mail
Hello! I just discovered you and your podcast from seeing a parenting seminar . I was a physic teacher before I had my son. And love love love this research based program. Thank you and will continue to listen during car naps of my 2 year old lol
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