Fear has a way of obstructing our development as people, as parents, and partners and friends. Our anxieties make us grasp for control when what we really need to do is get out of the way and let things unfold.


Easier said than done. 


Today, we have Gillian’s dear friend and “soul mother,” Paula Tursi, with us. Paula is a New York-based yoga and meditation teacher, spiritual guide, writer and thinker who is at once deeply spiritual and highly pragmatic. In our conversation, we talk about the role of fear in the challenges we face, how she transformed her relationship to fear, and how getting out of our own way can change our lives and our parenting. 


Listen to the full episode to hear:

  • Defining the roots of fear through the lens of survival and internal resistance
  • How the way we’re seen in childhood ripples through our lives, for good and ill
  • How the way we assign meaning to our visceral feelings impacts how we live and parent
  • Balancing parental guardrails and trusting kids to know themselves and what they need
  • How accepting where we are in the moment helps us move forward and live more fully
  • How to show kids they’re loved, safe, and seen even at the hardest moments


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