Key points

Understanding your triggers creates space between past wounds and present reactions to your children.

Identifying the real needs behind your reactions opens up multiple strategies to meet both of your needs.

Self-compassion after parenting mistakes leads to actual change better than harsh self-criticism.

Professional support helps you process traumatic experiences safely and prevents additional harm to yourself.

In our previous posts, we explored how family trauma can shape your parenting without you even knowing it, and then looked at six specific ways trauma shows up in your daily parenting .

Now comes the most important question: How do you actually break these patterns? Here are nine concrete steps you can take to interrupt these cycles and create healthier relatio

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