Parenting with Trauma: Holding Fear Without Passing It On

How do we navigate parenthood when we’re carrying our own trauma? How do we hold our fears without letting them shape the size of our children’s lives?

In this deeply moving conversation, we’re joined byNeena Atkinson, an integral development coach and mentor, to explore the intersection of trauma, parenthood, and the ever-evolving journey of letting go. Neena shares her personal story of loss, the ways trauma lives in the body, and how she’s learned to hold fear while allowing her children the freedom to fully live.

Together, we unpack:

✨ The tension between protecting our children and letting them become in the world

✨ Why healing isn’t about “getting over” trauma, but integrating it

✨ How to co-create a sense of safetywith our children, rather than for them

✨ The ways fear can shrink our world—and how we choose something bigger

We also close with a breathtaking poem,Hello, Fear by Rosemary Wahtola Trommer, from her bookAll the Honey.You can find it here.

Other references from this episode:

📖The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

📖The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (Excerpt on Children)

Join us for a conversation filled with wisdom, raw honesty, and an invitation to hold both fear and love as we guide our children—and ourselves—into the world.