How Your Unhealed Past Keeps Controlling Your Parenting with GG Renee Hill

How Your Unhealed Past Keeps Controlling Your Parenting with GG Renee Hill

Author: Anna Seewald November 10, 2025 Duration: 1:02:13

Have you ever stopped to wonder how the stories you grew up with—the ones you absorbed in childhood—still shape the way you parent today?

Author and creative coach GG Renee Hill on uncovering, rewriting, and reclaiming the stories that define us. 

Timestamps:

0:03 – How our childhood stories shape parenting
0:06 – Parenting from old patterns
0:09 – When others silence your intuition
0:12 – Finding yourself amid parenting chaos
0:15 – GG's inner child awakening
0:18 – Turning sensitivity into strength
0:21 – Growing up with a schizophrenic mother
0:25 – Redefining strength as a Black mom
0:29 – Coaching kids without tearing them down
0:33 – GG's breaking point and repair
0:38 – Anger is human, violence is not
0:43 – Hope for a more conscious generation
0:48 – Healing through storytelling and reflection
0:53 – The power of rewriting your narrative
0:58 – GG's message to parents and creators

  1. Her book: Story Work: Field Notes on Self-Discovery and Reclaiming Your Narrative 
  2. Her viral essay, "Choosing My Mental Health over My Mother"

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Anna Seewald hosts Authentic Parenting, a space for those who believe that raising children is deeply intertwined with growing themselves. This podcast moves beyond quick tips and strategies to explore the inner work required to parent with intention. Conversations here are grounded in a trauma-informed perspective, offering a compassionate lens through which to examine family patterns and reactions. The core idea is that by consciously addressing our own histories and connecting with our authentic selves, we can interrupt cycles of generational stress. What you’ll hear in each episode are thoughtful discussions and practical insights aimed at transforming daily challenges into opportunities for connection. The goal isn’t perfection, but fostering a family life with more calm, understanding, and genuine joy. It’s about creating an environment where children can thrive without carrying burdens forward. Tuning into this podcast feels like a supportive dialogue, reminding you that the journey of parenting is also a profound path of personal discovery. It’s for anyone ready to embrace the motto of raising their children while growing themselves.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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