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Podcast: Chaos to Connection: Boundaries and Breakthroughs for Cycle-Breaking Women
Episode: 277. From Co-Dependent Perfectionism to Empowered Parenting with Alana Carvalho
Description: What if the pressure to be a “good parent” is actually the very thing keeping us disconnected?In this honest and grounding conversation, I sit down with Alana Carvalho, host of The Co-Dependent Perfectionist and author of How to Raise Empowered Children, to explore the hidden emotional patterns driving modern motherhood.We talk about co-dependent perfectionism — the subtle but powerful way approval-seeking, over-functioning, and fear of getting it wrong quietly shape how we parent.This conversation goes beyond surface-level strategies. It’s about:*How perfectionism gets passed down unintentionally*What it...