EP86 Soothing Sleep Advice For Tired Mothers of Sleepless Kids with Macall Gordon PART 1

The Radical Mother Village with Christa Bevan

In this episode, I'm chatting with Macall Gordon. Macall is a researcher, speaker, and author specializing in the link between temperament and sleep, as well as examining the research underpinning sleep advice. She has a master’s degree in Applied Psychology from Antioch University and a B.S. in Human Biology from Stanford University. She is also a certified Gentle Sleep Coach in private practice as well as with the women’s telehealth platform, Maven Clinic. She comes to this work because she had two sensitive, alert, intense children, and she didn’t sleep for 18 years.
This is part 1 of a 2 part episode, so be sure to tune in next week to hear the rest of the conversation!
In this episode you'll learn:

• How there are still largely only two methods of sleep training - cry it out or “gut it out”
• Why a behavior only based view of sleep in kids is dead wrong and harmful
• How parents are gaslit by the sleep training industry
• The myth of self-soothing in connection with sleep
• Why parents can’t take credit, or blame, for how well their child sleeps
• The value judgements that are placed on well-sleeping babies
• Why some mothers both philosophically and physically can’t let their babies cry it out
• The importance of asking who is struggling in any given situation? My child or myself?

For more from Macall:

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http://www.instagram.com/littlelivewires
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A radical mother is a woman poised in her power ready to disrupt cycles of generational trauma running through her family like wildfire. She's working to improve her life, the lives of her children, and shape the landscape of her community. If that's you - you're in the right place.
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I’m your host Christa Bevan and I’m a nervous system educator for cycle breaker moms as well as a certified TRE (trauma releasing exercises) provider, and a trauma-informed yoga instructor. And of course, a fellow Radical Mother. My approach to this work blends neuroscience backed tools and heart-centered intuition.
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