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Ep. 242 - Authentic Presence with Children with Trudy Goodman
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- Feb 13, 2026
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Summary
Trudy Goodman explains the healing power of mindfulness in helping adults be authentically present with children—fully entering their creative, playful world. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. This time on the BHNN Guest Podcast, Trudy Goodman talks about: Trudy’s own life as a mother and grandmother, witnessing many stages of growth from different perspectives Becoming inspired by the playfulness, openness, and curiosity of children Approaching the world with beginners mind: approaching all experiences as if they are new A sonar for presence: how children can tell when we are present and when we are not How the capacity to meet ourselves often goes back to the parent-child relationship Striving to be ‘good enough’ as a parent rather than perfect Ordinary devotion and maintaining a sense of routine care for our children Learning to be alone and getting acquainted with our inner lives Resting in presence and allowance rather than always trying to ‘fix’ our children or ‘correct’ their play and creativity Trusting the insubstantial nature of that which bothers us How our own expectations, concepts, and ideals, affect children for better and worse This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed About Trudy Goodman: Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA . For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel . You can learn mor…