# 3007: Why Becoming Your Child’s Emotion Coach Begins by Managing Your Own Emotions First by Sanya Pelini with Gottman Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/3007-why-becoming-your-child-s-emotion-coach-begins-by-managing-your-own-emotions-first-by-sanya-pelini-with-gottman Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/3007-why-becoming-your-child-s-emotion-coach-begins-by-managing-your-own-emotions-first-by-sanya-pelini-with-gottman.md Podcast: [Optimal Relationships Daily - Dating, Marriage and Parenting](https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569) Published: 2026-05-16T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OLD6255657829.mp3?updated=1778265481 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OLD6255657829.mp3?updated=1778265481 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/episodes/3007-why-becoming-your-child-s-emotion-coach-begins-by-managing-your-own-emotions-first-by-sanya-pelini-with-gottman Duration seconds: 557 ## Resource Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3007: Sanya Pelini explores why children learn emotional regulation more from what parents model than from what they say. Drawing on research from James Gross and other emotion regulation studies, she shares practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, and frustration so you can create a calmer, healthier emotional environment for your child. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/why-becoming-your-childs-emotion-coach-begins-by-managing-your-own-emotions-first/ Quotes to ponder: "Teaching kids how to manage emotions is not about suppressing those emotions. It’s about teaching your children that emotions exist, but they can be managed." "We also know that kids learn more from watching us than they do from listening to us." "Ultimately, helping your kid manage his emotions requires you to learn to manage yours first." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/episodes/3007-why-becoming-your-child-s-emotion-coach-begins-by-managing-your-own-emotions-first-by-sanya-pelini-with-gottman/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-relationships-daily-dating-marriage-and-parenting-1054569/3007-why-becoming-your-child-s-emotion-coach-begins-by-managing-your-own-emotions-first-by-sanya-pelini-with-gottman.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.