Parenting and Personalities

One thing about being a parent – there’s no shortage of personalities to be surrounded by. Our kids, our partners, our family, our friends. They keep us laughing, growing, loving, and crying. If only they understood us. Like the musician Van Morrison once sang “When people understand what I mean, mama said there will be days like this.” Adelaide Australia’s Kate Mason is an author, wife, and mother who has spent her career studying personality and relationships. In this podcast she looks at why relationships work, and why some don't. She also looks at how our personalities impact our relationships and examines what compels our children, husbands, wives and others to behave the way they do. This podcast is designed to help you understand those you love. A half hour listening on your own, will connect you with the ones you care about the most.

  1. Your Child Doesn't Need Perfect Parents. They Need Connected Ones.

    4d ago

    Your Child Doesn't Need Perfect Parents. They Need Connected Ones.

    What if the secret to raising happier children wasn't about perfect parenting techniques…but about the quality of the relationship between you and your parenting partner?  Kate Mason is joined by author, family therapist, and family systems expert Dr. Jenny Brown for a return visit that builds beautifully on their first conversation.  Jenny brings decades of clinical experience alongside her deeply personal journey of applying this work within her own marriage and family.  Drawing on the groundbreaking family systems theory developed by psychiatrist Dr. Murray Bowen, she and Kate explore what really happens to relationships when children arrive and why understanding your own role in relationship patterns is the most empowering shift any parent can make.  Whether you're feeling disconnected from your partner, frustrated by different parenting styles, or simply craving more connection in your family, this episode offers both the insight and the hope you've been looking for.  Listen For 2:45 How did Jenny's own family experience shape her decades of work with families? 9:14 Why do couples stop truly connecting and become roommates managing kids' logistics? 12:21 How should parenting partners listen to each other without fixing, advising, or comparing? 21:22 What was the moment Jenny realised she was getting in the way of her husband's parenting? 28:23 Where should disconnected parents start when they feel overwhelmed and don't know what to do?   Leave a rating/review for this podcast with one click   Contact Dr Jenny Brown: Email | Website | Dr Jenny's Book "The Parenting Paradox" | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn Contact Kate: Email | Website | Kate’s Book on Amazon | LinkedIn | Facebook | X

    33 min
  2. Why Does Modern Family Life Feel So Overwhelming?

    May 26

    Why Does Modern Family Life Feel So Overwhelming?

    Modern life is fraying us. But we can learn how to come back to ourselves.  In this thoughtful and deeply relatable episode Kate welcomes back educator, social worker, author, and speaker Stephanie Malia Krauss to explore why so many parents, teachers, carers, and children feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and disconnected.  Drawing from her book How We Thrive: Caring for Kids and Ourselves in a Changing World, Stephanie explains how chronic busyness, overstimulation, technology, anxiety, and modern pressures pull families away from regulation, connection, and truly human living.  Together, Kate and Stephanie unpack how self-regulation develops, why children and young adults are still learning these skills well into their twenties, how dysregulation can be mistaken for “bad behaviour,” and why parents need practical tools like going “below calm,” using gentle cues, listening instead of fixing, and recognizing their own stress signals.    Listen For 6:26 Why Does Modern Family Life Feel So Overwhelming? 11:15 What Is Self-Regulation and Why Is It Still Developing Until the Mid-20s? 19:20 How Can Parents Calm Themselves When a Child Is Dysregulated? 28:11 Is Your Child’s Behaviour Actually a Discipline Issue or a Dysregulation Issue? 41:17 Could the Personality Trait You Dislike Actually Be Chronic Dysregulation?    Leave a rating/review for this podcast with one click Connect with guest: Stephanie Malia Krauss LinkedIn | Website | YouTube | Instagram | Book: How We Thrive  Contact Kate: Email | Website | Kate’s Book on Amazon | LinkedIn | Facebook | X

    45 min
  3. What Your Household Habits Reveal About Your Personality

    May 5

    What Your Household Habits Reveal About Your Personality

    What if the reason you and your partner drive each other absolutely crazy over the washing, the cushions, or even the toilet paper roll has nothing to do with bad habits and everything to do with personality? Kate Mason takes a warm, witty, and surprisingly eye-opening dive into the everyday irritations that quietly shape our closest relationships.  Drawing on the melancholic and phlegmatic temperaments and the Myers-Briggs judging and perceiving preferences, Kate explores why some of us are natural organizers who feel genuine calm when things are in order, while others live happily in flexible, "good enough" mode.  Through hilarious real-life stories from laundry debates at a dinner party to her 94-year-old mother's enduring love of perfectly folded clothes, Kate reveals how understanding your partner's or family member's personality type can transform daily conflict into genuine connection.  This episode will leave you asking a different question: am I loving them, or am I reorganizing them?  Listen For 4:14 What everyday moment reminded Kate how strongly our personalities show up in daily life? 6:07 Are you a folder or a scruncher  and what does it actually reveal about your personality? 7:10 What are the key strengths and challenges of the melancholic and phlegmatic temperaments? 12:00 How do judging and perceiving types experience time differently and why does it cause conflict? 15:02 What does Kate's 94-year-old mother teach us about how deeply personality is woven into who we are?   Leave a rating/review for this podcast with one click Contact Kate: Email | Website | Kate’s Book on Amazon | LinkedIn | Facebook | X

    18 min
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One thing about being a parent – there’s no shortage of personalities to be surrounded by. Our kids, our partners, our family, our friends. They keep us laughing, growing, loving, and crying. If only they understood us. Like the musician Van Morrison once sang “When people understand what I mean, mama said there will be days like this.” Adelaide Australia’s Kate Mason is an author, wife, and mother who has spent her career studying personality and relationships. In this podcast she looks at why relationships work, and why some don't. She also looks at how our personalities impact our relationships and examines what compels our children, husbands, wives and others to behave the way they do. This podcast is designed to help you understand those you love. A half hour listening on your own, will connect you with the ones you care about the most.

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