15 episodes

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to feel steady and confident in your parenting? Do you ever think about how to truly savor these precious years with your growing people? And, perhaps most importantly, do you dream of creating connected relationships that endure beyond childhood? Your host, Carrie Contey has spent the last two decades guiding, supporting and inspiring parents to know and trust themselves, deeply. And as a result, there are thousands of parents all over the world who feel skillfully equipped, personally fulfilled, and authentically connected with their people in all phases of development. Join Carrie, along with her friend and collaborator, Kristen Manieri, as they explore what it means to Knot Parent. Let’s get untangling!

Knot Parenting Carrie Contey, PhD

    • Kids & Family
    • 5.0 • 138 Ratings

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to feel steady and confident in your parenting? Do you ever think about how to truly savor these precious years with your growing people? And, perhaps most importantly, do you dream of creating connected relationships that endure beyond childhood? Your host, Carrie Contey has spent the last two decades guiding, supporting and inspiring parents to know and trust themselves, deeply. And as a result, there are thousands of parents all over the world who feel skillfully equipped, personally fulfilled, and authentically connected with their people in all phases of development. Join Carrie, along with her friend and collaborator, Kristen Manieri, as they explore what it means to Knot Parent. Let’s get untangling!

    Clarity with Carrie | EP03: Clarity Begins with You

    Clarity with Carrie | EP03: Clarity Begins with You

    Clarity begins with you.
    And, the first step is identifying where in your life clarity might be needed. Taking stock of all the things that are pertinent to one's personhood, parenting, partnership, and life, and then going inward to clarify what is needed will bring more alignment.  
    Together, Carrie and Kristen emphasize the importance of doing inner work to feel more fortified and connected to something bigger than oneself. They discuss how using daily prompts can help individuals tune in and tune up, including checking in on one’s brain state, weather inside, and body sensations. Carrie shares her process of taking a broad survey of what is going on in her life, identifying what requires her energy, and finding clarity around her intentions and essential practices for the season. She believes that regularly taking stock seasonally leads to a different level of fulfillment. 
    If you are looking for more clarity around your life, join Carrie for “Clarity with Carrie” what she deems as “yoga for the soul”. This new program offers four seasonal guidebooks with prompts and reminders, and a monthly 90-minute call to stay present and aware of life. The program is designed to help individuals get clear about what matters to them and be intentional about their lives. The program includes a reset every month, where individuals can explore themselves and their lives and continually ask themselves what matters.
    What would change in your life if you dedicated 90 minutes a month to creating the life of your dreams?

     
    CLARITY WITH CARRIE is ideas, tools, skills and support for living your life with presence, awareness and intention.  
    * A quarterly guidebook to keep you tuned in and tuned up all season long.

    * A monthly workshop to give you an "on the calendar" date with yourself for settling, listening and clarifying what matters and how you want to meet the moments.

    * A weekly deeper dive prompt to spark self-inquiry and give you more practice listening and clarifying.

    * A daily inspiration to remind you to come back to your heart and trust your gut, over and over and over again.
     
    What you can achieve if you commit to your own understanding and deepening and expansion is astounding. 

     
    www.claritywithcarrie.com/ 
     

     
    BIO
    Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com. 
     
    CONNECT & LEARN MORE
    Parenting Courses: https://www.carriecontey.com/
    Clarity with Carrie: www.claritywithcarrie.com/ 
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 
    Email: hello@carriecontey.com 
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claritywithcarrie/ 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 

    • 33 min
    Clarity with Carrie | EP02: Why Does Clarity Matter?

    Clarity with Carrie | EP02: Why Does Clarity Matter?

    Modern life is full, fast and loud. There are endless choices and decisions that need to be made, especially when parenting growing people.  Cultivating the skills of finding clarity from within -- the ability to know and trust one's self, deeply -- is invaluable for several reasons. First, it brings awareness to what's truly meaningful. Living a satisfying life is very personal so being able to listen and clarify what matters allows for a sense of agency, fulfillment and aliveness. Second, clarity calms the fears that arise as a result of living in the 21st century and caring for the people who mean the most. Even though it can sometimes feel like it is, fear is not a requirement of parenting. When a parent knows how to find clarity from within, it quells and calms the worrying. Third, because there's no way to predict how life will unfold, modeling how to find clarity from within -- day by day, month by month and year by year -- is one of the most powerful things you can teach your children. By living with clarity, you are showing others how to handle all that life presents with presence, calm and confidence.
     
     
    CLARITY WITH CARRIE is ideas, tools, skills and support for living your life with presence, awarenss and intention.  
    * A quarterly guidebook to keep you tuned in and tuned up all season long.

    * A monthly workshop to give you an "on the calendar" date with yourself for settling, listening and clarifying what matters and how you want to meet the moments.

    * A weekly deeper dive prompt to spark self-inquiry and give you more practice listening and clarifying.

    * A daily inspiration to remind you to come back to your heart and trust your gut, over and over and over again.
     
    What you can achieve if you commit to your own understanding and deepening and expansion is astounding. 

     
    www.claritywithcarrie.com/ 
     

     
    BIO
    Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com. 
     
    CONNECT & LEARN MORE
    Parenting Courses: https://www.carriecontey.com/
    Clarity with Carrie: www.claritywithcarrie.com/ 
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 
    Email: hello@carriecontey.com 
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claritywithcarrie/ 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 

    • 23 min
    Clarity with Carrie | EP01: Why Clarity?

    Clarity with Carrie | EP01: Why Clarity?

    Clarity is one of the most important tools to have in your tool kit as you navigate the wild and wonderful seas of life. On Episode 1 of "Clarity" Carrie and Kristin explore the challenges of finding clarity when information is coming at us, endlessly.
     
    Clarity helps individuals make intentional decisions and take meaningful actions. When we practice "coming in for a landing" we allow ourselves to pause, notice and consider what is going on -- around us and within us. And in doing that we don't just hear ourselves, we actually learn to know and trust ourselves, deeply.

     
    Cultivating clarity is a skill set that can be learned, practiced, and when used, is a powerful tool for operating in the world that will benefit you, and your children as they embark on life beyond the home. When you tap into your knowing, alignment is not far behind. 
     
     

     
    CLARITY WITH CARRIE is ideas, tools, skills and support for living your life with presence, awarenss and intention.  
    * A quarterly guidebook to keep you tuned in and tuned up all season long.

    * A monthly workshop to give you an "on the calendar" date with yourself for settling, listening and clarifying what matters and how you want to meet the moments.

    * A weekly deeper dive prompt to spark self-inquiry and give you more practice listening and clarifying.

    * A daily inspiration to remind you to come back to your heart and trust your gut, over and over and over again.
     
    What you can achieve if you commit to your own understanding and deepening and expansion is astounding. 

     
    www.claritywithcarrie.com/ 
     

     
    BIO
    Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com. 
     
    CONNECT & LEARN MORE
    Parenting Courses: https://www.carriecontey.com/
    Clarity with Carrie: www.claritywithcarrie.com/ 
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 
    Email: hello@carriecontey.com 
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd 
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claritywithcarrie/ 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 
     

    • 24 min
    Untangling Technology | E4. Technology as the Catalyst for Intentional Family Life

    Untangling Technology | E4. Technology as the Catalyst for Intentional Family Life

    Navigating boundaries and technology for you and your family is the work of modern parenting. It’s an opportunity to examine what’s really happening with you and your children and clarify value-based guidelines and develop self-awareness around what truly matters. These skills are what will safeguard your children as they move into life beyond the growing years. There's no way to prepare them for the technological world that is emerging. It's changing too fast. However, by modeling clear boundaries and self-knowing, you can teach them what it means to be a healthy, aligned, compassionate human while bringing more ease and connection to family life. 
    Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open.
    Devices are here to stay…
    How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond?
    Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people.
    Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place.
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 


     
    BIO
    Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com. 
     
    CONNECT & LEARN MORE
    Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 
    Email: hello@carriecontey.com 
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd 
    Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/ 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 
     
     

    • 28 min
    Untangling Technology | E3. Moving from Tech Manager to Tech Mentor

    Untangling Technology | E3. Moving from Tech Manager to Tech Mentor

    Young people today are growing up with devices and technology in a way that most adult people never did. It’s a part of our lives whether we want it or not, so taking the time to examine what’s really happening with you, and your children when it comes to screen time is an important step in moving toward a healthy relationship with technology. In this episode, Kristen and I talk about how parents can shift from a place of fear to appreciation, concern to curiosity, and manager to mentor.
     
    BIO
    Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com. 
     
    CONNECT & LEARN MORE
    Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 
    Email: hello@carriecontey.com 
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd 
    Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/ 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 
     
    Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open.
    Devices are here to stay…
    How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond?
    Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people.
    Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place.
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 

    • 22 min
    Untangling Technology | E2. Your Children are Watching How You Interact with Devices

    Untangling Technology | E2. Your Children are Watching How You Interact with Devices

    It all starts with you. Being the guide for your kids requires a certain level of consideration and clarity of your habits. In this episode, we discuss the importance of sorting out your own relationship with devices and technology. We know one thing for sure, they are always watching! In order to be a steady guide for your children, understanding how devices add to, or take away, from your own life is the first step. Showing them through your own exploration and experimentation models for them a way of being with devices that is thoughtful and discerning. The self-awareness and clarity you cultivate around your relationship with technology is a gift to you and your people. 
     
    BIO
    Carrie Contey, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized coach, author, speaker and educator. Her work offers a new perspective on human development, parenting and family life. She guides, supports and inspires her clients to live with wide-open and courageous hearts so they can approach family life with skill and spaciousness. Carrie received her doctorate in prenatal and perinatal psychology and is masterful at synthesizing and articulating the science, psychology and spirituality of humanhood. She is the co-founder of the Slow Family Living movement, the co-author of CALMS: A Guide To Soothing Your Baby and creator of a variety of impactful parenting courses intended to support and guide parents from toddlerhood all the way through teenhood. Carrie has appeared on NBC’s The Today Show, NPR, CBS radio and in many publications including Time, Parenting and The Boston Globe. You can learn more about Carrie at www.carriecontey.com. 
     
    CONNECT & LEARN MORE
    Website: https://www.carriecontey.com/
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 
    Email: hello@carriecontey.com 
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carrieconteyphd 
    Instagram: @carrieconteyphd https://www.instagram.com/carrieconteyphd/ 
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carrieconteyphd 
     
    Enrollment for my Untangling Technology Course is now open.
    Devices are here to stay…
    How will you navigate, guide and prioritize the use of devices in your family’s life this Summer and beyond?
    Beginning May 10, 2023, this 4 week course will guide you in creating realistic boundaries and developing balanced relationships with technology for yourself and with your people.
    Give yourself the time and space to stop the swirling, gain clarity and put the devices in their rightful place.
    Untangling Technology: https://www.carriecontey.com/untangling-technology 

    • 22 min

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138 Ratings

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I cannot express enough how much I love and appreciate this podcast! The research-backed validation of my intuitions and the numerous extra gems of wisdom, are divine beyond measure! I am completely in tune and alignment with you gals and thank you so much for putting this out there into the world to rise our evolution and universal vibrations! ✨💖💫💖

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Untangling is exactly what it’s all about

Thank you for sharing your particular genius and walking us all home in this tangle of life. Carrie gives us faith that we are with each other for all the right lessons and she reminds us to step back and appreciate the ride. My only regret is not having this podcast when I was just beginning parenting but so glad to have this incredible wisdom now!

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