Podcast Episode 99

Child Melts Down, Parent Blows Up — No More! Scripts for Calm Connection with Author and Therapist Bryana Kappadakunnel

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December 17, 2025

Have you ever blown up at your kid because they’re melting down?

Just wanted their bad behavior to STOP because you feel like a bad parent if it doesn’t?

Committed that you would parent differently than your parents, but see some cycles repeating you don’t like?

My guest today is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has seen a lot of hurting and struggling families in her decade-plus working with clients, and she brings some of the best scripts I’ve ever heard to this interview today.

Get answers for issues like:

Your teen says everyone else gets to do X and it’s not fair that she doesn’t!
Your preschooler throws an epic 45-minute tantrum
You try to put the child in time-out but it only makes things worse
Your child’s behavior triggers anger or resentment

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What “Parent Yourself First” Really Means

03:26 – Bryana shares how her own chaotic, abusive childhood led her into therapy work and eventually to her book Parent Yourself First.

Bryana Kappadakunnel

Conscious Mommy

Bryana Kappadakunnel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the voice behind Conscious Mommy. Bryana is the author of Parent Yourself First: Raise Confident, Compassionate Kids By Becoming the Parent You Wish You’d Had. She serves new moms and families with young children who are in need of compassion, comfort, and support during life’s inevitable changes and transitions. She runs the Conscious Mommy Community, an online membership platform for parents who wish to heal their inner child wounds and parent from a place of intention and confidence. She lives in Southern California with her spouse and 2 kiddos.

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About Katie Kimball

Katie Kimball, CSME, creator of Kids Cook Real Food^™ and CEO of Kitchen Stewardship^®, LLC, is passionate about connecting families around healthy food. As a trusted educator and author of 8 real food cookbooks, she’s been featured on media outlets like ABC, NBC and First for Women magazine and contributes periodically on the FOX Network.

Since 2009, busy moms have looked to Katie as a trusted authority and advocate for children’s health, and she often partners with health experts and medical practitioners to stay on the cutting edge. In 2016 she created the Wall Street Journal recommended best online kids cooking course, Kids Cook Real Food^™, helping thousands of families around the world learn to cook. She is actively masterminding the Kids’ Meal Revolution, with a goal of every child learning to cook.

A mom of 4 kids from Michigan, she is also a Certified Stress Mastery Educator, member of the American Institute of Stress and trained speaker through Bo Eason’s Personal Story Power.