Dr. Laura Markham: Where it all begins: the origins of human love and kindness.

Author and parenting expert Dr. Laura Markham is a trained clinical psychologist who earned her PhD at Columbia University has worked extensively as a parenting coach, as well as a writer, speaker, and advocate for a parenting style that emphasizes connection and empathy over discipline. She is also the founder of the hugely popular parenting website, AhaParenting.com which provides insights and advice to parents of children from babyhood to the teen years. And is based on the idea of an aha moment that she describes as a “lightning flash of insight when suddenly we see things from another perspective, and everything has the potential to be different.” Her books include Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting and Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How to Stop the Fighting, and Raise Friends for Life. She has two grown-up children and currently lives in New York with her husband.

This episode was edited and produced by the show's launch producer, Aisha Chowdhry.

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