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CC: Turned On Isn't What You Think It Is with my husband, Stefanos Sifandos

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He says people use partners as substitutes for the God connection they forgot.

The host frames the episode as a special one because her most frequent guest is her husband. He joins to talk about Tuned In and Turned On, which she notes is his first big book even if he corrects her and says it is really his second. The opening stays close to the launch details. She points listeners to the book site and asks them to buy through there. She also asks for Amazon ratings and reviews. The episode then turns toward the work behind the book. She pauses on how hard he worked and how he kept writing after their daughter was asleep. That family rhythm gives the conversation its texture. He starts naming the parenting pattern that gets activated when their daughter is upset. He describes how his own history taught him to reason, explain, or push for compliance. The show does not leave that as a simple frustration story. It reframes the impulse as a survival tactic and a form of power over. She keeps bringing the language back to what is happening in the body. She asks what is actually working now. The answer is slower and more relational. He talks about meeting her at her level. He talks about co-regulating himself first. He also names patience, curiosity, and firm boundaries as part of the practice. She validates the effort while also showing how regulation is something you keep returning to, not something you own once and for all. The closing lands back on the book and the simple ask to order it at the site or through Amazon.

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A book-launch conversation becomes a candid look at parenting triggers and co-regulation.

A book-launch conversation starts a little self-protective, then opens up once the talk turns to parenting triggers, frustration, and the odd survival instincts that show up when a child digs in.

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