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Trust and Thrive

Tara Montazeri, LMFT

Welcome to Trust and Thrive! I'm Tara Montazeri, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and host of the podcast. Through honest conversations, solo episodes, and interviews with guests, we explore topics related to mental health, relationships, OCD, anxiety, self-compassion, and the messy, nuanced parts of being human. I hope these conversations can help you feel curious, connected, understood, and less alone. Thank you for being here!

Instagram and TikTok: @trustandthrive; Email: trustandthrive@gmail.com

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  • 23 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 41 min
  • English

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  • #323
    April 2 · 46 min

    323: Recognizing OCD and Anxiety Patterns in Childhood - with Natasha Daniels, Anxiety and OCD Therapist

    Natasha Daniels has been an anxiety & OCD therapist for over two decades. She combines both her clinical expertise with her lived experience, raising her own three kids with anxiety and OCD. She is the creator of the website, Child OCD Therapist. She gives in-depth support to parents raising kids with anxiety or OCD through her books, courses in the AT Parenting Survival Online School and in her online membership AT Parenting Community. Her latest books include Crushing OCD Workbook for Kids and her memoir, Out of My Shell: Overcoming Social Anxiety from Childhood to Adulthood. In this episode, we talk about how OCD and anxiety may present in children, including behaviors that can sometimes be misunderstood as personality traits or "difficult" behavior. We explore the emotional experience of parenting a child who is struggling, including feelings of responsibility, guilt, comparison, and uncertainty. We discuss how parents can support their child’s wellbeing while being mindful of not unintentionally reinforcing OCD patterns, as well as the importance of parents receiving support themselves. We also acknowledge grief that can arise for adults who are diagnosed later in life and begin to recognize OCD patterns that may have been present in childhood. This episode aims to increase awareness, while providing compassion and reducing shame for parents and children navigating OCD and/or anxiety. FOLLOW NATASHA: INSTA: @childocdtherapist WEBSITE: www.atparentingcommunity.com BOOKS STAY CONNECTED: INSTA: @trustandthrive TIKOK: @trustandthrive THREADS: @trustandthrive FACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramont EMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

  • #322
    March 26 · 55 min

    322: Inner Child Work & Caring for Unmet Emotional Needs - with Dr. Kai Qiu, Author & Inner Child Healing Guide

    Dr. Kai Qiu, MD is an inner child healing guide who traded the path to psychiatry for something he believes the mental health space is missing. He’s the author of Emotionally Immature Parents: A Recovery Workbook and combines psychology, Buddhist practice, and his own lived experience as a second-generation Chinese-Canadian to help successful people heal the patterns they inherited but didn’t choose. His content reaches millions worldwide, and he works closely with high-achievers who look like they have it all together but still feel something quietly unresolved underneath. Dr. Kai helps them see those patterns were never personal failures. They were inherited programs. And they can be rewired. In this episode, Kai shares his story, opening up about medical school and the internal conflict and growth that came with honoring what felt more aligned. We share a conversation on the topics of emotionally immature parents, childhood wounds, and the impact these experiences can have on our sense of self. We explore inner child work as a main theme, including common misconceptions, why this work can feel uncomfortable, and how reconnecting with younger parts of ourselves can support healing, self-trust, and authenticity. We also discuss the pressure many people feel to follow certain paths, how childhood experiences can shape our relationships and self-perception, and how inner child work can support us in moving toward a more authentic way of living. Whether you’re navigating family dynamics, questioning expectations placed on you, or wanting to better understand your emotional patterns, we hope this conversation can offer a grounding and compassionate perspective. FOLLOW DR. KAI: INSTA: @hellodoctorkai BOOK: Emotionally Immature Parents WORKSHOPS AND MORE STAY CONNECTED: INSTA: @trustandthrive TIKOK: @trustandthrive THREADS: @trustandthrive FACEBOOK: bit.ly/FBtaramont EMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

  • #321
    March 19 · 37 min

    321: Identity & Nuance as a Child of Immigrants

    In this episode, I reflect on my identity as a child of immigrants during the week of Nowruz (Persian New Year). I share the range of emotions that have been coming up during this time, both personally and collectively. I also discuss the pressure that can exist to express or explain every single feeling one may be having, especially on social media. This episode focuses on holding space for nuance, making space for mixed emotions, and trusting your own experience without needing to define it for others. I also explore the guilt that can show up, whether you're a child of immigrants or just being a part of this generation, and how to recognize it without feeling defined by it. This episode is hopefully a reminder that multiple things can be true at once and that we can staying informed, while also taking care of ourselves...and validating the heaviness we feel without needing to always pathologize our human experience. I'm thinking of my fellow Iranians, those affected and hurt, the lives lost, and anyone who is experiencing the heaviness of the world. Wishing a comforting Nowruz and sending big hugs to all. STAY CONNECTED: INSTA: @trustandthrive TIKOK: @trustandthrive EMAIL: trustandthrive@gmail.com

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