This episode explores how our childhood experiences with authority — both positive and negative — shape the way we show up as clinicians today. By revisiting these memories, we gain powerful insights into how children perceive us and how we can build trust more intentionally.

We cover:

• Why negative experiences with authority are a hidden treasure

• What disappointment teaches us about support, empathy, and boundaries

• How positive authority figures become lifelong role models

• A personal story of being truly “seen” by a nursery teacher

• How these memories guide our behaviour as paediatric professionals

• Practical ways to use your inner child to adjust your tone, posture, and presence

Key takeaway:

Your experiences with authority — the good and the bad — are a treasure. They show you what to avoid, what to model, and how to meet children with connection, respect, and genuine care.

Tune in to learn how your past can transform your practice.

You can find the content of this podcast also via my blog: https://wp.me/pfxEk2-iT

Music via Sascha Ende via ende.app

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This episode explores how reconnecting with our own childhood experiences helps us understand and engage with paediatric patients. By mentally “time‑travelling” into the world of a toddler, a school‑aged child, or a teenager, we gain insight into how differently children perceive their surroundings — and how we can meet them where they are.

We cover:

• Why children experience the world in entirely different ways

• A vivid walk through a shopping centre from a toddler’s perspective

• How memories from ages 6, 12, and 16 reveal distinct inner worlds

• Using your “inner child” to match gestures, language, and emotional tone

• How mental time‑travel helps you become a peer in the child’s age bracket

Key takeaway:

Children see the world differently — and when we remember our own childhood, we gain a powerful tool for connection. Mental time‑travel helps us communicate with empathy, clarity, and respect.

Tune in to learn how stepping into a child’s world transforms the clinical encounter.

You can find the content of this podcast also via my blog: https://wp.me/pfxEk2-9B

Music by Sascha Ende via ende.app

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This episode explores a simple but powerful idea: everyone who works with children already has a hidden source of expertise — their own childhood. By reconnecting with our early experiences, we gain insight into how children think, feel, and respond to adults, especially in medical settings.

We cover:

• Why every adult carries valuable “childhood expertise”
• How medical students underestimate the knowledge they already have
• How memories of boredom, fear, waiting, or being ignored help us empathize with paediatric patients
• Why revisiting our own experiences allows us to see the world through a child’s eyes
• How positive authority figures become role models for clinical behaviour
• How negative experiences teach us what to avoid in our interactions

Key takeaway:

Our own childhood is a treasure. When we draw on those memories, we understand children more deeply — and we interact with them in ways that feel respectful, attuned, and human.

Tune in to rediscover the expertise you didn’t know you had.

You can find the content of this podcast also via my blog: https://wp.me/pfxEk2-9z

Music by Sascha Ende via ende.app

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