{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Toddler Toolkit","title":"Why 'Doing More' Is Backfiring With Your Toddler w/ Ashley Ventrice","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1994,"description":"Why 'Doing More' Is Backfiring With Your Toddler w/ Ashley Ventrice\nFollow Ashley Ventrice:\nInstagram: @ashleyventriceco\nAshley on Facebook\nAshley Ventrice Show (podcast)\nWatch us Chat for the Podcast Interviews with YouTube Video HERE!\n\n \nIn this episode of the Toddler Toolkit podcast, Heather talks with Ashley Ventrice, a parent, educator, and host of The Ashley Ventrice Show, about how nervous system safety and emotional regulation start with the adults.\n Ashley shares how she built a childcare center designed for both toddlers and parents, including structured play, sensory learning, predictable routines, soft separation for preschool transitions, and a space where parents could stay, connect, and even watch the classroom via live stream.\nThey discuss simple ways to recreate a calmer play setup at home with a designated play area, toy rotation, and more open-ended play options versus closed-ended toys.\nAshley also shares her health journey after years of over-functioning and people-pleasing, including being gaslit by doctors, pushing for brain and spine MRIs, learning she had a 9mm lesion on her brainstem, and how serious autoimmune illness forced her to slow down, advocate for herself, and set boundaries.\nThe conversation covers why routine and predictability help both kids and adults, how over-scheduling can stress the whole family, how social media comparison can add pressure, and why parent community matters. Ashley emphasizes modeling emotional regulation for kids by naming feelings, noticing body signals like anxiety, taking deep breaths out loud, and teaching emotional intelligence early. She closes with a message for exhausted moms: rest is allowed, a regulated parent matters more than a perfectly structured day, and listening to your body before it has to scream helps you stay present for your children.\n00:00 The Over-Functioner Wake-Up Call: Slow Down Before Your Body Screams\n01:00 Welcome + Meet Ashley Ventres (Nervous System, Regulation &...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CNBeZkfYZ4gDlyE04BT0_xz-qWiZz2KtNqqjx7c7S1I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80YmFl/ZWY5YmMwYTk0MjM2/NWNlOGMxMmRmOGEw/ZTM0Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}