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Parenting Starts With You: Breaking Generational Patterns with Kristyn Livermore

What if the key to better parenting isn’t changing your child’s behaviour but understanding yourself first?

In this insightful episode of Suggestive Parenting, Rebecca O’Rourke sits down with Kristyn Livermore to explore how our own childhood experiences shape the way we show up as parents. Kristyn shares her personal journey of growing up in a divorced family, developing patterns of people-pleasing, and how those unconscious habits later affected her relationship with her children and husband.

Together, Rebecca and Kristyn discuss the importance of moving from being a child’s friend to becoming a grounded, supportive parent who can set healthy boundaries while maintaining deep connection. They explore how parents can recognize generational patterns, separate their own emotional experiences from their children’s, and create space for both empathy and leadership in the parenting relationship.

The conversation dives into practical NLP and hypnosis-based tools, including the use of positive “anchors” to regulate emotions, understanding visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles, and simple ways parents can strengthen connection with their children through everyday interactions. Kristyn also shares how she manages her own energy during high-pressure sports events, including rep hockey tryouts, and how self-awareness allows her to remain present rather than becoming caught up in the emotional intensity around her.

Rebecca and Kristyn discuss parental guilt, outdated generational expectations, emotional regulation, self-care, and the powerful idea that children learn more from what we model than what we tell them. This episode is filled with practical insights for parents who want to raise emotionally healthy children while healing and growing themselves.

Guest Bio

Kristyn Livermore is a Human Behaviour Specialist, Certified Hypnotist, NLP Practitioner, speaker, and Owner of Westend Hypnosis in Burlington, Ontario.

She is also a proud mom of two boys.

Like many mothers, Kristyn spent years putting everyone else first, gaining weight, losing confidence, and losing touch with herself along the way. Through the power of hypnosis and personal development, she transformed her life, losing over 100 pounds and reconnecting with the confident, authentic woman she was always meant to be.

Today, she helps people overcome stress, anxiety, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs so they can create lasting change, achieve their goals, and become the best version of themselves.

Rebecca and Kristyn are both part of the Leadership Team with the Master Hypnotist Society and Hypnosis Training Canada.

Connect with Kristyn Livermore

Westend Hypnosis – Burlington, Ontario

About the Host

Rebecca O’Rourke is a Behavioural Expert, Master Hypnotist, Parenting Coach, and creator of Suggestive Parenting helps parents better understand children’s behaviour, strengthen connection, and create lasting change through practical, evidence-informed strategies rooted in communication, behaviour, and subconscious learning.

What if the biggest parenting decisions you make are the ones that require you to trust yourself the most?

In this powerful conversation, Rebecca sits down with Devon Doney, community advocate, entrepreneur, and owner of Number 9 North, to talk about something every parent faces: making difficult choices and trusting your own instincts.

Devon shares her inspiring journey from a demanding corporate career to becoming a solo parent of twins, building successful businesses, and creating a life that aligned with what mattered most — being present for her children.

Together, Rebecca and Devon explore what it means to parent with intention, move beyond fear-based decisions, and focus on the adults we are helping our children become. They discuss trusting your gut, finding facts over opinions, setting clear expectations, helping children navigate emotions, and why you should be careful about taking advice from people whose lives you wouldn’t choose for yourself.

You’ll hear real-life parenting stories, practical strategies, and honest conversations about:

✨ How to make decisions when the path isn’t clear

✨ Why parents are the experts on their own children

✨ Helping kids build resilience and independence

✨ The power of preparing children for transitions

✨ Understanding behaviour through curiosity instead of judgment

This episode is a reminder that parenting isn’t about being perfect, it’s about being present, intentional, and willing to grow alongside your children.

If you’re a parent navigating the beautiful, challenging, and sometimes confusing moments of raising humans, this conversation will leave you feeling encouraged, empowered, and more connected to your own parenting wisdom.

🎧 Listen in and join the conversation.