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Parenting · Nat Vikitsreth

Come Back to Care

by Nat Vikitsreth

Are you looking for ways to practice social justice in your daily parenting and nurture your child’s development while re-parenting your inner child? You’re in the right place. I'm Nat Nadha Vikitsreth, a decolonized and licensed clinical psychotherapist, somatic abolitionist, and founder of Come Back to Care. I created this podcast for you because I deeply honor your commitment to raising your child with intention and integrity. In this podcast, we explore how social justice, child development sciences, parenting, and inner child re-parenting intersect with one another. In each episode, we turn down the volume of oppressive social norms and outdated family patterns so that we can hear our inner voice and raise our children by our own values too. Please visit https://www.comebacktocare.com/podcast to view the episode show notes and transcripts. Let's re-imagine parenting to be deeply decolonized and intentionally intergenerational. I'm wholeheartedly grateful that you're here.

Latest episodes

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Feeling Fear, Confusion, Exhaustion, & Despair? Time to Resist, Not Regulate

In this episode, you and I are going to unpack different ways the oppressors use our own feelings to undermine our revolutionary actions. Then, we are going to play with

Oct 16
20 min

Raising Kids to Be “Good” VS. Raising Kids to “Make Good Trouble”

And I want to make this episode so you and I can have a real talk about how we can make social justice in parenting a practice that is strategic, satiating, and sustainin

Jul 28
15 min

[Story Time] How I Came to Social Justice Parenting Work

This episode is our Story Time Series. You’ll hang out with me as I share with you what got me committed to practicing liberation with you and our children and how the Ra

Jul 14
13 min

Power Struggles Pt. II Dissent Builds Discernment

This episode is part two of the previous episode. If you haven’t listened to it, I highly recommend you first check out Ep 79: Power Struggles? Fight For What’s Right, No

Jun 30
19 min

Power Struggles? Fight For What’s Right, Not Who’s Right

In this episode, you and I are going to understand power struggle as a tension between what we want our kids to know to survive and what they need to thrive. Then, we’ll

Jun 2
19 min

Why Rest (When the World’s On Fire) Feels Restless

In this episode, let’s explore whether you’re tired or morally injured and which medicine to pick for each wound. You’ll explore one action you can do with your child in

May 19
11 min

Practicing “May Day” as a Family in Everyday Parenting

In this episode, you and I will explore three ways we can share power with our children to prepare them for the future without policing, prison, and punishment, all while

May 5
11 min

Raising Change Agents with Iris Chen @Untigering

In this episode, Iris Chen @Untigering and I invite you to explore what it means to make parenting political, especially when we want to protect our children from the wor

Apr 21
53 min

Our Family Went to the Rally. Now What?

To help us get organized and strategic, in this episode, you and I are going to explore how movements in the past won -- from the American Civil Rights movement to global

Apr 7
16 min

Preparing Our Kids to “Sit With Discomfort”

In this episode, you and I are going to explore how we teach children to tolerate stress and sit with discomfort (and one thing our culture misses about how to do this).

Mar 3
17 min

Preparing Our Kids to Meet this Moment

In this episode, I’d love to invite you to change care to be radical by changing how we look at our children and therefore changing the way we raise them. You and I are g

Feb 5
13 min

Why I’m Done With “How To Talk To Kids About …” Scripts

In this episode, we explore ways to make parenting less reactive and more revolutionary so we can prepare ourselves and our children for the chaos and uncertainty ahead.

Jan 20
8 min

One Liberatory Way to Review 2025 With Your Family (Before Setting 2026 Intentions)

Before you set intentions for 2026, may I invite you to review one thing in 2025 first? So that you can begin 2026 with a lot of compassion that will ignite and sustain b

Dec 30 2025
8 min

A Love Letter For Your Tough Parenting Days ft. Excerpts from Raising Change Agents Book

In this episode, you’ll hear two excerpts from the Raising Change Agents: Practicing Social Justice In Everyday Parenting book. One excerpt is for the part of you that’s

Dec 16 2025
11 min

Redirecting Rage into Roles When Gratitude Feels Toxic

In this episode, you and I are going to experiment with two actions to metabolize our rage so we can get to a headspace and heart space to practice genuine (not performat

Dec 2 2025
9 min

One Question to Turn Arguments into Aligned Actions at Family Gatherings

In this episode, we’ll cover one question from my Classical Chinese Medicine teacher that you can play with during family gatherings when you want to stay on purpose and

Nov 18 2025
15 min

Six Scripts for Talking to Our Children about Immigration Rights (in Ways that They Get & You Don’t Sweat)

In this episode, you’ll hear six scripts that you can use or adapt when your little one is asking who immigrants are and why people are protesting. --------------------

Jun 15 2025
8 min

[BONUS] 10 Roles to Play with Our Children in Collective Care with Deepa Iyer

In this bonus episode, Deepa Iyer shares her wisdom on staying engaged in social change when you’re a caregiver. You’ll explore the roles you can play in liberation and m

Feb 18 2025
49 min

Power With With Your Neighbors: Pod Mapping

In this episode, you and I are going to roll up our sleeves and dig into how to build a parenting support system. We’ll explore what social justice actions like pod mappi

Dec 10 2024
24 min

Power-With With Your Family this Holiday with this Political Messaging Strategy

I first shared this episode with you last November and my mailbox got flooded with kind feedback from so many listeners saying how compassionate and concrete the strategy

Nov 19 2024
30 min

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I’m sharing Nat’s work with everyone I come across on my parenting journey! Nat’s work feels like a compass for navigating new territory in building the world I want to live in…a world built around the rhythms of the human nervous system and the planet’s ecosystem. It’s a model I can practice living into daily, with the gifts I already have been given, by joining this intentional community into which Nat so beautifully invites us.

salsteve · May 2026

I find Nat’s podcasts and her work in general refreshing, empowering and deeply validating. Nat’s work has suported my connection with my self, nature and with others. I am grateful for her invitations that constantly increase my understanding of and curiosity about my body reactions in relation to our our social context and of the state of the world. I am also inspired by the call to action and the many examples of ways in which we can get involved. I think often about transforming rage into generative paths for collective service. Nat’s work has increased my awareness about my moments of paralysis, what I am already doing for justice, and what I could further do. Thank you Nat for your service!

VivaKaFire · Dec 2025

What a gift! Nat brings her whole heart and deep embodies knowledge to every part of her work and this podcast is no different. Too many jewels to count! Thank you for all that you do ❤️

Jammies and Rainboots · Dec 2025

Progressive, innovative conversations and strategies. Should be required listening for everyone working in early supports!

Romaraye · Dec 2025

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