Navigating Parenting: Fear vs. Faith | Astrology, Control, and Conscious Self-Care
🎧 Avoiding Average Podcast with Susan Gates

In this heartfelt solo episode, Susan Gates opens up about the emotional journey of parenting, exploring how fear, control, and deep love shape our experiences as caregivers. Reflecting on moments with her son, Susan shares how operating from fear can lead to control-based parenting—and how shifting toward faith, compassion, and self-awareness can transform the parent-child dynamic.

She discusses how astrology provides a valuable lens for understanding personal triggers, communication patterns, and the emotional undercurrents of family relationships. From the weight of responsibility to the importance of self-care and asking for help, this episode offers a grounded, spiritual approach to modern parenting.

🧠 Key Themes:

• The emotional weight of parenting and fear-based decisions

• Learning to parent from love, not control

• The power of faith and emotional trust in the parenting process

• How astrology reveals inner patterns and parenting challenges

• Why self-care and support systems are non-negotiable

• Personal growth through acknowledging your emotional triggers

• Being kind, patient, and forgiving—especially to yourself

✨ Takeaway: Parenting isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence, patience, and love.

📌 Keywords: parenting, fear, faith, astrology, self-care, love, control, personal growth, mental health, family

🎙️ Tune in to Avoiding Average for soulful insights on parenting, astrology, emotional growth, and conscious living.

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Susan Gates is a Travel Astrologer and Transformational Coach who blends astrology, subconscious work, inner child healing, and soul coaching to help high-achievers break through limitations and live extraordinary lives. With a background in engineering and deep intuitive gifts, she helps clients merge structure with spirit for lasting change. She’s also the host of the Avoiding Average podcast and creator of immersive spiritual experiences for personal growth and transformation.

📌 Keywords: parenting, fear, faith, astrology, self-care, love, control, personal growth, mental health, family

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