Rong’s Know Yourself

Regulate First: The Parenting Secret That Calms Any Conflict

In this episode Ron introduces a "regulate-first" parenting approach focused on emotional regulation rather than just words. He explains how noticing early bodily signals and calming your nervous system—through simple acts like breathing, grounding, or stepping away—prevents escalation and makes communication effective.The episode includes practical, easy-to-use steps and a flow guide to help parents pause, regulate, then communicate, so conflicts soften and family dynamics improve. This method frees up energy for healing and works across family interactions and gatherings.

Healing Is Recovery, Not Effort

This episode reframes healing as a process of recovery and rhythm, not more effort or quick fixes. It explains how alternative modalities like massage, acupuncture, meditation, aromatherapy, and exercise prepare the body and nervous system, while deep and REM sleep complete the repair and consolidate change.Practical takeaways include winding down earlier, using low-cognitive grounding activities to discharge the day, and prioritizing uninterrupted restorative sleep so daytime therapies and training actually integrate.

How the Way We Communicate in Family Shapes Our Energy

In this episode Rong explains how the tone and energy behind our words shape family dynamics. He shares a personal story about pausing for three breaths to shift from rushed, sharp commands to calm, authentic communication that immediately changed his daughter's response.
Rong explores the nervous-system connection between parents and children, offers a simple practice to pause and speak from truth, and introduces a Resilience Parenting Coach AI that helps parents reflect and communicate more clearly in stressful moments.

When Parenting Becomes a Spiritual Practice: From Pause to Presence

On Ron's Know Yourself podcast, Ron reframes spiritual practice as something that begins after formal meditation — in how we think, speak, and act with our children. He explores how alignment of thoughts, words, and actions creates ease and connection, while misalignment breeds tension.Using the ancient Yama principles as energy guidance, Ron shares a real parenting moment where pausing, noticing his body, and speaking honestly shifted a tense interaction into calm cooperation. He introduces a simple daily checkpoint: are my words kind, necessary, and true?The episode offers practical tools for parents: pause and breathe to regulate the nervous system, speak with gentle truth, balance attention in relationships, and move from control to trust. Small, steady steps toward coherence strengthen connection and make parenting a living spiritual practice.

When the Sacred Heart Disappears: Healing with Compassion & Rest

In this episode of Ron's Know Yourself Series 2, Ron shares a healing vision of a sacred heart that disappears and explores how compassion, the five elements of Ayurveda, and the practice of rest help us heal and return to wholeness.Hear simple guidance on balancing Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, a grounding practice to move out of fixer-mode, and a reminder that rest is sacred and self-love is the greatest medicine.

Feel Safe Now: The 5-5 Breath That Resets Your Nervous System

This episode reveals that the foundation of confidence and creativity is your felt sense of safety, not willpower or mindset.Learn a simple, science-backed 5-5 coherence breathing practice (inhale 5 seconds, exhale 5 seconds) to regulate your nervous system, activate the vagus nerve, and shift your baseline from survival to calm.Try 5–20 minutes a day to steady your root, make clearer decisions, communicate with ease, and let your body learn: you belong here.

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