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Purposeful Parenting; With Barbara Varcl Smith

July 26, 2026 · 1 h 21 min

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Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes Barb Varcl Smith from Aberdeen, Scotland. Barb Varcl Smith is a Trauma Recovery Educator, Speaker, Therapist and Creator of The Ascendance Method(TM), a practical framework for understanding trauma, recovery and personal transformation.

With over 20 years of professional experience and a unique systems-thinking background, Barb is known for making complex trauma concepts easy to understand and apply in every day life. Barb discussed how her work helps people recognize the hidden survival patterns that continue influencing thoughts, emotions, relationships, parenting and decision-making long after the original experiences have passed.

She is the creator of the Steps of Ascendance(TM) framework, the concept of Fake Resilience(TM), and host of the PODCAST, "Way Out Of Childhood Trauma." She is also the author of her upcoming book, "Purposeful Parenting: How to Raise a Healthy Mind - Applying the Ascendance Method(TM) to family life."

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