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Tips and A Gift To Cultivate Gratitude In Your Home This Thanksgiving (and set yourself up for success!) Nov 17, 2021

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Hey Friend!

Ok, Thanksgiving is right around the corner! I can’t believe it! Every year I think through how I can make our Thanksgiving celebration as simple, fun and meaningful as possible without stressing out on so many things that can hijack me like - wanting everyone to be happy, have fun and get along (this can be a real setup when you get all your family together. An impossible feat!), rallying the troops to make sure the house is clean and the preparations, food and details are taken care of without becoming a nagging lunatic or feeling like it all depends on me.

If you’re finding your stress level rising as you think about all the work, anticipate potential family tension, and put pressure on yourself to make it almost perfect you will want to listen to this episode and get our Gratitude Printables HERE!

Here are 6 ways to take care of yourself, stressless and have a meaningful and fun Thanksgiving!
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Navigating The Minefields Raising Adolescent Boys / Interview with Bethany Jett Nov 03, 2021

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Today we’re talking all about raising tween and teen boys with Bethany Jett who is an absolute blast. You will love her sense of humor and honesty about her own challenges and imperfections as a mom in the thick of it raising 3 adolescent sons.

Bethany is an award-winning author and award-winning ghostwriter, and entrepreneur who has co-authored the leadership book with Victoria Duerstock: Navigating Minefields, a Young Man's Blueprint for Success on Life's Battlefield.

What You Will Learn:

We talk about the challenges of our sons pulling away and how to get them to open up and talk and what it looks like to support them through all the emotions and transitions

How our role changes with our sons during the adolescent years and how to be intentional to meaningful connect with they’re pulling away

How to support our sons based on their unique personalities to grow into healthy leaders

You will find this interview so refreshing and reassuring if you are raising an adolescent son or want to understand adolescent boys better or the mothers that love them.

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Where to Find Bethany Jett:

Bethany’s book AVAILABLE NOW: Navigating Minefields: A Young Man’s Blueprint for Success on Life’s Battlefield (It’s a great gift for sons!)

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When Parenting Is Messy, How To Reclaim Your SuperMom Powers / Interview with Gina Fontaine Oct 22, 2021

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Gina Fontaine is an amazing human being who understands pain and feeling like a failure as a mom. She’s a personal trainer, wellness coach and the author of "You are a SuperMom, 5 Ways To Reclaim Your Super Power and Thrive As A Mom."

Today she’s here to share her vulnerable story as a single mom dealing with two kids who were struggling, how she felt like she’d failed as a mother and through the process of writing, she discovered that how she handled herself through these challenges was evidence of her superpower to thrive in the face of adversity.

You are going to come out the other side of this episode feeling less alone and more inspired that whatever you’re going through you can find healing and hope.

What You Will Learn:

The Importance of Valuing Rest
How we can all struggle with those critical, awful voices that feel like you've messed up your kids, "Where did I go wrong? What did I do?" And constantly questioning yourself, "Okay, is it not the right thing to do? Am I doing this right?" And there really is no perfect guidebook right for parenting
How feeling can be healing. The importance of allowing the uncomfortable feelings to arise
False beliefs we believe as Moms and what the truths you need to know that can bring healing and lead to a more centered, peaceful, and joy-filled life
Remembering to love yourself well

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https://www.ginafontaine.com/

You are a SuperMom, 5 Ways To Reclaim Your Super Power and Thrive As A Mom
Super Mom Club 10-Day Challenge

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How To Move Our Tweens and Teens From Anxious To Brave / Interview with Karen Young Oct 12, 2021

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I’m really looking forward to you listening to today’s interview with Karen Young (I'm a huge fan).
You may know Karen from her website Hey Sigmund, an internationally popular online resource which attracts millions of readers each year worldwide. Karen began her career as a psychologist in private practice and has worked extensively with children, teens and families.
Karen shares with us:

How much power parents have to strengthen their children through anxiety and to help them to use anxiety to be brave.
She shares how the amygdala works and how we our kids are looking to feel safe and how much of our own anxiety gets triggered because we are hard-wired to want to protect them.
She gives us tools to help your kids with big emotions and to be that safe place that they so desperately need.
And we talk about Karen’s two latest books and how to strengthen the mental wellness of our children and adolescents.

Where to find Karen:
Website: https://www.heysigmund.com/
Her books: https://www.heysigmund.com/shop/
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How To Set Your Teen Up For Success In College / Interview with Dale Troy Oct 06, 2021

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Are you worried about your child in college?
Do you think the transition from high school to college may be difficult?
Are you concerned about the choices your college student is making?
Have you received text messages that concern you?
You're not alone.
Parents that have kids who have decided to choose the path of going to college often worry that their kids are ready. And based on college statistics there is a good reason for our concerns. Students are reporting higher levels of anxiety and depression every year. The dropout rate for freshmen is 30%.
Today, I'm interviewing Dale Troy, College Success Coach, a Certified Health Coach, and a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, who helps students create habits that will lead to college success. Dale Troy believes every college student can learn the self-management skills they need to handle the stress of college life and create a positive experience.
Dale's on a mission to empower college students by teaching them to implement habits that will reduce their daily stress and allow them to get the most out of their college experience.
In this interview, Dale shares with us ...

What we need to stop doing that disempowers our kids and gets in the way of setting them up for success in college.
It's okay for our kids to make mistakes. Embrace the growth mindset when it comes to supporting your kids.
Dale shares 5 tips to set them up for success.
What to do if they aren't motivated to do their applications?

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https://crushcollegestress.com/
Dale's FREE CHECKLIST: TOP 7 HABITS TO REDUCE COLLEGE STRESS: https://www.crushcollegestress.org/7-...
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How To Talk To Your Tween and Teen About Puberty / Interview with Michelle Mitchell Sep 21, 2021

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Talking about puberty can be so awkward! What do you say? Where do you start? How to you get your tween or teen to open up?
Michelle Mitchell has practical and insightful wisdom and the most wonderful way of sharing this information with us and our kids.
Michelle an author, speaker and advocate for families and parenting teenagers. She is the author of 2 new books, “A Girls Guide To Puberty”, and “A Guys Guide to Puberty”. She is also a mother of two teenagers. And lives in Brisbane, Australia.
In this episode we discuss:

What is normal when puberty hits and how you can support your kids in positive ways.
What to say and not say when it comes to having the important puberty conversations.
What to do if you're kid says they don't want to talk about puberty and the changes they are experiencing.
How to be that open, safe and warm place that your kids will want to talk to even when it's awkward.
How to approach the puberty talk with a lightness and fun spirit versus fear and dread.
How important it is to listen when you are having these conversations.

Where to find Michelle:
Her website: https://michellemitchell.org/
Her books: “A Girls Guide To Puberty”, and “A Guys Guide to Puberty”
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A Mother's Journey To Herself, Interview with Kim Muench Sep 08, 2021

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Today I'm interviewing Kim Muench, a certified parenting coach and the founder of the Real Life Parent Guide, and the author of the recent book, Becoming Me While Raising You: A Mother's Journey to Her Self.
In May 2008, Kim Muench received a call from the eldest of her five children, twenty-year-old son Nick, who confessed that his life was being destroyed by alcohol abuse. During his spiral through the darkness, Kim worked with her son to help him find long-term sobriety. But she knew that he was not the only person who needed to change. So, while she partnered with her family in her son’s recovery, she also began to make her own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being a priority. Knowing parenthood was her greatest role, Kim sought to uncover the limiting beliefs she had developed in childhood that were infecting the relationships she’d built with those she loved the most. Kim made a conscious choice to parent in a different light.

Kim’s amazing story will challenge and inspire you.
We discuss how our childhoods impact the way we parent our own kids.
How we formed core beliefs that limit us and our kids.
How hard it is to watch our kids struggle and not enable them. And the growth that can come from their struggle.
The importance of connecting with ourselves and our own inner wisdom.
And so much more good stuff!!
Kim's book: Becoming Me While Raising You: A Mother's Journey To Her Self - https://amzn.to/3sYyLsN
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Our Struggle With Worrying And Letting Go Of Control As Moms with Becky Baudouin Aug 24, 2021

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"When we struggle then we grow." - Becky Baudouin
Today I'm talking to my friend Becky Baudouin, author of Enjoy Every Minute and Other Ridiculous Things We Say to Moms.
You have to give this episode a listen...
If you're a mom that struggles with worrying about your kids.
If you find it hard to watch your kids struggle and find yourself wanting to fix things for them.
If you often react and don't like how you responded afterward.
You are not alone!
Today we're talking about transitions, worry, anxiety, and our struggle to let go of control. Of course, we want our kids to be safe and happy! And there is so much we can't control and that can be so hard!
Questions we're discussing:
How to best support our kids without fixing things for them.
How to be that open, safe place for our kids to be where they're at.
I can't wait for you to listen!
Becky is also a speaker and former columnist for Chicago’s Daily Herald.
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Her latest book: Enjoy Every Minute: And Other Ridiculous Things We Say to Moms
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What To Do To Help Your Kid To Thrive: Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine / Interview with Dr. Michele Borba Aug 17, 2021

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“We’re Raising a Generation of Strivers, Not Thrivers” - Michele Borba
Today I'm interviewing the warm, delightful, and inspiring Dr. Michele Borba, who recently released her latest book, Thrivers, The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle And Others Shine.
Michele is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, and parenting child expert recognized for her solution-based strategies to strengthen children’s character, resilience, and reduce peer cruelty. She has spoken in 19 countries and five continents and served as a consultant to hundreds of schools and corporations. Dr. Borba is an NBC contributor who has appeared 150 times on the TODAY show and countless shows including Dateline, Dr. Phil, The View, NBC Nightly News, The Doctors, Dr. Oz, Anderson Cooper, MSNBC, Fox & Friends, Countdown, Fox, The Early Show, and CNN. Her work is featured in TIME, Washington Post, Newsweek, People, Boston Globe, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times. Reader’s Digest and Globe and Mail. And that's only the half of it!
In this episode, Michele shares with us...

What the research shows contributes to why so many kids are overwhelmed, anxious, and burned out today.
What we often do as well-meaning parents that actually stifle their growth and development.
The 7 essential traits of kids that thrive and what you can do to help your kid develop these strengths and compensate for their weaknesses.

Can't wait for you to listen!
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Her book Thrivers, The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle And Others Shine
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How to Lead and Inspire Your Kids To Live Their Best Lives / Interview with Nellie Harden Jul 28, 2021

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Today I'm interviewing Nellie Harden a wife, mom of four teen daughters, a life-long learner, and a family experience designer, parenting coach & mentor.
After experiencing several family crises, Nellie Harden decided things had to change. She decided to create and set goals for her own family and developed a system called The 6570 Project, to help other families do the same.
Nellie inspires and helps parents to proactively lead in their homes and build their own extraordinary stories. She's passionate about leading parents in fostering communication, fun, and growth in order to build an unshakable foundation for their children to take into their adult lives.

In this episode, Nellie shares with us…

How mom failure can actually be a good thing.
How it’s essential to lead yourself in order to lead your kids.
How to positively inspire and motivate your kids to succeed in their personal goals and dreams.
The importance of identifying your core beliefs
Perfectionism is the wall and vulnerability is the key. And what you can do to be a safe place for your kids.
How parents are architects of their family and proactive things you can do to lead in your family and build strong relationships for a lifetime.

Where to find Nellie:
Website: https://www.nellieharden.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nellie.harden
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