Moms of Tweens and Teens

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A Mother's Story: Dealing With An Addicted Son And Finding Her Way Back To Living Her Best Life Jul 14, 2021

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Hi Friend,

I’m so glad that you’re listening in today. I’m talking to my new friend Kelly Hatcher who has been such an inspiration to me and I know she will be to you too when you hear her story.

Kelly has her Bachelor’s Degree in Education and her Master’s in Counseling. Kelly is a single mom and has two boys. Her oldest has been struggling with substance use for the past ten years. She spent many years thinking she was helping her son while her world around her was falling apart. After trying everything from loving, tough love, enabling, and boundaries she kept giving in to, she finally found a Family Recovery Coach that helped her understand what she was and wasn’t doing correctly to help her son. Once she learned the various tools, her relationship with her son and with herself changed completely.
Kelly became a Nationally Certified Family Recovery Coach and Interventionist and started her own business at New Day Family Recovery. She now helps families who are working through their own recovery in this family disease.
Connect With Kelly Here:
New Day Family Recovery Website
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The Mel and Kel Show (Two girlfriends helping other girlfriends live their best lives!)

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Sheryl also has an Inner Circle weekly Parenting Program with a community of like-minded moms, personal coaching, and tons of resources to equip and support you to love well, navigate the challenges and meet your tween and teen’s unique needs during these pivotal years.

Suicide Awareness: Answers We Need with Jason Reid Jun 30, 2021

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When it comes to our tweens and teens' mental health, we are in a crisis. And we have to talk about it even though we might not want to.

Parents are asking,

How can you tell the difference between a moody teenager and one that is struggling with depression or is at high risk for hurting themselves?

What are the signs that you should get help?

And how do you talk to your tween or teen in a way that they will want to talk to you if and when they are struggling with mental health issues?

My guest today, is Jason Reid. Jason just came out with a powerful film - “Tell My Story” that just aired on PBS.

Jason’s son Ryan took his life when he was 14, leaving two Post-It Notes: one was the passcode to his computer; the second said “Tell My Story.”

Jason set off on a quest to understand what led his son to end his own life, and what he could have done differently.

He is here today, to share what he has learned and how to have difficult but necessary conversations with our kids.

Where To Find The Movie To Watch It With Your Kids and Other Videos:
Tell My Story/The Movie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TellMyStoryFilm/
The most important conversation you will have with your kids | Jason Reid | TEDxLakeForestCollege

The hot lava game: we need to own our kids' mental health | Jason Reid | TEDxTemecula

My Son Died By Suicide | Jason Reid Speech | Goalcast (4,660,174 views)
How To Help Jason Eradicate Suicide by 2030:
Choose Life - https://www.chooselife.org/home
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1ChooseLife.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/choose_life_org/
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Talking Consent With Your Teen and Tween: How To Have These Must Have Conversations Jun 16, 2021

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When it comes to talking to our tweens and teens about sex or consent, it's intimidating and scary. What do you say? How to know where to start? How do you say it in a way that will sink in?
Talking about relationships, sex, and consent can be intimidating, particularly when it comes to our kids.
But we must have them. The statistics are staggering by the time a girl has graduated from college the statistics are one in four that have been sexually assaulted.

Today I’m interviewing Christy Keating with the Heartful Parent - who is an expert on consent. Christy worked as a licensed attorney, specializing in the prosecution of sexually violent predators. Christy has a unique perspective on the importance of teaching our kids about consent.

Talking points:

What your tween/teen needs to know about consent
What is consent & building confidence with saying no
Recommendations and resources to get started
Empowering your tweens or teens around consent
The Acronym of Consent
What to say and how to have these important conversations

Where to find Christy:
Website: https://www.theheartfulparent.com/
Consent download (Excellent): https://www.theheartfulparent.com/consent
Savvy Parents Safe Kids: https://www.savvyparentssafekids.com/

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Love Centered Parenting, Interview with Crystal Paine Jun 08, 2021

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Today I'm interviewing Crystal Paine, a New York Times bestselling author and podcast host, who is well-known as Money Saving Mom®.

Crystal has penned a vulnerable new book, Love-Centered Parenting (March 2021), Love-Centered Parenting: The No-Fail Guide to Launching Your Kids

where she shares candidly about the day she found out her child was a bully, was being expelled from school, depressed, and suicidal. Sitting in an emergency room with her husband and child, it felt like the world was crumbling around her and Crystal hit her all-time parenting low. That experience was the jarring, life-altering catalyst she needed to dig in and transform her parenting. Crystal shares the raw account of how she shifted her parenting focus and it transformed her entire family in the process.
Let's jump in!
Where to find Crystal and her book:
Her book - Love Centered Parenting
Her website: https://moneysavingmom.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themoneysavingmom/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoneySavingMom
BIG NEWS!!! It's my favorite time of the year! The Inner Circle and 8-Week Parenting Program is OPEN!!
Early bird ends tonight at midnight and the doors close this Friday!
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Friendships, Cliques and Mean Girls / Helping Your Daughter Navigate The Girl World, Interview with my Daughter Lily May 25, 2021

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Middle school and high school can be filled with friendship challenges, cliques, and dealing with mean girls. This is an awesome interview/chat I had with my daughter about how to help our girls navigate this complicated world of friendships, drama, and conflict.
The wisdom Lily shares from her own experiences are so helpful and just want our girls need to hear!
Lily shares with us how to navigate being left out, what it means to be a good friend, how to navigate conflict, and what your daughter can say and do when she's struggling with a friendship and more.
Let's jump in! I can't wait for you to meet her!
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Our 3 Day Free Training Starts Next Week - Get A Grip On Your Tweens and Teen's Technology - to get signed up go to momsoftweensandteens.com/freetraining !
Hope to see you there!
Have a great week and see you next week!
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How to Encourage Your Daughter To Become Fearless, Bold and More of Who She Was Created To Be with Amy Debrucque May 18, 2021

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I have exciting news!

You’re invited to our 3-Day Free Day Training and this time around it’s all about Getting A Grip On Your Tween and Teen’s Technology. Because we know how much everybody needs this!

It is time to hit the reset button!

So here’s the scoop…

On June 2nd at 12-1 pm Central we are kicking off our FREE 3-day new Getting A Grip on Your Tween and Teen’s Technology Training and you're invited.
Go to momsoftweensandteens.com/freetraining and get signed up now.

Today I'm interviewing Amy Debrucque, who has a powerful personal story of loss and grief and as a result, struggled for 15 years with debilitating anxiety only to receive a cancer diagnosis that led her to her healing.
We talk about a lot of powerful things in this interview - anxiety, shame, raising daughters in today’s culture, and her new book that she wrote with her daughter Blair, called Embolden - an inspirational journal that promotes confidence, reflection, and living a bold and empowered life.
About Amy:
Her book Embolden a perfect gift for a graduate or woman struggling with insecurities in today's world? An inspirational journal that promotes self-esteem, reflection, and resources is just what every young adult woman needs! Grab a copy for yourself and a friend!
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Amy Debrucque is an author, blogger, podcaster, and entrepreneur and cancer survivor. She is the host of Life On Purpose where she encourages women to live on purpose instead of fear. In addition to her weekly resources, she created The Confidence Course to show others how to make necessary changes in life by being brave in their next steps and to let them know that everything they are searching for is on the other side of fear.

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What Our Kids Need Now. Recovering from the Pandemic with Dr. Melanie McNally May 05, 2021

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Welcome to today’s show.
Today I’m interviewing Dr. Melanie McNally who works with teens and young adults to support them to manage stress and anxiety, develop coping tools, and learn how to like themselves, flaws and all.

Melanie shares with us
How to help your kids to ease back into normal life as we come out of this pandemic.

What you can do if your tween or teen is experiencing anxiety or isn’t talking.

How to help them to cope with their stress.

What parents do to get them out of their rooms.

And what you can say and how you can help them after such a challenging past 14 months.
Where to find Dr. Melanie McNally:
Website: https://destinationyou.net/about
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmelaniemcnally/
Her book: Counting Dragonflies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmelaniemcnally
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Freeing Ourselves From Mom Guilt and Shame / Interview with Becky Baudouin Apr 27, 2021

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“I am a horrible mother."
"It's my fault. If I would have been a better mom my kid wouldn't be struggling with this."
"That mom has done such a better job than me. Look at her kid and how happy they are."
My kids deserve better than to have a mom like me.”
Sound familiar?
Mom guilt. It sucks our joy. It burdens our hearts and weighs out down.
In this episode, I'm talking with my new friend Becky Baudouin who just released her latest book, Enjoy Every Minute and Other Ridiculous Things We Say to Moms.
This interview is honest. Vulnerable, comforting, and reassuring. AND, full of wisdom to break free from perfectionism, shame, and unrealistic expectations.
I can't wait for you to listen!
Becky is also a speaker and former columnist for Chicago’s Daily Herald.
Where to find Becky and her book:
Her latest book: Enjoy Every Minute: And Other Ridiculous Things We Say to Moms
All of her books
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How To Love Your Teen Daughter Well: Ideas To Find Joy and Connection with Kari Kampakis Apr 13, 2021

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Welcome to the show today, friend.

If you have a teen daughter you’re going to love this episode.

My special guest is Kari Kampakis.She is an author, speaker, podcaster, and blogger from Birmingham, Alabama. In this interview Kari shares from her new book for moms, Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter. We talk about the joys and challenges of raising teen girls - how hard it is not to take things personally, how to bridge the communication gap when your daughter doesn’t want to talk to you, how to communicate in ways that will build connection and how to love her well, as she is.
So much good stuff in this episode.
Let’s jump in!
Where to find Kari and her books:
Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter
Kari's Podcast: Girl Mom
Kari's Website
All of Kari's Books
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When Everything Changes: A Family's Journey After A Heartbreaking Accident That Happened To Their Son Mar 27, 2021

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Today you are going to hear an incredibly powerful story.

I’m with Pat and Tammy McLeod who have written the book Hit Hard, One Family’s Journey of Letting Go of What Was and Learning To Live Well With What Is. And I could not put it down.

In the fall of 2008 Pat and Tammy’s son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; and sustained a severe brain injury. And they were faced with the devastating reality that things would never be the same for their beloved son.

I really wanted to have them on the show because each one of us has experienced grief and losses in our lives and yet I’ve found that we often don’t know how to deal with our grief, pain, and losses - it can be a complex and lonely journey - one that we want to avoid at all costs.

In this interview, you will hear Tammy and Pat’s journey of how they have walked and continue to walk through ambiguous loss. I was so drawn to both of them - their faith and honesty. I felt like I was on sacred ground and I believe you will feel the same too when you hear what they have to share.
Where to find and connect with Tammy and Pat McLeod:
Their book: Hit Hard, One Family’s Journey of Letting Go of What Was and Learning To Live Well With What Is
Their website: https://patandtammymcleod.com/
Their COVID Conversations: https://patandtammymcleod.com/covid-19-conversations/
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