Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens

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#086 What to Do About Mom Burnout? Oct 19, 2020

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There's no way to escape stress right now with all that's going on. Parenting alone is stressful.

The problem with stress is that it impacts more than your mind and your emotions. It impacts your body. Being in a constant state of stress response is not good for you or your family. This is more than being drained from all the drama, it impacts your biology too. It effects all the systems of your body including muscles, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and the nervous and reproductive system . When you go into stress response you release a flood of stress hormones including adrenaline and cortisol, which rouses your body for emergency action. Your heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, and breath quickens. You tend to take shallow breaths which can make you dizzy. Stress that’s unchecked weakens your immune system, can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.

In the book, Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, they talk about two very important concepts about burnout.

Understanding the difference between the stress and the stressor.

Completing the stress cycle.

To feel like yourself again and get your mojo back you need to complete the stress cycle every day. I discuss several ways you can do that.

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#085 How to Instill Courage and Confidence to Your Teen Oct 12, 2020

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In this episode we're going to talk about what you can do to build courage and confidence in your teens. We’ll talk about why it is important to instill leadership skills in your teen especially your daughter and how to do that. This includes from being a leader of an organization, to being a leader among her friends, or even self-leadership. We also talk about the importance of resilience in our teens and what moms can do. And why instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in your teen is so important in current times. My special guest today is Amy Klein.

As a former online TV host, Amy will make you laugh until you cry and find a way to make every #momlife moment humorous - even on the days when adulting seems way too hard. Amy has an award-winning sales and leadership background in coaching and managing very dynamic teams.

Follow Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/givehercourage/

To find out more visit https://givehercourage.com/

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#084 Tips for Delicious (No Drama) Dinners Sep 28, 2020

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You are going to really love this episode. I interview Marcia Smart who is going to make your life easier. We talk about meal planning and how this can help you dial down the drama around the dinner table.

Marcia Smart is a food writer, recipe developer and culinary instructor based in Houston. She has taught cooking classes for 20 years and contributed articles and recipes to Cooking Light, Sunset, Parenting, The Houston Chronicle and others. On her blog, Smart in the Kitchen, Marcia shares simple, delicious recipes and free weekly meal plans

Marcia is not only a culinary arts extraordinaire, she is a mom of three teenagers. Marcia's advice comes from a mom who has been there.

How do you put together a meal plan?

Marcia makes it easy and has great ideas for meals when you have had one of those days.

You can follow Marcia on Instagram and find great recipes at https://www.instagram.com/smartinthekitchen/

You can also find smart recipes, meal plans, cooking classes and videos at https://smartinthekitchen.com/

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#083 Fostering Positive Curiosity in Teens Sep 21, 2020

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Teens are going to be curious, but it's not always positive. Parents can redirect teens toward healthy curiosity instead of unhealthy and sometimes dangerous curiosity.

My guest today is Mike Alpert.

Mike Alpert is the founder of Cogent Solutions, an educational consulting firm that designs professional development for teachers and administrators. Mike brings private sector experience to the field of education, where he used his MBA to become a project analyst at a wind energy firm before going back to grad school a second time to pursue a position teaching middle school humanities and entrepreneurship and working his way up as a Crystal Award Winning educator to an administrator position. Mike now spends his time empowering parents, educators, and administrators so they can more freely empower the next generation.

In this episode he answered these questions.

1. Why is curiosity important?

2. How has it been historically cultivated or discouraged in school?

3. How can parents help to support curiosity at home? Are there any risks to be aware of?

4. What are some offline opportunities for parents and students that might not be obvious?

5. What role do teachers, mentors, coaches, etc. play in curiosity? How can you incorporate these aspects into your kids’ lives in the days of COVID?

You can download the Graphic Survey Download for free at https://thecuriosityblueprint.com/freebies

If you're interested in the Curiosity Blueprint course you can get a 20% discount when you enter the code "momswithteens" https://courses.thecuriosityblueprint.com/p/curiosity

You can find Mike Alpert on social media @heymikealpert for Twitter, IG, and FB.

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#082 Teens and Vaping: What Moms Need to Know Sep 14, 2020

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What's going on with teens and e cigarettes?

Dr. Kandi Walker answers this question.

Dr. Walker is a Professor in the Department of Communication and part of the Christine Lee Brown Envirome Institute at the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky. For over 20 years her work has explored the intersection between health and interpersonal communication looking at how people perceive the social world surrounding health issues. Her research primarily focuses on health, family, and interpersonal communication; specifically, her research examines how people talk and behave when an illness is present, how people perceive healthy lifestyles, and how people perceive and communicate about risky health behaviors, such as tobacco. With the American Heart Association’s Tobacco Regulation and Addiction Center, Dr. Walker has researched youth perceptions surrounding tobacco use.

Here are some of the questions that we address.

·Is e-cigarette use or vaping an issue for teens? How many youth are using e-cigarettes?

What risks are associated with vaping?

What advice do you have with talking with teens about vaping? How do I talk with my teen about vaping?

There is some evidence that vaping leads smoking initiation. What are your thoughts on this issue?

Is vaping safer than cigarettes?

What is the connection between vaping and using other tobacco products?

What is the difference between e-cigarettes and Juul?

Why is Juuling or vaping unsafe for youth and young adults?

What role do flavors play with vaping?

You can reach Dr. Walker at kandi.walker@louisville.edu.

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#081 What You're Doing Matters Sep 07, 2020

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As you start a new semester, I want to encourage you--What You're Doing Matters!

It's easy to feel like what you're doing does NOT matter, because it can feel like a thankless job, you're not getting the results you want, and you feel powerless to change your teen.

The truth is what you’re doing matters. You have an impact on your teens. It would be impossible not to have an impact on your teens. A better question is, are you impacting them in a positive way or negative way.

I discuss ways to make sure your parenting and relationship matters in a positive and lasting way.

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#080 Speak Life and See the Good in Your Teen Aug 31, 2020

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In this episode I interview Kari Kampakis. She is author of the new book Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter. We dive into her book and explore ways to speak life and see the good in your teenage daughter and different ways to be your daughter's emotional coach, Kari ends her book with 50 prayers for your teenage daughter and she shares some of her top prayers. This episode is full of sage advice.

Kari is a top parenting blogger and national speaker from Birmingham, Alabama whose previous books for teen girls, 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know and Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For?, have been used widely across the country by teen youth groups and church groups to empower girls through faith. Kari’s work has been featured on the TODAY Show, TODAY Parents, Yahoo! News, Thrive Global, For Every Mom, EWTN, Proverbs 31, Ann Voskamp’s blog, The Huffington Post, and other national outlets. She and her husband, Harry, have four daughters and a dog named Lola. Learn more by visiting www.kari kampakis.com or finding Kari on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Love Her Well book: https://amzn.to/2EtDBFX
Website: www.karikampakis.com
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/girl-mom-podcast/id1504764007
Facebook: Kari Kampakis, Writer
Instagram: @karikampakis
Twitter: @karikampakis

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#079 What to Do With (Teen) Drama Thinking: "Everyone Hates Me" Aug 24, 2020

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Does your teen tend to say extreme generalizations like "everyone at school is so fake", "all the teachers are mean," or "I have no friends." These kind of statements can drive you crazy. You think your daughter is being so overdramatic or you think geez my son is so negative.

Why does this bother you? Teens often speak in one extreme or the other. This can be called binary thinking, black and white thinking or all or nothing thinking. The problem is this type of thinking is hurtful to your teen and to others.

If you teen tends to speak this way, they are not the only one. Actually, teens from all over the world often talk this way. Why is that?

The answer lies in Neuroscience.

In this episode I will give you practical steps to move your teen past this all or nothing thinking including avoiding the drama traps.

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#078 "MOM, Why Don't You Trust Me!" Aug 17, 2020

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Has your teen ever said to you, "Why don't you trust me?" My guess is they have. This usually happens when you’ve questioned what your teen said, or you’ve said no to something he/she really wanted to do.

When a teen says, "You don't trust me," it can be confusing for moms. In this episode we will explore why moms get confused when teens say, "You don't trust me!" We'll look at why teens say that and what they are really up too.

Should we trust our teens?

This is the big question. And on what basis do we make that decision. We'll let neuroscience answer that. Finally we'll look at the best way to respond to your teen when they yell out, "MOM, Why don't you trust me?"

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#077 What's Your Story? Aug 10, 2020

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In this episode we explore the stories we tell ourselves and how they impact our lives and relationships. We have now lived in six months of uncertainty and this certainly has impacted us. And one huge way it impacts us is it shapes the stories we tell ourselves. Some of these stories we are aware of and many we are not aware of. The stories in the background of our mind can do the most damage to our energy, health and our vitality.

We will explore some of these unconscious stories that we don't want and how to become aware of them and turn these stories into something we really want.

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