Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

Casey O'Roarty

The Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens Podcast is a place for inspiration, education and entertainment. You are not alone, the terrain of adolescence is messy. There are so many challenges for parents to move through - from chores, screentime, grades and sneaking out, to teen anxiety and college applications. We don't hold back here, all topics are on the table.I am your host, Casey O'Roarty, Positive Discipline Lead Trainer and parent coach, honored to share the space with you as we examine our parenting styles and impact on our relationships with our middle school and high schoolers. I’ve be...

Revisiting Your kids are not manipulating you

Revisiting Your kids are not manipulating you

As parents, we often feel stuck when communicating with our teenagers, convinced they're being manipulative or just trying to get their way. This podcast challenges that mindset by exploring how kids—at any age—are driven by a deep need for belonging and significance. It encourages us to shift from commands to curiosity, creating an environment where our kids feel safe, heard, and empowered. By understanding their "private logic" and using questions instead of demands, we foster real connection.

Feb 20, • 38:29

Online gaming safety tips for teens with Ron Kerbs

Online gaming safety tips for teens with Ron Kerbs

My guest today is Ron Kerbs, and he’s here to talk about online gaming safety tips & gaming toxicity for our teens. We get into the biggest threats to kids who play online multiplayer games and why gaming is so toxic. Ron shares advice for parents and some positives about gaming. We finish by talking about Ron’s company, Kidas, which monitors kids’ gaming and offers parents concrete resources and tips for how to talk to your child about what happened.  Takeaways from the show What are the threat

Feb 17, • 52:49

When our teens need more support than what we can give

When our teens need more support than what we can give

Parenting a struggling teen is an incredibly tough journey, and if you’ve ever felt alone in it, this episode is for you. A fellow parent bravely shares their experience of admitting their 13-year-old into residential mental health care—how they got there, the doubts, and the hope. We’re diving into when to seek help, how to find it, and how to support our kids while also taking care of ourselves. If you’re navigating the impossible, know that you’re not alone. Tune in for insight, encouragement

Feb 13, • 41:46

Oppositional teens with Dr Paul Sunseri

Oppositional teens with Dr Paul Sunseri

My guest today is Dr. Paul Sunseri. We’re talking about gentle parenting and oppositional teens. We get into how to get your teen on board with the limits & expectations you’ve set. Dr. Sunseri and I do several role plays as an oppositional teen & father to share specific strategies & language. We discuss threatening and physically aggressive or self-harming behaviors and finish on the importance of modeling emotional regulation.  Takeaways from the show Dr. Sunseri’s new book - Gentle Parenting

Feb 10, • 1:02:30

Dr. Daniel Siegel Discussing the Science of Being Present

Dr. Daniel Siegel Discussing the Science of Being Present

Today’s guest is Doctor Dan Siegel. Dan is a clinical professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA school of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Centre at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of Mindsight, teaches insight, empathy and integration in individuals, families and communities. Dr. Siegel has published extensively for the professional and lay audiences. We are discussing his new book: Aware: The S

Feb 3, • 57:32

Energetic encouragement for emotional teens and tweens

Energetic encouragement for emotional teens and tweens

Parenting through the teen years is a wild ride—full of highs, lows, and everything in between. We get tangled up in our kids' struggles, feeling responsible for fixing things, worried about their future, and desperate to help. But what if the real work is about stepping back, seeing them fully, and trusting their journey? In this episode, we explore the power of encouragement—not as empty praise, but as a way to build resilience, connection, and confidence. If you're deep in the muck with your

Jan 30, • 38:53

Being empty nesters with Vibha Arora

Being empty nesters with Vibha Arora

My guest today is Vibha Arora, and we’re discussing being empty nesters. Vibha and I both share stories and feelings from our own kids launching and discuss how our relationship with our partners change. We get into how to rediscover yourself as someone besides Mom or Dad. Vibha and I finish our conversation, chatting about checking-in with our recently launched baby adults and the importance of tending to ourselves. Takeaways from the show The phrase “empty nest” versus “freedom nest”  Our adul

Jan 27, • 45:28

Secret browsers hiding tiktok, middle school screen challenges

Secret browsers hiding tiktok, middle school screen challenges

This week’s podcast is a must-listen for parents navigating the challenges of raising teens in the digital age! I dive into a relatable post from our Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens Facebook group about a mom’s discovery of her 12-year-old’s creative use of tech to bypass school filters. We discuss the struggles of setting screen boundaries, the importance of co-creating agreements, and how to handle these conversations with curiosity and connection rather than confrontation. If you’re deali

Jan 23, • 43:41

Middle school friendships with Julietta Skoog

Middle school friendships with Julietta Skoog

My guest today is Julietta Skoog, my co-founder and the Early Years Lead here at Sproutable. We’re talking about middle school friendships today.  We discuss established elementary school friendships changing in middle school. Julietta shares a recent story about her own middle schooler and when it’s appropriate for parents to get involved in friendship drama. We talk about the difference between belonging & fitting in, coaching your kid(s) through discomfort, and how important it is to acknowle

Jan 20, • 1:01:47

Revisiting the art of surrender while parenting teens

Revisiting the art of surrender while parenting teens

This show is a replay, and I think you will love it!I've been reflecting on surrender in parenting and life. Inspired by my morning routines, coaching, and my daughter's journey to thriving independence, I've learned that surrender isn't defeat but trust—letting go of control and embracing what is. Parenting my teens, navigating challenges like mental health struggles and my husband's cancer, taught me to release attachments to outcomes, timelines, and "why" questions. Instead, I focus on being

Jan 16, • 34:58

Building a parent community with Melissa Esposito

Building a parent community with Melissa Esposito

My guest today is Melissa Esposito, and we’re talking about the power of nature & the power of building a parent community. We discuss expanding the relationships that our adolescents have and the benefits of other adults in your children’s lives. Melissa shares about how and where to find a parent and family community so our youth have other adults in their life to support them. We talk about when you just don’t understand your kid. We wrap up this episode with some suggestions for places & opp

Jan 13, • 45:39

Communicating beyond "I don't know" with our teens

Communicating beyond "I don't know" with our teens

This week's solo show addresses a parent’s question about engaging a teen who resists meaningful conversations. The parent felt stuck, balancing curiosity and respect with their teen’s avoidance, and wondered how to foster responsibility without resorting to punitive measures. I emphasized the importance of understanding what’s holding teens back, shifting from “won’t” to “can’t,” and focusing on respectful, patient communication. Teens often need space to process emotions and build trust. I enc

Jan 9, • 38:18

New Years Rituals with Karen Collins

New Years Rituals with Karen Collins

My guest today is Karen Collins.Karen is a coach, facilitator, and leader who is passionate about co-creating sustainable change. She loves supporting people as they navigate their work/life balance and partnering with them to make meaning of their life experience. She enables her clients to see the impact of what happens when healing and authenticity spreads from an individual to their family, their community, and to a larger consciousness in the world.  For the last 20+ years, Karen has suppor

Jan 7, • 55:22

Building trust without shame when our teens lie

Building trust without shame when our teens lie

Happy New Year! I’m embracing the energy of being a deliberate creator, focusing on growth and learning. A listener shared a challenge about their 13-year-old son lying about screen time. While the lie was minor, the parents were troubled by how easily it was told. I encouraged them to approach this with curiosity and love, not punishment. Share disappointment without shaming, revisit agreements, and emphasize that mistakes are opportunities to learn. Trust and honesty grow through connection an

Jan 2, • 40:36

Talking about screens (again) with Julietta Skoog

Talking about screens (again) with Julietta Skoog

My guest today is our early childhood lead, Julietta Skoog, and we’re wrapping up the year talking about screentime & tech. Julietta shares the screen agreements she’s created with her children. We discuss how to help our teens develop a sense of self-awareness around their screen use & why they need opportunities to practice. We talk about how to know when screentime is getting problematic & building trust with your adolescent around screen usage. See more show notes, resources and info about o

Dec 30, 2024 • 1:01:13

Decoding the 'know-it-all' teen - connection, compassion, curiosity

Decoding the 'know-it-all' teen - connection, compassion, curiosity

This week I dig into a parent's struggle with their 16-year-old son's "know-it-all" behavior, which disrupts communication and creates tension. I encourage the parent to reframe their challenge, offer tools and strategies for generating more compassion, curiosity, and emotional honesty and remind them that building connection, using humor, and fostering mutual respect can improve the relationship while navigating this challenging developmental phase. Listen in and let me know what you think!Find

Dec 26, 2024 • 43:49

Unlocking youth mental health with Lori Baudino

Unlocking youth mental health with Lori Baudino

My guest today is Dr. Lori Baudino and we’re talking about youth mental health. We chat about teaming up with your child - it’s you & your teen against a challenge, not each other. Dr. Baudino shares ways to find predictability in the bumpy teen years and her “Person, Place, Plan” strategy. We talk about toddler/teen parallels and share some ways to connect with your adolescent.  Takeaways from the show The interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit  Observing how your adolescent moves thr

Dec 23, 2024 • 57:56

Self care tips for the season you're in

Self care tips for the season you're in

In this solo episode, I talk about how this season, whether it’s the holidays, parenting, or midlife, comes with challenges. It’s crucial to prioritize self-care: schedule health check-ups, move your body, and eat nourishing food. Reflect on habits—are they helping or harming? Tune into your body, notice sensations, and create grounding rituals. Embrace community, therapy, or coaching for support. Life ebbs and flows, but intentional care allows you to navigate challenges better. Your well-being

Dec 19, 2024 • 41:31

Holiday Presence and Connection with Dr. Shefali and Julietta Skoog

Holiday Presence and Connection with Dr. Shefali and Julietta Skoog

My guests today are Julietta Skoog and Dr. Shefali, and we’re talking about presence and connection during the holiday season. My focus is on identifying the feelings & emotions that come up during the holidays, and I share several breathing & grounding exercises. Julietta shares how she stays connected to & involves her children during the holidays, modeling life skills, & tips around play and pre-teaching. Dr. Shefali speaks on why she doesn’t add the traditional “holiday season” to her plate

Dec 16, 2024 • 1:00:43

Creating special time with our teenagers

Creating special time with our teenagers

In this episode, I address a common frustration among parents: feeling disconnected from teens who seem unwilling to engage. I guide listeners to reframe their approach, shifting from “Why won’t my teen connect?” to “What’s blocking our connection?” By owning our actions, reflecting on how we show up, and dismantling barriers, we open new possibilities for nurturing relationships. I suggest tools like vulnerability, authentic apologies, and building proximity to our teens’ lives. Letting go of h

Dec 13, 2024 • 43:33

Eps 533: Restoring our girls with Cathy Cassani Adams

Eps 533: Restoring our girls with Cathy Cassani Adams

My guest today is Cathy Adams. We’re talking about engaging in those hard, honest conversations with our teen girls. Cathy and I dig into the messiness of the teen years. We discuss the importance of focusing on resiliency, not happiness, what is happening to Gen Z girls today, and why we need to appreciate the girls we have.  Guest DescriptionCathy Cassani Adams, LCSW, co-hosts the long-running Zen Parenting Radio podcast and founded the Zen Parenting Conference in Chicago. She is the author of

Dec 9, 2024 • 58:47

Moving through existential crisis and adolescence

Moving through existential crisis and adolescence

On this week’s pod, I reflected on the inspiring work of Dr. Baxley and Dani Ferrigno. Their mission aligns with Sproutable’s core values: fostering dignity, respect, and compassion while equipping parents with tools grounded in Positive Discipline. I also addressed a parent’s concern about their discouraged teen grappling with school and existential doubts about capitalism. Teens often feel overwhelmed by systemic flaws, but this can be an opportunity to connect and explore solutions together.

Dec 5, 2024 • 37:11

Action and advocacy for our youth with Traci Baxley and Dani Ferrigno

Action and advocacy for our youth with Traci Baxley and Dani Ferrigno

My guests today are Dr. Traci Baxley and Dani Ferrigno.  We’re talking about Blue Mom+ Group, their response to the recent elections.  Dr. Baxley and Dani give suggestions about small, tangible actions people can take.  We discuss talking to our teenagers about the election results, leaning into local & personal causes, and staying hopeful.  For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 2, 2024 • 40:04

Empowering our teenagers with friendship drama

Empowering our teenagers with friendship drama

In this solo episode, I dive into the challenges of supporting teens as they navigate friendships, especially when setting boundaries with friends who aren’t treating them well. A parent shared their struggle with wanting to help but being perceived as distrusting, sparking today’s discussion. I explore reframing the question to focus on how parents can show up supportively and empower their teens without overstepping. Key strategies include active listening, emotional honesty, affirming strengt

Nov 28, 2024 • 41:22

Teen sexual health with Dena Moes

Teen sexual health with Dena Moes

My guest today is Dena Moes and we’re talking about our teen’s sexual and reproductive health. We discuss methods & access to birth control and parental consent around reproductive health decisions. Both Dena and I share about the current political climate impacting access to health services, how to react when your teenage daughter is pregnant, and what the most crucial things to talk to your adolescents about sex are.Takeaways from the show Dena’s new book, for teen’s, “It’s Your Body: The Youn

Nov 25, 2024 • 1:00:56

Boundaries and Language for Building Consideration in our Teenagers

Boundaries and Language for Building Consideration in our Teenagers

This week's solo show is about empowering your parenting journey by leaning into clarity, communication, and self-awareness. We get to shift focus from controlling teen behavior to creating a supportive environment with clear boundaries. Remember, teens learn through experience, not manipulation. Be explicit about expectations while fostering independence through responsibility (like budgeting). Manage emotional triggers by recognizing personal stories and responding with curiosity and respect.

Nov 21, 2024 • 35:01

Helping teenagers make better decisions with Dain Heer

Helping teenagers make better decisions with Dain Heer

My guest today is Dain Heer and we’re talking about helping teenagers make better decisions through judgment, communication, & choices. We discuss how to react when we know our teenagers are making decisions that (we believe) aren’t in their best interest. Dain shares tools & strategies for communicating with others, including our youth, when they have different points of view. We talk about the difference between teaching right and wrong versus the power of choices. We get into the feeling of u

Nov 18, 2024 • 58:47

Teenagers, driving and safety

Teenagers, driving and safety

This was such a fun episode to create! A parent in the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens opened up about their concerns for their 15-year-old daughter, who’s beginning to ride with friends who are new drivers. As her peers gain driving experience, this parent is feeling understandably anxious about safety and how to guide their teen through this phase. I acknowledged these valid concerns and suggested a reframing approach, focusing on building trust in teens’ growth through their experiences.

Nov 14, 2024 • 36:27

School avoidance and school refusal with Jenell Kheriaty

School avoidance and school refusal with Jenell Kheriaty

My guest today is Jenell Kheriaty, and we’re talking about school avoidance & school refusal. We discuss what school refusal is and if there’s certain “types” of kids who are predisposed to school avoidance or school refusal. Both Jenell and I share how we support families who are struggling with their teens not going to school, some specific questions you can ask your teen about school, and how and why parents need to stay curious about their teen’s school experience.,We talk about how to handl

Nov 11, 2024 • 53:49

Support for parents with unmotivated teens

Support for parents with unmotivated teens

In today’s episode, I respond to a parent in the Facebook community who is seeking support for an “unmotivated” 14-year-old, wanting a coach for help with goals, motivation, executive functioning, and self-care, ideally within budget and virtual. I explore the difference between being “unmotivated” and “uninspired,” suggesting that teens may seem unmotivated due to broader issues like discouragement or lack of inspiration. Instead of trying to “fix” teens, I encourage listeners to reframe the si

Nov 7, 2024 • 34:23

Insights on being a young adult with Rowan O’Roarty

Insights on being a young adult with Rowan O’Roarty

I am really excited about my guest today, and I have a feeling you will be, too! My amazing daughter, Rowan, is back to give us an update on her life. She talk about everything from teen mental health, navigating ADHD as a teen and young adult, the college journey, and more!I ask Rowan what she’s learned in her first few years of adulthood while juggling working, living on her own, and going to school. We talk about motivation versus discipline, lessons learned through experience, changing persp

Nov 4, 2024 • 47:34

Exploring the layers of our teens experience and inviting them into their higher selves

Exploring the layers of our teens experience and inviting them into their higher selves

Inspired by my conversation with Annie Donaldson this week, I explore the layered experience of being a teen and offer some ideas around how to invite them to consider their higher selves. Our teens are deep and thoughtful. Listen in for tips and strategies around communication and connection.See all show notes and information about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-523-exploring-the-layers-of-our-teens-experience-and-inviting-them-into-their-higher-selves Learn more abo

Oct 31, 2024 • 45:38

Encouraging spirituality to support mental health for teens with Annie Donaldson

Encouraging spirituality to support mental health for teens with Annie Donaldson

This episode is an interview with Annie Donaldson, coach for teens. We spend our time talking about how spirituality and considering a higher power and bigger picture can be helpful to our teens as they move through adolescence and navigate the beginning of realizing that change in life is the only constant. This conversation isn't about religion, but it is about deeply considering, sharing and normalizing conversations about our spiritual selves. Check it out and let me know what you think! Lea

Oct 28, 2024 • 49:39

Teenagers and lying

Teenagers and lying

Getting into the nitty-gritty of how to navigate the lies we may be hearing from our kids. Why is it so triggering? Why do they do it? What is the most useful way to respond? And how can we keep in mind that mistakes (like lying) are opportunities to learn and grow? Listen in and we can dive into all of these questions together!Find more show notes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-521-Teenagers-and-lying/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f

Oct 24, 2024 • 31:10

ADHD in the adolescent years with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

ADHD in the adolescent years with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

My guest today is Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart.Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart & Casey dig into ADHD in the adolescent years. Parents of teens with ADHD may see dysregulation looking like compulsiveness, messiness, impulsivity, & a lack of motivation. Parents may think that their kids are lazy or lacking willpower, when in reality, their executive functioning skills are truly off balance. Dr. Lockhart & Casey talk about discussing long-term goals with teens, moving backwards from there, baby steps, as well a

Oct 21, 2024 • 57:59

Disrespect and relationship with our teenagers

Disrespect and relationship with our teenagers

I see and field a lot of questions from parents about disrespect and kids who seem to have no desire to connect or be with the family. We talk so much about relationship here, but what happens when there seems to be no desire for a relationship on the side of the kids? This is where we head this week on the show…Big shout out to a member of the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens FB Group member who gave permission to me to tease apart a post she shared there here on the podcast!For full show no

Oct 17, 2024 • 33:28

Setting boundaries around teen substance use with Brenda Zane

Setting boundaries around teen substance use with Brenda Zane

Brenda Zane is back this week!  She was on the podcast before (spring 2023) talking about how to be with teen substance abuse. We had SUCH an amazing response to that conversation that Brenda and I thought it would be helpful to have her back to talk about “what do you do” for specific scenarios around our teens and substances that leave us feeling in the dark. Today we discuss how to set healthy boundaries around teen substance abuse while still maintaining a connected relationship with our tee

Oct 14, 2024 • 1:19:16

Finding flow in the current of parenting teens

Finding flow in the current of parenting teens

This week's solo show teases apart the difference between being in resistance and being in flow when it comes to the ride we are on while parenting teenagers. The middle school and high school years are a current that is ever changing, and we have choices in how we lean into the ebb and flow. This week I share a post from a parent in the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens FB Group that resonated deeply with me, and bring my own learning from a meditation practice I was invited into.For more sho

Oct 10, 2024 • 43:24

Motivational Interviewing with Dr. Emily Kline

Motivational Interviewing with Dr. Emily Kline

My guest today is Dr. Emily Kline. Dr. Kline shares all kinds of useful information this week around why and how we can communicate with our adolescents with the best results. This episode is all about motivational interviewing. We touch on relinquishing control and asking curiosity questions, then we dig in deep into what motivational interviewing is and why it’s so helpful. I ask Dr. Kline what motivational interviewing might look like when a teenager is using marijuana, and we agree that the

Oct 7, 2024 • 56:27

Living in the tension of our teen's efforts during college application season

Living in the tension of our teen's efforts during college application season

Inspired by Monday's interview with college admission coach, Janae Young, this week's solo show is all about how to let go of control and allow our teens to move through their own process. This is HARD! I get into WHY it's so hard and WHY it's so important to let this process be theirs. Not all kids are headed straight for college, and the ones who want to may not be showing up to the work in a way that aligns with what they say they want... It can be crazy-making!! Listen in and let me know wha

Oct 3, 2024 • 42:58

Best practices in the college application process with Janae Young

Best practices in the college application process with Janae Young

My guest this week is Janae Young, and I’m so excited that she’s here to share her wisdom as a college admissions coach with us.  Janae shares why she’s so passionate about college admissions, and we talk about what the admissions process looks like now, including what the common application system is. Janae shares what’s challenging about college application essays for adolescents, tips to help, and her two archetype essay writers. I ask Janae what best practices are for parents who are helping

Sep 30, 2024 • 58:08

When our teens are vaping nicotine

When our teens are vaping nicotine

Today I am digging into a challenge that is plaguing way too many parents of teens - vaping nicotine. It is something I worked through with my kids, and something that shows up for so many of the parents I work with. One parent came forward asking for resources in the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens group - their daughter had recently come clean about their use and needed help. Listen in and let me know what you think!Find all the show notes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besprou

Sep 26, 2024 • 34:58

Motivating teens with Dr. Melanie McNally

Motivating teens with Dr. Melanie McNally

My returning guest today is Dr. Melanie McNally the author of “Helping Your Unmotivated Teen: A Parent’s Guide to Unlock Your Child’s Potential”.Dr. McNally explains what inspired her to write her new book and a bit about what parents misunderstand about teens, motivation, and laziness.  I ask Dr. McNally to tell us more about the difference between external and internal motivation and how we know when we can use external motivators while growing their internal drive.  We tease apart the differe

Sep 23, 2024 • 41:38

Revisiting to the dance of flexibility while parenting adolescents

Revisiting to the dance of flexibility while parenting adolescents

Join me this week revisiting this solo episode as we play with the concept of flexibility while parenting through the teen years. Where are you finding flexibility? How might flexibility serve your relationship with your teen? What is getting in the way of flexibility?Find full show notes and news about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-452-dance-flexibility-while-parenting-adolescents/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 19, 2024 • 36:13

Back to middle school with Julietta Skoog

Back to middle school with Julietta Skoog

I am SO excited about today’s interview. You’ll recognize my guest today - Julietta Skoog my co-founder and the Early Years Lead here at Sproutable! She’s here today to talk about back-to-school season with middle schoolers.  Julietta and I cover so much this week - balancing caring for our kids & our aging parents, the jarring differences between elementary & middle school, and watching their decision-making and mistakes. We talk about why kids come home so upset & frustrated from school and ho

Sep 15, 2024 • 1:06:22

A messy conversation about screens, limits and life skill development

A messy conversation about screens, limits and life skill development

Screens!! I know - will we ever get to a place of NOT needing to talk about screens?? Today's episode is a messy exploration of the subtle ways kids are pulled into their relationship with screens, and the importance of developing life skills WHILE providing guardrails for keeping our kids safe. Plus, an invitation to take an honest look at how OUR use is adding to the messaging our kids are getting... Did I mention this is messy? It is. Listen in and let me know what you think.See all show note

Sep 11, 2024 • 46:54

Growing our teen’s awareness around sexism with Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein

Growing our teen’s awareness around sexism with Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein

My guest today is Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein and we’re talking about sexism and our daughters.  Dr. Finkelstein kicks us off by sharing how a pink hockey stick impacted her childhood and inspired her to speak about sexism & gender bias.  I ask what intergenerational transmission of sexism is, and Dr. Finkelstein helps me deconstruct an incident I had with Ronan about how she was dressing in 8th grade.   We ponder on how we can raise strong women in a patriarchal society that can be violent towards w

Sep 9, 2024 • 48:32

Trusting our teen's development

Trusting our teen's development

I am back with a brand new solo show! I loved my convo with Dr. Tina Bryson (Eps 511) and was inspired to go deeper into trusting our teen’s development. This show goes into what is happening in the teen brain and how to work WITH our kids to promote relationship and autonomy over time. Enjoy!Find full show notes and information about our sponsors at: www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-512-trusting-our-teens-development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 5, 2024 • 33:06

Avoiding fear-based parenting with Dr. Tina Bryson

Avoiding fear-based parenting with Dr. Tina Bryson

Dr. Tina Bryson is BACK today! I love her work, and I’m so excited she’s here to talk about launching our teens, which is incredibly timely after I dropped my youngest child off at college yesterday! Dr. Bryson shares her wisdom on avoiding fear-based parenting & reminds us that development & maturation happens no matter what - maybe we don’t need to worry quite so much. She explains what the “right” amount of support is and why kids need to make mistakes & take risks to become wiser and more re

Sep 2, 2024 • 47:22

Summer throwback - Eps 460: Get past resistance and focus on relationship with your teen

Summer throwback - Eps 460: Get past resistance and focus on relationship with your teen

This show was a no-brainer to reshare with you all. When I recorded it, I was so fired up, and had our boys on the brain. So many of my clients and people in the community struggle with their boys. Not only struggling with their boys, but struggling to soften to the idea that the hard time the family is moving through is really a call for deeper relationship. Listen in to hear more – and don’t worry, no matter the gender your child identifies as, you will still find value in this conversation.Fo

Aug 29, 2024 • 39:26

Somatic tools for our nervous system with Katie Connolly

Somatic tools for our nervous system with Katie Connolly

Katie Connolly, a Somatic Parenting Coach, teaches me a whole lot about our nervous system and somatic tools when she drops by this week.   Katie explains how our nervous system and birthing experiences tie-in to our personal growth, who highly-sensitive people are & indicators, and why we’re able to better navigate experiences and stay connected in our bodies when we nourish our nervous system. We hit on so much this week: breathing exercises, meditation, scheduling-in time for ourselves, overs

Aug 26, 2024 • 1:03:17

Summer throwback - Navigating challenges  while also  having faith in our teens

Summer throwback - Navigating challenges while also having faith in our teens

This summer throwback revisits how parenting teens keeps coming back to owning our own sh@t. This is the juicy spot. This is where the real transformational space of parenting exists. This is where we get to nurture AN ENVIRONMENT that is safe for our kids to step into. This is where we can start to dismantle the walls that have been built over time and make room for connection.Find more show notes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-434-navigating-challenges

Aug 22, 2024 • 34:00

Eps 509: How to discuss fake news with teens with Alex Edmans

Eps 509: How to discuss fake news with teens with Alex Edmans

My guest today is Alex Edmans, and we’re hitting a super important topic this week: how to discuss fake news and social media with our teens.   Alex starts by explaining the difference between Level 1 and Level 2 of Fake News, and I ask what to do (and why) our teens bring up conspiracy theories. I ask Alex how we can nurture adolescents to fine tune their questioning, look for expertise, and teach them to look for peoples’ incentives while they’re consuming social media without making them feel

Aug 19, 2024 • 44:24

Summer throwback - When it feels like your teen is holding you hostage

Summer throwback - When it feels like your teen is holding you hostage

A powerful relisten!!! You have a great relationship with your teen and they are STILL getting into ALL the mischief? You aren't alone. In this episode, I tease this apart and remind you what the most important thing to consider is.See all the show notes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-424-when-it-feels-like-your-teen-is-holding-you-hostage/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 15, 2024 • 1:00:39

Raising neurodivergent teens with Dr. Matt Zakreski

Raising neurodivergent teens with Dr. Matt Zakreski

My guest today is Dr. Matt Zakreski, an expert on neurodivergency with an eclectic approach. Dr. Matt tells me about growing up as a twice-exceptional kid himself and what he’s seeing with the teens he works with now.  I ask Dr. Matt what parents can do about the emotional intensity that comes with raising teens, especially neurodivergent teens. He reminds us that “emotions can’t be wrong,” and you know I loved it when Dr. Matt reminds us to get curious about our teen’s feelings.   Dr. Matt brin

Aug 12, 2024 • 59:28

Summer throwback - Eps 386: Limiting beliefs and our two selves

Summer throwback - Eps 386: Limiting beliefs and our two selves

Today's summer throwback is another intimate exploration of what it means to be human WHILE raising teenagers. We are deep diving (yet again) into our own stuff. This week focusing on the limiting beliefs we may be holding that keeps our kids small, and the war between our two selves. Join me for some personal growth and discovery!Find all the shownotes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-386-limiting-beliefs-our-two-selves/ Learn more about your ad choices.

Aug 8, 2024 • 39:42

Understanding “failure to launch” with Dr. Bianca Busch

Understanding “failure to launch” with Dr. Bianca Busch

My guest today is Dr. Bianca Busch, and we’re getting into the “failure to launch” or the stalling we see from some young adults. Dr. Busch shares what drew her to working with college students, and we talk about getting “cut off” from your child’s medical, mental health, and grade information once they turn 18. Dr. Busch shares the benefits of psychiatrists working with adolescents and parents in conjunction.  I ask Dr. Busch what she sees when young adults and their parents feel stuck - anxiet

Aug 5, 2024 • 46:03

Summer throwback - Finding the courage to parent our teens differently

Summer throwback - Finding the courage to parent our teens differently

This throwback solo show takes a closer look at how parenting with Positive Discipline does NOT equal avoiding the hard stuff, instead, it is about leaning into relationship WHEN the hard stuff shows up. Being brave is something we are invited into over and over again as we parent through the seasons of adolescence. Listen in as I explore what that looks like internally, as well as externally. Find more show notes and info about sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-361-finding-

Aug 1, 2024 • 43:01

Navigating grief that can show up during the teen years with Sascha Demerjian

Navigating grief that can show up during the teen years with Sascha Demerjian

It’s a tough topic this week - parental grief. Sascha Demerjian is here from The Grief House and beautifully intertwines personal stories with information.  We don’t only grieve for people that we’ve lost. Sascha explains that we also grieve for expectations, narratives, & ideas - sometimes beliefs we didn’t even realize we were holding. We talk about how meaningful it is to have somewhere safe for the messiness of grieving and how we can resist wanting to jump in and fix things when others are

Jul 29, 2024 • 46:27

Summer throwback - Radical Moves for Parenting Gen Z

Summer throwback - Radical Moves for Parenting Gen Z

Today's Throwback episode highlights shifting our thinking about how we are showing up for Gen Z and why this is crucial as we move through the adolescent years with our kids. I share three essential tools for making this shift in a way that strengthens relationship and provides space for our kids to discover who they’re meant to be.Find all the show notes and info about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-357-radical-moves-for-parenting-gen-z/ Learn more about your ad cho

Jul 25, 2024 • 34:00

Parenting with Empathy vs Codependency with Susie Pettit

Parenting with Empathy vs Codependency with Susie Pettit

My guest today is Susie Pettit. Grab some popcorn for this one! Susie helps people with boundaries, codependency, emotional intelligence, and people-pleasing using a lifetime of experience, and today she’s here to talk about her awesome parenting tool.  You know one of my favorite mantras is “Fiercely committed, lovingly detached.” We’re good at the fiercely committed part of parenting, but the detachment part is hard! It’s hard to be with our kids when tough things are happening to them, and th

Jul 22, 2024 • 49:39

Summer throwback - Eps 329: Being with what's coming up for your teen

Summer throwback - Eps 329: Being with what's coming up for your teen

This week's throwback is a reminder that we get to show up for our teens in a way that is helpful, not hurtful. They are navigating all the things and they need to know that we see them, they need to be believed and to experience validation around what is real for them.For more show notes go to: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-329-being-with-whats-coming-up-for-your-teen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 18, 2024 • 34:22

Teaching teens self-regulation with screens with Devorah Heitner

Teaching teens self-regulation with screens with Devorah Heitner

Devorah Heitner is a new friend from The Zen Parenting Conference. I really appreciated what she had to say about doing more mentoring and less monitoring with our kids and their screens. This feels like a really hard time to be raising teens and dealing with all the tech. Cutting off access to technology isn’t reasonable, so how can we engage with our teens about how they use tech? How can we resist over-monitoring with school portals and Find my iPhone at our disposal? How can we teach teens s

Jul 15, 2024 • 41:02

Eps 309: Paradox, Parenting, Pot Smoking

Eps 309: Paradox, Parenting, Pot Smoking

Back for another relisten - this is one I send to people regularly! Appreciating you tuning back in. And even if pot smoking isn't a challenge that is currently in your household, be sure that there are tons of nuggets in this episode for you to be taking away and integrate into your parenting.For full show notes and info about our sponsors, go to: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-309-solo-show-paradox-parenting-pot-smoking/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 11, 2024 • 35:07

Examining Whiteness in Parent Education with Yolanda Williams

Examining Whiteness in Parent Education with Yolanda Williams

My guest today is my returning friend, Yolanda Williams! We’re getting a little meta this week as we focus on what white parent educators can be doing better, but believe me, this episode is full of great content for all parents.  After catching-up on how Yolanda, Parenting Decolonized, and her daughter are doing, Yolanda jumps in and explains who takes on the emotional, physical, and spiritual labor of what’s going on in our world and why it’s such a huge deal for white parent educators to choo

Jul 8, 2024 • 50:46

Growing a family through foster care with Mark Daley

Growing a family through foster care with Mark Daley

My guest today is Mark Daley, and he’s here today to talk about all-things foster care. Mark shares the path that led to him writing his new book, “Safe,” gives us ideas on ways that people can help support foster kids, and explains what foster kids need. I bring up how scary it can be thinking about opening your home to a stranger and ask what upstream interventions are in place to improve the foster care system. Mark leaves us on a happy note when he brings up the amazing people he works with

Jul 1, 2024 • 31:06

Finding common ground  during the summertime with your teen

Finding common ground during the summertime with your teen

Join me this week as we get into how to tighten things up and find the same page with our teens during the long days of summer. I talk about being explicit with our communication, agreements, and the power of collaboration. Check it out!Find more show notes and information about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-500-Finding-common-ground-during-the-summertime-with-your-teen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 26, 2024 • 39:32

Making the world safe for all kids with Ed Center

Making the world safe for all kids with Ed Center

My guest today is our returning friend, Ed Center.  I kick off our conversation asking Ed what Pride month means to him, and he shares his thoughts: we want to celebrate our families, the history of our community, and acknowledge that we weren't always able to have these rights & privileges. It’s a celebration of family. I ask what we can do to get out of our bubble, and Ed shares simple, do-able ideas around how to talk to your kids and how to grow as a better advocate, while giving yourself gr

Jun 24, 2024 • 45:44

Eps 498: Building the house of Positive Discipline as parents of teens

Eps 498: Building the house of Positive Discipline as parents of teens

Join me this week as I share about the layers of scaffolding that come with building a home environment steeped in Positive Discipline. Starting with a foundation of parental personal growth and development, and building on top of that by focusing on relationships, creating systems and routines so that everyone is on the same page, and finally, mutually respectful, in-the-moment tools. Join me and consider how you can bring your takeaways into YOUR home and YOUR relationship with YOUR adolescent

Jun 20, 2024 • 42:39

Eps 497: Inclusivity through fashion with Elizabeth Brunner

Eps 497: Inclusivity through fashion with Elizabeth Brunner

My guest today is Elizabeth Brunner, the founder of StereoType Kids, a gender-inclusive fashion brand inspired by her boy/girl twins. Elizabeth shares her story, what gender-inclusivity means to her, and what blended fashion is. We talk on unlearning social norms & gender stereotypes, and I share a surprising story of a time this came up for me personally when Ian was young. Elizabeth shares the difference between how people react when her daughter dresses more traditionally-masculine versus whe

Jun 17, 2024 • 33:49

Fortune telling and considering that our teens lives are unfolding FOR them

Fortune telling and considering that our teens lives are unfolding FOR them

What if everything is going to be fine? What if we decide to live in the uncertainty of parenting teens from a place of faith and possibility? How would that change right now for you? Join me this week as we explore the qualities that are driving us crazy as we parent our kids WHILE ALSO knowing these exact same qualities are going to serve them one day... Stretch your mind, grow your perspective, listen in.Check out all the show notes and more info about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutabl

Jun 13, 2024 • 31:57

Eps 495: Showing up for our LGBTQIA+ kids with Ed Center and Jaimie Kelton

Eps 495: Showing up for our LGBTQIA+ kids with Ed Center and Jaimie Kelton

My guests today are Ed Center and Jaimie Kelton, and they’re answering questions from YOU! This is a juicy one - we get into how to react when your LGBTQIA+ teen comes out, whose news that is to share with others, and what to do when people who don’t treat our adolescent(s) the way we’d like (cue Mama Bear). The latter half of the episode gets into online safety & pornography, the importance of knowing queer role models in real life, using TV & books as teaching tools, and talking about sex with

Jun 10, 2024 • 33:49

Eps 494: Having faith when we feel out of control

Eps 494: Having faith when we feel out of control

Join me today and consider how we can better be with the unfolding. So many in the Joyful Courage community are moving through big things with their adolescents right now - end of school year, transition into summer, teen risk taking, having a tough time with relationship - it is all real and relevent. AND, what if the contrast and discomfort we're feeling is an indicator that we can expand our mindset and try and see things in a new way? For show notes and info about sponsors, go to https://ww

Jun 6, 2024 • 37:15

 Eps 493: The gender journey with Alanna Beebe

Eps 493: The gender journey with Alanna Beebe

My guest today is my dear friend and the cofounder & managing director at Sproutable, Alanna Beebe! You’ll recognize Alanna from the Art of Connected Parenting series we did earlier this year.   I’m so excited that Alanna is here to kick off Pride! Alanna is an amazing parent, and she’s here to share some of her child’s gender journey with us. Alanna’s child, was born male, transitioned to female around age 3, and more recently has transitioned to nonbinary. I have so many questions for Alanna,

Jun 3, 2024 • 42:58

Eps 492: Exploring inspiration and soul care on the journey of parenting teens

Eps 492: Exploring inspiration and soul care on the journey of parenting teens

Alright... We are going a bit sideways today. Or are we? Maybe we are going in the perfect direction... You'll have to let me know. I am sharing about our personal practice of dropping in with what is real and relevant for me as I work to drop into the present moment and be who I need to be for myself and others. Having a practice is what keeps me focused in on what matters most to me, it helps me to keep my inner compass pointed in the direction I live towards... We get a bit woo woo this week

May 30, 2024 • 34:56

Eps 491: Motivating homeschooled teens with Maren Goerss and Angela Sizer

Eps 491: Motivating homeschooled teens with Maren Goerss and Angela Sizer

My guests today are Maren Goerss and Angela Sizer - two former school teachers who both chose homeschooling for their families (and created an awesome podcast & book about it!). We get right into it today, jumping into collaborating with your teen around their learning, lasting effects to the homeschool community post-Covid, and what to do if you don’t mesh well with the homeschool community in your area.  We hit on a lot during this episode: school refusal, “optimally” scheduled days, trusting

May 27, 2024 • 59:48

Endurance, personal growth, and intersecting with our adolescents' experience

Endurance, personal growth, and intersecting with our adolescents' experience

Drop in with me to explore what it takes to be with the ebb and flow of the season of parenting teens and tweens. It isn't for the faint of heart and it absolutely requires our development of self awareness, reflection and endurance. We have the power to shift how we are experiencing the challenges that are showing up with our young people if we are willing to go there. Listen to this episode for inspiration on the HOW.Find show notes and info about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/

May 23, 2024 • 29:43

Eps 489: Identity development for mixed race teens with Dr. Jenn Noble

Eps 489: Identity development for mixed race teens with Dr. Jenn Noble

My guest today is Dr. Jenn Noble, and she’s here to talk about adolescent identity development and support us all in broadening our lens around the experience of mixed race kids and families. Dr. Jenn helps parents to see who their kids really are and helps teens express who they are to their parents. We all know teen identity development is a total rollercoaster! On one hand, we know our adolescents are growing up, but we sure like to hang onto who they were as children. Their experiences and

May 20, 2024 • 47:53

Eps 488:  Thoughts about parenting our older teens and baby adults

Eps 488: Thoughts about parenting our older teens and baby adults

As our teens continue to get older, our role in relationship with them changes. It is hard to know where to lean in and where to let go. The good news is there is no "right way" to parent through the second half of the teen years and beyond - instead, we get to become ever better at intuiting what it is our young people need. During this episode, I go through the different eras of later adolescence and offer my thoughts on useful ways of showing up. Can't wait to hear what you think! Find all t

May 16, 2024 • 44:44

Eps 487: Expert guidance on the college admissions process with Alyse Levine

Eps 487: Expert guidance on the college admissions process with Alyse Levine

I am so excited about my guest today - Alyse Levine!  We have one of the foremost college counseling experts in the country here today sharing her wisdom and tips to help adolescents fulfill their college goals & dreams.  Alyse shares why she’s so passionate about college admissions & working with young people, and I ask what was surprising for her when going through the college admissions process with her own kiddo recently.  We dig into all-things admissions related: testing, grades, college

May 13, 2024 • 54:15

Eps 486: The beauty of parenting in community with Julietta Skoog

Eps 486: The beauty of parenting in community with Julietta Skoog

Surprise!!! My girl and podcast fave, Julietta Skoog, joins me today on a special Thursday show where we come down off of our high from leading our first ever Sproutable Retreat on the gorgeous California Coast. We talk about the highlights from the weekend as well as the power of parenting in community, creating time and structure for our own self-care, and shared a few funny stories... Listen in and let me know what you think. Find all the show notes and info about our sponsors here: https://

May 9, 2024 • 27:53

Eps 485: Parenting neurodiverse kids of color with Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral

Eps 485: Parenting neurodiverse kids of color with Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral

My guests today are Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral. Jaya and Priya have a lot in common, including being the co-authors of their new book, “Parenting at the Intersections.” This is a deeply emotional topic for them, both personally and professionally.   Many people are discussing the experience of neurodivergence, and many people are discussing being a person of color, but where are the resources for neurodivergent people of color? Jaya and Priya have so much wisdom to share, from asking for what

May 6, 2024 • 46:53

The real work of parenting during the middle school years

The real work of parenting during the middle school years

Ooh, I have some fun during this week's solo show... If I could go back to parenting my kids through middle school I would take my own advice and do it differently. The beauty of hindsight. Lucky for YOU I am sharing all of my thoughts around parenting during middle school years today on the show!Find the full show notes and info about sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-484-the-real-work-of-parenting-during-the-middle-school-years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap

May 2, 2024 • 40:24

Eps 483: Douglas Haddad teaches us about creating encouragement for middle schoolers

Eps 483: Douglas Haddad teaches us about creating encouragement for middle schoolers

My friend Douglas Haddad is here this week to chat about all things middle school, with a focus on encouraging discouraged learners.   Douglas has been teaching for over 24 years (at ONE school!), and I love his commitment to his students. Douglas shares what he’s seen changing during that period, like higher anxiety & social media misuse, and what’s stayed the same, like a child’s need to feel loved, heard, and understood.    Douglas shares his wisdom on keeping middle schoolers encouraged &

Apr 29, 2024 • 46:15

Eps 482: Shifting from worst case scenarios to trusting the process with our teens

Eps 482: Shifting from worst case scenarios to trusting the process with our teens

It is so easy, when we aren't paying attention, to let our minds slide into all the worst-case scenarios, the worst possible outcomes, "dead in a ditch." I know, I've been there, and it ISN'T USEFUL. It isn't an empowered or encouraged parenting mindset during the teen years. So how do we shift?? Listen to this episode and find out! Get more show notes and info about sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-482-Shifting-from-worst-case-scenarios-to-trusting-process-teens/ Join the

Apr 24, 2024 • 34:23

Eps 481: Let’s talk about porn with Amy Lang and Christy Keating

Eps 481: Let’s talk about porn with Amy Lang and Christy Keating

Amy & Christy are back for part 2 of our conversation, and we’re talking about pornography.   Please believe us: your kid is going to see porn. Some families are more aware & ready for this moment than others, so what can you do and say to prepare? You can’t prevent the exposure or know how your child will react, but we can get ready for it and start the conversation now. Pornography is all over the place and often hidden, and unfortunately kids view that as Sex Ed & think that pornography is w

Apr 22, 2024 • 45:32

Eps 480: The power of examining the beliefs we hold about our teens and tweens

Eps 480: The power of examining the beliefs we hold about our teens and tweens

This week we are going deep into examining the beliefs we hold about our kids and how they might actually be what is getting in the way and creating the suffering we are experiencing. I know, seems like an easy fix, right? We may not be able to control our kids (truly, we can't) but what we BELIEVE about them is for sure a part of our influence AND for SURE impacts how we EXPERIENCE them. Listen in and let me know what you think. Find more about our sponsors and full show notes at https://www.be

Apr 18, 2024 • 26:38

Cindy Palmer helps us set our neurodivergent kids up for success

Cindy Palmer helps us set our neurodivergent kids up for success

My guest today is my good, local friend - Cindy Palmer. Cindy’s here to talk about executive functioning in kids with neurodivergence, especially during the transition to college. High School is a time that is typically incredibly structured, down to the minute, and the transition to college is tricky for all adolescents. What do we do when it feels like our kids aren’t ready? How can parents help scaffold that transition? Especially for kids with neurodivergence? Cindy shares lots of strategies

Apr 15, 2024 • 49:12

Eps 478: Meeting misbehavior with enthusiastic curiosity

Eps 478: Meeting misbehavior with enthusiastic curiosity

You and me and enthusiastic curiosity - WOOHOO! It may sound crazy but when we can really connect with the experience we are having while navigating our kids' mischief, regulate, and shift into curiosity, there is space for much deeper connection and learning for all. Truly. Listen to this show for tips on all the things - and let me know what you think! For show notes and more info on our sponsors, head to https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-478-Meeting-misbehavior-with-enthusiastic-curi

Apr 11, 2024 • 39:52

Eps 477: Tackling screen challenges intentionally with Emily Cherkin

Eps 477: Tackling screen challenges intentionally with Emily Cherkin

I am SO glad you’re here this week for my second chat with Emily Cherkin, AKA The Screentime Consultant.  We start by talking about what Emily’s been seeing & dealing with lately: managing screentime at home, reigning screentime in after Covid struggles, and kids having more access to tech at younger ages than ever before. It’s obvious that parents are really trying to figure out how to set screentime limits that actually work without isolating our kids from their social network or

Apr 8, 2024 • 54:06

Eps 476: Being right and the downside of comparing our experience to others

Eps 476: Being right and the downside of comparing our experience to others

Hey there - back again with thoughts on Monday's episode and prompting us all to have a broader perspective than just the one that lives in our heads. Our relationships depend on our willingness to consider how where we are coming from is getting in the way of what we ultimately want to create. I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this! For more show notes and info on our sponsors go to: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-476-Being-right-downside-comparing-our-experience-others/ To shar

Apr 4, 2024 • 33:42

Eps 475: Nurturing partner relationships and  parenting with Aaron Steinberg

Eps 475: Nurturing partner relationships and parenting with Aaron Steinberg

My guest today is Aaron Steinberg.  Aaron is super passionate about equipping couples with the tools they need for the challenges of parenthood. The good news is that these challenges are universal, and we can make changes in our relationships. Aaron and I get into a whole lot in our conversation: family meetings, offering & receiving feedback from a spouse, and how to talk to your spouse when you’re the one with the new tools & ideas to try. I love Aaron’s framing of being “somewhat right” and

Apr 1, 2024 • 48:32

Eps 474: When we don't align with our partner's parenting style

Eps 474: When we don't align with our partner's parenting style

Inspired by Monday's show and a post for the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens FB Group, today is an exploration of the experience and considerations when you find yourself parenting with someone who doesn't align with your style of parenting. Share your takeaways in the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens FB Group by clicking here. Check out the full show notes and links about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-474-when-we-dont-align-with-our-partners-parenting-style

Mar 28, 2024 • 41:03

Eps 473: Parenting with a narcissist with Carol Szuky

Eps 473: Parenting with a narcissist with Carol Szuky

My guest today is Carol Szuky. Carol is on the show today because she feels called to talk about the narcissistic abuse she navigated with her children for most of their lives.   Carol shares the story of meeting and marrying her narcissistic husband and the two big indicators that let her know the relationship was no longer healthy or working. I ask Carol to define narcissism from her experience and how/when she planned to leave, then she shares the conversation & surprising twist that opened

Mar 25, 2024 • 36:37

Eps 472: The wobble of centering relationship and curiosity with our teens

Eps 472: The wobble of centering relationship and curiosity with our teens

I'm back with a brand new solo show, channeling wisdom and empowerment. Today I am reflecting on a workplace training experience and will emphasize the importance of nurturing relationships with teenagers amidst their complexities and challenges. I share insights on fostering understanding, transparency, and connection with teens, urging you all to navigate the wonkiness of adolescence with curiosity and presence. See more show notes and info about sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcas

Mar 21, 2024 • 31:28

Eps 471: Resetting unhealthy screen time habits with Michael Jacobus

Eps 471: Resetting unhealthy screen time habits with Michael Jacobus

My guest today is Michael Jacobus, and we’re talking about unhealthy screen time, social media overuse, gaming addiction, and his Reset Summer Camp program.   Michael shares how his own son becoming addicted to video games and the lack of help & programs available inspired him to create Reset Summer Camp. We, as parents, did not know the Pandora’s Box we were opening when we first brought technology and social media into our homes. We end up feeling guilty and don’t know what to do. How and why

Mar 18, 2024 • 45:16

Eps 470: Positive Discipline  concepts for the adolescent years

Eps 470: Positive Discipline concepts for the adolescent years

This week I am taking us back to the core concepts of PD. For some of you, it will be a review, for others, it will be no - no matter, this show is sure to take EVERYONE deeper in their thinking about how we be in relationships with our kids as they move through the season of adolescence. For more show notes and sponsor info click here. To jump into the FB Group and share your takeaways, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 14, 2024 • 41:52

Eps 469: Endurance and evolution - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 6

Eps 469: Endurance and evolution - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 6

Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do. This is the last episode of this limited series, and we’re excited to talk about leaning into perseverance. Parenting is messy! We’ve got to keep our growth mindset and get into the thick of it to build grit, resilience, and to evolve as parents.   Get in the ring with these kiddos. Engage! We’re not going to get it exactly right; it’s going to be messy

Mar 11, 2024 • 41:23

Eps 468: Teens, tweens and screens

Eps 468: Teens, tweens and screens

Today I am attempting to have a conversation with listeners about the messiness being in relationship with our adolescents relationship with their screens. I know. It's so much - so annoying and not going anywhere and impossible and all the things. Or maybe you have it handled, if so shoot me a message and teach me your wisdom. If you have a tween or a teen, my guess is that you have some opinions on this whole thing - listen in to today's show to hear my take. For more shownotes and info about

Mar 7, 2024 • 44:34

Eps 467: Dropping into the practice - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 5

Eps 467: Dropping into the practice - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 5

Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do. This week, we’re talking about when we’re doing all “the right” parenting moves, but we’re STILL having challenges. Spoiler alert: the challenges will change, but there will always be challenges. What we can change is how we handle, experience, & grow through those challenges.   ALL families and ALL children bring challenges - it’s typical, it’s normal,

Mar 4, 2024 • 52:38

Eps 466: Consciously practicing connection, curiosity, and presence with ourselves and others

Eps 466: Consciously practicing connection, curiosity, and presence with ourselves and others

Back again on the ride of the messiness of humaning. This week I am all of the place and talk about all the things that are showing up with parents who are just stepping into this work of parenting teens differently, about the ever evolving relationships we have with ourselves and the people in our life, and even a little bit of Buddhism woven in... Check it out! You can find all the show notes and information about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-466-Consciously-pract

Feb 29, 2024 • 38:29

Eps 465: Being intentional - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 4

Eps 465: Being intentional - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 4

Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do. This week, we’re talking about goals & intentionality.  Now that we’ve had a chance in the series to talk about our own parenting stories, touched on what’s going on with the fear, shame, & guilt that we all feel, and shared some tips for being okay with the messiness of parenting, now we can dig into being intentional and defining our parenting goals.

Feb 26, 2024 • 50:51

Eps 464: Crushes, dating and developing critical thinking

Eps 464: Crushes, dating and developing critical thinking

Back again with another solo show inspired by a member of the Living Joyful Courage membership group and her request for something about adolescents and dating. 😳 It's one of the many exciting and terrifying age appropriate areas of exploration and discovery for our kiddos - and we get to show up in a way that encourages their critical thinking and growth. This show gets into that. Mentioned during the show was the Sex Ed for Parents of Teens mini summit. Click here for info. Share your thought

Feb 22, 2024 • 47:19

Eps 463: Perspective and imperfection - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 3

Eps 463: Perspective and imperfection - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 3

Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do. This week, we’re talking about shifting our perspective & embracing imperfection so we can learn and grow as parents and humans. Embracing the challenges is hard! When we have our compass of understanding development & trusting connection, we can move away from the shame & guilt we talked about last week. Find all the show notes

Feb 19, 2024 • 50:47

Eps 462: Being explicit with finding and naming our teen’s strengths

Eps 462: Being explicit with finding and naming our teen’s strengths

Join me this week on a journey to discovering our teens strengths. This is the glue that will keep your teen's team together. What they need most from us is to be seen and celebrated for who they are. They need their adults to recognize and mirror their strengths. Listen in for more! Find more show notes and info from our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-462-Being-explicit-with-finding-and-naming-our-teens-strengths/ Join the FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jcfor

Feb 15, 2024 • 46:54

Eps 461: Guilt and shame - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 2

Eps 461: Guilt and shame - The Art of Connected Parenting, part 2

Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do. This week, we’re talking about guilt, shame, and self-doubt. All parents feel guilt, shame, and self-doubt about aspects of their parenting, even us as ‘experts’ - especially us! Today, all three of us are sharing stories of times we’ve felt (or still feel) guilt, shame, and self-doubt around our parenting.   Parenting is a place where those hard feelin

Feb 12, 2024 • 47:23

Get past your resistance and focus on relationship with your teen

Get past your resistance and focus on relationship with your teen

So I am fired up this week and I have our boys on the brain. So many of my clients and people in the community are struggling with their boys. Not only struggling with their boys, but struggling to soften to the idea that their boys are having a hard time and really need a deeper relationship with their parents most. Listen in to hear more - and don't worry, if you have a daughter you will still find value in this conversation!For complete show notes and info about our sponsors, go to: https://w

Feb 8, 2024 • 35:22

Eps 459: Exploring the Art of Connected Parenting, Part 1

Eps 459: Exploring the Art of Connected Parenting, Part 1

Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do. Why do we show up, even when it’s hard & stressful? We dig deeper into the meaning behind the connected parenting movement (aka conscious parenting, positive discipline, gentle parenting, positive parenting). When we are intentional about our parenting, it’s an opportunity for personal evolution as well as a cultural revolution. In this first episode of

Feb 5, 2024 • 41:22

Eps 458: Distinguishing between our teens and their behavior

Eps 458: Distinguishing between our teens and their behavior

This week's solo show celebrates Brene Brown's invitation to have a strong back, a soft front and a wild heart as we move through the season of parenting adolescents. It is so important that we send the message of care, concern and acceptance to our teens, even as we don't love their behavior. It supports our teens to kow that we see them, and we value them, even as they are stumbling through this time of their life. Find full shownotes and info on our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/p

Feb 1, 2024 • 29:04

Eps 457: Healthy rites of passage for teen boys with Luke Entrup

Eps 457: Healthy rites of passage for teen boys with Luke Entrup

Luke Entrup is here today to talk about healthy rites-of-passage for our teen boys.   Luke explains what rites-of-passage are, why they’re important for our teens, and what adolescents get out of these rites-of-passage: a healthy connection to themselves and to their community. We dig into how gender affects these rites-of-passage and how we can create spaces where all genders are celebrated. We touch on toxic masculinity and how we can redefine what masculinity is and means today. I ask Luke if

Jan 29, 2024 • 40:05

Eps 456: Being with our teens’ experiences

Eps 456: Being with our teens’ experiences

When does positivity and optimism get in the way of what our teens need? How can we be with what they are moving through in a way that is helpful and builds connection and trust in our relationship with them? Listen in to this weeks solo show and hear all about this topic! Find show notes and more info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-456-being-with-our-teens-experiences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 25, 2024 • 30:41

Eps 455: Kristen Duke helps us build more trust with our teens

Eps 455: Kristen Duke helps us build more trust with our teens

Talking with Kristen Duke, mentor to parents of teens, and full of enthusiasm for what we can create when we work on building a relationship founded on trust. Kristen guides us through some blind spots parents have that get int the way of a connection, and how to be the person our adolescents need. Find more show notes and information about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-455-kristen-duke-helps-us-build-more-trust-with-our-teens/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Jan 22, 2024 • 51:55

Eps 454: Expanding how we are relating to our teenagers

Eps 454: Expanding how we are relating to our teenagers

Join me this week as we get ever more focused on the interpersonal nature of raising teens. Where are we focusing our attention? What are we centering in our relationships? What might happen if we keep in mind our kids strengths even when things are going sideways? See all the show notes and more about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-454-Expanding-how-we-are-relating-to-our-teenagers/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 18, 2024 • 31:06

Eps 453: Helping our kids avoid sexual exploitation with Alexandra Ford

Eps 453: Helping our kids avoid sexual exploitation with Alexandra Ford

My guest today is Alexandra Ford, and we’re tackling a scary subject today. January is human trafficking prevention month, so I want to grow everyone’s awareness with Alexandra, and we’ll share ways to keep your kids safe.  Alexandra kicks us off by explaining what human trafficking looks like in 2024 and how her own story inspires her to do this work. We try to articulate the difference between being sexually empowered and sexually exploited and the reality of the commercial sex industry. I as

Jan 15, 2024 • 1:02:03

The dance of flexibility while parenting adolescents

The dance of flexibility while parenting adolescents

Join me this week during this solo episode as we play with the concept of flexibility while parenting through the teen years. Where are you finding flexibility? How might flexibility serve your relationhip with your teen? What is getting in the way of flexibility? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 11, 2024 • 32:18

Eps 451: From power struggles to connection with Ed Center

Eps 451: From power struggles to connection with Ed Center

My guest today is Ed Center, and today we’re talking about how power shows up while parenting teens.   Ed kicks off our conversation sharing how his childhood and parenting experience led him to finding Positive Discipline, and how & where cultural wisdom and cultural trauma affect our parenting. Ed and I talk about how hard it is to pause and access our Positive Discipline tools in the moment when you are pissed, and why those moments & gaps are so important. Ed brings it back to Alfred Adler’

Jan 8, 2024 • 52:36

Eps 450: "Warming up" for the twists and turns of parenting teens

Eps 450: "Warming up" for the twists and turns of parenting teens

You never know what is going to unfold while parenting teenagers... Listen to this podcast and consider how you can practice "warming up" to be ready to be your best self for the challenges that show up! Find show notes and more info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-450-Warming-up-for-the-twists-turns-parenting-teens/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 4, 2024 • 31:12

Eps 449: Motivating teens with Nataly Kogan

Eps 449: Motivating teens with Nataly Kogan

My guest today is Nataly Kogan, and she’s here to talk about simple practices that can help us move from struggling to thriving.    Nataly starts off today sharing her amazing story as a child immigrant and refugee and how that led her to the work she does today. Nataly and I discuss how we can juggle motivating our teens to be achievers without pushing themselves to burnout. We talk about Nataly’s “Awesome Human Journal,” her TEDx Talk, and how our inner-critics help, or don’t help, our parent

Jan 1, 2024 • 49:15

Eps 448: Practices for tending to ourselves in the new year

Eps 448: Practices for tending to ourselves in the new year

Join me in the final solo show of 2023 in an exploration of how to calibrate ourselves to be with life unfolding. We can't know what lies ahead, but we CAN tend to ourselves in a way that warms us up for the unexpected twists and turns of life, Listen in to learn how. Find full show notes and information about our sponsors at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-448-Practices-for-tending-to-ourselves-new-year/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 28, 2023 • 34:49

Eps 447: Viewing parenting challenges as invitations with Andrea Owen

Eps 447: Viewing parenting challenges as invitations with Andrea Owen

My guest today is Andrea Owen. Andrea and I connect over our love of coaching and keeping things real and authentic (and our matching ‘surrender’ tattoos!). Andrea shares what she’s working on with her own two teenagers right now, and I ask how we can shift our perspective to view parenting challenges as invitations instead of just focusing on problems. We talk about how we can trust that things will work out okay, and Andrea shares what questions she asks people to help them discover their valu

Dec 25, 2023 • 44:37

Eps 446: Bringing boundaries and expectations to life while parenting teens

Eps 446: Bringing boundaries and expectations to life while parenting teens

Join me this week in an exploration of how we have been holding boundaries and expectations and how we can get ever more explicit while communicating the boundaries and expectations with our kids. It's good. And messy. It's all the things and I invite you to jump into the arena with me! You can find more about the show, show notes and information about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-446-Bringing-boundaries-expectations-to-life-while-parenting-teens Learn more about you

Dec 21, 2023 • 42:25

Eps 445: Finding the firmness sweet spot with Julietta Skoog

Eps 445: Finding the firmness sweet spot with Julietta Skoog

My guest today is Julietta Skoog!  My sister from another mister, Julietta, is my colleague at Sproutable, and she’s here today to talk about firmness.  Julietta starts by defining what firmness means (hint: it’s follow through, not being mean!), and we talk about how tone and confidence play into firmness.  We get into “being strict,” taking time for training & giving kids independence, and supporting our teens who need new social experiences.  Julietta shares her wisdom on leaning on relations

Dec 18, 2023 • 47:31

Eps 444: Enhancing Parent-Teen Communication as the Year Ends

Eps 444: Enhancing Parent-Teen Communication as the Year Ends

Join me this week as we get into how communication is looking with our teens and how to be better at listening and creating opportunities for win/wins. Communication is key for nurturing strong relationships - no doubt there are powerful nuggets to take away from this show! Go to https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-444-Enhancing-Parent-Teen-Communication-as-Year-Ends/ for full show notes and information about our sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 14, 2023 • 40:49

Eps 443: Enjoying the holiday season AND our families with Chad Lassiter

Eps 443: Enjoying the holiday season AND our families with Chad Lassiter

My guest today is Chad Dion Lassiter, and he’s here today to talk with me about how the holiday season can be a great time for parents to model the practice of tolerance, empathy and understanding their kids will need to be successful in our multicultural world.  I ask Chad how we can prepare our kids emotionally for messiness with extended family during the holiday season, and he shares ideas on how we handle heavy conversations and how we set the tone of our home. I bring up the trickiness of

Dec 11, 2023 • 47:03

Eps 442: Developing emotional intelligence, parenting, and teens

Eps 442: Developing emotional intelligence, parenting, and teens

This week is the first episode of an end of year wrap up. We are doing an inventory of past, present and future in the context of emotional intelligence development. EQ is EVERYTHING and this week I am not only defining what it is, but also sharing strategies for STRENGTHENING EQ, and how to encourage our teens to do the same. Listen in! Get full show notes and info on sponsors by heading to https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/442-Developing-emotional-intelligence-parenting-teens/ Learn more

Dec 7, 2023 • 36:58

Eps 441: Exploring "sugar dating" with Amy Lang and Christy Keating

Eps 441: Exploring "sugar dating" with Amy Lang and Christy Keating

Join me and my good friends Amy Lang and Christy Keating as we dig into the trend of "sugar dating." Why do we care? Well, this is a growing trend on college campuses and it's important for parents to be informed and able to have conversations with their young adult children. Find more show notes and ad info at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/exploring-sugar-dating-amy-lang-christy-keating/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 4, 2023 • 42:32

Eps 440: Doing our work of  self-regulation

Eps 440: Doing our work of self-regulation

Join me for this week's solo show as we dig into the importance and power of doing our own work around self regulation. The teen years are NO JOKE and if you are parenting an adolescent you KNOW how hard it is to keep yourself calm and centered. I see you! Tune in for this conversation. Find more show notes and learn about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 30, 2023 • 34:16

Eps 439: Parenting ADHD and ODD with Dr. Tasha Brown

Eps 439: Parenting ADHD and ODD with Dr. Tasha Brown

My guest this week is Dr. Tasha Brown, and it is a good one for anyone loving and supporting dysregulated teens!  Dr. Brown starts off today explaining how she found her way to working with children with significant behavioral problems, and I ask about accommodations and if people ever view accommodations as enabling. We get into how to handle low distress tolerance, high reactivity, big emotions, and oppositional defiant disorder in adolescents. I bring up why some kids are more emotional than

Nov 27, 2023 • 55:09

Eps 438: The power of presence while navigating relationships

Eps 438: The power of presence while navigating relationships

Join me this week in an exploration of what it means to be present, and what becomes available in relationships when we choose into that practice. See more show notes at: http://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-438-power-presence-while-navigating-relationship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 23, 2023 • 29:43

Eps 437: Valerie Tih shares how the Enneagram can make us better parents

Eps 437: Valerie Tih shares how the Enneagram can make us better parents

I am so excited to talk to my guest, Valerie Tih, today.   Valerie starts by explaining what Enneagram types are, how Enneagram complements Positive Discipline, & why Enneagram types are useful when it comes to parenting.  Valerie shares a bit about practicing presence and balancing your body, heart, & head.  I ask how we can connect deeper with the teens we have and what to do when your Enneagram type is different from your child’s.  We get into how to expand our relationship with our teen, ho

Nov 20, 2023 • 47:39

Creating a safe space for our teens to individuate

Creating a safe space for our teens to individuate

Join me this week as we dive deeper into what "individuation" really means, and how parents can provide an optimal environment for their teens to move through this very developmentally appropriate process.Get full show notes at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-436-Creating-a-safe-space-for-our-teens-individuate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 16, 2023 • 46:01

Eps 435: Lessons from the woods and troubled teen years with Ciara Fanlo

Eps 435: Lessons from the woods and troubled teen years with Ciara Fanlo

My guest today is Ciara Fanlo, and I loved every minute of our conversation!    Ciara shares a detailed recounting of her own troubled teenage years and personal experiences with wilderness therapy and therapeutic boarding school. We talk about what does work well with wilderness therapy and the challenges of integrating back to real life after treatment. Ciara explains the difference between just functioning versus being emotionally well and resilient. I ask Ciara how she transitioned from the

Nov 13, 2023 • 1:04:28

Eps 434: Navigating challenges while also having faith in our teens

Eps 434: Navigating challenges while also having faith in our teens

This week's solo show is OUT - take some time to listen. I talk about a lot - including my thoughts about my interview with Ian from Monday - and what is on my mind based on the convos I am having with clients. It all keeps coming back to owning our own sh@t. This is the juicy spot. This is where the real transformational space of parenting exists. This is where we get to nurture AND ENVIRONMENT that is safe for our kids to step into. This is where we can start to dismantle the walls that have b

Nov 9, 2023 • 43:44

Being what our 18 year olds need with Ian O’Roarty

Being what our 18 year olds need with Ian O’Roarty

My guest today is my son, Ian O’Roarty, and he’s back to chat with me and dig into all the things happening as he moves through the fall of his senior year and looks ahead at the future.  Ian shares his honest thoughts about turning 18, feeling like he’s wasting time at high school, and applying for college with a coach instead of with a parent. We discuss giving freedom & space to older teens so they can get some practice before they are off on their own. Ian shares what he does & doesn’t like

Nov 6, 2023 • 34:15

Eps 432: Self abandonment, embodiment, and being with life unfolding

Eps 432: Self abandonment, embodiment, and being with life unfolding

Join me this week as I dig deeper into the experience of transition - specifically a reflection of how we HAVE been moving through the transitions of life and ways to do it more intentionally. Find all of the show notes and links mentioned at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-432-Self-abandonment-embodiment-life-unfolding/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 2, 2023 • 36:30

Eps 431:  Finding yourself in the empty nest with Lisa Boate

Eps 431: Finding yourself in the empty nest with Lisa Boate

My guest today is Lisa Boate. Such a great conversation with Lisa Boate on the podcast this week! We get into all the things that come up during empty nest season and the time time leading up to it. I know we have feels about this, friends. Lisa and I go there - AND we cover what it means to come back to ourselves so as to embrace what lies ahead from a place of empowerment and possibility. Check it out! Takeaways from the show Finding purpose and passion after children leave home Parenting,

Oct 30, 2023 • 49:38

Eps 430: Reframing the pain points of raising teens

Eps 430: Reframing the pain points of raising teens

Join me this week and explore shifting our focus from our teens behavior to what the actual pain points are for us (parents) as we witness them moving through hard things. Find the full show notes at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-430-reframing-the-pain-points-of-raising-teens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 26, 2023 • 27:52

Eps 429: Finding joy and courage in parenting with Holly Swenson

Eps 429: Finding joy and courage in parenting with Holly Swenson

My guest today is Holly Swenson. Holly shares with us the framework from her book Stop, Drop, Grow, and Glow, helping parents assess their current state, drop any negative influences, and grow into their best selves. She encourages parents to take a deeper dive into their personal wellness journey by assessing their priorities, reflecting on their experiences, and dropping any trauma or drama that may be holding them back. Finally, she offers tips for parents struggling with losing themselves i

Oct 23, 2023 • 33:38

Eps 428: Considering the power of perception

Eps 428: Considering the power of perception

Excited to be sharing this week's solo show all about the POWER OF PERCEPTION. This is HUGE when we are trying to make sense of what is happening with our teens. I take the listeners into some thoughts around our kids beliefs and decision making in the context of school and academics. I am so excited to hear about what you think! Find the full show notes at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-428-Considering-the-power-of-perception Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc

Oct 19, 2023 • 27:07

Understanding sensory processing & neurodiversity with Natasha Nelsen

Understanding sensory processing & neurodiversity with Natasha Nelsen

My guest today is Natasha Nelsen and I am so honored to be in conversation with her today. Natasha breaks down sensory processing disorder, ADHD and other neurodiversity in adolescents and adults. She talks about how parents can support teens during this time of sensory overload, sensory seeking behavior, and executive function challenges. Natasha’s support & educational opportunities for black neurodiverse families and her deep understanding of sensory needs offers insights and understanding fo

Oct 16, 2023 • 1:00:43

Eps 426: Cultivating Your Observer: Navigating Tough Conversations with Teens

Eps 426: Cultivating Your Observer: Navigating Tough Conversations with Teens

The art of parenting is a constantly evolving journey filled with challenges, and one of the most important aspects is maintaining open and honest communication with your children. Recently, I stumbled upon a thought-provoking discussion on a podcast that delved into this very subject. Dax Shepard was interviewing Kerry Washington, and their conversation veered into the realm of parenting, children, and a profound question: "What if your teen came to you and confessed to trying a substance last

Oct 14, 2023 • 36:01

Eps 425: Setting boundaries around teen substance abuse with Brenda Zane

Eps 425: Setting boundaries around teen substance abuse with Brenda Zane

Brenda Zane is back this week!  She was on this spring talking about how to be with teen substance abuse. We had SUCH an amazing response to that conversation that Brenda and I thought it would be helpful to have her back to talk about “what do you do” for specific scenarios around our teens and substances that leave us feeling in the dark. Today we discuss how to set healthy boundaries around teen substance abuse while still maintaining a connected relationship with our teens. Takeaway

Oct 9, 2023 • 1:19:16

Eps 424: When it feels like your teen is holding you hostage

Eps 424: When it feels like your teen is holding you hostage

You have a great relationship with your teen and they are STILL getting into ALL the mischeif? You aren't alone. This episode I am going to tease this apart and remind you what the most important thing to consider is. Find full show notes at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-424-when-it-feels-like-your-teen-is-holding-you-hostage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 5, 2023 • 56:31

Eps 423: Understanding and processing our teens emotions with Alyssa Campbell

Eps 423: Understanding and processing our teens emotions with Alyssa Campbell

Alyssa Campbell is back this week!   I am thrilled to have Alyssa here to chat about her new book, “Little People, Big Emotions” and her Collaborative Emotion Processing method. Alyssa explains what “safe to feel” means, how we can figure out which emotions in our kids make us uncomfortable & why, and explains that our adolescents have completely different tools & experiences than we did. I ask Alyssa how considering long-term goals for our teens can help our relationship, and we dig into why h

Oct 2, 2023 • 55:25

Making Sense of our Teens Behavior

Making Sense of our Teens Behavior

Join me for this solo episode where I reflect on how our teens behavior is the response to how they are experiencing belonging and significance, as well as the ways OUR reaction to their brain development matters.You can find full show notes at: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 28, 2023 • 37:12

Best practices in the college application process with Janae Young

Best practices in the college application process with Janae Young

My guest this week is Janae Young, and I’m so excited that she’s here to share her wisdom as a college admissions coach with us.  Janae shares why she’s so passionate about college admissions, and we talk about what the admissions process looks like now, including what the common application system is. Janae shares what’s challenging about college application essays for adolescents, tips to help, and her two archetype essay writers. I ask Janae what best practices are for parents who are helping

Sep 25, 2023 • 54:14

Eps 420: Encouragement, Motivation and our Teens Armor

Eps 420: Encouragement, Motivation and our Teens Armor

Join me today as I explore what motivates our teens, parenting that gets in the way, and how to dismantle the armor they create over time. It's a brand new solos show! See full show notes at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-420:-Encouragement-Motivation-Teens-Armor/ Find info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/teens/sponsors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 21, 2023 • 28:12

Eps 419: Turning Teens “Failures” into Character-Building Moments with Michelle Icard

Eps 419: Turning Teens “Failures” into Character-Building Moments with Michelle Icard

I’m so excited that Michelle Icard is back today to chat about her newest book: 8 Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success.   Michelle shares with me how parents can best support their adolescents through setbacks and why we can’t swoop in to fix everything for them.  She explains her three steps to take when dealing with a problem: contain, resolve, & evolve, and we touch on where consequences show up.  Kids are always going to make more mistakes, and it’s critical that we allow children to le

Sep 18, 2023 • 39:01

Eps 418: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Nine

Eps 418: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Nine

Join me in chapter NINE of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Get the full show notes and find out more about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-418-joyful-courage-book-chapter-nine/. Get the book and the companion guide at https://www.besproutable.com/joyful-courage-calming-the-drama-and-taking

Sep 14, 2023 • 42:32

Eps 417: Back-to-school conscious parenting with Sapna Rad

Eps 417: Back-to-school conscious parenting with Sapna Rad

My guest today is Sapna Rad, and we’re getting into back-to-school season with teens.  First, Sapna shares about herself & what kicked off her path to conscious parenting. We talk about the shift from our small kiddos wanting to be attached to us 24/7 to the teen years when they start individuating and lean away. Sapna helps me define what conscious parenting is and we discuss how that complements Positive Discipline.   I ask Sapna what parents need to remember as kids head back to the classro

Sep 11, 2023 • 53:19

Eps 416: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Eight

Eps 416: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Eight

Join me in chapter eight of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 7, 2023 • 44:56

Eps 415: Navigating sibling dynamics with Erica Whitfield

Eps 415: Navigating sibling dynamics with Erica Whitfield

My guest today is Erica Whitfield.   I don’t have many episodes about sibling dynamics, so I’m very excited to have Erica here to dig into scapegoated siblings. Erica explains what exactly a scapegoated sibling is and why some kiddos may feel disconnected from their parents. We get into other roles that siblings may fall into and how we, as parents, can make sure we’re there to hold & support all of our kids. Erica talks about how past trauma can affect our parentings and how we can recognize i

Sep 4, 2023 • 41:08

Eps 414: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Seven

Eps 414: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Seven

Join me in chapter seven of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 31, 2023 • 37:31

Eps 413: Nonviolent communication with Dr. Matthew Lederman

Eps 413: Nonviolent communication with Dr. Matthew Lederman

My guest today is Dr. Matthew Lederman, and he’s here today to talk about connection and nonviolent communication.   Dr. Lederman explains what nonviolent communication really means and what being resourced looks like.  We talk about how so much plays into communication, including your intention & tone.  He shares common unmet needs in children: autonomy, wanting to be heard, and knowing that their needs matter.  Dr. Lederman shares his tip for staying connected with his kids when he’s triggere

Aug 28, 2023 • 52:20

Eps 412: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Six

Eps 412: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Six

Join me in chapter six of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 24, 2023 • 33:35

Eps 411: Adulting update with my girl Rowan

Eps 411: Adulting update with my girl Rowan

I’m so excited about my guest today, Rowan O’Roarty, my daughter!   Rowan is back and shares updates on what’s been going on since last time she was on, like working as an esthetician and moving out & living on her own. We talk about how often we check-in with each other, how Rowan’s anxiety & depression are showing up recently, and how she manages them. She shares her thoughts on how parents can best support their adolescents and young adults when they’re struggling with depression. Rowan ends

Aug 21, 2023 • 38:58

Eps 410: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Five

Eps 410: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Five

Join me in chapter five of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. For more show notes and info on our advertisers, go to https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-five Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 17, 2023 • 33:03

Eps 409: Reimagining the school experience with Dr. Kristan Rodriguez

Eps 409: Reimagining the school experience with Dr. Kristan Rodriguez

My guest today is Dr. Kristan Rodriguez.   Dr. Rodriguez shares a bit about her background in education & parenting and how that drives her to work on transforming education. We touch on many different methodologies: world schooling, homeschooling, unschooling, and IB & AP programs. Dr. Rodriguez shares some things that need to be taught aside from academics like financial literacy, art & music, and entrepreneurial skills. I ask if she sees that schools are willing to make changes and try less

Aug 14, 2023 • 50:04

Eps 408: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Four

Eps 408: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Four

Join me in Chapter Four of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Get the full show notes and find out more about our sponsors by visiting our website: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-four/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 10, 2023 • 32:43

Eps 407: Raising strong-willed children with Wendy Snyder

Eps 407: Raising strong-willed children with Wendy Snyder

My guest today is Wendy Snyder. I’m so excited to have her here because our stories are so similar, especially the “early-years overwhelm,” leading us to find something that does work.  Wendy shares her background and what “raising strong-willed children with integrity” means to her. We agree on so much around kids being our teachers and the importance of childrens’ dignity. Wendy and I talk about what happens when we can start letting go of expectations and focus on creating the best environme

Aug 7, 2023 • 46:01

Eps 406: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Three

Eps 406: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Three

Join me in Chapter Three of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out.Find out more and learn about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-three/Learn more about your ad choices - visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 3, 2023 • 43:45

The Parallel Parenting Process with Krissy Pozatek

The Parallel Parenting Process with Krissy Pozatek

My guest today is Krissy Pozatek, and she’s here to teach us all about her parallel process method of parenting.  Krissy starts by sharing how she found herself working with teens in the woods. I ask Krissy how parents decide on wilderness therapy and what it’s really like there. Next, we get into what Krissy’s four foundational principles of parallel process are, including what the adults’ roles are, valuing emotions, keeping & holding boundaries for safety, and how much struggle we allow for o

Jul 31, 2023 • 50:05

Eps 404: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Two

Eps 404: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter Two

Join me in Chapter Two of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Find out more and learn about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-two/ Learn more about your ad choices - visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 27, 2023 • 48:14

Eps 403: Hunter Clarke Fields and the daily practice of raising good humans

Eps 403: Hunter Clarke Fields and the daily practice of raising good humans

My guest this week is friend of the podcast, Hunter Clarke Fields. Hunter and I discuss her new book, raising teens, and how to lean into more presence and less action. This is a simple yet profound shift and makes such a profound impact on our relationships with our teens. Read the show notes and get the resources mentioned at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-403-Hunter-Clarke-Fields-practice-raising-good-humans/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 24, 2023 • 42:51

Eps 402: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter One

Eps 402: Joyful Courage Book Club - Chapter One

Join me in Chapter One of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out. Find more info and links to sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-one/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 20, 2023 • 26:05

Eps 401: When therapy isn’t working for your child with Dianne Kosto

Eps 401: When therapy isn’t working for your child with Dianne Kosto

My guest today is Dianne Kosto.   Dianne starts off by introducing herself and explaining what neurofeedback is, who it’s for, and what benefits people see. We dig into when talk therapy isn’t working for your kid, finding the right fit, and the benefits of measurable results. I ask Dianne how personality, temperament, environment, and buy-in play roles in neurofeedback, and we wrap up with some of Dianne’s biggest success stories. Takeaways from the show What is neurofeedback?  Benefits of

Jul 17, 2023 • 43:27

Eps 400: Joyful Courage Book Club - The Intro

Eps 400: Joyful Courage Book Club - The Intro

Join me in reading Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I've learned during the wild years since it came out. Full show notes and sponsor info at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Joyful-Courage-Book-Club-Intro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 13, 2023 • 30:02

Making small changes for your health with Jeremy Grater and Zack Tucker

Making small changes for your health with Jeremy Grater and Zack Tucker

My guests today are Jeremy Grater and Zach Tucker, and they’re sharing tons of info and tips for making small changes for our health and well-being.  First, Jeremy & Zach share how they kicked off their podcast, The Fit Mess, then offer tips on how to successfully make changes as well as their insight about what mindsets get in people’s way. We get into moving from negative thoughts about ourselves towards self-love and self-acceptance. I ask about diet culture and how to talk about bodies and f

Jul 10, 2023 • 58:07

Eps 398: SOLO - The difference between enabling vs empowering our teens

Eps 398: SOLO - The difference between enabling vs empowering our teens

This week my solo show teases apart empowering vs enabling parenting and really asks listeners to sit with the question of which type of parenting they have been stepping into. To see all the show notes go to https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/398-difference-between-enabling-vs-empowering-teens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 6, 2023 • 29:46

Eps 397: Parenting teens while staying connected with Andee Martineau

Eps 397: Parenting teens while staying connected with Andee Martineau

My guest today is Andee Martineau.   We kick our conversation off today with Andee sharing how a “baby powder blizzard” completely shifted her parenting style from correction to connection. Andee and I talk about how cool it is to watch your teens carve out their own path and how we show up for our kids. Andee shares her STEAR framework for compassionate & kind self-reflection as well as tips for broadening your emotional vocabulary. We connect over how hard & relentless it can feel when you’re

Jul 3, 2023 • 50:05

396: SOLO - 10 Tips for Parenting Teens in 2023

396: SOLO - 10 Tips for Parenting Teens in 2023

Join me today as I play with AI and tease apart the top 10 tips for parenting teens according to Chat GPT. Crazy thing is... the tips are pretty spot on!! It's a good time and useful info - check it out! Find the full show notes at: www.besproutable.com/podcasts/10-Tips-Parenting-Teens-2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 29, 2023 • 40:55

Eps 395: Gender magic with Rae McDaniel

Eps 395: Gender magic with Rae McDaniel

My guest today is Rae McDaniel.   Rae is back to share about their new book, Gender Magic. They share what hurdles they see in advocacy for trans & non-binary people like vocal habits and making assumptions. We talk about how transitioning isn’t the point, but living authentically, shamelessly, and joyfully is. I ask Rae to share more about their personal experience as a nonbinary person, and they tell me about dismantling the idea that being transgender is a burden to others. We get into gende

Jun 26, 2023 • 49:50

Eps 394: SOLO SHOW  Making room for our older teens to practice independence

Eps 394: SOLO SHOW Making room for our older teens to practice independence

Showing up today to tease apart an email from a mama of an older teen. How do we maintain relationship, AND expectations, AND room for independence and practice with our older teens? I dig into all of it in this week's solo show. Check it out! Full show notes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 22, 2023 • 36:02

Eps 393: College financial planning with Ann Garcia

Eps 393: College financial planning with Ann Garcia

My guest today is Ann Garcia, and this episode is full of resources & advice you can use right now.  Ann is an expert on paying for college and has two kids in college right now, so she really gets it. Ann starts with an explanation of why some college educations are so expensive, what other options are available, and why you need to define your budget for college. Ann shares tips for staying focused on goals & how to talk to your teen about college. Ann tells me when it could be right to take

Jun 19, 2023 • 47:26

SOLO - The importance of holding our teens as capable

SOLO - The importance of holding our teens as capable

Join me this week as I dig into the ways that our human-ness can get the better of us, even when we are the parenting coach!! I share about a recent interaction that I didn't love with. my own son, why it is hard to hold our teens in their light, and how to do better.See full show notes at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-392-SOLO -importance-holding-teens-capable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 14, 2023 • 35:45

Eps 391: Navigating school boards with AJ Crabill

Eps 391: Navigating school boards with AJ Crabill

My guest today is AJ Crabill.   AJ and I have a great conversation this week about school boards and the education system. AJ explains why adults are hesitant & sometimes resistant to changing the way schools operate and why we need to teach resilience (not just make things easier for our kids). AJ shares exactly what student-led restorative practices are and the benefits that come with them. I love hearing all the overlap between AJ’s work and Positive Discipline: the sense of belonging, class

Jun 12, 2023 • 57:29

Eps 390: SOLO SHOW - 3 myths of tough love and what teens actually need

Eps 390: SOLO SHOW - 3 myths of tough love and what teens actually need

Parents are often drawn to "do something" when their kids are making mistakes - but tough love (and by tough love I mean punitive consequences and punishment - taking things away, grounding our kids, isolation, yelling, blaming, silent treatments) doesn't typically deliver what you may intend for it to deliver. There is another way to frame it, another way to think about what our teens need to thrive into young adulthood. Listen in as I tease it apart during today's solo show! Find out more at

Jun 8, 2023 • 27:28

Eps 389: Motivational Interviewing with Dr. Emily Kline

Eps 389: Motivational Interviewing with Dr. Emily Kline

My guest today is Dr. Emily Kline.  Dr. Kline shares all kinds of useful information this week around why and how we can communicate with our adolescents with the best results. We touch on relinquishing control and asking curiosity questions, then we dig in deep into what motivational interviewing is and why it’s so helpful. I ask Dr. Kline what motivational interviewing might look like when a teenager is using marijuana, and we agree that the best tool we have to influence our adolescents is r

Jun 5, 2023 • 52:21

Eps 388: Solo Show - 4 steps for being the support your teen needs

Eps 388: Solo Show - 4 steps for being the support your teen needs

This week's solo shows explores the iceberg and the belief behind our teens behavior in a new way. We have been here before and I am bringing you back to get ever better and teasing apart what it is your teen needs, and how you a can meet them there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 1, 2023 • 29:51

Supporting atypical teens with Dr. Norrine Russell

Supporting atypical teens with Dr. Norrine Russell

I’m really excited to introduce Dr. Norrine Russell to you all.  Dr. Russell has truly walked the walk with her own complex children which has changed her parenting & professional paths. Dr. Russell shares what she loves about her work, what hurdles complex kids face in traditional schooling, and what parents can do to help support their atypical kids as learners. She talks on why teens need to figure out what they’re good at and how important it is to tell your teens how much you love them and

May 26, 2023 • 57:57

Eps 386: Limiting beliefs  and our two selves

Eps 386: Limiting beliefs and our two selves

Another intimate exploration of what it means to be human WHILE raising teenagers. We are deep diving (yet again) into our own stuff. This week focusing on the limiting beliefs we may be holding that keeps our kids small, and the war between our two selves. Join me for some personal growth and discovery! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 2023 • 35:34

Eps 385: School avoidance with Jayne Demsky

Eps 385: School avoidance with Jayne Demsky

I am so glad that you are back with me and my amazing guest, Jayne Demsky.   So many of you have talked to me about school avoidance and how to navigate this, and we’re digging in deep this week! The good thing - there is hope! Jayne shares her story & why she’s so passionate about school avoidance, and why we can’t just “make them go.” Jayne talks about different therapy options like CBT & exposure therapy, the school’s role, underlying causes, & advocating for your child. We discuss how hard

May 22, 2023 • 58:24

Eps 384: Solo Show - Communication and Staying OFF the Emotional Freight Train

Eps 384: Solo Show - Communication and Staying OFF the Emotional Freight Train

The Emotional Freight Train is REAL and can take us on wild rides - especially during the teen years, There is no better way to shut down communication with a young person than to come at them with all the emotion of the EFT. Listen to this week's solo show for solidarity, communication skills, and tips for staying off that train! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 18, 2023 • 32:04

A Radical Awakening with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

A Radical Awakening with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

My guest this week is Dr. Shefali Tsabary, and we’re having a special conversation to celebrate Mother’s Day!Dr. Shefali tells me all about writing her book, “A Radical Awakening: Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free” and how her divorce freed her up for a phenomenal, liberating transformation. Dr. Shefali shares about how we’re conditioned and indoctrinated from childhood and how women can lead the way away from that. We dig into owning your part of the dynamic in different relat

May 14, 2023 • 31:25

Eps 382: Solo Show - Meeting and creating life as it unfolds

Eps 382: Solo Show - Meeting and creating life as it unfolds

Today is a solo show! Coming out you with a deep dive into the practice of being with what the universe throws your way. I share my own experience of this work and offer listeners tools and tips for personal growth and you move through what's hard. For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 11, 2023 • 41:15

Eps 381: Self-care to Empower with Nikita Burks-Hale

Eps 381: Self-care to Empower with Nikita Burks-Hale

My guest today is Nikita Burks-Hale.   Listen in on this fascinating conversation with Nikita! She tells me a bit about her company, Headphones and Crayons, and how she integrates voice and color. We talk about how voice isn’t just what you’re saying, but your vibe and energy, too. Nikita shares about how she uses coloring to amplify voice & calm at home, and how we need home to be a safe-space for kids to express themselves. Nikita shares a dark moment that and how that sparked her path to Hea

May 8, 2023 • 47:31

The art of surrender while parenting teens

The art of surrender while parenting teens

Today is a solo show. I explore the practice of surrender, what it means to me, and how it fosters more room for our teens to show up as their fullest selves.Takeaways include: Gratitude for the journey Surrender as being with life as it unfolds What it means to let go of our narrative Trusting our teens are growing through what they're going through Letting our kids take the lead For more show notes, including full transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg

May 4, 2023 • 30:12

Eps 379: Holistic ADHD tools for kids with Dana Kay

Eps 379: Holistic ADHD tools for kids with Dana Kay

My guest today is Dana Kay, a board-certified holistic health and nutrition practitioner, best-selling author, and the CEO & founder of the ADHD Thrive Institute.  Dana shares about her son’s ADHD diagnosis and how it launched her business & book, “Thriving with ADHD.” Dana talks about her ADHD Thrive Method 4 Kids & reducing inflammation (which is beneficial for everyone, not just those with ADHD). She touches on the gut-brain connection, antibiotics, & your immune syst

May 1, 2023 • 50:12

Revisiting Eps 323: Alternatives to Punishment Part 6

Revisiting Eps 323: Alternatives to Punishment Part 6

This week’s show is a solo show- the fifth of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. Takeaways include: Navigating big behavior Searching for support The process of getting help for Rowan Holding energy of confident authority Novelty seeking Brain science behind risk taking Staying curious, connected, and calm Prioritizing taking care of yourself For more notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

Apr 25, 2023 • 36:10

Talking to Brenda Zane About How to Be with Teen Substance Use

Talking to Brenda Zane About How to Be with Teen Substance Use

My guest today is Brenda Zane, and we are digging deep into teen substance abuse. Brenda shares about her son’s drug misuse & what got her started in this work. We talk about teens who are exploring risky behavior and teens who are using drugs regularly/daily. Brenda shares tips for having uncomfortable (and ongoing) conversations about drug use with your adolescent and how to come from a place of curiosity (not judgment). We talk about why the confrontational, punitive approach does not work &

Apr 24, 2023 • 59:43

Revisiting Eps 322: Alternatives to Punishment Part 5

Revisiting Eps 322: Alternatives to Punishment Part 5

This week’s show is a solo show- the fifth of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. Creating space for your teens Raising capable kids Baggage from relationship with your parents Working towards doing better for your kids Being curious and neutral Unconditional love does not equal being permissive Power struggle when saying no Treating teens with dignity and respect Holding an encouraging container For more notes, including transcripts, visit our

Apr 20, 2023 • 26:28

Eps 377: Deepening our Curiosity with Nancy Albright

Eps 377: Deepening our Curiosity with Nancy Albright

My guest this week is Nancy Albright, a friend and fellow Positive Discipline Parent Educator.   Nancy and I go way back, and I’m thrilled to chat with her today about deepening our curiosity with our teens. She tells me about her new book, “My Teen and me: 20 meaningful questions to ease your frustration, build trust, communicate, and connect with your teen.” We talk about how to stay curious with love & presence, and how to pull back on your fear & worries. We cover the importance of pausing

Apr 17, 2023 • 40:16

Revisiting 321: Alternatives to Punishment Part 4

Revisiting 321: Alternatives to Punishment Part 4

This week’s show is a solo show- the fourth of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. Takeaways from the show Teen years are messy Reframing trust Mistakes as opportunities to learn Reviewing kind and firm parenting Brain development in adolescence Exploring feelings from when you were a teen Unwanted results of punishment Showing up with curiosity Opportunities to learn important life skills For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our w

Apr 13, 2023 • 27:37

Eps 376: The legalities of co-parenting teens with Sabrina Shaheen Cronin

Eps 376: The legalities of co-parenting teens with Sabrina Shaheen Cronin

My guest today is Sabrina Shaheen Cronin, and we’re digging deep into co-parenting teens.  Sabrina shares her wisdom and expertise on all-things related to divorce, custody, co-parenting, & step families. We get into the legalities of co-parenting & custody agreements and how to move forward while keeping the well-being of your child(ren) at the forefront. Sabrina and I talk about looking at divorce as an opportunity for personal growth (which can be so hard) and how co-parenting is not a one-s

Apr 10, 2023 • 51:37

Revisiting Eps 320: Alternatives to Punishment Part 3

Revisiting Eps 320: Alternatives to Punishment Part 3

This week’s show is a solo show- the third of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. We get into kindness and firmness and explore an experiential activity that invites listeners into their teen's shoes. See more shownotes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/alternatives-to-punishment-part-3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 6, 2023 • 45:43

Eps 375: Intentional communication with Cynthia Kane

Eps 375: Intentional communication with Cynthia Kane

My guest today is Cynthia Kane.  This week is all about communication! Cynthia shares all kinds of advice and help for intentional communication including: the four pillars of right speech and accessing the space (or the pause) to choose how to engage. We pull out some metaphors - why the teen years are a river & behavior as an iceberg. Cynthia and I talk on the importance of authenticity with your teen, what authenticity means, & how to get better at it. Cynthia ends by sharing

Apr 3, 2023 • 52:14

Revisiting Eps 319: ALTERNATIVES TO PUNISHMENT PART 2

Revisiting Eps 319: ALTERNATIVES TO PUNISHMENT PART 2

This week’s show is a solo show- the second of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. Takeaways from the show Reviewing the “why” of this series Natural consequences Personal awareness Nurturing relationship Becoming your most conscious self Getting curious around what’s behind behavior Powerful opportunities to grow relationship  Having no agenda but curiosity Punishment is a short term tool For show notes, including transcripts, visit our websit

Mar 30, 2023 • 30:28

Eps 374: Parental anxiety with Dr. Dana Dorfman

Eps 374: Parental anxiety with Dr. Dana Dorfman

Dr. Dana Dorfman is here today, and we’re talking all about parental anxiety. We talk on how it’s ingrained in us that education, achievement, and productivity are so important, which makes us anxious parents. We talk about how adolescents are dealing with a lot of stuff we didn’t - active shooter drills, the pandemic, constant social media & news. The pressure on our teens is real and accelerated, but there’s also some hope & inspiration there. Dr. Dorfman shares about her 8 parent anxiety reac

Mar 27, 2023 • 58:16

Revisiting Eps 318: Alternatives to Punishment Part 1

Revisiting Eps 318: Alternatives to Punishment Part 1

Excited to be revisiting this limited series on alternatives to punishment! Part one explores allow for things to unfold for our teens, validating feelings and offering support if needed/asked for. See full show notes at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/alternatives-to-punishment-part-1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 23, 2023 • 30:22

Eps 373: The Parent Compass through the teen years with Cindy Muchnick

Eps 373: The Parent Compass through the teen years with Cindy Muchnick

My guest today is Cindy Muchnick.    Listen in this week as Cindy and I talk about “The Parent Compass” book & movement, a guide for parents on how to pull back & let go through the teen years. Moving from managing everything for your little kids to pulling back & giving your teens the reins can be really hard, but we have to do it. Cindy shares some tips for inviting feedback from your adolescent and why, sometimes, we do want our kids to struggle. I ask Cindy about how to talk to teens and sta

Mar 20, 2023 • 53:11

EPS 372: SOLO What it means to pass on the energetic responsibility to our teens

EPS 372: SOLO What it means to pass on the energetic responsibility to our teens

Today's podcast is a solo show with your host, Casey O'Roarty. Today the content comes straight from the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens Facebook group. I talk a lot with my clients and here on the pod about "energetic responsibility" and a mama posted a question asking me to go deeper. The result is this podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 2023 • 37:12

EPS 372: SOLO What it means to pass on the energetic responsibility to our teens

EPS 372: SOLO What it means to pass on the energetic responsibility to our teens

Today the content comes straight from the Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens FB group. I talk a lot with my clients and here on the pod about "energetic responsibility" and a mama posted a question asking me to go deeper. The result is this podcast!

Mar 16, 2023 • 33:26

EPS 371: Mutual respect with DJ Johnson

EPS 371: Mutual respect with DJ Johnson

My guest today is someone who is a friend to the JC pod, DeAntwann “DJ” Johnson.   This episode is all about mutual respect. Casey and DJ start by talking about how the idea of respect has changed from the 1950’s to today, and how kids & teens today are asking to & expecting to be respected.  We teach respect by being respectful. They dig into whether or not kids need to earn their dignity, our respect, and our love (spoiler: they don’t).  DJ points out that the way we treat our children at home

Mar 13, 2023 • 58:35

Eps 371: Mutual respect with DJ Johnson

Eps 371: Mutual respect with DJ Johnson

My guest today is someone who is a friend to the JC pod, DeAntwann “DJ” Johnson. This episode is all about mutual respect. Casey and DJ start by talking about how the idea of respect has changed from the 1950’s to today, and how kids & teens today are asking to & expecting to be respected. We teach respect by being respectful. They dig into whether or not kids need to earn their dignity, our respect, and our love (spoiler: they don’t). DJ points out that the way we treat our children at home is

Mar 13, 2023 • 1:03:19

Eps 370: SOLO SHOW Deep diving into encouragement

Eps 370: SOLO SHOW Deep diving into encouragement

It's you and me, babe! You. And. Me. Another solo show for diving into work of parenting teens and rolling around in it together. Today I am talking about how encouragement can be a tool for relationship, skill building and showing up as our best. I share language and thoughts about how to uplevel the encouragement in YOUR home so that your teens are more likely to step into cooperation and collaboration.

Mar 9, 2023 • 36:18

Eps 370: SOLO SHOW Deep diving into encouragement

Eps 370: SOLO SHOW Deep diving into encouragement

This week's show is a solo show with your host, Casey O'Roarty.It's you and me, babe! You. And. Me. Another solo show for diving into work of parenting teens and rolling around in it together. Today I am talking about how encouragement can be a tool for relationship, skill building and showing up as our best. I share language and thoughts about how to uplevel the encouragement in YOUR home so that your teens are more likely to step into cooperation and collaboration. Learn more about yo

Mar 9, 2023 • 43:02

SOLO SHOW: Holding the container for our teens to practice life skills

SOLO SHOW: Holding the container for our teens to practice life skills

This week's episode is a solo show with your host, Casey O'Roarty.Join me during this solo show as I talk about "holding the container" for our teens to move through their experiences and practice life skills. Easier said than done. I walk us thought what this looks like in the context of sibling relationships, substance experimenting, school, chores and more - check it out and let me know what you think!Get more show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-367-solo-holding-container-teens-li

Mar 9, 2023 • 35:38

Eps 369: Rachel Macy Stafford teaches us how to Soul Shift

Eps 369: Rachel Macy Stafford teaches us how to Soul Shift

My guest today is Rachel Macy Stafford.    Rachel joins Casey today to share about her new book, “Soul Shift,” and how to find joy and get back to yourself.  Rachel shares the painful truth that started her journey.  Casey and Rachel connect over the challenges that raising teens can bring, and how we can be present, relationship-focused, and connected with them during the tough times.  Rachel shares a beautiful story about how being human and vulnerable with your teens allows them to be authent

Mar 6, 2023 • 40:16

Eps 369: Rachel Macy Stafford teaches us how to Soul Shift

Eps 369: Rachel Macy Stafford teaches us how to Soul Shift

My guest today is Rachel Macy Stafford.    Rachel joins Casey today to share about her new book, “Soul Shift,” and how to find joy and get back to yourself. Rachel shares the painful truth that started her journey. Casey and Rachel connect over the challenges that raising teens can bring, and how we can be present, relationship-focused, and connected with them during the tough times. Rachel shares a beautiful story about how being human and vulnerable with your teens allows them to be authentic

Mar 6, 2023 • 45:00

Eps 342: Conscious Parenting with Domari Dickinson

Eps 342: Conscious Parenting with Domari Dickinson

My guest today is Domari Dickenson. Domari shares how she got started on her Conscious Parenting & Positive Discipline journey. They discuss what Conscious Parenting, Positive Parenting, & Gentle Parenting mean and if those are helpful labels. Domari shares her tips for those of us who are transitioning to a different parenting style, including identifying & digging into your own triggers, leading with love & grace, and feeling all of your feelings.  Domari Dickinson is an unschooling mom of fou

Mar 3, 2023 • 49:58

TBT Revisiting Eps 259 SOLO SHOW "Is this Positive Discipline?"

TBT Revisiting Eps 259 SOLO SHOW "Is this Positive Discipline?"

Bringing this show back from the vault to remember how we can get clear if we are responding to our kids in a way that is helpful and guiding them towards life skill building. Listen in as I break down the five criteria for Positive Discipline and how it looks in real life with our kids.  See all the show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/TBT-259-SOLO-Is-this-positive-discipline

Mar 2, 2023 • 35:01

Revisiting Eps 259 SOLO SHOW "Is this Positive Discipline?"

Revisiting Eps 259 SOLO SHOW "Is this Positive Discipline?"

Bringing this show back from the vault to remember how we can get clear if we are responding to our kids in a way that is helpful and guiding them towards life skill building. Listen in as I break down the five criteria for Positive Discipline and how it looks in real life with our kids.  See all the show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/TBT-259-SOLO-Is-this-positive-discipline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 2, 2023 • 43:00

Eps 368: Growing through what we’re going through with Chris Willard

Eps 368: Growing through what we’re going through with Chris Willard

My guest today is Dr. Chris Willard.   Dr. Willard explains how trying to teach mindfulness to teens ended up being a learning opportunity for himself and why he wrote his new book, “How we Grow Through What We Go Through.”  He explains the three types of trauma, then Casey & Chris connect on how much self-work needs to be done to parent teens.  Casey asks what the first steps are for moving through triggers, and Dr. Willard shares how children & teens can be the catalyst for us to do that work.

Feb 27, 2023 • 47:59

EPS 368: Growing through what we’re going through with Chris Willard

EPS 368: Growing through what we’re going through with Chris Willard

My guest today is Dr. Chris Willard.   Dr. Willard explains how trying to teach mindfulness to teens ended up being a learning opportunity for himself and why he wrote his new book, “How we Grow Through What We Go Through.” He explains the three types of trauma, then Casey & Chris connect on how much self-work needs to be done to parent teens. Casey asks what the first steps are for moving through triggers, and Dr. Willard shares how children & teens can be the catalyst for us to do that work. T

Feb 27, 2023 • 52:43

Eps 367: SOLO SHOW Holding the container for our teens to practice life skills

Eps 367: SOLO SHOW Holding the container for our teens to practice life skills

Join me during this solo show as I talk about "holding the container" for our teens to move through their experiences and practice life skills. Easier said than done. I walk us thought what this looks like in the context of sibling relationships, substance experimenting, school, chores and more - check it out and let me know what you think! Get more show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-367-solo-holding-container-teens-life-skills

Feb 23, 2023 • 34:54

Eps 367: SOLO SHOW Holding the container for our teens to practice life skills

Eps 367: SOLO SHOW Holding the container for our teens to practice life skills

Join me during this solo show as I talk about "holding the container" for our teens to move through their experiences and practice life skills. Easier said than done. I walk us thought what this looks like in the context of sibling relationships, substance experimenting, school, chores and more - check it out and let me know what you think! Get more show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-367-solo-holding-container-teens-life-skills Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad

Feb 23, 2023 • 39:38

EPS 366: The Parenting Map with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

EPS 366: The Parenting Map with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

My guest today is Dr. Shefali Tsabary.    Dr. Shefali begins by sharing her journey into motherhood & discovering conscious parenting.  She shares a bit about what her new book, “The Parenting Map” covers.  Casey and Dr. Shefali talk about how challenging it is to look inward and how we work towards growth, not perfection.  They dig into challenging any narratives you may have for your own children and finding your flow.  Casey asks how we can get past the “smoke screen” and dig in deeper into w

Feb 20, 2023 • 54:29

EPS 366: The Parenting Map with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

EPS 366: The Parenting Map with Dr. Shefali Tsabary

My guest today is Dr. Shefali Tsabary.    Dr. Shefali begins by sharing her journey into motherhood & discovering conscious parenting. She shares a bit about what her new book, “The Parenting Map” covers. Casey and Dr. Shefali talk about how challenging it is to look inward and how we work towards growth, not perfection. They dig into challenging any narratives you may have for your own children and finding your flow. Casey asks how we can get past the “smoke screen” and dig in deeper into what’

Feb 20, 2023 • 59:13

Eps 365: SOLO SHOW Unconditionally Loving Our Teens

Eps 365: SOLO SHOW Unconditionally Loving Our Teens

This week I am exploring unconditional love and how./if this is what our teens experience from us. We may SAY that we love them no matter what, but is that the message they are getting? And what does creating a home where love is unconditional offer to our kids? Listen in and let me know what you think! See full show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-365-solo-unconditional-love-teens

Feb 16, 2023 • 33:13

EPS 356: Navigating phones and apps for teens with Titania Jordan

EPS 356: Navigating phones and apps for teens with Titania Jordan

My guest today is Titania Jordan.  Casey and Titania share an engaging, relatable conversation about kids, tweens, teens, and their access to technology & apps. Kids & teens having access to screens can be really convenient, and many of us have brought these tools into our lives. At the same time, they also bring a lot of struggles. Titania shares the importance of modeling healthy use with your own phone. They dig into how to talk to your kids about sexting, nudes, & consent. Casey asks how to

Feb 16, 2023 • 55:58

Eps 365: SOLO SHOW Unconditionally Loving Our Teens

Eps 365: SOLO SHOW Unconditionally Loving Our Teens

This week I am exploring unconditional love and how./if this is what our teens experience from us. We may SAY that we love them no matter what, but is that the message they are getting? And what does creating a home where love is unconditional offer to our kids? Listen in and let me know what you think! See full show notes at www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-365-solo-unconditional-love-teens Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 16, 2023 • 37:57

EPS 364: Online mental health support with Olivia Thompson

EPS 364: Online mental health support with Olivia Thompson

My guest today is Olivia Thompson.    Olivia shares her path to Sesh, a mental health platform for online support groups led by licensed therapists. Olivia shares what she loves about Sesh and tells Casey her thoughts on support groups and connecting with other people who are going through the same things you are. Casey & Olivia talk about the benefits of telehealth. Olivia explains how she was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, her own mental health journey, & strategies that work well for her. C

Feb 13, 2023 • 46:13

EPS 363: SOLO Breaking down growth mindset, optimism, motivation and teens

EPS 363: SOLO Breaking down growth mindset, optimism, motivation and teens

This week I am thrilled to be expanding on a conversation happening in the Living Joyful Courage community around how to support a growth mindset and optimism in our teens. They have a lot going on and are coming of age in a messy world - listen in to this show to hear my take on it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 9, 2023 • 38:00

EPS 362: Global parenting with Hunter Clarke-Fields

EPS 362: Global parenting with Hunter Clarke-Fields

My guest today is Hunter Clarke-Fields.    Back from Abu Dhabi, Casey and Hunter reflect on Parenthood: The Unconference. Hunter shares how she got involved with the conference, and they remember what it was like to visit the UAE (including a trip to a camel festival and being anointed with oils)! They discuss the universality of parenting challenges despite other cultural differences. Casey and Hunter finish by sharing what tools they used to stay confident on a global stage like mindfulness, s

Feb 6, 2023 • 39:53

Eps 361: SOLO Finding our courage to parent our teens differently

Eps 361: SOLO Finding our courage to parent our teens differently

This solo show takes a closer look at how parenting with Positive Discipline does NOT equal avoiding the hard stuff, instead it is about leaning into relationship WHEN the hard stuff shows up. Being brave is something we are invited into over and over again as we parent through the seasons of adolescence. Listen in as I explore what that looks like internally, as well as externally.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 2, 2023 • 40:53

EPS 360: Being in relationship with a narcissist with Stephanie Kriesberg

EPS 360: Being in relationship with a narcissist with Stephanie Kriesberg

My guest today is Dr. Stephanie Kriesberg.    Stephanie starts by explaining what a narcissist is, what they’re driven by, & what that may look like. Stephanie shares what it’s like to be in relationship with a narcissist, how you might feel growing up with a narcissistic parent, and how that ripples out into other relationships. Casey asks for indicators that someone may be a narcissistic parent and what that relationship looks like as an adult. They talk about setting limits & boundaries that

Jan 30, 2023 • 47:32

Eps 359: Encouragement for inviting our teens to contribute

Eps 359: Encouragement for inviting our teens to contribute

A solo show all about how to shift into the "roommate mentality" when inviting our teens to contribute and help out around the house. I know, I know, it can feel really tough to get them up and moving... But I am confident there are some nuggets here in this pod that will help you turn things around. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 26, 2023 • 38:35

EPS 358: Helping teens find their own creative hustle with Olatunde Sobomehin

EPS 358: Helping teens find their own creative hustle with Olatunde Sobomehin

My guest today is Olatunde Sobomehin.     Olatunde Sobomehin shares about his life-changing sabbatical and how that led to him co-authoring the book, “Creative Hustle: Blaze Your Own Path and Make Work That Matters.” Olatunde shares how to name and know your and your teen’s gifts & goals and how principles, people, & practice can help you move from gifts to goals. He shares specific questions to reflect on to discover your gifts and what he sees getting in the way for young people. They dig into

Jan 23, 2023 • 50:38

Eps 357: Radical Moves for Parenting Gen Z

Eps 357: Radical Moves for Parenting Gen Z

Today is a solo show that highlights shifting our thinking about how we are showing up for Gen Z and why this is crucial as we move through the adolescent years with our kids. I share three essential tools for making this shift in a way that strengthens relationship and provides space for our kids to discover who they're meant to be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 19, 2023 • 31:55

EPS 355: ADHD in the adolescent years with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

EPS 355: ADHD in the adolescent years with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

My guest today is Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart.Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart & Casey dig into ADHD in the adolescent years. Parents of teens with ADHD may see dysregulation looking like compulsiveness, messiness, impulsivity, & a lack of motivation. Parents may think that their kids are lazy or lacking willpower, when in reality, their executive functioning skills are truly off balance. Dr. Lockhart & Casey talk about discussing long-term goals with teens, moving backwards from there,

Jan 9, 2023 • 59:09

Eps 354: SOLO - The Power of Community

Eps 354: SOLO - The Power of Community

Today I am on solo to talk about moving into a new year and how community supports us in growing through what we are going through. I am here to speak directly to you, the listener, and hopeful that you feel seen and heard in what I share. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 5, 2023 • 39:03

EPS 353: Sobriety with Casey Davidson

EPS 353: Sobriety with Casey Davidson

My guest today is Casey Davidson.  Casey Davidson shares her path to sobriety and becoming a sober coach. Davidson explains what Dry January is - one of five adults in the US did Dry January last year! Davidson shares which demographics are drinking more & less and how the pandemic ramped up consumption. Casey Davidson shares the effects of alcohol on the body, even for light and moderate drinkers, and some benefits that come with not drinking. They discuss what obstacles can pop up for people

Jan 3, 2023 • 51:58

EPS 352: SOLO - Wrapping up 2022

EPS 352: SOLO - Wrapping up 2022

Join Casey for the final show of 2022! Casey’s solo this episode, recapping and reflecting on the year and welcoming 2023. She revisits her 2022 vision board and some of her favorite episodes & guests from the year. Casey ends the show by leading an end-of-year manifestation ritual. Takeaways from the show: Themes & challenges during the holiday season  Releasing 2022 & welcoming 2023  Favorite Joyful Courage episodes this year  Make a list of the things you did this year  L

Dec 26, 2022 • 34:21

EPS 351: Intergenerational trauma and reparenting with Ivy Kwong

EPS 351: Intergenerational trauma and reparenting with Ivy Kwong

My guest today is Ivy Kwong.    Ivy shares about her journey to become a psychotherapist and how she’s healing her relationship and connecting with her parents. Ivy talks about increasing your capacity for discomfort and staying regulated during conversations. Casey and Ivy dig into genetic & experiential intergenerational trauma and how to start healing by expanding your awareness and reparenting yourself. They talk about knowing your inner-selves at different ages and what brings them out. Cas

Dec 19, 2022 • 49:18

Revisiting Eps 302: Creating tradition and connection with Ericka Souter

Revisiting Eps 302: Creating tradition and connection with Ericka Souter

Happy to have this episode to lean back on as we find ourselves in yet another holiday season! Ericka came on last year and talk to me about expectations, flexibility, and communication with our teens during this somewhat-stressful-but-we-want-everyone-to-be-happy time of year.  The struggle is real, right!? Ericka provides thoughtful ideas around tradition, gratitude and prioritizing OUR happiness during this season. You can find the full show notes for this episode by going to: https://www.be

Dec 15, 2022 • 55:12

EPS 350: Self-care while raising teens with Elise Knox

EPS 350: Self-care while raising teens with Elise Knox

My guest today is Elise Knox. Casey and Elise share thoughts and advice on taking care of ourselves while connecting with our teens. How do we keep it together during the turbulent teenage years? Elise shares how she stays grounded, then Casey and Elise explore what a parent’s role is during the teen years & how parents can define and get their needs met. They discuss how to show up helpfully, not hurtfully, in the most challenging moments, how to build relationship before the teen years, and ho

Dec 12, 2022 • 56:27

EPS 349:  Teaching financial literacy with Jean Chatzky and Kathryn Tuggle

EPS 349: Teaching financial literacy with Jean Chatzky and Kathryn Tuggle

Today's guests are Jean Chatzky and Kathryn Tuggle. Casey, Jean and Kathryn discuss their new book, "How to Money".     Key takeaways from the show: How do young people learn financial literacy like short-term spending and long-term planning?  What are families missing when they teach their children about money?  Tracking spending, budgeting, & apps  What resources can parents use to educate themselves to better educate their kids about finances?  When to start teaching kids/teens about mon

Dec 5, 2022 • 53:24

EPS 348: How to be an adult with Julie Lythcott-Haims

EPS 348: How to be an adult with Julie Lythcott-Haims

My guest today is Julie Lythcott-Haims.  Casey and Julie chat about Julie’s newest book, “Your Turn: How to Be an Adult,” including what topics are covered, reactions from young adults & parents, and what Julie was hoping for while she wrote this book. They talk on how young adults learn to “fend for themselves” and find self-acceptance. Casey and Julie dig into how and when young adults claim their own narratives and the challenges of when that’s different from your vision for them. They get in

Nov 28, 2022 • 49:54

EPS 347: Supporting kids through divorce with Alicia Robertson

EPS 347: Supporting kids through divorce with Alicia Robertson

My guest today is Alicia Robertson. Casey and Alicia discuss how to keep and grow your self-worth, healthy boundaries, communication, and confidence during and after divorce. Alicia advises on what to share with kids about your divorce and how to give them (and yourself) safety, security, and stability during this complex, emotional time. Casey and Alicia talk custody agreements, single parenting, co-parenting challenges, and tweens and teens having a parental preference. They wrap up by digging

Nov 21, 2022 • 48:27

Revisiting Eps 183: Your kids are not manipulating you

Revisiting Eps 183: Your kids are not manipulating you

Another throwback!! Love going into the vault to revisit some of the Joyful Courage solo shows of the past. This one is especialy sweet. Our teens are doing the best they can with the tools they have in the moment. They are responding to the external events and experineces around them. Listen in as I guide listeners through an experiential activity that highlights how the WAY we communicate influences how our kids are feeling, thinking and deciding to do. You're kids are not manipulating you.

Nov 16, 2022 • 35:07

EPS 346: Raising Emotionally Healthy Men with Todd Adams

EPS 346: Raising Emotionally Healthy Men with Todd Adams

My guest today is Todd Adams. Todd and Casey talk about raising young, straight, cis-gendered, white men and how to balance teaching them about the responsibility that comes with their privilege without over-burdening them. They discuss what it means to “be a man” and how to nurture a young man’s emotional intelligence & the importance of modeling. Todd shares how important it is for parents to be self-aware, curious, and willing to learn. He gives strategies for connecting with and calling-in t

Nov 14, 2022 • 48:52

EPS 345: Tough Conversations about Elections with Dr. Anjali Ferguson

EPS 345: Tough Conversations about Elections with Dr. Anjali Ferguson

My guest today is Dr. Anjali Ferguson.     Dr. Anjali Ferguson and Casey dig deep in this episode on how to be in conversation with teens about social-political issues, including abortion. Dr. Ferguson weighs in on if we should bring up tricky topics or wait for children to ask questions and gives tips on how to be ready for emotionally-charged topics. They share advice on when and how to take a moment during challenging conversations and the work that’s needed to parent differently than we were

Nov 7, 2022 • 57:35

Revisiting Eps 185: Being fiercely committed and lovingly detached

Revisiting Eps 185: Being fiercely committed and lovingly detached

So glad to be highlighting this show again - wowzer. This is such a profound invitation, every day, to be who our teens need then to be. Yes, love them with all of you, stand by them, AND give them space to discover all there is to learn from mistakes and risks, triumphs and failures - these are THEIRS to experience. Doesn't mean we abandon them, it DOES mean that we love them through it all regardless of how it looks. This is what all kids need, even those adult ones! Learn more about your ad c

Nov 3, 2022 • 42:18

EPS 344: Boundaries & consequences with Aly Pain

EPS 344: Boundaries & consequences with Aly Pain

Aly shares about her own tough teen years and how she started working with parents of teens. Casey & Aly dig into what misguided ideas parents of teens have and what new brain science is showing us, like behavior-based parenting (ie: punishments and rewards) leading to acting-out & defiance and how much brains grow & change during puberty. Aly explains what a boundary truly is, and why children & teens should not and cannot be responsible for parent’s feelings. She shares how common co-dependenc

Oct 31, 2022 • 57:32

Eps 343: SHORT Solo Show Leaving on a jet plane....

Eps 343: SHORT Solo Show Leaving on a jet plane....

I'm outta here!! For real. I am on a plane with Julietta Skoog, my partner at Sproutable headed out on a WORLD TOUR!! We land later today in the UAE and will be speaking at the Parenthood Unconference next week, alongside so many amazing speakers. Listen to this SHORT solo show to hear all about it!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 27, 2022 • 15:25

EPS 342: Conscious Parenting with Domari Dickinson

EPS 342: Conscious Parenting with Domari Dickinson

My guest today is Domari Dickinson.  Domari shares how she got started on her Conscious Parenting & Positive Discipline journey. They discuss what Conscious Parenting, Positive Parenting, & Gentle Parenting mean and if those are helpful labels. Domari shares her tips for those of us who are transitioning to a different parenting style, including identifying & digging into your own triggers, leading with love & grace, and feeling all of your feelings.   Takeaways from the show: What does being a

Oct 24, 2022 • 47:58

Mothers Quest Crossover Episode: Different is NOT Deficient  with Normal Sucks author,  Jonathan Mooney

Mothers Quest Crossover Episode: Different is NOT Deficient with Normal Sucks author, Jonathan Mooney

Listeners - you are in for a TREAT!! This Thursday the Joyful Courage podcast feed is being taken over by my good friend, Julie Neale, host and brilliance over at Mothers Quest Podcast. Julie has powerful conversations with incredible guests and I am honored to be sharing one of those convos here with the Joyful Courage community.Julie's guest is Jonathan Mooney, father, writer, speaker, activist, and self-described “do-gooder.” He is the author of Normal Sucks, How to Live, Learn and Thrive Ou

Oct 20, 2022 • 57:59

EPS 341: Exploring our Intimate Partnerships with Marriage Helper Kimberly Holmes

EPS 341: Exploring our Intimate Partnerships with Marriage Helper Kimberly Holmes

My guest today is Kimberly Holmes.  Kimberly and Casey talk about their family backgrounds and what common challenges long-term, committed couples are facing. They discuss couples therapy and intentionally supporting both spouses & a safe environment during Marriage Helpers workshops. Casey and Kimberly talk similarities and differences between problem solving, using curiosity questions, and compromising with a teen versus with a spouse. Kimberly shares advice on how to listen to and take feedba

Oct 17, 2022 • 47:42

Revisiting Eps 115: Exploring Trust and Surrender as I Navigate all there is to Learn While Raising a Teen

Revisiting Eps 115: Exploring Trust and Surrender as I Navigate all there is to Learn While Raising a Teen

I am so grateful to be bringing back this show. It was a powerful re-listen for me, and I remembered the tension of the early teen years, the mistakes my daughter was telling me she was making, and how challenging it was to hold it all and still feel like I knew what I was doing. If you are committed to relationship centered parenting AND struggling with your teens risky behavior or less than ideal decision making, this show will help you feel seen, no doubt. If you are interested in the waitlis

Oct 13, 2022 • 39:46

EPS 340: Raising Anti-Racist Children with Britt Hawthorne

EPS 340: Raising Anti-Racist Children with Britt Hawthorne

My guest today is Britt Hawthorne.      Casey and Britt dig into what being anti-biased and anti-racist mean. Britt shares strategies from her new book, “Raising Anti-Racist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide,” for talking about racism with children and teens including embracing getting uncomfortable & admitting what you don’t know. Britt shares her wisdom on how to tackle tough topics like police brutality with your kids and family.    Guest Description  Britt Hawthorne is a black, bi-racial

Oct 10, 2022 • 54:43

Eps 339: Solo show Having the Courage to Let Go

Eps 339: Solo show Having the Courage to Let Go

Raising teenagers is HARD. This solo show explores the dynamic we create when we work to hold on to control and what come alive when we are willing to let go and give our kids the space they need to develop the skills that will serve them in the long term. Get the full show notes at:  www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-339-solo-having-the-courage-to-let-go Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 6, 2022 • 38:26

EPS 338: Birds & Bees for Teens with Amy Lang

EPS 338: Birds & Bees for Teens with Amy Lang

My guest today is Amy Lang. Amy and Casey discuss the importance of and how to talk about sex and sexuality with your tweens and teens. This conversation covers sex, sexuality, consent, sex positivity, pornography, safe spaces for sex, gender. They also share resources and tips for these sometimes-awkward conversations with growing kids.  Amy Lang has been a sexual health educator for over 25 years. In 2006, she started Birds & Bees & Kids. With her lively, engaging, and down-to

Oct 3, 2022 • 53:44

Revisiting Eps 171: Being the Calm Inside the Storm

Revisiting Eps 171: Being the Calm Inside the Storm

Throwing it back this week to episode 171, a solo show were I explore the work of keeping it together when things fall apart. I would argue this is THE work. If you are someone who find youself getting on the emotional freight train with your kids, this show is for you. I share ideas and practices that will support you with staying in the present moment and being who your kids need you to be when they are having a hard time.  Find all the show notes on the original show page - https://www.bespr

Sep 29, 2022 • 45:44

Eps 337: Creating Community for Moms of Bigs with Esther Goetz

Eps 337: Creating Community for Moms of Bigs with Esther Goetz

Today I am interviewing Esther Goetz. Esther is the mama behind the wildly popular instagram account, Moms of Bigs. We spent time in this interview talking about the power of community during this season of parenting, and how authenticity and transparency about our experiences creates deeper connections with each other, and supports us in moving through the hard times. See the full show notes at: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 26, 2022 • 46:17

Eps 336: Solo show Helping Our Teens Feel Seen

Eps 336: Solo show Helping Our Teens Feel Seen

Today I am back with a FRESH solo show for you! I dig into the phrase "I believe you" as I understand it from Dr. Becky Kennedy's work. What would have happened if our parents had said that to us as teens? What could it open up in our relationship with our OWN teens if we are willing to say it to them? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 22, 2022 • 33:16

EPS 335: Positive Discipline with Fernanda Lee

EPS 335: Positive Discipline with Fernanda Lee

My guest today is Fernanda Lee. Fernanda Lee, M.A.Ed, holds a degree in business administration and worked for Accenture, Bank of America and other investment brokers, until she became a mother, and decided to learn more about child development.  Fernanda now holds a Master Degree in Education, with a Pupil Personnel Services credential, and has served as a school counselor in elementary and middle public schools. She is a lead trainer in Positive Discipline, serving parents, health professional

Sep 19, 2022 • 1:01:06

Revisiting Eps 259: "Is this Positive Discipline?"

Revisiting Eps 259: "Is this Positive Discipline?"

I am revisiting Eps 259, exploring the question, "is this Positive Discipline?" Parents in the trenches of naviagating challenging behavior often wonder if what they are doing fits under the PD umbrella. I tease this apart for you with the intention of offering listeners a deeper understanding and encouragement to support them in the Positive Discipline practice.Find the show notes for this show at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-259-solo-show-exploring-is-this-positive-disci

Sep 15, 2022 • 44:38

EPS 334: LISA LEWIS TEENS AND SLEEP

EPS 334: LISA LEWIS TEENS AND SLEEP

My guest today is Lisa L. Lewis.We discuss...  How Lisa first got involved with teens sleep needs and changing school start times Why teens can struggle to get the sleep they need The issues that can come with teens not getting enough sleep How to help your teens move into a rhythm that allows them to get the sleep they need The ways technology affects sleep How to push for a change in school start times in your community And more! Lisa is the author of The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers

Sep 12, 2022 • 50:40

EPS 333: SOLO SHOW BACK-TO-SCHOOL PREP FOR ADOLESCENTS

EPS 333: SOLO SHOW BACK-TO-SCHOOL PREP FOR ADOLESCENTS

This week is a solo show where your host Casey O’Roarty discusses back-to-school strategies for talking with your tweens and teens about expectations in the new school year.   Takeaways from the show Working through feelings for the upcoming school year with your teens Talking through goals and expectations with your teenagers Staying calm when talking to your teen about the school year Letting your kids take their own responsibility with their grades Trusting your children to decide what o

Sep 5, 2022 • 33:07

Summer Throwback: Eps 104 Making Things Right with Kristin Hovious

Summer Throwback: Eps 104 Making Things Right with Kristin Hovious

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are wrapping up these throwbacks and are super excited to be offering up BRAND NEW SHOWS to you beginning next week!Today I am going way back to share a raw and vulnerable conversation with my friend and colleague, Kristin Hovious. You have heard me say before that part of our work as parents is to clean things up when WE have made a mistake or contributed to a dynamic that is hurtful in our home. Kristin and I tease th

Aug 29, 2022 • 52:12

Summer Throwback: Eps 242 Encouraging Self-Drive with Ned Johnson

Summer Throwback: Eps 242 Encouraging Self-Drive with Ned Johnson

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August. Today I am sharing an episode that I send to parents all.the.time. It is my conversation with Ned Johnson about HOW to encourage our kids to be self-driven. Ned is awesome - super easy to talk

Aug 22, 2022 • 1:10:03

Summer Throwback: Eps 293 Doing It Differently With DJ Johnson

Summer Throwback: Eps 293 Doing It Differently With DJ Johnson

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August.I am bringing back my interview with DJ Johnson today because… Well, because i just loved this interview. I loved this interview, I love DJs energy and I love his message. Dj shows us

Aug 15, 2022 • 57:22

Summer Throwback: Eps 264 Talking Middle Schoolers with Michelle Icard

Summer Throwback: Eps 264 Talking Middle Schoolers with Michelle Icard

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August. I am really excited to revisit this interview I did with Michelle Icard. We dig into the middle school years, and the WHAT and HOW of crucial conversations you should be having with them. Mich

Aug 8, 2022 • 50:29

Summer Throwback: Eps 230 Kids and Food with Bracha Kopstick

Summer Throwback: Eps 230 Kids and Food with Bracha Kopstick

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August. This week on the show I am offering up my conversation with Bracha Kopstick, adolescent nutritionist and grounded voice in the conversation of our kids and food. I have so many clients who are

Aug 1, 2022 • 50:19

Summer Throwback: PDTV with Aisha Pope Positive Discipline for Social Justice

Summer Throwback: PDTV with Aisha Pope Positive Discipline for Social Justice

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August.This week on the show is super special because it isn’t a podcast that I am sharing, but a PDTV episode. January - June of 2022, my partner, Julietta Skoog and I did a monthly event that we cal

Jul 25, 2022 • 1:08:02

Summer Throwback: Eps 143 making mistakes with Mary Nelsen Tamborski

Summer Throwback: Eps 143 making mistakes with Mary Nelsen Tamborski

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August. This week on the show I am sharing a conversation with one of my favorite PD colleagues - Mary Nelsen Taborski. There is SO MUCH PD goodness packed into this episode, including what it was lik

Jul 18, 2022 • 59:07

Summer Throwback: Eps 178 beyond the birds and bees with Bonnie Rough

Summer Throwback: Eps 178 beyond the birds and bees with Bonnie Rough

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August. This week on the show you are in for it - Bonnie Rough is on and we are talking about our tweens and teens and their sexual development - cue the emoji with the big eyes - we gotta talk about

Jul 11, 2022 • 49:52

Summer Throwback: Eps 215 on Showing Up with Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson

Summer Throwback: Eps 215 on Showing Up with Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson

Hi Listeners! Welcome to the Joyful courage 2022 Summer Throwback series! We are all busy enjoying the long days of sunshine, and I wanted to be sure that you have some useful listening material to enjoy - so I will be sharing some of my favorite shows from the past with you weekly through July and August. I am kicking things off by returning to a show that had me fan girling all over the place… Not one, but TWO of my fave voices in parent education made time to talk with me - it was amazing. Ep

Jul 4, 2022 • 1:08:20

Eps 332: Solo Show- The Challenges of Giving Up Control with Our Teens

Eps 332: Solo Show- The Challenges of Giving Up Control with Our Teens

In this episode, Casey breaks down what “getting out of your kid’s way” looks like and the challenges of giving up control.For access to the show notes, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 27, 2022 • 33:21

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 276 with Rae McDaniel

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 276 with Rae McDaniel

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Jun 23, 2022 • 57:13

Eps 331: Raising Allies with Traci Baxley

Eps 331: Raising Allies with Traci Baxley

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Jun 20, 2022 • 52:37

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 248 with Maureen Muldoon

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 248 with Maureen Muldoon

Thursday Throwback! This week we are revisiting Episode 248. This show originally came out in November of 2020. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated. Enjoy! Maureen Muldoon is a a spiritual Pied Piper, shameless storyteller and speaker who is transforming the way people think of church, sex, spirituality, and creativity. Actress, author, activist, she celebrates the miracles that live beneath the mundane and is devoted to helping others to CREATE their most engaged a

Jun 16, 2022 • 47:21

Eps 330: Learning about the Parenting Identity Development Model with Mercedes Samudio

Eps 330: Learning about the Parenting Identity Development Model with Mercedes Samudio

My guest this week is Mercedes Samudio.Mercedes is a parent coach, LCSW, bestselling author, and speaker who helps parents and children communicate with each other, manage emotional trauma, navigate social media and technology together, and develop healthy parent-child relationships. Over the course of her career, Mercedes has worked with adoptive families, foster families, teen parents, parents navigating the child protective services system, and children living with mental illness. Mercedes st

Jun 13, 2022 • 1:00:44

Revisiting Eps 35: How to Support LGBTQ+ Youth with Dr. Jen O'Ryan

Revisiting Eps 35: How to Support LGBTQ+ Youth with Dr. Jen O'Ryan

Thursday Throwback!This week we are revisiting Episode 35. This show originally came out in March of 2016. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated.Enjoy!Dr. Jen O’Ryan provides guidance for parents to help them navigate their child’s coming out process, as well as questions about sexuality and gender. She completed her doctorate in Human Behavior with a focus on environmental factors during childhood and adolescence for sexual minorities.Dr. Jen also works clos

Jun 9, 2022 • 48:26

Eps 329: Being With What's Coming Up for Your Teen

Eps 329: Being With What's Coming Up for Your Teen

This week's episode is a solo show! Takeaways from the show: Difference between controlling our teens vs being with them Punishments are not the only tool for navigating behavior Trust your teens want to learn and evolve Remembering life is unfolding FOR us Ask yourself if your fear for your teen is valid Look for openings to offer curiosity Feel seen- when our kids are struggling it’s hard Leaning into an energy of comfort Keep showing up for your teen Surrender to what is now while

Jun 6, 2022 • 32:59

Eps 328: Kirsten Cobabe Teaches Us How to Deepen Our Relationships With Teens

Eps 328: Kirsten Cobabe Teaches Us How to Deepen Our Relationships With Teens

My guest this week is Kirsten Cobabe. Kirsten has worked with families for over twenty years, supporting parents and young people navigating the waves of adolescence by becoming authentically curious and truly present. During her time as a social worker, she was coined the Teen Whisperer. Her ability to meet young people where they are and invite parents into this world offers a new space for connection; a modern lens of radical acceptance. Kirsten guides families into an empowered, joyful and c

Jun 1, 2022 • 50:49

THURSDAY THROWBACK: Eps 266 with Dr. Jud Brewer

THURSDAY THROWBACK: Eps 266 with Dr. Jud Brewer

Thursday Throwback! This week we are revisiting Episode 266. This show originally came out in March of 2021. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated. Enjoy! My guest is Jud Brewer. Dr. Jud is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein.  He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate profes

May 26, 2022 • 57:13

Eps 327: Revisiting Fiercely Committed, Lovingly Detached

Eps 327: Revisiting Fiercely Committed, Lovingly Detached

This week's show is a solo show. Takeaways from the show Personal growth of life Reflecting on self reflection Seeing life as a spiral Growing as a mom and woman through experiences The mantra of fiercely committed, lovingly detached Breaking down being lovingly detached Making space for our kids to take responsibility for their life Breathing exercise For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 23, 2022 • 32:25

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 270 with Dr. Aprile Andelle

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 270 with Dr. Aprile Andelle

Thursday Throwback! This week we are revisiting Episode 270. This show originally came out in April of 2021. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated. Enjoy! My guest is Dr. Aprile Andelle. Dr. Andelle is a black woman licensed psychotherapist with over 9 years and 10,000+ hours of experience in “deep dive healing” work with amazing clients all around the world.  She hosts the ‘Do I Need Therapy™? Podcast Show available on Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher

May 19, 2022 • 57:13

Eps 326: Zen Parenting with Cathy Adams

Eps 326: Zen Parenting with Cathy Adams

My guest today is Cathy Cassani Adams. She co-hosts the Zen Parenting Radio podcast and is author of Zen Parenting: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World, which came out this year in February. She also wrote Living What You Want Your Kids to Learn: The Power of Self-Aware Parenting (2014) which won a Nautilus Award, National Indie Excellence Award, and an International Book Award. She is a clinical social worker, certified parent coach, former elementary school

May 16, 2022 • 54:39

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 43 with Jiovann Carrasco

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 43 with Jiovann Carrasco

Thursday Throwback! This week we are revisiting Episode 43. This show originally came out in May of 2016. Offers and products mentioned during the show are likely outdated. Enjoy! Welcome! My guest is Jiovann Carrasco, a psychotherapist in Austin, TX. Jiovann is the owner of the Austin Mindfulness Center, a meditator, and the author of an online mindfulness program called Follow your Breath. He is an engaged and connected father to two young kids and worked as a stay-at-home dad for two years! L

May 12, 2022 • 46:10

Eps 325: SOLO SHOW Parenting for Mental Wellness

Eps 325: SOLO SHOW Parenting for Mental Wellness

This week’s episode is a SOLO show! Trigger Warning: depression, talk of suicide. Takeaways from the show Normalizing mental health conversations The most powerful tool you have is relationship Connection is key No shame in getting help Therapy is for everyone Our teens need invitation to possibility Stand in confident authority At the end of the day, our kids need to lean into helping themselves Show up but let go of the outcome For access to the show notes and more, go to besprout

May 9, 2022 • 23:45

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 170: Exploring the Energy of Emotion with Sara Harvey Yao

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 170: Exploring the Energy of Emotion with Sara Harvey Yao

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May 5, 2022 • 51:49

Eps 324: Mental Health for Moms with Charlotte Avery

Eps 324: Mental Health for Moms with Charlotte Avery

Charlotte Avery is an author, speaker, and entrepreneur who is fiercely committed to helping women go from overwhelmed to overjoyed in their roles as wives and moms. As The Family Strategist™, she draws upon her experiences as the wife of 1, mother of 7, and owner of no pets, to give moms the tools they need to define for themselves what it means to have it all. As a mom of seven, Charlotte became consumed by her children’s needs and lost touch with her identity, but when she learned how to blen

May 2, 2022 • 55:50

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 98 with Kerry Foreman

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 98 with Kerry Foreman

Meet Kerry Foreman, psychotherapist, mother, wife and mindfulness guide. Kerry’s practice and blog, Grounded, settles around mindfulness awareness and the practice to live a life you’ll truly love. After a tough childhood, Kerry recognized that the tools she had to cope with life were unhealthy. Life her threw her some tough lessons, but by surrounding herself with healthy people she began to open the gifts of healthy practices, which began her healing journey. One by one she was able to acknowl

Apr 28, 2022 • 54:42

Eps 323: Alternatives to Punishment Part 6

Eps 323: Alternatives to Punishment Part 6

Takeaways from the show: Navigating big behavior Searching for support The process of getting help for Rowan Holding energy of confident authority Novelty seeking Brain science behind risk taking Staying curious, connected, and calm Prioritizing taking care of yourself For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 25, 2022 • 39:08

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 262 with Dr. Pamela Ellis

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 262 with Dr. Pamela Ellis

My guest today is Pamela Ellis.  In her more than 20 years working in education research and as a financial executive in the private sector, Pamela Ellis—The Education Doctor® has emerged as a leading authority on what it takes for students to thrive in education and, thereby, in life. Her work supports parents find the school where their children can thrive—the one that feels like home. For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap

Apr 21, 2022 • 47:06

Eps 322: Alternatives to Punishment Part 5

Eps 322: Alternatives to Punishment Part 5

This week’s show is a solo show- the fifth of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 18, 2022 • 26:13

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 174 with Oren Jay Sofer

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Eps 174 with Oren Jay Sofer

Today’s guest is Oren Jay Sofer, the author of Say What You Mean – A Mindful Approach to Non-Violent Communication. He leads retreats and workshops on mindful communication at meditation centres and education settings around the US. Oren is a graduate of the IMS Spirit Rock teacher training program. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University, teaches in the Insight Meditation community and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a certified trainer of non-violent comm

Apr 14, 2022 • 55:13

Eps 321: Alternatives to Punishment Part 4

Eps 321: Alternatives to Punishment Part 4

This week’s show is a solo show- the fourth of six in a series where Casey will dive deep into alternatives to punishment. For access to the show notes, including full transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 2022 • 30:36

Revisiting Eps 106: Finding your calm with Alexandra Hughes

Revisiting Eps 106: Finding your calm with Alexandra Hughes

World traveler, calm seeker, mom coach, multi-lingual speaker, Alexander Hughes, brings us her methods for supporting mamas in the chaos that is parenthood. The trials and tribulations of her own experience in motherhood would eventually fuel the passion of support she gives to other moms navigating the same road. Alex has created a soft space for mamas feeling out of control to find their rhythm and calm. At her website inneressencecoaching.com one has access to her workshops, authentic words o

Apr 7, 2022 • 1:04:50

Alternatives to Punishment Part 3

Alternatives to Punishment Part 3

Takeaways from the show: The foundation of Positive Discipline Kindness and firmness Navigating misbehavior while you’re dysregulated Asking questions to get curious and understand Roleplay exercise Teens need a healthy sense of belonging and significance Teasing apart kind and firm statements Looking for a win-win Decide what you will do and follow through For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 4, 2022 • 44:42

Revisiting Eps 80:  Handsfree Mama with Rachel Macy Stafford

Revisiting Eps 80: Handsfree Mama with Rachel Macy Stafford

This week’s throwback guest is Rachel Macy Stafford, founder of Handsfree Mama, best selling author and special education teacher. We are discussing letting go of distractions so you can focus on what really matters. Join us! “There is no space for perfection in parenting and living boldly. I want to live bravely, boldly, flawed and full of hope.” For access to the show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 31, 2022 • 49:58

Eps 319: Alternatives to Punishment Part 2

Eps 319: Alternatives to Punishment Part 2

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Mar 28, 2022 • 33:26

Eps 318: Alternatives to Punishment Part 1

Eps 318: Alternatives to Punishment Part 1

Takeaways from the show Casey’s why to alternatives to punishment Putting relationship as a priority Supporting teens as they find their identity Adolescent narcissism Behavior behind belonging and significance Slide into the passenger seat Teenage autonomy Trust your teens will learn through their experiences Natural consequences Focusing on growing your kid’s life skills Learning from mistakes For access to the show notes and more, go to besproutable.com Learn more about your ad c

Mar 21, 2022 • 29:23

Eps 317: Teen Relationships with Christy Keating

Eps 317: Teen Relationships with Christy Keating

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Mar 14, 2022 • 46:08

Navigating the Emotional Rollercoaster with Andy Smithson

Navigating the Emotional Rollercoaster with Andy Smithson

It was my great honor to spend over and hour on the phone with Andy Smithson of TRU Parenting recently.We spent our time really digging into the way emotional triggers show up while navigating the challenges of raising kids, and Andy shared some of what he offers parents in the way of finding their calm. Enjoy!!"Not knowing is one of the most powerful tools and skills that we have as parents... It keeps us curious makes us let our children guide the process..." - Andy SmithsonResources mentioned

Mar 13, 2022 • 57:13

Eps 316: Teens, Therapy, and Mental Health with Dr. Melanie McNally

Eps 316: Teens, Therapy, and Mental Health with Dr. Melanie McNally

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Mar 7, 2022 • 50:25

Becoming Sproutable Eps 6: Encouragement

Becoming Sproutable Eps 6: Encouragement

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Mar 3, 2022 • 38:20

Eps 315: Ian's Back Sharing Truths About His Screen Time

Eps 315: Ian's Back Sharing Truths About His Screen Time

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Feb 28, 2022 • 35:42

Becoming Sproutable Eps 5: Focusing on Solutions

Becoming Sproutable Eps 5: Focusing on Solutions

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Feb 24, 2022 • 54:57

Eps 314: Becoming Tech Intentional with Emily Cherkin

Eps 314: Becoming Tech Intentional with Emily Cherkin

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Feb 21, 2022 • 1:12:43

Becoming Sproutable Eps 4: Discipline that Teaches

Becoming Sproutable Eps 4: Discipline that Teaches

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Feb 17, 2022 • 57:13

Eps 313: Solo Show- The Basics of Family Meetings

Eps 313: Solo Show- The Basics of Family Meetings

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Feb 14, 2022 • 40:14

Becoming Sproutable Eps 3: Effective Communication

Becoming Sproutable Eps 3: Effective Communication

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Feb 10, 2022 • 46:42

Eps 312: Teen Skin Health with Dr. Mona Gohara

Eps 312: Teen Skin Health with Dr. Mona Gohara

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Feb 7, 2022 • 39:30

Becoming Sproutable Eps 2: Belief Behind Behavior

Becoming Sproutable Eps 2: Belief Behind Behavior

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Feb 3, 2022 • 42:59

Eps 311: Solo Show- 2 Assumptions That Support Parenting Teens

Eps 311: Solo Show- 2 Assumptions That Support Parenting Teens

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Jan 31, 2022 • 25:21

Becoming Sproutable Eps 1: Mutual Respect

Becoming Sproutable Eps 1: Mutual Respect

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Jan 27, 2022 • 41:29

Eps 310: Live Coaching - Food, Eating, Body Image, Teens

Eps 310: Live Coaching - Food, Eating, Body Image, Teens

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Jan 25, 2022 • 47:04

Eps 310: Live Coaching - Food, Eating, Body Image, Teens

Eps 310: Live Coaching - Food, Eating, Body Image, Teens

This week’s episode is a live coaching session with the Joyful Courage host, Casey O’Roarty.Takeaways from the show: What ARFID looks like, coming off ADHD meds, navigating body image and body health, growing body positivity, unintentionally projecting childhood trauma onto teens, having open and honest conversations; every talk is worth it, tending to your inner child, sitting inside of curiosity without judgment; becoming vulnerable with your teen; tuning into bodily cues.ResourcesEps 230: BRA

Jan 24, 2022 • 49:33

BECOMING SPROUTABLE Teaser: 5 Criteria Of Positive Discipline

BECOMING SPROUTABLE Teaser: 5 Criteria Of Positive Discipline

Welcome to the BECOMING SPROUTABLE limited podcast series, where your hosts, Julietta Skoog and Casey O’Roarty, parent coaches and Positive Discipline Trainers take you through the biggest tools and concepts of parenting with positive discipline – no matter your kids age. Takeaways from the show Introducing the show Casey’s Positive Discipline story Julietta’s story The creation of Sproutable Navigating what Positive Discipline looks like in adolescence The merge of Joyful Courage and Spr

Jan 20, 2022 • 26:05

Eps 309: Solo Show- Paradox, Parenting, Pot Smoking

Eps 309: Solo Show- Paradox, Parenting, Pot Smoking

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Jan 17, 2022 • 37:59

Eps 308: Finding Our Optimism With Summers McKay

Eps 308: Finding Our Optimism With Summers McKay

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Jan 10, 2022 • 48:59

Eps 307: 3 Steps for Creating What You Want In 2022

Eps 307: 3 Steps for Creating What You Want In 2022

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Jan 3, 2022 • 32:00

Eps 306: Rowan's Year In Review, Tattoos, and Tinder

Eps 306: Rowan's Year In Review, Tattoos, and Tinder

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Dec 27, 2021 • 1:06:57

Eps 305: Unpacking Violence in Schools with Lisa Sabey

Eps 305: Unpacking Violence in Schools with Lisa Sabey

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Dec 20, 2021 • 49:40

Eps 304: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Dr. Diana Hill

Eps 304: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Dr. Diana Hill

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Dec 13, 2021 • 52:25

Eps 303: Solo Show- Minimizing Phone Drama

Eps 303: Solo Show- Minimizing Phone Drama

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Dec 6, 2021 • 25:46

Creating Tradition and Connection with Ericka Sóuter

Creating Tradition and Connection with Ericka Sóuter

My guest this week is Ericka Sóuter.Ericka is a nationally recognized voice in parenting news and parenting advice. She has over 20 years of journalism experience and is a frequent contributor on Good Morning America and other national broadcast outlets, where it’s her job to speak to parents across the country about the issues, controversies, and trends most affecting families today. Her new book is How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide. Ericka’s work appears on the Bump, What to Expec

Nov 29, 2021 • 55:12

Eps 301: Setting Expectations for the Holidays

Eps 301: Setting Expectations for the Holidays

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Nov 22, 2021 • 23:26

Eps 300: Becoming Aware with Dr. Dan Siegel

Eps 300: Becoming Aware with Dr. Dan Siegel

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Nov 15, 2021 • 1:06:30

Eps 299: SOLO Show- Tips on Validation

Eps 299: SOLO Show- Tips on Validation

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Nov 8, 2021 • 24:14

Eps 298: LIVE COACHING Routines and Transitions

Eps 298: LIVE COACHING Routines and Transitions

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Nov 1, 2021 • 37:06

Eps 297: Solo Show- Thoughts On Motivating Adolescents

Eps 297: Solo Show- Thoughts On Motivating Adolescents

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Oct 25, 2021 • 40:46

Eps 296: The Work of Romantic Partnership with Jayson Gaddis

Eps 296: The Work of Romantic Partnership with Jayson Gaddis

My guest today is Jayson Gaddis.Jayson is an author, a relationship coach, a relationship expert who teaches people the one class they didn’t get in school, which is how to do relationships. Jayson leads one of the most in-depth and comprehensive relationship education programs and trains relationship coaches all over the world. He has thousands of fans and followers across multiple channels and is the host of the Relationship School podcast with over 5 million downloads and over 330 episodes.H

Oct 19, 2021 • 52:08

Eps 295: Avoiding Codependency with Alana Carvalho

Eps 295: Avoiding Codependency with Alana Carvalho

COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING! Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook groups: Live and Love with Joyful CourageJoyful Courage for Parents of Teens :::: My guest today is Alana Carvalho. Alana is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping parents, couples and individuals build balanced relationships by releasing old patterns and becoming more authentic.   She is especially passionate about helping individuals see how healing codependency and perfectionism can lead to a

Oct 11, 2021 • 45:10

Eps 294: LIVE COACHING Influencing Sibling Dynamics

Eps 294: LIVE COACHING Influencing Sibling Dynamics

This week’s episode is a live coaching session!Takeaways from the show: Challenges in the sibling dynamic Owning your peace Learning about relationships Remembering our kids are still developing their skills Flexing resiliency muscles during conflict Belonging and significance Becoming more secure in relationships = more easy going Practice asking if your kids need help Highlight tools your kids use in the heat of the moment What does Joyful Courage mean to you?(Giselle) Joyful courage is riding

Oct 4, 2021 • 48:46

Eps 293: New School Parenting with DJ Johnson

Eps 293: New School Parenting with DJ Johnson

This week’s guest is DJ Johnson. DeAntwann “DJ” Johnson is a husband, father, author, mentor, coach, counselor, and sports statistician. He grew up in the Indiana foster care system and yet despite that, has gone on to lead a successful, and fulfilling life. Before spending nine years in the foster care system, DJ suffered child abuse, domestic abuse, and emotional trauma. At one point, he wanted to end his life, but he realized that he was on this earth for a purpose. DJ fulfills that purpose

Sep 27, 2021 • 55:08

Eps 292: SOLO Show- Being Present With Your Teen's School Discouragement

Eps 292: SOLO Show- Being Present With Your Teen's School Discouragement

This week’s episode is a SOLO show!!Takeaways from the show: Parenting group School trouble The uncertainty of COVID Feeling powerless Questioning traditional school system Emotional honesty Getting to the root of your fears Getting curious with your kids Notice when you become dysregulated You get to set boundaries Letting your kids feel the tension of life Love, accept, and be available Eps 242 with Ned Johnson | Eps 21 with Jessica LaheySee you next week!! :) Learn more about your ad choices

Sep 20, 2021 • 39:29

Eps 291: Getting Optimal Sleep with Julia Glowinski

Eps 291: Getting Optimal Sleep with Julia Glowinski

My guest this week is Julia Glowinski. Julia is a registered social worker, a certified sleep consultant, and a cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia clinician. She’s an expert in all things related to sleep and how to achieve optimal sleep.  Julia is passionate about working with individuals and families experiencing sleep difficulties. Her focus is on building a strong foundation for healthy sleep to promote long lasting sleep improvements. Julia uses an integrative approach to uncovering

Sep 13, 2021 • 51:15

Eps 290: SOLO SHOW-Validation, Mutual Respect, Back to School

Eps 290: SOLO SHOW-Validation, Mutual Respect, Back to School

Parenting for The Season You’re In Parenting for The Season You’re In is a program for parents who are looking for deeper understanding of the challenges they are facing, how they may be contributing to the challenges, and tools and strategies for not only problem solving, but also experiencing more joy on the parenting journey.  It’s a funky season of parenting. You may be still anticipating the change you know is coming in your child, or perhaps you are witnessing it, and at a loss for how to

Sep 6, 2021 • 29:54

Eps 289: Parenting for Social Justice with Dr. Traci Baxley

Eps 289: Parenting for Social Justice with Dr. Traci Baxley

This week I am revisiting my conversation with Dr. Traci Baxley from the Parenting for a Brave New World Mini Summit that went live January of 2021. Dr. Baxley is a mother, cultural coach for parents, she’s a speaker, an educator, and a diversity inclusion and equity consultant. She is passionate about supporting families with intentional parenting. Traci is the founder of Social Justice Parenting, a philosophy that is rooted in radical love and activism. In her work with parents, Dr. Baxley di

Aug 30, 2021 • 55:21

Eps 288: Understanding Screens and Setting Limits with Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov

Eps 288: Understanding Screens and Setting Limits with Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov

This week I am revisiting my conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Milovidov from the Teens and Screens Mini Summit that went live in the fall of 2020.Dr. Milovidov is an internationally known digital parenting coach, author, lawyer, and law professor.She is the founder of DigitalParentingCoach.com and provides information and support to caregivers, parents, and anyone who is looking for the best practices when it comes to social media, internet laws, and the internet at large.Elizabeth’s publications

Aug 23, 2021 • 1:17:17

Eps 287: Exploring Risky Behavior and Teens with Alyson Schafer

Eps 287: Exploring Risky Behavior and Teens with Alyson Schafer

This week I am revisiting my conversation with Alyson Schafer from the Risky Behavior and Teens Mini Summit that went live in the summer of 2020. Alyson is one of Canada’s most notable parenting experts. She’s a family counselor with a private practice in Toronto and has presented to audiences all around the world.  She has regular media sports, is the author of three best selling books; Breaking the Good Mom Myth, Honey I Wrecked the Kids, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. All three of these books have

Aug 16, 2021 • 1:04:10

Eps 286:  Leveling Up our Sex Education with Amy Lang

Eps 286: Leveling Up our Sex Education with Amy Lang

This week I am revisiting my conversation with Amy Lang from the Sex Ed for Parents of Teens Mini Summit in the spring of 2020. Amy has been a guest on the podcast and is a super great friend of mine. She is my go to person when I have questions about my teen’s sexual development. Amy has been a sex health educator for over 20 years and helps parents of all beliefs talk with their kids of any age about the birds and bees. She is the author of an award-winning book, Birds and Bees and your kid

Aug 9, 2021 • 40:08

Eps 285: Revisiting ADHD with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

Eps 285: Revisiting ADHD with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

This week’s guest is Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart.  Dr. Lockhart is a pediatric psychologist and board-certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. You may know her from her amazing content and reels she puts out daily on Instagram. Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart is passionate about serving families in her local community in the state of Texas and beyond.  Takeaways from the show: How ADHD shows up in the teen years ADHD in boys vs. girls Rejection sensitive dysphoria Diagnosis of ADHD Task i

Aug 2, 2021 • 42:31

Eps 284: Positive Discipline and the Teen Years

Eps 284: Positive Discipline and the Teen Years

This week’s episode is a SOLO show!  Takeaways from the show The adventure of parenting teens Brain development in teen years Private logic Nurturing teen relationships Influence around how we show up for our kids Fiercely committed, lovingly detached Looking for solutions Communicate with your child Privilege and responsibility The importance of individuation For more show notes, including full transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f

Jul 26, 2021 • 37:33

Eps 283: Parenting Through Chronic Illness with Liza Blas

Eps 283: Parenting Through Chronic Illness with Liza Blas

My guest today is Liza Blas. Lisa is the host of the Very Happy Stories podcast. She brings hope, empowerment, and inspiration to her audience by shining light on complex topics impacting many families today. Liza’s stories are inspired by her own experiences raising two kids, both suffering from conditions like depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD and even Lyme disease.  Takeaways from the show: Liza’s family story of Lyme disease Struggles of your kids get you where you need to be Being in diff

Jul 19, 2021 • 1:01:56

Eps 282: Letting the Heart Lead with Sarah Maclaughlin

Eps 282: Letting the Heart Lead with Sarah Maclaughlin

My guest today is Sarah MacLaughlin. Sarah is a social worker, parent educator, and author of the award winning best-selling book: What Not to Say: Tools for Talking with Young Children. She is a writer, trainer, and content expert for Zero to Three, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.  Sarah maintains a blog, writes the parenting toolbox column for Portland Main’s Parent and Family, and has been featured many places online includ

Jul 12, 2021 • 50:24

Eps 281: 4 Questions For Bringing More Ease and Less Urgency To Right Now

Eps 281: 4 Questions For Bringing More Ease and Less Urgency To Right Now

This week’s episode is a SOLO show! Takeaways from the show: PNW heatwave Moving into July Unsettled energy Feelings around covid regulations being lifted Stress with going back to normal 4 questions to support in creating the experience you want Creating ease For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 5, 2021 • 39:49

Eps 280: Reparenting Ourselves with Leslie Priscilla

Eps 280: Reparenting Ourselves with Leslie Priscilla

My guest today is Leslie Priscilla. Leslie is a first generation non-Black Chicana mother to three biracial children ages 8, 3, and 2. She is a descendant of Indigenous Tarahumara Rarámuri and Spanish lineages who has resided on occupied Tongva (ton-va) and Acjachemen (hash-i-men) land, also known as Orange County, CA, all of her life. Leslie shares her medicine by offering coaching, workshops, support and advocacy for Latinx/Chicanx families locally, nationally, and internationally both in-pers

Jun 28, 2021 • 44:20

Eps 279: Solo Show- Breaking Down the Process of Making Agreements

Eps 279: Solo Show- Breaking Down the Process of Making Agreements

Today’s episode is a SOLO show! Takeaways from the show Making agreements with your kids Creating a win win Brainstorming solutions that are related, reasonable, respectful, and HELPFUL Keeping things simple and concise Iceberg metaphor Handling peer pressure Letting go of your kids having the same priorities as you Reign in your criticism Take a break when things get heated For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me

Jun 21, 2021 • 45:18

Eps 278: Addiction Inoculation with Jessica Lahey

Eps 278: Addiction Inoculation with Jessica Lahey

My guest today is Jessica Lahey. Jessica is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence.  Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She writes about education, parenting, and

Jun 14, 2021 • 56:23

Eps 277: Solo Show- Getting Out of Our Teen's Way

Eps 277: Solo Show- Getting Out of Our Teen's Way

This week’s podcast is a SOLO show!!Takeaways from the show: Life updates The power of the tension of life Getting out of the way so your kids can feel the tension of life Pushback against traditional education Get curious about what’s important to your kids Being an unconditional parent Kids who have the opportunity to decide for themselves are the kids that thrive Teens need to have space to feel out what they want Resources:Dr. Hina Talib | Brave New World Summit See you next week!! :):::: Le

Jun 7, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 276: Understanding Gender Expression with Rae McDaniels

Eps 276: Understanding Gender Expression with Rae McDaniels

My guest today is Rae McDaniel. Rae is a non-binary gender and sex therapist-turned-coach who works with transgender/non-binary/questioning folks feeling lost while transitioning their gender identity.  They are the creator of GenderFck: The Club, a one-of-a-kind, research-based online group coaching community of transgender/non-binary/questioning folks who are on a mission to transition with less suffering and more ease.  Rae is the founder of Practical Audacity, a gender and sex therapy practi

May 31, 2021 • 51:45

Summer throwback - Eps 275: How Does Firmness  Show Up For You?

Summer throwback - Eps 275: How Does Firmness Show Up For You?

Firmness tends to be challenging when we are focused on centering relationship with our kids... AND it is super important that we flex into connected firmness as we raise teens. Critical thinking, setting boundaries, health and well-being - these are all dependent on a certain level of firmness in our homes... Find all the show notes and info about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-275-solo-show-how-does-firmness-show-up-for-you/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

May 24, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 274: Raising Thrivers with Dr. Michele Borba

Eps 274: Raising Thrivers with Dr. Michele Borba

My guest today is Dr. Michele Borba.Dr. Borba is the author of Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All About Me World, and is an internationally renowned educational psychologist and an expert in parenting, bullying, and character development. She is a regular NBC contributor who appears regularly on Today, and has been a featured expert on Dateline, the View, Dr Phil, NBC Nightly News, Fox and Friends, Dr. Oz, and the Early Show, among many others. She lives in Palm Springs California

May 17, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 273: Casey Interviewed On the Adventure of Raising Teens with Mindy Duff

Eps 273: Casey Interviewed On the Adventure of Raising Teens with Mindy Duff

Today’s show should have been a solo show BUT I had the amazing opportunity to be a part of a book launch event last week, and was interviewed by Mindy Duff - one of the authors of the new book, Motherhood diaries. We had such a good time during the interview that I asked Mindy if she would share it with me so that I could turn it into a podcast! Mindy Duff is a certified holistic health and nutrition coach, speaker and published author. Her mission is to help individuals uncover their best sel

May 10, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 272: The Many Faces of Motherhood with Alyssa "Twist" Light

Eps 272: The Many Faces of Motherhood with Alyssa "Twist" Light

Alyssa “Twist” Light is a professional speaker who helps businesses grow by utilizing the power of storytelling in every aspect of their operations, especially marketing. Twist believes it’s her responsibility to make event planners look like superheroes and the attendees feel like rockstars. Despite not having her own children, Twist happens to have fostered children, loves to be a field trip “mom” for local schools, and was the executive director of a camp that supported more than 400 underpri

May 3, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 271: Grounding, Current Events & Being a Daring Parent

Eps 271: Grounding, Current Events & Being a Daring Parent

:::: This week’s episode is a solo show! Takeaways from the show: Grounding meditation Awareness of what’s happening in the world Ways to support dismantling systemic racism Support your kids on how to make a difference Living in an anti-racist society Armoured vs. daring parenting Parenting from the heart See you next week!! :) :::: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 26, 2021 • 57:13

Mental Spring Cleaning with Dr. Aprile Andelle

Mental Spring Cleaning with Dr. Aprile Andelle

My guest today is Dr. Aprile Andelle!Dr. Andelle is a black woman licensed psychotherapist with over 9 years and 10,000+ hours of experience in "deep dive healing" work with amazing clients all around the world. She hosts the ‘Do I Need Therapy™? Podcast Show available on Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher, and speaks to her community openly, loudly, and proudly about mental health, love and life, PLUS the process of therapy, and the strength found in asking for help. She teaches a

Apr 19, 2021 • 1:01:39

Eps 269: Solo Show Dissecting Beliefs Behind Behavior Part 4- Assumed Inadequacy

Eps 269: Solo Show Dissecting Beliefs Behind Behavior Part 4- Assumed Inadequacy

This week is a solo show! Takeaways from the show: Mistaken goals Belonging and significance feelings live under the surface Learn to pay attention to your inner experience Review of undue attention, misguided power, and revenge Assumed inadequacy Belief behind inadequacy Teens long for connection Ways to restore your child’s adequacy Being vulnerable pays off Take time to own your behavior with your child Previous shows about mistaken goals: Eps 261 | Eps 263 | Eps 265 | Eps 267 | Mi

Apr 12, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 268: Ted Bunch and Anna Marie Johnson Teague talk powerful DARES for boys

Eps 268: Ted Bunch and Anna Marie Johnson Teague talk powerful DARES for boys

My guests today are Ted Bunch and Anna Marie Johnson Teague.   Ted and Anna Marie are friends, parents, and anti-violence educators. They work for A Call to Men, helping men and boys promote healthy manhood and prevent violence and discrimination.   Ted works with professional athletes, business leaders, activists, and boys just like the ones you have.   Anna Marie is a storyteller at heart and a devoted boy mom. She is nationally recognized for creating and executing award-winning, multi-platfo

Apr 5, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 267: Solo Show- Dissecting Beliefs Behind Behavior Part 3: Revenge

Eps 267: Solo Show- Dissecting Beliefs Behind Behavior Part 3: Revenge

Today’s episode is a solo show! Takeaways from the show: Beliefs about belonging and significance Overview of mistaken goals Third mistaken goal: Revenge Tune into your experience as a parent Signs your child’s mistaken goal is revenge How adults contribute to our child’s belief of not belonging The coded message behind revenge Uncertainty of the world right now playing a part in our kid’s lives Revenge isn’t lashing out, it's passing on the hurt Tools to support you and your child in

Mar 29, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 266: Unraveling Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer

Eps 266: Unraveling Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer

My guest today is Jud Brewer. Dr. Jud is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 20 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein.  He is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences and Psychiatry at the Schools of Public Health & Medicine at Brown University. He is also the executive medical director of behavioral heal

Mar 22, 2021 • 51:40

Eps 265: Solo Show- Belief Behind Behavior Deep Dive Part 2: Misguided Power

Eps 265: Solo Show- Belief Behind Behavior Deep Dive Part 2: Misguided Power

This week’s episode is a SOLO show!!  Takeaways from the show: Adlerian theory Our perception of belonging and significance colors the lens we see the world out of Undue attention review Honor your kids beliefs Second mistaken goal: Misguided power Notice how your child’s behavior makes you feel Power struggles Ways adults add to this behavior The importance of teaching your kids to contribute in ways for them to use their power You are not in control of your kids Teens want the ackno

Mar 15, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 264: Michelle Icard Shares about the Crucial Conversations to Have With Our Middle Schoolers

Eps 264: Michelle Icard Shares about the Crucial Conversations to Have With Our Middle Schoolers

My guest today is Michelle Icard.    Michelle is a member of the Today show parenting team and NBC News Learn. The author of Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen and Middle School Makeover, her work has been featured in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Time, and People.   Her leadership curriculum for middle schoolers, Athena's Path and Hero's Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the U.S., and her summer camp curriculum is offered at more than t

Mar 8, 2021 • 46:08

Eps 263: Solo Show- Belief Behind Behavior Deep Dive Part 1

Eps 263: Solo Show- Belief Behind Behavior Deep Dive Part 1

This week’s episode is a solo show!  Takeaways from the show: Perception matters The goal of behavior is to find and feel a sense of belonging and significance Iceberg metaphor Mistaken goals: Undue attention Connection vs. attention Tune into how your kid’s behavior makes you feel Parents contribute to beliefs kids have about connection The coded message behind annoying behavior is notice me and involve me usefully Redirect by involving your kids in a useful task Say what you will do

Mar 1, 2021 • 57:13

Eps 262: Supporting Our Teen's Pathway to Higher Education with Dr. Pamela Ellis

Eps 262: Supporting Our Teen's Pathway to Higher Education with Dr. Pamela Ellis

My guest today is Pamela Ellis.  In her more than 20 years working in education research and as a financial executive in the private sector, Pamela Ellis—The Education Doctor® has emerged as a leading authority on what it takes for students to thrive in education and, thereby, in life. Her work supports parents find the school where their children can thrive—the one that feels like home. Takeaways from the show Struggles parents are going through with supporting kids for college Myths about ge

Feb 22, 2021 • 45:06

Eps 261: Solo Show- Getting Curious About the Belief Behind Behaviors

Eps 261: Solo Show- Getting Curious About the Belief Behind Behaviors

This week’s podcast is a solo show! Takeaways from the show: Concepts and theories of Positive Discipline Belief behind behavior Iceberg metaphor  Positive discipline 101 Behaviorist vs. Positive Discipline The concept of belonging and significance School drama You must start with self reflection if you want to create lasting change Pay attention to how it feels when school drama comes up with your child The first reason for our kids to misbehave is that they desire attention and conne

Feb 15, 2021 • 33:05

Eps 260: Nurturing a Growth Mindset with Alexandra Eidens

Eps 260: Nurturing a Growth Mindset with Alexandra Eidens

My guest today is Alexandra Eidens.  Alexandra is the founder of Big Life Journal, a growth mindset company for children and teens. Alexandra’s company specializes in creating practical tools to help parents and teachers integrate growth mindset into their everyday lives.  Their guided journals are now used by over 500,000 children world wide. When not creating journals, Alexandra is reading the latest research on brain science and the mind-body connection.  Takeaways from the show: The foundat

Feb 8, 2021 • 42:35

Eps 259: Solo Show- Exploring "Is This Positive Discipline?"

Eps 259: Solo Show- Exploring "Is This Positive Discipline?"

Today’s podcast is a solo show! Takeaways from the show Teen Counseling The 5 Criteria of Positive Discipline Questions to ask yourself to see if the response your giving in a situation meets the criteria for Positive Discipline Come into it expecting your kids to follow through Your kids behavior lets you know what kind of experience they’re having Invite your kids into more expression of what’s going on for them Most of our mischief comes from the perception that we don’t feel like we

Feb 1, 2021 • 41:00

Eps 258: Teasing Apart Emotional Labor with Gemma Hartley

Eps 258: Teasing Apart Emotional Labor with Gemma Hartley

My guest today is Gemma Hartley. Gemma is a freelance journalist and the author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward. She’s a mom of 3 kids, 5, 7 and 10 Takeaways from the show: Gemma’s journey of being a writer The article that started her career  Not wanting to ask your family to do something, just wanting them to know to do it Teasing apart emotional labor The pressure that lays on moms’ shoulders What are shared standards Acknowledge your standards exist for a reason

Jan 25, 2021 • 50:22

Solo Show- Opening Up to Your Resistance

Solo Show- Opening Up to Your Resistance

This week’s episode is a solo show!Takeaways from the show Birth story of my first child How resistance and tension can affect your relationship with your kids Recognizing your own resistance will open up a deep personal inquiry Your teen has their own experience and mistakes to make on their path of life Journal about resistance Broaden your relationships by looking into yourself to where you hold resistance Your teens emotional development is still in the process even if they look like full-gr

Jan 18, 2021 • 28:00

Eps 256: Untigering Our Parenting with Iris Chen

Eps 256: Untigering Our Parenting with Iris Chen

This week my guest is Iris Chen. Iris is a writer, unschooler, and founder of the Untigering movement. After starting out as a hardcore tiger mother, she began to untiger when she saw all the negative effects of her authoritarian parenting. Now she’s on a mission to empower others families by promoting mental health, peaceful parenting, and educational freedom for children. She recently moved back to California with her husband and two sons after 16 years of living in China.  Takeaways from the

Jan 11, 2021 • 47:46

Eps 255: Solo Show Exploring the Possibilities of a New Year

Eps 255: Solo Show Exploring the Possibilities of a New Year

This week’s podcast is a SOLO show!! Takeaways from the show: The refreshing new start of 2021 Relationships strengthening  Choosing into feeling grateful for things that exist in your life Possibilities of the present moment Practice returning to the present moment again and again Feelings about the new year What are you willing to surrender to this year What Joyful Courage stands for Growth is the purpose of everything in life Tending to relationships that matter in our life The imp

Jan 5, 2021 • 34:22

Eps 254: Real Talk with a 15 Year Old

Eps 254: Real Talk with a 15 Year Old

My guest today is Ian O’Roarty. Ian is my youngest child, he turned 15 October 30th, and is a freshman in high school. He is the baby in the house, and taller than us all. He is passionate about basketball, loves his friends, and has melted my mama heart since day one. I say that Ian is my “positive discipline” kid because he was the one who was always game to create a routine, or role play a situation, he was willing. I’d say that Ian and I are very close, I will let him share his experience du

Dec 21, 2020 • 1:04:04

Eps 253: Solo Show- Three Ways to Connect to Yourself

Eps 253: Solo Show- Three Ways to Connect to Yourself

This week’s podcast is a SOLO show!!! Takeaways from the show: Beta group Introducing the next mini summit Discovering your most authentic way of being Being responsible for yourself and how you show up Connection to self, family, and community Surrender to being imperfect Teens teach us that flexibility is imperative Trust that things are temporary Create a safe environment so your teen can share what they want from an authentic and open place Caregiving is always in motion Owning di

Dec 14, 2020 • 34:31

Eps 252: An Honest Conversation with Rowan About Her Journey of Mental Health and Self Discovery

Eps 252: An Honest Conversation with Rowan About Her Journey of Mental Health and Self Discovery

My guest today is Rowan O’Roarty. Rowan is my oldest child, she will be 18 in January, and one of my biggest teachers of personal growth. As we all do, we learn who we are as parents, through our relationships with our children. Rowan made me a mom, and continues to influence who I am in the world as I navigate what it means to mother her. Rowan has been through her own journey of personal discovery over the past few years, maneuvering mental health challenges, dropping out of school, completing

Dec 7, 2020 • 1:08:31

Eps 251: Solo Show on Gratitude and Finding Acceptance

Eps 251: Solo Show on Gratitude and Finding Acceptance

This week is a SOLO show!  Takeaways from the show: Gratitude Grow through what you go through Shifting to be grateful for the experiences you’re put through Working on self regulation Model for your kids what effective problem solving looks like Embodying the life you’re living Allowing fear or resentfulness to change into gratitude and strength Doing the work to be in a different headspace when the same problems show up Personal growth isn’t linear Practicing being mindful For mor

Dec 1, 2020 • 29:23

Eps 250: How to Navigate Parenting In the Shadow Of the Coronavirus with Dr. Jennifer Variste

Eps 250: How to Navigate Parenting In the Shadow Of the Coronavirus with Dr. Jennifer Variste

Dr. Jennifer Variste’s desire for pediatrics began at a very young age because her visits to her pediatrician were usually positive experiences. Later she fulfilled her dream and obtained her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She went on to complete a pediatric residency at UT Houston Health Science Center.  After residency, she returned to practice in her hometown of College Station, Texas. Dr. Variste is grateful for the five years she spent treating fami

Nov 23, 2020 • 35:33

Solo Show: Hope, Trust, Gratitude

Solo Show: Hope, Trust, Gratitude

This week’s episode was a solo show!!Takeaways from the show: The emotional experience of this past week Hope trust and gratitude Willingness to try something different Choosing to be your best self What it means to have hope Believing you can have what you want Embodying your beliefs Being intentional with your thoughts Manifesting what you want in life Right now is the time to feel connected Changing your inner dialogue so it aligns with what you want Our kids always long for belonging and sig

Nov 16, 2020 • 37:54

Eps 248: Maureen Muldoon on Raising a Transgender Child

Eps 248: Maureen Muldoon on Raising a Transgender Child

I am so excited to welcome my guest, Maureen Muldoon. Maureen is a a spiritual Pied Piper, shameless storyteller and speaker who is transforming the way people think of church, sex, spirituality, and creativity. Actress, author, activist, she celebrates the miracles that live beneath the mundane and is devoted to helping others to CREATE their most engaged and unapologetic life. Today we are going to talk about her experience of mothering a transgender son. Takeaways from the show: Raising a tr

Nov 9, 2020 • 45:33

Eps 247: Solo Show About Dealing  With Our Triggers

Eps 247: Solo Show About Dealing With Our Triggers

Today’s podcast is a solo show!! Takeaways from the show: What is a trigger How our histories determine different triggers  Dealing with situations that trigger you Making it right after you get upset Breaking down what it feels like to get triggered Willingness to reflect on your own emotions  Being a good role model for handling emotions to your kids Teen’s moods affecting our own How our teens trigger us like no other Recognizing your experience  The importance of connecting with

Oct 30, 2020 • 42:36

Eps 246: Bellamy Shoffner On Being a Single Mom and A Revolutionary Human

Eps 246: Bellamy Shoffner On Being a Single Mom and A Revolutionary Human

Bellamy Shoffner is a single parent, writer, and equity advocate specializing in fostering thoughtful connection and conversation among communities. Shoffner’s Revolutionary Humans produces a magazine, retreats, and free community events. All for parents and educators committed to social justice. This past summer the Joyful Courage community raised $800 in support of Bellamy and her work – I am so honored for the chance to connect with her here on the podcast. Takeaways from the show Social ju

Oct 26, 2020 • 55:25

Eps 245: Solo Show- Teasing Apart Vulnerability In the Present Moment

Eps 245: Solo Show- Teasing Apart Vulnerability In the Present Moment

Today is a solo show!! Takeaways from the show Self care matters Surrendering to the things you can’t control How letting go can change your experience The healing of meditation Being in the present moment Anchoring yourself while also being on the edge of your vulnerability Facing the unknown and creating a sense of security Human tendencies getting in the way of being okay with fear Possibilities of the unknown How narratives can be confining Control is an illusion Being with the f

Oct 19, 2020 • 41:53

Eps 244: Connie Feutz Teaches Us How To Be Mindful With Our Partners

Eps 244: Connie Feutz Teaches Us How To Be Mindful With Our Partners

Connie Fuetz is a clinician with over 35 years of clinical experience who specializes in working with couples and is one of the six original Master Clinicians invited into the Gottman Institute in 2000, John Gottman has called Connie "an extraordinarily-gifted couples counselor" to whom he would send his own family.   After leading the two-day Art and Science of Love workshops in Chicago for years, Connie created her own one-day workshop for couples called the Mindful Couples Workshop, which she

Oct 12, 2020 • 58:26

Eps 243: Solo show about The Social Dilemma, and the general dilemmas of life right now

Eps 243: Solo show about The Social Dilemma, and the general dilemmas of life right now

Today is a solo show! Takeaways from the show Thoughts about the Social Dilemma movie How big social media platforms are using the users Our attention is the product online Conversation starters around screen use Creating an environment where checking in is a normal thing What to expect from the screens and teens summit The mixed feelings around social media Juggling the things life throws at us How do we make room to fall apart Crying releases stress The trauma of the pandemic Havi

Oct 5, 2020 • 37:55

Eps 242: Nurturing a Self-Driven Child With Author, Ned Johnson

Eps 242: Nurturing a Self-Driven Child With Author, Ned Johnson

Ned Johnson is president & founder PrepMatters, an educational company providing academic tutoring, educational planning, and standardized test preparation. A battle-tested veteran in the fields of test preparation, anxiety management, and student performance, Ned has been a professional “tutor-geek” since 1993, with more than 40,000 one-on-one hours helping students conquer an alphabet of standardized tests and reach their full potential. In 2018, Ned co-authored, With Dr. William Stixrude, The

Sep 28, 2020 • 1:12:07

Eps 241: Solo Show - Musings on Parenting as Transformation

Eps 241: Solo Show - Musings on Parenting as Transformation

Today is a solo show straight from my journal! Thank you to the patrons who were watching the livestream with me - I love speaking to a live audience! Takeaways from the show: Our experiences with the state of the world Thoughts from Casey’s journal Personal transformations through the world’s disarray  Choosing self time when you’re moody What you’re feeling now is valid and you have a choice to how you show up with it Being worried about the future because kids don’t have as much motivat

Sep 21, 2020 • 37:11

Eps 240: Exploring the divine purpose of the parenting journey with Michelle Bowen

Eps 240: Exploring the divine purpose of the parenting journey with Michelle Bowen

Michelle Bowen is a parent empowerment coach, entrepreneur and mother to a child who she gave birth to at the early stages of her awakening. The only way for Michelle to continue to further expand in her awakening was to utilize her relationship with her child. Your Child is Your Guide was birthed from her own process with her child that brought about an enormous transformation in her own life. In her practice, she specializes in guiding you to the realization of the divinity of your child and y

Sep 14, 2020 • 44:18

Eps 239: The podcast is BACK and it's a brave new world...

Eps 239: The podcast is BACK and it's a brave new world...

TODAY IS A SOLO SHOW! I am so excited to be back here with you all… What a summer. I am so excited to reconnect and reset for the coming months, and to let you know what to expect for me, the community and the podcast Before I get into it… Patreon patreon/com/joyfulcourage Livestreaming Monthly group calls Join us!! The Risky Behavior and Teens summit was AMAZING – thank you to my guests and everyone who registered – If you missed it, go to www.joyfulcourage.com/summit-shop and check it o

Sep 7, 2020 • 40:11

Eps 238: Solo show - a personal share about what's next for Joyful Courage

Eps 238: Solo show - a personal share about what's next for Joyful Courage

COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING! Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook groups: Live and Love with Joyful CourageJoyful Courage for Parents of Teens :::: SUPER FAM Take that community vibe next level by joining the Joyful Courage Patreon community! For as little as $5/month you can support the podcast, and enjoy weekly FB lives from me every Monday - answering questions from the community and offering direct support and coaching, and every other week there is also a Podcast Recap discus

Jun 24, 2020 • 28:05

Eps 237: Nurturing an Anti-Racist Home Environment (and so much more) with Vivek Patel

Eps 237: Nurturing an Anti-Racist Home Environment (and so much more) with Vivek Patel

Today’s guest is Vivek Patel. Vivek is a conscious parenting educator who works with families to help create more harmony and connection in their homes. He has dedicated his life to spreading awareness and supporting change in schools. He's worked with youth organizations teaching conflict resolution anti bullying and leadership through movement martial arts and dance. As a conscious parenting educator, he has written hundreds of articles and has 60 parenting videos, you can find his wr

Jun 17, 2020 • 1:30:06

Eps 236: Solo Show - Chores and Allowance

Eps 236: Solo Show - Chores and Allowance

Solo show – last minute decision to wait on the conversation that I was going to air today…. Today I am going to talk about chores and allowance There was a post from a mom in on of the Joyful Courage FB groups a few weeks ago reflecting on how it was time for her 11 and 5 year old to begin chores and allowance. The comments were a range of advice, with many parents speaking into separating chores from allowance. I promised the group that I would speak into this on the podcast. Before I do thou

Jun 10, 2020 • 38:32

Eps 235: Solo Show- Educating ourselves to be better for people of color

Eps 235: Solo Show- Educating ourselves to be better for people of color

Today I am solo.I have a heavy heart this week, and a short show. I know I promised something on chores and allowance but you will have to wait a few weeks for that.This week I want to highlight a few shows that I have done in the past and offer up some resources to keep learning and growing as humans – because that is what my work si about – Joyful Courage is about embracing opportunities to grow, even when it’s messy and wobbly.As someone with an audience that is largely white women,

Jun 3, 2020 • 30:29

Eps 234: Examining Female Sexuality with Leah Carey

Eps 234: Examining Female Sexuality with Leah Carey

Today’s guest is Leah Carrie, a sex and intimacy coach who helps women shed shame about their sexuality and communicate about what they really want in the bedroom rather than just tolerating what they're given. Her clients learn to embrace their sexuality no matter what it looks like. She is the host of the podcast Good Girls Talk About Sex.    Sexual freedom is a subject that is deeply personal to Leah because she spent most of her life being a very good girl. Most of the sex she had was either

May 27, 2020 • 1:01:01

Eps 233: Solo with Casey exploring awareness and learning to let go of the beat up

Eps 233: Solo with Casey exploring awareness and learning to let go of the beat up

Ahhh, hello. Today I want to talk about beat up. There tends to be two extreme ends of the spectrum…. Thre are those of us who have a crazy ideal that we are trying to live up to – typically one where we don’t make any mistakes and show up perfect in all the roles we play. None of us can ever really get there, but we are striving for it. The self talk may sound like: “I have to be more present with the kids.” “I need to make more homecooked meals.” “I’ve got to catch up on housecleaning/laundry/

May 20, 2020 • 25:08

Eps 232: Exploring Consciousness with Dr. Habib Sadeghi

Eps 232: Exploring Consciousness with Dr. Habib Sadeghi

I am so excited to welcome my guest, Dr. Habib Sadeghi. Dr. Habib Sadeghi is the founder of Be Hive of Healing, an integrative medical center based in Los Angeles. He specializes in multi-disciplinary treatment for chronic illnesses that include osteopathic, anthroposophical, environmental, psychosomatic, family, and German new medicine, as well as clinical pharmacology. He served as an attending Physician and Clinical Facilitator at UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center and is currently a Clinical I

May 13, 2020 • 58:17

Eps 231: SOLO SHOW - Moving from Right/Wrong to Effective and Remembering that Self Regulation is Learned Over Time with PRACTICE

Eps 231: SOLO SHOW - Moving from Right/Wrong to Effective and Remembering that Self Regulation is Learned Over Time with PRACTICE

Hi! Welcome back…. Those of you that are new to the podcast I want to give you a warm welcome, I am so glad you are here. As the longtime listeners know, this show is part informative and educational, part deeply personal, and always authentic and, I hope, relatable. That is always my goal.   We are on a collective journey.   Good/ bad, right/wrong, winning/failing at how about effective/ ineffective? Takes the judgment out Allows us to know be in this role where we SHOULD know exactly what to

May 5, 2020 • 29:20

Ep 230: Bracha Kopstick On Raising Kids to Have a Good Relationship with Food

Ep 230: Bracha Kopstick On Raising Kids to Have a Good Relationship with Food

Today’s guest is Bracha Kopstick . She is a registered dietician specializing in adolescent nutrition. She helps parents feel calm and confident with raising adolescence to have a positive relationship with food and their body. There's a lot of contradictory information about feeding kids but she clarifies and educates parents so that they can raise adolescents with a positive food relationship without the shame and guilt. Join us!"Kids are starting to gain weight in their journey to adulthood.

Apr 28, 2020 • 46:04

A quick check in :)

A quick check in :)

Hello Joyful Courage family – how are you today? I hope that your quarantine isn’t too overwhelming and that you are finding opportunity to choose into peace and connection amidst the chaos and uncertainty…. I wanted to show up here and let you know that I am taking this week off from recoding a podcast. For those of you who have been following, you know that my family is going through a new challenge that continues to unfold. I am choosing to use my energy to hold space for my family and the t

Apr 21, 2020 • 3:51

Eps 229: Parenting through a crisis with Dona Bumgarner

Eps 229: Parenting through a crisis with Dona Bumgarner

I am so excited to welcome my guest, Dona Bumgarner! Dona is a life coach for frustrated moms who are exhausted living in a culture that doesn’t support them well, which can lead to feeling very out of control of their own time and energy. In her work, Dona helps mothers re-engage with their own desires and design a mothering style and family life that feels authentic to their personal values and goals. She believes that when parents have their needs met, they have more energy and patience to en

Apr 14, 2020 • 45:28

Eps 228: SOLO SHOW Living Inside of Uncertainty

Eps 228: SOLO SHOW Living Inside of Uncertainty

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Apr 7, 2020 • 24:58

Eps 227: Problem Solving with Cynthia Klein

Eps 227: Problem Solving with Cynthia Klein

SUPER FAM My guest today is Cynthia Klein. Cynthia is an Educator, Coach, Speaker, and Author. Through her work, Cynthia helped parents of children from age five to 30. Through a strong desire to create a great relationship with her own child, Cynthia’s journey to developing herself as a parent began early on. By building Bridges 2 Understanding and cooperation rooted in mutual respect, she was able to achieve the connection she longed for with her teenage daughter. Cynthia understands the chall

Mar 31, 2020 • 50:13

Eps 226: SOLO SHOW Parenting in the age of Covid-19

Eps 226: SOLO SHOW Parenting in the age of Covid-19

Hey listeners!! I am recording this Sunday, it will go live on Tuesday – and I can’t not talk about Covid 19, the coronavirus – because it is absolutely right here, right now, and the reality for the world right now. I want to start with whoa. I mean, whoa right? This is a weird and wild time. We are facing something that few of us have ever experienced before – the news, the leadership, the unknown – it is all right there. Dr. Shefali, author and conscious parenting guru called this time a chir

Mar 24, 2020 • 36:20

Eps 225: Kristina Kuzmic is sharing her story of staying grounded on the wild ride of life

Eps 225: Kristina Kuzmic is sharing her story of staying grounded on the wild ride of life

What you’ll hear in this episode: Why you shouldn’t wait How Oprah discovered Kristina Why we need to get uncomfortable with self-criticism Why you need to write Ta-da lists instead of To Do lists Maintaining perspective about things that didn’t get done Making a habit of personal growth Empowering our kids to do things for themselves without taking over Having compassion for our kids Creating space for sharing and connection in your relationship with your kids Searching for love in yo

Mar 17, 2020 • 35:10

Eps 224: SOLO - Creating mindfulness in our romantic partnerships

Eps 224: SOLO - Creating mindfulness in our romantic partnerships

Today is a solo show – woop woop! Being in a mindful relationship… What is mindfulness? Why is it important on the parenting journey? Why is this important in life? I went to a mindful couples workshop with my husband this weekend Why did we go? Morning of… How I did my work when it was hard to do Modeling setting intention Letting go of being attached to the experience of my husband Why this is relevant to our kids and parenting and life Setting the context with how I showed up and what I w

Mar 10, 2020 • 34:17

Eps 223: Decolonizing Parenting With Yolanda Williams

Eps 223: Decolonizing Parenting With Yolanda Williams

Today’s guest is Yolanda Williams. Conscious parenting is really close to her heart, and she knows what it feels like to grow up without a voice and with violence as a consequence. Raising a black child in a world filled with white supremacy can seem insurmountable at times but she firmly believes that conscious parenting is activism against racism. Yolanda is raising a carefree child to be her authentic self, unafraid to use her voice to stand up to oppression with unshakable confidence and sel

Mar 3, 2020 • 48:11

Eps 222: SOLO SHOW - how's the connection at your house?

Eps 222: SOLO SHOW - how's the connection at your house?

Hey all! Today is a solo show… I am so honored to be here with you. Today is all about connection and relationship (again, I know, but really, it’s what’s up). Broken record in the conversations I am having in the teen group as well as the super fam Relationship relationship relationship Not as a “strategy” When relationship is offer, disconnection si present, its like we are on unstable ground Belonging and significance Being seen and heard Feeling valued/ Feeling safe– routines/agreemen

Feb 25, 2020 • 38:27

Eps 221: Sarah Rosensweet talks Positive Parenting and letting go during the teen years

Eps 221: Sarah Rosensweet talks Positive Parenting and letting go during the teen years

My guest today is Sarah Rosensweet.Sarah is a Peaceful Parenting leader and coach. Peaceful parenting is an approach that uses kind, firm limits with lots of empathy. Parents are in charge but give their kids the support they need to meet their expectations. She emphasizes connection and supports parents in prioritizing relationship with our kids.Sarah knows that our relationship is the most effective way we can influence our kids.Sarah and I spend time today discussing some of the biggest take-

Feb 18, 2020 • 50:33

Eps 220: SOLO SHOW digging into strategies for creating space for emotional safety for your teens

Eps 220: SOLO SHOW digging into strategies for creating space for emotional safety for your teens

Today is a solos show - YAY! Coming off of the mental health mini summit… I am reminded time and time again about the importance of creating an environment that support our kids-teens in being who they are. A space that feels emotionally safe. We hold the container, we set the tone, right? Before we can do that we really need to decide what it is that we want to create?  Speaking with clients about this, before a big conversation or event, I will aks them, well, what is it you want to create? Wh

Feb 11, 2020 • 35:49

Eps 219: Being a Shameless Mom with Sara Dean

Eps 219: Being a Shameless Mom with Sara Dean

I am so excited to welcome Sara Dean to the Joyful Courage Podcast. Sara is the creator and host of the Shameless Mom Academy Podcast, a top rated podcast with over 2 million downloads. Her biggest passion is helping women own their space. After enduring a long infertility journey, and then a full blown identity crises following the birth of her son, Sara took her background in psychology/health/ wellness and rebuilt her identity – one step at a time. Today, Sara motivates and inspires women to

Feb 4, 2020 • 45:09

Eps 218: SOLO SHOW Revisiting the power of the 3Bs

Eps 218: SOLO SHOW Revisiting the power of the 3Bs

SOLO SHOWInterviewed for the positive parenting conference by Sumitha Bhandarkar from afineparent.com and she wanted to interview me about my book – fun to remember that I wrote a book!Deep dove into the three Bs.Then last night I had my first of 6 live parenting classes here in Bellingham.Being vs doingTheory, belonging and significancePower of perceptionsHumans are social beings – everything in the context of relationshipIceberg why is it important to keep in mind? HALT Problem we see

Jan 28, 2020 • 37:57

Eps 217: Exploring Collaborative Emotion Processing with Alyssa Blask Campbell

Eps 217: Exploring Collaborative Emotion Processing with Alyssa Blask Campbell

Today’s guest is Alyssa Blask Campbell. Alyssa has her Master's of Education in Early Childhood. She is a leading expert in emotional development speaking to people around the world. She is a podcast host for Voices of Your Village and the CEO of Seed and Sew. Alyssa has been featured As an emotional development expert and publications such as the Washington Post, Kids VT and Family Education. After co creating the CEP method, which she's going to tell us all about, she researched it across the

Jan 21, 2020 • 56:46

Eps 216: Solo Show - Transformation starts with us

Eps 216: Solo Show - Transformation starts with us

Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey AUDIOBOOK is available!! I am confident that the Joyful Courage audiobook will be a supportive companion as you ride it out with your kids – full of stories and tools that will connect you with self and others, the audiobook will be something you can listen to over and over and over again. Follow Joyful Courage on FB and IG, and sign up for my weekly newsletter at www.joyfulcourage.com/join :::: Join the Joyful Courag

Jan 14, 2020 • 35:08

Eps 215: The Power of Showing up With Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson

Eps 215: The Power of Showing up With Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson

Today’s guests are Dr. Dan Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson. Dan is an internationally acclaimed author, award winning educator and child psychiatrist. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, where he also serves as a co investigator at the Center For Culture, Brain And Development, and co director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center. Dan co authored some of our favorite parenting books, including The Whole Brain Child, No Drama Discipline, and The Yes B

Jan 7, 2020 • 1:06:47

Eps 214: Solo show - Celebrating and reflecting on 2019

Eps 214: Solo show - Celebrating and reflecting on 2019

Today is a solo show, reflecting on 2019 – the celebrations, the lessons, all of it. I am so grateful for the community and the love you send me and each other on the daily!! See you in the new year!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 31, 2019 • 29:46

Eps 213: Deep Diving into Self Care with Aparna Venkataraman

Eps 213: Deep Diving into Self Care with Aparna Venkataraman

Today’s guest is Aparna Venkataraman. Aparna is a parent coach, meditation teacher, motivational speaker and global wellness advocate for doTERRA essential oils. Her approachable nature, strong intuition and problem solving skills guide her in supporting parents of babies, toddlers and teens to empower themselves and build healthy relationships with one another through effective communication, confidence building and light hearted mindfulness techniques. She values authenticity, which you all kn

Dec 17, 2019 • 47:16

Eps 212: SOLO SHOW about becoming a more explicit and less resentful parent

Eps 212: SOLO SHOW about becoming a more explicit and less resentful parent

SOLO SHOW! I have shared about going to therapy – and quite a few of you have reached out and shared that this has prompted YOU to find this kind of support in your community – SO HAPPY! I told you how I shopped around and chose on that I thought was the right fit. I had actually had some one I trust and worked with suggest that somatic therapy was really the fit I wanted, so that is what I looked for. Even after shopping around, after a few sessions, I felt unsatisfied with the experience. IT f

Dec 10, 2019 • 32:04

Eps 211: Finding the joy in missing out with Tonya Dalton

Eps 211: Finding the joy in missing out with Tonya Dalton

Today’s guest is Tonya Dalton. Tonya is a productivity expert, writer, speaker and founder of Inkwell Press Productivity Company, a company centered around productivity tools and training. she released her book The Joy of Missing Out on October 1, she's going to share a little bit about her book with us. Tanya is also the mother of two teenagers and really knows what it means to be the leader of a family. Join us! " I love that it feels like a permission slip. Like I feel like I have permission

Dec 3, 2019 • 36:58

Eps 210: SOLO SHOW Navigating fear and trusting our gut

Eps 210: SOLO SHOW Navigating fear and trusting our gut

Today is a solo show. I missed you all last week…. As you know, I am in the throes of navigating my own parenting journey and sometimes that means stepping away from my professional work to focus on my family. For all of you out there who are feeling like you are the only one struggling on this path, it simply IS NOT TRUE. We all have our own way of sharing with the world, and many people just don’t. They keep the hard stuff to themselves, leaving the rest of us thinking that their lives are eas

Nov 26, 2019 • 30:42

EPS 209: Mindful Mama Mentor, Hunter Clarke Fields, supporting us in raising good humans

EPS 209: Mindful Mama Mentor, Hunter Clarke Fields, supporting us in raising good humans

My guest today is Hunter Clarke-Fields.  Hunter is a yoga and mindfulness coach, the host of the Mindful Mama Podcast, and supporter of moms near and far. She is also a mama herself and walks her talk with her two daughters. I had the great pleasure of being a guest on Hunter’s podcast and am thrilled to host here on the Joyful Courage Podcast. Hunter’s book, Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids is available now, and I

Nov 12, 2019 • 40:02

Eps 208: Solo Show - keeping things real while navigating a tough season of parenting

Eps 208: Solo Show - keeping things real while navigating a tough season of parenting

This week is a solo show and I am totally going free style. There aren’t much for show notes, I hope you listen and that what is shared resonates with you. We are all in this together! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 5, 2019 • 41:18

Eps 207: Talking Gen Z and Screens with Jaynay C. Johnson

Eps 207: Talking Gen Z and Screens with Jaynay C. Johnson

Today’s guest is Jaynay C. Johnson. Jaynay is a therapist, speaker and author, dedicating much of her time and energy to serving adolescent girls and their families. From suffering from teen depression to being written off from family and teachers as being just another troubled teen, Jaynay has always been a firm believer that at any given moment you have the power to say "This is not how the story is going to end." Jennay chose to take control of her story, choosing to dedicate her life to upli

Oct 29, 2019 • 1:04:50

Eps 206: The path to radical acceptance

Eps 206: The path to radical acceptance

Hey friends… thank you for meeting me here. Thank you for seeing me and for sharing the ways that this podcast resonates with you and supports you. I have received feedback from so many of you talking about how this show is a lifeline for you, and a place where the experience you are having on the parenting journey is validating. Radical Acceptance Have you heard of this? DBT (which I haven’t ever done and know really nothing about accepting something with all of your soul opening yourself to

Oct 23, 2019 • 32:58

Eps 205: Wendy Bertagnole breaks down the sensory system in a way that makes PERFECT SENSE!

Eps 205: Wendy Bertagnole breaks down the sensory system in a way that makes PERFECT SENSE!

My guest today is Wendy Bertagnole. Wendy Bertagnole, is a lover of chocolate, lifter of heavy weights, believer in wearing yoga clothes most every day, and a mother of three kids. She works with moms who are frustrated with their children’s behavior, helping them to once again enjoy motherhood and their children. With an undergrad degree in child development and a masters in special education, Wendy has taken what she’s learned, while also raising her three kids, to serve others  Wendy knows th

Oct 15, 2019 • 48:26

Eps 204: SOLO SHOW Time for therapy

Eps 204: SOLO SHOW Time for therapy

Today is a solo show – woohoo! I am having a really hard time prepping a solo show…. Part of the problem is that I feel like I am really in my own work of finding some space inside of my fears and worries about my parenting. Am I too permissive? Am I avoiding conflict? Or am I meeting my kids where they are at? Am I being pragmatic, or is this confusing? Am I enabling or am I meeting my children where they are at? What is going to happen to them? Will they be able to cope in the future? Will the

Oct 8, 2019 • 28:48

Eps 203: Dr.Rob Reiher digs into parenting above the noise

Eps 203: Dr.Rob Reiher digs into parenting above the noise

My guest today is DR. ROB REIHER.   Rob is a highly respected developmental and educational psychologist. He is a media expert who studies the escalating impact of tech, media and consumerism and it’s accompanying “noise” on children, families and society.   Also, Rob has extensive experience as a researcher, counselor, speaker, consultant, and educator. As an adjunct professor of Psychology at Woodbury University in Burbank California, Rob created and taught the first INNERTAINMENT course in th

Oct 1, 2019 • 1:02:26

Eps 202: Natha Campanella on using astrology to support our parenting

Eps 202: Natha Campanella on using astrology to support our parenting

Today’s guest is Natha Campanella. She is a professional writer, a mother, a teacher, an astrologer and intuitive guide. Natha is also a certified master life coach and she uses a unique blend of modalities and her approach with an emphasis on traditional coaching and astrology. She often supplements with knowledge from the enneagram. We will be discussing astrology. Join us! "There's something that is very objective about astrology and also very validating.” “The beautiful thing about astrology

Sep 24, 2019 • 52:30

EPS 201: SOLO SHOW What it means to meet our kids where they're at

EPS 201: SOLO SHOW What it means to meet our kids where they're at

Yay! I’m back! I’ve missed you all!!! It isn’t often that I take time off of this podcast, and I am really grateful to have taken the past few weeks off.Some of the things that went down included: Working with three elementary schools here in Bellingham! Supporting the staff members with implementing Positive Discipline in the classroom Shout out to teachers – they are on the font lines of making the world a better place, and just like all of us, doing the best they can with the tools they have.

Sep 17, 2019 • 23:34

A Super Short Announcement from Casey

A Super Short Announcement from Casey

HEYYYY!! This isn't a full episode - just a quick announcement letting listeners know that the show is going to take a month off and come back strong September 17th - woop woop. Listen in and find out how to stay connected. Big love, Casey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 20, 2019 • 3:45

Eps 200: SOLO SHOW Navigating my open, honest relationship with my teens

Eps 200: SOLO SHOW Navigating my open, honest relationship with my teens

Today is a SOLO SHOW! First, how about a community celebration for the 200TH EPISODE of the Joyful Courage Podcast!!! WOOP WOOP!! It is so exciting to reach this milestone with you all... Along with the fact that the podcast has been downloaded over 550,000 times!! I am so deeply grateful and honored that I get to show up for you each week and that what I create is useful to you.... In honor of the 200th show, I actually have a BRAND NEW SOLO SHOW to share this week. I got some pretty powerful f

Aug 14, 2019 • 31:08

SUMMER SERIES: EPISODE 199, REVISITING THE BRILLIANCE OF DR. DAN SIEGEL

SUMMER SERIES: EPISODE 199, REVISITING THE BRILLIANCE OF DR. DAN SIEGEL

This week I am replaying a conversation that I had one year ago, almost to THE DAY, with one of my DREAM GUESTs, Dr. Dan Siegel. I am so glad that when I record, there is only audio going on, because I was grinning like a fool while talking to Dr. Siegel. Anyone who knows his work, KNOWS, he is the real deal. Super brilliant. Super dedicated to supporting parents in a way that MATTERS. His books, which he co-authored with another Joyful Courage fave guest, Dr. Tina Bryson, include the whole brai

Aug 5, 2019 • 55:49

Summer Series: Eps 198, Grounding Ourselves with Kerry Foreman

Summer Series: Eps 198, Grounding Ourselves with Kerry Foreman

Hey friends! Welcome back to Joyful Courage – a conscious parenting podcast, where we get real and raw about the parenting journey. You have tuned in to another SUMMER SERIES EPISODE!! This week I am super excited to bring back my conversation from TWO YEARS AGO, Episode 98, with Kerry Foreman. I am THRILLED to be sharing this conversation with you. Kerry is someone that I follow on Instagram and am continuously inspired by how she shows up in the world.Kerry has an online program for t

Jul 30, 2019 • 56:17

Summer Series: Eps 197, Walking the Tightrope of Raising Teens with Kim Muench

Summer Series: Eps 197, Walking the Tightrope of Raising Teens with Kim Muench

Hey friends! Welcome back to Joyful Courage – a conscious parenting podcast, where we get real and raw about the parenting journey. You have tuned in to another SUMMER SERIES EPISODE!! This week I am bringing back my conversation with Kim Muench. Kim has been on the show a couple of times, but this episode we dig into how the parenting teens experience can really feel like a tight rope walk. Consider the content of LAST WEEK’s show, I thought it would be helpful to share this conversation.   Kim

Jul 23, 2019 • 46:08

Summer Series: Eps 196, Kids, Drugs and my Conversation with Liz Blackwell-Moore

Summer Series: Eps 196, Kids, Drugs and my Conversation with Liz Blackwell-Moore

Today I am bringing back my conversation with Liz Blackwell-Moore from episode 128. Liz and I go deep into the conversation of substance use and abuse and how to be in relationship with our kids while also navigating the very real decisions they may or may not decide to make. I know, this topic is tough. We all want our kid to be safe and healthy…. And we all feel the fear around the very real risks some of them take. This conversation is powerful and left me feeling more grounded about this sup

Jul 16, 2019 • 49:57

Summer Series: Eps 195, Jessica Lahey Talks About the Gift of Failure

Summer Series: Eps 195, Jessica Lahey Talks About the Gift of Failure

Today we are going wayyyyy back to revisit Episode 21, my conversation with Jessica Lahey about what it means to be an “autonomy supportive” parents. This was such a powerful revisit for me, four years later, as my kids settle into the teen years and all the challenges and celebrations they get to navigate. I would love to take away the pain and confusion that comes with this time – AND I know that my kids will have their deepest learning through experience… Such a great conversation! Jessica La

Jul 9, 2019 • 48:08

Summer Series: Eps 194, Genevieve Simperingham on Peaceful Parenting and Teens

Summer Series: Eps 194, Genevieve Simperingham on Peaceful Parenting and Teens

Today we are going to revisit Episode 138, my conversation with Genevieve Simperingham about what peaceful parenting during the teen years looks like. Genevieve Simperingham is a counsellor, an AWARE parenting educator, a writer, a group facilitator, meditation teacher and founder of the Peaceful Parent Institute in New Zealand. Over the last 24 years, Genevieve has presented hundreds of workshops and courses. She has parented her own kids using attachment principles and she seeks to empower par

Jul 3, 2019 • 55:05

Eps 193: Revisiting my conversation about teens with Sharon Ballentine

Eps 193: Revisiting my conversation about teens with Sharon Ballentine

Today’s show is a revisit of Episode 57, my conversation with Sharon Ballantine. With 3 children to parent, Sharon turned to books for help with parenting, but she never had the time to read and process the information in the books. So, with no other options available to her, she decided to rely on her own intuition and her own Internal Guidance System for parenting. She began using this technique and the law of attraction to manifest exactly what she wanted as a parent. In this episode, Sharon

Jun 25, 2019 • 42:25

Eps 192: Talking About Sensory Sensitive Kids with Shelley Francis

Eps 192: Talking About Sensory Sensitive Kids with Shelley Francis

Today’s guest is Shelley Francis. Shelly is an audiologist specializing in auditory processing disorder, and has been working with children for over 25 years. Over the years she has noticed a trend where more and more children are being seen as extra sensitive, not only with their physical senses but with their inner senses as well. By using her own sensitivities, she looks past a child's diagnosis and connects with their heart.Today Shelly remains motivated by both her passion to help children

Jun 18, 2019 • 54:02

Eps 191: Back to the Basics of Positive Discipline

Eps 191: Back to the Basics of Positive Discipline

Hey friends!  Can’t believe that it is nearly halfway through June! -      Book launch – IG Giveaway -      JCA Teens program -      NASAP and TP -      Looking ahead at the summer -      Planning for next fall o  More JCA Teens o  Possible JCA Tweens/Preteens o  Live workshops/classes Today I want to get back to basics. I am a Positive Discipline Trainer. My recent time in Tucson at NASAP and co-facilitating the TP has brought me back to the building blocks of positive discipline…. I am also fi

Jun 11, 2019 • 43:33

Eps 190: Getting our nutrition on with Lahana Vigliano

Eps 190: Getting our nutrition on with Lahana Vigliano

Today’s guest is Lahana Vigliano. Lahana is a certified clinical nutritionist and CEO of Thrival Nutrition. She has her Bachelor's degree in Nutrition Science and currently is pursuing her Master's degree in Nutrition Science. Lahana and her team help support women who struggle with weight loss, hormone imbalances, digestive issues, chronic fatigue, and many other lingering issues that leaves women not feeling their best. She uses food as medicine as well as herbs and supplements when needed to

Jun 4, 2019 • 43:12

Eps 189: Part Two of Using the Law of Attraction on the Parenting Journey

Eps 189: Part Two of Using the Law of Attraction on the Parenting Journey

Hey everybody!!!! So happy to be back with you for another solo show – SO MUCH HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!!! When I work with clients, I always start the hour with a grounding meditation, because I think we should ALL be dropping into the present moment more often, and then I ask, “What are you celebrating?” I love this question because it reminds my clients that there is always something to celebrate, something to look at as a gift. I know that sometimes if feels like a stretch, but when we challenge

May 28, 2019 • 27:59

Eps 188: Julie Neale Shares about Motherhood, Activism, and the Power of Voice

Eps 188: Julie Neale Shares about Motherhood, Activism, and the Power of Voice

Today’s guest is Mother's Quest founder, Julie Neale. Julie honors both the meaning and the mess of life and parenthood and believes our children and youth challenge us to grow into our best selves. She is on a mission to live a truly epic life and through her example inspire her children to do the same her for purpose.   Her for-purpose venture Mother's Quest provides inspiration, coaching, and community so that mothers and those who work with young people can connect to support and resources,

May 21, 2019 • 53:56

Eps 187: Solo show about the law of attraction and parenting

Eps 187: Solo show about the law of attraction and parenting

Heyyyyyy you!  So much excitement – we got out house, kids are on board, book is getting attention, work is good…. Having the experience of seeing all that is abundant in my life has got me to thinking about how I have in the past seen abundance in the lives of others and thought “that will never be me” “I can’t do that” blah blah blah – and I’ve realized that in changing the story, I have changed what has unfolded in my life….. Its amazing.   Our story keeps us where we are   Listening to a lot

May 14, 2019 • 32:42

Eps 186: Teasing apart Emotional Regulation with Anna Seewald

Eps 186: Teasing apart Emotional Regulation with Anna Seewald

My guest today is Anna Seewald. Anna is a Parent Educator, Keynote Speaker, Author and Host of The Authentic Parenting Podcast. With background in psychology and education, having worked with children for 18 years, today she helps conscious moms and dads to become calm and connected to themselves and their children through trauma-informed education. She believes in helping children by helping parents. She has a private practice that specializes in parent education, where she provides one-on-one

May 7, 2019 • 49:30

Eps 185: How to be fiercely committed and lovingly detached

Eps 185: How to be fiercely committed and lovingly detached

Today is solo show – woohoo!! I’ve been missing you all. I am so excited to have been interviewed by some amazing gals out there in the Podcast world. Anna Seewald of the Authentic Parenting Podcast – www.authenticparenting.com/podcast had me on and we talked about building trust – both in ourselves and our kids. Loved every minute of it and can’t WAIT to meet Anna in person at her conference in May, the Authentic Parenting Conference – www.authenticparenting.com/conference. Today I want to talk

Apr 30, 2019 • 42:58

Eps 184: The Montessori Toddler with Simone Davies

Eps 184: The Montessori Toddler with Simone Davies

Today’s guest is Simone Davis. Simone is the author of the new book, The Montessori Toddler. Simone is an AMI Association Montessori International Montessori Educator. She lives in Amsterdam where she runs parent-child Montessori classes at Jacaranda Tree Montessori. Simone is the author of a popular blog, The Montessori Notebook. She is also mother to two young adults. We will be discussing toddlers. Join us!"In Montessori it's an alternative education system where we're actually following each

Apr 23, 2019 • 39:29

Eps 183: Your kids are not manipulating you.

Eps 183: Your kids are not manipulating you.

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage. Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::   Winging it in the closet!   Thank you for the review, Lauren!   Listening to my clients and group participants…. Amazing the expansive way we can see/here for the other person.   The idea that kids get into mischief, make mistakes, AND well meaning, loving parents get stuck into thinking “they are manipulating me/trying to get what they want/p

Apr 16, 2019 • 33:02

Eps 182: Finding Your Family's Rhythm with  Meagan Wilson

Eps 182: Finding Your Family's Rhythm with Meagan Wilson

My guest today is Meagan Wilson. Meagan is the founder of Whole Family Rhythms and living out her mission of helping other mothers, caregivers, and educators to create more clarity and balance within the home. Meagan’s website and seasonal Guides provide support, information, and resources on conscious parenting inspired by the earth, the seasons, and each family’s own unique values. Together, a community of over 25 thousand like-minded Mothers and educators gather each day on her Instagram feed

Apr 9, 2019 • 44:14

Eps 181: A Solo Show Exploring The Myths and Realities of Positive Parenting

Eps 181: A Solo Show Exploring The Myths and Realities of Positive Parenting

Hey there!!! Myths of Positive Parenting That everything is peaceful all the time  PD activity that shows the continuum between kindness and firmness parenting styles Kind AND firm can feel elusive We are all human beings having a human experience Kids and teens are perceiving what is happening around them, and making meaning out of what they are perceiving. They filter the world through their individual, developing lens – it makes sense that they get it wrong and response in a way that seems….

Apr 2, 2019 • 30:19

Eps 180: Dr. Sarah Bergman Lewis Discusses Navigating Trauma on the Parenting Journey

Eps 180: Dr. Sarah Bergman Lewis Discusses Navigating Trauma on the Parenting Journey

Today’s guest is Dr. Sarah Bergman Lewis. Before attending medical school ,Sarah helped to found a middle school called the Seattle Girls' School. As part of her 5 years with the Seattle girls' school she did admission and taught 6th grade Sarah attended University of Washington Medical School. She completed her pediatric residency at Seattle Children's, has worked in urgent care at Seattle Children's Hospital, then as a primary care physician.She and her family later travelled to Guatemala for

Mar 26, 2019 • 55:04

SOLO show about trusting relationship and encouragement

SOLO show about trusting relationship and encouragement

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: First – let me tell you how much I love the show, Parenthood, on Netflix.... Casey is on solo with you today digging into what it means to trust the process in the context of parenting, Positive Discipline, and leaning on our relationship as the most powerful way to influence our kids behavior. What does this mean? Hitting stage Homework stage

Mar 19, 2019 • 36:37

Beyond Birds and Bees with Bonnie J Rough

Beyond Birds and Bees with Bonnie J Rough

Today’s guest is Bonnie J. Rough, who is an author, journalist, and speaker focusing on families, health, education, parenting and sexuality. Her latest book is Beyond Birds & Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids about Sex, Love, and Equality. has written recently for the New York Times on teaching young children about boundaries and consent and the value of childhood crushes, The Atlantic on both the link between sex ed and gender equality and improving school sex ed, the Washington

Mar 12, 2019 • 43:21

Eps 177: Casey is Solo talking about how we influence the iceberg

Eps 177: Casey is Solo talking about how we influence the iceberg

How we influence the iceberg  Clients come to me to talk about kids behavior Battles over homework Power struggles Screen time addiction Getting out the door We are mega focused on fixing those problems The iceberg- behavior we see is a solution to a problem that we may or may not know about Example that we played with a few weeks ago in parenting class: Child won’t get ready to go in the morning and family is late getting out the door Two options for response: What do I have to do to th

Mar 5, 2019 • 28:45

Sid Garza-Hillman talking about small steps to a thriving family

Sid Garza-Hillman talking about small steps to a thriving family

Today’s guest is Sid Garza-Hillman, who is a podcaster and youtuber. He's the author of Approaching the Natural: A Health Manifesto and Raising Healthy Parents, Small Steps, Less Stress and a Thriving Family. Sid graduated from UCLA with a BA in philosophy and is a public speaker, certified nutritionist and Small Steps Coach. He teaches people around the world his unique small steps approach to healthy living at www.smallsteppers.com. His latest podcast, What Sid Thinks is currently available on

Feb 26, 2019 • 47:59

A candid conversation with my kids about screen time

A candid conversation with my kids about screen time

Screens Why? It is coming up in the Joyful Courage Parents of Teens community, it is coming up in calls with clients, it is coming up in my own life and practice with my kids FOR CERTAIN: it is a big pain in the ass  Today I am going to share and inquiry from my own experience – not because I know the way, or I have it all figured out, but because I am IN IT with you. Remember last April when I had Dr. Delaney Runston on and we talked about her documentary, Screenagers? There are so many pearls

Feb 19, 2019 • 51:24

Learning to be a more mindful communicator with Oren Jay Sofer

Learning to be a more mindful communicator with Oren Jay Sofer

Today’s guest is Oren Jay Sofer, the author of Say What You Mean - A Mindful Approach to Non-Violent Communication. He leads retreats and workshops on mindful communication at meditation centres and education settings around the US. Oren is a graduate of the IMS Spirit Rock teacher training program. He holds a degree in comparative religion from Columbia University, teaches in the Insight Meditation community and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and a certified trainer of non-violent commu

Feb 12, 2019 • 54:00

Eps 173 - Solo Show about the power of encouragement

Eps 173 - Solo Show about the power of encouragement

Recap of the summit What happens when we start having real conversations? Community/support Seeing participants in real life Recognizing our attachments and course correcting Gratitude to guests Gratitude to participants $109 and it is your for eva   Saw Brene Brown Seen before Appreciate her realness Familiar stories Story of daughter swimming and conversation around being brave IS winning Are these the conversations we are having with our kids? Are we explicit?   What we notice a

Feb 5, 2019 • 26:50

Unlearning Supermom with Rachel Butler

Unlearning Supermom with Rachel Butler

Today’s guest is Rachel Butler. She is an executive and professional coach, an organizational health expert, a wife and mother of 2 boys she is one of those unique women who is both powerhouse and presence. She's a master in organizational systems and she's worked with over 325 organizations. Rachel embodies what it means to be an empowered woman and a conscious mom. Rachel and her mama business partner Gillian Rowinski are the voices behind Unlearning SuperMom a feminist website that supports e

Jan 29, 2019 • 50:09

Solo Show - Being the CALM inside the storm

Solo Show - Being the CALM inside the storm

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: Today is a solo show all about being the calm inside the storm.  That is the dream, isn’t it?? Listen in as I tease apart what this means and offer ideas and strategies around hwo to get there more often.   ·      Parenting class ·      Summit ·      Podcast conversations ·      E+R=O ·      Events and experiences….  3 Bs ·      What if nothing c

Jan 22, 2019 • 41:30

Exploring the Energy of Emotion with Sara Harvey Yao

Exploring the Energy of Emotion with Sara Harvey Yao

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: Join Patreon Sign up to be a part of the Patreon community today!! You will enjoy monthly webinars, online coaching and support from a caring community of like minded parents. Click here for more information. ::: Today’s guest is Sara Harvey Yao. Sara is a leadership consultant who has developed more than 4,000 leaders across the globe. She speci

Jan 15, 2019 • 46:48

Solo Show, Compassion, Integrity and Bringing in 2019

Solo Show, Compassion, Integrity and Bringing in 2019

Happy New Year!!Hope everyone had an easy breezy holiday. Grateful to friends and family and all the ways we were supported to enjoy the season. So much to be excited about.Compassion and integrity.Today, I am going to share a bit about a book I am reading that is really blowing my mind, it is called The Path is Everywhere; uncovering the jewels hidden within you, by Matt Lacata. If you’ve listened to the show for very long, you know that I love my energy worker/reiki master friend (shout out t

Jan 8, 2019 • 27:58

A solo show reviewing 2018 and getting clear on what we want MOST

A solo show reviewing 2018 and getting clear on what we want MOST

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: Creating a Connected Holiday WEBINAR Monday, December 3rd, 5pm PST and 8pm PST How are you FEELING about the upcoming holiday season? Excited to host family? Hopeful to bring to life magic for your kids? Anxious about everything going to according to plan?? Bracing yourself for your children's behavior??? I am feeling all of that. Join me for an

Nov 27, 2018 • 33:28

Stacy Davison is on talking about the power of personal pep talks

Stacy Davison is on talking about the power of personal pep talks

Today’s guest is Stacy Davison. Stacy is an instructional coach, entrepreneur, new mom to a rainbow baby boy. Last year Stacy and her husband started the company Personal Peptalk, a line of motivational and uplifting products which they design, illustrate, and self-publish. In her weekly motivational email on her podcast Stacy candidly shares how she dominates life challenges more mindfully. We will be discussing positivity in parenting and life. Join us!"It’s easy to meditate up on the mountain

Nov 20, 2018 • 46:21

Solo show connecting the dots between how building relationship leads us to more effective parenting

Solo show connecting the dots between how building relationship leads us to more effective parenting

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: Solo show! News: No shows in December, Happy Holidays! January Parenting Teens Audio Summit, YAY!! Launching the first of January – stay tuned to register Summit is live January 21st – 25th Validation, inspiration, nuggets to PRACTICE Patreon Woop woop Alternative to membership program Opportunity to be in exchange of energy patreon.com/joy

Nov 13, 2018 • 30:13

Eps 165: Tammy Keces, Head of Irvine Hebrew Day School, is on talking about turning hate into love

Eps 165: Tammy Keces, Head of Irvine Hebrew Day School, is on talking about turning hate into love

Today’s guest is Tammy Keeces, Head of School at Irvine Hebrew Day School, a former teacher, a positive discipline trainer and mama to three teenagers. She has a Bachelor of Psychology from UCLA, a Masters from Columbia University’s Teacher College in Curriculum and Instruction. She’s currently working on her doctorate. We will be discussing responding to tragic events like the Tree of Life Synagogue tragedy, as well as Judaism, positive discipline and how we can all support each other

Nov 6, 2018 • 41:25

Jeremy Schneider, MFT Talks About Navigating our Partners Parenting Journey

Jeremy Schneider, MFT Talks About Navigating our Partners Parenting Journey

Today’s guest is Jeremy Schneider. Jeremy is a Marriage and Family Therapist whose career spans more than 15 years of working with individuals and families focussing on parenting, relationships and mental health. He is the author of Fatherhood in 40 Minute Snapshots and has been featured on the New York Times, The Today Show and CNN. We will be discussing co-parenting and alignment with our partners. Join us!"Every step that I take in my personal growth is one less step that they have to take.”“

Oct 30, 2018 • 46:48

Solo show about raising boys, healthy masculinity, and growing emotional intelligence

Solo show about raising boys, healthy masculinity, and growing emotional intelligence

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: Solo Show this week! First – continues thanks for all of the feedback around the last solo show, where I shared about navigating my daughters mental health issues. It means the world to me to know that the content of the show is landing for you, and making a difference in your life.  This week I am talking about our boys. Toxic Masculinity We ha

Oct 23, 2018 • 35:50

Exploring our Energetic Connection With our Children with Jennifer Griffin

Exploring our Energetic Connection With our Children with Jennifer Griffin

Today’s guest is Jennifer Griffin. Jennifer is the mother of four, has her masters in counseling psychology with 30 years of experience guiding children and adults on their relationship journeys. Jennifer is a DIY maven, specializing in leading individuals to uncover the messages in their chronic health conditions and their children’s challenging behaviors. Join us! What you’ll hear in this episode:-Simple, yet powerful techniques to heal at home-Taking back your power after trauma-What is EMDR

Oct 16, 2018 • 40:48

Eps 161: Solo Show About Navigating Depression and Anxiety

Eps 161: Solo Show About Navigating Depression and Anxiety

Solo show – sharing from personal experience Recap what is happening with my teenager If you listened last year, you heard the struggle Online school Clients I’ve worked with Friends confiding in their experience What the stats say My experience of finding information What my gut tells me The ways the world has changed Why it’s so hard Weight of fear/possible outcomes Lack of control Our own stories PD is belonging and significance Power of perception What do we do when something

Oct 9, 2018 • 34:06

Debrena Jackson Gandy supports moms in living their JUICIEST lives!

Debrena Jackson Gandy supports moms in living their JUICIEST lives!

Today’s guest is Debrena Jackson Gandy, a best-selling author of three books, a keynote speaker, a world traveler, a transformational coach, a thought-leader, a sacred self care expert, relationship coach, founder of Juicy Woman University and The Love Academy. We are discussing creating juicy lives for ourselves. Join us!What you’ll hear in this episode:-Pampering the mind, body and the spirit-The nourishment of the spirit and why it matters-Why the first 9 years of life are so important to our

Oct 2, 2018 • 47:43

Eps 159: Solo show exploring the power and messiness of Positive Discipline

Eps 159: Solo show exploring the power and messiness of Positive Discipline

Returning to the practice What Positive Discipline is to me…. Belong significance Iceberg Encouragement Kind and firm Presence/seeing/listening  What I have learned over time My own beliefs get in the way Fear manifests as control and rigidity Trust is the theme of my life What it means to have a practice Taking care of me Exploring worthiness Developing intention Modeling what I want Returning to the basics Check assumptions Read and learn about development! What speaks to you

Sep 25, 2018 • 30:17

Kimberly Muench talks about the tight rope walk of raising teens

Kimberly Muench talks about the tight rope walk of raising teens

Today’s guest is Kim Muench. She is a JAI Institute for Parenting certified parenting coach who works with moms of preteens and teenagers. She is the mother of 5 kids ages 13-31. She writes about conscious parenting, provides one on one coaching and workshops to help support moms towards intentional parenting. We are discussing detaching from the outcome. Join us!"I want to help shift the consciousness of the way that we’re parenting, especially our teenagers.”“We want to give them opportunities

Sep 18, 2018 • 48:14

SOLO SHOW - Back to school musings with Casey - stress, routines and being more aware

SOLO SHOW - Back to school musings with Casey - stress, routines and being more aware

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::  SOLO SHOW!! Woohoo – how is YOUR back to school? This episode acknowledges what we are all going through as we support our kids and ourselves in coming back to a back to school routine. I know, it is hard to shake off the summer. But that is what is happening. I share about my own experience with sending off two kids to two very different school

Sep 11, 2018 • 26:51

Eps 156: Heather Chauvin Finds Herself Through Teaching her Children Meditation and Returning to Health

Eps 156: Heather Chauvin Finds Herself Through Teaching her Children Meditation and Returning to Health

Today’s guest is Heather Chauvin. Heather Chauvin has been named the next generation’s thought leader in parenting and women’s leadership. Her mission is to crack women open to their deep potential. Heather is a TEDx speaker and the creator of the Mom Is In Control podcast and has been featured on the OWN network, Huffington Post, TV outlets and others. With wit and wisdom, Heather inspires a global community of women to take back control of their lives and evolve how they want to lead, work, pl

Sep 4, 2018 • 42:01

SOLO SHOW! Casey is on Deep Diving into Intuition

SOLO SHOW! Casey is on Deep Diving into Intuition

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: SOLO SHOW – woohoo Let’s talk about intuition today…. Well, I am going to J Connecting dots with Eps 154 Dan Siegel interview The ability to sift through the experience you’re having and everything that is calling inside of you – and create space to show up as our best selves We all have an inner knowing, inner voice – where we can tap into deep

Aug 28, 2018 • 33:21

Dr. Dan Siegel Discussing the Science of Being Present

Dr. Dan Siegel Discussing the Science of Being Present

Today’s guest is Doctor Dan Siegel. Dan is a clinical professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA school of Medicine and the founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Centre at UCLA. He is also the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute which focuses on the development of Mindsight, teaches insight, empathy and integration in individuals, families and communities. Dr. Siegel has published extensively for the professional and lay audiences. We are discussing his new book: Aware: The S

Aug 14, 2018 • 51:04

Yoga as a Parenting Tool With Naomi Gottlieb-Miller

Yoga as a Parenting Tool With Naomi Gottlieb-Miller

Today’s guest is Naomi Gottlieb-Miller. She is a mom, yoga teacher, self-care advocate, Air Force spouse and Star Trek nerd. She is passionate about working with busy moms and empowering them to take better care of themselves so they can re-write the story of what healthy motherhood feels like. She loves to make yoga fun and accessible for everyone she works with. Naomi is passionate about helping people find space for their daily yoga practice. We are discussing yoga, self care and parenting.Jo

Jul 31, 2018 • 48:52

No More Mean Girls With Katie Hurley

No More Mean Girls With Katie Hurley

Today’s guest is Katie Hurley. She is a child and adolescent psychotherapist specializing in anxiety disorders and stress and learning differences and author. She is the author of The Happy Kid Handbook and No More Mean Girls. She runs empowerment groups for girls. We are discussing girls and their relationships. Join us! "We have to load them with coping skills because life is hard.""Teach them coping skills. Teach them how to be kindness warriors. Teach them how to engage in a positive way on

Jul 17, 2018 • 39:16

Bias, Privilege and How White Women Can Do Better With Danielle Slaughter

Bias, Privilege and How White Women Can Do Better With Danielle Slaughter

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: Become a Joyful Courage PATRON! You can now find Joyful Courage at http://www.patreon.com/joyfulcourage and make a contribution to the show that you love! This is a opportunity for you to sign up to make a monthly financial commitment and support the sustainability of the podcast. ::: My guest today is Danielle Slaughter. Danielle is an Academic

Jul 3, 2018 • 41:11

Solo Show! Getting Real About Transitioning Into Summer

Solo Show! Getting Real About Transitioning Into Summer

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::: SOLO SHOW!! I am on speaking directly from the tranches…. Feeling the stretch and pull of raising adolescent kids. Kind and firm, yes, and IT’S HARD!!  Moving into summer and thinking about routines and agreements. Enjoy! Eps 96: Melissa Benaroya talks Summer Routines and Structures Eps 129: Solo Show - Using the Iceberg Metaphor to Understand Be

Jun 26, 2018 • 28:33

Lindsay McCarthy Teaches Us How to Bring Miracle Mornings to our Families

Lindsay McCarthy Teaches Us How to Bring Miracle Mornings to our Families

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Become a Joyful Courage PATRON! You can now find Joyful Courage at http://www.patreon.com/joyfulcourage and make a contribution to the show that you love! This is a opportunity for you to sign up to make a monthly financial commitment and support the sustainability of the podcast. ::::: Today’s guest is Lindsay McCarthy, author of The Miracle M

Jun 19, 2018 • 30:13

Solo Show - Teasing Apart the External Parenting Experience from the Internal Experience

Solo Show - Teasing Apart the External Parenting Experience from the Internal Experience

Solo Show – woop woop! It is all me today people, and I am so excited to be sharing some powerful thoughts and experiences with you today. Wading through our experience to support out children The writing process Going deeper into what parents can uncover/discover for themselves We have an external experience of raising kids – everything that happens outside of us We also are having an internal experience – the ways that our physical body feels, sensations, also the emotional experience that we

Jun 12, 2018 • 28:38

Empowered Stepmothering (and mothering in general...) wth Nathalie Savell

Empowered Stepmothering (and mothering in general...) wth Nathalie Savell

Today’s guest is Nathalie Savell of the Empowering Stepmoms Summit. Natalie is a holistic psychotherapist, a certified holistic health coach and a certified stepmom coach. She sees psychotherapy clients dealing with anxiety and life transition challenges, relationship issues and spiritual disease in person, via video chat and through walk and talk sessions in Baltimore, Maryland and coaches stepmoms virtually to help them go from overwhelm, confusion, stress and resentment to confidence, clarity

Jun 5, 2018 • 51:00

Eps 146: Solo Show - Supporting the Village

Eps 146: Solo Show - Supporting the Village

Solo show: Here we are – a new week, another school shooting Expanding from the family unit and into the community Choices we have when we see people who need help We are all in this together – in this life It takes a village and we have to look out for each other All kids deserve advocates, not just our kids What can I do to support connection, feeling felt, feeling understood, inside of my community? Political conflict in the family…. My story and how my brother saved the day Conscio

May 29, 2018 • 28:40

Deborah Reber is on Talking About Raising Differently Wired Kids

Deborah Reber is on Talking About Raising Differently Wired Kids

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Deborah Reber, mother of an autistic son, founder of Tilt Parenting to help parents find more peace, joy and support along the way while parenting an atypical child in a conventional world. We are discussing her new book. Join us! “It's hard to know what to do when you realize your kid is atypical." "Kids who are exceptional re

May 22, 2018 • 31:45

Solo Show - is Positive Discipline permissive? No.

Solo Show - is Positive Discipline permissive? No.

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: SOLO SHOW!! Teacher posted about a difficult class… Response about “parenting style” naming “gentle parenting” and followed up with a post about “helicopter parenting, mom and dad are friends, no discipline or consequences….”  Lets talk about this: The swing from authoritarian to permissive What is kind and firm Authoritative – structure and f

May 15, 2018 • 29:35

Eps 143: Mary Nelsen-Tamborski Talks About Making Mistakes and Being Raised with PD

Eps 143: Mary Nelsen-Tamborski Talks About Making Mistakes and Being Raised with PD

Today’s guest is Mary Nelsen-Tamborski, a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Diego and also a certified positive discipline trainer and parent coach. Mary’s formal training is secondary to the life training she got from her mother, Dr. Jane Nelsen, a marriage and family therapist and author of all the positive discipline books. Mary is a popular keynote speaker, and workshop presenter. We are discussing mistakes as opportunities to learn. Join us! “I find that these principles are uni

May 8, 2018 • 1:00:14

Collective impact and moving past my whitness

Collective impact and moving past my whitness

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Thank you community!  You are all so amazing. TOGETHER we are making an impact on the world. Today is a solo show…. I am getting vulnerable once again and shedding light on an area that I am not so proud of AND see as an opportunity for us all to grow as humans in relationship with each other. The white bubble. I know I am not the only person t

May 1, 2018 • 22:06

Local Teen and her Mom on to Talk About Making A DIFFERENCE in the World

Local Teen and her Mom on to Talk About Making A DIFFERENCE in the World

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: So thrilled to have Aubrey and Becky Springer on today to talk about how to take small steps to make a big difference. We all hope that our children will be in service to the world, that they will WANT to make a difference, to make the world a better place. Today’s show highlights what it can look like when being in contribution to the communit

Apr 24, 2018 • 30:36

Documentary Filmmaker, Delaney Ruston, is on Talking About Screens and Our Kids

Documentary Filmmaker, Delaney Ruston, is on Talking About Screens and Our Kids

Today’s guest is Delaney Ruston, a documentary filmmaker. She believes in helping kids find balance in our tech filled world. She loves engaging audiences in solution centered discussions. We are discussing her work making the film Screenagers and how to support our kids with finding balance. Join us!“Just start with one simple change that you want to make and the real growth is when you talk about that with your kids and you show them your journey in trying to make that change.”“Maybe just pick

Apr 17, 2018 • 53:24

Eps 139: Solo Show About Authenticity, Choosing In and Being Awesome

Eps 139: Solo Show About Authenticity, Choosing In and Being Awesome

Today’s podcast was created in honor of the 159 parents who enrolled and engaged in the #joyfulcourage10. Today we complete the program, and begin the practice of sustaining the magic and community that was created there, because of the people who showed up vulnerably, authentically, and courageously. I love what I get to do. Thank you to each of you that spent the last 10 days building relationship with me and each other. YOU ARE AMAZING!!! Alright – today’s theme for the show is authenticity a

Apr 10, 2018 • 28:00

Peaceful Parenting our Teens with Genevieve Simperingham

Peaceful Parenting our Teens with Genevieve Simperingham

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Genevieve Simperingham, a counsellor, an AWARE parenting educator, a writer, a group facilitator, meditation teacher and founder of the Peaceful Parent Institute in New Zealand. Over the last 24 years, Genevieve has presented hundreds of workshops and courses. She has parented her own kids using attachment principles and she se

Apr 3, 2018 • 53:36

Eps 137: A solo show to inspire you into ACTION to create the LIFE you want!!

Eps 137: A solo show to inspire you into ACTION to create the LIFE you want!!

Gratitude to the community, specifically my one on one clients and the membership. Themes Collective experience My own filter Always in the learning, growing, developing Humaning is simple, not easy Knowing what we want, not taking action to get there Identifying what we want Reading/learning tools/strategies Sitting on the outside of it Procrastination Self talk Sneak messages Fear/worthiness/perfectionism Finding Nemo Working so hard to get to his goal Dealing with the monkey m

Mar 27, 2018 • 35:42

Kelly Bos talks about how NOT to become your child's inner critic

Kelly Bos talks about how NOT to become your child's inner critic

Today’s guest is Kelly Flannigan Bos, MSW. Kelly is a clinical therapist focusing on individual, marriage, and family relationships. She helps people find meaning and joy in their relationships - with themselves and others. As a well-known relationship expert, she has appeared in a professional capacity in countless media markets as a guest and writer. Today we are discussing an article she wrote in November called, “I don’t want to write the script for my child’s inner critic.” Join us!“We’re n

Mar 20, 2018 • 38:52

Eps 135: Solo Show - Follow up of the Politics Show and Letting go of Attachment

Eps 135: Solo Show - Follow up of the Politics Show and Letting go of Attachment

Not a lot of show notes today… I am sharing the feedback and follow through of the Parents and Politics show and talking about letting go of attachment and fear. Enjoy!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 13, 2018 • 28:06

Featuring Rebecca Eanes and the Positive Parenting Movement

Featuring Rebecca Eanes and the Positive Parenting Movement

Today’s guest is Rebecca Eanes, the author of two books for parents: Positive Parenting The Essential Guide and The Newbie’s Guide to Positive Parenting. She is back to talk to us about her newest resource for parents: The Positive Parenting Workbook. Rebecca leads a community of over a million on her Facebook page, Positive Parenting Toddlers and Beyond. Join us! “I see and speak about parenting as a journey… and the journey is a continuous invitation to continue to practice being the parent we

Mar 6, 2018 • 30:05

Politics and Parenting

Politics and Parenting

Politics and Parenting - can we keep them separate?Do we want to?I don’t imagine that everyone who follows Joyful Courage share all of my views. I am guessing that you all realize that I am a flaming liberal – and if you didn’t, well, cats out of the bag. I support dignity and respect for all humans. Black lives matter to me. Immigrant lives matter to me. Woman having equal rights, including rights over their body matters to me. I believe that people have the right to gather and worship in a way

Feb 27, 2018 • 23:15

A conversation with Liz Haske about letting go of worry

A conversation with Liz Haske about letting go of worry

Today’s guest is Liz Haske, a mother, an international teacher and instructional coach and children’s book author. She has over 15 years elementary classroom experience in six different countries and is super passionate about empowering children to be their most courageous selves. Her first book, When Worry Takes Hold, was released in November 2017 and aims to help young children cope with worry by using mindful breathing. Join us! “It’s about a young girl who’s afraid to do different things and

Feb 20, 2018 • 38:17

How to use routines to shift the dynamics in your home

How to use routines to shift the dynamics in your home

A solo show all about routinesThere are a couple tools, that when put into place, make the whole parenting journey easier. You have heard me talk about special time, that one on one time that is so important for building relationship and a solid foundation of belonging and significance for our kids.Challenges coming up in the LLWJC group mornings, bedtimes, defiance, meltdowns, sibling issues We find ourselves putting out fires We find ourselves being overtaxed We find ourselves slipping OUT of

Feb 13, 2018 • 30:20

Ending the Food Battle with Julie Miller

Ending the Food Battle with Julie Miller

Julie Miller is on with us!Julie is on a mission to live a delicious life and bring joy back to the family dinner table. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Positive Discipline Parenting Educator who holds a Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition from Bastyr University. She has over 16 years’ experience sharing food and nutrition philosophy with diverse communities throughout the Seattle area. Julie currently specializes in helping families find their own positive feeding dynami

Feb 6, 2018 • 43:20

Solo Show - Using the Iceberg Metaphor to Understand Behavior

Solo Show - Using the Iceberg Metaphor to Understand Behavior

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Content: Solo show today – from the car….  Thank you for having grace for my audio quality this week!! Feeling inspired to share with you on my way to yoga class. All about the Iceberg Metaphor Shout out to all the parents of teens out there who are showing up and sharing and willing to be vulnerable Connecting seeing an iceberg as a metaphor

Jan 30, 2018 • 19:13

Liz Blackwell-Moore is on Breaking Down how to Navigate Adolescents and Drug Use (YIKES!)

Liz Blackwell-Moore is on Breaking Down how to Navigate Adolescents and Drug Use (YIKES!)

Alright - My guest today is Liz Blackwell-Moore. I connected with Liz through my friend, and one of your fave podcast guests, Julietta Skoog from besproutable.com. I am so excited to have Liz on today to talk about an incredibly relevant topic – kids and drugs. GAH. I know. No one really WANTS to talk about this, but we have to.Liz has been working in the field of substance use since 2000. Her current work involves working with community coalitions and organizations to provide training on preven

Jan 23, 2018 • 51:32

A solo show about WHY our job is to hold space for our kids and HOW to do it

A solo show about WHY our job is to hold space for our kids and HOW to do it

This is a solo show. Today I talk about holding space for having a 15 YEAR OLD!! WHOA!! It's intense. What does this container look like? What does it mean to be present, available and confident.  How to “hold the container” Our response matters What to do becomes more clear when we practice being in the moment, vs in our emo/fear Practice being with our overwhelm without letting it takes us over (observers) Our kids make mistakes BUT WHAT DO WE DO??? Kids do better when they feel better. – Jane

Jan 16, 2018 • 25:40

Tina Bryson is BACK teaching us about nurturing a YES BRAIN

Tina Bryson is BACK teaching us about nurturing a YES BRAIN

Welcome, thank you for showing up! Tina Bryson is BACK ON the podcast today!! You all remember Tina from Eps 100 – which happens to be THE most downloaded show to date of this podcast.Tina co-authored two of MY fave parenting books, the whole brain child and no drama discipline with Dan Siegel and she is BACK on the podcast today to talk about her NEW book, the yes brain.I am THRILLED she is back on….Content: The Yes Brain is available NOW Tina is a mama to 17, 14, and 11 year boys Yes brain an

Jan 9, 2018 • 36:13

Solo Show About Goals, Practice and Living Committed

Solo Show About Goals, Practice and Living Committed

Welcome, thank you for showing up!Todays topic – what it means to hold the container and get the results you WANTMy experience of big goals and daily intentions/practices – a bit from my conversation with Edna – areas of growth for me around supporting my clients in declaring and creating results in their lives. Overarching goals “What do you want at the end of our work? How will you measure success?” This can be anything from potty trained toddlers (Katie’s reflection)/easier bedtime/deeper rel

Jan 2, 2018 • 27:01

Conscious Communication with Lori Petro

Conscious Communication with Lori Petro

Welcome, thank you for showing up!Content:My guest today is Lori Petro. Lori is passionate about conscious parenting and was a guest on Episode 62. She is an advocate for children and families, a parent educator, mama and founder of Teach Through Love. Lori’s journey began as being a misunderstood kid… Followed by HAVING a child and wanting to provide her with something different than what she experienced Lori is a creator/artist at heart wanting to created compassion and understanding in our co

Dec 26, 2017 • 42:32

Solo Show - Navigating Big Emotions From Grownups and Kids

Solo Show - Navigating Big Emotions From Grownups and Kids

SOLO SHOWContext – we all have the power and the skills to be the parent we want to be A recent post from the Live and Love with Joyful Courage community:Can we talk about sharing our big feelings with our kids?My kids are 2.5 and 4.5yo, and I don't know how to share my big feelings in front of them without freaking them out. I want to be able to be my full and authentic self with them, in an age appropriate way. And I realize, the fact that they are upset when I am upset means that they are afr

Dec 19, 2017 • 28:17

Shameproof Parenting with Mercedes Samudio

Shameproof Parenting with Mercedes Samudio

Welcome Mercedes Samudio. For almost a decade, Mercedes has been working with families to help them develop healthy communication skills, manage severe emotional issues, develop coping skills to manage behaviors, create dynamic parent-child relationships, and navigate social media & technology as a family.Throughout the course of her career she has worked with adoptive families, foster families, teen parents, parents navigating the child protective services system, and children living with menta

Dec 12, 2017 • 52:49

Solo show about Intention, Listening, and Courageous Parenting

Solo show about Intention, Listening, and Courageous Parenting

Content:What it means to be intentional Bringing qualities to OUR body and OUR experience Present moment is key Awareness is grown through practice  Getting hooked Our kids behavior as bids The lob Passing on the uncomfortable energy to someone else that can hold it Development Listening, Acceptance and Courage Others – what is being said, isn’t being said, body, etc Self – get still and listen to our inner voice, NOT THE EGO, but the voice that is deeper What is your current story about yoursel

Dec 5, 2017 • 35:54

Dr. Robin McEvoy is on Talking About Decoding our Children with Complex Issues

Dr. Robin McEvoy is on Talking About Decoding our Children with Complex Issues

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Guest Intro: Dr. Robin McEvoy is a developmental neuropsychologist practicing in Denver, Colorado.  She evaluates and diagnoses a wide range of learning disabilities and learning needs in children, adolescents and adults. This includes the identification of reading disabilities such as dyslexia. She then works with the family to develop a treat

Nov 28, 2017 • 52:04

Solo Show - Deconstructing Natural Consequences and Personal Responsibility

Solo Show - Deconstructing Natural Consequences and Personal Responsibility

Intro Sharing: Thank you, listeners!! Honored to serve you… Mother’s Journey recap – Seattle, Portland, Boise Orange County, East Hampton, St. Paul – 2018 Mother’s Journey locations Boldly Embody Life – Krista Petty Raimer, Grace, Elevate When I am a yes to trusting, surrender and presence is already there Visioning for 2018 :::::Sponsor:Thank you, Lovepop!Enjoy a discount when you buy 5 or more cards and free shipping on all orders when you go to www.lovepop.com/joyful:::::Content:Personal Resp

Nov 21, 2017 • 40:16

Tosha Schore talks about how we can parent our boys for a more PEACEFUL world

Tosha Schore talks about how we can parent our boys for a more PEACEFUL world

My guest today is Tosha Schore, M.A. Tosha brings a burst of energy and optimism to parenting, and will lift your parenting confidence! She is an expert at simple solutions to what feel like overwhelmingly complicated problems. A sought after coach, author and speaker, Tosha is committed to creating a more peaceful world, one sweet boy at a time. Through her online and in-person offerings, she supports parents to care for themselves, connect with their boys deeply, set limits lovingly, and play

Nov 14, 2017 • 57:39

Eps 117: Solo show - A Bit About Choosing in, Being Kind and Firm, Making Agreements and Following Through

Eps 117: Solo show - A Bit About Choosing in, Being Kind and Firm, Making Agreements and Following Through

Content: I am on the journey with you, I am with you! Highs and lows, you are my peeps! The teen saga continues…. Having a teen is like birth, you think you’re so prepared and then…. Reality hits! Teen brain experiences everything so intensely Eps 115 was all about trust and surrender Celebrate the relationship Using and developing breath as a tool 4:45 Our children are our teachers – they picked us! We don’t know what we don’t know and our children highlight that for us Their way of

Nov 7, 2017 • 29:54

Mindful Mamas, Shannon and Ashley are on Talking About the Power of Community

Mindful Mamas, Shannon and Ashley are on Talking About the Power of Community

My guests today are Shannon Kinney-Duh, creator of A Free Spirit Life, and Ashley Walburn, owner of Home Holistic, and the founders of The Mindful Mama Movement – a podcast, community that empowers mamas, encourages authentic living and celebrates what it means to live an inspired life. Shannon and Ashley bring women from around the world, in all stages of motherhood, on a journey of learning how to trust ourselves, how to listen to their intuition, how to let go and forgive, and how to embrace

Oct 31, 2017 • 47:57

Eps 115: Solo show - Exploring trust and surrender as I navigate all there is to learn while raising a teen

Eps 115: Solo show - Exploring trust and surrender as I navigate all there is to learn while raising a teen

Content: The tension of being a parent educator WHILE IN THE EXPERIENCE of parenting Parenting for the long term… Keeping in mind brain development Mistakes are opportunities for learning Everyone should have a voice Relationship matters Kindness, firmness and trust Bumps up against the mainstream idea of reward/punishment model My own experience of punishment/consequences as a teen Noticing the societal pressure of “she should pay for her mistakes” while also noticing that we have a r

Oct 24, 2017 • 37:40

Support for the New Sibling Transition with Sarah Rosensweet

Support for the New Sibling Transition with Sarah Rosensweet

Sarah Rosensweet is my guest today!! Sarah is a peaceful parenting coach– and a mama to 3 big kids (16, 13 and 10). She teaches parents a non-punitive, connection based approach that uses firm limits with lots of empathy. Sarah helps parents of toddlers-to-tweens turn philosophy into practice with solutions for real-life struggles such as bedtime battles, picky eaters, sibling rivalry, tantrums and meltdowns, and power struggles.Sarah has had over 20 years experience working with families and ch

Oct 17, 2017 • 46:57

Solo show! Teachers, behavior charts, and how to keep mama bear in check...

Solo show! Teachers, behavior charts, and how to keep mama bear in check...

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Welcome to this week’s solo show!  Sorry about the clogged nose! Totally dedicated to keeping up with the podcast and showing up to all of you – thank you for listening in! What you will hear this episode: The topic this week, as we have moved into the school year here in North America.  Many of us are finding ourselves in the rub of having tou

Oct 10, 2017 • 23:12

Eps 112: Following Our Kids Lead with Homeschool Unrefined Hosts, Angela and Maren

Eps 112: Following Our Kids Lead with Homeschool Unrefined Hosts, Angela and Maren

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage. Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Maren and Angela are college friends, turned public school teachers, turned homeschooling mamas, turned podcast hosts. They are on today talking about how to follow our children’s lead when it comes to learning and growing. Their show, Homeschool Unrefined, is a place where they keep homeschool simple, real and fun. What you will hear in during

Oct 3, 2017 • 48:25

Fear, Belonging, Self Acceptance.... It's all here.

Fear, Belonging, Self Acceptance.... It's all here.

Today is a solo show – thank you for tuning in this week! Sit back and take in the thoughts and ideas that are currently showing up for me and in our community. A Free Spirit Life A new show hosted by Shannon Kinney-Duh.  Find out more at http://www.afreespiritlife.com/or search for A Free Spirit Life on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast. Living Joyful Courage Membership Program  Doors are OPEN through October 1st! Join us today! Members share their experience of learning and community The

Sep 26, 2017 • 28:49

Finding the Need Beneath the Behavior with Alison Smith

Finding the Need Beneath the Behavior with Alison Smith

Meet Alison Smith, mother to two adorable kids, proud wife, former elementary school teacher and now teacher coach, advocate and revolutionary in win/win parenting. Like many of us Alison had visions of being the best, doing the best and really being that one adult that impacted her students lives powerfully. As a self identified recovering perfectionist, Alison entered the teaching world and become a mother. It did not take long to identify that something in the work with children had to change

Sep 19, 2017 • 43:56

Learning How to be a More Conscious Parent by Tuning in to Our Body

Learning How to be a More Conscious Parent by Tuning in to Our Body

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Parenting from within takes practice practice practice. What are the significant tools we need to really delve within? Inside of us exists what we need to connect to the way we want to parent.  Using these tools at our disposal will allow us to open up, connect, reset and navigate the challenges that come with development. Just like we are in c

Sep 12, 2017 • 27:38

Eps 108: Meredith Masony is on Sharing Her Story of Humor and Growing Community

Eps 108: Meredith Masony is on Sharing Her Story of Humor and Growing Community

Meredith Masony is on the podcast today!! She blogs at That’s Inappropriate and loves to share her stories about, life, marriage, motherhood, and her quest to be the best person she can be. Meredith has three kids ages 10, 7, 5. Her motto is “I’ll say it, so you don’t have to.” Life is messy, and it’s OK to talk about it. She invites all parents to join her on her search for sanity and hopefully you can have a few laughs along the way.What you’ll hear in this episode: The parenting stru

Sep 5, 2017 • 54:31

Casey is Solo and Homework is on Fire

Casey is Solo and Homework is on Fire

Skills, skills skills! Mama Tanya shares with our community an incredible example of how meeting your child where they are at can shift the outcome of your experience. It is easy for us as parents to become presumptive about misguided behavior Remember how curiosity is key? By becoming curious with our kids, we are able to recognize the skills they still need to develop, as well as see the reasons for certain choices, which are not always what they seem.Mama Tanya shares:“Sorry for the long post

Aug 29, 2017 • 34:56

Becoming Calm Responders with Alexandra Hughes

Becoming Calm Responders with Alexandra Hughes

World traveler, calm seeker, mom coach, multi-lingual speaker, Alexander Hughes, brings us her methods for supporting mamas in the chaos that is parenthood. The trials and tribulations of her own experience in motherhood would eventually fuel the passion of support she gives to other moms navigating the same road. Alex has created a soft space for mamas feeling out of control to find their rhythm and calm. At her website inneressencecoaching.com one has access to her workshops, authentic words o

Aug 22, 2017 • 59:26

Eps 105: Solo Show, A Visit with my 11 Year Old, Shifting our Lens

Eps 105: Solo Show, A Visit with my 11 Year Old, Shifting our Lens

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage. Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Practice, practice, practice. There is no other way to really move into how we want to BE. Practice is the key. The beauty of choosing and moving through practice is we discover new ideas, concepts and understandings that make our practice more enjoyable AND dare I say magical. In this episode we dig a little deeper into the idea of using our le

Aug 15, 2017 • 35:54

Eps 104: Kristin Hovious is on talking about making amends and repairing relationships

Eps 104: Kristin Hovious is on talking about making amends and repairing relationships

Kristin Hovious is a committed teacher with over a decade of experience in vocational, adult education, serving Chicago’s Cortiva Institute as both Education Director (2007-2008) and Adjunct Faculty Member (2006-2017.) Her training as a massage therapist and yoga teacher provides a foundation and love for anatomy and science of human development. As a Positive Discipline Certified Trainer, Kristin, combines a career of teaching and serving with her passion for creating mutually respectful enviro

Aug 8, 2017 • 49:04

Solo Show Digging Under the Surface of Bedtime Challenges

Solo Show Digging Under the Surface of Bedtime Challenges

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Who needs sleep? If you think about your best parenting moments vs. your more challenging ones I think we could venture to say that sleep OR lack of sleep would be a BIG contender.  We have all been there. We move fluidly through that familiar bedtime routine, finish that last Llama Llama page, kisses, lights out….. We are no further from the k

Aug 1, 2017 • 26:34

Eps 102: Learning How Tears Heal with Kate Orson, Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor

Eps 102: Learning How Tears Heal with Kate Orson, Hand in Hand Parenting Instructor

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage. Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Kate Orson is a Hand in Hand parenting instructor, and author of Tears Heal: How To Listen To Children is on the podcast today! Originally from the UK she now lives in Basel, Switzerland, with her husband, author Toni Davidson, and their four year old daughter Ruby. You can find her work in parenting magazines including The Green Parent, Juno a

Jul 25, 2017 • 35:21

Casey is Solo with Wisdom from an 8 Year Old on the Power of Offers/Counter Offers

Casey is Solo with Wisdom from an 8 Year Old on the Power of Offers/Counter Offers

Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Casey is solo! One of the most effective and accessible tools in Positive Discipline, which fully connects our kids to significance and belonging, is the offer and the counter-offer.  Casey and her very special guest, Melany, discuss the best way to use offers and counter-offers. What you’ll hear in this episode: ·      My eight year old niece

Jul 18, 2017 • 14:18

Dr. Tina Bryson Supports Us With Brain Informed Parenting

Dr. Tina Bryson Supports Us With Brain Informed Parenting

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times bestsellers: The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline. She is the Executive Director of the Center for Connection in Pasadena, CA and a pediatric and adolescent psychotherapist. She keynotes conferences and conducts workshops for parents, educators, and clinicians all over the world. Dr. Bryson earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, where her research explored attachment science, childrearin

Jul 11, 2017 • 52:46

Eps 99: Casey is Solo Exploring Boundaries, Agreements and Screen Time

Eps 99: Casey is Solo Exploring Boundaries, Agreements and Screen Time

Welcome back to the show!Let me share my own story from the trenches… You aren’t the only one who has kids who act like you are ruining their lives when you ask them to help our around the house… AND, it is a beautiful thing when your kids turn it around and own their behavior, right? It is a good thing, yes, but I am getting curious about if I am inadvertently raising a people pleaser….?? A question from the communityMama Denise shares “Literally losing my mind on first day of summer v

Jul 4, 2017 • 37:08

Kerry Foreman is on Supporting us in What it Means to be Grounded

Kerry Foreman is on Supporting us in What it Means to be Grounded

Living Joyful Courage Membership Program REGISTRATION OPENS SATURDAY! Woohhooo --- so happy to be opening the doors again to the membership program!  Now is the time – join us! ::::: Meet Kerry Foreman, psychotherapist, mother, wife and mindfulness guide. Kerry’s practice and blog, Grounded, settles around mindfulness awareness and the practice to live a life you’ll truly love.  After a tough childhood, Kerry recognized that the tools she had to cope with life were unhealthy. Life her threw her

Jun 27, 2017 • 51:10

Casey is solo! Connecting before Correcting, Problem Solving and Empowering our Kids

Casey is solo! Connecting before Correcting, Problem Solving and Empowering our Kids

Living Joyful Courage Membership Program REGISTRATION OFFICIAL OPENS SATURDAY (but if you are seeing this now and are ready to sign up, YOU CAN! Woohhooo --- so happy to be opening the doors again to the membership program!  Now is the time – join us! ::::: Casey takes listeners through real scenarios shared by our parenting community. She takes us through the process of connecting before correcting, so that we can create solutions with our kids. She invites listeners to recognize the tools we a

Jun 20, 2017 • 30:50

Father's Day Bonus - The O'Roarty Family is on the Show :)

Father's Day Bonus - The O'Roarty Family is on the Show :)

Yuo.  I interviewed my family.  Really it was all in celebration of my husband for Father's Day.  Listen in as we talk about a range of things from our birth story, to how AWESOME it is to be married to a parent educator, and advice for moms on how to talk to dads about parenting. Also, special guests appearances by my kids, who talk about what they love about their dad - from the early years to now. Let me know what you think!! ::::: Join the Joyful Courage Tribe in our community Facebook group

Jun 17, 2017 • 27:25

Eps 96: Melissa Benaroya talks Summer Routines and Structures

Eps 96: Melissa Benaroya talks Summer Routines and Structures

Casey invites fellow Positive Discipline Coach, Melissa Benaroya, to discuss surviving Summer Break. In this episode they offer practical tools and solutions to set you and your family up for a successful summer. Two to three months is a long time to keep your kids occupied and stimulated. Get an insight into the importance of boredom and why you don’t have to plan every single second of your children’s vacation. Tune in and learn how routine and summer coexist to help you have fun too!  Melissa

Jun 13, 2017 • 35:20

Eps 95: Jeanne-Marie Paynel talks Montessori and Positive Discipline

Eps 95: Jeanne-Marie Paynel talks Montessori and Positive Discipline

The first thing that stuck out about our next guest, Jeanne-Marie Paynel is her passion for lifelong learning. In addition to raising two beautiful children, Jeanne-Marie holds a Masters in Education, is the founder and CEO of Voila Montessori and is a Positive Discipline trainer. After reading Dr. Montessori’s work “The Secret of Childhood” she discovered a passion for guiding children and families in healthy parenting approaches. She wanted parents to appreciate the true importance of their ro

Jun 6, 2017 • 46:09

Ep 94: Julie Stubblefield and I Explore How to Shift to LOVING Our Bodies  (and Teaching our Kids to do the Same)

Ep 94: Julie Stubblefield and I Explore How to Shift to LOVING Our Bodies (and Teaching our Kids to do the Same)

Meet Julie Stubblefield, founder of Fit Mom Revolution. She’s a mother, wife, fitness professional and all around inspiration of strength and confidence in how we care for our bodies. After years of struggling through the all too common yoyo game, Julie found that changing her attitude and perception around nourishing and moving her body she realized her body was whole, not broken. She’s bringing this “aha moment” and sharing it with moms everywhere inspiring a Fit Mom Revolution! What you’ll he

May 30, 2017 • 53:24

Eps 93: Carly Mentlik Talks About Support our Tween Girls

Eps 93: Carly Mentlik Talks About Support our Tween Girls

Meet Carly Mentlik, tween whisperer. Carly’s vast education and experiences have led her to craft The Inner Rainbow Project. She coaches parents and caregivers “to help our tween daughters grow up to be the confident, emotionally healthy, self-aware women that they deserve to be”. Nine through pre-teen can be a very challenging time for parents and tweens to navigate. Carly’s passion and guiding light gives parents and caregivers the tools to help navigate this extremely important development ph

May 23, 2017 • 50:10

Jenna Phillips Ballard Talks Fear, and Worth and Shifting to Possibility

Jenna Phillips Ballard Talks Fear, and Worth and Shifting to Possibility

Today’s guest is Jenna Phillips Ballard, a certified personal trainer and life coach for celebrities, previously featured on Dr. Phil and The Doctors. She is on a mission to motivate and inspire leaders to make the world a better place through self-love.After waking up from a coma in the year 2000, she recovered from brain damage and learned about the power of self-love. Her commitment to recovery depended on how she felt about herself and she realized her purpose was to inspire others to break

May 16, 2017 • 49:16

Mother's Day Bonus! Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner are on Encouraging us to Embrace our Shitty Mom Moments

Mother's Day Bonus! Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner are on Encouraging us to Embrace our Shitty Mom Moments

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BONUS EPISODE!!  Omg.  I have been bugging my guests to come and talk to me since meeting them LAST May at the Mom 2.0 conference. Alicia Ybarbo and Mary Ann Zoellner are both producers at the Today Show, bestselling authors, and mamas to two kids.  Their life is BUSY, and they find humor, compassion and forgiveness around

May 11, 2017 • 33:56

Janet Allison, From Boys Alive! is on Supporting us in Raising Our Boys

Janet Allison, From Boys Alive! is on Supporting us in Raising Our Boys

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Janet Allison, a Waldorf teacher and family coach. We are discussing boys and how they learn. Join us! “Be aware of his need to move his body. It’s absolutely critical that he have some time before school to move his body.” What you’ll hear in this episode: ​​​​​​​·      Gender-based differences in learning styles – the value o

May 9, 2017 • 43:32

Larissa Dann is on Talking About How to Let Go of Consequences and Rewards

Larissa Dann is on Talking About How to Let Go of Consequences and Rewards

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Larissa Dann, a Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) trainer. We are discussing parenting without rewards and punishments. Join us!  “Children don’t misbehave, they behave to meet a need.” What you’ll hear in this episode: Being assertive without alienating our children Using “I messages” to communicate needs Trusting our chi

May 2, 2017 • 58:59

April Bonus: Rebecca Gallagher and I Discuss 13 Reasons Why

April Bonus: Rebecca Gallagher and I Discuss 13 Reasons Why

** This podcast is marked explicit for a reason!**So happy to have my friend Rebecca Gallagher, from frugalistablog.com on this bonus episode to dig into the popular and controversial Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Rebecca is raising teens, and like me, watched the show and had powerful discussions about the themes that show up with her daughter.Rowan and I actually watched the show together.The themes that show up in 13 Reasons Why, created by Brian Yorkey and based on a book of the s

Apr 27, 2017 • 1:04:36

Noha Alshugairi Shares About Teaching Positive Discipline and Being a Muslim

Noha Alshugairi Shares About Teaching Positive Discipline and Being a Muslim

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest, Noha Alshugairi, is a “citizen of the world,” a licensed marriage and family therapist who practices in Newport Beach, California and positive discipline trainer. We are discussing positive discipline in the Muslim home. Join us! “I don’t need to be preaching what Islam says to us in order to be teaching Positive Discipline.”  Wha

Apr 25, 2017 • 48:37

Angela Pruess Supports Gentle Parents with Special Needs Kids

Angela Pruess Supports Gentle Parents with Special Needs Kids

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Angela Pruess, a child and family therapist and special needs mom of 3 on a mission to support and empower parents of behaviorally challenging and special needs kids. We are discussing parenting without rewards and punishments. Join us!  What you’ll hear in this episode: Gentle parenting defined – intentionality, connection Att

Apr 18, 2017 • 50:57

World Changer Episode: Leanne Kabat, Head Mama of Mamacon

World Changer Episode: Leanne Kabat, Head Mama of Mamacon

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Leanne Kabat is on the show today talking about her vision of a world where mamas come together to love, support and CELEBRATE all parts of themselves!! Leanne is the Head Mama of Mamacon, an annual conference for moms in the Pacific Northwest. She shares her story, her inspiration, and her desire to connect mamas not only to themselves, but al

Apr 13, 2017 • 20:52

Lisa Fuller is on Supporting us With Shame Resilience

Lisa Fuller is on Supporting us With Shame Resilience

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Lisa Fuller.  Lisa Fuller, M.S.W., Certified Positive Discipline Trainer, Certified Professional Coach and a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, has been working with parents since 2005 to help them find joy and moment of peace even in the midst of chaos. Lisa’s a compassionate listener whose committed to empowering parents throu

Apr 11, 2017 • 51:14

Cheryl Erwin Discusses the Challenges and Joy of Single Parenting with Positive Discipline

Cheryl Erwin Discusses the Challenges and Joy of Single Parenting with Positive Discipline

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Cheryl Erwin, a therapist and parenting educator who began teaching parenting after her marriage broke down. We are discussing single parenting today. Join us!    What you’ll hear in this episode: The biggest challenges facing single parenting – finances, housing, misconceptions/stereotypes Asking for help as a single parent Ma

Apr 4, 2017 • 48:19

0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta Skoog: The Importance of Self Care

0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta Skoog: The Importance of Self Care

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Yipee - one more day of the 0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta!!  Today Julie and I dig into questions from the community surrounding self care.  We KNOW it is important, and yet so many of us struggle to get it in!  Listen in as Jules and I discuss chores, having the courage to seek out mental health, and how self care tips that help us keep calm du

Mar 31, 2017 • 27:59

0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta Skoog: Questions from the community

0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta Skoog: Questions from the community

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Julietta is BACK ON to dig into the challenges brought to us by the Joyful Courage community. Julietta is the cofounder of Sproutable, an online learning experience for parents, focused on development and years 0-5. Julietta has a Masters Degree in School Counseling and Ed.S Degree in School Psychology from Seattle University.  As a Certified Po

Mar 30, 2017 • 23:49

0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta Skoog: Development

0-5 Mini Summit with Julietta Skoog: Development

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: You all know that I love me some Julietta Skoog! She is a dear friend and a WEALTH of information. Julietta is the cofounder of Sproutable, an online learning experience for parents, focused on development and years 0-5. Julietta has a Masters Degree in School Counseling and Ed.S Degree in School Psychology from Seattle University.  As a Certifi

Mar 29, 2017 • 21:50

Free Range Parenting with Kim Estes

Free Range Parenting with Kim Estes

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Kim Estes, a speaker and coach who talks to parents of kids from pre-school to adolescents about safety concerns. We are discussing free-range parenting. Join us! “Our kids are wanting to explore their world and it’s our job to teach them to do it safely.”   What you’ll hear in this episode: Misconceptions about free-range pare

Mar 28, 2017 • 36:33

Eps 84: Oh Crap Potty Trainer, Jamie Glowacki

Eps 84: Oh Crap Potty Trainer, Jamie Glowacki

Today’s guest is Jamie Glowacki, a social worker who worked with dual diagnosis moms, transitioned to owning a children’s store and then became a potty trainer. We are discussing potty training. Join us!   “I don’t really have a method. You have to take off the diapers.”   What you’ll hear in this episode: The elimination communication movement Timing of potty training readiness “Pull-ups” and potty training – mixing old and new behaviors. Potty training and instant gratification – the role

Mar 21, 2017 • 50:27

March World Changer: Tamara Azar and Momentum Education

March World Changer: Tamara Azar and Momentum Education

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage. Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: So totally honored to have my friend and mentor, Tamara Azar, trainer and coach from Momentum Education on to talk about the important work that Momentum is doing to change the world. Listen in to the very end to hear about the incredibly generous offer to all the Joyful Courage Tribe! Find out more about Momentum Education, including upcoming tr

Mar 16, 2017 • 37:43

Finding our Inner Abundant Mama with Shawn Fink

Finding our Inner Abundant Mama with Shawn Fink

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Shawn Fink, also known as Abundant Mama. She is a mom of eleven-year-old twin girls. We are discussing living a life of abundance in our parenting. Join us!   “For me, being awake is being engaged, being thoughtful, being very purposeful, living my values but also being present.” “Mistakes are opportunities to learn.” “Abundance

Mar 14, 2017 • 39:42

A Conversation about Parenting in the Age of Smart Phones (ugh) with Kim Muench

A Conversation about Parenting in the Age of Smart Phones (ugh) with Kim Muench

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Kim Muench, a mother of five, parenting writer, a certified parenting coach and lover of parents of adolescents. We are discussing navigating decisions around technology with our kids. Join us!   “Instead of looking at it as a tool of potential destruction, we are looking at it as a vehicle for us to build a circle of trust and

Mar 7, 2017 • 46:44

Eps 81: Making room for empathy with Melissa Benaroya

Eps 81: Making room for empathy with Melissa Benaroya

Today's guest is Melissa Benaroya. Melissa is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience working with children and families. Melissa has a Masters degree in Social Work, is a Credentialed School Counselor and is trained in Positive Discipline. She is also a Certified Gottman Educator offering the Bringing Baby Home Program for families with young children and workshops on Emotion Coaching. Melissa practices as a parenting consultant, coach and speaker to groups and individuals

Feb 28, 2017 • 47:58

Rachel Macy Stafford encourages us to choose Only Love Today

Rachel Macy Stafford encourages us to choose Only Love Today

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Rachel Macy Stafford, founder of Handsfree Mama, best selling author and special education teacher. We are discussing letting go of distractions so you can focus on what really matters. Join us! “There is no space for perfection in parenting and living boldly. I want to live bravely, boldly, flawed and full of hope.”   What you’

Feb 21, 2017 • 46:25

Mindfulness Mini Summit 2017: Part Three with Molly Knight Forde

Mindfulness Mini Summit 2017: Part Three with Molly Knight Forde

Welcome to DAY THREE of the Mindfulness Mini Summit brought to you by Joyful Courage!   I am thrilled to be talking today with Molly Knight Forde (Episode 7) meditation teacher and guide at the Awareness School. Listen in to learn: What is a meditation practice? How to create a practice that works for you? And enjoy a 10 minute guided meditation guided by Molly. Happy Meditating!! Click here to check out the newest online offer from Molly!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm

Feb 17, 2017 • 35:41

Mini Mindfulness Summit 2017: Part Two with Sara Harvey Yao

Mini Mindfulness Summit 2017: Part Two with Sara Harvey Yao

Welcome to DAY TWO of the Mindfulness Mini Summit brought to you by Joyful Courage!   I am thrilled to be talking today with Sara Harvey Yao (Episode 68) author of Drop In: Lead With Deeper Presence and Influence. Listen in to learn: Who is meditation for? What are the benefits of meditation? And enjoy a 10 minute guided meditation guided by Sara. Happy Meditating!! Join me tomorrow as I finish up the mini-summit with a conversation with Molly Knight Forde about creating a lasting meditation p

Feb 16, 2017 • 21:29

Mini Mindfulness Summit 2017: Part One with Jiovann Carrasco

Mini Mindfulness Summit 2017: Part One with Jiovann Carrasco

Welcome to DAY ONE of the Mindfulness Mini Summit brought to you by Joyful Courage!   I am thrilled to be talking today with Jiovann Carrasco (Episode 43) from the Austin Mindfulness Center. Listen in to learn: What is meditation? What isn't meditation? And enjoy a 10 minute guided meditation Jiovann designed just for parents like YOU! Happy Meditating!! Join me tomorrow as I talk with Sara Harvey Yao about the benefits and possibilities of meditation for parents.   :::::: FAMILY MEETING ECOUR

Feb 15, 2017 • 22:52

Mary Jo Lorei Helps us Bring Back the Romance

Mary Jo Lorei Helps us Bring Back the Romance

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Today’s guest is Mary Jo, a coach who focuses on relationships and connections. We are discussing love, romance and intimacy after becoming parents. Join us! “It’s less about the action you take. We look for the action. There’s so many different actions you can take, it doesn’t really matter. The experience is about the connection to your heart.

Feb 14, 2017 • 52:44

Love Note: What is your parenting vision?

Love Note: What is your parenting vision?

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... ::::: Surprise! I am excited to be popping in to encourage, inspire and INFORM you about the how and the why to creating a PARENTING VISION. Listen to this short solo show and then move into action! Our parenting vision is our COMPASS and what keeps us moving in our desired direction within our relationships with our children. Click here for the Paren

Feb 9, 2017 • 11:45

Jasen Frelot and I get real about race and racism

Jasen Frelot and I get real about race and racism

Today’s guest is Jason Frelot. Jasen is a community organizer, father, early childhood educator and social justice advocate based in Seattle, WA. Along with directing Columbia City Preschool of Arts and Culture, he is the co-founder of Kids and Race Seattle, which has been featured in Parent Map Magazine and on NPRs Seattle Affiliate KUOW; the program has served over 500 people to date and rising every month. His various actions around race and social justice have made front page news in Seattl

Feb 7, 2017 • 1:06:00

Carrie Anne Killeen talks about parenting for our soul

Carrie Anne Killeen talks about parenting for our soul

Carrie Anne Killeen is a Conscious Parent coach who specializes in assisting parents in increasing peace, love, joy, grace and ease in the home. After living 20 years with a very critical view of herself and those around her, she realized how much love had been missing from her own childhood. Using her children as her biggest teachers, she learned how to heal her own childhood wounds with love, compassion, forgiveness and inner truth. She is deeply dedicated to creating a more peaceful world for

Jan 31, 2017 • 52:24

January World Changers: Natalie Christensen and Nathan M McTague, Creators of Feeleez

January World Changers: Natalie Christensen and Nathan M McTague, Creators of Feeleez

Full-time parents Natalie Christensen and Nathan M McTague are the founders of the Center for Emotional Education, with the mission to neurally empower individuals and families through emotional and strategic support. They offer a comprehensive line-up of courses, one-to-one coaching support, and Feeleez - a full set of emotional education tools. Natalie and Nathan have been working for over a decade helping families and individuals feel better, do better, and become the best possible versions o

Jan 27, 2017 • 45:19

Patty Wipfler, founder of Hand in Hand Parenting, teaches us how to listen

Patty Wipfler, founder of Hand in Hand Parenting, teaches us how to listen

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Patty Wipfler is the Hand in Hand Parenting Founder and Program Director. Her 40 years of work with parents and children has given rise to Parenting by Connection, a simple but powerful parenting approach that nurtures the parent-child connection. Her Hand in Hand team trains parent leaders in the US and 10 other countries, and offers acces

Jan 24, 2017 • 56:46

Eps 75: Marcilie Smith Boyle Shares Research and Brain Science Behind Positive Discipline

Eps 75: Marcilie Smith Boyle Shares Research and Brain Science Behind Positive Discipline

Today’s guest is Marcilie Smith Boyle, a certified positive discipline trainer and certified life and leadership coach who teaches positive discipline courses live and online, coaches individuals and groups on transitions and parenting, as well as life coaching and executive leadership coaching. We are discussing the science and research of positive discipline. Join us! “ The tip of the iceberg is what you can see – that’s your child’s behavior, but underneath the surface so much more is going o

Jan 17, 2017 • 1:10:48

Ask Casey January Episode - Diminishing Defiance

Ask Casey January Episode - Diminishing Defiance

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Thank you to everyone who chimed in for this month's Ask Casey episode! I chose this particular submission because I believe it is something that MANY of us are challenged by.  Enjoy! From Mama Kay: Defiance. My six year old has recently started saying straight out No's to anything I ask. ANYTHING! I've tried explaining why I ask her to do

Jan 12, 2017 • 21:03

Talking to Melissa Brown About Blended Families

Talking to Melissa Brown About Blended Families

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Today’s guest is Melissa Brown, a blended family podcaster who works with stepfamilies. We are going to talk about blended families and the challenges they face. Join us!  “Raising children is the biggest rollercoaster ride of your life.” What you’ll hear in this episode:  The biggest challenge facing blended families today Dealing with dr

Jan 10, 2017 • 42:58

Dr. Ross Greene Schools us in Effective Problem Solving

Dr. Ross Greene Schools us in Effective Problem Solving

Today’s guest is Ross Greene, an acclaimed author and parenting educator who works with kids with behavioral challenges. We are discussing how collaborative, proactive problem solving can reduce parenting challenges. Join us! “Kids have information we badly need. If we don’t get that information we are at risk of plunging forward with uninformed solutions based on what we think is going on. Our theories and assumptions are often wrong. If you get what’s the matter wrong, your solution won’t work

Jan 3, 2017 • 51:58

December World Changer: Lauren Gamble shares her organization, Bibs for Kids

December World Changer: Lauren Gamble shares her organization, Bibs for Kids

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE JOYFUL COURAGE NEWSLETTER LIST! Keep up with the latest podcasts, blogs and offerings :) Today’s guest is Lauren Gamble of Bibs for Kids. She helps kids struggling with illness, impoverishment and prematurity by selling bibs and donating 10% of proceeds to causes. Her son was born premature and she was inspired to help others after spending time in the NICU with her new baby. Join us in learning about how to give back to kids in need this holiday season (and every day)! Wh

Dec 20, 2016 • 33:41

Denise LaRosa shares her children's book, her podcast, building community, and OPRAH!

Denise LaRosa shares her children's book, her podcast, building community, and OPRAH!

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE JOYFUL COURAGE NEWSLETTER LIST! Keep up with the latest podcasts, blogs and offerings :) DENISE LAROSA is the founder, host and CEO of Mom Talk with Denise LaRosa, LLC, a multimedia platform designed to motivate, inspire and inform mothers along their journey in motherhood. Denise utilizes her parenting experiences and background as an elementary educator to bring mothers invaluable information and resources on parenting through her podcast, blog and workshops.  A devoted

Dec 13, 2016 • 46:04

Eps 71: Rosalind Wiseman is on talking about friendship roles and teaching dignity for all

Eps 71: Rosalind Wiseman is on talking about friendship roles and teaching dignity for all

Today’s guest is Rosalind Wiseman, a mom of boys and political scientist who works with teenagers in a professional capacity through an organization called Cultures of Dignity. We are going to talk about the social lives of teenagers. Join us! “Look for your champion moment and step in.” What you’ll hear in this episode: •   The struggle to balance maintaining friendships and handle power imbalances and how that flows into abusive romantic relationships later on •   Media depictions of relation

Dec 6, 2016 • 52:45

Luna Leverett Helps Us get Real About the Holidays

Luna Leverett Helps Us get Real About the Holidays

Sign up for the #Joyfulcourage10-holiday edition now Today’s guest is Luna Leverett, a mom to 12 and 11 year old, and a public speaker who helps overwhelmed women find peace in life by simplifying things. We are going to talk about getting real with the holidays. Join us! “Your job as a mom is to build a protective hedge around your family and not let them get stressed out and over-stimulated by all the ten thousand things” •    Being the magic makers: doing all the things •    Creating happy me

Nov 28, 2016 • 41:50

Laurie Prusso Hatch Helps us Understand Hurtful Behavior in Young Kids

Laurie Prusso Hatch Helps us Understand Hurtful Behavior in Young Kids

Sign up for the #Joyfulcourage10-holiday edition now Today’s guest is Laurie Hatch, a “radical grandma” with strong ideas and opinions about how children who can be raised. She has eleven kids, 44 grandkids and has worked in education, now consulting and training. We are going to talk about kids under 5 and how to handle aggressive behavior. Join us! “If I could teach parents one thing it would be: never expect kids to share. Kids do not share until the ages of 4 and 5 when it becomes important

Nov 22, 2016 • 1:04:03

Dropping into Ourselves with Sara Harvey Yao

Dropping into Ourselves with Sara Harvey Yao

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE JOYFUL COURAGE NEWSLETTER LIST! Keep up with the latest podcasts, blogs and offerings :) Today’s guest is Sara Yao, a leadership coach who transitioned to self-employment on the birth of her child. While her book doesn’t focus on parenting specifically, the principles are incredibly relevant to parenting. Join us!   “It’s about how often you can be present, not how often you can be perfect.”   What you’ll hear in this episode:   What is a leader and how does it relate to

Nov 15, 2016 • 57:58

Ask Casey Eps 7: Talking about emos with reluctant kids

Ask Casey Eps 7: Talking about emos with reluctant kids

This month's Ask Casey episode digs into how to engage our children in conversations about behavior and emotions when they are reluctant to meet us in the conversation...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 10, 2016 • 20:15

Nicole Schwarz and I puzzle out sibling conflict questions from the community

Nicole Schwarz and I puzzle out sibling conflict questions from the community

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE JOYFUL COURAGE NEWSLETTER LIST! Keep up with the latest podcasts, blogs and offerings :) Today’s guest is Nicole Schwarz, from Imperfect Families. She’s a mom of 3 girls, a parenting coach and child and family therapist who focuses on helping parents use positive, respectful strategies with their kids. Today we are talking about sibling conflict. The questions we are discussing come straight from the community - join us! What you’ll hear in this episode: •    How to keep s

Nov 8, 2016 • 59:29

Sheri Gazitt Shares her Wisdom Around Raising Adolescent Girls

Sheri Gazitt Shares her Wisdom Around Raising Adolescent Girls

CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE JOYFUL COURAGE NEWSLETTER LIST! Keep up with the latest podcasts, blogs and offerings :) :::::::::: Today’s guest is Sheri Gazitt, founder of a company called “Teen Wise” which focuses on teen issues like bullying, perfectionism, stress and friendship issues. She’s a mom of 3 girls in their teens. Join us! What you’ll hear in this episode: Navigating your teen’s confusion and search for identity The “trying on” process teens go through as they evaluate the pieces that for

Nov 1, 2016 • 48:03

October Bonus Eps: Sproutable Founders talk about supporting parents from birth to five

October Bonus Eps: Sproutable Founders talk about supporting parents from birth to five

So happy to have the founders of Sproutable.com on the show today!!  Alanna Beebe and Julietta Skoog are on a MISSION to be super helpful and supportive of parents raising kids under five. They are on the show to share their offer and what inspires them to work with families. Enjoy! Resources: www.besproutable.com Facebook l Twitter l Instagram ::::::::: Support the Podcast! Interested in giving back to the show that has given you so much?  Head on over to www.patreoncom/joyfulcourage to become

Oct 27, 2016 • 34:59

Raising Boys with Tosha Schore

Raising Boys with Tosha Schore

"I WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS IN ANY WAY I CAN. YOUR WORK ETHIC, SUPPORT, AND KNOWLEDGE ARE IMPRESSIVE AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF OF MY LIFE AS A PARENT AND PERSON RIGHT NOW." IF THE PODCAST MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FORWARD TO EACH WEEK, CONSIDER BECOME A PATRON!  WWW.PATREON.COM/JOYFULCOURAGE Today’s guest is Tosha Schore, known online as “Your Partner in Parenting Boys” and a mom of 3 boys. She partners with parents to help their boys thrive – teaching parent

Oct 25, 2016 • 1:02:39

Eric D. Green - 1 Awesome Dad Holding Space for the Peaceful Parenting Conversation

Eric D. Green - 1 Awesome Dad Holding Space for the Peaceful Parenting Conversation

"I WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS IN ANY WAY I CAN. YOUR WORK ETHIC, SUPPORT, AND KNOWLEDGE ARE IMPRESSIVE AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF OF MY LIFE AS A PARENT AND PERSON RIGHT NOW." IF THE PODCAST MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FORWARD TO EACH WEEK, CONSIDER BECOME A PATRON!  WWW.PATREON.COM/JOYFULCOURAGE Today’s guest is Eric Greene, a father, husband and children’s rights activist. His work through his website, his Facebook group and private consultations focuses on peac

Oct 18, 2016 • 49:04

Dr. Joanne Foster and I Explore the Ups and Downs of Extra Curricular Activities

Dr. Joanne Foster and I Explore the Ups and Downs of Extra Curricular Activities

"I WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS IN ANY WAY I CAN. YOUR WORK ETHIC, SUPPORT, AND KNOWLEDGE ARE IMPRESSIVE AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF OF MY LIFE AS A PARENT AND PERSON RIGHT NOW." IF THE PODCAST MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FORWARD TO EACH WEEK, CONSIDER BECOME A PATRON!  WWW.PATREON.COM/JOYFULCOURAGE Today’s guest is Joanne Foster, an educational consultant and author of several parenting and educational books. Her work focuses on supporting and encouraging children’s

Oct 11, 2016 • 45:31

Ask Casey: Thoughts on Potty Training

Ask Casey: Thoughts on Potty Training

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Oct 7, 2016 • 24:48

Conscious Parenting with Lori Petro

Conscious Parenting with Lori Petro

"I WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS IN ANY WAY I CAN. YOUR WORK ETHIC, SUPPORT, AND KNOWLEDGE ARE IMPRESSIVE AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF OF MY LIFE AS A PARENT AND PERSON RIGHT NOW." IF THE PODCAST MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, IF IT IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FORWARD TO EACH WEEK, CONSIDER BECOME A PATRON!  WWW.PATREON.COM/JOYFULCOURAGE Welcome! My guest today is Lori Petro, an advocate for children and families. Lori is a conscious parent educator and a mom to a young daughter. Our discussion today is a

Oct 4, 2016 • 57:01

Amy McCready Helps us Teach our Kids Money Sense

Amy McCready Helps us Teach our Kids Money Sense

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Welcome to an amazing show with Amy McCready, back again for another conversation! Amy is the founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, which provides online training for parents of toddlers to teens. She was with us in Episode 10 when we discussed the Me, Me, Me Epidemic. Amy is the mother of two college-aged kids and is the author of If I

Sep 27, 2016 • 42:19

SEPTEMBER WORLD CHANGER: Grant Gibbs Shares About Hippo Roller Water Project

SEPTEMBER WORLD CHANGER: Grant Gibbs Shares About Hippo Roller Water Project

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: What an honor to get to share the conversation I had with Grant Gibbs, the executive director of The Hippo Roller Water Project. From the website: "Designed in Africa for tough rural conditions, the durable Hippo Roller makes it extremely easy to collect up to 5x more water than a single bucket, by simply rolling it along the ground." Liste

Sep 22, 2016 • 29:31

Sandy Blackard Helps With the WHINING

Sandy Blackard Helps With the WHINING

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Welcome! I’m excited to introduce you to my guest today! Sandy Blackard is an award-winning author and parenting coach. As the mother of two grown daughters, Sandy reached a frantic point in her own parenting challenges that led to the passion she has for helping parents acquire tools and tips that bring SUCCESS! She’s here to share her wis

Sep 20, 2016 • 1:05:15

Back to School With Nicole Schwarz from Imperfect Families

Back to School With Nicole Schwarz from Imperfect Families

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Welcome! My guest today is Nicole Schwarz, who joined me for Episode 39 about helping kids deal with negative self-talk. She is a parent coach, child and family therapist, and the founder of Imperfect Families. All of us parents are in some phase of that back-to-school transition time, so let’s hear Nicole’s thoughts on this subject! What y

Sep 13, 2016 • 43:45

Ask Casey: Why Intentional Parenting?

Ask Casey: Why Intentional Parenting?

This week I am going a bit rouge and spending time talking about this whole "Intentional Parenting" thing I am throwing around all over town... I share thoughts and feedback from parents who dug deep in the #JoyfulCourage10 program and speak into the very human need for connection and meaning. Intentional parenting is about us, friends.  It is about us managing our own baggage to show up better for our kids.  Listen in and let me know if you have any questions! :::::::::: The Intentional Parent

Sep 8, 2016 • 23:36

Creating Special Time with Kelly Pfeiffer

Creating Special Time with Kelly Pfeiffer

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Welcome! My guest for today’s show is a friend of mine and a fellow Positive Discipline parent educator. Kelly Pfeiffer lives in South Carolina and has raised four kids in a blended family situation. After a divorce, she remarried a man with two children, which blended their family with kids of ages 15, 15, 13, and 12. Those children are no

Sep 6, 2016 • 49:42

Eps 57: Sharon Ballantine Talks Teens and Their Need to Pull Away

Eps 57: Sharon Ballantine Talks Teens and Their Need to Pull Away

Today’s guest is Sharon Ballantine! With 3 children to parent, she turned to books for help with parenting, but she never had the time to read and process the information in the books. So, with no other options available to her, she decided to rely on her own intuition and her own Internal Guidance System for parenting. She began using this technique and the law of attraction to manifest exactly what she wanted as a parent. In this episode, Sharon shares exactly how she made it all happen! Join

Aug 30, 2016 • 45:32

Beth Caldwell on Raising Kids While Living with Cancer

Beth Caldwell on Raising Kids While Living with Cancer

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Welcome to an inspiring episode with my friend, Beth Caldwell. Beth is a mom of two, a former civil rights lawyer, and a blogger who lives in Seattle. In 2014, at age 37, Beth found a lump during a breast self-exam, which turned out to be metastatic cancer already in her bones. You’ll appreciate Beth’s genuine honesty about our topic today:

Aug 23, 2016 • 36:54

Jo Langford Talks Porn, Sexting and Social Media

Jo Langford Talks Porn, Sexting and Social Media

Jo Langford is a therapist and sex educator from Seattle, WA. Our conversation today will cover porn, social media ediquette, and sexting (yikes!). In a culture that is becoming ever more sexualized, how do we keep our kids safe and smart about what is out there? Joe and I have a very candid conversation about conversations to have with our children, while still maintaining relationship and family values. Highlights: Jo has two kids, a middle schooler and an almost middle schooler. He is living

Aug 9, 2016 • 55:54

Deborah Reber from TILT Parenting Talks About Supporting Differently Wired Kids

Deborah Reber from TILT Parenting Talks About Supporting Differently Wired Kids

Join the Joyful CourageTribe in our community Facebook group - Live and Love with Joyful Courage.  Raising our children while growing ourselves... :::::::::: Welcome! My guest today is Debbie Reber, the founder of TiLT Parenting, an online destination and podcast. The website was the result of parenting a “differently-wired” child with neurological differences. She found it hard to find information and support for the challenges that parents face when ADHD, autism, and dyslexia are the diagnoses

Aug 2, 2016 • 50:55

Eps 53: Rebecca Michi Breaks Down Sleep

Eps 53: Rebecca Michi Breaks Down Sleep

My guest today is Rebecca Michi, a children’s sleep consultant and mother of two daughters. In her work with families over the years, Rebecca found that sleep issues were a common problem. This realization led her to specialize on the subject and offer coaching help to many parents. I’m thrilled to get her insights into this issue—and( let’s be truthful),haven’t we all had some pull-our-hair-out moments? Whether you’re a brand new parent or the parent of teens, Rebecca has great tips to share. J

Jul 26, 2016 • 38:01

JULY BONUS EPS: Krista Petty Raimer joins me to talk about adolescent girls and GLAM CAMP 2016

JULY BONUS EPS: Krista Petty Raimer joins me to talk about adolescent girls and GLAM CAMP 2016

I am THRILLED to have my friend, mentor and CO-CONSPIRATOR on the show today to talk about being women, mamas, and our middle school girl's workshop, GLAM CAMP 2016! Krista Petty Raimer is the founder of Boldly Embody Life and a beacon of lite and transformation to all who have the pleasure of crossing paths with her.Take a little time to listen in and hear what we are up to and consider what it means to be a caretaker of the daughter you have... :)Check out GLAM CAMP here!! Learn more

Jul 22, 2016 • 46:23

Eps 52: Sarah MacLaughlin and I talk Race, Privilege and Parenting for a Better World

Eps 52: Sarah MacLaughlin and I talk Race, Privilege and Parenting for a Better World

Welcome! My guest today is Sarah MacLaughlin, a compassion coach, child behavior decoder, parent educator, author, speaker, and warrior for kindness. Sounds like a busy woman, doesn’t she? There is more! She is also the mother of an eight-year-old and is a licensed social worker in Maine. Sarah was a guest for Episode 30, when she discussed Setting Limits. I’m so excited to have her back to help us make sense out of some of the troubling current events in our country. How do we raise our kids to

Jul 19, 2016 • 53:16

Tracy Cutchlow Discusses Fostering the Growth Mindset Early

Tracy Cutchlow Discusses Fostering the Growth Mindset Early

Welcome! My guest for today’s show is Tracy Cutchlow, the author of Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science (and What I’ve Learned So Far). The book fulfills Tracy’s passion to help new parents with information and support as they embark on the parenthood journey. Tracy also writes a blog and articles for the Washington Post and Huffington Post. Tracy and her husband, Luke, live in Seattle, where they enjoy life with their four-year- old daughter, Geneva. Unbelievably, Tracy w

Jul 12, 2016 • 47:03

Ask Casey: Making Sense of Sibling Rivalry

Ask Casey: Making Sense of Sibling Rivalry

Excited to dig into sibling rivalry today on the Ask Casey episode!! A listener wrote in: My kids - particularly my 8 and 9 yo - feel like they have to compete with each other all the time. Every time one does something/gets something different from the other, they tend to mention to the other almost like a taunt. I think on one hand they want their sibling to be happy for them (like mom or dad would be), and on the other hand, I think they want to show how much more special they are.   Even if

Jul 7, 2016 • 20:52

Kate Orsen, Hand In Hand Parenting Expert Talks about Listening for Cooperation

Kate Orsen, Hand In Hand Parenting Expert Talks about Listening for Cooperation

Kate Orson is on the podcast today, and I absolutely love where our conversation went!! Kate's bio from her website: KAte is a Hand in Hand parenting instructor, and author of Tears Heal: How To Listen To Children. Originally from the UK she now live in Basel, Switzerland, with her husband, author Toni Davidson, and our four year old daughter Ruby. Kate has written articles for a number of different parenting magazines including The Green Parent, Juno and Smallish. Kate offer parenting workshop

Jul 5, 2016 • 41:01

Talking Point from the Stanford Sexual Assault Case and the Orlando Shooting With Amy Lang and Jen O'Ryan

Talking Point from the Stanford Sexual Assault Case and the Orlando Shooting With Amy Lang and Jen O'Ryan

Welcome! Today’s episode features TWO guests, Amy Lang and Dr. Jen O’Ryan. Amy is a sexuality educator who helps parents have conversations with kids about healthy sexuality; she previously joined us for Episodes 8 and 33. Jen holds a PhD in human behavior and specifically works with children and adolescents in gender minorities, especially LGBTQ kids. She joined us for Episode 35. These conversations were prompted by the important talking points which emerged from two recent news stories: the S

Jun 28, 2016 • 1:24:36

BONUS EPS: Maria Dismondy, Award Winning Author

BONUS EPS: Maria Dismondy, Award Winning Author

So happy to welcome Maria Dismondy to the show for my June BONUS episode!!  Maria is an award winning author and has written many books for children that engage and inspire them to consider the skills needed to be a good friend and problem solver.  She spent time in the classroom before having her own children, and uses her time in schools to inform what she writes about in her books. :::::::::: Maria's books: The Littlest Linebacker - A Story of Determination Chocolate Milk Por Favor - Celebrat

Jun 23, 2016 • 35:57

Taming the Toddlers and Haters with Julietta Skoog

Taming the Toddlers and Haters with Julietta Skoog

Welcome! My guest today is a dear friend, Julietta Skoog, who is a positive discipline trainer. She joined us as a guest on Episode 4 about Family Meetings. It’s hard to believe that we’re here at Episode 48 now! I’m so thrilled to have Julietta back again so that we can all benefit from her wealth of parenting knowledge. She teaches many classes and workshops for parents, in addition to being a school counselor and psychologist in Seattle, where she works with hundreds of students. Her most imp

Jun 21, 2016 • 31:57

Honoring our Inner Voice with Kris Prochaska

Honoring our Inner Voice with Kris Prochaska

Welcome! My guest today is Kris Prochaska, a former therapist who uses her intuition, diagnostic skills, and ability to read people’s energy. Her desire is to coach women in how to embody sacred leadership at home and at work to listen and live according to their inner voice. Kris was a 2015 TEDxBend speaker and is the author of Life Well Spoken: Free Your Inner Voice and Prosper. She is a busy mom to Anja, 7, and Eli, 11, and is happily married to—and still in love with—her hubby, Mike. What yo

Jun 14, 2016 • 52:46

Ask Casey: Back Talk

Ask Casey: Back Talk

Here is what I got from a listener: Hey lady! As I said in my post, Sheane (my teacher ;)) is really volatile right now, and so much of what she's saying is full of disrespect and sass. Oh, and often high volume. It's driving me nuts. I suspect it's because summer is upon us, and she is worried about the transition, having to say goodbye to her teacher, etc., as she's so sensitive so it's freaking her out. If I say, "Please sit down and finish your breakfast" (she gets up several times during me

Jun 9, 2016 • 22:16

Eps 46: Dr. Michele Borba and Why Empathy is the Antidote to the Selfie Culture

Eps 46: Dr. Michele Borba and Why Empathy is the Antidote to the Selfie Culture

Welcome! My guest today is Dr. Michele Borba, a globally-recognized educational psychologist and parenting, bullying, and character expert. Her aim is to strengthen children’s empathy and resilience to break the cycle of youth violence. She has delivered keynotes and workshops to over 1 million participants on 5 continents and authored 24 books translated into 14 languages. Her latest book is out on June 7, and is titled Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World. Parents an

Jun 7, 2016 • 38:13

Deborah MacNamara helps us Make More Sense of our Kids

Deborah MacNamara helps us Make More Sense of our Kids

Dr. Deborah MacNamara is a brilliant voice in parent education and if was so fun to get to know her on the podcast!Dr. Deborah MacNamara is on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute and author of Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one) She presents, teaches, and writes on all facets of child and adolescent development based on the relational-developmental approach of Gordon Neufeld. She is also in private practice where she offers counselling services to parents an

May 31, 2016 • 42:07

Aromatherapy Lessons from Victoria Sexton of Natural Goodness Skincare

Aromatherapy Lessons from Victoria Sexton of Natural Goodness Skincare

In this bonus episode, I talk with my friend, Victoria Sexton all about how to use aromatherapy for wellness. She breaks down what essential oils are, how to use a diffuser, and how to handle it when theres loads of snot and a cough (thats when I typically cross over to the over the counter stuff). I know you will find value in this show and walk away feeling super excited about using aromatherapy in your home.  My diffusers been ordered. From Victoria -  Antibacterial Essential oils: Orange Euc

May 26, 2016 • 27:23

Rebecca Eanes talks about Parenting the Sensitive Child and her Journey to Positive Parenting

Rebecca Eanes talks about Parenting the Sensitive Child and her Journey to Positive Parenting

I am so honored to have Rebecca Eanes on the podcast this week!! Rebecca Eanes is a best selling author, the founder of positive-parents.org, creator of Positive Parenting: Toddlers and Beyond, and a contributing editor to Creative Child Magazine where she does most of her writing currently. Her books are The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting which has been a #1 best seller in it's category on Amazon, and a co-authored book, Positive Parenting in Action: The How-To Guide to Putting Positive

May 24, 2016 • 48:31

Jiovann Carrasco Talks Mindfulness and Parenting

Jiovann Carrasco Talks Mindfulness and Parenting

Welcome! My guest today is Jiovann Carrasco, a psychotherapist in Austin, TX. Jiovann is the owner of the Austin Mindfulness Center, a meditator, and the author of an online mindfulness program called Follow your Breath. He is an engaged and connected father to two young kids and worked as a stay-at-home dad for two years! Let’s jump into this topic of mindfulness with Jiovann!What you’ll hear in this episode: How Jiovann began practicing meditation in 2008, as a result of the anxiety and panic

May 17, 2016 • 41:18

Ask Casey: Setting Screen Time Limits

Ask Casey: Setting Screen Time Limits

A question from Maria… My 6yo loves his ipad and tv, like I'm sure they all do. I don't allow him to play non-stop and he's generally ok with boundaries. My issue is he's always asking. ALWAYS. I'm forever saying no, or later, or ok for half an hour, or after you do this or that. I'm the bad guy when he really wants to and I'd rather he do something more constructive. I'd like to put the power in his hands, instead of mine, but how. I thought about giving him a weekly limit and letting him g

May 12, 2016 • 16:34

Sarah Remmer helps us revamp mealtime

Sarah Remmer helps us revamp mealtime

Welcome! My guest today is Sarah Remmer, a registered dietitian and pediatric nutrition expert. She blogs at Stork to Fork, sharing ideas, advice, and easy recipes for real parents who want their kids to grow into healthy relationships with food. Let’s jump right into this topic with Sarah! What you’ll hear in this episode: Sarah is the mother of three young kids, so she knows the struggle! In her client work, Sarah noticed that the common denominator was the way they were raised in dysfunction

May 10, 2016 • 42:14

Megan Barella Talks about Navigating Parenting as a Trauma Survivor

Megan Barella Talks about Navigating Parenting as a Trauma Survivor

Megan Barella loves to help parents unlock their parenting powerthrough her classes and coaching programs. As a Certified PositiveDiscipline Parent Educator, she brings a holistic approach to helppeople live and parent in connection with their highest selves."The Getting to Gold Project" is the program Megan is developingfor parents who are trauma survivors. Megan loves to cook, dance,do art projects, and spend time in the woods with her 7 year oldson in the Portland, OR area. Highlights from th

May 3, 2016 • 44:58

BONUS EPISODE: Raffi Talks About Music and the Center for Child Honouring

BONUS EPISODE: Raffi Talks About Music and the Center for Child Honouring

Raffi Cavoukian is well known for the music he makes for young children...  Many parents today were brought up with that music and are now sharing it with their kids.  I spent many a day in the car singing Baaaaaaby Baluuuuuga to my littles and am so completely THRILLED to have the chance to talk to him on this podcast!! It was so much fun getting  to know Raffi!  He candidly shares his story of singing folk music to adults, to sharing songs with children - learn more about him by clicking here.

Apr 28, 2016 • 22:04

Ryan Hamilton Talks About The Life Of Dad

Ryan Hamilton Talks About The Life Of Dad

Welcome! Today’s guest is Ryan Hamilton, one of the co-founders of the “Life of Dad,” a social media network for dads. He is changing how dads are represented in the parenting arena and is helping moms be more effective at sharing parenting tools and tips with their male partners. Let’s jump into conversation with Ryan! What you’ll hear in this episode: Ryan has been a computer geek/tech guy all of his life; he now sees his son following in his footsteps in those interests. Ryan works full-t

Apr 26, 2016 • 48:46

Casey answers questions from listeners

Casey answers questions from listeners

I am so excited to offer a monthly podcast episode that is dedicated to answering questions from the community.  Today, I speak about situations that were shared by April and Sarah, both members of the Live and Love with Joyful Courage Facebook Community...  From April:My 7 year old is the youngest of three girls. She gets plenty of attention but seems to constantly be begging for more. What is a healthy amount of attention and how I do I limit it? She constantly interrupts her dad and I wheneve

Apr 22, 2016 • 36:46

How to Shift Our Children's Negative Self Talk

How to Shift Our Children's Negative Self Talk

Welcome! Today’s guest is Nicole Schwarz, who wrote an article recently that caught my attention. Her blog is www.imperfectfamilies.com, and the article was about Helping Kids Deal with Negative Self-Talk. Nicole is the mother of three daughters, and is a parent coach with a license in family therapy. She now devotes her work to online coaching and writing her blog. She loves working with families on positive, respectful parenting techniques. What you’ll hear in this episode: The two things in

Apr 19, 2016 • 40:23

Breaking Down Encouragement

Breaking Down Encouragement

Dina Emser is on the podcast today digging into what encouragement is really all about…       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 13, 2016 • 36:05

Holding space for siblings to get along

Holding space for siblings to get along

I am so so excited to share this conversation with listeners!!  Dr. Laura Markham is one of the leading voices in the parenting arena and full of easy to digest tips and tools for parents with kids of all ages!   I was beyond honored when she agreed to come on my show... Listen in as we talk all about how to create space for our kids to get along, explore what keeps kids from connecting, and dig into how one on one time with each of our kids actually helps the sibling bond grow. Dr. Laura's bio

Apr 5, 2016 • 53:49

Looking at ADHD in a New Light

Looking at ADHD in a New Light

I am so excited to have Margit Crane on the podcast today!  She is fun and hopeful and full of really helpful information for ADD/ADHD children and the grown ups who love and work with them. From Margit's bio: Confused and frustrated, people are drawn to Margit’s bright-eyed optimism, her natural communication style, and her no-nonsense, real-world solutions. They fall in love with her humor and compassion, realizing that she is their strongest advocate and biggest fan. Clients feel heard and un

Mar 29, 2016 • 44:46

Eps 35: Jen O'Ryan and how to support our LGBTQ youth

Eps 35: Jen O'Ryan and how to support our LGBTQ youth

So excited to share today's show with you! Dr. Jen O’Ryan provides guidance for parents to help them navigate their child’s coming out process, as well as questions about sexuality and gender. She completed her doctorate in Human Behavior with a focus on environmental factors during childhood and adolescence for sexual minorities. Dr. Jen also works closely with other caring adults on developing more inclusive, safe spaces for LGBTQ individuals in the workplace and community. Through years of r

Mar 22, 2016 • 42:52

The New Family

The New Family

I am super excited about this BONUS episode!!  I have the privilege of being in conversation with Brandie Weikle from thenewfamily.com and host of The New Family Podcast. Part of my mission for creating this podcast is to expose listeners to parenting resources that I find inspirational and valuable, and Brandie is in total alignment with that mission. We spend time today talking about The New Family, the 1,000 Family Project, and Brandie's experience with podcasting. Mentioned: The New Family W

Mar 18, 2016 • 27:14

Building Relationship in the Kitchen

Building Relationship in the Kitchen

Amy Knobler is on the podcast! Amy is a personal chef, mama and Positive Discipline Parent Educator from Pasadena, California. In candid conversation, she shares her passion for bringing kids into the kitchen… Do you love dinner preparation? Are you like me, feeling annoyed and resentful each day when it comes time to create a meal for your family? Listen in as Amy spins a new perspective around meal prep and how it can be a relationship builder AND a time for life skill development. From young

Mar 15, 2016 • 41:05

Eps 32:  Kelly Bos - Navigating Two Parenting Styles in One Family

Eps 32: Kelly Bos - Navigating Two Parenting Styles in One Family

So grateful to have Kelly Bos on the show today! Kelly is a psychotherapist focusing on individual, marriage, and family relationships. She helps people find meaning and joy in their relationships - with themselves and others.Today we are talking about navigating parenting styles in our family. As I say on a regular basis, parenting is a journey, right? Have you started to notice that when we say "yes! I want to be with you forever!" we are also saying yes to the journey of relationship

Mar 8, 2016 • 35:25

Social Media and Kids

Social Media and Kids

I love Emily Roberts!!  There is a good reason she is called "Guidance Girl" - this woman has so many gifts and wisdom to share...  She knows tweens and teens - she has an inside perspective and sharing it on the show. Listen in and broaden your perspective around the online social life of your children. Emily and I have a candid conversation about what parents should be thinking about and how we can be building relationship through navigating this online social world with our kids.... This is a

Mar 1, 2016 • 1:04:17

Setting Limits

Setting Limits

Sarah is a social worker, a compassion coach, a play promoter and warrior for kindness...  How can an interview with her be anything BUT amazing??? We discuss limit setting, brain development and how to navigate our kids emotional outbursts in a way that is helpful and not hurtful. Resources mentioned: Dan Siegel:      - Whole Brain Child     - Brian in the Palm of the Hand video Where to find Sarah:     - www.sarahmaclaughlin.com     - Facebook     - Twitter     - Pinterest     - Instagram Help

Feb 23, 2016 • 49:18

Exploring Parenting Styles

Exploring Parenting Styles

I find it so empowering to explore parenting styles with moms and dads. It seems as though once we become more aware of our style, our pattern, we become ever more able to move in the direction of who we WANT to be. Listen in as Sarina Behar Natkin, from GROW Parenting, digs into the different styles, their history, and how to maintain a more balanced, connected approach to parenting. It was a fun and informative conversation that listeners are sure to relate to!! Find out more ab

Feb 22, 2016 • 51:11

LIVE COACHING: Ending Bedtime Battles

LIVE COACHING: Ending Bedtime Battles

So grateful and honored to have Leisha on the podcast today to puzzle out the rub she is feeling around bedtime with her two young daughters. Do you ever feel like things spin out of control at the end of the day?  Do you feel like you swing between too kind to too firm and back again?  You aren't alone! Listen in to this live parent coaching and notice where the conversation is resonating with you...  We are on a collective journey - lets learn from the learning of others!! Interested in gettin

Feb 19, 2016 • 15:13

Eps 29: Cathy Kawakami of Middle Ground Parenting How we help our kids by not helping them

Eps 29: Cathy Kawakami of Middle Ground Parenting How we help our kids by not helping them

Cathy Kawakami is on the show today and we are talking all about the ways we can encourage our youngest kids to explore their capabilities.Sorry folks, the bad news in a lot of the reason our kids don't believe they can do things is because we spend so much time and effort telling them that - and they're getting the message!! Then we get frustrated that our kids are uncooperative or don't want to contribute - it's crazytown!!Cathy and Casey offer a bunch of ideas around how to set up an

Feb 16, 2016 • 46:34

Parenting in the Digital Age Telesummit

Parenting in the Digital Age Telesummit

Oh friends - this is a good one!! My new friend (and someone we should all have on speed dial), Susan Stiffelman is on the show today talking about the Parenting in the Digital Age Telesummit.   THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY for all of us to learn from some of the most AMAZING speakers and thinkers of our time. Dr. Dan Siegel, author of Whole Brain Child and creator of Brain in th ePalm of Your Hand Byron Katie, developer of The Work Rachel Macy Stafford, author and blogger behind the Hands

Feb 11, 2016 • 19:53

Middle School "Dating" (YIKES)

Middle School "Dating" (YIKES)

Amy Lang of birdsandbeesandkids.com is back on this show and THIS time we are going next level....We are talking about dating and middle school.You all know that as a mother of a 13 year old, this topic is near and dear to my heart... Amy breaks it down for us, offers insights to contemplate, and may make a few of you a wee bit uncomfortable with her no-nonsense talk about what it developmentally appropriate at this age.The result is a fun, informative and candid conversation that may take you b

Feb 9, 2016 • 48:16

Carry the Future

Carry the Future

I am so EXCITED to share this BONUS podcast with you all!!  I had the honor of talking to Alison Soracchi from Carry the Future about the incredible work they are doing, providing baby carriers to refugees in Greece. This conversation is an emotional one, and really highlights how meaningful a small gesture from one human being to another can be...  Alison shares stories about the work volunteers are engaged in here in the states, and paints a picture of how the volunteers on the ground in Greec

Jan 28, 2016 • 28:16

Raising Attached Babies with Ariadne Brill

Raising Attached Babies with Ariadne Brill

Ahhhh, babies. We spend so much time preparing for their arrival and then BAM - they totally turn our world upside down and we can't remember WHY we ever though parenthood was a good idea.Hahaha, well, maybe that wasn't exactly your experience.Ariadne Brill, parent educator, writer and the force behind the insanely helpful and popular website, Positive Parenting Connection, has returned to the podcast this week to dig into raising babies with a healthy attachment. This conversation is so useful

Jan 26, 2016 • 48:19

BONUS EPS: Parent Talk

BONUS EPS: Parent Talk

It was so fun to have the chance to speak one on one with a listener about the challenges she is facing with your your son. Listen in and notice how universal some of the feelings and thoughts are that you hear Stephanie speak into...  The parenting journey is a collective experience. You are not alone!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 22, 2016 • 27:25

Navigating Power Struggles

Navigating Power Struggles

Who doesn't get into power struggles with their kids??? Listen in as Debbie Zeichner, LCSW and parent coach, and I discuss the triggers for power struggles and how to navigate them in a way that leaves your kids with MORE skills and MORE likely to cooperate. Sound good? Check out Debbie's website : www.debbiezeichnerlcsw.comAnd like her facebook page: www.facebook.com/debbiezeichnerlcsw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 19, 2016 • 37:06

Moving past our story to be a more conscious parent

Moving past our story to be a more conscious parent

This podcast interview is a long one, because the conversation was just that good. Listen in as I talk with Denise Dryden, integrative coach, about how we can shed the stories and emotional baggage we show up to parent with so that we can be conscious and available to the child we find in front of us. One of my favorite quotes from the conversation is Denise encouraging parents to think about in regards to their children, "what do I see that is unique and different, and how do I let them lead me

Jan 11, 2016 • 1:11:21

Decide to Rise in 2016 SHORT SOLO SHOW

Decide to Rise in 2016 SHORT SOLO SHOW

I love you people!!! Thank you so much for all you have given me in 2015.  This show is short and sweet today, as I know you have things to do and people to see (as do I). I announce the winners of the Subscribe-A-Thon Giveaway (finally)!! I share a poem from Danielle LaPorte's Desire Map. I invite you to let go of what brought you down in 2015 and invite in what you want for 2016. Enjoy!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 29, 2015 • 13:21

Christmas Eve Solo Show

Christmas Eve Solo Show

Hellooooooo Friends!!! Merry, merry, happy, happy...  Hoping this podcast finds you well and joyful.  Listen in to hear some exciting news about the year to come, details about how to be a part of the giveaway, and inquiry about how YOU will make e2016 the BEST YEAR for YOU! Big huge love to all of you....  Honored you are out there listening and supporting and celebrating all we can do to make the world better!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 24, 2015 • 17:21

How to stay sane and ENJOY the holidays!

How to stay sane and ENJOY the holidays!

Amanda Rue, the force behind the popular blog, Dirt and Boogers, is on the podcast today. She has created a FABULOUS resource for parents around how to bring more calm and connection to the holiday season.I don't know about you, but this came at the perfect time for me! Resources mentioned:Check out Amanda's Ebook, Take the Chaos out of Christmas, by clicking here.Mama's Anger Management cCourseThe Stop Yelling Challenge on Facebook Where to follow Amanda:Her blog/website www.dirtandboogers.comD

Dec 15, 2015 • 32:39

Eps 21: Jessica Lahey breaks down Autonomy-Supportive Parenting and how to empower our kids by letting them fail

Eps 21: Jessica Lahey breaks down Autonomy-Supportive Parenting and how to empower our kids by letting them fail

Such a great conversation! Jessica Lahey is smart and funny and real when it comes to talking straight up about how we rob our kids of their future when we protect the from failure... It doesn't matter if they are in the sandbox or a high school classroom, our kids only learn the tools for relationship, empathy and resiliency when we (parents) allow them the gift of discomfort, making mistakes and yes, failure. Listen in to this candid conversation and consider where you could pull back a bit, w

Dec 8, 2015 • 51:12

The Duck With No Legs

The Duck With No Legs

OMG.  I can't believe how great it is to be a podcaster!!   For today's show, I interviewed one of my oldest friends!!  How lucky am I???  This conversation, with Jessica Prentice, is all about her book The Duck With No Legs and all of the underlying themes and messages that show up in the sweet, heart warming story. We get into all sorts of discussions in this show - from spirituality, to overcome perceived disabilities, to living with the discomfort of not being the child we think our parents

Dec 1, 2015 • 35:32

THANKSGIVING SUBSCRIBE-A-THON SHOW!

THANKSGIVING SUBSCRIBE-A-THON SHOW!

Hey hey!!! Thank you so much for playing and being willing to subscribe to the show - I value you and am honored that you find value in what I put out into the world!! Here are the deets of the giveaway: I have super cute Joyful Courage SWAG to give away!! I can't figure out how to post pics here, but I will put them up on the Live and Love with Joyful Courage facebook group page.  I have FOUR shirts and FOUR hats to giveaway -  The shirt is baseball style with red arms and the Joyful Courage lo

Nov 26, 2015 • 12:51

Eps 19: Dr. Monica Holliday discusses how to talk about the violence in the world with our kids

Eps 19: Dr. Monica Holliday discusses how to talk about the violence in the world with our kids

There are a few things that are tough to talk about with our kids. One of the toughest, I think, is talking about the violent things that happen in the world... My guest today on the podcast is Dr. Monica Holliday Sherman. Monica is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago, and she completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at The Adler School of Professional Psychology, with a concentration in childhood and adolescence. She is a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, and she

Nov 24, 2015 • 41:32

How to make SLEEP happen

How to make SLEEP happen

This conversation landed close to my heart...  While my kids are now sleeping in their OWN beds, in their OWN rooms, ALL NIGHT LONG, that was not always the case. And while my nighttime parenting choices weren't always the same as everyone else, they didn't follow the mainstream advice,  I did the best I could for my babies...  The thing I really love about Alanna and her approach to supporting parents with sleep, is her willingness to meet parents where they're at.  She really believes in the i

Nov 17, 2015 • 56:36

Connective Parenting

Connective Parenting

What a great time I had talking to Bonnie Harris of Connective Parenting!  She is so full of wisdom and insight...  Which wasn't surprising AT ALL to me :) I have been following Bonnie's work for years - drawn to her gentle, logical style and advice.  I subscribed to her newsletter list and read her books and often am known to quote her in my parenting classes. This lady is for real. AND I am honored to share our conversation with you!! Click on the links below to follow Bonnie: www.bonnieharris

Nov 10, 2015 • 1:04:41

The voices in my head...

The voices in my head...

This solo show is my own download around how resistance has been showing up in my life and what I am learning from it.  We all have those voices, right?  The one that says to us, "who cares, do what you want..." and the other that speaks from our soul and reminds us of who we really are....  Yeah, I dig into that. I talk about my friend, Molly Knight Forde who is BRILLIANT and my guest on Episode Seven... I mention the book, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen by Mark Nepo (its super fabulous). It's t

Nov 3, 2015 • 24:04

Self Care Challenge

Self Care Challenge

How much do I love this week's guest???? TRUCK LOADS! She is my friend and teacher, she inspires and coaches people all over the planet, AND she has taken time to sit down and puzzle out the self care challenges that SO MANY parents face. I know you know what I'm talking about because you share it with me all the time - there is no time to take care of myself... I feel guilty...  time for me is at the bottom of the list.... I am telling you - not only have I HEARD it all, I have also EXPERIENCED

Oct 27, 2015 • 49:41

SOLO SHOW: Recognizing our patterns and thinking tree

SOLO SHOW: Recognizing our patterns and thinking tree

Inspired by the mamas currently enrolled in the Raising Siblings Ecourse - this is a deep dive into why I always begin my work with parents by inviting them to pay more attention to how they respond physically and emotionally to their kids behavior. Once we recognize the way our body responds, we can begin to do the work of teaching it a new way of being. Listen in! ** This is marked explicit because I say "pissed" and "bullshit" - so heads up for that! Check out all of my online offers at www.j

Oct 20, 2015 • 21:34

Teen Assertiveness

Teen Assertiveness

I was introduced to Emily Roberts on a Facebook group for parent educators that I belong to...  I knew right away that I wanted to know more about her when she introduced herself and shared about her work with tween and teen girls... I bought her book, Express Yourself, and quickly realized that this woman is LEGIT!  This book, which I am currently reading out loud to me seventh grade daughter is PACKED with so many nuggets of wisdom for our girls...  Not only that, I am finding that I am learni

Oct 13, 2015 • 54:33

Finding Grace in New York

Finding Grace in New York

I had an amazing experience with 49 other women at a workshop in New York...  When I shared about it on social media, the request was made that I share more on the podcast. So here you go. I am so grateful for the journey I am on...  So grateful to be alert and alive and awake to all the possibilities that exist in my life.  So grateful for the teachers and the opportunities that have come my way.... Thank you for listening in. Click here for more information about the Grace Workshop happening i

Oct 6, 2015 • 26:42

Parenting to your child's temperament

Parenting to your child's temperament

It was such a pleasure to have Katie Hurley on the show!  I have been sharing her work on the Joyful Courage Facebook page for a long time and speaking to her about her new book confirmed what I had come to believe as a reader of her writing; she is a thoughtful, brilliant voice in the parent education community. Katie's new book, The Happy Kid Handbook is an amazing tool for parents to learn how to meet their kids where they are at, temperamentally.  Her work reminds us that the need to get to

Sep 29, 2015 • 46:48

STOP YELLING

STOP YELLING

I am really excited to have Andy Smithson, of TRU Parenting, back on the podcast!  He was my very first guest and a parent educator that I have been following for a while now.   There are a lot of things I like about Andy, I think it is so refreshing to have a Dad's voice speaking into the parenting experience.  His blog posts and articles are always so helpful and full of tips and tools that can be put into action right away.  He has lots of kids so I KNOW he is in the practice of walking his t

Sep 15, 2015 • 46:38

Living the Hands Free Life

Living the Hands Free Life

“I am an ordinary person living in the same distracted culture that everyone else is living in…”    And that is exactly what is so inspiring about Rachel Macy Stafford.   She is an ordinary person whose work is making an extraordinary impact on parents from around the world.   Most of us found her through her blog, www.handsfreemama.com - her writing drew us in and touched our soul.  We also joined her Hands Free Revolution on Facebook, to be even more connected to her and the community space s

Sep 1, 2015 • 43:38

SOLO PROMO: Learn about the TRU Parenting Stop Yelling in 21 Days Coaching Course

SOLO PROMO: Learn about the TRU Parenting Stop Yelling in 21 Days Coaching Course

Andy's the man!!  He has helped so many parents find their calm and move forward in solid relatinship with their family.   This "solo promo" is designed to get the word out about his latest offer for parents. Click on this link to go straight to the sales page for more INFO and to REGISTER :) bit.ly/stopyelling21daysjc Knowledge is power, people!!  Empower your parenting!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 28, 2015 • 7:45

Ending Entitlement

Ending Entitlement

August 11th Amy's latest book cam out, The Me Me Me Epoidemic: A Step by Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over Entitled World Amy McCready is a Parent Education MACHINE!  She has an amazingly popular Facebook community, and offers so many Inspired by the work of Alfred Adler… “The biggest difference comes when we change ourselves.” Certified in Positive Discipline Shout out to the recovering yellers!! “...I love working with parenting and helping them bring out the best in them

Aug 17, 2015 • 35:08

Whose problem is it? Joint problem solving with kids

Whose problem is it? Joint problem solving with kids

Such a great conversation with Marcille Smith Boyle!!  Solving problems with our kids is no joke and such an important way to teach life skills.  Marcille breaks down the task in a way that gets parents excited to practice!!  She is full of information and real life stories that I know will be inspiring and helpful to you – Enjoy! Marcille studied the work of Ross Green –Lost at School The Explosive Child He writes and teaches about Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) – involving kids in solvi

Aug 6, 2015 • 41:14

Talking Birds and Bees and Kids

Talking Birds and Bees and Kids

What a GIFT to have the opportunity to interview Amy Lang of Birds+Bees+Kids! We had a great time discussing what to be talking about with our kdis when it comes to bodies and sex and staying safe... Nothing is off limits here - from where babies come from to blow jobs to birth control --- listen in and get informed and then TALK TO YOUR KIDS!Like Amy says, being INFORMED is being EMPOWERED to make smart choices!LISTEN IN NOW!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 20, 2015 • 42:24

Meditative Parenting

Meditative Parenting

Listen in on this great conversation that I had with Molly Knight Forde about the journey to meditation and how it can change everything when it comes to the parenting journey... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 6, 2015 • 54:13

The Safety Talk

The Safety Talk

Podcast with Kim Estes   Intro – music feedback?  Mention speakpipe   Kim Into with Family – two daughters, middle/high schoolers   Savvy Parents Safe Kids www.savvyparentssafekids.com   Patty Fitzgerald - Safely Ever After     Lots of strategies…  not just “this is what you do in the moment”   Being home alone… 2 tips:   Don't open the door, acknowledge the door – In a strong voice: “Who is it?” followed by, “I can’t help you…” and walk away.   Know what to do if there is a fire – Get out of th

Jun 8, 2015 • 35:26

Talking Tweens

Talking Tweens

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May 5, 2015 • 35:16

Family Meetings

Family Meetings

This was such a fun conversation with my dear friend and colleague, Julietta Skoog.  She is such a powerful model for what it looks like to parent small children with Positive Discipline - I love watching her in action! PLUS, she has been doing Family Meetings with her girls since the youngest was in a highchair!!! Listen in and let me know what you think! You can find more information on Julietta at www.juliettaskoog.com You can find more about the Family Meeting Ecourse I mention at the end of

Apr 9, 2015 • 40:19

Solo Show

Solo Show

This is a solo show, meaning, it's just me.  Listen in as I share what my purpose is and how I want to make a difference in YOUR world!  Get an inside look at why I am passionate about this work and what fuels me to keep sharing it with you.... Click here to find out more about coaching with me. Click here to find out which live and online offers are coming up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 9, 2015 • 14:15

Making Agreements

Making Agreements

What a gift it was to spend time talking to Ariadne Brill of Positive Parenting Connection! We dug into how making agreements with our kids helps them to develop a sense of trust and capability - while strengthening our relationship with them along the way. Ariadne has some great ideas around how to bring more ease to mealtimes and shares some resources for parents for teaching and modeling self regulation.Resources for listeners:Check out Ariadne's book on Amazon - Twelve alternatives to time o

Apr 8, 2015 • 41:05

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