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#47-Unhelpful Parenting Thoughts Part 4
I just don't want them to fail! This thought makes perfect sense, yet it may be working against your teenagers and you as their parent.
Today is the last episode of my Unhelpful Parenting Thoughts series. Listen in...
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#46-Unhelpful Parenting Thoughts Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of this series! I'm exploring some parenting thoughts I have had in my own life that I now recognize as leading to no good outcome.
This week the thought is "This shouldn't be so hard!"
I will...
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#45-Unhelpful Parenting Thoughts Part 2
I'm back with Part 2 of the Unhelpful Parenting Thoughts series!
This week we are looking at the thought "They should know better". Sounds like an OK reasonable thought but again we will be looking below the surface...
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#44-Unhelpful Parenting Thoughts Part 1
There are so many thoughts we have as parents that were handed to us and sound like the truth. What if these thoughts are not helping us out as parents at all?
Over the next few episodes I'm going to explore some...
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#43-How to Create a Thinking Plan
We've all heard about creating action plans, but what about creating a plan for how to think? I get it, I always want to know what to do in any situation. What I have found though is that it is more important for me...
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#42-Your Changing Role as the Parent of a Teenager
Why are my old ways of parenting not working anymore? What's happening now that I have a teenager that I feel like I've lost all of my parenting skills? You are not alone in this thinking.
As our teenagers grow and...
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#41-Unconditional Love
Love yourself and others unconditionally they say..... This is simple in concept but harder in practical terms. There is so much that comes up in our brains when we are told to love ourselves. My hope for this...
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#40-The Operator's Manual We Have for Others
Why don't people come with an instruction manual? Especially our teenagers. Well they do, but the kicker is that we have made it up for them ourselves. We have ideas about everyone we interact with according to our...
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#39-Righteous Anger
Anger feels good sometimes. We usually don't continue doing things that aren't working for us in some way. This episode is looking at the ways in which we like to keep our anger and the ways anger helps us feel...
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#38-Dealing with Anger-Part 2
Ever had somebody tell you to calm down when you're angry? Does it ever help? Never has for me that's for sure.
Anger is normal, natural and universal and we wouldn't want to banish it from our lives forever. What...
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#37-Dealing With Anger
If you listen to my podcast, I'm sure you struggle with not being able to remain calm. I hear you and it's precisely why I'm sharing this work.
In this episode we are going to look at our anger and some different...
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#36-I Miss Them Being Little-Processing Emotions
Remember when they were little and cute? What happened? Where did they go and when are they coming back?
I've thought these thoughts and I bet you have too. What emotion does this bring up for you?
In this...
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