Have you ever heard of anyone referring to someone as a safe person? Who are safe people and what kind of characteristics do they have?In this episode I explain who  safe people are and why it's so important to have them in our lives. In order to support ourselves emotionally we Read More

As a mom, we set the tone in our home. We have great power. What do I mean by that? Well, have you ever noticed that when you are in a bad mood, somehow that transfers into other members of the family? What we do now, how we talk, how we Read More

Depression is so much more common than we realize. So many moms struggle with it. When we feel depressed it will affect our emotional health as well. It will affect how we respond/react to our children. In this episode I have a honest conversation with Brittni who is a mom Read More

Have you ever thought about the fact that your children are experiencing hard emotions for the first time? Emotions like anxiety, sadness, loss,  and disappointment. Often we just tell them to stop feeling that, or minimize what they are feeling to help them 'feel better'. But, is that the best approach?I Read More

Postpartum is such a transition. If you have an honest conversation with any mom, each and one of them had something that was hard in that postpartum stage. So many things we can't predict and will just need to figure them out as we go, but there are things we can Read More

Have you ever tried to do it ALL? How about doing it all on your own? Did you feel like that stressed you out? Overwhelmed you? Of course it did. None of us can do it all! In this episode I talk about the biggest myth there is out for mom, Read More

Family of origin: It has so much impact on who we are today. So many of our beliefs, thoughts and behaviors are framed in the family we grew up. So many of those patterns we carry forward into our own families.Some patterns are healthy and some are not. In this episode Read More

Have you ever felt guilty for yelling at your kids or saying/doing something hurtful when you are emotionally flooded? I think we all have been there. So what do we do? When do we give ourselves grace? How do we repair the damage that has been done? There are seasons in life Read More

Life, work, motherhood, children. At times it just gets so overwhelming. It feels like TOO MUCH. We don't know what to focus on because everything seems to need our attention. What do you do when you are SO overwhelmed? When everything seems chaotic? When we try to focus on all the Read More

Have you ever wondered how to teach your kids about feelings? In this episode I discuss ways I taught my kids about feelings and continue to do so. Negative emotions are hard. They are even harder for little ones. Those feelings become so overwhelming and they often don't express them Read More

Have you heard this verse? Ephesians 4:26. Be angry and do not sin. Have you every wondered- how in the world do I do that? Most of us when we experience anger, we tend to say or do hurtful things. So HOW do we help ourselves? In this episode I talk Read More

Do your kids handle their anger well? Most kids don't. Many adults don't. This episode talks about the anger emotion, why it's challenging and HOW we can teach our little ones to handle it in a helpful/safe way. This is a challenging topic because many believe anger is a bad Read More

Have you wondered why its hard for your kids to handle their big feelings in a mature way? Today we talk about emotional intelligence and how our kids need to be taught what to do with their big emotions and HOW we can help them with that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Next Steps: Download Free Read More

How we think will affect how we feel. How we feel affects how we behave. How we behave will affect our relationship with our kids and others. We can choose to change our mindset and it can make a HUGE difference in how we approach parenting and kids misbehavior. Today Read More

Have you ever wondered which things you are responsible for and which God is? We often shift too much on God and not take enough ownership on ourselves in how we parent. Today we talk about which things we need to own and what God has ownership over. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Next Steps: Download Read More

Disrespect. That is such a hot button for me. How in the world do we deal with our kids when they mouth back at us? When they say something nasty or mean? I have totally been there with my oldest. Many times and still each time I get triggered and Read More

What is the difference between being controlling or being IN control? Isn't that the same thing? Well, not really. Many of us grew up in families where a parent was controlling and as a child you had no say in anything. It was "Do it or else". You obeyed out Read More

Do you feel like you cannot give one more ounce? It's possible you are experiencing burnout. It's very common in moms. It's hard to show up for your family when you are stretched thin with work, family, volunteering, sports, music and housework. In order to effectively show up we need Read More

In todays podcast I talk about 3 big emotional needs all humans have. You, me and our children. Also, how can we use to needs to build emotional connection with our children instead of seeing it as a burden. It takes some effort to change the ways we have been Read More

How do your mornings go? Are they peaceful or chaotic? If so, have you ever tried getting up before your children and see how that changes your day? In this episode I talk about the ONE thing that I started doing a year ago that transformed the way I feel emotionally Read More