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: 1. Watch 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: 1. 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
What is an emotionally healthy mom? What does that even mean? In this podcast I talk about the characteristics of an emotionally healthy mom and how that reflects in her motherhood. No we are not perfect, we are humans, we will mess up and have hard days. But, overall, what Read More
Loss of a baby. Have you experienced this? Maybe you can relate my friend. Summer of 2020 I lost a baby in my second trimester. Grieving process was not easy but I knew helpful ways to grieve and I asked for help. That helped me process the loss in a Read More
Do you struggle with your kids big feelings that are so overwhelming? Do you normally force them to shut it down and punish them for the emotion? I've done that. In this podcast I talk about how that is actually not helpful, it only makes them feel not seen and Read More
