Part of Parenting Challenging Children – is Keeping Track of All their Appointments! For Devon, when he was little, he was in occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy. This was back in the day before iPhones and I had a paper calendar hanging on the wall, and I know for a time I had […]
I finally found the digital calendar that does all I need it to do! AND it is pretty!! Read More »
Have you ever felt anxiety? Maybe your child struggles with anxiety? Here is an easy tool that can help! There have been studies showing that this can work with giving speeches. In todays podcast episode I share how it helped me and some examples of how it can help you!
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One of my favorite tools to share with parents is Angels! We surely have angels on both sides of the veil. Earthly Angels and Heavenly Angels. In this podcast episode, I interview Katie and she shares her experience when her daughter got 3rd degree burns on her feet and how Heavenly Angels helped during the
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Today I want to talk about Why it is so hard to use the tools that we know about? I had a challenging situation this past weekend and I was feeling a lot of anxiety about an upcoming event and was spinning in my mind and thoughts and emotions about what to do with the
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I was struggling with a really understanding Devon and what motivated him. This was before Carol Tuttle had released the Child Whisperer, but she had other books explaining the typing system, and I was led to learn more about it. And when I figured out Devon’s type things made so much more sense. And since
The Child Whisperer Book was Key in helping me understand my challenging child Read More »
What is it about feelings that can be so overwhelming? Honestly, for me, even really happy feelings on an intense level was overwhelming to me as a mom of young kids. Having three little boys with big emotions sometimes just was overwhelming. And then to add my own emotions on top of it was a
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My children have done things that make me feel furious. Bryson, when he was a new driver, he had an 11:30 PM curfew. Well, one night, very soon after he started driving, he didn’t get home until 1:00 AM He did call us and say he was going to meet his brother Carson at In
When Your Child Does Something Stupid: Try Curious Instead of Furious Read More »
I had been a life coach for a few years when Devon was 16. I had a lot of tools by then, and our relationship was pretty good, much better than it had been years before. However, he still was the most challenging of my children. And would sometimes create things, maybe not intentionally, but
Would my Life Coaching Skills Stack Up Against My Son Getting Kidnapped? Read More »
It’s okay That you didn’t know all these things sooner. The experiences you have had with your challenging child are okay, and you don’t need to judge yourself for it. If only I had known this sooner… Sometimes when I learn a new tool, I think if only I’d known this sooner, it would’ve prevented
Release the Guilt from Not Knowing these Tools Sooner! Read More »
For 2023, I have decided to shift the focus of my podcast to Parenting Challenging Children. the reason why I’m doing this is because so many of my clients come to me because they’re struggling with their children. And I thought I’d make some episodes and do some interviews with some of my clients and
Healing Birth Trauma Shifted my Son from Angry to Calm Read More »