Foundations for Joy

Cheerfully Using Faith to Mother a Teenager

Ahh, being the parent of a fiercely independent 18 year old.  I love it, so many opportunities for growth.  So many opportunities to try and let go of control, while also recognizing there are certain things I do still have stewardship over and have to set certain boundaries.  However achieving the balance in that is

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Patience Has to be Grown

This episode discusses the importance of growing patience as a skill rather than expecting it to be given. I share personal struggles with patience and how I have learned to be intentional about practicing patience. I share tips on how to identify situations in your own life where you need more patience and intentionally practice

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5 Steps to Feel Confident Feeling Your Emotions

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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When Your Child Does Something Stupid: Try Curious Instead of Furious

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

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Would my Life Coaching Skills Stack Up Against My Son Getting Kidnapped?

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

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Release the Guilt from Not Knowing these Tools Sooner!

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

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Your child having a tantrum, doesn’t mean you need to have one too!

This works with all ages of children. However, it looks different at different ages. Here’s the thing that makes this so tricky. Logically, we know, yeah, if my child is having a tantrum, I don’t need to. Our Challenging Children Know Exactly How to Push our Buttons! But our challenging kids know exactly how to

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Healing Birth Trauma Shifted my Son from Angry to Calm

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

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How to Hack Your Smart Phone so it Stops Hacking Your Dumb Brain!

I definitely was feeling like my brain was getting dumber and dumber the past year.  Being at home so much, my smart phone was sort of taking over!  In January, during episode 34, I talked about how I thought Covid ADD was a real thing.  I shared how I hadn’t really been reading as much

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