Mothering

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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3 essential things to have in your Weekly Routine

WPoWeR is my weekly routine. Last week I talked about NPoWeR (night time routine), the week before MPoWeR (morning routine)  this week let’s dive into what key things can make your Weekly routine give YOU power! LINKS Prayer Sheet – https://sheridanripley.com/12-prayer-cheat-sheet-to-revolutionize-your-prayers/ Artful Agenda – easy to use AND pretty digital calendar https://www.artfulagenda.com/ Episode segments

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A Simple Spiritual Routine to Start Your Day Off Strong!

Today we are going to be talking about MPOWERS. This is what I did my first podcast about and it’s funny going back and listening to it Now I’m kind of embarrassed by the sound quality and how I edited it, but we all have to start somewhere. The reason why I started with MPOWERS

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The Thought “That’s Not My Responsibility” Gives You Space to Have Empathy

An easy phrase to change your energy around a situation Today’s tip is “That’s not my responsibility.” By saying this easy phrase, you might be able to lessen the stress in your life and also clear out some judgment about things too. It’s easy for me to have a specific idea in my head about

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