Podcast Episodes

Have you ever felt anxiety? Maybe your child struggles with anxiety? Here is an easy tool that can help! Feel the physical feeling in your body – just sit with it for a minute. Currently you are naming it anxiety. Add some deep breaths and name it something else – Excitement, Curiosity, Courage (whichever is […]

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

The other day I was spinning with thoughts and emotions and feeling SO much anxiety. Suddenly, I remembered – I have tools to help me with this!! I looked at my podcast episodes and listened to a few used the tools in them and found myself feeling better! What do you do to help you

It was such a pleasure interviewing Katie today. She shared her powerful IMPACT method, for creating intentional margins so you can better enjoy life. She also shared a wonderful question to help in parenting your challenging child! TOPICS [00:00:10] Meet Katie [00:01:23] What do you do when you are stuck on the hamster wheel as

This is probably the book I most frequently suggest to my clients! It proved invaluable in finally understanding Devon and how he could be so chill in some ways and SO DRIVEN in others! TOPICS [00:01:42] I recommend this book to all my clients with challenging children! [00:02:16] Brief overview of the types [00:04:32] Christmas

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

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

My oldest son is what propelled me into becoming a life coach. I learned a lot of tools and loved to use them and teach them. They were put to the test when he was kidnapped in Mexico when he was 16 years old. Would they be helpful in a time of extreme stress? HELPFUL

Do you Feel Guilty when you learn a new tool? 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. Sometimes when I learn a new tool, I think if only I’d known this sooner,

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, “Or course, if my child is having a tantrum, I don’t need to.” But our challenging kids know exactly how to push our buttons, and they get our internal saboteurs