Heading into the holidays with a strong-willed child can feel like stepping into a pressure cooker — overstimulation, routine changes, late nights, sugar highs, and endless expectations. In this episode, Lisa shares the exact framework that transformed bedtime, power struggles, and emotional blow-ups in her own home: shifting from power over to power with. You’ll learn why traditional discipline fails with strong-willed kids, how to understand their wiring, and what to do in the heat of the moment to create cooperation instead of battles. This episode is your roadmap to calmer days, easier transitions, and deeper connection — especially during the holiday season.

What You'll Learn:

• Why strong-willed kids push back harder when parents use power-over tactics like threats, yelling, or “because I said so.”
• How to shift into power-with parenting, where boundaries stay firm but connection and autonomy open the door to cooperation.
• The real reason your child melts down more during the holidays — and how to decode the unmet needs underneath the behavior.
• How overstimulation, disrupted routines, and sensory overload impact your child’s nervous system (even when they’re having fun).
• Simple phrases and strategies to replace yelling, threatening, and forcing compliance with calm leadership.
• How to hold the same boundary with a completely different energy that invites cooperation rather than triggering defiance.