Not too long ago I wrote a post in my No Yelling group and I had someone comment that my message came across as toxic positivity.

I had to look that phrase up because I had no idea what it meant, and I was surprised that someone would say that about me.

I want to share with you a very raw and real episode of where I came from, and how much I have struggled with depression, and how I feel about someone telling my message is toxic.

I am so excited to share this interview with you!  

Tanner & Alisa documented their experience with last year's No Yell November challenge. It was so amazing to be able to see the day to day struggle they went through.  I was so impressed with their video that I wanted to have them on the podcast and talk about their experience.  

You can also check out his video on YouTube by going to The Terrible Husband and find their video, I tried not yelling at my kids for 30 days.

Have you ever worked with your teen and their goals? Maybe you sat down with them and helped them create an actionable plan of how to achieve that goal, and even put it in easy to manage steps.

Then, a few weeks, or even a few days later, your teen completely gives up on that goal.

What do you do?

Get after them? Push them harder?

Check out this week's podcast episode to hear how to help your teen and their goals.

A few weeks ago I was upset that my favorite music app has sexual content. I was angry and mad that the world seems to feel like it continues to get dark and evil seems to be everywhere.

I want to end this year's podcast with challenging you to be the light. Light always chases away the darkness. 

I would love to hear from you how you plan on being a light in 2023.

How does one become a great homeschool mom?

Do some people just have it, and others don't?

I don't think so.

I think anyone can become a great homeschool mom, and I'd love to show you how in this episode.

Also, here is the link to join my annual membership and receive your Family Planner as a thank you gift!

I know that there are days that you are wondering if it is worth it.

Days where kids are crying and screaming, and you feel like school was chaotic and no one learned anything.

I now have three adult children, and recently one of them sent me a letter telling me what they thought about my parenting them. Listen to today's episode to hear what the letter said and if working on connection is really worth it.

I watched The Hunger Games recently with my daughter and I couldn't help but think that the whole rebellion could have been avoided if the president would just stop trying to use force and fear to control them.

It made me wonder how many parents are using fear and force with their kids and then wondering why their kid is rebelling?

If you want to put the odds in your favor to not have a kid rebel, or if you currently have a kid who is rebelling, and you're not sure what to do, you need to check out this episode.

I had a few interesting conversations over the last few weeks with two different women who each had two children.

One woman told me why she thought having more kids made it easier to not yell at your kids, and the other women told me why it was easier to have independent kids when you have more kids.

The truth is that it doesn't matter how many kids you have. Whether or not something is easy or hard, is all in the way you think about it.

Tune in to today's episode, to hear what are some of my thoughts about having seven kids.

Do you want to know how I make sure I enjoy the holidays?

I do what I want.

Maybe that sounds selfish, but doing what I really don't like doing doesn't sound very kind to me.

I want to empower you to do the holidays the way you want to do them. Not the way you think you should do them.

I am always on the hunt for ways to make my life and homeschool easier, and one of the ways to do that is to create a rhythm for your home.

A rhythm helps build connection and cooperation, it helps children to know what is expected, and it helps to simplify your family.

Listen to today's episode to hear more about why you need a rhythm in your home and how to create one.