Calm Parenting Podcast

By Kirk Martin

Education Social Sciences Kids & Family

What's Calm Parenting Podcast about?

Have a strong-willed child who doesn't respond to consequences, argues like an attorney, and refuses to do things your way? Good! You're in the right place. Celebrate Calm Founder Kirk Martin has given over 1,000,000 parents and teachers around the world practical, life-changing strategies to stop power struggles, yelling, and defiance NOW. Based on work with 1,500 challenging kids (many with AD/HD, OCD, ODD, ASD, etc.) in his home, and years spent in classrooms, Kirk's approach is refreshingly practical, honest, and laugh-out-loud funny! Questions? Visit us at www.CelebrateCalm.com or email us directly at [email protected]

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"I Don't Have Anger Issues!"

06.09.2023

"I Don't Have Anger Issues!" When I was in my 30's, little things going wrong would cause me to explode. I'd yell, catastrophize ("Now the whole night is ruined!), storm off saying, "You guys would be better off without me!" ...

Calm Parenting Podcast episodes:

06.09.2023 "I Don't Have Anger Issues!" "I Don't Have Anger Issues!" When I was in my 30's, little things going wrong would cause me to explode. I'd yell, catastrophize ("Now the whole night is ruined!), storm off saying, "You guys would be better off without me!" ...
06.04.2023 Triggered By Messes? An Odd Way to Get Your Kids to Listen More Triggered By Messes? An Odd Way to Get Your Kids to Listen More What do your kids do that triggers you? Is it the constant sibling fights, the arguing, talking back, whining, or the messes they make? Kirk shows you ...
05.28.2023 Child Bossy, Melt Down Over Transitions & Losing, Argue Relentlessly? Child Bossy, Melt Down Over Transitions & Losing, Argue Relentlessly? Do you have a child who is bossy, melts down over changes in plans or transitions? Acts like a sore loser when playing games? Collects little stones and acorns in ...
05.21.2023 Sibling Fights: What Are The Consequences? Sibling Fights: What Are The Consequences? Siblings lash out, provoke and even hit one another. So how do you stop this from happening and what should the consequences be? Kirk provides three important points to help stop kids from lashing ...
05.07.2023 I Feel Like A Failure As A Mom! My Child Won’t Listen! I Feel Like A Failure As A Mom! My Child Won’t Listen! “Our son won’t listen at home, school, or at soccer practice. He just does his own thing. I feel like a failure as a Mom that I can’t ...
04.30.2023 How to De-Escalate A Nuclear Meltdown & Stop The Shame Cycle How to De-Escalate A Nuclear Meltdown & Stop The Shame Cycle Plans go awry, your child gets disappointed or doesn’t get his way. He begins getting upset. Rational talk doesn’t work. Nothing does. Now he’s in full meltdown mode and ...
04.23.2023 Why Do Strong-Willed Kids Push Your Buttons? Why Do Strong-Willed Kids Push Your Buttons? It’s a given. Your kids are going to push your buttons. They are going to irritate you. And you are going to react. And make things worse. So how do you stop reacting ...
04.16.2023 PANDAS, Pills, Patience & Pushups: Who Wins the Faceoff? PANDAS, Pills, Patience & Pushups: Who Wins the Faceoff? Your child is resistant to doing something they don’t like. You naturally get impatient. Your child whines and complains, and then takes a long time doing what you ask. You get ...
04.09.2023 Responding to Blatant Disrespect & Backtalk Responding to Blatant Disrespect & Backtalk Sometimes our kids spit out words we would have never said to our parents. We fear they will grow up to be rude, entitled, and rejected in the real world if we let them ...
04.02.2023 How To Restrict Phone Usage With Your Kids How To Restrict Phone Usage With Your Kids What do you do if you have a child whose phone usage is out of control, changing his or her moods, and causing constant conflict in your home? It often feels like ...
03.26.2023 How to Teach Kids Self-Control & Gratitude How to Teach Kids Self-Control & Gratitude You sacrifice so much for your kids and sometimes they don’t express gratitude. You don’t want them to grow up feeling entitled and walking all over you. Or maybe your kids can’t seem ...
03.19.2023 Get Your Kids to Listen Without Being Mean or Asking 12 Times Get Your Kids to Listen Without Being Mean or Asking 12 Times Do you ever feel like you have to ask your child 12 times just to do something simple like put their shoes on and get in the car? ...
03.12.2023 Stop Power Struggles Over Anxiety & Trying New Things Stop Power Struggles Over Anxiety & Trying New Things Do you have a child who struggles with anxiety? Who resists going to new places or trying new activities? You know once you get your child there, he will enjoy it. ...
03.11.2023 What Anxiety Feels Like For Kids What Anxiety Feels Like For Kids Too often we stigmatize anxiety as if it's something bad when it's completely normal. Kirk recorded this to help both middle/high school kids and their parents normalize anxiety instead of fearing it. Feel free ...
03.05.2023 Reactive, Dawdling Kid Who Lashes Out, Not Good At Losing Reactive, Dawdling Kid Who Lashes Out, Not Good At Losing You have a sensitive child who overreacts, lashes out, has trouble losing games and connecting with peers, not to mention he dawdles. So what can you possibly do at home ...
02.26.2023 5 Ways to Stop the Afternoon Chaos & Meltdowns 5 Ways to Stop the Afternoon Chaos & Meltdowns How many of you have kids who hold it together at school, but then save the meltdown for you at the end of the day? Or maybe you have a teen ...
02.22.2023 Q&A With 5 Odd Answers To Tough Questions Q&A With 5 Odd Answers To Tough Questions How do you get kids to do their chores without reminding them 18 times? What do you do when a child flat out defies you and disregards your instructions? What should you ...
02.19.2023 Try This During Meltdowns, Chaos, Sibling Fights Try This During Meltdowns, Chaos, Sibling Fights Usually when things are falling apart at home, we rush in to try to fix the situation or change the child. And it backfires. Kirk shows you exactly how to change this dynamic ...
02.13.2023 5-Minute Valentine's Day Message: Say This To Your Spouse 5-Minute Valentine's Day Message: Say This To Your Spouse Do you think your wife is too soft and coddles your child? Do you think your husband is too rigid and reactive? These are common narratives that will derail your family. ...
02.11.2023 You Did What?! Trading For Jordans & Lying About It You Did What?! Trading For Jordans & Lying About It Your child trades another kid at school for something you don’t approve of. Then hides it and lies about it. This is a great story and a perfect example for ...
02.07.2023 Men: What Your Wife is Afraid To Tell You Men: What Your Wife is Afraid To Tell You I made every mistake possible as a husband and father. I needed my son to behave and do everything I told him…precisely because I couldn’t control my own behavior. Men, I ...
02.05.2023 10 Secrets To Stop Homework Battles 10 Secrets To Stop Homework Battles Is homework time often a nightly power struggle that results in meltdowns, lectures, and tears? Your kids have real attention issues, want to give up when work gets difficult. So Kirk gives you a ...
02.02.2023 Men In The Arena Guest Podcast: Discipline Without Anger w/ Kirk Martin Dads, are you tired of yelling at your kids? Does your child seem to push all your buttons? Do you struggle with how to respond to rebellious or disobedient kids in a way that is loving but also holds the ...
01.29.2023 Child Who Creates Chaos & Seeks Attention (Attachment Issues) Child Who Creates Chaos & Seeks Attention (Attachment Issues) Do you have a child who seemingly creates chaos in your home on purpose? Pushes your buttons, acts out when on family outings, provokes siblings? Do you have an adopted child ...
01.24.2023 Q&A For Teachers & Parents: Kids Daydreaming, Not Listening, Acting Silly in Class Do you have a child or student who daydreams and doesn't pay attention? How about a student who reads during math class or who acts out in class to make others laugh? Kirk provides 5 practical, creative strategies in this ...
01.22.2023 How to Reset/Recover After You React/Yell At/Lecture Your Child How to Reset/Recover After You React/Yell At/Lecture Your Child Do you ever mess up and end up losing it, yelling, going on and on, making it personal, or just reacting angrily to your child? Of course you do. Because you ...
01.15.2023 3 Ways to Keep From Destroying Your Child’s Confidence 3 Ways to Keep From Destroying Your Child’s Confidence Halfway through this podcast, I got very intense and almost swore because I realized one way we are literally dooming our kids…but then I provided two ways to change this. This ...
01.10.2023 Teachers: 5 Ways to Help Students with Anxiety, Focus, Social Skills, & Transitions Teachers: 5 Ways to Help Students with Anxiety, Focus, Social Skills, & Transitions Most of us have one or two children who may not listen. Imagine having 20 in your classroom! Kirk gives teachers very practical action steps and scripts ...
01.08.2023 One Way to Change Your Child's Response Overnight Our New Year's Sale Begins NOW: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and concrete examples, along with ...
01.01.2023 The Truth About Lying & How To Stop It Our New Year's Sale Begins NOW: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and concrete examples, along with ...
12.26.2022 When To Be Tough Or Soft? Specific Examples. We are extending our Christmas Clearance Sale through January 1st: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and ...
12.19.2022 5 Quick Holiday/Family Survival Strategies Our Christmas Clearance Sale Ends This Weekend: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and concrete examples, along ...
12.12.2022 What Should Worry You About Your Strong-Willed Child Take advantage of our Christmas Clearance Sale: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and concrete examples, along ...
12.04.2022 A Grumbling, Growling Child: 3 Ideas For Defiance & Complaining Early Access To Our Christmas Clearance Sale Begins NOW: You get everything we have ever recorded delivered directly to an app on your iPhone, iPad, Android, or computer. Listen anywhere, anytime. You get 35 hours of practical strategies and concrete ...
11.28.2022 Tired of Being Judged As A Parent During the Holidays? Tired of Being Judged As A Parent During the Holidays? Are you tired of having to explain why your child acts the way he does or defend how you parent to your parents, in-laws or family members? Disagreements over how ...
11.20.2022 The Real Reason Kids Misbehave & Fight This may be one of the most important podcasts I have ever recorded. We cover sibling issues, tension between parent and child, building confidence, and answers this question: "How can we REALLY change our home life?" We are extending our ...
11.16.2022 3 (Actually 5!) Quick Ideas For Dads & Moms 3 (Actually 5!) Quick Ideas For Dads & Moms When you thought about having kids or adopting, you didn’t say, “I bet we are going to have a really strong-willed child who fights us over everything, and that will cause ...
11.13.2022 Child Hits, Screams, Defiant? What's the Root? Child Hits, Screams, Defiant? What's the Root? Your child may hit, bite, scream, yell at you, shut down, resist, or meltdown. Your first thought should NOT be, “How do I stop this?” Begin to ask, “What is the root of ...
11.06.2022 Why Your Kids Aren’t Listening or Progressing Why Your Kids Aren’t Listening or Progressing Frustrated that your kids aren't progressing or listening to you? Of course you are. Have you noticed the more you push your strong-willed kids, the more they resist? The more you lecture, the ...
10.30.2022 One Secret to Change Misbehavior & Build Confidence One Secret to Change Misbehavior & Build Confidence So what DO you do when consequences don’t work, your child continues to beat himself up, and everyone is frustrated? Kirk gives you a very specific game plan to use the next ...
10.23.2022 The Danger of Labels: Help, Don’t Fix, Your Child The Danger of Labels: Help, Don’t Fix, Your Child What if we labeled naturally compliant children with RFCD: Rule Following Compliance Disorder and asserted that their very nature is a disorder that needs to be fixed? Well, we’ve done that ...
10.16.2022 Dishonesty or Distrust? When Kids Lie or Won’t Talk to You. Dishonesty or Distrust? When Kids Lie or Won’t Talk to You. Your child lies, withholds information, is like a chameleon blending in. You can’t fully trust him and think there’s a dishonesty issue. But what if it’s something else? Kirk ...
10.09.2022 Moms Do Too Much. Here’s How to Stop That. Moms Do Too Much. Here’s How to Stop That. You do way too much, Moms. It makes you frustrated when your kids won’t even do simple things or help out. The “After all I do for you…” resentment doesn’t feel ...
10.02.2022 How to “Yell” Appropriately At Toddlers, Teens & In Between How to “Yell” Appropriately At Toddlers, Teens & In Between “I yell because that’s the only way I can get my kids to listen!” Okay, I get that. But what if there are other ways to “yell” that don’t result ...
09.25.2022 3 Ways A Dad Prevented Volcanic Reactions 3 Ways A Dad Prevented Volcanic Reactions Your child goes from 0-100 with volcanic eruptions and screams, yells, hits, swears. It provokes a firestorm of reactions that don’t just last 30 minutes—it ruins the entire night. In this podcast, Kirk ...
09.18.2022 How to "Win" The Power Struggle Without Struggling How to "Win" The Power Struggle Without Struggling You ARE going to have power struggles with your strong-willed child, no matter the age. So often, we inadvertently make them worse by fighting them, trying to “win” as if it’s a ...
09.11.2022 Fighting Over Doritos: Handling Tantrums & Sibling Fights Fighting Over Doritos: Handling Tantrums & Sibling Fights Two kids bring home bags of Doritos. The brother eats them, sister complains, Mom intervenes and takes away snacks, son cries and has a tantrum. A teenager demands the car keys, doesn't ...
09.05.2022 5 Simple Tips to Calm Down & De-Escalate Situations Yeah, yeah, yeah, we hear your annoying voice reminding us to control ourselves. But HOW? In this short podcast, I share five simple tips to calm yourself and de-escalate situations. You can do this. If you want more tools, take ...
08.28.2022 A Great Phrase to De-Escalate Back-to-School Tension This is the final week of our Back-To-School Sale. Set your kids up for success this year: https://celebratecalm.com/products/ Want personal mentoring with Kirk via Phone? Click here to learn about mentoring packages. Want to book a LIVE EVENT in 2022/2023?! ...
08.24.2022 Let Your Kids Be Odd & Responsible For Themselves Let Your Kids Be Odd & Responsible For Themselves You have a child who came out of the womb different—more strong-willed, sensitive, peculiar, needing things to be done their way, resisting the way you want it done. You don’t like ...

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