Chasing Brighter Podcast: Choosing Real Over Perfect

Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. This month we are focused on teen parenting!  Today we are talking to Alex Linderman, a Clinical Professional Counselor and founder of Building Hope Counseling, to discuss parenting teens. He currently offers a class called "Parenting with Purpose" through is practice. 

In this episode you will hear about:

• His personal experiences with loss and connecting with other dads

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Click here to get a copy of out October Book Club Book: "How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk" our Book Club episode airs on October 26th! 

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. Monday Mom Talk is a weekly series where Jessica and Kelly catch up on their weekend and tackle all sorts of topics from the mundane to controversial. 

In this episode you will hear about:

• The book Spare by Prince Harry.  Have you read it?  If it's on your list this talk may have some spoiler alerts!  

Are you ready for our October's Book Club? Get the book! "How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk"

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. This month we are focused on teen parenting!  Today, we are talking with Braxton Storm, LCSW. Braxton has found that effective treatment for children includes coupling interventions with parents. He has established an eight week parenting course based on research by Dr. Dan Siegel and his book, The Whole Brain Child. 

In this episode you will hear about:

• Braxton's tips on following the Whole-Brain Child approach

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Click here to get a copy of out October Book Club Book: "How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk" our Book Club episode airs on October 26th! 

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. Monday Mom Talk is a weekly series where Jessica and Kelly catch up on their weekend and tackle all sorts of topics from the mundane to controversial. 

In this episode you will hear about:

• Is it OK to let your school-age child roam unsupervised when you are nearby?

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. This month we are focused on teen parenting!  Today, we brought back Dr. Laura Deitsch to discuss talking to our teens about sex and relationships.

In this episode you will hear about:

• Laura's tips on talking with your teens about sex and healthy relationships

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Check out our previous episode with Dr. Laura Deitsch from last season.

Click here to get a copy of out October Book Club Book: "How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk" our Book Club episode airs on October 26th! 

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. Today we are talking about starting our October Book Club Pick, "How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and How to Listen So Your Teen Will Talk”. 

• The books that Kelly and Jessica are currently reading. 
  

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Click here to get a copy of the book before our full episode airs on October 26th! 

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. Monday Mom Talk is a new series we will be sharing on Mondays where Jessica and Kelly catch up on their weekend and tackle all sorts of topics from the mundane to controversial. 

In this episode you will hear about:

• Fitbit vs. Apple Watch and fitness tracker angst

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Welcome back to the Chasing Brighter Podcast. Today we are talking about our September Book Club Pick: "The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion in 2005. This book is immerses you in Joan's experience of grief and loss in the first year after the sudden death of her husband, author John Dunne, and simultaneously the hospitalization of her only daughter, Quintana Roo. Sound like a downer?! It's not! Full of humor & amazing writing -- that's why it's a fitting read for our September focus on loss & grief. NOTE: This episode is full of spoilers, thoughts and feelings!

Book mentioned in this episode: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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We recently sat down with, Dr. Corinne Cherek, Founder of Grace from Grief counselling. 

She shares her own journey with grief and loss. She tells us when grieving try to look forward:

• Plan a trip, connect with a friend, go back to college. Start small with something that inspires you. Reconnect with nature.

In her grief counseling practice, Grace from Grief, she addresses the correlation between grief, loss, trauma, traumatic loss and/or illness, and addiction.  She does this with a focus on spiritual recovery, empowering hope, encouraging compassion.

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We encourage you to keep chasing the brighter version of you!!

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Kelly and Jessica talk with Dr. Corinne Cherek with is board certified as a Clinical Chaplain and Spiritual Psychotherapist. Dr. Cherek is an experienced counselor with a demonstrated history of working in hospice and the mental health care industry.

Together, they explore the many aspects of grief, loss and healing as Dr. Cherek shares her own person story of losing a child.  

Dr. Cherek encourages those who are grieving to try to look forward and make plans. 

Find strength in a higher power: God, love, anything higher than you. 

Questioning “if I would have done this or that” is a natural part of grief. We do not want to accept that we have no control.

Dr. Cherek is founder of Grace From Grief Counseling providing grief and spiritual counseling services for individuals, families, and/or groups experiencing grief, loss, traumatic loss, and/or illness

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Check out our Chasing Brighter Blog.

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We encourage you to keep chasing the brighter version of you!!

Thanks for listening!!!