Family Looking Up

All parents have one similar problem: too much to do in too little time.  Is there any parent among us that feels like they have this completely under their belt?  I think not.

Time mapping is a tool that can help parents to accomplish what matters most.

Join us with our guest Lisa Andersen as we learn all about time mapping and how it can help each of us!

There is power in feeling gratitude.  Studies have shown that your brain releases serotonin and dopamine when gratitude is felt, which leads to an immediate sense of happiness. 

Nancy Davis Kho, a freelance writer, podcaster and author took this idea of gratitude to a whole new level.  Instead of just feeling gratitude she decided to express it.   There is even more power in expressing gratitude to others.

We hope you enjoy this funny and uplifting episode and find more gratitude and happiness in the process!

We are big fans of personality profiles.  We have found many of them to be an insightful look into our own motivations as well as those of the people closest to us.  Not only does understanding that help us to be kinder to ourselves, but it also helps us to be kinder to those around us.  One of our favorite resources is Gretchen Rubin's book "The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)"

In this episode Beth, Andrea and I (Camille) explore this book, rate ourselves, and (hopefully) shed a little insight to those listening as well.  Enjoy!

Positive parenting skills are definitely something that most parents would like to incorporate...unless that means that mom is super positive and kids are holy terrors.  "Not so!" Says our guest Stephanie Creighton.  Stephanie began this interview by assuring listeners that 

1. Positive parenting is NOT perfect parenting.

2.  Positive parenting is NOT permissive parenting.

It is developing skills to create a relationship of mutual respect that leads to more positivity and peace.  If this is something that you are interested in then listen in for 10 steps to help you become more positive in your parenting.

Every human was made to be attached to other human beings.  Attachment Theory describes the bond between parent and child that influences subsequent behaviors and feelings in that child's life. 

Valerie Hamaker is with us this week discussing attachment theory.  She talks about the attachment categories, how we can help our kids attach well, and what we can do with those children who didn't attach well in the beginning.  

Alan Gratz is a New York Times Best Selling Author.  He has authored a number of books, including Samurai Shortstop, which was named one of the ALA's 2007 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, and The Brooklyn Nine, which was among Booklist's Top Ten Sports Books and Top Ten Historical Books for Youth in 2010. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Alan is now a full-time writer living in western North Carolina with his wife and daughter.

In this episode we talk with him about his books, his insights into children and young adult literature, and how parents can encourage reading.  We hope you enjoy this fantastic episode!!

All marriages have their up's and down's.  Dr. Lynyetta Willis is with us this week talking about the down's and how to get them back on an upward path.  She refers to these "down" times as "stable misery".  In this episode she walks us through 5 steps for turning "stable misery" into joy again.

Lynyetta is full of energy and insight.  We hope you love this episode!

Happy Mothers Day Mom Squad!!!  We wanted to bring you the gift of laughter this mothers day so we called on our Mom Squad to bring in the funny, and boy did they! 

Caution:  This episode should not be listened to with a full bladder, while running in public, or while using knives in the kitchen (or anywhere else for that matter).  Enjoy!!!!

Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect your financial well being?  It did for millions across the globe.  Ericka Young, from Tailor-Made Budgets is with us this week talking us through the most important financial steps we should be taking right now to shore up our financial defenses.

So how are you actually doing?  We have all made it to the last week of April in quarantine and each of us are dealing with the isolation in our own ways.  The three of us join up in this episode to talk about how we are each coping and NOT coping.  We talk about what things we are learning, what things we have no desire to learn about any more, and what things we will always be grateful for.  

Stay tuned for some laughs and some serious relatability!