How To Be Awesome At Everything

Lindsay summarizes today's episode:

My very first guest today! My 9 year old daughter Stella! I wanted a kids perspective when talking about this!

We're talking about PATIENCE!!

How do you have patience with kids who won't move on to the next step?

This is where I get the most frustrated… get in the car for school… come sit down for dinner… time to brush your teeth…

This is where I have the most frustration… and how I need to tell myself to be patient

I tell myself I WILL NOT LET THIS BREAK ME

I WILL NOT LOSE MY COOL

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BREAK ME DOWN

Sometimes we all need a BRAIN BREAK!

When my kids flip out or loose it or yell or some other response that isn't ideal for the situation… I have them walk around the corner… out of sight… I tell them to take a brain break and come back. Don't come back until you're ready.. until you're in a better state of mind. OR I take a brain break!! I take a deep breath.. or I walk away for a minute! RATHER THAN throwing out consequences that are too harsh and I'm not going to actually execute. And that's the key - we have to stick to what we say. SO … GET NEUTRAL before giving consequences! I also get into how to be a-tune to where your kids are developmentally and how to be realistic. Also… how to deal with babies when they are frustrating! I go through how I've learned to LISTEN! I thought I was in my younger years of being a parent… but then I realized a lot of time I wasn't. I want to know how THEY feel… sometimes I THOUGHT I was being patient but they actually thought I wasn't. Then when I heard their explanation of it- I could totally see your point.

I want to make make sure my kids feel like they are being heard.

I talk about giving my kids choices… and accepting who they are and not trying to control them.

Lots of fun stuff packed in this one… and I hope this podcast helps you take a step back and remember how important it is to be patient with our kids. It's just so important for their happiness and for your relationship… and for the overall feeling in your home. As hard as it can be at times, I think it's one of the most important things we need to work to master as parents.

Cheers to having patience! Even when they won't get in the damn car!

Lindsay summarizes today’s episode: 

My very first guest today!  My 9 year old daughter Stella!  I wanted a kids perspective when talking about this!  

We’re talking about PATIENCE!!  

How do you have patience with kids who won’t move on to the next step?

This is where I get the most frustrated… get in the car for school… come sit down for dinner… time to brush your teeth… 

This is where I have the most frustration… and how I need to tell myself to be patient 

I tell myself I WILL NOT LET THIS BREAK ME

I WILL NOT LOSE MY COOL 

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BREAK ME DOWN 

Sometimes we all need a BRAIN BREAK! 

When my kids flip out or loose it or yell or some other response that isn’t ideal for the situation… I have them walk around the corner… out of sight… I tell them to take a brain break and come back. Don’t come back until you’re ready.. until you’re in a better state of mind.    OR I take a brain break!!    I take a deep breath.. or I walk away for a minute! RATHER THAN throwing out consequences that are too harsh and I’m not going to actually execute.  And that's the key - we have to stick to what we say.     SO … GET NEUTRAL before giving consequences! I also get into how to be a-tune to where your kids are developmentally and how to be realistic.  Also… how to deal with babies when they are frustrating!    I go through how I’ve learned to LISTEN!  I thought I was in my younger years of being a parent… but then I realized a lot of time I wasn’t.  I want to know how THEY feel… sometimes I THOUGHT I was being patient but they actually thought I wasn't.  Then when I heard their explanation of it- I could totally see your point.

I want to make make sure my kids feel like they are being heard.

I talk about giving my kids choices… and accepting who they are and not trying to control them.  

Lots of fun stuff packed in this one… and I hope this podcast helps you take a step back and remember how important it is to be patient with our kids. It’s just so important for their happiness and for your relationship… and for the overall feeling in your home.  As hard as it can be at times, I think it’s one of the most important things we need to work to master as parents.  

Cheers to having patience!  Even when they won’t get in the damn car!  

This podcast is probably not what you think it's going to be. Not as much about lists and workbooks and schooling… and more about teaching your kids things that you know… that you think they should know!

So this is our plan… we are going to do the assignments and everything our teachers give us.

Then- we are going to learn different things together.

Teachers are experts at how to do this- and thats what makes them so amazing! So Lindsay thinks we shouldn't put so much pressure on ourselves and try to be.

Most of us aren't trained in this stuff and she's a big fan of doing what you're best at and doing it 110%!

Sidenote:

Now if you're listening to this later and not during Coronavirus craziness… then I still love all of this for normal life. We think about teaching our kids… like it has to come from textbooks… but it totally doesn't!

Here are some podcast highlights:

❤️Don't put so much pressure on yourself or them

❤️Realize their word is turned upside down too

❤️They aren't in school now - so they can't be expected to do as much learning time

❤️Make a list of things you want to teach them!

Here is Lindsay's list: (do one at a time- don't overwhelm)

🌟Order kits online

- My Time Capsule

- Break Open Real Geodes

- Volcano Kit

- Rock Painting Kit

🌟Tie your shoes

🌟Make your bed the right way

🌟Send an email

🌟Create a photo book online

🌟Edit a Youtube video

🌟Write a business plan

🌟Make a 2 tier cake from scratch

🌟Research online and find a place they want to travel

🌟Write and mail a letter

🌟Jump rope

🌟Eye contact

🌟Plans to help others/volunteer once we are able to

🌟Negotiate with me

🌟Learn how to pick out ripe fruit

🌟Test them to find a bright side in a bad situation

Summary:

We hope this session really helped you take a deep breath and realize… we CAN teach our kids SO MUCH while we are home… and it DOESN'T have to come from a textbook!

Think of all the things you know and that you're good at…

And think about each child and what they are interested in and what they would want to learn.

And you know what- maybe this whole experience will be such a great growing and learning experience for us and our kids - in ways we didn't expect!

Thanks for listening! We are in this together friends! Now let's go out and teach our kids some nontraditional things that is going to add to the awesome humans that they are!

This podcast is probably not what you think it’s going to be.  Not as much about lists and workbooks and schooling… and more about teaching your kids things that you know… that you think they should know!  

So this is our plan… we are going to do the assignments and everything our teachers give us.  

Then- we are going to learn different things together.  

Teachers are experts at how to do this- and thats what makes them so amazing!  So Lindsay thinks we shouldn’t put so much pressure on ourselves and try to be.  

Most of us aren’t trained in this stuff and she’s a big fan of doing what you’re best at and doing it 110%!  

Sidenote: 

Now if you’re listening to this later and not during Coronavirus craziness… then I still love all of this for normal life.  We think about teaching our kids… like it has to come from textbooks… but it totally doesn't! 

Here are some podcast highlights: 

❤️Don't put so much pressure on yourself or them 

❤️Realize their word is turned upside down too

❤️They aren’t in school now - so they can’t be expected to do as much learning time 

❤️Make a list of things you want to teach them!

Here is Lindsay’s list: (do one at a time- don’t overwhelm) 

People message me on Instagram pretty often and say… You have three kids and you work how do you look presentable each day??… And first thank you that's so nice and second I think it's one of those things that is just a priority for me. It's on my must do list…

I must get ready each day and feel showered and clean and put together.

Now sometimes that still means wearing yoga pants and a sweatshirt… I'm not talking about getting ready so we're wearing heels every day… I'm talking about getting ready, so you feel good and you're ready for anything that happens that day.

I get ready once in the morning… every single day and then I'm good for the day. If I'm going to a special event or a nice dinner at night, then I will do a touchup… but my touch up never takes me more than 15 minutes or so.

I think that for so many women… myself included… once you start having babies… there's less time… you're more tired… and you don't always feel like putting on makeup and pulling yourself together like you used to. But I think it's so important… and 99% of the importance is for yourself. Yes, it's good to look good for your significant other or your job or whatever it is but this episode is about you it's about looking good, so you feel confident and you're ready for anything that day.

Also important because of your POSTURE!

Your posture affects how you see yourself, as well as how others see you. If you're slumped down and slouching during a job interview, for example, the interviewer will likely see you as less confident, and perhaps will have a neural impulse to judge you as less capable. If you have good posture, with your shoulders back and your body aligned, you can look better in your clothes and will likely receive compliments from loved ones, which will boost your confidence and mood. You could also just love how you look in the mirror, which will make you feel lighter and more positive.

Good posture also pertains to walking. If you walk slumped down and, in a shuffle, you look bedraggled and overwrought, which can make you actually feel bedraggled and overwrought. When you walk uplifted and with confidence, your brain registers "uplifted and with confidence," and pumps out happy hormones to match the message.

**Do the long stuff at night

Wash hair... face masks… shave your legs…

**Do a get ready that makes you feel good, everyday

And figure out what that routine is!

Don't spend your morning minutes on experimentation, especially when you've got to get out the door by a certain time. Experiment at night when it's calm and peaceful — and then figure out how to replicate it in the morning.

**Lay your clothes out the night before

**If you have kids, PLAN in the time - so its before they wake up… and if they wake up early… maybe you streamline it and they watch a cartoon for 12 mins instead of skipping it altogether.

**Do the OTHER STUFF the night before

Make lunches

Respond to emails

Get gas in your car

**Figure out how you like to look without making it take forever - so it's not practical

YOUTUBE is amazing!!

People message me on Instagram pretty often and say… You have three kids and you work how do you look presentable each day??… And first thank you that’s so nice and second I think it’s one of those things that is just a priority for me. It’s on my must do list…

I must get ready each day and feel showered and clean and put together. 

Now sometimes that still means wearing yoga pants and a sweatshirt… I’m not talking about getting ready so we’re wearing heels every day… I’m talking about getting ready, so you feel good and you’re ready for anything that happens that day.

I get ready once in the morning… every single day and then I’m good for the day.  If I’m going to a special event or a nice dinner at night, then I will do a touchup… but my touch up never takes me more than 15 minutes or so.

I think that for so many women… myself included… once you start having babies… there’s less time… you’re more tired… and you don’t always feel like putting on makeup and pulling yourself together like you used to. But I think it’s so important… and 99% of the importance is for yourself. Yes, it’s good to look good for your significant other or your job or whatever it is but this episode is about you it’s about looking good, so you feel confident and you’re ready for anything that day.

Also important because of your POSTURE!

Your posture affects how you see yourself, as well as how others see you. If you’re slumped down and slouching during a job interview, for example, the interviewer will likely see you as less confident, and perhaps will have a neural impulse to judge you as less capable. If you have good posture, with your shoulders back and your body aligned, you can look better in your clothes and will likely receive compliments from loved ones, which will boost your confidence and mood. You could also just love how you look in the mirror, which will make you feel lighter and more positive.

Good posture also pertains to walking. If you walk slumped down and, in a shuffle, you look bedraggled and overwrought, which can make you actually feel bedraggled and overwrought. When you walk uplifted and with confidence, your brain registers “uplifted and with confidence,” and pumps out happy hormones to match the message.

**Do the long stuff at night 

Wash hair... face masks… shave your legs… 

**Do a get ready that makes you feel good, everyday

And figure out what that routine is!

Don’t spend your morning minutes on experimentation, especially when you’ve got to get out the door by a certain time. Experiment at night when it’s calm and peaceful — and then figure out how to replicate it in the morning.

**Lay your clothes out the night before

**If you have kids, PLAN in the time - so its before they wake up… and if they wake up early… maybe you streamline it and they watch a cartoon for 12 mins instead of skipping it altogether. 

**Do the OTHER STUFF the night before

Make lunches

Respond to emails 

Get gas in your car 

**Figure out how you like to look without making it take forever - so it’s not practical

YOUTUBE is amazing!! 

Lindsay's Show Notes!

You know I'm going to say that the way this goes is going to be all about your attitude and how you think about it and how you feel about it are totally going to transfer to your kids. So I like to focus on what I CAN do vs. what I CAN'T do. And it really helps you get creative and think outside the box.

Here are links to some of Lindsay's favorite things!

Handwriting without tears

Cursive without tears

ABC mouse

Here are link to some toys your kids will love!

One Step Tie-Dye Kit

Jolly Unicorn Slime Kit

Water Marbles

Hide&Seek Rock Painting Kit

Giant Hatching Unicorn

Ginormous Hatching Eggs

Crack Your Own Geodes

Crystal Growing Discovery Set

Zimbbos!

Paw Patrol Fingers Puppets

Disney Fingers Puppets

Wikki Sticks

Paw Patrol Color Wonder

Paint With Water Farm Animals

Volcano Kit

Lite Brite

Battleship

Break Open Real Geodes

Play-Doh Kitchen

How To Draw Animals

How To Draw Barbara Soloff Levy

Rainbow Scratch Paper Animals

Water Wow!

Fun Foam Foam Clay

Lindsay’s Show Notes!

You know I’m going to say that the way this goes is going to be all about your attitude and how you think about it and how you feel about it are totally going to transfer to your kids.  So I like to focus on what I CAN do vs. what I CAN’T do.  And it really helps you get creative and think outside the box. 

Here are links to some of Lindsay’s favorite things! 

Handwriting without tears

Cursive without tears

ABC mouse

Here are link to some toys your kids will love!

One Step Tie-Dye Kit 

Jolly Unicorn Slime Kit 

 

Water Marbles 

 

Hide&Seek Rock Painting Kit 

 

Giant Hatching Unicorn 

 

Ginormous Hatching Eggs 

 

Crack Your Own Geodes 

 

Crystal Growing Discovery Set

 

Zimbbos! 

 

Paw Patrol Fingers Puppets

 

Disney Fingers Puppets 

 

Wikki Sticks 

 

Paw Patrol Color Wonder 

 

Paint With Water Farm Animals 

Volcano Kit 

 

Lite Brite 

 

Battleship

 

Break Open Real Geodes

 

Play-Doh Kitchen

 

How To Draw Animals

 

How To Draw Barbara Soloff Levy

 

Rainbow Scratch Paper Animals

 

Water Wow!

 

Fun Foam Foam Clay

 

This podcast is going to be different if you are listening to it weeks or months after it's release date… but really so much of the concepts can apply to other situations.

Uncertainty.. the unknown… the scary parts and the what-if's and the worst case scenario thinking.

Lindsay's tackling the Corona virus… and where we are at and how we can approach it without losing our minds or getting depressed or so much stress from worrying that we can't function!

She reminds you that you can control your emotions, your mood, the way you breathe, how you prepare for things, how you solve things, how you're treating others around you, how you're taking care of your body and putting the health and happiness of yourself and your family at the top of your priority list.

Listen in today as Lindsay shares how she is preparing her home and her pantry for self-quarantine. Lots of talk about healthy foods and boosting your immune system… and so many other things that contribute to your overall health, which is all of our highest priorities at this point.

Let's take a breath, put on some calm music, and make the best decisions we can in this uncertain time.

This podcast is going to be different if you are listening to it weeks or months after it’s release date… but really so much of the concepts can apply to other situations.

Uncertainty.. the unknown… the scary parts and the what-if’s and the worst case scenario thinking.

Lindsay’s tackling the Corona virus… and where we are at and how we can approach it without losing our minds or getting depressed or so much stress from worrying that we can’t function!

She reminds you that you can control your emotions, your mood, the way you breathe, how you prepare for things, how you solve things, how you’re treating others around you, how you’re taking care of your body and putting the health and happiness of yourself and your family at the top of your priority list.

Listen in today as Lindsay shares how she is preparing her home and her pantry for self-quarantine.  Lots of talk about healthy foods and boosting your immune system… and so many other things that contribute to your overall health, which is all of our highest priorities at this point.  

Let’s take a breath, put on some calm music, and make the best decisions we can in this uncertain time.