Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

By Casey O'Roarty

Welcome to the Joyful Courage Podcast - a place where parents of tweens and teens come to find inspiration, information and encouragement in the messy terrain of adolescence

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February 01, 2021Eps 259: Solo Show- Exploring "Is This Positive Discipline?"
Today’s podcast is a solo show!

Takeaways from the show
Teen Counseling
The 5 Criteria of Positive Discipline
Questions to ask yourself to see if the response your giving in a situation meets the criteria for Positive Discipline
Come into it expecting your kids to follow through
Your kids behavior lets you know what kind of experience they’re having
Invite your kids into more expression of what’s going on for them
Most of our mischief comes from the perception that we don’t feel like we matter
Everyone has their own unique lenses they see out of
Whatever we do, we want our kids to feel more connected, seen, and like they matter
Trust the process
Our kids learn through experience over time
Celebrate mistakes, focus on solutions
Model your own self-regulation
Help your children discover how capable they are
Recognize this isn’t a formula or a gimmick
Healthy human beings are expressive

Resources mentioned:
Jane Nelsen Positive Discipline Website

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43min
January 25, 2021Eps 258: Teasing Apart Emotional Labor with Gemma Hartley
My guest today is Gemma Hartley.
Gemma is a freelance journalist and the author of Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward. She’s a mom of 3 kids, 5, 7 and 10
Takeaways from the show:
Gemma’s journey of being a writer
The article that started her career
Not wanting to ask your family to do something, just wanting them to know to do it
Teasing apart emotional labor
The pressure that lays on moms’ shoulders
What are shared standards
Acknowledge your standards exist for a reason
Holding resentment when your significant other feels like they should get praise for things you do on a daily basis
Being in conversation with our family in a way that supports everyone
Make it normal to talk about emotional labor
Vulnerability with your partner is scary but necessary
When going into emotional labor conversations, be clear on your intentions
The process of re-evaluating the life you share should include everyone being involved
Tools that help make everyone feel supported in emotional labor
Asking your kids to “help” you with household chores implies it is your job, which it isn’t
Recognize the subtle messaging you’re giving your kids
Where to find Gemma:
Book | Website | Facebook | Instagram | Women Aren’t Nags Article | Emotional Labor Article

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53min
January 18, 2021Eps 257: Solo Show- Opening Up to Your Resistance
This week’s episode is a solo show!

Takeaways from the show
Birth story of my first child
How resistance and tension can affect your relationship with your kids
Recognizing your own resistance will open up a deep personal inquiry
Your teen has their own experience and mistakes to make on their path of life
Journal about resistance
Broaden your relationships by looking into yourself to where you hold resistance
Your teens emotional development is still in the process even if they look like full-grown humans
Parenting for a Brave New World Summit

Click here to listen to the interview with my daughter Rowan

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30min
January 11, 2021Eps 256: Untigering Our Parenting with Iris Chen
This week my guest is Iris Chen.
Iris is a writer, unschooler, and founder of the Untigering movement. After starting out as a hardcore tiger mother, she began to untiger when she saw all the negative effects of her authoritarian parenting. Now she’s on a mission to empower others families by promoting mental health, peaceful parenting, and educational freedom for children. She recently moved back to California with her husband and two sons after 16 years of living in China.

Takeaways from the show
Tiger parenting and its cultural meaning
Iris’ experience growing up and how that played into her parenting
How patterns of how you were parented can show up into the subconscious
Shifting to a different way of parenting
Doing the inner work so your relationships with your kids can improve
Holding space for your emotions
Learning to filter assumptions about children and parenting through a lens of love and respect and anti-oppression
The swing from demanding parenting to permissive parenting
Leaning into trust and connection
Having a positive way to manage dysregulation
Taking apart the baggage around making mistakes in parenting
Making mistakes is an opportunity to model ownership, responsibility and humility
Holding mutual respect in the relationships with your children
Bringing awareness to the fact that children are worthy of honor and dignity and certain rights

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50min
January 05, 2021Eps 255: Solo Show Exploring the Possibilities of a New Year
This week’s podcast is a SOLO show!!
Takeaways from the show:
The refreshing new start of 2021
Relationships strengthening
Choosing into feeling grateful for things that exist in your life
Possibilities of the present moment
Practice returning to the present moment again and again
Feelings about the new year
What are you willing to surrender to this year
What Joyful Courage stands for
Growth is the purpose of everything in life
Tending to relationships that matter in our life
The importance of taking an opportunity to grow
New mini summit with an opportunity of a VIP pass
Think about what you want to create this year

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37min
December 21, 2020Eps 254: Real Talk with a 15 Year Old
My guest today is Ian O’Roarty.
Ian is my youngest child, he turned 15 October 30th, and is a freshman in high school. He is the baby in the house, and taller than us all. He is passionate about basketball, loves his friends, and has melted my mama heart since day one. I say that Ian is my “positive discipline” kid because he was the one who was always game to create a routine, or role play a situation, he was willing.
I’d say that Ian and I are very close, I will let him share his experience during the interview… He has always been really open with me, and it doesn’t seem like that is really anything that we haven’t talked about… He loves family time, when we are all together, and is super stoked to have his drivers permit.
I am honored that he is willing to come share candidly with all of you on the podcast.
Takeaways from the show:
Coping with covid
Challenges in the last year
Being a close relationship with your parents
Having a sibling who is going through mental health issues
Messaging on swearing in our house
Reading agreements
Screen time
Thoughts from a teen about watching the Social Dilemma
Video games and limits
Managing screen time with online school
What it means to Ian to “be a man”
Toxic masculinity
Goals for the future
Advice to parents raising sons

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1h 7min
December 14, 2020Eps 253: Solo Show- Three Ways to Connect to Yourself
This week’s podcast is a SOLO show!!!
Takeaways from the show:
Beta group
Introducing the next mini summit
Discovering your most authentic way of being
Being responsible for yourself and how you show up
Connection to self, family, and community
Surrender to being imperfect
Teens teach us that flexibility is imperative
Trust that things are temporary
Create a safe environment so your teen can share what they want from an authentic and open place
Caregiving is always in motion
Owning discovery around money
Trusting the unfolding of life
Be with what comes up, feel your feels

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37min
December 07, 2020Eps 252: An Honest Conversation with Rowan About Her Journey of Mental Health and Self Discovery
My guest today is Rowan O’Roarty.
Rowan is my oldest child, she will be 18 in January, and one of my biggest teachers of personal growth. As we all do, we learn who we are as parents, through our relationships with our children. Rowan made me a mom, and continues to influence who I am in the world as I navigate what it means to mother her.
Rowan has been through her own journey of personal discovery over the past few years, maneuvering mental health challenges, dropping out of school, completing her GED, and stepping in to big responsibility while her dad and I were gone for 2 months going through my husband's cancer treatment.
I am honored that she is willing to come share herself and her journey so candidly with you all today.
Takeaways from the show:
Where the anxiety started
When Rowan became aware of her anxiety
Things we did that helped Rowan cope with depression and anxiety
Panic attacks
Navigating anxiety attacks and how parents can be supportive
What depression feels like
Things parents can do that are helpful to their teen’s mental health
Dialectical behavioral therapy
Realizing only YOU can change your experience
What Rowan has learned about herself these past few years
Mental health and high school
Rowan’s freshman year
Opting into online school
Dropping out of school and gaining parent’s support
The GED test
Plans for the future

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1h 9min
December 01, 2020Eps 251: Solo Show on Gratitude and Finding Acceptance
This week is a SOLO show!

Takeaways from the show:
Gratitude
Grow through what you go through
Shifting to be grateful for the experiences you’re put through
Working on self regulation
Model for your kids what effective problem solving looks like
Embodying the life you’re living
Allowing fear or resentfulness to change into gratitude and strength
Doing the work to be in a different headspace when the same problems show up
Personal growth isn’t linear
Practicing being mindful

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32min
November 23, 2020 Eps 250: How to Navigate Parenting In the Shadow Of the Coronavirus with Dr. Jennifer Variste
Dr. Jennifer Variste’s desire for pediatrics began at a very young age because her visits to her pediatrician were usually positive experiences. Later she fulfilled her dream and obtained her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She went on to complete a pediatric residency at UT Houston Health Science Center.
After residency, she returned to practice in her hometown of College Station, Texas. Dr. Variste is grateful for the five years she spent treating families there and for the relationships and connections she made. She now practices in Spring, Texas at Family First Pediatrics.
As a board-certified pediatrician her passion is to empower moms and dads to raise their kids to lead happy, healthy lives full of precious memories and discovery. She desires to create the same positive experiences for her patients that she had with her pediatrician as a young child.

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38min

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