Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

By Casey O'RoartySociety & Culture Education Relationships Parenting Kids & Family

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Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens episodes

July 26, 2021Eps 284: Positive Discipline and the Teen Years
This week’s episode is a SOLO show!

Takeaways from the show
The adventure of parenting teens
Brain development in teen years
Private logic
Nurturing teen relationships
Influence around how we show up for our kids
Fiercely committed, lovingly detached
Looking for solutions
Communicate with your child
Privilege and responsibility
The importance of individuation

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36 min
July 19, 2021Eps 283: Parenting Through Chronic Illness with Liza Blas
My guest today is Liza Blas.

Lisa is the host of the Very Happy Stories podcast. She brings hope, empowerment, and inspiration to her audience by shining light on complex topics impacting many families today. Liza’s stories are inspired by her own experiences raising two kids, both suffering from conditions like depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD and even Lyme disease.

Takeaways from the show:
Liza’s family story of Lyme disease
Struggles of your kids get you where you need to be
Being in difficult times with peace and acceptance
Speaking to acceptance
Ways to use gratitude
Forgiveness
Self care as a non-negotiable

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1 hr
July 12, 2021Eps 282: Letting the Heart Lead with Sarah Maclaughlin
My guest today is Sarah MacLaughlin. Sarah is a social worker, parent educator, and author of the award winning best-selling book: What Not to Say: Tools for Talking with Young Children.
She is a writer, trainer, and content expert for Zero to Three, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.
Sarah maintains a blog, writes the parenting toolbox column for Portland Main’s Parent and Family, and has been featured many places online including the Huffington Post and this podcast: eps 30 & eps 52 Her latest book is called Raising Humans with Heart and is an invaluable resource for moms, dads, and caregivers everywhere.

Takeaways from the show:
Sarah’s new book
Getting curious about behavior
Parenting manual we all have
Trusting maturity will come around
Mistakes are the primary learning tool for humans
Stay current with your own emotional process
Fiercely committed and lovingly detached
Being supportive without being suffocating
Separating our regrets from our kid’s lives
You have control over the narrative
Willingness vs. willfulness
Conflict is a relationship builder

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49 min
July 05, 2021Eps 281: 4 Questions For Bringing More Ease and Less Urgency To Right Now
This week’s episode is a SOLO show!
Takeaways from the show:
PNW heatwave
Moving into July
Unsettled energy
Feelings around covid regulations being lifted
Stress with going back to normal
4 questions to support in creating the experience you want
Creating ease

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38 min
June 28, 2021Eps 280: Reparenting Ourselves with Leslie Priscilla
My guest today is Leslie Priscilla. Leslie is a first generation non-Black Chicana mother to three biracial children ages 8, 3, and 2.
She is a descendant of Indigenous Tarahumara Rarámuri and Spanish lineages who has resided on occupied Tongva (ton-va) and Acjachemen (hash-i-men) land, also known as Orange County, CA, all of her life.
Leslie shares her medicine by offering coaching, workshops, support and advocacy for Latinx/Chicanx families locally, nationally, and internationally both in-person and online via the Latinx Parenting organization.
Formerly an early childhood teacher and 1:1 behavioral coach, Leslie has worked with children and families for over 13 years. She has a dual degree in Child Development & Family Studies as well as Family Life Education from CSULB, and attended the Masters in Social Work program at Cal State Fullerton before pausing to focus on her babies and the Latinx Parenting movement.
Leslie is trained as a facilitator in various parent education curricula including Trauma-Informed Nonviolent Parenting, Positive Discipline, Supporting Fatherhood Involvement (SFI), Community Parent Education (C.O.P.E) and others.
She has facilitated groups in both Spanish and English for hundreds of parents in schools, transitional homes, teen shelters, drug rehabilitation centers, and family resource centers throughout Orange County, CA.
Over the years, Leslie has long worked within mental health agencies in positions serving as Interim Director of Parent Education for the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Orange County, Youth & Professional Programs Manager for NAMI Orange County, and as a Consultant for the Dads Matter Program of Children's Bureau.
Takeaways from the show:
La chancla culture
History of oppression showing up in parenting
Treating children with the same respect as adults
How conditioning shows up in parenting
Parenting for the long term
Awareness in your relationship with your children
Decolonization
Patriarchal value in latinx culture
Dealing with negative opinions on Instagram
Respect is valuable
You cannot parent your children without reparenting yourself

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43 min
June 21, 2021Eps 279: Solo Show- Breaking Down the Process of Making Agreements
Today’s episode is a SOLO show!

Takeaways from the show
Making agreements with your kids
Creating a win win
Brainstorming solutions that are related, reasonable, respectful, and HELPFUL
Keeping things simple and concise
Iceberg metaphor
Handling peer pressure
Letting go of your kids having the same priorities as you
Reign in your criticism
Take a break when things get heated

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42 min
June 14, 2021Eps 278: Addiction Inoculation with Jessica Lahey
My guest today is Jessica Lahey.
Jessica is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence.
Over twenty years, Jess has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, and spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents in Vermont. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Washington Post, New York Times, and The Atlantic, is a book critic for Air Mail, and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids’ award-winning The Stinky and Dirty Show. She co-hosts the #AmWriting podcast with bestselling authors K.J. Dell’Antonia and Sarina Bowen from her house in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, two sons and a lot of dogs.
Takeaways from the show
Secrecy and shame around substance abuse
Jessica’s story
The process of recovery
The normalization of adult drinking
Pluralistic ignorance
Authoritative parenting
Knowledge about raising kids and substances
Teaching kids why they shouldn’t be using substances
Knowing risk factors of substance abuse can help you protect your kids
Understanding the teen brain
Scripts to give your kids to get out of situations
Relationship matters

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55 min
June 07, 2021Eps 277: Solo Show- Getting Out of Our Teen's Way
This week’s podcast is a SOLO show!!
Takeaways from the show:
Life updates
The power of the tension of life
Getting out of the way so your kids can feel the tension of life
Pushback against traditional education
Get curious about what’s important to your kids
Being an unconditional parent
Kids who have the opportunity to decide for themselves are the kids that thrive
Teens need to have space to feel out what they want
Resources:
Dr. Hina Talib | Brave New World Summit
See you next week!! :)
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32 min
May 31, 2021Eps 276: Understanding Gender Expression with Rae McDaniels
My guest today is Rae McDaniel.
Rae is a non-binary gender and sex therapist-turned-coach who works with transgender/non-binary/questioning folks feeling lost while transitioning their gender identity.
They are the creator of GenderFck: The Club, a one-of-a-kind, research-based online group coaching community of transgender/non-binary/questioning folks who are on a mission to transition with less suffering and more ease.
Rae is the founder of Practical Audacity, a gender and sex therapy practice in Chicago.
They also provide training for medical and mental health professionals wishing to uplevel their knowledge in trans-affirming care. Rae holds a Master's of Education in community counseling.
Takeaways from the show:
Ray’s story
Gender spectrum
Expanding and exploring gender
Deep dive into pronouns
Gender shakes people’s fundamental ideas of the world
How parents can support their kids coming out
Gender dysphoria
Tips for parents to support and accept their child in a scary world
Safety within the trans/non binary world
Celebrating gender expression
The world needs people who are their most authentic selves

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50 min
May 17, 2021Eps 274: Raising Thrivers with Dr. Michele Borba
My guest today is Dr. Michele Borba.
Dr. Borba is the author of Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All About Me World, and is an internationally renowned educational psychologist and an expert in parenting, bullying, and character development. She is a regular NBC contributor who appears regularly on Today, and has been a featured expert on Dateline, the View, Dr Phil, NBC Nightly News, Fox and Friends, Dr. Oz, and the Early Show, among many others. She lives in Palm Springs California with her husband and is the mother of three growns sons.
Dr. Borba was a guest wayyyy back in 2016 on the podcast, eps 46, and I am thrilled to have her back to talk about her NEW book: Thrivers: the surprising Reasons why some kids struggle and others shine.
Takeaways from the show:
Nature vs nurture
Addressing parenting guilt
Helping your teens find coping skills
Resilience skills
Mental health always comes first
Using the “too” phrase to check in on your kids
Hitting the covid wall
Kids need hobbies
Reengaging with your teens
What does Joyful Courage mean to you?
It means having that brave, brave inner sense to go for it. As soon as I do it I get so excited with myself because it’s like as soon as I get to the other side, there is joy. I love that term.
Where to find Dr. Michele Borba:
Thrivers the book | Twitter | Instagram
See you next week!! :)

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49 min

About Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

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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