Today I'm sharing a practical tip that helps when our kids are in a stage that we don't love.

It's tempting to set rules or consequences that try to change their behavior.

But if we jump to that too quickly, we may be missing out on valuable insights and the chance to connect on a deeper level.

Today's conversation is a topic that consumes a lot of my brain space and heart space. It's important to me that I do my best to get the gospel deep into the hearts of my teenagers.

My guest is my new-ish friend Rachel Tucker. I consider her wise and faithful, and a someone I always love to learn from.

If I were to re-cap, I'd say her main advise is:

1. Live your faith
2. Don't be preachy
3. Wrap them in love

There are lots more little nuggets of wisdom in here! I hope this conversation brings helps you to feel uplifted and motivated to keep doing the things that matter.

My son and his wife recently celebrated their one year wedding anniversary.

I asked them to each share one thing they have learned in their first year of marriage, and they had some beautiful insights.

Today I'm sharing what they have learned, and applying those prinicples to parenting.

The very first thing I address with new clients is the skill of compassionate self-awareness.

It is an important foundation if you want to make changes in your life, and the first step in learning to maximize the gift of agency.

Tune in to hear some examples of how a little bit of self-awareness changes everything!

I'm all for being prepared. I'm a planner and a think ahead-er.

And sometimes, that makes my life easier and better!

But sometimes, planning ahead- for things that could go wrong- actually makes life worse.

Today we're talking about common scenarios where trying to prepare ourselves for the worst case scenario is not helpful at all.

I'll give some real life examples, and provide what I think is a more useful strategy.

Today's episode is short and sweet.

I'm sharing how I chose to use the sabbath as a day of rest last week.

Because maybe you could use a rest too.

Matthew 11:28-30

Today we're talking about the difference between discipline and punishment.

One is intended to teach and train, the other is intended to control or to assert power.

This episode talks about what our real goal is as parents, and how to use consequences not as punishments, but as genuine opportunities to teach.

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Today is the continuation of the last week's episode.

We're talking about tips 4 and 5 from my ebook: Parenting Teengaers 101: a Guidebook for Parents.

4. Let Your Teaching Strategies Evolve

5. Be Their Biggest Fan

Today I'm sharing three parenting strategies I wish I had understood better when my oldest child entered the teen years.

1. Don't freak out
2. It's not about you
3. Allow big emotions

These "tips" come from years of experience, both parenting my own teens, and coaching parents of teens.

You can find these same tips in my short ebook, "Parenting Teenagers 101: a guidebook for parents."

Or if you're looking for a little longer read, check out "The Power of a Faithful Mother: parenting in the latter days with a faith-filled mindset."

Today's episode was inspired by President Camille N. Johnson's talk in this last general conference, titled "Spiritually Whole in Him."

We're talking about how to feel spiritually whole, even when family relationships are difficult or strained.

Quote from Elder Ballard here.

Quote from Elder Renlund here.

Quote from Elder Gong here.