One of the most common parenting traps parents fall victim to is trying to “make” their kids happy. But happiness is only one feeling on a spectrum of colorful and complex emotions, which together make up the human experience. On this episode, Rachel Duffy, entrepreneur, author, and  Certified Conscious Parenting Coach, discusses why parents should stop focusing on making their kids happy and instead be present, while allowing their kids to experience everything.

“Nobody wants their child to go through pain, but here's the thing, pain, emotional pain, difficulty, challenge, that's pretty much a guarantee in life. You cannot have life without those things. So our choice is either to resist them. There's a whole set of emotions and suppression, and anxiety that comes with that, or we could say, 'No, let's go through it together in community, in relationship.' This is how we grow and this is how we evolve in a more conscious way in my opinion.” --Rachel Duffy 

Ways to Connect with Rachel: 
https://www.instagram.com/rachelduffyhere/
https://www.sagacitylab.com/links
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unscrew-you/id1558240208

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