Parenting Teens for LDS Moms: Improve Your Relationship with Your Teenager and Create More Peace in Your Home

It's easy to believe that the best thing to do when your teenager does something wrong is punish them. But what if that isn't true? Your punishments might actually be doing more harm than good.

In this episode, you'll discover…

• What most parents think their punishments are accomplishing.

• Three ways using punishments actually works against you if you're trying to create a relationship of honesty and trust with your teens.

• A new way of thinking that will allow you to enjoy being a mom without having to be the bad guy all the time.

Press play for a faith-filled look at how you can take your responsibility as a mom seriously without feeling stuck in conflict with your teenager.

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Think New Thoughts with Emily Ricks offers gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools for personal development and self-improvement, rooted in an LDS perspective for anyone seeking personal growth and a more intentional life. You'll find insights that connect Christian faith to everyday challenges, and explore mindset shifts, emotional resilience, managing emotions, managing stress, overcoming self-doubt, letting go of perfectionism, overthinking, reducing worry and mom guilt, conflict resolution, forgiveness, healthy boundaries, parenting teens, strengthening family relationships, self-compassion, recognizing your worth, spiritual growth, letting go of control, learning to trust God, trusting God's timing, choosing faith over fear, and creating more connection, confidence, joy, and inner peace.

Parenting teenagers is a demanding job. Have you ever wondered if what you're doing as a mom is actually making a difference? Or felt like giving up because it seems like it isn't?

In this episode you'll discover:

• The real reason you feel like giving up.

• The truth about your impact as a mom.

• A new way to think about your efforts that can renew your commitment and faith.

Press play to hear about a moment when I wanted to give up and a faith-filled perspective to help you keep going when you can't see the results you hoped for.

Grab my free guide: The 3 Shifts That Change Everything Shift your perspective so you can start seeing your work as a mom in a new way.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question or say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

You want your teen to become confident and capable—but some of the ways you're trying to help may be doing the exact opposite.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Two common ways of responding when your teen struggles that can actually weaken their confidence

• What confidence really is—and why struggling, making mistakes, and feeling negative emotions are part of building it

• How to help your teen think through problems and make decisions without rescuing them or telling them what to do

Tune in to learn how stepping back might actually be one of the best things you can do for your teen's confidence.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Want help with something that feels hard right now? Book a Free Mini Session Bring one challenge you're facing with your teen, and we'll work through it together so you can leave feeling clearer, lighter, and more confident about what to do next.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Saying no to your teenager can feel tricky—especially when you want to hold a boundary without being harsh, controlling, or damaging your relationship.

So how do you stay firm in your decision without being a jerk? :)

In this episode, you'll discover:

• What to do before you say no so you can approach the conversation with less fear and more love

• How to be clear about your decision while still caring about what your teenager thinks and feels

• The important distinction between saying no and actually being able to control what your teenager chooses to do

If you've ever worried that saying no will lead to conflict, disconnection, or resentment, tune in to learn how to hold your ground while staying connected to your teen.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Not sure how to handle something with your teen? Download the Free Guide Use my Choose How You Want to Respond guide to sort through what's happening and decide how you want to approach it.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

Hard conversations with your teen can feel stressful before they even begin. But what if better communication starts before you decide what to say?

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why focusing on how your teenager might react can make you more anxious about the conversation

• The first thing to look at before deciding what to say or how to say it

• How to walk into difficult conversations with more confidence, calm, and connection

Tune in now to learn the simple "order of operations" that can change the way you approach hard conversations with your teen.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Not sure how to handle something with your teen? Download the Free Guide Use my Choose How You Want to Respond guide to sort through what's happening and decide how you want to approach it.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

Have you ever replayed something in your mind that you wish you had handled differently—and cringed every time you think about it?

In this episode, I'm sharing a pretty embarrassing (and now hilarious) experience that gave me the chance to practice what I preach about making peace with the past.

You'll discover:

• The thought that will keep you stuck in embarrassment, blame, or regret when you wish something had gone differently

• How to recognize when you're stuck in the past

• A simple shift that can help you make peace with what happened and move forward without needing the past to have been different

If you've ever thought, "I should have known better" or "I should have handled that differently," tune in and discover how to stop letting the past create pain in your present.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Get Instant Access to My Free Forgiveness Workshop Watch the Workshop NowI'll guide you through how to rewrite your story--no matter what has happened--so you can heal and move forward.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

If you've been feeling worn down as a mom, some of your energy may be going toward something you don't even realize you're doing.

In this episode, I'm sharing a conversation I had with Danny DeJesus on The Next Baseline about the emotional energy we spend fighting against things we can't change, and what becomes possible when we let go.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why trying to change things you can't change can quietly drain your emotional energy

• What forgiveness actually is—and what it isn't

• How forgiveness can help you feel lighter, more peaceful, and less weighed down in your parenting (and your life!)

🎧 Listen now and discover how to reclaim your energy and joy--no matter what has happened in your past.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Get Instant Access to My Free Forgiveness Workshop Watch the Workshop NowI'll guide you through how to rewrite your story--no matter what has happened--so you can heal and move forward.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

Sometimes parenting teenagers doesn't look anything like you thought it would. When you can't change what your teenager is choosing, or what is happening to them, you might feel discouraged, frustrated, or even hopeless.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The real reason you may feel stuck in disappointment, anger, or resentment when parenting doesn't look the way you expected
• Where your power actually lies when you can't change your teenager
• A different way to see what's happening that puts peace closer within your reach than you might think

Tune in to discover how to move forward when parenting isn't going the way you hoped—and feel more empowered and peaceful without needing your teenager to change first.

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Focus On What You CAN Change: Start with My Free Guide Use the Choose How You Want to Repsond Guide to create a new experience no matter what is happening or what your teenager is currently choosing.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

You probably had a picture in your mind of who your teenager would be—what they'd care about, the choices they'd make, even the relationship you'd have. But what happens when the teenager you actually have doesn't match the one you imagined?

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The grief many moms experience on the journey of raising teenagers
• A surprising way forgiveness can help heal your pain
• A new way of thinking that can help you feel more love for the teenager you actually have

Tune in to discover how to let go of the picture you had in your mind and create more love in your relationship with your teen. (Hint: It's about forgiveness—but maybe not the way you think.)

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New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Want to Find More Joy in Parenting? Start with My Free Guide The 3 Shifts That Change Everything will show you 3 ways to start enjoying the teenage years a little bit more.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.

When your teenager makes choices that affect you, it can be easy to get frustrated—not just with what's happening right now, but with what you're afraid those choices might mean for the future.

In this episode, I'm using a very ordinary frustration around food to show you a tool you can use with all kinds of parenting situations.

You'll learn:

• The most important distinction that will help you decide how you want to respond
• How trying on a different thought can change how you feel and respond
• The truth about your worries about the future

If you've been feeling inconvenienced by your teenager's choices lately, this episode will give you a new way to look at what's happening. Come listen!

New episodes every Monday and Thursday morning with tools to help you create more peace as you parent your teen and feel more joy along the way.

Not sure how to handle something with your teen? Download the Free Guide Use my Choose How You Want to Respond guide to sort through what's happening and decide how you want to approach it.

Ready for personalized help? Book a Call Work with me personally to apply these ideas to your teenager and the challenges happening in your home so you can feel more confident in how you parent and more connected to your teen.

Ask a question I can answer on the podcast or just say hi: I love hearing from listeners. Send me a message here and let me know what's on your mind!

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Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.