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If you or your kids have been feeling more stress lately, today's show might be just what you need. We continue our focus on emotional intelligence as I chat with Marcelle Waldman, the amazing mom and teacher behind FeelLinks—a tool to strengthen children's social-emotional connections and confidence. Listen as Marcelle shares tips on open communication, visual cues for kids, and ways to help our kids understand and respond to emotions.

For more info, go to www.myfeellinks.com.

Be sure to go to www.betterhelp.com/pgish to get connected to a licensed therapist for your family. These are tough days, so reach out to get the help you need.

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Parents, you have a lot on your plate. Parenting will turn your life upside down and become the hardest job you could imagine—and it magnifies your weaknesses every...single...day. But in today's talk, author Benjamin Hardy shares why the journey of becoming a foster parent to three siblings didn't break him, but instead built him into a stronger and better version of himself. He explains why carrying a heavy load can actually give you the traction, urgency, and purpose you need—much like parenting.

Watch the full clip here. For more info, go to www.benjaminhardy.com, or order his book, Personality Isn't Permanent.

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This week we continue our focus on emotional intelligence with Joelle Hadley, the founder and president of The Culture Coaches and an expert in emotional intelligence and personal performance. She walks us through the basics of emotional intelligence and why it's important for success at any age.

Watch the full clip here.

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Join my conversation today with the funny and fantastic duo behind No Guilt Mom, a one-stop shop to help mamas love being a mom again. We discuss our experiences over the last year at home, the expectations on mamas now (and always), and 3 helpful tips to communicate better and work through the homework battles with more success.

For more great resources (for you AND for your kids!) from JoAnn and Brie, go to www.noguiltmom.com.

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On top of an already disconnected society due to technology, add in a pandemic...and we're bound to be a little socially awkward. So if we want our kids to communicate well, be kind and respectful, and apologize and forgive, we must first learn that behavior ourselves. Today Celeste Headlee gives us 10 incredibly useful rules on how to have a conversation, which involves letting go of our own ideas and being willing to learn something.

Watch the full clip here. For more info, go to www.celesteheadlee.com, or check out her book, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter.

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In an age of impatience and decreased attention spans, it can be difficult to navigate hard issues and conversations—whether it's with your partner, your child, or even a world leader. Today's clip is with Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, who works with her husband to research ways to create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. Listen in as Dr. Gottman gives us tools to learn the art of listening and compromise.

Watch the full clip here. For more info, go to www.gottman.com, or check out her book, Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love.

Head over to www.pgishparenting.com to download my FREE connection guide for easy ways to have fun with your kids! And I always love to know what you think, so join in on the conversation—subscribe, leave a review, or follow PG-ish on Instagram (@pgishparenting).

We're always talking about relationships here on PG-ish, but this week I want to focus on the significance of marital health and how our ability to communicate affects our children. Dynamic duo Dr. John and Julie Gottman have been studying relationships for over 40 years, and are experts on marriage and parenting. Today Dr. John Gottman gives us insight into how emotional awareness and the ability to manage feelings will determine how successful and happy kiddos are throughout life—even more so than IQ.

Watch the full clip here. For more info, go to www.gottman.com, or check out Dr. Gottman's book, Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting.

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In a culture where we only like to show the glamour shots full of shiny happy people, it's time to have the uncomfortable conversation and share the hard truth: Life Is Messy.

Sadly, many things are left out when we discuss marriage, leaving us with an unrealistic view skewed by movies and social media. Relationship researcher, professor, and author Dr. Carol Bruess hilariously discusses that all relationships are messy (and that's okay), and that it's the little things that can elevate your relationship—and even help you live longer.

Watch the full clip here. For more info, go to www.carolbruess.com, or check out her books, What Happy Couples Do: Belly Button Fuzz & Bare-Chested Hugs—The Loving Little Rituals of Romance and What Happy Parents Do: Ninety-Three Cents and a Little Humpty Dumpty—The Loving Little Rituals of a Child-Proof Marriage.

Go to www.betterhelp.com/pgish to get connected to a licensed therapist for your family. These are tough days, so reach out to get the help you need.

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Seriously, when was the last time you played? While today's clip promotes the value of play in children's lives, I also want to encourage YOU to get out and play—it can break up the monotony, release creativity, build empathy, and keep you healthy. Alex Elliott Lockhart, a primary school teacher and co-founder of Outdoor Cleghorn, will inspire you to get dirty, chase your passions, and reclaim your freedom.

Watch the full clip here.

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It's Throwback Thursday! Today's clip is from episode 70 with Dr. Gabor Mate. So often we think our kids need to learn how to behave, when we really haven't taken a look at what we're teaching by example. When we don't come to the relationship aware and healed of our own struggles, we pass those on—but if we begin to heal ourselves and change our parenting, we change everything.

Watch the full clip here, and for more info, go to www.drgabormate.com.

Check out his books, When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection and Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers.

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