Last week we discussed the importance of gauging your energy level and working within the limits you have.

You can find ways to replenish your energy physically, spiritually, and emotionally.

Today we'll dig deeper into how to replenish your energy mentally.

Your attitude can actually deplete your energy faster than anything else.

The way you are looking at your problems can make them bigger or smaller.

When I resist what I have to do by lying to myself that I don't want to do it but I am doing it, I have less energy to actually do it!

When I start telling the truth even if just to myself, that I don't love doing this thing but I'd rather do it than not do it, then I have more energy to take care of whatever it is.

Tap into this part 2 for more concrete examples.

And let's plug in your own examples to get you traction in changing your energy levels this year. Head to dropthewar.com/appointments for your complimentary coaching session and feel your energy increase in just one session! See ya on zoom, my friend! You've got this! I've got you!!

Energy is one of your most important resources.

We often think of time and money as limited resources that run out and need to be replenished, but what about your own personal energy?

How to you restore your own energy?

How to you rally to have more when you need more?

Where does energy come from?

Why does it seem to run out so fast sometimes?

We discuss these questions and so much more in this first half of our podcast today.

As a mom of young kids and especially Type 1 Diabetic kiddos we have a LOT to DO and therefore we need a lot of energy!

But our energy gets zapped by the incessant worry and stress that keep us activated all day and all night!

So join me on this journey of calming our nervous systems, refueling our bodies, minds, and spirits in order to have enough and to spare energy to do all that is required of us to take care of our loved ones and ourselves!

How did your "most wonderful time of the year" go?!

Christmas time is filled with joy and love. Laughter, giving, stress, frustration, melt downs, make ups, do-overs, mess, fun, sadness, and happiness. The full human experience packed into a few weeks!

And now it's over.

How do you feel today?

Are you in the meh of the crash that comes after all the excitement?

It is a brand New Year!

2024!!

What will it bring for you?

Did you know that you can Decide that for yourself today?

You can intentionally CHOOSE how you want this year to go!!

In today's episode, we take a look at traditional ways of thinking about New Years Resolutions, and take a little shift in reframing new years!

Check it out!!

Then sign up for a complimentary coaching session at dropthewar.com/appointments to get started on making this your best year evs!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day!

If not, sign up for a free coaching session immediately and we can work through some of the drama!

As we are on holiday breaks from school and work and spending more time together as a family, see if any of this has been coming up for you...

Have you noticed that your kids are like little mirrors showing you all of your worst attributes?

They are like mini personified versions of your characteristics that you've been trying to hide.

But they don't hide.

They yell and scream very loud for all the world to see.

No wonder we take it on as Mothers. We make our child's actions mean something about us. Because we can see where their actions are actually a reflection of what we gifted them either through nature or nurture.

But it doesn't have to be a problem.

We can use the reflected image as a useful self-awareness tool if we can inspect it with curiosity, love, and acceptance; not judgement.

And speaking of judgement, usually what we judge as wrong in someone else, is probably something we are working on within ourselves also. Again, a helpful awareness tool. We might be projecting our own insecurities onto them and judging them for it.

In this episode we dig deeper into judging, projecting, and mirroring.

If you are being triggered by something that someone else is doing, let's explore it and see if any of these three concepts are at play to learn more about your amazing self.

Sign up for a complimentary coaching session at dropthewar.com/appointments and we can work through it together! See ya there :)

I am wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas! I hope you are able to find joy and peace and love amidst the chaos and mayhem!

As your year is wrapping up (and so are the presents! 🎁 ) take a moment to reflect on how you thought this year would go versus the reality of how it went.

Let's get intentional about your upcoming year and open it up for miracles to manifest.

This time last year, my coach and mentor and friend Jody Moore was so gracious to come on my podcast which was my favorite Christmas gift last year! :)

So this is another throw-back episode. I first published it as part of my "origin story" series. Check it out if you are interested in how I found coaching and got into becoming a coach myself.

We sometimes have a plan for how we think that our lives are going to turn out but "if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans"

More often, God has a plan even bigger and better than you could ever have imagined on your own. Being open to something better instead of rigidly sticking to our own plans, can expand our lives so much!

Enjoy this life coaching chat with Jody and if you want to see how coaching can be a tool to help you explore all that God has planned for you, sign up for a complimentary coaching session with me at dropthewar.com/appointments. Let's make this Christmas and New Year the best yet!!

We can drop some power struggles completely by picking our battles.

But the diabetes war can't be dropped completely.

So after we've picked our battles, there are still non-negotiable things that need to get done in order to manage our child's diabetes.

That is when connection for cooperation comes in.

We do need them to cooperate sometimes.

How?!

Through connection.

So in today's episode we discuss ways of building connection with our T1D kiddo. Listen in and then sign up for your complimentary coaching session where we can put all this theory into practice to start getting you the cooperation you need! You've got this, Momma!

Drop the War Life Coaching is all about helping us drop power struggle wars with our kids to create more peace in our parenting.

Drop the War for Peace.

That's what I'd been doing as a coach when the diabetes diagnosis came. Twice!

All moms have to deal with the battle of wills. And as T1D Moms, we have to deal with even MORE power struggles!!

In today's episode I share a couple tips for dropping those power struggles so that we can still do what needs to be done without sacrificing our relationship with our kids in the process.

My website is also filled with many more mindset shifts and techniques. https://www.dropthewar.com/parenting-philosophies

And when you're ready to put all this theory into practice, I still have a few slots available for free coaching sessions to try it out! Find a time that works for both of us to meet on zoom at www.dropthewar.com/appointments and let's get started creating that long overdue Peace in your parenting that you've been craving and so desperately deserve!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

I sure am thankful for all of you listeners!! Thank you for supporting the podcast! Thank you for listening, sharing, rating, and reviewing. Your support really helps us support all other T1D Moms around the globe!

In honor of diabetes awareness month, I am re-airing this fun episode with guest host, Andelin Price.

You know that you have a relationship with your child, but did you know that you have a relationship with their Type 1 Diabetes also? 

In this episode fellow life coach Andelin Price and I chat about our experiences having children with T1D and how life coaching tools have helped us manage ourselves as we manage our child's diabetes. 

The way we think about the disease matters and it can make it harder or easier on you as the Mom.

Whether your child has T1D or not, the principles discussed in this episode can be applied to any struggle you are dealing with. 

Please forward this podcast to any Moms you know that do have children with Type 1 Diabetes, there is so much additional suffering that can be eliminated as we work together to manage our relationships with Diabetes! 

And spread the word about my new T1D Mom Support Group Calls that are starting next Tuesday February 21st at 9:30 AM Mountain Time.

For more help from Andelin, check her out on  her Website: Andelinprice.com

Marriage Bites! Podcast https://anchor.fm/andelin-price

https://Instagram.com/Andelinpricecoaching

https://Facebook.com/andelinpricecoaching

Email: [email protected]

And when you're ready to take all this theory to the next level and actually appy it in your life to drop the war and create more peace in your parenting, sign up here for a free complimentary coaching session!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving this week!

So Grateful to all of you for reading, listening, applying, and learning and growing with me on our journeys!

In honor of November being Diabetes Awareness Month, I am re-airing this interview episode with Dr OC. Enjoy!

I am the T1D Moms Coach.

Two of my five kids have been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in the past few years and so I love to support other moms with T1D children. Because we do SO much to keep our kids healthy and well, but how much time and energy does that leave for us to take care of ourselves? And if we don't do it, who will?

And, of course, the mental and emotional load of caring for young kids is taxing enough but then add the constant stress, scared, and sad feelings and we've got quite the hot mess of a mom trying to manage her child's diabetes. Not ideal. We need clear minds and bodies ourselves in order to take care of everyone else. So I teach strategies to generate on purpose more feelings of connection, calm, and confidence instead!

So, I've got you Momma!

And today I have an extra special treat for you. Dr OC and I discuss her personal journey being a T1D Mom herself in addition to her pediatric career. And her son is all grown and doing amazing things in the T1D world now also! So it is really fun to be able to learn from her years of experience and "light at the end of the tunnel" perspective.

To join our Tuesday Morning T1D Mom Support Group Calls, get access to replays of past calls, and all my other T1D specific support, go to ⁠www.dropthewar.com/t1d⁠

Dr. Sheila Owens-Collins, MD MPH MBA, is an accomplished and experienced pediatrician

with a subspecialty in neonatology. She is a dedicated clinician and health care executive who

has worked tirelessly for over 20 years to improve care coordination and foster healthier

outcomes through policy initiatives and quality of care. Dr. Owens-Collins has also conducted

extensive research on the social determinants of health that shape disparities in health outcomes.

Her passion for children's health was further galvanized when her oldest son was diagnosed with

Type 1 Diabetes at age 13, inspiring her to write the upcoming book “A Parent’s Guide to Type 1

Diabetes: Helping Your Child Balance the Highs and Lows” which will be released in June 2024.

Her son would go on to not only play football at Yale University but also make the All-Ivy

League Team his senior year; he is currently a Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Stanford,

specializing in sports psychiatry and neuroscience of resilience while speaking frequently on

subjects related to mental health such as burnout, resilience, and how exercise can bolster both

physical wellness and overall wellbeing. Dr. Owens-Collins’ vast knowledge, experience and

dedication make her one of the foremost voices advocating for improved children's healthcare today.

⁠Click Here⁠ to see Dr Roy Collins' presentation about using exercise to build resilience with physical and mental strategies to combat diabetes burnout.

And you can sign up for a complimentary coaching session with me here! Let's drop the war and start creating peace in your parenting

Jesus can help enable us to do the hard things that we have to do in the acute heat of the moments. And the eternal big picture that His plan presents can help give overview meaning to the long-term nature of our struggles.

In this episode we explore both. How the Gospel of Jesus Christ can bring you peace amidst the chaos of diabetes and enable us to do the hard things that we cannot endure alone.