Come learn about authors Philipa Perry and Dr. Shefali on a new shift in our parenting! These powerful ideas have revolutionzied my whole paradigm and how I interact with my kids.

Slipping into our partner's shoes or squeezing into our children's shoes can give us perspective that makes all the difference!

Come learn the second two ways to be a best friend to yourself:

1. Stand up for you and have your own back

2. Embrace all of you

Come learn the first two ways to be a best friend to yourself:

Listen to you

and

Be kindly compassionate and comforting to yourself

We can access wisdom rather than just criticism.

Are we using our inner critical voice or are we using our compassionate inner voice as if we were talking to a close friend? We are always with ourselves in our head giving ourselves running commentary on everything. We can learn to have a more positive relationship with ourselves and be there to support and comfort when we need it.

After a challenging moment with our kids, we can rewind and replay in our own minds what we think may have been going on for them leading up to the problem. We can share our "rewind and replay" with our kids to better understand and know how to move forward.

Get inspired with a doable easy idea for remembering our child's most important moments and sending messages to their future self!

Come learn the #1 thing we crave from our loved ones and what our loved ones crave from us.

When our kids spew out lava like responses, we can look deeper inside their figuartive volcano to see the magma brewing underneath. These hidden layers help us understand better and these moments are golden opportunities for connection.

We can be stretched so thin with all the work we need to get done and all of our kids' bids for attention to play. So this episode is throwing out all the parent guilt and celebrating ways we can connect and hang out as well as what the best parenting books say about giving our undivided attention to play.