The Trusted Parent - Parenting Teens and Neurodiverse Children

Hello, Beautiful,

I bet you all can relate to my recent, unexpected spike in mom responsibilities having delayed my podcast record & release.

The good news is! I got to record it LIVE for all of you 😍.

I had a blast, so I hope you all enjoy(ed) this one.

We're going to talk about one of the things good parents frequently overlook that blocks them from having success in their relationship with their kids.

Why is it so hard for our kids to understand how we really feel about them?

The answer might surprise you and

it's harder than we think!

Thank you for listening.

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Hello Beautiful!

We get to celebrate your journey and set forth a challenge that maybe we haven't had the time to think about before.

• Surprising take on independence

• Some very real challenges that aren't always acknowledged

• A healthy dose of controversy!

… Just to make sure we are all paying attention 🙃.

We have all had to make tough decisions as parents because the right answers aren't always clear.

So here is a shout-out to all of you. Doing your best to be amazing parents.

Please listen in, and then email us with some of your most courageous parenting moments,

and (if you would like me to), I just may share your story on the air…

Eeek! I'm thrilled to share 🥰

For the very first time,

We are going to be offering a brand-new, exclusive, Founder's program a 9-week intensive group coaching course for parents who want to:

🎉🎉Epic Best Mom Ever! Relationship Reset🎉🎉

~9-week Intensive Intimate Group Coaching Program~

• Get the support and community of an intimate group of fully committed parents

• Build skills feel confident they know how to get teens to open up,

• Discover how to reduce conflict and stress,

• Reconnect and trust each other again

If this sounds like you, use this link to register for the Early Interest List.

This is the first time we are offering this intimate group coaching, so it will be very special and a much smaller investment than in future programs.

As always we are sending you lots of love, even on the hard days!

Thank you for listening.

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Teens get a bad rap sometimes.

Being a teen is hard.

I personally think teens are amazing, smart, brave, emotionally intelligent…

and yet, teen girls (and NB teens) can be so hard on their moms!⏪

Teens just seem to magnify the worst parts of us.

They show us what we don't want to look at.

And our kids know what makes us mad.

And we get mad.

Yeah. Moms are under a ton of stress.

So metimes we just want our kid to do the most basic thing, to move along with our day and

maybe you wonder,

Why do we have to fight about this?

It should be easier.

And then we find ourselves fighting about toilet paper and we are like,

What happened?

My guess is, you need a little help. We all do.

I give you real tools you need to connect better with your kid, starting right now.

Thanks for listening. We are glad you're here.

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Have you ever felt like no matter how many times you try, you keep getting angry with your kids?

When we lash out at our incredible, amazing, kids, it feels AWFUL🥺.

Its easy to beat ourselves up and think I'm a bad mom.

Afterall, they are just trying to get their needs met…

… and we are overwhelmed.

It's no wonder we get upset when our kid texts us 15 times to tell us they are hungry (or hangry🙃) when you know the house is full of food!

(Full of food, haha at least for now)

But still!

You want to do better!

It's not OK with you to keep getting derailed and angry with your kids.

We white-knuckle it and try to try even harder as if we had anything left to give.

Does it feel like you have to apologize every day of your life?

I've got news for everyone.

I fall flat on my face too.

I apologize to my kid, a lot.

There is a better way.

It doesn't have to be a showdown at your house every school morning.

We have to stay calm and kind if we want our kids to listen to us.

I know how hard it is out there, y'all.

That's why I am sharing this deeply empathetic (cause I've been there) podcast about what to do with all that ANGER!

I promise not to simply ask you to stop being angry or not to give in!

Here is your permission to let go of the white-knuckling, forgive ourselves for past mistakes, and learn strategies that will help you get through at least this week with fewer outbursts and arguments with your kids.

You are amazing for having the courage to try again.

So Proud!

Thanks for listening. We are glad you're here.

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It was never supposed to be like this...

Maybe you wonder:

How can I be a good mom if my kid talks to me like this?

What kind of a person am I even raising?

Sigh.

Have you ever found yourself here? Maybe even today.😒

My guess is, if you are parenting right now, you have lived the moment I just described.

It is not easy!

And we are here for you.

This is challenging, but you have what it takes to make your relationship with your teen stronger.

If you are encountering unkindness from a young person in your life, we are here to help.

If you want to feel better, listen to this super gentle, short, and sweet, 9-minute podcast.

What to do when your teen is mean to you.

• Step-by-step guide to
• Talking yourself through situations when your teen is rude or mean
• And how to shape the future of your relationship.
• Plus, buckets of love to fill your bucket 🤗

You've got this!

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The Teen-Toddler Connection: Striking similarities between parenting little kids and parenting teenagers and lessons from your former self.

• I answer the question of answer the question of "Why teens?"
• tell you why I'm so passionate about this generation of young people,
• share a small piece of my unique story,
• and show you how to use the skills you already learned when you had a toddler to make parenting the teen you have today easier.

There are a bunch of tools and ideas packed into this 25-minute podcast so you can feel more confident about your ability to build a strong relationship with your kid.

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If you feel like you are "walking on eggshells" and no matter what you say, your teen thinks it's wrong,

Or

If you just want to have a seriously great relationship with your kid:

Listen to this podcast.

This week, we will talk about the key to getting teens talking... asking great questions.

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The sound on this audio got messed up. It will be better in future podcasts, I'm not certain it would be better if I re-recorded this. Tone matters. Love you guys!

If you have found yourself in way too many arguments with your teen lately, or you just want them to talk to you, we have something really simple (not easy per se, but hopefully not too hard :) that will help you have real conversations with them.

Summer is busy, it can feel like whole weeks have gone by and you've barely spoken to your teen. Maybe it has been a while since you felt connected...

Don't worry,

We've got you.

A better relationship with your teen is closer than you think.

This one simple tool is probably missing from your parenting strategy.

If you are missing this tool, it's not your fault. Your parents probably did not know how to use this either.

Even though you probably wanted to parent differently than your parents did, without the right tools, it's hard to do better.

Listen so you can connect with your teen.

Email me to let me know how this impacted you: [email protected]

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Articles:

Parental invalidation and its associations with borderline personality disorder symptoms: A multivariate meta-analysis.

Parental validation and invalidation predict adolescent self-harm.

The role of parental emotional validation and invalidation on children's clinical symptoms: A study with children exposed to intimate partner violence: Journal of Family Trauma, Child Custody & Child Development: Vol 17, No 1

How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie, Andrew MacMillan, et al.

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Moms often reveal a theory that their lack of boundaries is at the core of their relationship problems.

"If only I just had... better boundaries, then everything would be different (better) with my teens."

If you have poor boundaries, please stop beating yourself up!!

There is a reason, and there are steps you can take to turn your boundaries around.

• What boundaries are
• Why Good Boundaries are so difficult
• What is so fantastic about great boundaries

While I do have a parenting transformation program with a different framework (other than boundaries) about what is REALLY holding parents back from incredible relationships with their kids and teenagers, I also have valuable tools to share about how to have amazing boundaries that actually work in relationships.

I get why you might want better boundaries:

You want more order and less chaos in your home

You want to feel respected

You want your teen to make great decisions

Those reasons are all totally valid and important, which is why I am sharing this podcast to get you started on having the boundaries and relationship you want with your teenager!

Join our Email list:

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This is STEP 1 of having influence with our teens.

If you want your teen to:

actually care what you think... clean their room or empty the dishwasher... let you help them with their homework... make smart choices...

Start here: Values.

Need more support?

Free Trust and Freedom Breakthrough Calls are available for a limited time:

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