Through Rough Waters

In this episode, Zach, Kevin, and some of our guests from our parenting series answer your questions - including, “How do I help my child understand that therapy will help them?” “When should parents intervene when children are having problems at school?” and “How should parents respond when their child tells them they are same-sex attracted?”

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

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Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by Laurie Krieg from the Hole In My Heart Podcast and The Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender to talk about how to talk to your kids about sex in a gospel context. Laurie shares what she’s learned as she’s been writing a book, video series, and curriculum about this conversation, and we discuss how important it is to not shy away from talking about sex & sexuality to our kids.

The Center for Faith, Sexuality, and Gender:

Connect with Laurie:

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by therapist Kristi Kinzler to talk about parenting through grief and loss. Kristi shares her personal story of her husband’s sudden passing, how God showed up in her and her family’s story after that loss, and why she started the Kinzler Foundation to help other families going through their own sudden grief and loss.

The Kinzler Foundation

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by therapist Marge Lucas to discuss co-parenting. We talk about how parents can navigate raising their kids when they don’t have them all of the time, what a “loyalty bind” is, and why that’s so damaging to put kids in, what an ideal co-parenting arrangement can look like, and how to walk through parenting when the other parent isn’t cooperative or an equal partner.

Learn more about Marge’s co-parenting classes here:

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by therapist Kathy Monroe to continue our series on parenting by talking about equipping parents with some skills to help model and manage behavior. We talk about how parents are like mirrors and children will match what they see in their parents, how important it is to give good directions, and go through some practical exercises about how to respond to behavior.

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by Nicole Fryling to talk about parenting emerging adults. We discuss the transition into adulthood, why turning 18 doesn’t automatically make someone an “adult”, how parents can maintain a healthy relationship - and partnership - with their adult children, and ways to repair a relationship that may have been damaged.

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by therapist Linda Saum as we continue our parenting series by talking about building confidence & resilience in our kids. We talk about helicopter- and snowplow-parenting, how simply removing obstacles from our kids’ lives isn’t always the best thing for them, and ways we can create safe environments for kids to become more confident and courageous.

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined by therapist Brooke Holmes as we kick off a new season and a new series on parenting. We talk about why we’re focusing on parenting, identifying trauma, taking the first steps toward helping our kids through trauma, and what to do when our own trauma as parents is impacting our children.

If you have a question for this season’s Q&A, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin wrap up Season 2 of Through Rough Waters by talking about stress. We talk about how stress isn’t automatically a bad thing, what stress actually is and how it shows up throughout our entire selves - both mind and body, and some ways we can respond to stress in a healthy way.

If you have a question for our Q&A segment, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.

In this episode, Zach & Kevin are joined again by Julianne Lettinga, LPC, to continue the conversation around body image by talking about eating. We talk about undereating and what it looks like to deprive ourselves, the difference between overeating and binge eating, how our family experiences growing up can contribute to disordered eating, body dysmorphia, and the reasons behind people having these struggles with food.

Connect with Julianne

Website: https://juliannelettingalpc.clientsecure.me/

Instagram: @julianne_lettinga_lpc_therapy

If you have a question for our Q&A segment, you can email [email protected] or submit your question anonymously at www.wcsg.org/podcasts/through-rough-waters/. 

Thanks to West Michigan Wellness Group for supporting Through Rough Waters - for more information about WMWG and to inquire about seeing a therapist, you can call (616) 600-1187 or visit www.westmichiganwellnessgroup.com/contact/. 

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This podcast and its content are designed and intended to provide a place for conversation. Topics and advice covered in this podcast should not be taken as professional medical advice or emotional or spiritual counsel. If you or a loved one needs professional help, they should seek a licensed professional.

The views covered and discussed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect those of WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University. Ideas presented are not necessarily endorsed by WCSG Radio or Cornerstone University.