Yes that is really me.

Yes I really ran down a hill and then jumped off of the side of a mountain.

And it was incredible.

Since recording the last episode, I’ve been feeling scared. And frustrated.  Not sure what subject I wanted to tackle next.

But luckily for me, inspiration was sitting right on my external hard drive.

Seeing this video of me was just the reminder I needed to be brave, record this episode and then share it with you.

I don’t know everything about you.  Not even enough to really help you with all your parenting, marriage, or self problems.

But what I CAN do, is show you how I’m dealing with mine.  Show you my process.  My strategies, tools, resources.

It’s definitely a vulnerable place, but I know from experience that vulnerability is courage.  And I value courage over fear.

So in that spirit, on today’s episode I talk discuss:

What the strongest predictor of how your child will do is

How to convert shame into curiosity

How I’m fighting my battles and attempting to raise healthy, wholehearted children in the process

and why sometimes you have to run downhill in order to fly

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I just put the baby down and then flew upstairs to record this real fast.

I hear so often parents lamenting that they don’t have enough time for themselves.

While I admit, in the season of having young kids, it will probably never feel like enough time, but

Time isn’t something that you find, it is something that you make.

Gut punch right?

You have the time.

I promise you.

(If you think you are the exception, email me and I’ll help you find it.)

What you probably lack, is the same thing I lacked for six years – permission and belief that you are worth taking time for.

You have to believe that.

I got so jazzed up I forgot to even do an intro or any music for today’s show.

On today’s episode I talk discuss:

How and why you actually have enough time to take for yourself

What is getting in the way

How to start with 5, 10 minutes of time and grow that into whole days of time

Encouragement that you are worth doing this work

Feel free to reach out to me with any questions: [email protected] (The emails go straight to me)

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Today is part III of a three part series on giving yourself permission.

This is one of the hardest, but most important lessons I've ever had to learn.

Be sure to join our private Facebook group (www.bitly.com/parentswho) and tell me what your biggest barrier is to giving yourself permission. Or if it's more private, email me at [email protected]. I read every email and I will write you back.

Today is part II of a three part series on giving yourself permission.

This is one of the hardest, but most important lessons I've ever had to learn.

Be sure to join our private Facebook group (www.bitly.com/parentswho) and tell me what your biggest barrier is to giving yourself permission. Or if it's more private, email me at [email protected]. I read every email and I will write you back.

Permission is a topic and a "lesson" that I wish I would have learned a whole lot earlier.

Listen today if you are feeling stressed out, if you need some support, if you want more enjoyment in your parenting and in your life. Honestly, this is something I didn't even realize I needed until about a year ago - and now, I can't imagine my life without it.

Part I is all about what permission is and why it's important.

Be sure to join our private Facebook group (www.bitly.com/parentswho) and tell me what you need permission to do. Or if it's more private, email me at [email protected]. I read every email and I will write you back.

After dinner tonight as I was cleaning up the dishes I started crying.

And then I felt inspired to turn on the microphone and record this episode.

Sometimes in the moments when you feel most down, when you're crying in the closet or you yelled at the kids and feel horrible about it or you're agonizing over a decision, sometimes in those difficult moments you just more than anything need some permission, some encouragement, some hope, someone to tell you it will be okay.

I'm issuing permission slips to prioritize your marriage over your kids, permission to tell everyone to bugger off and to just trust your gut...

This is something I have struggled for a long time to do (give myself permission), and now that I'm getting a (tiny) bit better at it, I want to share with you.

Join our private Facebook group (www.bitly.com/parentswho) and tell me what you need permission to do. Or if it's more private, email me at [email protected]. I read every email and I will write you back.

How much should our kids be involved in? When is it okay to let them quit? Am I a bad parent if my kids are "just" doing one thing? How do I find the permission to shut things down?

Today I share with you my journey from over-scheduled and exhausted to under-scheduled and calmer.

I also divulge what I was always afraid to admit to Chris, and the ridiculous spot that I spend over an hour because I had no idea what else to do.

See a bonus video about how to start simplifying your schedule by visiting our Facebook group at www.bitly.com/parentswho. It's free to join and full of behind the scenes photos and videos that we don't post anywhere else.

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Mentioned in today's episode: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown http://amzn.to/2p2d8Jw

Where does parental guilt come from, and more importantly, what can we do about it?

On today's episode I discuss specific things I feel guilty about (yelling included) and practical solutions for helping to alleviate, and in some cases, completely get rid of, overwhelming guilt.

There's more behind the scenes in our private Parents Who Facebook group. It's FREE to join. Just visit www.bitly.com/parentswho and then and click "request to join."

We also give lots of freebies in our newsletter which you can sign-up for at www.parentswho.com

Where does parental guilt come from, and more importantly, what can we do about it?

On today's episode I discuss specific things I feel guilty about (yelling included) and practical solutions for helping to alleviate, and in some cases, completely get rid of, overwhelming guilt.

There's more behind the scenes in our private Parents Who Facebook group. It's FREE to join. Just visit www.bitly.com/parentswho and then and click "request to join."

We also give lots of freebies in our newsletter which you can sign-up for at www.parentswho.com

What do you do when parenthood doesn't go as planned?

Where and how are we even getting our definition of what parenthood is "supposed" to look like?

In this episode I share how to cope when you're feeling frustrated that things don't seem to be going as you always dreamed they would, or how things seem to be going for everyone else around you.

I open up about how parenthood has not gone as planned for Chris and I, how I found out that Baby A can now open the doors in our house, why I got a $75 fine for celebrating Chris's birthday, and the best non-advice my Dr. gave me before leaving the hospital with the big boys (spoiler: it made Chris really mad).

There's more behind the scenes in our private Parents Who Facebook group. It's FREE to join. Just visit www.bitly.com/parentswho and then and click "request to join."

We also give lots of freebies in our newsletter which you can sign-up for at www.parentswho.com