Cathy & Todd celebrate their 700th episode by discussing the universal principles of Zen Parenting, the importance of civil conversation, and what has remained the same for the last 12 years. Part 1 of 2. Link to Podcast Episode on our website.

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Understanding Our Daughters

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7:25 The way we engage in discussion

16:50 Self-Awareness

29:57 Scholastic’s book- When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left will be available on March 7th.  Preorder now.

30:35 Pinna is the only audio on-demand streaming service for kids 3-12!  Enter the coupon code “ZPR” for one year of Pinna for 50% off

32:50 three different ways of being grumpy

38:18 Compassion

39:20 Being on-time

45:25 Mindfulness

51:09 Connection

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Understanding Our Daughters

Todd & Cathy discuss the different aspects of self-compassion and take the quiz to see who is more self-compassionate.  They also talk about the movie Grease & Mr. Rogers.

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1:30 Guys/boys/everyone/y’all

7:15 Zen Parenting Moment- Whole

9:22 Grease

14:50 Self-Compassion basics

24:47 mindfulness

30:14 Scholastic’s book- When Things Aren’t Going Right, Go Left will be available on March 7th.  Preorder now.

30:52 Pinna is the only audio on-demand streaming service for kids 3-12!  Enter the coupon code “ZPR” for one year of Pinna for 50% off

35:45 Mr. Rogers

43:55 Self-Compassionate Quiz

54:30 Purple turkey story

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Self-Compassion Test

Todd & Cathy share how their roles have changed over the years and who does what around the house. They discuss the importance of communication around household expectations, and how roles are supposed to evolve and change as the kids grow. The discuss how invisible labor can be overlooked and why not everything we “do” can be found on a checklist.

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4:15 Thumbs up to Spain

6:43 Brush, the floss?

10:40 Menu- look at it before?

14:00 If you want your partner to worry less, worry more

32:26 Pinna is the only audio on-demand streaming service for kids 3-12!  Enter the coupon code “ZPR” for one year of Pinna for 50% off

35:20 Who does what?

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Household checklist

Dr. Shefali returns to ZPR to discuss her new book The Parenting Map: Step-by-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship (available for preorder NOW, released on 2/28). They discuss how to check our own egos, recognize our children’s psyches, and make connection the cornerstone of our parenting experience. Dr. Shefali is hosting a FREE Parenting Mastery Online Summit with 30 Global Experts (Cathy is one of them!). Click here to register.

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6:40 Love or control/power?

Cathy & Todd discuss how our children learn by watching how we live and how we react, and why owning our emotional responses creates connection and opportunity for learning. They discuss the difference between responding and reacting (especially when it comes to anger), why “do what I say, not what I do” doesn’t land well, and why comparing our childhood experiences is like apples and oranges.

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11:24 Zen Parenting Moment

14:40 Emotions- healthy or unhealthy?

23:13 Done.  Not using busyness as an excuse

30:06 Pinna.fm

31:05 Stillwater and Koo Save the World Children’s Book

35:28 Serenity prayer and the dark days of parenting

47:10 Todd’s money baggage

Cathy & Todd discuss how we handle trauma, why boys are falling behind in school, and why the emotional intelligence of fathers is essential for cultural change. They also share a personal example of conflict, listening, and repair, and why self-compassion is essential if we are going to communicate effectively.

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3:06 Zen Parenting Moment

3:26 Buffaloes & the cows

11:21 Banshees of Inisherin review

12:40 Women talking

17:59 Scott Galloway on Armchair Expert

30:15 Pinna.fm

31:14 Stillwater and Koo Save the World Children’s Book

32:06 LUFU Listen Until the other person Feels Understood

Todd & Cathy discuss ways to engage in deeper conversation with teenage boys, and how every suggestion is helpful to all relationships and conversations. They also discuss Prince Harry’s new book Spare, and how he learned to deal with “hover monkeys” and “mind squirrels” when becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. While his experience is unique, what he learned is helpful to all of us.

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4:20 Six ways to encourage deeper conversations with teenage boys

27:08 Prince Harry (Don’t poke the bear)

33:26 Hover monkeys & mind squirrels

Cathy and Todd discuss the passing of Cathy’s mom, Cathy’s recent diagnosis and surgery, and how they support each other in a crisis. They discuss their patterns of behavior, what they need from each other, and why showing up for each other in crisis can be difficult.

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1:00 Cathy’s mom’s passing

10:2 Cathy’s breast health

18:38 History of some of Todd’s bad decisions

Instead of posting a new podcast, we are reposting one of our favorites, the one where we interview our moms. Unfortunately, Cathy’s mom passed away yesterday, and we wanted to share this to honor her. We share some great stories and have some great laughs. Please listen and enjoy – and even more important, be good to each other.

In honor of Mother’s Day, we invited our moms to talk about what we were like as kids.  We also talk about the changes that have taken place from the time they were kids (a.k.a. the olden days) to  raising us in the 70’s – we also discuss how their grandchildren are being raised. We get nostalgic and we have a lot of laughs. We love our moms!

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Todd & Cathy share their experiences of what they find good, true and beautiful, and why finding and discussing these things makes life more meaningful. They talk about the joy of feeding the birds and squirrels, creating a comfortable sleeping environment, and why Todd is never late for a party.

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2:07 Good

21:29 True

27:51 Codependent vs interdependent

36:52 Beautiful

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