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It is tough times. This podcast is full of suggestions on how we can lift where we stand to better our life and the lives of those around you. 

The one where we parent like grandparents! We can learn a lot from the energy and lack of judgement that good and loving grandparents use. (Of course, I am speaking about my grandparents, and other grandparents who are good, kind, patient and loving). No wonder people love being grandparents and wish they could have skipped right to that part, they are not so concerned and panicked over the outcome. They have the wisdom to know that everyone has a journey. I am taking a look at what mindset grandparents have and how we can infuse some of that vibe (I say vibe WAY too much in this episode) into our parenting now. I hope some of this podcast helps you today! The parenting course that will change your life. This course meets you where you are & scoops you and your children up with so much love. GET IT HERE: https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com

Grab my FREE happy music list here: https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/courses/free-music-happy-list This episode teaches the signs of burnout and what we can do to turn the ship around! Grab my awesome and helpful parenting course here! https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/connectedparenting

Tantrums! They stress parents out! I have good news! They are normal! Learn more about my life-changing, self-paced parenting course HERE!

A few weeks ago I was criticized for taking a 24-hour break to myself at a hotel. So this time I took a 48-hour break. Please, women, support yourself in the ways that you need to. Our society is not set up well to support its women and moms. Only YOU know what you need as a mother. Take breaks BEFORE you crumble if possible. THIS is self-care. I find it so awful how AFTER we hear about a heartbreaking situation of a mom's suffering, we all say "we wish we knew." And yet, when that same mom is trying to take a break or get help, she is likely and often shamed. It was so interesting to me to watch women’s discomfort with me taking time for myself. What does that tell us? Typically that type of reaction means women want this for themselves.  I refuse to just survive in my life, I want to thrive.  When I am burning out, it is a sign of unmet needs. I really don’t need to worry too much about how it happened or where to place blame, rather, I choose to take action. I am really honest with myself. I see myself getting more tired, snippy, and overall lacking a desire to be in my own life. These are messages to me that I am struggling. I am not interested in hanging by a thread and then lashing out. I am interested in being mature and being in charge of how I show up in the world. My parenting course can be found at: https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/

Let’s discuss the moody kid who brings up for us all kind of feelings of disrespect or overwhelm or despair: Repeat after me this mantra:  this child’s mood is not mine to solve. While connection is the goal, NO relationship is connected at all times. How would that be possible when we are human beings with moods and hormones and stress?  Relationships have an ebb and flow - that’s is real life chock-full of real emotion. We can both hold the goal AND hold space for our (& our child’s) struggle. In moments of struggle where you can’t get to compassion or connection - go neutral.  Honestly, sometimes your child just needs their mood & to work through it and you can simply go and get on with your day. We forget that kids have moods and hard days like we do! Ideally, you show some compassion:  Theirs are theirs to learn from and experience.  We need to worry less about changing their mood and more about helping them navigate it and allowing their feelings!  Stay in the row boat and out of the muddy pond (see -my parenting course!). Remember-two people stuck in a muddy pond is not useful.  Go neutral. MORE OF THIS type of help in my parenting course:  https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/ https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/ https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/

It is so easy to be stuck right now. I get it! I am feeling it so much. I also wanted to share with you about pain. Clean pain and dirty pain. The cleansing waterfall of pain that we need and want to go through, VS the muddy pond of pain that we cause ourselves by getting "stuck" in our feelings. One is cleansing and healing, one is a pit of misery and stuckness. I hope this episode helps move you into the healing and cleansing pain again if you have been feeling stuck in the misery of the muddy pond as I have been. As always, here is a link to my LIFE changing parenting course! I promise it will change so much for you. I have offered a monthly payment plan to help make it accessible. I hope that you will buy it and allow me to be the voice in your ear during these trying times: https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/

Get help as a parent! The parenting course the world has been aching for! This course is where children's brain science meets compassion and connection, with real-life tips and tricks! This course will change your life for the 18 years you raise your children and beyond.If you like what you heard here, you can get my entire LIFE-CHANGING parenting course HERE  https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/being-a-happy-connected-parent  with a 12-month payment plan to make it more accessible!!! I understand how it can feel to want and need help with your parenting. There is NO course like this out there. It's NO fluff and real, life-changing help! What if it was possible to LOVE the journey of raising your kids?  To have knowledge of their brains and development on your side!  What if you could be the parent that you know you are deep down, on a daily basis? What if all that is lacking is some learning from an awesome course?  https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/being-a-happy-connected-parent    Get help today!

Building emotional skills in our kids will make them more brave, resilient and able to cope! However, many of us were not taught or modelled these skills of emotional intelligence and so, we can find ourselves really in the trenches while we parent. Now, this is why I have a parenting course, which, over a year works out to just cents a day! Get it HERE:https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/ THIS podcast episode also TEACHES you how to be with your child in their emotion. You will learn how your voice can sound. What words to use. How to name it to tame it. What happens if you label their emotion incorrectly. Why leading with the naming of the emotion and empathy HELPS your child gain emotional intelligence. HOW they can ACTUALLY feel the emotion. Not fluff, but rather HOW I teach my kids where and how to find the feeling in their body. This is one not to miss! Go listen now and as always, SCREENSHOT and share for others to find it! 

What if WE can change our whole experience in life by being the person who brings the love. How much "control" would that give us? How could we influence a room, a family, a community for the better? Even if it ONLY changed how WE experience our own life and experiences, wouldn't that be amazing? To be the person who brings "the love" to a situation? Maybe it's what the world needs. We have enough people maybe who are being divisive and contentious, maybe we need a few more people who are bringing the love.  The FREE printable that I was talking about on this episode is HERE: https://app.podia.com/products/behold-24-days-of-giving grab it, download it and save it! Enjoy! #bringthelove

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I received a question from someone whose partner reacts in large dramatic ways and tries to draw the other partner into arguments. This isn’t easy and navigating this takes emotional maturity. If you have a partner who is emotionally immature often, absolutely that is a struggle. It will feel a lot like navigating a relationship with a child or teen. I don't say that with judgement, I simply say that to empower you to know that the same tools I teach in my parenting course apply.  The question (after an explanation) was “how do we deal with someone else's big emotions?” MY life-changing parenting course! https://beholdtheconnection.podia.com/connectedparenting "I bought your course in the month it launched after my friend (who bought it earlier in the launch month) said it was absolutely brilliant.  However, I didn't make it a priority until this last month. It is such a GAME CHANGER!! Why didn't I have these tools and ways of thinking through this whole pandemic? I am kicking myself for not listening sooner. It has made this month and every relationship in my life infinitely better. THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I hope everyone takes the opportunity to buy your course. You should be so proud of its content. Thank you again." -Sonja