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EPISODE · Jul 31, 2025 · 16 MIN

47: Why Running From Your Emotions Makes Parenting Teens So Much Harder (and What to Do Instead) | For LDS Moms of Teens

from Think New Thoughts · host Emily Ricks

Have you ever lost your patience with your teenager, shut down emotionally, or found yourself saying something you later wished you could take back? Many of us were never taught what to do with difficult emotions. We either push them away and pretend we're fine, or react in the moment hoping the feeling will disappear. In this episode, you'll learn why both of those approaches actually make parenting teens harder—and what to do instead. I'll introduce a simple framework for processing your emotions so they don't quietly build beneath the surface or drive your reactions. As you learn to recognize, hold, and process your feelings in a healthier way, you'll become more patient in your parenting and every other area of your life. Have an emotion that's been sitting in the back of your fridge for too long? I'd love to help you process it in a free mini session. :)  --------------------------------------------------- Helping LDS moms of teens navigate parenting with more connection, trust, joy, and inner peace through gospel-centered life coaching, thought work, and practical tools from a parenting coach that align with LDS doctrine and scripture. Explore conflict resolution, forgiveness, mindset shifts, faith over fear, personal growth, emotional resilience, overcoming mom guilt, reducing disconnection and power struggles, learning to trust God, and strengthening family relationships through faith-based parenting and life coaching.  

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