Episode 39: Building Resiliency in Children with Lisa Sugarman

Send us Fan MailOur children absorb, internalize and regurgitate our behaviors and actions. If you’re so busy trying to stay perfect and inside the lines with your parenting techniques, what do you think that creates in your children? Stay tuned for this episode! DJ speaks with parenting book author, radio host & nationally syndicated humor columnist, Lisa Sugarman, about finding humor and positivity in parenting perfectly imperfect children and about skills you can utilize when you screw up, have a loss or disappointment. Listen in to hear how to embrace the imperfection, laugh at yourself and ultimately make humor and positivity the great equalizer. Lisa Sugarman is a parenting author, a nationally syndicated humor columnist, a radio show host, and the mom of two grown daughters. She writes the syndicated opinion column “It Is What It Is” and is the author of How to Raise Perfectly Imperfect Kids And Be Ok With It, Untying Parent Anxiety, and LIFE: It Is What It Is, available on Amazon, at Barnes & Noble, and everywhere books are sold. She is also the co-host of the weekly radio show LIFE Unfiltered on Northshore 104.9FM and a regular contributor on Healthline Parenthood, GrownAndFlown, TODAY Parents, Thrive Global, Care.com, LittleThings, and More Content Now. Lisa lives with her husband and two daughters just north of Boston. TIMESTAMPS• [7:39] Lisa speaks about finding positivity in things that can be tough or challenging. • [9:16] “We really are just so focused on staying inside the lines, if that's how we are, all of that stuff trickles down to our kids and they absorb that and they internalize that and they kind of regurgitate that in their own life.”• [12:”40] Lisa talks about having a choice in the way we frame and handle things… • [20:47] “ I think that what it all boils down to is acknowledging and accepting that everybody's truth, or everybody's head space, or heart space is their own, and is very unique. And if it's real in your head, if it's real in your heart, it's real to you.”How do you find and emulate positivity & humor in parenting your perfectly imperfect child? Tell us about it and tag us on Facebook or Instagram @littleheartsacademy!For more information on the Imperfect Heroes podcast, visit: https://www.imperfectheroespodcast.com/Connect with Us!DJ Stutz -DJ Stutz: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleheartsacademy/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleheartsacademy/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpphCRklDJiFXdS76U0LSQDJ's FREE WORKSHOP: https://www.littleheartsacademyusa.com/parent-teacher-conferences-what-to-ask-and-what-to-shareLisa SugarmanWebsite: http://www.lisasugarman.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/thelisasugarmanInstagram: http://instagram.com/lisa_sugarmanFacebook: Support the showSupport the show.If you like what you hear, we would appreciate your support.  Every little bit helps.https://www.buzzsprout.com/1779847/support