Episodes
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All Parts of the Brain
What if your kid doesn't think something sounds fun? Is that the end? (20 min)
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Value in the World
Is it merely a wound to want to have value in the world? (18 min)
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Big Picture in the Moment
Is it possible to show our kids how to have both the big picture and the moment in our grasp? (15 minutes)
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Childhood is when you don't have Responsibilities
Do we have an underlying belief that childhood is when you don't have responsibilities? (19min)
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Impact not Intention
Is it the impact, rather than the intentions that matter? (12 minutes)
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Leveling Up
Does looking the basics of the machine at work help us when we are navigating the video game of life? And what do we do when we level up and have no tools? (21 minutes)
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Try
11 minutes clarifying what it means to TRY
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River Experience
21 minutes on how a physical experience at the river encapsulates my experience with my teen daughter
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Sharing Toys
13 minutes on when someone is sharing but not really sharing.
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Accident
12 minutes on saying "but it was an accident" "or I didn't mean to" instead of taking our responsibility
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Boundaries are Tiring
8 minutes on why consequences suck for parents too
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Parenting a teen bird in nest
16 minutes on how parenting a teen is like having to nudge a bird to the edge of the nest
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Someone Caves Win Win
15 minutes on ways that my teen wasn't quite understanding win/win
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I Don't Know
23 minutes on when your kid (or anyone) says "I don't know' and the thoughts of clarification it spawned in me
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Teen Conflict
24 minutes on a different way to view conflict with teens and as a teen
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Don't you want to be an Adult
See also Life is a Metaphor Mini Podcast “Biking Adulting”
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Old Psychologist
33 minutes asking why it has to be either the kids or the parents who are the most important in the family...why not both
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Covering Love
10 minutes on rephrasing the words like "bad guy" to be more clear
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Do Unto Others Why
9 minutes exploring the deeper "why" in treating others the way we would like to be treated
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Creativity of Limits
8 minutes on kids noticing the inspiration available in limits
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Listening 123
13 minutes on clarifying what listening can mean
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Fascinated Body
9 minutes on teachings kids to be just as fascinated and responsible for their non physical body as their physical one
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Feedback System
18 minutes on how we can use what we do with our bodies to inform what we do with our kids
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Trying or Thinking
10 minutes on how sometimes we think we are trying when actually we are just thinking about trying
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Types of Depending
Gordon Neufeld See also "Depending for Maturity" in Biting Side Podcast
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Sleeping near
18 minutes on sleeping proximally
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Which takes courage
7 minutes on when to quit and when to push on with kids and for kids
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Kids Change Batteries
14 minutes on kids changing their own batteries
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Bicker
12 minutes on bickering versus real confrontation