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Mastermind Parenting Podcast — 348 episodes
Is Big Tech the New Big Tobacco?
Better Talking Leads to Better “Other Things” with Jeff Hittner
Getting Real About Kids and Screens (with Ash Brandin)
When Your Kid Is Heading Down A Dark Path (with Lisa Katona Smith)
How a Dedicated Dad Helped His Son Transcend A Diagnosis (with Leland Vittert)
Thanksgiving and Having an Attitude of Gratitude
Being a Better Dad is Sexy! (with Jeff Hittner)
Why Sex Might Feel Like a Chore (with Dr. Rebecca Eudy)
Why Play And Joy Can Feel So Hard For Adults (a convo with Dr. Shawn Hondorp)
Want Confident Kids? Growing Resilient Kids with Dr. Kate Lund
Do Your Kids Feel Safe Enough to Build Secure Attachments? (with Kirby Fling)
What If Your Mom Just Isn’t “Your Person” Anymore?
The Hidden Mind Calling The Shots (with Kirby Fling)
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, with Randi and Avery… a must listen for every parent!
Where Gentle Parenting has Lost the Plot (a convo with Avital Schreiber Levy)
You Want Your Kids To Be Seen As “Good Kids”… So What?
Time’s Up Silicon Valley! We, The Parents, Are Taking Back The Power Of Protecting Our Kids Online (With Titania Jordan Of Bark Technologies)
Our Review of the Netflix Show Adolescence: Teens, Screens, and Toxic Masculinity
Do You Have To Play With Your Kids To Be A “Good Mom”? (with Dr. Shawn Hondorp)
The Biggest Mistake We Make Around Homework (And what to do instead!)
What Even Is Pack Leadership? (with Dr. Shawn Hondorp)
How and (How Not To) Apologize… Better
The Invisible Trauma of Why You Might be a Lone Wolf with Ruth Cohn
Similarities Between Strong-Willed Kids and Strong-Willed Horses!
The Modern Classroom with Rob Barnett (sounds dreamy:)
Is It Ever Too Late To Change Destructive Patterns?
Parents Learn Through Stories, Too!
Kids Learn Through Stories, With Michael Dimartino, Co-Creator Of Avatar: The Last Airbender
Masterminding The Holidays
My Take On The Art of Parenting
A Mastermind Parenting Masterclass (with Avery Rubenstein)
Helping Kids Through A Messy Divorce
Conscious Bedtime Stories (with Andrew Newman)
Helpful Kids Without Power Struggles (a conversation with Michaeleen Doucleff)
What Your Kid Might Need More Than a Therapist (a conversation with Michaeleen Doucleff)
Parenting Through Big Changes and Big Feelings (with Eli Harwood)
Bratty Little Baby Moments and Sneaky Perfectionism
What Your Kid Wants You To Understand
Masterminding Mornings
Does Your Partner Acknowledge All That You Do As A Mom?
Your Kid Received a Diagnosis… Now What?
Outdated Parenting Just Doesn’t Work With 2024 Teens (with Coach Kevin Baker)
When Your Kid Seems Like An Emotional Rollercoaster (with Michelle Grosser)
My Mistakes About Giving My Kids Phones
This Game-Changing Sentence That Works Like Magic
It’s Never A “Good” Time To Have A Baby Or Start A Business
Retrain Your Brain, Rewire Your Family
The Kid Who Was His Worst Self Around Mom
Another Great Conversation with Michaeleen Doucleff, author of Hunt, Gather, Parent
Spinach in the Spaghetti Sauce (Maybe You Don't Really Need a Parenting Class)
Post Mother’s Day: Some of My Mothering Mistakes
Spoiler Alert: Your Kid Won't Fail To Launch
That's So Gay: Talking To Kids About Hurtful Language
I'm So Ugly! How Can You Handle Kids' Insecurities?
What If My Kid Seems Oppositional And Defiant?
Empowering Children to Participate in Essential Matters at Home (with coach and author Lori Sugarman-Li)
Portrait of Randi As a Young Mom (with Author & Podcaster Kimberly Samson)
Why Following Through on Boundaries is So Hard
What Your Therapist Really Thinks…
Getting Your Kid A Label Isn’t Enough
Talking With Pediatric Neuropsychologists About ADHD
The "Do Less" Approach To Raising Confident Kids with Michaeleen Doucleff
Tap Into The Power of Informed Annoyance
Pack Leadership: Real Families, Real Change
Breaking The Cycle of Emotionally Immature Parenting
Pretending. Performing. Parenting.
Invisible Mom Jobs are the Real Bottleneck
Parenting in 2024: What’s In and What’s SO Out
How To Make Parenting Resolutions That Last
From Surviving to Thriving in The New Year
Prevent Judgey Relatives from Hijacking Your Holiday
How to Survive and Thrive During the Holidays
A Game Plan for a Happy Holiday Season
Parenting Kids That Don't Always Seem Grateful
But Really... Growing Doesn't Happen Alone
But Really… Breaking Up With Perfectionism
Leading Your Family Beyond “Fairness”
But Really… Turning Judgment Into Compassion
Hunt, Gather, Parent Your Family: Resolving Sibling Rivalry (Part 2)
Hunt, Gather, Parent Your Family: Resolving Sibling Rivalry (Part 1)
But Really… Better Boundaries Aren’t Enough
Hunt, Gather, Parent Your Family: Dealing With Judgy Adults (Part 2)
Hunt, Gather, Parent Your Family: Dealing With Judgy Adults (Part 1)
Big Deal, Little Deal: A Stress-Busting Leadership Tool
Hunt, Gather, Parent Your Family (September 2023)
Rejecting Mom Guilt
Having Empathy For Your Toddler (And For Yourself)
What Is Anxiety Trying To Tell You?
Sibling Squabbles: Annoying Younger vs. Mean Older
Middle School Mean Girls
The Playdate Boss
Embarrassing Kid Habits: Nose Picking, Pants Pooping & More
Perfect Ponytails and Wardrobe Drama
The Kid That Can’t Sleep Without You
My Mothering Missteps
Bullying and Judy Blume's "Blubber"
Summertime Screen Limits
Trusting The Mama Bear Instinct, with Dr. Sarah Miller
The Best Parenting Book Ever Written, with author Michaeleen Doucleff
Puzzling Kids who are often Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood
238: Time Out
237: Mother's Day Suckage
236: The Coach Approach - A Conversation on Coaching & Parenting
235: Keeping Tech in Check, the Battle is Real! With Gaia Bernstein
234: What Your Doctor or Therapist Really Thinks About Strong-Willed Kids
233: What If Strong-Willed Behavior Is A Symptom, Not The Problem?
232: The Kid that Hurts Other Kids
231: Transforming a Strong-Willed Kid: Anne-Ashley's Journey to Healing
230: Are You a Cycle-Breaker? How to Become the Parent You Wish You'd Had
229: Uncovering the Causes of Contrarian Kids - Jillian's Story
228: The Un-Meltdown Method
227: Navigating Divorce & Parenting with Karen McMahon
226: #5 The Enforce Wing in The Framework That Transforms Strong-Willed Kids
225: #4 The Communication Wing in The Framework That Transforms Strong-Willed Kids
224: #3 The Investigation Wing in The Framework That Transforms Strong-Willed Kids
223: #2 The Needs Wing in The Framework That Transforms Strong-Willed Kids
222: #1-The Framework That Transforms Strong-Willed Kids
221: Lying - Why We Hate It and What To Do About It
220: A Good Parent Is...
219: New Year’s Resolutions: How to Help Our Kids (and Ourselves) When We Want to Quit and Give Up
218: Uncovering the Strong-Willed Child with Dr. Sarah Miller
217: Gratitude - Teaching Your Kids to Appreciate the Holiday Season mixdown
216: Weekend Warm Up: How to Survive and Thrive During the Holidays
215: Healing Family Relationships - A Conversation with Daniel Maté
214: Sleep and Other Stuff - The Pediatrician’s Perspective with Dr. Sarah Miller
213: Surviving Judgey Relatives During the Holidays
212: Sibling Rivalry & Boundary Setting: A Coaching Call Replay
211: How to Talk to Your Kids About the Birds and the Bees with Amy Lang
210: Your Post-Halloween Candy Plans
209: Report Card Check-in with Mastermind Moms Aryn & Shuli
208: Pediatrician’s Perspective with Dr. Sarah Miller - ADHD, ASD, OCD…Let’s Talk About Labels!
207: Weekend Warm Up Free Parenting Coaching Call with Randi
206: Not Passing Down Unhealthy Food Mindsets and Eating Disorders with Psychologist Dr. Shawn Hondorp
205: When the Parents Who Were the “Good” Kids Have Strong-Willed Children
204: The Kid That Just Won't Stop Playing
203: Are You Living in a Stable Misery Cycle with Dr. Lynyetta Willis
202: The Kid That Just Won’t Series
201: When Your Co-Parent is the Problem - Back-to-School Series
200: When Consequences & Professional Advice Don't Work - Back-to-School Series
199: The Kid Just Won’t… - Back-to-School Series
198: When Kids Refuse to STOP - Back-to-School Series
197: Bullying and Badgering Behavior - Back-to-School Series
195: Giving Our Teens the Real Skills to Land a Job with Allie Danziger, owner of Ampersand
194: The REAL Secret to Improving Behavior [Re-Release]
193: Anxious Kids and Other Hard Topics with Author and Therapist Christina Furnival
192: Our Bodies, Our Business
191: When Your Kid is Loud and Angry
190: Perfectionistic Parenting with Mastermind Moms Liz & Michelle
189: This Mom Stopped Yelling by 90%
Setting Limits without Spanking, Time Outs, or Sticker Charts: Part 5
Setting Limits without Spanking, Time Outs, or Sticker Charts: Part 4
Setting Limits without Spanking, Time Outs, or Sticker Charts: Part 3
Setting Limits without Spanking, Time Outs, or Sticker Charts: Part 2
Setting Limits without Spanking, Time Outs, or Sticker Charts: Part 1
188: Is There Something Wrong With My Kid?
187: The Questions We Think, But Don’t Ask
186: Is This Just a Phase?
185: If Your Kid Has ADHD or Other Executive Function Challenges with Evan Weinberger
184: Hunt, Gather, Parent: A Conversation with Michaeleen Doucleff
183: A Dad, a Doctor, a Dude that "Gets it"
182: What Constitutes a Difficult Child?
181: When Your Partner Refuses to Parent on the Same Page
180: Kids Do Well If They Can
Oscars Drama with Will Smith & Chris Rock -The important lessons we can use with our kids
179: How do you know if your child is strong-willed?
178: Are you looking for tips on how “not to” parent?
177: What are the different parenting styles and which one is the most effective?
176: Essential Strategies for Raising Kids in the Digital Age
175: How to Discipline Without Spanking or Yelling
174: How to Discipline a Child Who Just Won't Listen
173: What’s the Best Way to Discipline My Strong-Willed Child?
MMP172: Military Style Discipline Pros and Cons
MMP171: What to do Instead of Spanking, Time Out and Sticker Charts
MMP170: Judgey Grandparents
MMP169: Setting Limits Without Spanking, Time Outs or Sticker Charts
MMP168: A Convo with Jennifer Friedman, Physician & Therapist, on Women’s Health & other Hot Topics!
MMP167: A Gameplan for a Happy Holiday Season
MMP166: A Story about “HOTT Todd” and Boundaries
MMP165: Supporting Your Kids By Understanding Their Natural Temperament
MMP164: Kids that Resist Shots & Vaccines
MMP161: Adult Female Friendships & The Marsha Brady Effect
MMP160: Feeling fully live vs living a life of “fine”
MMP159: How to talk to your daughter about her body
MMP158: The Roadmap for: How to Have a Productive Convo with a Teacher
MMP157: Do you have the disease to please?
Bonus Episode: Could Yoga be the Tool For Bringing Peace to your Life and Family?
MMP156: How to Help Kids Mask Up at School
MMP155: Back to School, COVID Concerns and Questions from Moms
MMP154: Top Tip for a Great School Year
MMP153: A Convo with Mastermind Dad, Seth: Parenting on the Same Page
MMP152: Understanding Adult Triggers & Emotional Dysregulation
Bonus Episode: Digging Deeper When Your Kid is Bullied at School
Bonus Episode: Coaching Clip with Tips/Tools for Dysregulated Kids
Bonus Episode: Violence When it’s Time to Shift Gears
MMP151: 3 Tips for a Balanced Summer
Bonus Episode: Watch. More. T.V.
MMP150: A Convo with Cory, my 9th grade son
Bonus Episode: Hard Truths to Hear
MMP149: Balance, Boundaries & Post Pandemic Living
MMP148: Reparenting Part 2
MMP147: Reparenting Part 1
MMP146: Keep Tech in Check Part 2: Convo between Randi and Mom, Anne
MMP145: Keep Tech in Check Part 1: Convo between Randi and Mom, Tara
MMP144: Convo with a Mastermind Couple: Parenting on the Same Page Part 2
MMP143: Convo with a Mastermind Couple: Parenting on the Same Page Part 1
MMP142: Convo with a Mastermind Couple Part 2
MMP141: Convo with a Mastermind Couple Part 1: What if you know your child needs something different than what you’re doing?
Bonus Episode - Judging, losing, civilized behavior and talking to kids about toxic events
MMP140: The Strong-Willed Child Gap - Part 2 with Amanda & Randi
MMP139: The Strong-Willed Child Gap - Part 1 with Amanda & Randi
MMP138: The REAL recipe to help struggling kids
MMP137: How we are failing our kids…especially our strong-willed ones
MMP136: What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up with Amy Pearson Part 2
MMP135: ⅓ Rule with Amy Pearson Part 1
MMP134: Parenting is NOT Womens’ Work
MMP133: A Brave Mom & Daughter’s Path to Healing Their Relationship
MMP132: A Convo with a Pediatrician: Traditional Approaches vs. Mastermind Parenting
MMP131: Lagging Skills - Why your kid’s behavior isn’t improving
MMP130: Sibling Fighting Part 2: Interview by Laura Max Rose
MMP129: Sibling Fighting Part 1: Interview by Laura Max Rose
MMP128: Strong Willed Kids Need a Different Parenting Approach
MMP127: 3 Tangible Virtual School/Pack Leadership Tips
MMP126: 5 Tips on Becoming the Homeschool Teacher You NEVER Asked to be
MMP125: How to Minimize Meltdowns through Leadership & Boundaries
MMP124: Meltdowns and Safety
MMP123: Meltdowns & Fear
MMP122: Meltdowns & Loneliness
MMP121: Parenting is NOT About the Latest Spyware
MMP120: Are You Skipping the Basics?
MMP119: What to do if your child is cruel to your animals
MMP118: A Dad’s Perspective and Parenting on the Same Page
MMP117: Missing the Milestones & Dealing with Pandemic Disappointments
MMP116: What if You Don’t Enjoy Spending Quality Time with Your Strong Willed Kiddo?
MMP115: When Your Kids Don’t Respect Your Boundaries
MMP114: 3 Lessons for Unintentional Homeschooling Parents While Working at Home
MMP113: From Whining To Meltdowns To Risky Teen Behavior - How To Solve ANY Problem With Your Kids
MMP112: An Interview About Working Moms and Stay at Home Moms
MMP111: The Corona Connection: A Time to Face What We’ve been Avoiding?
MMP110: Another Corona Convo: Depression, Decluttering & Dealing with Little Dictators
MMP109: Another Corona Convo: How to Establish the Real Rules & Enforce Consequences in Real Life
MMP108: How to Talk to Your Kids About the Coronavirus
MMP107: A NICE Parent is a Good Parent
MMP106: Parent Pandemic Toolkit
MMP105: How to Talk About Violence on TV with Your Kid
MMP104: Body Shame and Tools to Rewrite Your Stories
MMP103: Sleep Segment with Sleep Consultant, Cory Greenberg
MMP102: Mastermind Kid's Edition: Stage-Fright or Sheeple-Phobia?
MMP101: A Pediatrician’s Perspective
MMP100: My Favorite Hack to Slow Down Time
MMP99: Why Mastermind Parenting is Different
MMP98: The Most Destructive Discipline Tool
MMP97: When Your Kid Experiences Disappointment
MMP96: Top Tip to Diffuse a Potential Meltdown
MMP95: The Way to Make 2020 YOUR Year to THRIVE
MMP94: My Top Tool to Take Your Family From Surviving to Thriving in 2020
MMP93: Are You A Controlling Parent?
MMP92: Mastermind Parenting Tool to Prevent Judgy Relatives from Hijacking Your Holiday
MMP91: Teaching Kids the Biggest Life Changing Strategy
MMP90: Generational Toxicity: Why We Love to Complain
MMP89: Practicing What We Preach
MMP88: Talkin’ Smack About Our Kids
MMP87: The REAL Secret to Improving Behavior
MMP86: 3 Tips to Improve Behavior (since lecturing, punishing and yelling isn’t working)
MMP85: From Stagnation to Transformation: Creating the Family You Crave
MMP84: A Must Listen for Parents of Kids that Are or Will be Teenagers
MMP83: The Kid that Melted Down Every Morning at School Dropoff
MMP82: Top Tips to Make Memories While Making it Through Little Kid Years
MMP81: “We Can Do Hard Things”: Building Resilience & Grit in Our Kids
MMP80: When the “Easy” One Started Acting Up: Live Coaching Clip from the Mastermind
MMP79: Our Love/Hate Relationship With Screens: A Convo About Becoming “Indistractable” with Nir Eyal
MMP78: Does Your Kiddo Badger You?
MMP77: Lying, Anger and Picking Your Mama Battles
MMP76: How to Not Raise a Jerk
MMP75: The Big Back to School Mistake
MMP74: Helping a 10-year-old boy overcome a fear
MMP73: To Force or Not to Force Grandparent Affection
MMP72: Teaching your kids about private vs. public behavior
MMP71: Mastermind Mascot: Old School Parenting...Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
MMP70: Mastermind Mascot: Is your kiddo quick-tempered and defiant?
MMP69: Mastermind Mascot: Are you sick of doing EVERYTHING?
MMP68: Mastermind Mascot: My Daughter is Turning 18
MMP67: Mastermind Mascot: Sleepaway Camp and Homesickness
MMP66: Mastermind Mascot : “The Kid Who Used to be SO Damn Angry”
MMP65: The Missing Ingredient to Creating Your Peaceful Family
MMP64: Exhausted People Suck - Sleep Episode with Certified Sleep Consultant, Cory Greenberg
MMP63: 3 Best Tools to Help You Stop Fighting with Your Strong-Willed Kiddo
MMP62: Mastermind Parenting Dads
MMP61: Sibling Roughhousing
MMP60: Communicating Like a Boss: Your Pack Leadership Mama Voice
MMP59: The Mom Manual
MMP58: 3 Tips to Get Kids to Step Up and Help Out Around the House
MMP57: Isn’t a Little Dose of Fear Good for Kids?
MMP56: What If My Kid is Different and Cannot Be Disciplined?
MMP55: What If This “New Age” Parenting Doesn’t Work with My Kid?
MMP54: Working Mom vs. SAHM - Which Kids Turn Out Better?
MMP53: Top Homework Tips and Raising “Readers”
MMP52: Clips From a Recent Workshop with Randi
MMP51: Terrible Two’s and Terrible Teens
MMP50: How to Teach Your Kids to Speak Up for Themselves Without Acting Like Jerks
MMP49: Pacifiers and Pattern Disruption
MMP48: 4 Tips for Parenting Anxious Kiddos
MMP47: 3 Tips to Raise Responsible Kids
MMP46: What It Means to Be a Resume Mom
MMP45: Raising Self Motivated Successful Kids - Growth Vs. Fixed Mindset
MMP44: Creating A Happier Household in 2019
MMP43: Christmas and Why I Love It...Even Though It’s Not My Holiday
MMP42: The Lessons From the “Red Balloon Moment”
MMP41: Parenting your “Other” Kids (the Non-Strong-Willed Ones)
MMP40: The Secret I Kept from My Husband and Other Little Personal Nuggets from My Convo on Pleasance Silicki’s Podcast
MMP39: The 8 Foundational Tools To Raise Kind and Confident Kiddos
MMP38: Thanksgiving and Having an Attitude of Gratitude
MMP37: What Makes A Great Dad?
MMP36: Insights From My Dog Walk
MMP35: How to Have Productive Convos About Sex with Anya Manes
MMP34: Tips to Have Productive Convos About Rape Culture
MMP33: The Sibling Fighting Tool
MMP32: Mastermind Parenting Tool for Minis (under 3)
MMP31: Unhealthy Mother-Daughter Patterns with Karen Anderson
MMP30: Why Kids Blame Rather Than “Owning Up"
MMP29: How To Respond When Your Kid’s Outta Control
MMP28: 3 Reasons Why Your Convos are Unproductive
MMP27: Moms, Girls, Body Image Stuff - A REAL Convo with Dana Suchow
MMP26: Real Coaching With Randi on 3 Strong Willed Kid Scenarios
MMP25: A REAL Convo With A Mastermind Parenting Couple
MMP24: Real Coaching With Randi
MMP23: Favorite Mastermind Parenting Tools - Straight from the mamas!
MMP22: Real Coaching With Randi
MMP21: Top 3 Tips for Managing Fortnite & Other Video Game Obsessions
MMP20: Allowance, Chores and How to talk to our kids about money - A REAL Convo with Colin Ryan
MMP19: 3 Things to Stop Saying as a Parent
MMP18: Creating a Life of Independence and Ultimately Freedom as Balanced BADASS Mamas
MMP17: Real Coaching with Randi - featuring podcast listener, Aimee
MMP16: How to have a stress free summer
MMP15: Achievement and Success - How to support your kids in achieving THEIR dreams
MMP14: A Conversation on All Things Motherhood with Gabriela Gerhart
MMP13: How to talk to your kids to help prevent school shootings
MMP12: Lessons learned from Gary Vee’s mom - a woman I’ve never met
MMP11:Blame and Judgment and Learning from Mistakes - How to raise good people?
MMP10: How to Have a Productive Conversation with your kids
MMP09: The difficult convos on my recent family vacation
MMP08: FB Live Q & A with a Mama’s Group
MMP07: Tech Addiction - Some Parenting Guidance on this Pressing Childhood Epidemic
MMP06: Why Time Out is Bogus
MMP05: Misunderstood and Misdiagnosed Kids
MMP04: Walking in your child’s shoes
MMP03: Challenging kiddos, do you have a strong willed one?
MMP02: The secret to really helping your kid when life throws a curveball their way
MMP01:Why changing the conversations in your home is a total game changer