All Episodes

331. Follow Your Intuition While Raising Teens

330. The Anatomy of an Apology

329. How to Talk About Sex in Ways That Help Teens Stay Safe

328. Creating Peace in Our Homes, with Abigail Harper

327. When our Teens Disappoint Us

326. Why Your Teen Lies To You

325. Seeing Your Teen as a Person, Not a Reflection

324. You and Your Teen Are Not Enemies

323. Rules and Consequences

322. Are You a Good Parent?

321. LOVE is The Strongest Force for Change in Hearts, Homes, and Communities

320. Out-of-the-box Ways to Love Your Teen, with Sonia Suthar

319. Love Your Teen Even When They Make it Hard to Love Them

318. Love Is Advocating for Ourselves, Our Kids, Our Neighbors

317. Love Everyone Involved for Maximum Peace and Connection

316. Love Never Hurts (that's expectations, fear, judgement)

315. Love is Owning When You're Wrong

314. Love Comes From Within

313. Love is Flexible. Bend, Don't Break

312. Love Is Grounded Even When Your Teen Isn't

311. Love Yourself Like You Want Your Teen To

310. The MOST Necessary Element to Create a Loving Home

309. How to Stay Connected When Your Teen Triggers you, with Dr. Kelly Flanagan, PhD

308. Belief 6: The Transformation Starts With You

307. Belief 5: Nothing Has Gone Wrong

306. Belief 4: Their Push for Independence Isn't Rejection

305. Belief 3: Control is Creating the Distance

304. Belief 2: You Don't Need Them to Change First

303. Belief 1: Your Future Doesn't Have to Look Like Your Past

302. What Your Teen Wished You Knew

301. Assuming the Worst While Parenting

300. The Over-Loving Parent Trap (and How to Step Out Gracefully)

299. Healing Apathy in Your Teen, with Alma Galvan

298. Worrying About Your Teen

297. 5 Steps to Stop Nagging and Get Buy-in from Your Teen, with Marielle Melling

296. Protecting Harm with Connecting Conversations, with Jason Reid

295. Teenage Loneliness Epidemic

294. Purity Culture and Teens

293. Stop Fixing Them, Start with You- with Chris Rich

292. Help! My Teen Is Using and I Don't Know What to Do, with Brenda Zane

291. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading CH 11

290. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading CH 10

289. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading CH 9

288. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading Ch 7&8

287. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading CH 5&6

286. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading Ch 4

285. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading CH 3

284. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading CH. 2

283. How I Fixed My Teen, book reading, CH 1

282. Power Moms and Daughters, with Aubin Palmer

281. "Why do I Even TRY!" When Parents Feel Like Nothing They do Makes a Difference

280. How to Tell Your Teen of SO Well, They Thank You

279. Teens Need to be Bored Sometimes

278. How We Fail Ahead of Time with Our Teens

277. "What Could I Have Done Differently?!"

276. "How Do I Help Her Launch?"

275. "She Needs to Prioritize Getting up on Time"

274. "My Son Just Needs to Do it Better..."

273. From "Us vs. Them" to "We the People"—Starting at Home

272. "Safe" Parenting

271. Learning With Your Daughter to Love Your Body, with Kerrie Nygard

270. When (adult) Kids go "No Contact" with a Parent

269. When You Think Their Future is Doomed, with Casie Fariello

268. Teens and Device Dependency, with Will Kirsop

267. Black and White Thinking in Parenting

266. Your Teen Doesn't Need to be "Fixed"- They Need This...

265. When Your Teen Expects You to Make Them Happy (and we believe it)

264. When Your Teen Says, "I Don't Care"

263. Teaching Your Teen to Advocate For Themselves and Others

262. How to be a Safe Person for Your Teen to Share

261. Being our Teens First Line of Defense with Nicole Runyon LMSW

260. When Your Teen is Bullied, with Joey Mascio

259. How to Help Your Teen When Their Life is "OVER"

258. How To Talk With Your Teen About Dating and Relationships (w/o it being awkward)

257. How to Handle Teen Mood Swings Without Losing Your Cool

256. Parenting a Teen with O.D.D. with Guest, Ashley Hudson LMFT

255. Playing the Long Game for Parenting Wins

254. Why Parents & Teens Get and Stay "Stuck"

253. Why Parents Shouldn't Tell Their Teens What to Do

252. Parenting With a Chronic Illness

251. When Your Teen Doesn't Prioritize Their Health

250. Trying Not to Damage Your Kids

249. How Much Freedom do Teens Need?

248. When Your Teen Blames Everyone Else

247. Receiving Joy Amidst Holiday Strife

246. Helping Your Teen With "Mean" Friends

245. How to Motivate a Teen Who Doesn't Care

244. How to Connect With Your Teen

243. Why Parents Grasp For Control

242. Understanding the "Middle-Man" Parenting Role

241. The Art (and benefits) of Listening to Your Teenager

240. How to Help Your Teen (and yourself) Make Decisions

239. Why Teenagers do Really "Stupid" Things

238. The Harms of Labeling Our Teens

237. Detaching Your Self Worth From Your Teens Behavior For Successful Parenting

236. The Real Reason Why Your Teen Won't Talk To You

235. Why Do Teens Stay Up Late? And How Can I Get Them To Go To Bed?

234. The Most Successful Teens Have Parents Who Do These Four Things

233. Why Does My Teenager Hate Me? And What You Can Do About It

232. Why do Teens Cut? And How You Can Best Help Them

231. Why do Teens Do Drugs? And How You Can Best Parent Them

230. Building Trust with Your Teen is an Essential Parenting Strategy for Success

229. "Pick Me" Parenting: How Seeking Your Teen's Approval Can Harm Your Relationship

228. The Always Right Parenting Trap: Why It's Hurting Your Relationship with Your Teen

227. Divorce Guilt with Karin Nelson

226. Regret-Proof Parenting: 3 Hidden Mistakes to Avoid for Better Connection with Your Teen

225. "My Partner Isn't Emotionally Invested"

224. "His Video Games are Having a Negative Impact"

223. "I'm Not the Mom She Needs."

222. "She Never Learns"

221. Regret: As a Parent & Being a Parent

220. Why We Sit in Tough Parenting Spots Instead of Making Changes

219. Parenting the Negative Self-talk and Anxiety of Teens, with Monica Crnogorac

218. The "Magic Wand" Cure for Parenting Tough Stuff

217. Getting Your Teen Off Their Favorite Screen, Made Simple

216. Don't Drive Your Teen to Rebellion

215. How to Model Identity for Your Teens, with Traci Peterson

214. Strengthening Your Mom Network, with Jody Moore

213. Teaching Your Teens About Consent and Self-abandonment with Jennifer Finlayson-Fife PhD

212. Being a Confident Parent, with Tony Dufresne

211. Disciplining Your Teen Effectively

210. Having a Morning Routine while Parenting, with Ahna Fulmer

209. How to Repair as a Parent

208. Grief and Loss While Parenting, with Krista St-Germain

207. Never-in-the-Wrong Teens

206. Decoding Your Teen, with Ashley Hudson LMFT

205. Check-the-Box Parenting

204. Angry Teens

203. Parenting isn't About the Return on Investment

202. Quality Parenting In Spite of Your Human Brain

201. When Being Wrong is Parenting Peace of Mind

200. Our Parental Nervous System

199. "How Did I NOT Know?!"

198. "I'm Never Enough for Everyone."

197. Teenagers and Modesty

196. "Helping" Your Teen

195. Are You Parenting From Your Values?

194. When Your Kids don't Like Family Events

193. Having an Emotional Parenting Budget

192. Finding Rest in the Storms of Parenting

191. "Fix it" Energy in Parenting

190. How to be a Calm Mom over the Holidays, with special guest, Kristen Mattison

189. How I Fixed My Teen

188. What You're Actually Missing in Parenting

187. How Marriage and Parenting Interact, with special guest, Aimée Gianni

186. Telling the Parenting Truth

185. Parental Burnout

184. Maintaining Both Individual & Family EQ

183. Being a "Perfect" Parent, with Special Guest, Monica Packer

182. Parenting Your Teen Without Loving It

181. When it's Your Teen Causing Trouble

180. 10 Things to Avoid When Parenting Your Teen

179. The Courage to See what IS in Your Parenting

178. Being a Selfish Parent

177. Protecting Your Teen with Your Silence

176. Helping Your Teen Navigate Anxiety, with Special Guest, Jill Freestone

175. Letting Go of Your Teen

174. Teens, Sex, Shame, and Porn, with Special Guest Sara Brewer

173. "I can't control my kid!"

172. "...I'm not parenting my teen right"

171. "What's the big deal?!"

170. "...wait, I don't have to like my teen?!"

169. Helping our Tween Girls, with special guest Katie Parker

168. Triangulation in Family Relationships, with Special Guest, Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

167. Every Parents Deepest Fear: Being a Terrible Parent

166. When Parents Neeed to be Right

165. When You Don't Like Your Teens Behavior

164. Perfectionism in Parenting

163. Parenting Envy

162. As a Hen Gathereth Her Chickens

161. Pride in Your Teen

160. How the Dynamic of Validation vs Control Plays Out in Parenting

159. Making Sense of Your Teen's Emotions

158. Knowing if You're a Good Parent

157. The Guinea Pig First Child

156. When You're so Blessed and Still Unhappy as a Parent

155. The Sins of The Parents

154. When Your Teen Hates You

153. Strategic Communication with Your Teen

152. Supporting Your Missionary, with Special Guest, Jennie Dildine

151. How to Support Mental Health in Your Family, with Special Guest, Robert Singleton II MD

150. Loving Your Teen

149. Parenting Through Spousal Betrayal, with Special Guest, Jessica Frew

148. Helping Your Teen Succeed, with Special Guest, Joey Mascio

147. Fear of Failing as a Parent

146. "Is This Normal?"

145. Arguing With Your Teen

144. How Parents Objectify Their Kids

143. How The Grinch Got It Right

141. Impertinent Questions about Your Teen

140. Successful Motherhood with Depression, with Special Guest, Britt Larsen

139. Nothing in Common with Your Teen

138. Unexpected Gratitude

137. The Four Skill Levels of Parenting

136. Being Present, with Special Guest, Lindsay Poelman

135. Parenting From Toxic Safety

134. Parenting Through a Divorce

133. Inherent Identity Lifestyle, with Special Guest Tyson Bradley

132. The Root of All Parenting Struggles

131. It Takes a Village

130. Dealing with It

129. When Husbands aren't into Coaching, with Special Guest, Glenn Lovelace

128. How to be Your Own Best Parenting Expert

127. Power Struggle

126. Parenting and ADHD, with Special Guest, Heidi Dunkley

125. Successful Sleep as a Parent

124. Protecting Your Teen

123. Ways Parents Self Sabotage

122. When You Can't Get Over It

121. Blended Families, with Special Guest, MIndy Neal

120. Family Cohesiveness, with special guest, Carrie Marshall

119. Comparing Our Kids to Each Other

118. Cutting Apron Strings, with Special Guest Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

117. "It All Comes Crashing Down"

116. "I'm Not Doing My Job"

115. "My Son's Relationship is Making Him Miserable."

114. "Certain Efforts Should get Certain Rewards"

113. Is Your Child being LGBTQ Just a Phase? With Special Guest, Tina Gosney

112. Teen Dating Safety and Sexual Assault, with Special Guest, Robyn Warner

111. Positive Change doesn't Always Feel Positive

110. Unrighteous Dominion

109. Mother's Day

108. "My Kid is Bad."

107. "I Don't Know What I'm Doing"

106. Rewiring our Pain, with Special Guest, Betsy Jensen

105. Why do They do what They do?

104. What do You Want From Your Kid?

103. When Your Spouse has a Mental Illness, with Special Guest, Jessica Farmer

102. Wanting Them Organized

101. Lying Teens

100. Apathetic Teens

99. Answering Your Teen's Questions about Religion, with Special Guest, Steven Harper

98. When Parents want to Make Friends

97. Yes to All of It!

96. The Key that Unlocks Connection

95. "I am Broken"

94. Anatomy of Change

93. Keep the thought, Change the Feeling

92. Am I Good Enough?

91. How to Drop Painful Stories

90. Ghosts of Our Parenting Past, Present, and Future

89. Letter of the Law

88. Parenting Differences

87. Scarcity in Parenting

86. Telling the Whole Truth

85. Parental Evolution

84. Creating an Antiracist family with Special Guests, Alexis and Chanté

83. All Roads Lead to Christ

82. Your Pattern Predicts your Path, with Special Guest, Gail Swift

81. Taking Action

80. Pain

79. Projecting

78. Working Mom Life, with Special Guest, Aubin Palmer

77. Holding Opposing Beliefs

76. When We are Stuck on What Others Think

75. Receiving a Health Diagnosis, with Special Guest, Jeanette Bennett

74. Radical Parenting, with Special Guest, Minda Pacheco

73. Back to School Advice

Guest Appearance on Firmly Founded Teen, with Joey Mascio

72. Emotional Blame

71. Are You Talking At or With Your Teen?

70. Mom Guilt, with Special Guest, Lisa Richards

69. Alone

68. You're Not Supposed to Fix Your Teen

67. Decisions

66. Parental Definitions

65. Beauty, with Special Guest, Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

64. Navigating Plot Twists with Your Adult Children, with Special Guest, Tina Gosney

63. Disrespect

62. Clubs we use Against Ourselves

61. What I Choose to See

60. Playing the Martyr

59. Communication Errors

58. Teens and $$ with Special Guest, Mark Butler

57. Mourning our Unmet Expectations

56. Stop making it about You, Interview with Nate Web at Bullies be Gone

55. Emotional Deficit

54. Finding Peace in Parenting

53. Yeah, But How...?

52. Lies about Parenting

51. On the Same Team

50. Doing Hard Things

49. Being Defensive

48. I Disagree

47. Why Hating Yourself isn't Helpful

46. Input = Output

45. What you need to know about addiction & your teens. With special guest, Claire Groll

44. Fear for their Future

43. Control vs. Accountability

42. When You Don't Like Your Teen

41. Asking Questions

40. Parenting goals for 2021

Joy in Parenting

Raising a Teen in 2021 with Monique Scrip, of the Fierce Identity Podcast

Always in a Rush

Unconditional Love

Tell me more...

Compound Emotions

But...

Why Your Teen Leaves the Church

Ripple Effect

30. Raising an LGBTQ Child, with special guest: Jenie Hunter

Midterm Meltdowns

Puberty in Reverse, with Special Guest, Kelly Keelan, RN

Stories we Tell

Confidence

Opposition in all Things

Vicarious Cognitive Dissonance

Your Responsibility

When your brain gets hijacked

Criticism

Success as a parent

Feelings

18. Pornography+Teens with special guest: Zach Spafford

Vulnerability

Boundaries

Faith

Four Tools to Navigate any Relationship

Expectations

When we let circumstances dictate our emotions

11. Defining Ourselves Through External Influences, with Special Guest: Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, PhD

Thoughts

Our Perfect Pattern of Parenting

The Challenge of Ease

It's Not About You

6. Emotional Blackmail

5. The Chasm Between Us

4. Teen Brain+Quarantine

3. The Art of Conflict

2. Resisting reality

1. On becoming