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Think New Thoughts — 109 episodes

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109: If You Want To Enjoy Parenting Teens More, Start Here

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108: When Your Teen is Struggling: Is Your Response Actually Helping? | Parenting With More Confidence

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107: 5 Things to Give Up if You Want to Enjoy Parenting Teenagers

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106: Parenting Teens Without Yelling | What to Do Instead

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105: 3 Reasons the Consequences You Set For Your Teen Aren't Working | Parenting with More Confidence

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104: When You Resent Your Teen—The Parenting Problem No One Talks About

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103: The Argument With Your LDS Teenager You Will Never Win (and Why That's Good News)

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102: How (and Why) to Let Go of Mom Guilt When You're Parenting Teens

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101: 4 Reasons To Stop Beating Yourself Up as an LDS Mom of Teenagers

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100: Tired of Power Struggles With Your Teen? Try This Instead | For LDS Moms

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99: The Most Powerful Way to Rebuild Connection with your Teen After an Argument | Parenting With More Peace as an LDS Mom

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98: Lost Your Cool With Your Teen? 3 Things to Do Next | Handling Conflict with More Confidence for LDS Moms

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97: The Surprising Key to Less Conflict with Your Teen | LDS Parenting

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96: What Should I Do as an LDS Mom If My Teenager Doesn't Want to Go to Church? | A Choose Your Own Adventure Episode

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95: Too Strict or Too Soft? How to Find the Parenting Sweet Spot as an LDS Mom of Teenagers

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94: Your Teen Was Involved in Cyberbullying. Now What?

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93: The Truth About Your Teen's Mistakes (That Most LDS Moms Miss)

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92: Why Trying Harder to Get Your Teen to Make Good Choices Can Backfire for LDS Parents

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91: The 5 Words That Are Keeping You Constantly Worried About Your Teen (And What to Say Instead to Curb Parenting Anxiety)

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90: Feeling Frazzled as Mom of Teens? Stop Doing This One Thing

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89: The Hidden Contract That's Making You Miserable as a Mom | A Mindset Shift for Parenting Teens

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88: The Invisible Barrier Between You and Your Teen (And How to Build More Connection)

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87: How to Stop Judging Yourself as a Mom // Holding Space in Parenting, Part 2

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86: How to Become Someone Your Teen Can Really Talk To // Holding Space in Parenting, Part 1

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85: Don't Wish Away the Teenage Years | How to Find More Joy in Parenting Teens

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84: Want More Influence With Your Teen? Stop Trying to Control Them | Agency in LDS Parenting

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83: Are You Sure You Want to Hate That? | How Your Enemy Stories Are Stealing Your Joy as an LDS Mom of Teens

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82: When Your Teen's Choices Break Your Heart | Walking in Newness of Life as an LDS Mom

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81: What If Joy Includes This? | Hope for the Hard Days of Parenting Teens

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80: How to Stop Adding to Your Mom Guilt | The Acceptance Paradox When You're Parenting Teens

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79: When Parenting Feels Heavy |Relief When You're Exhausted as an LDS Mom of Teens

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78: The Surprising Solution to Resentment and Burnout When You're Parenting Teens

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77: 3 Common Beliefs Worth Questioning if You Want More Joy in Parenting as an LDS Mom of Teens

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76: Optional Beliefs: You Don't Have to Believe Everything You Think | More Joy for LDS Moms Parenting Teens

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75: Override Your Primitive Brain | Parenting Teens Without Reacting from Fear

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74: The Truth About Stress | What Really Causes It and How to Parent Teens with Less Stress

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73: The Hidden Cost of Your Maybes | Stop Second-Guessing Yourself and Parent Teenagers with More Confidence

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72: The Joy of Accepting Limits | Parenting Teens by Working With Reality Instead of Against it

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71: The Truth About Your Past | 3 Ways To Stop Feeling Emotionally Exhausted as an LDS Mom of Teens

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70: The Antidotes to Distraction, Dispersion, and Drift | 3 Ways to Stay on Course as an LDS Mom of Teens

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69: Don't Let These 3 Things Steal Your Next Goal | Parenting Teens With More Purpose and Joy

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68: Love All Along the Way | The Parenting Truth Every LDS Mom Needs to Love Her Teen Through Struggles

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67: Choosing to Love What Is | How LDS Moms Can Find Peace While Parenting Teens

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66: Stop Solving Low Quality Problems | The Biggest Waste of Your Energy As an LDS Mom of Teens

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65: Room to Receive | 3 Things You Need To Let Go of to Find More Peace Parenting Your Teen

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64: Gratitude in Advance | How to Stop Worrying About Your Teen's Future

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63: When Your Teenager is Driving You Crazy | The Let Them Theory for LDS Moms Parenting Teens

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62: 3 Ways to Inspire Change in Yourself (and Your Teen!) Without Being Mean | 3 Ways to Inspire Change in Yourself (and Your Teen) Without Being Mean | Gentle Parenting for LDS Moms

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61: Don't Fall for Mental Spam | How LDS Moms Can Protect Their Minds from the Lies That Steal Their Peace—and Find More Joy While Parenting Teens

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60: When You Can't Stop Worrying About Your Teen | Why LDS Moms Feel Responsible for Everything (and How to Find Peace)

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59: Do You Want to Live by Design or by Default? | 3 Steps to Intentional Parenting for LDS Moms of Teens

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58: Finding Your Way Out of Shame | 5 Questions to Stop Mom Guilt as an LDS Mom of Teens

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57: Think on These Things | A Step-by-Step Guide to Calm Your Mind While Parenting Teens

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56: What if Hurry Won't Get You There Faster? | A Mindset Shift For LDS Moms Who Are Tired of Feeling Behind

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55: An Amazing Thing That Happens: How Self-Compassion Improves Your Relationship with Your Teen

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54: 3 Keys to Help You Think New Thoughts | A Mindset Shift for LDS Moms

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53: When Things Don't Go the Way You Hoped They Would | How LDS Moms Can Find Hope After Disappointment

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52: Don't Make Your Teen the Villain In Your Story | How to Avoid the Parenting Mistake That Robs Your Joy

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51: This One Habit Is Keeping You From Becoming The Mom You Want to Be | Parenting Teens

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50: The Real Reason You Feel Anxious and Powerless | Parenting Teens

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49: Try Flipping the Lens | 2 Ways to Feel More Confident Parenting Teens

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48: When It Feels Hard to Decide | How to Stop Second-Guessing Yourself and Your Parenting as an LDS Mom

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

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46: Just Jump In | A Better Way to Handle Your Emotions So You Can Parent With More Love

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45: When You Feel Depleted and Worn Out as an LDS Mom of Teens, Remember This

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44: What Jesus Taught About Parenting Your Teen That Many LDS Moms Miss | The Mote and the Beam

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43: Want a Better Relationship While Parenting Your Teen? Here's the Most Important Piece for LDS Moms

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42: Two Thoughts to Lift You on the Hard Days of Parenting Your Teen as an LDS Mom

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41: The Best Gift You Can Give Yourself While Parenting Your Teen: 3 Simple Words

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40: Monkey See, Monkey...Choose | Parenting Your Teen Without Taking On Their Emotions

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39: Is It Selfish to Want Something for Yourself? How to Tell the Difference as an LDS Mom—and Parent Your Teen with More Confidence

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38: When Your Teen—and Your Life—Don't Look the Way You Planned | Hope for LDS Moms

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37: 3 Truths That Will Help You Parent Your Teen with More Confidence

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36: Stuck in the Same Arguments with Your Teen? Your Brain Can Build a New Road | Parenting Teens as an LDS Mom

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35: What If Nothing Has Gone Wrong? | Trusting God When Parenting Teens as an LDS Mom

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Ep 34: How to Lighten the Emotional Load of Parenting Your Teen as an LDS Mom

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33: Feeling Like You Have Too Much to Do? How to Make Life Feel More Manageable While Parenting Teens as an LDS Mom

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32: Why Getting More Done Isn't Making You Feel Less Overwhelmed | How LDS Moms Can Lighten the Mental Load of Parenting Teens

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31: Train Your Brain to See the Good | How LDS Moms Can Find More Joy While Parenting Teens

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30: Why It's Not Your Job to Make Everyone Happy | A Simple Shift for LDS Moms Parenting Teens

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29: 4 Mistakes LDS Moms Make When Trying to Set Boundaries With Their Teens

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28: How to Love Your Teen Even When You Don't Agree With Their Choices | Finding Peace as an LDS Mom

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27: When Your Teen Refuses to Do What You Want | How to Stop Feeling Powerless in Parenting

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26: Tired of Criticizing Yourself and Your Teen? Try This Instead

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25: When Your Teen's Choices Break Your Heart | Finding Peace as an LDS Mom

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24: The Truth About Why Parenting Your Teen Feels So Hard | An LDS Mom's Guide

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23: When Your Teen Makes a Choice You Can't Change | Finding Peace as an LDS Mom

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22: Before You Lecture Your Teen, Listen to This | Parenting With More Peace

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21: What Your Teen's Choices Don't Mean About You: An LDS Mom's Guide

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20: Before You Assume the Worst About Your Teen, Ask Yourself This | Parenting With Confidence

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19: Your Parenting Stress Is Trying to Tell You Something | Parenting Teens

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18: Frustrated by Your Teen's Choices? Here's a Different Way to See Them as an LDS Mom

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17: Why So Many LDS Moms of Teens Feel Like They're Failing A Parents (Even When They Aren't)

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16: Want to Be More Patient With Your Teen? Start Here | Parenting With More Peace

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15: When You Feel Stuck in Resentment Toward Your Teen | 3 Truths About Forgiveness for LDS Moms

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14: Overwhelmed by Parenting Teens? Relief Is Closer Than You Think

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13: When Your Teen's Struggles Are All You Can Think About | Finding More Joy in Parenting

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12: Lying Awake Worrying About Your Teen? | Parenting with Faith Instead of Fear

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11: Exhausted by Parenting Teens? This Might Be Why

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10: Why Trying to Keep Everyone Else Happy Is Making Parenting So Stressful | For LDS Moms

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9: The Lie Anxiety Keeps Telling You About Your Teen's Future—and How to Stop Believing It as an LDS Mom

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8: Think You've Failed Your Teen? It's Not Too Late | Hope for LDS Moms

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7: When You Feel Like You're the Only Mom Struggling | Parenting Teens with More Hope

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6: Why Your Teen's Choices Are Not a Report Card on Your Parenting

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5: Why So Many LDS Moms Beat Themselves Up or Get Mad at Their Teen—And a Better Way

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4: Why You Keep Reacting in Ways You Later Regret | Parenting Teens with More Peace

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3: What You Can (and Can't) Change About Parenting Teens | What I Wish Every LDS Mom Knew

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Ep 2: The Story You're Telling Yourself About Parenting Your Teen

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1: The #1 Key to More Peace for LDS Moms Parenting Teens