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Pivot Parenting: Expert Tips for Navigating Teen and Tween Challenges

Jan 31, 2023

In todays episode, I chat with teen coach, Joey Mascio about how we can help our teens succeed. We talk about apathy, encouraging our kids, and heros vs. villains when it comes to our parental approach. Joey shares the four distinct arenas that our kids can conquer in their lives, headspace, emotions,...


Jan 24, 2023

In today's episode I discuss the nuance of one of the most frequent concerns of parents- Failure. Because this is such a pervasive fear, I run you through a self coaching exercise with these questions:

-Where is your parenting focus? 
-Do you believe that the things outside of you, that are beyond your control, dictate...


146. "Is This Normal?"

Jan 17, 2023

It's common to want to know if your family or something specific happening is normal. In today's episode I'll go over what to think about "normal", why one would ask this question, and how to answer it for yourself. 

If you catch yourself looking around to see how you and your teens are measuring up, this episode is for...


Jan 10, 2023

A common struggle that parents come to me with is fighting in their home. "Why does everything have to be an argument?!?"

It's a great question, and In this episode of Pivot Parenting I explain why there is so much fighting and what you can do about it. I'll give you specific tools to diffuse situations before they...


Jan 3, 2023

When you hear the word, objectification, it's usually interpreted in a sexual way, and generally pertaining to women. Surely this happens, but it's not the only way that one human can objectify another. I see objectification happen all the time in parenting. Parents often see their children as an extension...