Oct 31, 2023
In today's episode I speak with marriage expert, Aimée Gianni. We discuss how to be on the same side of the table with your partner on several pointed struggles parents often face:
- how to see eye to eye when you disagree on phone/video game/curfew/dating rules
-how to 'fight' in front of your kids (show them healthy...
Oct 24, 2023
"And the truth shall set you free..." It's applicable to parenting as well.
I've got two formulas that teach us how truth in parenting is the best way forward to where we want to be. Having a poker face for your family isn't the best approach if you want a close relationship.
Vulnerability + Truth =...
Oct 17, 2023
"I'm over it."
"I give up!"
"I have no idea what I'm doing, so I make it worse."
"I can't keep doing this."
"They're killing me."
"I'm just avoiding them until they move out."
"I just want to run away/disappear/hide all day..."
Its burnout, and there's a logical explanation and fix for it.
Raising kids is so wonderful...
Oct 10, 2023
We've heard words like enmeshment or codependency within a peer to peer relationship, but did you know that they can also be at play with us and our teens? It messes with us when they don't want to play along with our ideas of what the family should be like, or how they should lead their lives.
When we misattribute...
Oct 3, 2023
"You can have it all", we're told, as if it were the best prize ever. So we shoot for it and try to hold all the balls in the air and beat ourselves up when we discover that it's hard to live up to society's standards. Today, Monica and I talk about perfectionism in our parenting, how it affects our kids, how...