How Comparison is the Thief of our Happiness, Excitement, and Joy

How comparison is the thief of our happiness, excitement, and joy? Some of the feedback I got from some people I talked to was really mind-blowing because, even as adults, we start to see how that is true. How is that true for us? The other side of that, though, is, when is comparison good as a measurement tool? We’re …

Changing Traditional Parenting to Unconditional Parenting

How do we change our traditional parenting to just unconditionally love our kids? I had an amazing guest on my show yesterday, and this was the topic of discussion. What she was saying made such good sense. When we stop labeling things good and bad and stop rewarding them in order for them to do something, we teach them things …

How Do Kids Feel Fat-Shamed?

How do kids feel fat-shamed? Do they have body dysmorphia? Why is this happening to our kids? What has shifted, if anything, since when we were kids? Yesterday, on my show, I had one of my most fabulous friends and mentors, and she’s my business coach, Lisa Liberman-Wang. She wrote a book years ago that was an international bestseller called …

When Kids Feel that Their Parents Don’t Trust Them

When did the kids feel that their parents didn’t trust them? Some parents think it’s all about control; kids just need control, and that is true. Kids do feel like they need control. What happens when we put boundaries on our kids and all of a sudden it’s like, “You can’t do this.” “You can’t do that.” “I need your …

How Do We Get Out of Our Kids Playing the Victim?

How do we get our kids to stop playing the victim? In order to understand how to do that, we first need to understand what it means to be a victim. Are we the victims? Do we show up in our kids’ lives as the victim, as “poor me”? “I do everything.” “You don’t help me.” “I have to do …

Listening to Understand

Listening to Understand When we communicate with our children, are we listening to resolve what they’re saying? Are we listening to them to be a commentary with them or sometimes blaming them, saying, “If you would have done this, you should have done that?” Why didn’t you?” And sometimes, when I know I’m very guilty of this, I’ll say, “I …

Good and Bad

Good and Bad When we were born, we were given this opportunity to live, and it was all about survival. From the time that we entered the womb until we were about four or five years old, it was all about survival. Survival meant that we were validated for what we did right, which meant that we were loved and …

Entitled Kids

Entitled Kids How did we get entitled kids? How did our kids become entitled? And what does that mean about us as parents? I could tell you in the generation that I was born, in the Gen X. We had to work for everything if we wanted something. I remember my best friend and I mowing lawns, washing cars, and …

Taking Care of Our Children’s Mental Health

It is crucial to look after our children’s mental health because it can have a big impact on their general wellbeing and success in life. Children’s mental health is significant for a number of reasons. First, it negatively impacts their general quality of life and emotional health. Youngsters who have healthy mental health are better able to cope with stress, …

What Is the True Meaning of Valentine’s Day?

Millions of individuals exchange expressions of affection for their loved ones on a certain day each year. The 14th of February is a day when people openly celebrate desire, passion, friendship, and love, whether it be in a down-on-one-knee situation or through an anonymous letter to a secret lover. And while it would be simple to head to the store …