What’s 2023 Going to look like for you? How is this year going to be different from any other year? If you don’t know what you want, how will you know the direction you want to go in? It’s like shooting arrows into the air and hoping it will hit a target. What target? Think of the arrows as …
I Know Why My 7-Year Old Has Fits
I realized the most deepest understanding I’ve ever had, why my 7 year-old son (he’s a twin) has his fits. To be clear, they are not what I would call a meltdown. They typically last for maybe 1-2 minutes. He has them in his room, and when he is done feeling what he wants, he comes out and we talk …
5 Ways The DISC™ Will Enhance Your Relationship With Your Children
No one prepares you for the how relationships will be with your child. When we are younger and playing house, all I remember was taking care of my pretend child’s needs. I never worried if they liked me, or if they were going to be mad at me or if we would have power struggles. Then one day I grew up and had …
Is It Time To Just Give Up?
How many of you spend hours and hours looking for the secrets how to get enough followers, enough likes, or enough engagement? I am raising my hands (both) and feet… Years on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, 1000’s of posts, 2 books, $100’s and $1000’s of dollars on programs, classes, trainings, mentors, and coaches… and still only depending on the platform 1000+ …
Do You Have Time For Me, Now?
As a parent expert, I am constantly inviting parents to take time for them and their kids. When I say time, “quality time.” Let me define what quality time is. It is that time where nothing else is important, but the time you have being present in the moment. You do not have the tv on, computer on, your phone, …
Imperfect, Perfect Parent
When I had kids, all I could think about is not screwing them up. I defined screwing them up as them not feeling loved, not knowing how to love, not knowing how to feel good about themselves, making them feel they are not enough, or making them feel sad or unwanted. My definition came from how I felt as a …
How Did We Get Here?
30 hours into a 13 hour coaching contract and it is all worth it to see the transformation that occurred today. A family who has struggled for years with communication, feeling unheard, unseen, criticized, untrusted, betrayed, put down, and a fight with cancer, now sees the cause and can now repair and rebuild the relationship they had 14 years ago. …
Solving Tomorrows Problems By Teaching Today’s Children
When we look at the world, and we see the pain, we have three choices: Add to it; Ignore it, or Solve it. What I have learned through the years of being in the midst of those hurting, watching those hurt, watching those that harm, watching those that ignore and watching those that do what they think is healing; we …
Are You Sorry, Or Are You Aware?
For years we have taught our kids when they hurt someone to say sorry. When they do something wrong to say sorry. If they accidentally do something, say sorry. When they make a mistake, say sorry. Are we teaching them the value of this word? Or have we just given them a word to use to “get off the hook?” …
My Child Has Anxiety, I Think…
Anxiety is a feeling that occurs when there is uncertainty about a situation, environment, activity. Most people think that anxiety is about panic attacks. Panic attacks actually are just a symptom of anxiety. It is the way the body reacts to the anxiety it is feeling. Think of it as the body protecting itself. So if your child isn’t experiencing …