Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

My guest today is Wendy Snyder. I’m so excited to have her here because our stories are so similar, especially the “early-years overwhelm,” leading us to find something that does work. Wendy shares her background and what “raising strong-willed children with integrity” means to her. We agree on so much around kids being our teachers and the importance of childrens’ dignity. Wendy and I talk about what happens when we can start letting go of expectations and focus on creating the best environment for our kids instead while still being the leader of our home. I ask Wendy what’s been surprising to her about navigating the teen years with her own kiddos, and that leads us to identifying missing life skills, modeling sobriety, and harm reduction. Wendy shares her thoughts on some starter steps to mend and nurture our relationships with older kids, how to establish firm boundaries, and how to respond when those boundaries are crossed. Takeaways from the show Raising strong-willed children with integrity  Firm kindness  Creating the best environment for your child  Inviting collaboration, cooperation, and contribution  Teens experimenting with drugs & alcohol  Identifying missing skills  Starter steps to mend and nurture relationship with older kids  Moving away from punishment  Viewing mistakes as opportunities to learn  Establishing boundaries (and what happens when they do not adhere to those boundaries) For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join me in Chapter Three of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out.Find out more and learn about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-three/Learn more about your ad choices - visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My guest today is Krissy Pozatek, and she’s here to teach us all about her parallel process method of parenting.  Krissy starts by sharing how she found herself working with teens in the woods. I ask Krissy how parents decide on wilderness therapy and what it’s really like there. Next, we get into what Krissy’s four foundational principles of parallel process are, including what the adults’ roles are, valuing emotions, keeping & holding boundaries for safety, and how much struggle we allow for our adolescents to experience. I ask Krissy where in her process parents can discover their teen’s belief behind their behavior. We discuss accountability & teaching skills, why we don’t use punishment, and how hard it can be to resist rescuing our adolescents. We wrap up circling back to enmeshment patterns and how it can backfire when you’re fixing everything for your child. Takeaways from the show: What is parallel process?  What is wilderness therapy?  Enmeshment between teens & their parents  The four foundational principles of parallel process  Emotional attunement (connection)  Uncovering the feeling (belief) behind the behavior  The differences between accountability, teaching skills, & punishments The skills learned & benefits that come from safe struggles  Resisting the urge to rescue our adolescents Grounding & awareness For more show notes, including transcripts, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join me in Chapter Two of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out.Find out more and learn about our sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-two/Learn more about your ad choices - visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My guest this week is friend of the podcast, Hunter Clarke Fields.Hunter and I discuss her new book, raising teens, and how to lean into more presence and less action. This is a simple yet profound shift and makes such a profound impact on our relationships with our teens.Read the show notes and get the resources mentioned at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Eps-403-Hunter-Clarke-Fields-practice-raising-good-humans/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join me in Chapter One of Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I’ve learned during the wild years since it came out.Find more info and links to sponsors at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/joyful-courage-book-chapter-one/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My guest today is Dianne Kosto.  Dianne starts off by introducing herself and explaining what neurofeedback is, who it’s for, and what benefits people see. We dig into when talk therapy isn’t working for your kid, finding the right fit, and the benefits of measurable results. I ask Dianne how personality, temperament, environment, and buy-in play roles in neurofeedback, and we wrap up with some of Dianne’s biggest success stories.Takeaways from the show What is neurofeedback?  Benefits of neurofeedback  Who’s neurofeedback for?  When therapy isn’t working for your child or adolescent  The value of measurable results For more show notes, including transcripts, visit out website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join me in reading Joyful Courage: Calming the drama and taking control of your parenting journey, the book I published back in 2019. I will be discussing what holds up and things I've learned during the wild years since it came out.Full show notes and sponsor info at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/Joyful-Courage-Book-Club-Intro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My guests today are Jeremy Grater and Zach Tucker, and they’re sharing tons of info and tips for making small changes for our health and well-being.  First, Jeremy & Zach share how they kicked off their podcast, The Fit Mess, then offer tips on how to successfully make changes as well as their insight about what mindsets get in people’s way. We get into moving from negative thoughts about ourselves towards self-love and self-acceptance. I ask about diet culture and how to talk about bodies and food with tweens and teens. We talk about how we can reframe and find more time in the day by questioning our beliefs, then Jeremy explains the difference between transformation and evolution.Takeaways from the show To make change, start today and start small  What mindsets get in people’s way  Questioning our own beliefs & underselling ourselves  Self-love & self-acceptance  Diet culture and talking about bodies & food  Reframing our time by questioning our beliefs  Establishing a morning routine & ritual  The power of evolution  Celebrating along the way For more episode information, including show notes, visit our website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week my solo show teases apart empowering vs enabling parenting and really asks listeners to sit with the question of which type of parenting they have been stepping into.To see all the show notes go to https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/398-difference-between-enabling-vs-empowering-teens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices