The Parenting Coach Podcast

Join me as I chat with Wendy Snyder all about those extra spicy, extra tricky kids that we often call “strong-willed” and learn through her story, and mine, how to support your own strong-willed child better. Wendy is a mom of two, certified parenting educator & family life coach, who inspires parents to learn & grow through connection-based positive parenting strategies. In this episode: Wendy’s story of her young daughter throwing her for a loop, and how it called into a new way of parentingWendy’s growth and healing through parenting, and how she fosters her daughter’s independence, without losing her mindFirm and compassionate ways to care for our little ones (and bigger ones)Connect with Wendy: Website HEREPodcast show: HEREInstagram: HEREYoutube: HEREFacebook: HEREConnect with Crystal: Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HEREGet started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HEREFind your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERECheck out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.caGet tips, insights and support daily through IG right HERE Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Are you looking for ways to help your child love learning a certain subject, especially the ones they seem to drag their feet about? Or do you have an avid learner, and you want to make sure you continue to add to that love of learning, instead of dousing the fire they have? Join our conversation today, with Julie Bogart. Julie is known for her commonsense writing, critical thinking and home education advice. In this conversation we cover: how to build a love of learning, in homeschool and public schoolhow to use your child’s interests to help them learnhow children are always learning, and how we can help cultivate thatwhat education truly is, and why it’s importantadding in regular doses of surprise and delight, to help our elementary-aged kids love learning any subject (like poetry, writing and even math!)Connect with Julie! On IG HEREOn FB HEREBRAVE WRITER links HEREPodcast HEREConnect with Crystal: Get started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HEREFind your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERECheck out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.caGet tips, insights and support daily through IG right HERE Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Are you an ADHD mama that is finding it hard to balance motherhood, parenting, and constant to-do lists with a neurodiverse brain? This conversation is for you. Patricia Sung helps moms with adult ADHD work with their unique brains and get their ish together one step at a time and feel confident running their family life. She’s a hobby-hopping, anxious adventurer, willing to try almost anything once. A mid-westerner at heart, she reluctantly has adopted the word "y'all" and lives in Houston with her husband and two young sons. Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement HEREIn this episode: Childhood grief that may come up with an ADHD diagnosisWhat to look for in adulthood as an ADHDer (and the importance of understanding yourself more)How ADHD can affect your motherhood and parenting (and what to do for support when you’re in the middle of it)New shame-free parenting coaching program coming up for parents of elementary-aged kids… get on the waitlist HERE for more information. Connect with Patricia: Snag free resources and get your crap together with other ADHD moms in Successful Mama Meetups at www.motherhoodinadhd.com.Top 5 Parenting PodcastListen on your favorite podcast app or at www.motherhoodinadhd.comWish you had a community of mom friends that get you? Join us! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/groupThis 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024 and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and tell me your takeaways.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/groupThis 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024 and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and tell me your takeaways.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/groupThis 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024 and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and tell me your takeaways.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/groupThis 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024, and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and let me know your takeaways.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/groupThis 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024, and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and let me know your takeaways.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

“Because I said so”, “You’re making me mad!”, “Why can’t you be more like your sister?!”, “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!” … sound familiar? Parenting in the 80s and 90s (and before) was shame-based to the core, and it’s still affecting us and our parenting now, in ways we can’t often see. 5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting: Join us HEREJoin the program: Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HEREIn Today’s Episode: What I’ve learned from trainings with Brené Brown and shame (vs guilt)What parenting looked like in the 1980s and 1990s and how shame was involvedHow to feel empowered in our parenting through becoming aware of our shame, and moving through it (shame resiliency)How you may be, unknowingly, shaming your kids (even when you’re trying not to)Shame blocking us from connection to ourselves and othersHow to move through shame (it’s SO much more in our feelings and under-the-surface thoughts than in our logical easy-to-access thoughts)Connect with Crystal:Get started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HEREFind your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERECheck out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.caGet tips, insights, and support daily through IG right HERE Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Our beliefs about our kids matter, and we can be one of the greatest influences of their lives. Intentional parenting can set us up to help support our kids through any challenge and instill them with beliefs that will help them achieve true success (not just the type of success that we’re socialized to believe matters most). In this episode: Dropping my oldest off at college and all the mixed emotions (and how it brought up this topic over the weekend)What manifestation has to do with parenting (and the spiritual principles of it)What you value most and how to instill those values into your kids through manifestationHow to find out if shame is blocking belief work (in any area of your life, but I share a parenting example that you’ll likely relate to).Join my $5 live coaching event HERE and I will do more than teach you these principles, I’ll SHOW you, and we’ll get there together (live on zoom, and recordings sent out to you…. Bring a friend!)New shame-free parenting coaching program coming up for parents of elementary-aged kids… get on the waitlist HERE for more information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.