Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

It was so fun to have the chance to speak one on one with a listener about the challenges she is facing with your your son.Listen in and notice how universal some of the feelings and thoughts are that you hear Stephanie speak into... The parenting journey is a collective experience. You are not alone!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who doesn't get into power struggles with their kids???Listen in as Debbie Zeichner, LCSW and parent coach, and I discuss the triggers for power struggles and how to navigate them in a way that leaves your kids with MORE skills and MORE likely to cooperate.Sound good?Check out Debbie's website : www.debbiezeichnerlcsw.comAnd like her facebook page: www.facebook.com/debbiezeichnerlcsw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This podcast interview is a long one, because the conversation was just that good.Listen in as I talk with Denise Dryden, integrative coach, about how we can shed the stories and emotional baggage we show up to parent with so that we can be conscious and available to the child we find in front of us.One of my favorite quotes from the conversation is Denise encouraging parents to think about in regards to their children, "what do I see that is unique and different, and how do I let them lead me into the future?"She is a wise woman and it is my honor to know her!Here are some links mentioned in the podcast:Brandy Carlile - The EyeDenise's website - www.denisedrydencoaching.comDenise's Ecourse - Parenting the New Earth's ChildrenFollow Denise on Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I love you people!!!Thank you so much for all you have given me in 2015. This show is short and sweet today, as I know you have things to do and people to see (as do I).I announce the winners of the Subscribe-A-Thon Giveaway (finally)!!I share a poem from Danielle LaPorte's Desire Map.I invite you to let go of what brought you down in 2015 and invite in what you want for 2016.Enjoy!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hellooooooo Friends!!!Merry, merry, happy, happy... Hoping this podcast finds you well and joyful. Listen in to hear some exciting news about the year to come, details about how to be a part of the giveaway, and inquiry about how YOU will make e2016 the BEST YEAR for YOU!Big huge love to all of you.... Honored you are out there listening and supporting and celebrating all we can do to make the world better!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amanda Rue, the force behind the popular blog, Dirt and Boogers, is on the podcast today. She has created a FABULOUS resource for parents around how to bring more calm and connection to the holiday season.I don't know about you, but this came at the perfect time for me! Resources mentioned:Check out Amanda's Ebook, Take the Chaos out of Christmas, by clicking here.Mama's Anger Management cCourseThe Stop Yelling Challenge on Facebook Where to follow Amanda:Her blog/website www.dirtandboogers.comDirt and Boogers on FacebookDirt and Boogers on InstagramDirt and Boogers on PinterestDirt and Boogers on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Such a great conversation!Jessica Lahey is smart and funny and real when it comes to talking straight up about how we rob our kids of their future when we protect the from failure...It doesn't matter if they are in the sandbox or a high school classroom, our kids only learn the tools for relationship, empathy and resiliency when we (parents) allow them the gift of discomfort, making mistakes and yes, failure.Listen in to this candid conversation and consider where you could pull back a bit, where you could allow your kids a little bit more room to learn from their missteps, to own when they've hurt someone, to problem solve it when they've left their homework or lunch at home (again!)...We all love our kids, we want them to grow into the fullest, best versions of themselves, sometimes that requires us to back off and let them figure some things out... You may be surprised by just how capable they are!Mentions:The book: The Gift of Failure by Jessica LaheyThe article in the Atlantic that started it all: Why Parents Need to Let Their Children FailWhy Back to School Night Made Me Feel Like a Bad MomGlennon Doyle Melton on momastry.comHow to Raise and Adult by Julie Lythcott-HaimsThe Price of Priviledge by Madeline Levine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

OMG. I can't believe how great it is to be a podcaster!! For today's show, I interviewed one of my oldest friends!! How lucky am I??? This conversation, with Jessica Prentice, is all about her book The Duck With No Legs and all of the underlying themes and messages that show up in the sweet, heart warming story.We get into all sorts of discussions in this show - from spirituality, to overcome perceived disabilities, to living with the discomfort of not being the child we think our parents want us to be (not to mention parenting a child who marches to the beat of his own drum)...You are going to love this show!I do say "asshole" one time, so I marked the episode as explicit - sorry about that. :)Mentions/Resources:I bring up Nick Vujicic - a parapalegic motivational speaker who has an incredible spirit and message for the world. You can find him at www.lifewithoutlimbs.org or watch his youtube video about Never giving up by clicking here.Click here to get a copy of The Duck with No Legs from Amazon.Check out Jessica's graphic design work at www.sillybird.comFind Jessica on Instagram @sillybird  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hey hey!!!Thank you so much for playing and being willing to subscribe to the show - I value you and am honored that you find value in what I put out into the world!!Here are the deets of the giveaway:I have super cute Joyful Courage SWAG to give away!! I can't figure out how to post pics here, but I will put them up on the Live and Love with Joyful Courage facebook group page. I have FOUR shirts and FOUR hats to giveaway - The shirt is baseball style with red arms and the Joyful Courage logo on the front.The hat is a trucker style green hat with a white front and the JC logo.I have TWO Center Parenting Ecourses to giveaway - This is an online course that you receive over the course of five weeks. Included each week are videos, audio meditation and workbooks that teach the positive Discipline concepts and guide you towards finding your most centered, authentic self while on the parenting journey. It's awesome! Learn more here.And finally, I am giving away a 3 month coaching package -This is the GRAND PRIZE and I am super excited to offer it up to one lucky winner! The 3 month coaching package is two hours of coaching a month, which can either be broken up into 2 monthly one hour sessions, or four monthly half hour sessions. You will have access to me via text and email between sessions as well... This offer is a POWERFUL way to really deepen your practices and accountability towards being the parent and the human you want to be. Learn more here.To qualify for ALL of the offers, please head on over to itunes and write a review for the podcast. This link will help you figure out how to do it from your iphone or ipad:http://www.imore.com/how-rate-or-review-podcast-your-iphone-or-ipadIf you use an android device, you will need to access itunes through your computer and directions for doing that can be found here:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/joyful-courage-parenting-podcast/id996079418?mt=2To qualify for the swag (shirts and hats) and the ecourse, please leave a FIVE STAR RATING on iTunes. Use the link above to do this, the difference being that you don't write a review - just leave the stars :)To qualify simply for the swag, shoot me an email at casey@joyfulcourage.com and let me know what your favorite episode of the podcast is and why OR why you LOVE the Joyful Courage Parenting Podcast!!Oh man, hopefully that isn't too complicated --- let me know if you have any troubles and I will be happy to help! Big love to each of you and THANK YOU for being on the journey with me!! xoxo - Casey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are a few things that are tough to talk about with our kids. One of the toughest, I think, is talking about the violent things that happen in the world...My guest today on the podcast is Dr. Monica Holliday Sherman. Monica is a psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago, and she completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at The Adler School of Professional Psychology, with a concentration in childhood and adolescence.She is a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, and she regularly facilitates parenting classes in the Chicago community. You can find her on Psychology Today here.She is also my friend, and someone I trust to speak to this topic from a very thoughtful, experienced place...As tough as this conversation is, it is important for parents to be talking to their kids about the state of the world. AND, as a community of parents, it is equally as important to get support from each other about how to best support our kids.My hope is that this show does just that.Resources mentioned in the interview:Video of father reassuring his young son that France is their home.Purple Wagon - "A site for people interested in parents and children, and their explorations and discussions around war, terrorism and peacemaking." Loads of resources for parents here.Helping Children Feel Safe in an Unsafe World by Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhDOther resources:Talking With Children About Disaster also by Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhDTalking with Children About Tragic News Stories by Ariadne Brill of Positive Parenting ConnectionTerrorism and children:Tough Conversations that Matter by Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD or Roots of ActionExplaining Terror to Kids is a NY Times article that covers a French newspaper for kids and how they are engaging in real conversations with kids about the attacksAnd more suggestions from Monica:Books are my go-to when I'm wanting to extend any of these "big" topics into ongoing conversations with my kids. Here are a few to read WITH your kids, relevant to what's going on in the world today: Finding heroes amidst terrorism. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (there is also a Young Reader's edition) Multicultural competency. The Cow of No Color: Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from around the World, Nina Jaffee Explaining refugees. Sometimes it helps to look to history for examples -- one of the most written about examples of children fleeing war zones is the Operation Pied Piper of 1939, when children were evacuated from London during WWII. The beloved Paddington character is even based upon these events.  --The Sky Is Falling, Kit Pearson --Visitors from London, Kitty Barne (out of print) --Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe and Bedknobs and Broomsticks are both storylines based on children having to evacuate. --If your kids are American Girl fans, the book Happy Birthday, Molly!  incorporates a story of a British refugee coming to live with the family after being traumatized by living through bombing raids.   Please get in touch with any thoughts or feedback on this discussion or any of the other podcasts!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices