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Due to the content of our conversation, today's episode is going to be a good one to listen AWAY from sensitive ears… I think you're going to love today's conversation, I know I did! But some topics may be a little intense for, well, littles. Greetings! I am super excited to bring today's guest to you, educator and parent coach Sarah Scheldt, M.Ed.! In today's conversation I'll introduce you to Sarah, so you can come to know her and the incredibly helpful, giving person she is. Today Sarah discusses: - How to handle your kids' toughest days and biggest feelings - How to take care of yourself in the midst of everything going on in your life - Handling when we do push ourselves too far Early on in the pandemic Sarah wanted to reach parents outside of her classroom of kids. So she created an amazing free Virtual Summit on "empowering kids." I felt so honored to be included in the expert speakers for that summit! Sarah's second free online series, Kids' Healthy Bodies, starts on February 15! (Yay! Click here to sign up!) In our conversation today Sarah shares on how this upcoming free Virtual Summit will help you get a handle on talking to kids about potentially tough topics like their own bodies, sex, consent, and stopping child sexual abuse. I'm honored to be a part of this series as well, talking about what to do if you have been the victim of sexual abuse… and you are now raising kids. There will be experts on all kinds of topics around children and their healthy bodies, so be sure to sign up! I know you're going to love today's conversation… If you'd like to see us visually, in addition to listening, you can find the video for this conversation by clicking https://weturnedoutokay.com/356 I hope you find our talk super helpful! Cheers! Karen Links from today's conversation: Click here to sign up for Sarah Scheldt's upcoming Free Virtual Summit on Kids' Healthy Bodies – I'm one of the expert speakers, so I know how awesome this series is going to be. Click here for the Yo-Yo Ma documentary, Distant Echoes, on the time that Ma spent with the Bush People of the Kalahari Desert, learning how they make music – and meaning. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings! Today I've got five ways that parents I work closely with are keeping going… Because even though we can see some hope on the horizon, circumstances on the ground are, shall we say, not ideal. So if you need a little help getting good behavior from your kids, feeling seen and heard and cared for in your life, or feeling happy inside, here are five ways you may not have considered yet to accomplish those tasks.… Plus the Parenting News Segment returns today, with reports on how to not use social-emotional learning for evil, and also something called "toxic positivity." Join us! Here are the links that come up today: This episode's home-on-the-web is weturnedoutokay.com/355 In the first few minutes of today's show I share (a little bit) about my experience of being sexually abused when I was seven years old. This comes up in my first book, Positive Discipline Ninja Tactics, in the chapter called How to Help if Something's Wrong; you can buy the book by clicking here I share about being hospitalized with diverticulitis last fall in episode 349: Kindergarten Evals, Parent-Teacher-Conferences, and Lessons I learned from being hospitalized last week, weturnedoutokay.com/349 Beloved Ninja Parenting Community alum Jen came on the show in summer 2019 to talk about how she got control over the direction her family is going: weturnedoutokay.com/288 In episode 300 of We Turned Out Okay, two amazing and close friends of mine, licensed mental health counselor Janine Halloran and veteran preschool teacher Tricia Tomaso came on the show, and unbeknownst to each other (or me) they both brought the same topic: Social Emotional Learning… Weturnedoutokay.com/300 Speaking of Janine Halloran, she's going to be an expert speaker in the Parenting in Place Masterclass Series this winter! Register for this awesome series by going to parentinginplacemasterclass.com Today I share that I am planning a new segment of the show… that it's going to include input from our wonderful listeners… and the first people who will know about it are those who get my free weekly newsletters! Find out what's up by subscribing for these newsletters yourself: weturnedoutokay.com/weekly If you want to start getting my free weekly newsletters AND you've got reluctant or unhappy readers at home, sign up for my free Guide to Creating Happy Readers at weturnedoutokay.com/readers Thank you for listening and reading! You rock! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings and best wishes for 2021!! This is my annual goals and sharing of the Word of the Year. (Last year's: ENOUGH. I apparently was really prescient in January 2020... This year's: EXHILARATED. Should be fun!) As with everything in the pandemic, it's different from other New Year's episodes that have come before. But I hope it's helpful for you as you create a good life, and a good year, for your family and yourself. Some of my goals last year I completely, epically failed at bringing about. Some of them I did a little bit better with. One of the most important things I learned was to make a goal be "a place to come from," rather than something to work towards. Seriously, this has been a huge game-changer for me. I share about that process and give you ideas for trying it out yourself today. Finally I read you one of my most recent newsletters, "Hello 2021! Please be kind to us." You can get these newsletters delivered for free right into your inbox just by signing up for one of my free guides available at weturnedoutokay.com… Or go to weturnedoutokay.com/weekly Key Links: Click weturnedoutokay.com/312 for last year, January 2020's Goals and One Word episode. Listening back I was such a pre-pandemic naïve little baby then! I've grown a lot in 2020. I bet you have too. Ultimately this is a good thing, I think. We are such badasses now! Click here for a book I am loving, 100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late by Luca Dellanna Click weturnedoutokay.com/books to see the parenting books I have written Click here for my most recent newsletter, "Hello 2021! Please be kind to us." Click weturnedoutokay.com/354 to watch the video of today's episode. Cheers! I hope 2021 is REALLY kind to you This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hi friends! This is a bonus episode that I recorded to help you in the wake of January 6, 2021's storming of the United States Capitol Building by domestic terrorists, or (as you'll hear in today's episode) people that featured WTOO guest and NYT best-selling author Joshilyn Jackson calls "known jackasses." I want to give you some resources to help you remain calm – because that is what your kiddo needs from you today. I am more grateful than I can say that you are listening, I can almost feel us holding hands and standing together today… I will have links posted (at weturnedoutokay.com/353-5) ASAP, but for now I just want you to be able to hear my words and know that you can remain calm, for your child and for yourself. No matter what is going on in your world, or in the wider world. And I am here with you. xoxo, Karen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings! I've got a whole slew of awesome questions for you today (you can read the questions in their entirety just below : ) Here are the Key Links that come up in today's episode, located at weturnedoutokay.com/353 You should go to that link above if you would like to see the video of this episode (instead of just listening in audio)… Cheers and thanks for listening! Karen Links that come up today: My free guide to raising happy readers: weturnedoutokay.com/readers If you'd like to get useful tools and parenting ideas in your inbox each week, without the guide to happy readers: weturnedoutokay.com/weekly Click here for one of the many wonderful Elephant and Piggy books by Mo Willems Click here for a book that your family might enjoy with new readers, You Read to Me, I'll Read to You How NOT to teach your child to ride a bike: https://weturnedoutokay.com/092-how-to-teach-your-young-child-to-ride-a-bike/ Click the following link for one of the very early episodes I did, about how kids develop grit: https://weturnedoutokay.com/002/ Click the following link for my conversation with Amy Anderson, about how to know if your young child is consenting: https://weturnedoutokay.com/066 Click the following link for my conversation with Carey Andersen, sharing her story of her child's nonconsent to a bad kindergarten situation and what they did about it: https://weturnedoutokay.com/045 Click the following link for my conversation with Debbie Reber of the TiLT Parenting Podcast: https://weturnedoutokay.com/350 Okay, just below are the questions! Thanks for reading and listening! Cheers! Tish: What do I say to my 6 year old who can't seem to keep his hands out of his pants? How do I win when trying to get 2 6 year old(s) to practice reading and not lose my mind?  It's a nightmare everyday. I've tried to bribe, threaten, prayed loudly, and I can't seem to find anything that works. It's not as bad when they are out of school and we can do it in the mornings but the evenings are a nightmare every. single. day.  Not doing it is not an option.  We'll be further behind than we are now. Whether we think this is "right" or not doesn't mean they will change their policy.  We are on Book 4 out of 12 we have to read to go the 2nd grade.   Surviving... because this too will pass.     Anonymous: We are in the midst of struggling mightily on [my five-year-old’s] second med trial for ADHD. This one is not making any difference at school except he’s even more talkative and then he’s having a huge emotional crash and sobbing meltdowns in the evenings. Working with the doctor to figure out a new plan this week! Other than that just powering through end of year work chaos. Trying to stay positive as I hear this is so common to have to try a few meds but it’s hard! So we are in survival mode but going to make the most of the holidays! [Karen:] FYI I have discovered some biases in myself, and as a result I'm going to do some more research into this whole issue – meds, ADD, ADHD, coping mechanisms both for kids and parents. This deserves at least an episode, and possibly a series. Stay tuned   Jen: My daughter, age 8 already, wants to ride a bicycle again. She had a typical bike fall a year ago (a scrape on the knee, just a run of the mill slow-speed fall that comes from learning how to balance) and has been avoiding the bike ever since. Typical for her high anxiety. She tells me she's afraid of falling again and she wants to ride on the school running track, which we did one time when she was 5, before we knew it wasn't allowed. She is also concerned that the training wheels send an unpleasant rumble into her body when she rides on asphalt. Uneven pavement or rocks or sticks make her afraid of falling. My concerns are the school rule, and driving 15 minutes or less. Our rural home has no paved areas at all, and so any riding involves packing up the car and driving to a safe place. But every time we talk about biking, and try to work out where we might go, she gets frustrated that nothing meets her criteria. We simply can't use the running track. She understands that intellectually, and she isn't asking me to break the rule. She's hoping, I guess, that I have some amazing cushiony place where she can fall without risk of hurting herself. Since I don't, she gets frustrated and cries that she'll never be able to ride a bike. She wants to get good enough to remove the training wheels, because she sees her 6yo sister without training wheels having a ball, and she doesn't want the unpleasant rumble that comes with leaning onto the training wheels. I'm at a loss here. How can I support her desire to practice, when the practice itself is too scary for her?   Mumma Bear: What’s in my mind is more emotional development tips and techniques. Im  still battling with somewhat ‘explosive’ outbursts from Lil Bear and I’d like a bigger range of tools for this moment in our lives. I feel like I’m pretty emotionally immature (although my best friend says, No way - listen to yourself!) and that I wasn’t really taught to process my feelings  (not a top priority  in the 1970s!) or really ‘deal’ with them. So I most frequently find myself thinking, “Just get a grip, kiddo!” So, for me, just keep those tips coming.       Celia: Once we can start doing “stuff” again, how do we make sure we don’t overdo it and still hold onto some of the unity and rhythm we’ve found as a family while we were isolated from other forces?   And... this year E turns 5 and “should” start kindergarten. She turns 5 in late august and our cutoff is sept 1. She’s already the “baby” in her preK class and I am assuming a lot of parents held their children back in 2019 since our district was virtual, so she’ll be likely joining kids who are already 6 and maybe even close to 7. How do we know if she is ready for kindergarten???   Thanks so much for all of your support this year! I have high hopes for your 2021 :)   Q: "Perhaps we should be instilling resilience by still expecting them to try their best. Because being emotionally healthy and trying one’s best are not mutually exclusive during Covid." 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Today I am so thrilled to share this conversation with a returning champion – Erik Wagter – and his wife, author Sally Wagter. Together Sally and Erik are raising a family, and their older son has autism. (My conversation with Erik, way back in episode 75, is located here. In fact when their son was young Erik and Sally were told "he will never live a normal life" because his autism would prevent him from using language meaningfully or even making meaningful connections with anyone. Thank goodness, Sally and Erik refused to believe that. They charted a different path for their family. Now their son has gone far beyond anyone's expectations, playing music beautifully, enjoying deep and meaningful friendships, and living a truly examined and thoughtful life. Sally has written a book about her experience raising their son, called Miracle in Slow Motion. You can find the link to this book, as well as Erik and Sally's podcast, at releasingmychildspotential.com. We talk about all this and more in today's conversation, even diving into one of my favorite topics, the toll raising children takes on parents (whether kids are typical or diagnosed with special needs). It's part of a digest episode, so you'll hear our wonderful conversation and then I will read you a recent newsletter that I wrote called "Changing bras," which looks the toll parenting takes on us from a slightly different angle (Click weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to get newsletters like this delivered into your inbox each week : ) Find this post, and the links we discuss, in your browser by going to weturnedoutokay.com/352 If you're interested in subscribing to the We Turned Out Okay Playbook, which I share about during today's episode, go to weturnedoutokay.com/playbook I hope you enjoy this episode! Cheers – Karen This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Enrollment is OPEN for the 2021 Year of Empowerment! Enroll now to save 33% on your Year of Empowerment: This special ends New Year's Eve, December 31 2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Don’t miss your chance to empower 2021 for you and your family. Details at weturnedoutokay.com/empowerment : ) "In 25 years, what will matter to me?" When Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of the outstanding book The Good News About Bad Behavior and today's guest, shared this question during our conversation, I knew it had to be the title of the episode. It encompasses all the most important ideas that Katherine brings. The ones that keep reminding me about what's most important. It's not grades, or how perfectly our kids sit during online schooling. It's not the world's cleanest house, or how perfectly we manage our home. The most important thing – the thing that will matter most even 25 years from now – is the connection and the relationship that we have with our loved ones. Today's conversation is so full of connection, and love, and hope. It's part of a digest episode, so you'll hear our wonderful conversation and then I will read you a recent newsletter that I wrote called "Kind words." (Click weturnedoutokay.com/weekly to get newsletters like this delivered into your inbox each week : ) I hope you enjoy this episode! Cheers – Karen PS you can watch our conversation (instead of just listening) by going to weturnedoutokay.com/351… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

Hello! So quickie bonus episode with me are never as quickie as I imagine they would be, but this one will hopefully be informative for you! In it, I share about the only group coaching I'm offering in 2021. As a child development expert and parent coach I have given lots of thought on what I could offer that will have the most impact on the well-being of you, and your family, over the coming year. I've come up with something exciting! It's called the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program, and it will help you: – feel in charge of your destiny and your family's direction – know that you are making the right decisions for you and your family – live your best life and model that for your kids. Enrolling means you will spend 2021: – Getting good behavior from your children – Advocating for them, helping them love learning and get the best education possible, no matter how bad all of this feels right now – Feeling good about getting the self-care time that you need and deserve I expect that spots will fill up quickly, as there are only 20 to begin with and especially with the Black Friday special I'm offering, 50% off the cost of the program! To get notified when enrollment opens go to: https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly If you've got any questions email me, Karen (at) weturnedoutokay (dot) com. Thanks for reading/listening and Cheers! Karen Click the link below to learn more about the 2021 Year of Empowerment: https://weturnedoutokay.com/empowerment Click the link below to get notified when enrollment opens: https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly Here are the FAQs in written form: FAQs about the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program – What is the age range for people's kids in the program? Parents with kids in all ages and stages of childhood, from babies and toddlers on up to teens, are welcome. The issues that parents are confronting have kind of converged since the onset of the pandemic. There are no conventions anymore. Everything is unprecedented. Parents with children of every age are feeling this seismic shift. As a result the Year of Empowerment will be a great, supportive community for parents with kids of all ages. It will help you build the life that you really want within your family. – How will this program work? The 2021 Year of Empowerment Program has two main facets: 1. Each month of 2021 we will have a group coaching conversation, a powerful, in-depth, 90 minute call diving into the different aspects of empowerment including advocating for your kids, establishing boundaries so you only ever do what feels truly good for you, and modeling a wonderful and empowering life for your family. 2. A year’s subscription to the acclaimed We Turned Out Okay Playbook! The Playbook provides a place for you to envision and build out your life and your family’s future. The 2021 Year of Empowerment program includes a whole year – 12 issues – of the Playbook, one each month, delivered directly to your mailbox! (US only; internationally you’ll receive the digital version of the Playbook.) Each month you’ll receive this top-shelf publication that shapes your thinking in a very positive and gratitude-centered way. (Learn more about the Playbook at https://weturnedoutokay.com/playbook) Between our monthly calls and the daily, positive and creative thinking opportunities the Playbook offers, the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program gives you extremely powerful tools to shape your life how you want it. – What if I can't make a meeting? That is absolutely fine… You can be committed and still not be able to get to every single meeting over the course of a whole year. So, each monthly meeting and the PDF of each month's We Turned Out Okay Playbook will be placed in the password-protected 2021 Year of Empowerment Resource Hub. That way, you'll be able to go back and watch meetings as often as you like, and you'll have PDFs of each Playbook as they come out. Any resources such as worksheets, notes, or links will also be placed in the resource hub, where you will have access to everything for the duration of the program. – What days and times will the meetings be? I want this program to work for you, wherever you live and whatever your time zone. As a result this is a crucial question, something very important to get right. In designing the program I am thinking either Saturday afternoons like 3 PM EST, or a weeknight with a very late EST start time, say, 10 PM, is where we will end up, perhaps even alternating months between these time periods. I really want to make it work for those of you who are considering making this commitment. Therefore I would love your feedback! What meeting times would work best for you? Just hit reply to this email and let me know. – What technology will be necessary? Will it be complex? Not at all, we're using basic, easy tech in the Year of Empowerment Program. You'll need only your email, your web browser, and Zoom (which we'll use for our monthly meetings.) Speaking as someone whose twitter name used to be StoneAgeTechie, I know the pain of complicated tech! I want to make this easily accessible for everyone who joins. – Will I be able to access the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program on my phone or tablet? Absolutely : ) It will be a mobile-friendly program, and of course will also be accessible on your laptop or desktop computer. – Will there be the choice of a payment plan? Yes, you'll have the option to pay either in full, or in three installments. I'll share the details on Monday 11/23 when I open enrollment in the Program. – Will there be refunds? The 2021 Year of Empowerment Program is for folks who are truly committed to building a great future for themselves and their family.There are no refunds.It will be worth every penny. – Are there any prerequisites to the Year of Empowerment Program? You do not have to have been in any program of mine before, whether workshops, courses, or the Ninja Parenting Community. The only prerequisites are your positive energy and your commitment to building the future that you want for your family. I anticipate that spots will go fast. Especially with the Black Friday special – normally the Program costs $3000, but if you join by Cyber Monday, November 30, 2020 you can join for half that, just $1500! Here are some quickie facts about the program: Enrolling in the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program means you will spend 2021 transforming your future, and your family’s. Each month you’ll experience the magic of my best, most transformative ideas and tools to build your life how you want it. There are only 20 spots available. This is the only group coaching I’m offering in all of 2021. I anticipate spots will fill up quickly. It’s for folks who are truly committed to building a great future for themselves and their family. It's the most affordable option to work with me in 2021. There are no refunds. It will be worth every penny. Enrollment will open this coming Wednesday 11/25/20, and when it does I will send an email to everyone who is in my email group sharing details and the link to enroll.… Click the link below to join the email group https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly In the meantime I hope you have a lovely weekend. Cheers and thanks for reading/listening This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

There are just 20 spots available in my 2021 Year of Empowerment coaching program for parents… Don't miss your chance to join this powerful program! Be notified when I open enrollment for the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program (enrollment begins 11/23!) by clicking the link below: https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly I am super excited to bring you today's episode, which includes so much good that my heart is practically bursting : ) It's a digest episode, and the first part is my conversation with Debbie Reber, founder of the TiLT Parenting Podcast, http://tiltparenting.com, and author of one of my favorite books, Differently Wired: Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World. Somewhere in the first few minutes we decide to depart from a kind of standard interview, Q&A sort of conversation and dive into something much better and more fun! Here are some of Debbie's ideas that felt so transformative for me: – "I love that you mention taking care of your body…" Debbie goes on to share how important this idea is, and how often we truly do forget. (My forgetting, as I share today, landed me in the hospital just a few weeks before our conversation.) – "Asking "What if I had no agenda at all?""… Debbie brings this up in reference to children and learning. If we don't have an agenda, we are free to just be in the moment and enjoying the time with our children. And more – if we don't have an agenda we are free to allow our kids on a voyage of self-discovery. This is crucial, even more so with the world turned upside down from the pandemic. – "I have permission to do whatever I want and feel whatever I feel."… Debbie shares this as a way of diffusing judgment. Giving ourselves this permission is so freeing. I hope this conversation is transformational for you, too! In Part 2 I read an essay I wrote recently, called "A hard decision I have made." It shares about the decision I recently made to close my Ninja Parenting Community – and after I read it, I share about something I'm truly excited about, the group coaching program I'm offering for 2021 called "The Year of Empowerment." 2021: The Year of Empowerment Program: … Helps you combat the challenge of others walking all over you, so you feel in charge of your destiny and your family's direction. … Helps you overcome your fears about your child's behavior and others'' judgment of that behavior or your parenting. So you know that you are making the right decisions for you and your family. … Helps you stop feeling guilty or unworthy so you can live your best life and model that for your kids. Each month of 2021 you'll be empowered to truly take the reins in your family life. You will know how to get good behavior from your child. You will know how to advocate for them, to help them love learning and get the best education possible – no matter how bad all of this feels right now. You will know how to feel good about getting the self-care time you need and deserve. How will this program work? 1. Each month of 2021 we will have a group coaching conversation, a powerful, in-depth, 90 minute call diving into the different aspects of empowerment including: – The setting of proper boundaries to eliminate toxic people from your life – Learning to say "no," so you only participate in and do what feels truly good for you – Advocating for your child – Learning the tenets of positive discipline, so your child does not walk all over you anymore – Teaching your child about the world – Living a truly wonderful and empowering life – Consequently modeling "how to live a truly wonderful and empowering life" for your family 2. A year's subscription to the acclaimed We Turned Out Okay Playbook! The We Turned Out Okay Playbook provides a place for you to envision and build out your life and your family's future. The 2021 Year of Empowerment program includes a whole year – 12 issues – of the Playbook, one each month, delivered directly to your mailbox! Each month you'll receive the Playbook, my top-shelf publication that shapes your thinking in a very positive and gratitude-centered way. (Learn more about the Playbook at: https://weturnedoutokay.com/playbook) Between our monthly calls and the daily, positive and creative thinking opportunities the Playbook offers, you have extremely powerful tools to shape your life how you want it. Cost and How to Enroll: The program costs $3000 for the year 2021. There are just 20 spots available. I'm offering a Black Friday special: 50% off! Just $1500 instead of the usual $3000! I'm opening up enrollment in the 2021 Year of Empowerment on Monday 11/23/20… Click the link below and sign up to get notified when enrollment begins! https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly Cheers! And thanks for listening/reading! Karen Karen Lock Kolp, M.Ed. Creator and Founder of https://weturnedoutokay.com View this post, video of our conversation, and all notes and links in your browser by clicking the link below: https://weturnedoutokay.com/350 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe

As a child development expert one of the most important jobs I have is to give parents permission to disagree with teachers or other authority figures in their children's lives. Starting at around the 50-minute mark we talk about that. It's coming up for many podcast listeners and Ninja Parents right now, and it's important to discuss! But first, I share three super important lessons that I learned the hard way recently, by ending up in the hospital with diverticulitis. It's the illness I had nine years ago that brought on the tendon condition that I lived with ever since, so there was some serious PTSD in getting it again! It was no accident that I got it now, in the pandemic with pressure mounting societally, in our home, and with the families I serve. I got it by failing to adhere to these lessons, which I will list for you right now: 1. On the Human-Dehumanized Axis, stay close to the Human side. Maybe it means unplugging, but it definitely means connecting more on a human level. Be sure that, when connecting with folks having to do with your child, that they are very human too. 2. Remember that sugar is an inflammatory food. What we need is good nutrition! I'm a living example of what happens when you don't get that. 3. Understand your own worth. How you think about yourself matters. I forgot that, and had to undergo a very painful and scary illness as a result. Most of all, in thinking about these three lessons I want you to think about where you are "coming from" with regard to them. This isn't about me telling you "here's a list of stuff you need to do." It's about coming from a place of human connection. It's about coming from a place of good nutrition, most of the time, without worry or pressure. It's about coming from a place of feeling worthy – both for ourselves, and for what we model for our children. Here are the links that come up in today's conversation: I am a featured speaker in the  Virtual Summit, which you can enjoy for free by clicking here: https://www.sarahscheldt.com/empoweryourparentingonlineseries Click here for episode 279, my conversation with picky eating coach Jacky Lemenzo For the first time since creating the We Turned Out Okay Playbook, as a result of my hospitalization I'm doing it myself (instead of just writing it for others)! Click https://weturnedoutokay.com/playbook to learn more about the Playbook! Click here for episode 270, my conversation with creative coach Dan Blank. Thank you for being along on this journey with me! You rock! Cheers! And thanks for listening/reading to this, episode 349, which you can view on the web by going to: weturnedoutokay.com/349 Karen Karen Lock Kolp, M.Ed. Creator and Founder of https://weturnedoutokay.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kaylockkolp.substack.com/subscribe