Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast

Where does the need to be competitive come from and why does it rub us parents up the wrong way? This week Abigail and Elle respond to one mom about her son's competitive streak.

At some point you'll probably - most likely when you are particularly tired or frustrated - ask, "Is Hand in Hand too hard???" This week, Elle and Abigail talk about when and why this question pops up. They explore the alternatives and share their own experiences about when it's happened to them - and walk you through ways to get past this ickiness. Join us this week and find out how to get to your calm place in parenting.

Join us for Part 2 of Raising Resilient Girls with Michale Gurian. Today, how mothers and fathers empathise differently and why this can be beneficial, why fathering is essential for adolescent girls and how this looks in same-sex families, and unlocking girls' destructive thought patterns

Social philosopher, family therapist, and New York Times best-selling author Michael Gurian returns to the podcast this week for some girl talk! Find out why girls learn and process information differently from boys, why the mean girl phenomenon happens and how it can be important, and why some girls are more prone to anxiety that can lead to self-harm like eating disorders. We discuss nature versus nurture and what you can do to support your girl as she grows. Join us for this fascinating talk.

Abigail and Elle weigh in on why parenting a strong-willed child can feel so demanding and draining, and how you can raise your strong-willed child without so many power struggles - or the need to "break them."

Did you ever think you got this parenting thing figured out only to find your child brings home some new parenting challenge? This week Abigail and Elle respond to a mom who found surprising answers when she stopped asking her four-year-old to quit yelling and instead asked herself why the yelling was happening at all.

Three little words with such immense power. Following on from last week's podcast on children with anger, this week Elle and Abigail suss out why it feels so bad to hear "I hate you," and the many ways you can respond.

This week Abigail and Elle respond to a mom who is Staylistening to her child, but never sees tears. Worse, it seems to her that the more she leans in to listen to her child's feelings, the more her child gets angry, starts scowling and tries running away. Why is it so hard to hear our child's anger, and how can you make it easier on yourself?

So many of our reviews about the podcast say the episodes help parents feel part of something bigger - and we want that for you not just once a week, but every day and at any time you need it! Listen in today and find out why you need to build that village for yourself, and how you can do it.

This week, Abigail and Elle respond to a listener who has a 5-year-old picky eater. How can she get her to eat more than one or two things?

This week Abigail and Elle talk about what they've seen with their own tween children, and the adjustments they made parenting them using the Hand in Hand Parenting tools. Listen in this week and find out why it can be so hard parenting tweens when the boundaries keep changing, and why getting on their wavelength now helps foster connection that will last through their teens.

How can you listen to yourself and clock the signals that show you're on the road to parent burnout? Join us on the podcast this week, and find out how to stop feeling heavy about all you do in parenting, and start celebrating everything you give, not because you have to, but because you choose to love - every day and beyond measure - the little humans you are raising.

In this week's podcast, we respond to a parent's question about social anxiety when parenting in public. We talk about how to stick to your parenting philosophies, even when others are watching, and what we need to do to parent calmly, consistently and confidently when out in public.

While we think there's nothing wrong with new year's resolutions, creating new habits, bettering ourselves or developing new skills, we also see the pressure in that. Lots of pressure to do more, generate more, be more. So, how about we DON'T make New Year's resolutions? Instead, why don't we do something equally as mindful, equally as transformative, and, some might say, just a little bit easier?

If you've ever felt overwhelmed on how much to give or how much is coming into your house at this time of year, here's a chance to mull over what you love - and might want to lose - about seasonal giving traditions.