Mastermind Parenting Podcast

This episode is about creating more time in your life. I think you’ll love the tangible memory capturing tool I share in this episode called, Story of the Day.  I call it Story of the Day and base it off of a practice I learned from author and speaker Matthew Dicks. Thank you for being here with me for 100 weeks! I’m grateful for you and super appreciate your subscribing and leaving reviews.

In this week’s episode, you’ll hear from Mastermind moms and dads about their biggest a-ha’s after becoming a Mastermind parent. I think you’ll be surprised about some of their takeaways. Hint: Not a single one of them is feeling like their kid needs to be fixed or changed. They all realize that perfection is NOT the goal. Enjoy!

The podcast convo this week has to do with a concept I learned recently from author, Elizabeth Gilbert, called Tribal Shaming. I share a recent story from my life where I was guilty of doing this to my son. Shame is destructive and insidious. I can’t wait to hear whatcha think!

In this week’s podcast, I discuss how the best the to do when your kid experiences a loss or a set back that the best thing to do is mostly s.t.f.u. Yup. You heard me correctly. I discuss more in this short FB Live free training I did. Enjoy!

Our convo this week is about diffusing a potential meltdown when your kid is starting to spiral. This is a clip from a FB Live free training I made. I think you’ll enjoy the story about my crazy person moment from a trip last summer when some other hotel guests were making a mother truckload amount of noise in the hallway at 6 am. I become crazy when you wake my sleeping babies because guess who’s gonna have to deal with their foul moods all day. Me! That’s who.

On the podcast this week, I talk about getting into the driver’s seat of your life and what I’ve found to be the most effective way to change behaviors and get different results. Isn’t it time for you and your family to truly THRIVE. Enough already. You want more. You deserve more. It’s the beginning of a new decade. Just think, where will you be in 2030 if you stop waiting and take real action steps today to create the life you crave? What. Are. You. Waiting. For. 54321 GO!

On the podcast this week, I talk about how difficult the holiday season can be with our challenging kids. They ARE harder to parent. Period. I discuss what our strong-willed kiddos truly need to show up as the best versions of themselves...structure and follow-through handled in a non-shaming way. Whether you choose to follow the methods I teach in Mastermind Parenting or to reach out to a conscious parenting expert, please just take action and do SOMETHING for the sake of your kids and their future.

On the podcast this week, I’m sharing an audio I made for my Mastermind about a talk I had just attended where Gloria Steinem spoke. It’s stream of consciousness style and it really got me thinking about how prevalent the threads of “control” are within our society. I think you’ll particularly like my personal story about a recent time when I found myself being a controlling mom. Enjoy!

In this week’s convo, I tackle the lovely topic of judgment from snarky relatives...especially prevalent during the holiday season. Oy. I teach my “go to” mind mastery tool that will bubble wrap and protect when other people’s negativity and insecurity attempt to hijack your holiday. Enjoy!

This week I’m sharing a personal story about my 18 yr old daughter dealing with college pressure and the strategy I used to help her. My bestie, Allison, said hearing this story really helped her in supporting her daughter so I thought I’d share it with you guys too. The tool I used can be applied to kids of all ages that have pressure when it comes to school, sports, societal norms, etc...i.e. Uhhhh, I think that’s everyone! Would love to know whatcha think!

Today, I’m complaining about the problem of complaining. I’m not here to pretend that I don’t do it or act sugary sweet and barfy as if I’m so above it. I just want to share some of my thoughts, learning and ongoing love/hate relationship with complaining about things I wanna change... in other people mostly :).

This week’s convo is about parenting hypocrisy. Recently, a mom shared with me all the “aha’s” she and her husband were having re: their expectations for their kids and the realization that they weren’t holding themselves to the same standard. As I like to say, “Model the behavior you seek”, and this mom was able to have a truly self-aware moment. More frequently than she’d probably care to admit, she was not modeling the calm reasonable behavior she expected from her kids.

Our convo this week includes a clip from my Mastermind where I discuss a 1968 study done in a school called the Pygmalion Effect. The Pygmalion effect is the phenomenon whereby others' expectations of a person affect the person's performance. The bottom line is that what we think and say about a child has the ability to greatly impact their future success.

I’m leveling in a big way on the podcast this week about what’s really going on with your strong-willed kid. I use the term Defense Zone to describe this state of high alert where many of these kids live so much of the time. These kiddos need our help learning new skills. AND, we have to remember to connect before we can effectively correct. Enjoy!

In this episode, I’m sharing an audio of me coaching a mom in the Mastermind whose 17month old was starting to display aggression towards her. I role play in this clip how to focus on the skill-building rather than the mistake or misbehavior. Remember, what we focus on grows. We want to uncover the root of the behavior to effectively teach new skills rather than putting the emphasis on the problem and accidentally reinforcing the negative behavior. Enjoy!