The Blissful Parenting Podcast

More parents than ever before are working from home. As a result of this shift to remote working, routines within the household have been disrupted. In this episode, our guest shares tips and strategies to help you balance your work and home life, connect with your kids, and tune in to your own needs. Shari Medini is the co-author of the book Parenting while Working from Home and the co-owner of AdoreThemParenting.com. She has published parenting articles in dozens of print and online publications. Previously, she worked in the mental health field with children and families. She is also a mindset coach, a freelance writer, and a marketing strategist for companies across the country. She understands the demands of working from home and loves sharing tips to help balance it all.

Gratitude is one of the most important lessons kids can learn. It helps them see things from a positive perspective instead of a negative one. It is a tool to get them through hard times especially in their adult lives. But how do you as parents teach it to your kids? Our special guest today will show you sound ways to do this. Julie Boyer is a three-time Amazon Best Selling Author, four-time (serial) entrepreneur, and a three-time Ironman finisher. She practiced daily gratitude most of her life but waking from a week-long coma after a medical mishap changed her life. That life-threatening experience taught her that every single day is a gift. Julie is the founder of the Wake Up With Gratitude podcast and her mission is to inspire you to ‘Wake Up With Gratitude’ … every day!

Being a mom is exhausting. You are always busy doing something and ticking off your to-do list. You wake up tired and go to sleep tired. It’s a vicious cycle. So, how do you overcome exhaustion and refresh your mind, save time and money, while creating a happier and healthier home for your family? Get some tips and lifestyle habits from today’s special guest and say goodbye to being an exhausted mom. Mandy Gefle is a licensed holistic nutrition practitioner with a nursing degree. She is the owner of Pura Vida Nutrition, a company that focuses on helping clients struggling with low energy and exhaustion due to chronic stress and associated symptoms that can have a significant impact on their personal and professional lives.

For many parents, kids’ digital learning has been a strain on their ability to balance their work and family responsibilities. Managing it along with their day-to-day responsibilities at work or home requires understanding, patience, flexibility, and creativity. In this episode, Katherine Eisner shares simple, research-based strategies to help ensure your kids’ academic and behavioral success while keeping on track with your responsibilities at work or home.

Today we have a really special episode for you! We have been working hard behind the scenes and have put together an amazing event with four of our favorite parenting experts. Our Blissful Parenting Behavior Bootcamp features 5 workshops over 5 days to help parents get to the root cause of their child’s challenging behavior, learn new solutions, and regain their sanity. It’s all going to be kicking off in May and we thought it would be great to share some of each expert’s tips from the interviews they’ve done right here on the Blissful Parenting Podcast! Listen in as we share the stories of Heather Steinker, Melissa Deally, Ashleigh Tolliver, and Chuck Anderson.

Are you a parent of a shy, strong-willed, highly emotional, loud, overly active, sometimes out-of-control kid? Then hear out the story of Ashleigh Tolliver. She shares ways of parenting kids who do not fit into the ‘box’ modern society has put children into. Her final message…You are doing the best you can as a parent, and if you need some creative help, there are so many tools at your fingertips to use so you can enjoy parenting “that kid” and empower “that kid” to live beyond his/her unique challenges. Ashleigh Tolliver is the host of the Parenting That Kid podcast. She is a nurse by trade focused in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit as well as on the Post Partum unit. She is a mom to seven-year-old twins – a highly sensitive little boy and a daughter with ADHD. Her mission is to help other parents of “that kid” feel less alone, more confident, and more equipped by asking the tough questions to the professionals, gathering tools and resources, and connecting with other moms who are wrestling with the same struggles.

Being a teenager is a tricky time. This unprecedented time brings an increased feeling of loneliness, overwhelming feeling of worry, and uncertainty to teens who are restricted to go out and with no social activities to look forward to. As parents, how can you help calm your teens and guide them toward healthy habits during this pandemic and other rough, stormy times? Today’s guest, Barbara Edie shows how to help your teens navigate in uncertain times with clarity, confidence, and courage so that they will use the power in their hearts to foster resilience, stay positive and look toward better times in the future.

Heather London is a life coach and mindset mentor with a deep background in fitness, holistic nutrition, and personal training. She is also an unshakable optimist dedicated to helping you break through your blocks and create a life of massive abundance in all areas so you can ignite your passion & purpose. In this episode, Heather London shares her experience on how modeling behaviors at home bring forth positive self-image on kids leading them to follow their bliss.

If you feel like you are always behind – doing everything and pleasing everyone but feels like you’re not doing anything well, then hear out the story of LaChelle Adkins. She shares her strategy – SMILE – to shed light on your superpower, help you embrace parenting with minimum stress, and shine as the best parents you can be. LaChelle Adkins is America’s SurerMom. She is a mom to 15 kids tending to them with a smile instead of stress. Having been hospitalized three times for depression and stress, she realized that she had no power with the victim mindset and switched to the victor mindset. Today, she helps Moms get organized, have a fresh start in self-love and self-care, and be the best version of themselves.

Did you know that if you expect your kids to do more than they are supposed to do, you create codependency in them? As parents, how can you prevent codependency from happening so that your kids will grow into confident, healthy, loving, and independent adults? In this episode, Vanessa Grace clarifies the meaning of codependency and the various forms it can take, how it happens and gets instilled in childhood, as well as the law of attraction that affects those that surround you when you are in a codependent headspace. Vanessa Grace is a life coach and licensed therapist who helps heal life’s experiences and trauma that created codependency. She is also the podcast host of Soul Amplified where you discover your soul and what has been holding you back from all your light.

We are now living in the age of digital technology where children are exposed to upsetting events, such as Covid 19, war and violence, suicides, and death, that they may find traumatic. As parents, how can you help your kids thrive in such circumstances, most especially in what is happening in the world right now? In today’s episode, Matthew Cox shares some great information and tips about it. Matthew Leland Cox is from Las Vegas, and the owner of the foundation Never Give Up. Having been diagnosed with a learning disability during his high school years, he now uses his extensive experience around emotional and mental health to help others find their purpose and reach new heights.

Fearful events like the Covid 19 pandemic, wildfires, storms, earthquakes have Moms thinking about emergency responses and preparedness. Is your household ready if disaster strikes? Moms, this episode is for you. We are going to talk about how to get the household running smoothly, man or no man, and how you could stay calm, have some peace of mind, and not crumble in chaos and craziness. Following the crumbs in the chaos is a full-time job. Heather Steinker is a busy mom of three kids, a wife of a traveling hubby, and keeping it all together in Austin, Texas. She is a certified fitness and nutrition coach and helps Moms take better care of themselves.

In this age of instant gratification and digital technology, parents are in a constant dilemma in raising kids who could see the importance of money and make use of it wisely. If you are a parent who finds it weird or reluctant to talk to your tweens about money or you are having difficulty explaining to your sixteen-year-old daughter that she can't have a brand new, expensive smartphone like her friend has, this episode is for you. Today, John Lanza will introduce a system that will help you teach your kids to learn and understand how to deal with money and how you can best support them to make smart money choices. John Lanza is the Chief Mammal of The Money Mammals and author of the new book for parents, “The Art of Allowance: A Short, Practical Guide to Raising Money-Smart, Money-Empowered Kids.”

There is so much craziness going on in the world these days that can cause our children to feel overwhelmed, irritated, anxious, depressed, and hopeless. As parents, if we let these feelings go uncontrolled, it will change the way they think, act, and live, and ultimately affects their relationships. In this episode, Dawn Hafner will show us how to address our emotional well-being as well as that of our children and rise above our present-day challenge.

What does it mean to "take command" in your life and your relationships? It is not about being bossy and expecting compliance to your every demand. Rather it is about being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be. When you are at your best, it will give you the "courage" to influence your family to be at their best also. Paul Gowin is a human performance strategist, a motivational speaker, and a military veteran. He is the founder of the Take Command Project, that helps you to take command of your life and go beyond your expectations, both personally and professionally.