Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
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#086 What to Do About Mom Burnout?
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
10/19/20 • 22 min
There's no way to escape stress right now with all that's going on. Parenting alone is stressful.
The problem with stress is that it impacts more than your mind and your emotions. It impacts your body. Being in a constant state of stress response is not good for you or your family. This is more than being drained from all the drama, it impacts your biology too. It effects all the systems of your body including muscles, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and the nervous and reproductive system . When you go into stress response you release a flood of stress hormones including adrenaline and cortisol, which rouses your body for emergency action. Your heart pounds faster, muscles tighten, and breath quickens. You tend to take shallow breaths which can make you dizzy. Stress that’s unchecked weakens your immune system, can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.
In the book, Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski, they talk about two very important concepts about burnout.
Understanding the difference between the stress and the stressor.
Completing the stress cycle.
To feel like yourself again and get your mojo back you need to complete the stress cycle every day. I discuss several ways you can do that.
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#095 Mindfulness, Meditation, and Parenting
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
12/21/20 • 48 min
Today we are going to talk about how mindfulness meditation can dial down the drama and help you be the best parent for your teens.
Did you know that 47 different studies showed that mindfulness meditation reduces anxiety, reduces depression, increases well being , improves quality of sleep, and improves health outcomes?
I have a special guest today that will help us explore mindfulness and parenting.
Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, RYT, is a mindful mama mentor. Hunter is the creator of the Mindful Parenting course, host of the Mindful Mama podcast and widely-followed author of Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids. She helps parents bring more calm and peace into their daily lives. Hunter has over twenty years of experience in meditation practices and has taught mindfulness to thousands worldwide.
Hunter has a special gift for you today. Thirty-six minutes in Hunter will lead you in a special nine minute meditation to help you reduce stress.
Here are some questions you can explore.
1. How did you get interested in mindfulness and meditation practices.
2. What is mindfulness and how does that help your parenting?
3. Can you explain how mindfulness meditation changes the brain?
4. How do you practice mindfulness?
You can contact Hunter at https://www.mindfulmamamentor.com/
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#076 Mom, Is There More For You?
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08/03/20 • 44 min
Is there more for you?
In the teenage years you focus on your son or daughters future. You want them to have every opportunity possible and you’d sacrifice everything to make that happen. You want them to get the internship in Spain. You want them to get into the best university. But at some point this sometimes quiet and other times really loud voice thinks, "What about me???"
Are you tired of your corporate job? Do you regret quitting your career when you had kids, because you've been out of the work force for so long? Do your wonder what's next for you?
In today's episode I interview my friend and mentor Christine Kane.
Christine helps people break through their fears and build wildly successful businesses from their dreams.
Christine is gifting you with, "The Complete Guide to Vision Boards," which will help you tap into the power of intention. (link below)
https://christinekane.com/visionboard-ck
Before Christine Kane founded what became a multi-million dollar business-coaching company, she enjoyed fifteen years in the music industry, producing seven CD’s and a DVD on her own label, and selling more than 100,000 copies. She won a Telly Award and performed with none other than John Mayer, The Beach Boys, Los Lobos, Nanci Griffith, and Shawn Colvin, among many other luminaries.
Her extraordinary success as a singer-songwriter had fellow artists, entrepreneurs, and fans asking how she did it while staying true to her art and herself. Those backstage questions turned into weekend retreats and set her on a new path.
In 2010, Kane opened Uplevel You, a company that speaks directly to the ever-growing class of sensitive, idea-driven, aggression-averse entrepreneurs (a class she counts herself a member of). After just over a year, her revenues catapulted over $1 million.
Among her early business successes was her self-published e-book, The Complete Guide to Vision Boards: The Ultimate Starter Kit to Get Wildly Clear and Create the Life of Your Dreams, which quickly became an Amazon best-seller and has exceeded over 75,000 downloads to date.
Today, Kane leads a small yet mighty team at Uplevel World Headquarters in Asheville, North Carolina. Her openness and humor online, on stage, and in writing are what first attract her clients (or her “peeps,” as she calls them) to her and her approach to business. They become devoted followers and enthusiastic advocates because what she teaches works - their lifestyles and bank accounts prove it. Her first book will be published in November 2020.
Check out Christine's podcast "Soul Sourced Business Podcast." (link below)
https://christinekane.com/podcast/
Check out The Soul-Sourced Entrepreneur: An Unconventional Success Plan for the Highly Creative, Secretly Sensitive, and Wildly Ambitious which will be released November 2020.
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#074 Are You A Reactive Or Responsive Parent?
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
07/20/20 • 23 min
What is the difference between a reactive parent and a responsive parent? Why does this matter?
This distinction can change your life, your family and your relationship with your teen.
If you want to create a secure attachment with your teen you want to be responsive and not reactive. You want to make sure you’re responding in healthy ways instead of reacting in ways that are detrimental to you and your teen.
No parent signs up to be a reactive parent, it happens automatically. In this episode we explore the 4 characteristics of a reactive parent and how to turn that around. We will also explore the do's and don'ts of responding versus reacting.
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#087 The Empathy Advantage
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
10/26/20 • 47 min
Today we are going to talk about all things empathy.
Why should you care about empathy? In this episode we answer this question. Empathy is on the decline in our culture and we will look at why. How does social media and out digital world impact empathy?
What can moms do to help increase empathy in teens? Can empathy be taught? Are middle school and high school students capable of empathy? What’s the evidence that people can learn to be more empathetic? What is the empathy advantage? We will explore self empathy, empathy to others and empathy to our planet. We have a special guest that is highly knowledgeable around the research and science of empathy and also has practical advice for you moms.
LYNNE AZARCHI, author of THE EMPATHY ADVANTAGE, is Executive Director of Kidsbridge Tolerance Center outside of Trenton, New Jersey—a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering bullying prevention, anti-bias, diversity appreciation, empathy, and empowerment strategies for youth. She is a tireless advocate for improving the lives of at-risk youth in communities across New Jersey. Kidsbridge helps more than 2,500 preschool, elementary, and middle school students and educators improve their social-emotional skills each year. Azarchi has won many awards and her articles have been published both in newspapers and academic journals. She is a frequent speaker to parent and teacher groups, corporations and major educational conferences.
To learn more about the book or to contact Lynne click this link. https://empathyadvantagebook.com/
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#094 selfless or Selfie Teen
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
12/14/20 • 42 min
Moms, as you know social media has created a whole new set of problems for parents of teens.
I know trying to monitor screen time will bring out the beast in most teens. And that’s so draining to deal with that day after day. Today we are going to go deeper and explore the impact of how social media is impacting our teens. Specifically addressing this selfie generation. And how it's not just about posting selfies it's directly correlated with how many likes you get. This is a recipe for compulsive posting, anxiety, and poor self esteem with a dash of narcissism. Our guest today is not only a wealth of information she is offering you a tool to communicate with your teen about the impact of social media and selfies.
Kim Laureen is co founder of Fresh Independence Productions - a writer, speaker and advocate for youth and families at risk. Director of the award winning documentary 'selfless' Kim says being a mom of 8 has prepared her well and lends authenticity, compassion and understanding to the challenges families face today.
In this episode we discuss these questions.
- Why selfless?
- · How the film came to be... (inspirational back story)
- · What are some stats you have learned along the way?
- · What are the realities you are hearing from youth?
- · What did you learn parenting through 3 decades of teens?
- · What is your greatest concern?
- · What advice would you pass along to parents of teens today?
You can go to selflessmovie.com to watch and purchase via iTunes - Apple - Amazon or reach out directly to book a community screening license or workshop.
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#110 Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
04/12/21 • 41 min
In a culture of perfectionism and pressure we need ways to release the stress. I can think of no better way than healthy humor. There is so much fodder for humor while parenting teens and living in these middle years. Today's episode is on the lighter and even fun side. Our guest today helps us take ourselves and our situations lightly.
In this episode I interview Kristen van Ogtrop.
Kristin is the author of Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom. The former longtime editor-in-chief of Real Simple and “The Amateur” columnist for Time, she is a literary agent at InkWell Management. Her writing has appeared in countless publications, and the New York Times bestselling collection, The Bitch in the House. She is a wife and mother of three, but sometimes loves her dogs more than anybody else.
Kristin just released her new book, Did I Say That Out Loud? Midlife Indignities and How to Survive Them. Kristin is a very gifted writer who pays attention to the absurdities we endure and names them.
She does address some of the challenges of those middle years but in a way that is so real, poignant, optimistic, and hilarious all at the same time. There were many times that I literally laughed out loud while reading her book especially reading her chapter, "When Things Fall Apart." I think it's such a gift when someone can help you laugh at yourself and not take your life, your parenting and your future so seriously and revaluate whats the point of it all.
Check out her new book: https://amzn.to/3mpmJp9
Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kvanogtrop/
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#073 Stand Up To Sexting
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
06/29/20 • 44 min
How do you safeguard your teens from Sexting? To answer this question I interview two experts.
Heather Boynton who is a mother of four (three who are currently teens) and is a professor of Child Development at Clovis Community College where she teaches a variety of classes including child and adolescent development.
AND Christy Monson who has an M.S. in Counseling Psychology and Marriage & Family Therapy from University of Nevada at Las Vegas. She established a successful counseling practice in Las Vegas, Nevada where she works with children and their families.
Recently Christy Monson and Heather Boyton have coauthored Stand Up to Sexting, An Open Conversation Between Parents and Kids..
I have been a family therapist for decades and have seen many girls who have suffered greatly from the aftermath of sexting. There are so many consequences to the girl, the boy, the families, bystanders, law enforcement and school districts. Most of these girls were bullied into sending nude pictures. Often older boys would threaten and pressure these girls. They were promised that they would not share their picture ...only to have their pictures shared to multiple middle schools and high schools in their school district. Moms would bring these girls to see me, their heads hung down in shame. They were utterly humiliated. What I saw over and over again is that these girls weren’t bad girls...they were good girls, they were naïve girls, and they were scared girls. Many just didn’t know what to do and thought the only option was to send the picture.
Christy and Heather wrote Stand up to Sexting so that parents and especially middle schoolers could have honest conversations. For this to happen the teens need to feel safe to share this secret with their parents.
You can find Stand Up to Sexting, An Open Conversation Between Parents and Kids on Amazon.
You can reach Christy at christymonson.com
You can reach Heather at [email protected]
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#075 A Surprising Way to Be a Leader in Your Home
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
07/27/20 • 42 min
In this episode we talk about a surprising way to be a leader in your home. My good friend Sue Ludwig and I were talking about Dr. Jill Bolte Taylors quote, "Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into the space," and how this quote changed her business, family and her personal life.
Sue Ludwig is the President and Founder of the National Association of Neonatal Therapists (NANT), an organization full of passionate neonatal therapists who aim to improve developmental outcomes for premature and sick infants in the NICU.
Sue practiced as a neonatal occupational therapist at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for over 20 years.
Sue is a sought after speaker, consultant, writer and educator. She is also a published author and poet. She is driven to improve the culture of healthcare, armed with decades of experience speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves. '
Believe it or not preemies and teens have something in common. They both respond to the energy we bring into the room.
We can be the leaders of the energy we bring into the room through intention, pre-deciding, taking a pause, being mindful of transitions, and practicing self awareness. There is a huge cumulative effect on our teens when we practice this and when we don't.
At the end of the day Sue would ask herself this very brave question,
"What's it like to be on the receiving side of you?"
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#099 Help for Moms of Juniors and Seniors
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
01/18/21 • 31 min
After observing moms and teens for decades, I see predictable traps moms of juniors and seniors fall into . These traps dial up the drama, leave your relationship strained and you drained. This podcast will help you avoid these common pitfalls so you wont miss these precious years with your teen before they go off to college. With a little information, awareness and strategy you can avoid the traps and experience everything you hope for before your teen leaves home.
This is a hard season. Legally your eighteen year old may be an adult but they are far from it with their undeveloped prefrontal cortex. You are well aware of their emotional immaturity.
Your knee deep in the college application process and your teen doesn’t seem to be taking everything as serious as you. All of this stresses you out. You could relax if you saw your teen was being responsible but you don’t. You feel the pressure to get them ready before they leave home.
You want to see them being mature and responsible. But you don’t see evidence of that. I have heard this statement from parents for decades.
How can my teen be ready for college if they cant even...
- manage their money
- clean their room
- work on their college applications
- get up on time
- do their chores.
And when you see this irresponsibility it can throw you into a panic.
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How many episodes does Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens have?
Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens currently has 291 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Kids & Family, Podcasts, Business and Careers.
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The episode title '#087 The Empathy Advantage' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens?
The average episode length on Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens is 38 minutes.
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Episodes of Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens?
The first episode of Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens was released on Feb 20, 2014.
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