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Are you tired of yelling at your kids? Do you sometimes feel like they don’t listen or respect you? Do you feel like the worst parent EVER? You’re not alone, there is hope! Join Lisa Smith -- Mom, Master Certified Parent Coach, Author and Speaker -- as she helps turn frustrated parents -- who regularly default to yelling, threatening and punishing -- into peaceful leaders within their households. As a former dominant parent, she has found the path to Peaceful Parenting and is dedicated to he ...
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Last week, we had an amazing conversation with Corinne Crabtree all about parenting for a positive body image. This week, I’m joined by a wonderful mother and Hive community member, Hannah, who is currently in the middle of changing her own paradigms when it comes to body positivity and parenting her kids through the same experience. Tune in as Han…
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140. Parenting for Positive Body Thoughts with Corinne Crabtree
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Do you have negative thoughts about your body? As you'll hear this week, the way we think about and speak about our own body impacts the way our children think and speak about theirs. So, how can we set them up to have the best possible body image? I have the perfect guest to talk this through with: Corinne Crabtree. Corinne is a Master Certified W…
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139. Go the Distance When Holding the Limits
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Have you ever tried to break down your limits with your child during one of their storms? Yes? Well, let me stop you right there. Is during a storm really the best time to connect? Do you need to connect in that way? This week, I make space for all the different ways we can hold the limit and how that may look in different circumstances. Discover m…
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138. Elevate Your Parenting: Inside The Hive Membership
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This week, Hannah, a longtime Hive Member, is *mic-drop* interviewing me! We are turning the tables to discuss all things Hive, my parent coaching community. The Hive started as an idea to bring like-minded parents on a similar journey together in community, to get parent coaching in an affordable way. It is a safe space for consistent parenting wi…
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137. Want to Connect with Your Kids? Do Less: A Real World Coaching Conversation with Kate and Lyra
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Parenting success doesn't come from getting everything done and fitting the children in between, it comes from being present. So this week, I'm joined by 2 members of The Hive, Lyra and Kate, to talk about parenting with high expectations and redefining “success” as a parent. This week, discover some methods to release and redefine your success as …
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A simple reality of parenting is that we cannot teach our kids every lesson for every experience, and trying to do so will prevent you from connecting. One of the strategies I teach parents is to pick their top 3 lessons, just 3, and focus on teaching those. Learn how to ditch the panicked mindset and dedicate time to focusing on 3 values you would…
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135. When Anger Comes Up: Real Time Parenting with Dina
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Dina is a champion of The Hive; she has been a member for 2 years and has developed countless new tools to parent in a manner that fosters deep connection. Today, Dina and I break down her recent struggle with anger. Learn to identify your anger as a signal, ground yourself in the underlying emotions, and move forward as the peaceful leader of the …
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134. Why Raising “Successful Kids” Is Not the Point with Kiva Schuler
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Kiva Schuler is the founder and CEO of the Jai Institute for Parenting. She is the author of The Peaceful Parenting (R)evolution and a thought leader within the parent coaching community. This week, Kiva and I dig into connecting with your child rather than perfecting them. Discover how to reframe your thoughts about success and what it means to en…
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There's no such thing as the perfect parent, right? Yet some of us are still running ourselves ragged trying to excel in every aspect of parenting. I invite you to drop the unrealistic parenting expectations that are robbing the joy of parenting from you, and to stop modeling striving for perfection to your kids. To help you do this, I share three …
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When Brandon Reed's first son was born, he and his wife were desperate to find a way to get him to sleep through the night. It was exhausting for everyone involved. In response, he created a podcast of long immersive sound experiences and his family finally found some rest. This week, Brandon shares the story behind his podcast, 12-Hour Sound Machi…
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131. How to Model Anger for Your Kids Part 2
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I share part two of my two-part series: Anger Can Be Your Gift. We look at two types of anger, learn what lies beneath them, and discuss tools for identifying, sitting with, and moving forward with our feelings. Join me as we unpack how to understand our anger, its accompanying feelings, and how to soothe rather than suppress them. Discover tools a…
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This may be a huge shock to you, but there is no need to shame yourself into infinity when you experience moments of frustration and anger. You can leverage those moments and use anger as a tool. This week, I share two ways anger can help us to understand and communicate better and how to use it to feel your feelings. Discover when and how to commu…
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129. How to Enforce Limits with Calm, Confidence, and a Peaceful Authority!
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It is challenging to enforce limits when our kids insist on gaming for an extra hour, staying up late, or exceeding agreed-upon phone usage. Even I struggle with it, as it's tough to calmly uphold boundaries when our children push back. However, I know that when limits are peacefully enforced, they are effective. I share strategies to enforce limit…
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128. Is Fear of Conflict Getting in the Way of Peacefully Setting Limits with Your Kids?
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Are you nervous about setting limits with your child? Or do you actively find yourself undermining the limits you set when faced with challenges? And here's the big one: do you actively avoid conflict? We break down four roadblocks that prevent my Hive Members from setting and enforcing limits with their children. Our children will push back and ch…
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127. Why Multitasking and Peaceful Parenting Don’t Mix
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Did you know that your child's brain isn't physically capable of multitasking? Yet as adults, we are constantly modelling how to multitask and not give our full attention to anything at one time. I invite you to take inventory of your parenting and dig into the impact of multitasking. I share why I gave up multitasking and how that has impacted my …
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126. What Co-Regulation with Your Kids Looks Like
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Hannah is a mother of 4 small children and a member of our Hive. She shares her struggle as a mom of young kids and the overwhelm that brought her to Real World Peaceful Parenting. Hannah graciously shares her experience and the shifts she has found through the support of our program. I break down what Real World Peaceful Parenting is in its essenc…
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125. Parenting Without Punishment: Guiding Your Child
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Today’s podcast is part two of my Stop Punishing, Start Guiding Series. We want our children to be able to create decisions from a calm, regulated state. When you set limits, it helps your child feel supported and also encourages the development of an internal compass. We look further at guiding your child to make better decisions and I break down …
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124. Parenting Without Punishment: Setting Limits
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Peaceful Parenting revolves around connection, not punishment. Punishment creates a power struggle that breaks trust and erodes relationships. Instead of promoting support, it emphasizes obedience. When we establish supportive systems, both we and our children can learn more effectively. Setting limits is all about creating a calm framework that ke…
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Research has shown that the more you resort to punishment, the less likely your child will want to cooperate. The only way we can encourage change in our children is by building trust. I share how I discovered that threatening, dominating, commanding, and enforcing punishments are not the best way to communicate or make a change in my child. Tune i…
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122. How to Course Correct Your Parenting Mindset
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Do you find yourself looking for an ulterior motive in your child’s actions? When we believe we are going to catch our children at their worst, that is what we train our brains to see. I offer a solution to stop keeping score. It begins with your thoughts. Learn how to calm your mind, feel prepared, and use your child’s hyperfocus and strong will t…
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121. Why You’re the Best Authority on Your Family
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Are you overwhelmed by all the information, advice, and parenting how-tos out there? While seeking out expert advice is good, I often see parents who lack confidence in their parenting struggle to perfectly implement all the ideas they’ve heard with their own family. Learn how to become your own expert as a parent. I explain why it’s important to b…
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120. What to Do When the Co-parenting Feels Uneven
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Imagine you’re in a situation where you step out for whatever reason and your co-parent has to take over parenting during that time. You’re at the gym or with friends or helping your mom, and your co-parent texts you a question about the kids or unloads on you about the past few hours as soon as you get home. You struggle with feeling empathy for y…
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119. Discover the Power of Peaceful Parenting: What's Possible for Your Family?
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I’m joined by Deena, a Hive member who has undergone a massive transformation in her parenting. Since joining The Hive, Deena said her parenting has gone from one characterized by “screaming, chaos, and feeling alone” to “calm, peaceful, and empowered.” Deena and I discuss her road to peaceful parenting. Deena shares the techniques that have helped…
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As parents, we can often find ourselves asking our children “why?” Why are they acting this way? Why do they always forget things? Why are they not listening? We think that what our kid is doing is the problem. If they just acted differently, we wouldn’t get so frustrated and dysregulated. In reality, we have to step back in these moments and reali…
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117. Triggered? Ask Yourself This Question
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A lot of times when our kids do something that upsets us, we quickly jump to conclusions about what it might mean about them and how they feel about us. Often, this can result in us getting triggered and no longer parenting from a calm, empathetic place. One of the best things you can ask yourself in these moments is “what am I making this mean?” I…
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