The Parenting Reset Show: Recent Episodes
Therese Connolly
Are there days you wish you could push the reset button and start over with your kids that day? Do you ever wish you had a plan of how to start to make a shift with your kids? Someone to guide you along your single parenting journey as you make adjustments and has the strategies and the knowledge to help you implement these changes? That’s what I love to do, support parents with resetting along this path of parenting.
I’m Tess Connolly, parent coach for parents of tweens and teens, founder of the Parenting Reset membership and a mother to a darling tween boy. The Single Parent Reset Show is all about resetting; making shifts and changes both big and small in your family’s life.
Struggling to parent your screen-obsessed teen without constant conflict or guilt?
In today’s screen-saturated world, parenting tweens and teens feels more like managing meltdowns than building connection—especially for single parents. This episode unpacks how to address screen time battles, behavior problems, and communication breakdowns with practical, empowering tools.
- Discover how to set screen time limits without daily arguments, guilt, or second-guessing.
- Gain strategies for building strong family culture and communication—even as a single parent.
- Learn how to move from control to connection and influence as your child matures.
Listen now to learn how to navigate screen time and behavior problems while creating deeper communication and connection with your tween or teen.
Find out more about Avital Schreiber Levy here
👉 https://www.hifam.com/
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Are you a single parent wondering how to survive summer with your tween or teen home all day, pushing back on rules, and glued to a screen?
As summer ramps up, many parents face a sudden breakdown in structure—and a surge in screen time battles, communication gaps, and behavior problems. But with a few simple resets, summer doesn’t have to feel chaotic or draining. In this episode, we’re breaking down how to set expectations early, create boundaries that work, and take care of yourself in the process.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with:
✅ A framework to reset summer routines that actually stick (even if it’s already July)
✅ How to set screen time limits that reduce conflict and improve communication
✅ A self-care strategy for single parents that recharges you—and models balance for your child
Listen now and learn how to create a summer rhythm that supports better communication, healthier screen time habits, and a calmer home—even with teens and tweens in the mix.
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Think a missed period is just part of teen drama? What if it’s your first warning sign that your daughter’s health — and future fertility — are at risk?
As a single parent, navigating the ups and downs of parenting teens and tweens is already overwhelming. But what if your daughter’s silence around her period, body image, or eating habits is hiding something deeper? In this episode of The Single Parent Reset Show, we explore how hormonal health, restrictive eating, and perfectionism intersect — and how they can impact your teen’s behavior, communication, and long-term wellbeing. If you’re trying to improve communication with your teen and understand the hidden signals behind their actions, this episode is a must.
Learn the early warning signs of hormonal imbalance that most parents miss — even in “healthy” high-achieving girls.
Discover how your relationship with food and body image might unknowingly shape your daughter’s mindset and behavior.
Get clear, practical conversation starters and mindset shifts to improve communication and open healthy discussions around periods, eating, and wellness.
Press play to learn how to support your daughter’s hormonal and emotional health — and become the confident, informed guide she needs as she navigates her tween and teen years.
Find out more about Dani Sheriff here
👉 https://www.thehasociety.com/
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Are conflicts with your teen wearing you down as a single parent? It’s normal—here’s how to handle it with calm, confidence, and connection.
In this episode, Tess Connolly, LCSW, breaks down the essential tools to manage conflicts with your tween or teen—without yelling, power struggles, or endless frustration.
✅ Learn how to validate your teen’s feelings and calm your own reactions.
✅ Discover powerful conflict tools like the “redo” and the third-party perspective.
✅ Model healthy communication that strengthens your relationship long-term.
Listen in and get practical tips to transform conflict into connection—while still holding the line and guiding your teen with confidence.
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Are you tired of repeating yourself 10 times just to get your kid to brush their teeth or put down the phone?
In this episode, parenting coach Tia Slightham joins Tess Connolly, LCSW, to break down the real reason your kids aren’t listening—and it’s not because they’re defiant. Whether you're parenting solo or just trying to reduce daily power struggles, this conversation offers practical, proven tools to create calm, cooperation, and connection.
Discover the 3-step boundary-setting method that helps kids actually follow through without constant nagging
Learn why switching just one word (from if to when) can transform your child's behavior
Understand the critical difference between punishment and discipline—and why most parents get it wrong
Press play now to learn how to stop repeating yourself and start parenting with purpose using tools that truly work—even for your strong-willed tween or teen.
If you’re feeling burnt out, weighed down by guilt, and wishing there was a way to parent with more peace, more patience, and more connection…
you’re not alone, and it’s not your fault.
You’ve simply been missing the right strategy.
That’s exactly why I want to give you two powerful tools: that have helped over 10,000 parents overcome this
First, you’ll get my 5 ingredient, “Golden Time Guide."
This simple daily plan helps you meet your child’s emotional needs in just 10 minutes a day—so you can break the cycles of nagging, yelling and power struggles. Learn to create a strong connection with your kids all with cooperation and calmness in your home.
ds all with cooperation and calmness in your home. Second, I’m offering you a private "Parenting Breakthrough Session."
This is a 50-minute 1:1 call where we’ll take a close look at where you're feeling stuck, uncover the real reasons behind the challenges you’re facing, and create a personalized action plan to help you shift from surviving to thriving.
And during this session, I’ll also walk you through a game changing tool which is inside my Parenting with Purpose Method—the same framework that’s helped thousands of parents break old cycles and build homes full of respect, connection, and confidence.
If you’re ready to stop struggling and start seeing real change, I would love to support you.
To get both the Golden Time Guide and your Parenting Breakthrough Session, just head over to Instagram (@tiaparentingcoach) and DM me the word "RESET"
One more time—just send me the word "RESET" on Instagram @tiaparentingcoach, and I’ll personally get everything over to you.
Find out more about Tia Slightham here 👉 www.tiaslightham.com
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Is your teen’s behavior pushing your limits and testing your patience?
As a single parent, handling behavior problems and communication challenges with your tween or teen can feel overwhelming. In this episode, you’ll discover how to confidently hold the line on screen time, chores, and other boundaries—while still nurturing a strong, positive connection.
Learn how to address behavior problems and defiance by understanding the developmental changes tweens and teens are going through.
Find out how to create a safe, collaborative space for communication so your teen feels heard and respected.
Get practical tools and tips—like the Tech Reset Agreement—to manage screen time and build consistency in your parenting.
Tune in now to discover proven strategies to improve communication, manage behavior problems, and confidently parent your tween or teen—while staying connected and consistent.
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Are screens time struggles turning your family's downtime into daily battles?
As a single parent, setting limits on screen time - and sticking to them - can feel like an uphill fight, especially when your tween or teen's behaviour is on the line.
In this episode of The Single Parent Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW, breaks down why screen time conflicts are so common in single parent homes, and how they're linked to bigger behaviour problems and communication challenges. She shares her own experience as a single parent and her go-to strategies for creating screen time agreements that actually stick - without constant arguments or frustration.
Learn how to improve communication with your tween or teen around screen time - without becoming the "bad guy."
Discover why clear boundaries and collaborative solutions are key to reducing behaviour problems.
Get Tess's practical framework for creating a screen time agreement that keeps your connection strong and your child's behaviour in check.
Press play now to get practical tips you can start using today - and finally turn screen time from a battle into an opportunity to build trust and connection in your home.
Chapters
00:00 Podcast Setup and Introduction
07:07 Introducing the Topic: Parenting Tweens and Teens
09:03 Screen Time Battles: A Common Concern
26:34 Building a Screen Time Agreement
31:49 Wrap-Up and Future Topics
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
Feeling overwhelmed by behavior problems, endless screen time battles, and communication breakdowns—while parenting solo?
In this episode of The Single Parent Reset Show, therapist and solo parenting expert Tess Connolly, LCSW, sits down with Karey Spransy—life coach and fellow single parent—who shares how to reset your parenting approach when you're in the messy middle of raising tweens and teens. Together, they unpack how to shift from reactive to intentional parenting, especially when you're going it alone.
- Learn how to reduce behavior problems by setting calm, consistent boundaries
- Discover real-world strategies for improved communication with your tween or teen
- Understand how to create meaningful screen time limits—without constant conflict
Press play now and discover how solo parenting can become a source of strength—not stress—when you're raising tweens and teens.
Are you constantly juggling your family's calendar and feeling the weight of the mental load? In this episode of The Parenting Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW, talks with Jessica Etting, founder of Jam, the AI-powered family organization app designed to help parents of tweens and teens lighten their mental load and foster independence.
They explore how Jam helps families:
- Centralize and simplify family schedules
- Empower kids and teens to manage their own activities
- Transition from parental “policing” to supportive partnership
- Improve family communication and reduce stress
Jessica also shares how the Jam Family Calendar integrates with existing tools, protects privacy, and encourages responsibility in tweens and teens. If you're a busy parent looking for smarter ways to stay connected and get organized, this episode is a must-listen.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Setting the Stage
02:23 Introducing Jam: The AI Family Organizer
05:35 The importance of Organization in Family Life
07:59 Empowering Kids with Jam
11:47 Enhancing Family Connectivity thorough Organization
15:35 Transitioning from Policing to Partnership
16:50 Integrating Family Calendars
21:46 Managing Privacy and Personal Schedules
24:57 Subscription and Accessibility of Jam Family Calendar
28:05 Mental Load And Emotional Well-Being
32:03 Gratitude and Family Support
Find out more about Jessica Etting’s App Jamhere
👉 https://www.jamfamilycalendar.com/
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
🆘 Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 45-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session: Parent Reset Call
⭐Got screen time problems at home? Get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
In this episode of The Parenting Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW, sits down with teen coach and educator Will Kirsop to talk about something every parent wants for their teen: a sense of direction and purpose.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
• Why purpose matters for your teen’s mental health, motivation, and academic success.
• How a clear sense of purpose can help reduce stress, anxiety, and disconnection.
• A powerful tool called “Life Crafting”—and how it can guide your teen toward meaningful goals.
• How to use Appreciative Inquiry to spark deep, positive conversations with your tween or teen.
• Why open communication, compassion, and curiosity are key when parenting through this stage.
• How to support your teen’s transition to independence with confidence and clarity.
This episode gives parents practical tools and science-backed strategies to help their teens feel more connected, focused, and hopeful about their future.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Setting the Stage
02:25 Understanding Purpose in Teen Development
09:45 The Role of Appreciative Inquiry
13:52 Practical Strategies for Parents
20:08 Fostering Purpose for Academic and Mental Health Benefits
21:32 The Importance of Purpose in Teen Development
24:36 Life Crafting: A Pathway to Meaningful Goals
27:17 Navigating Career Choices and Future Planning
30:59 Challenges of Transitioning to Independence
33:52 The Role of Compassion in Parenting
40:44 Gratitude and Reflection in Coaching
Find out more about Will Kirsop here 👉Many Roads | Teen Coaching
⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
In this episode of the Parenting Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW interviews Sabrina Yavil, a former beauty industry executive turned entrepreneur, who shares her journey of creating Grime, a clean personal care brand for preteens and teens. Sabrina discusses the challenges of finding safe and effective products for her three boys, the battles over bath time, and her motivation to develop a solution that meets the needs of kids while ensuring their safety. The conversation highlights the importance of self-care, the complexities of product ingredients, and the journey of entrepreneurship in the beauty industry. In this conversation, Tess Connolly and Sabrina Yavil discuss the challenges of parenting, particularly around hygiene and self-care for children. They explore innovative products designed to simplify these routines, the importance of fostering independence in kids, and the impact of early hygiene habits on self-esteem. Sabrina shares her journey in developing clean beauty products and emphasizes the significance of ingredient awareness for children's health. The discussion also touches on family dynamics, gratitude, and personal growth.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Sabrina Yavil and Grime
07:40 Sabrina’s Journey in the Beauty Industry
12:07 The Challenge of Finding Safe Products for Kids
18:14 Navigating Bath Time Battles with Kids
21:31 Creating Grime: A Solution for Preteens and Teens
25:09 Innovative Hair Care Solutions
26:44 Navigating Parent-Child Hygiene Habits
28:57 empowering Independence in Self-Care
30:51 The Importance of Early Hygiene
32:20 Creating a Cool and Inviting Bathroom Environment
33:39 Product Development Journey
37:55 Gratitude and Family Dynamics
38:14 Ingredient Awareness and Safety
44:51 Reflection on Family and Personal Growth
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⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Effective Screen Time Management for Teens
In this episode, I’m excited to share a conversation I had with Kristina Nation on Brave Bold TV called “Kick Your Teen's Troubles to the Curb”!
We dive into the challenges of managing screen time and social media use among teenagers—something so many parents struggle with.
I share my insights as a clinical social worker and parent coach on how to create a tech reset agreement, set healthy boundaries, and encourage better digital habits.
We also discuss the impact of social media on mental health and the importance of family activities to reduce screen dependence.
Tune in for practical advice and strategies to help foster better communication and connection within your family!
⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Summary In this episode of the Parenting Reset Show, Tess Connolly, LCSW speaks with Shellee Howard, a certified independent college strategist and counselor. They discuss the complexities of the college admissions process, the importance of understanding student identity and motivation, and the strategies for navigating college selection while aiming for a debt-free education. Shellee shares her personal journey and experiences with her four children, highlighting the diverse paths they took to achieve their educational goals. The conversation emphasizes the need for parents to engage in deeper discussions with their children about their aspirations and the realities of college life. In this conversation, Shellee Howard discusses the intricacies of preparing students for college, emphasizing the importance of individualized strategies tailored to each student's unique strengths and needs. She highlights the significance of starting early, building ownership and accountability in students, and the role of mentorship in navigating the college admissions process. Additionally, Shellee shares insights on simplifying the admissions process and securing scholarships, encouraging parents to take an active role in their child's college readiness journey. Takeaways Shellee Howard helps students and parents navigate the college admissions process. Understanding student identity is crucial for college readiness. The financial aspect of college is often a major concern for families. Community service should be viewed as a positive experience, not a chore. Students often feel pressure from various sources, leading to inaction. Parents and students often have different priorities regarding college fit. Early exposure to college environments can spark interest in higher education. Career paths are evolving, and students need to be aware of future job markets. Engaging students in meaningful conversations can help clarify their goals. The college selection process should focus on academic, social, and financial fits. Parents should avoid treating their child as an average statistic. Starting college preparation early can prevent future academic setbacks. Community service involvement should begin as early as possible. A customized college readiness plan is essential for each student. The 'vault' contains valuable data to guide families in the admissions process. Recording sessions with students provides insights for parents. Understanding a child's love language can improve communication. Mentorship plays a crucial role in the college preparation process. Simplifying the college admissions process reduces overwhelm for families. Scholarship opportunities can be pursued as early as seventh grade. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to College Readiness 06:31 The Journey of College Ready 12:30 Understanding Student Identity and Motivation 18:24 Navigating the College Selection Process 24:03 Assessing Career Paths and Future Opportunities 28:21 Navigating the College Preparation Journey 30:41 Customizing the College Readiness Plan 32:28 The Importance of Individualized Strategies 35:06 Building Ownership and Accountability in Students 39:32 Understanding Love Languages for Better Communication 40:38 The Role of Mentorship in College Preparation 42:03 Simplifying the College Admissions Process 45:09 Strategies for Securing Scholarships Find out more about Shellee Howard here 👉 Shellee Howard — College Ready | College Admissions Consulting ⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses) 📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Kristina Saelee, a parent coach specializing in helping families navigate the challenges of raising teens struggling with depression.
What You'll Learn in This Episode:
⭐ Kristina shares her personal journey and how she became a parent coach focused on supporting families dealing with teen depression.
⭐ How to recognize signs of depression in teens, including significant behavioral changes and emotional shifts.
⭐ Practical steps parents can take when they notice mood and behavior changes in their teen.
⭐An overview of Kristina’s five-step program for supporting parents and teens through this journey.
⭐Insight into potential causes of depression, emphasizing both internal and external factors.
⭐Tips for parental self-care to stay resilient while supporting a teen.
⭐Skills and strategies to equip parents and teens with tools for coping and healing.
⭐Identifying and replacing unhealthy coping mechanisms with healthier alternatives.
⭐Balancing technology use with boundaries and fostering open communication.
⭐The importance of holding boundaries while remaining supportive through challenging times.
⭐Kristina is most grateful for the relationship that she has with her daughter now after travelling through their journey.
Find out more about Kristina Saelee here 👉 Life and Relationship Coaching | Empowered Parenting | United States
⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for a deep dive into parenting strategies with Dan Leibowitz M.A, M.S, an expert in educational consulting and executive function coaching. Discover how our own behaviors as parents shape our children’s success, and learn practical tips to set them up for middle school and beyond.
⭐ Dan shares his journey into educational consulting and executive function coaching and how he helps families.
⭐ Tess and Dan explore how parental stress impacts parenting patterns and creates ripple effects in children’s behavior.
⭐Dan discusses how parents improving communication, interactions, and physical spaces can help children show up as their best selves.
⭐ Tess and Dan talk about neurodiversity, what it means, and how neurodiverse children benefit from tailored learning approaches.
⭐ They emphasize the importance of building executive function skills early rather than waiting until problems arise later in life.
⭐Dan explains the three components of his model for understanding and improving executive function.
⭐Tess and Dan share actionable ways to set children up for success from a young age.
⭐Dan introduces the self-regulation model and how parents can apply it to improve family dynamics and support their children.
⭐Dan is most grateful for his friendship with Tess and being on her podcast and sharing his work.
Find out more about Dan Leibowitz here 👉 Innovative Learning Services | coach | Kentfield, CA, USA
⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an engaging conversation with Michael Anderson a family therapist, coach for men overcoming pornography addiction, children’s author of the Jungle Tails series (focused on children’s mental health), and father of three.
⭐ Michael tells us about himself and how he got into the work that he does helping parents heal from past trauma in order to help heal family connections with their children.
⭐ Tess and Michael discuss stats and talk about how big a problem this is in men’s lives and when it goes from being ok to being an addiction.
⭐The conversation covers strategies for couples to address pornography addiction, rebuild trust, and move forward positively.
⭐ Michael explains how partners of those struggling with addiction can recognize that the behavior often stems from personal trauma, not their own inadequacies.
⭐ Michael outlines the challenges men often face in their journey to overcome addiction.
⭐Michael shares an example from a client of how their addiction began and why his client turned to pornography to help listeners understand more about why people can become addicted.
⭐Michael offers three actionable tips for overcoming addiction and fostering healthier habits.
⭐Tess and Michael emphasize the importance of personal healing and its ripple effects on family connections, parenting, and relationships.
⭐Michael is most grateful for becoming a girl Dad after having two boys (who he is also grateful for) and getting to know her and becoming a better father and a better man.
Find out more about Michael Anderson here 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-anderson-44ba36ba/
Find Michaels books here 👉www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2BGH6YQ
⭐Got screen time problems at home, get the Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
⭐️Join the Family and get your weekly Mindful Kids and Family Journal here: https://www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com/join-the-family (Get ready for lessons, podcast leads, offers for parents, and ways to win free parent coaching or masterclasses)
📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an insightful conversation with Jeff Nelligan who is the father of three boys and a well-known commentator in the world of American parenting. His most recent book is the 2nd edition of “Four Lessons from My Three Sons – How You Can Raise Resilient Kids,” in which he outlined his parenting techniques and the path of his sons through childhood and adolescence to the U.S. Naval Academy, Williams College, and West Point.
⭐ Discover how Jeff’s life experiences and lessons as a father inspired him to write his parenting books.
⭐ Tess and Jeff explore the importance of having a parenting strategy and being intentional in your journey as a parent.
⭐ Hear Jeff’s practical strategies for raising resilient kids and his thoughts on challenging societal norms in parenting.
⭐ Learn about the four simple yet powerful attributes Jeff emphasizes: personal courtesy, sustained confidence, grinding resilience in adversity, and ambition.
⭐ Tess shares examples from her own parenting journey with her son and Jeff offers insights from raising his sons, highlighting how these values can be taught in different ways.
⭐ Get insights on supporting children through challenges and helping them push past obstacles they face in life.
⭐ Tess and Jeff discuss ways to inspire ambition in children and nurture their drive for success.
⭐ Jeff is most grateful for his three sons and his strategy and his fortitude to keep to his strategy along the journey.
Find out more about Jeff Nelligan and purchase his book here 👉 NELLIGAN BOOKS
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an insightful conversation with Elaine Glass, a transformative coach and healer who has helped countless people unlock their true selves, find purpose, peace, and self-empowerment. Together, they discuss Elaine’s new book, Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are.
⭐ Discover how Elaine’s life experiences inspired her to write this book, offering guidance on self-discovery and finding purpose.
⭐ Tess and Elaine dive into the importance of being present and truly listening—to both ourselves and others.
⭐Elaine shares how practicing quietness led her to a transformative chance connection and her discovery of the ‘Labyrinth’ as a meditative tool.
⭐ Elaine talks about the ‘Labyrinth’ and its meaning and how we can use it as a meditative tool to help guide you to the truth of who you are through the twists and turns of life.
⭐ Tess explores the challenge parents face in finding moments of quiet. Elaine shares her advice for navigating these times.
⭐ Tess and Elaine discuss how prioritizing our well-being and putting ourselves first teaches children resilience and emotional strength and helps us to show up as our best selves.
⭐ Tess and Elaine discuss the benefits of decluttering our spaces to create room for calm and focus.
⭐Elaine reflects on what purpose means to her and why moments of quiet are essential to discovering our true path.
⭐ Elaine leaves listeners with powerful insights on reconnecting with themselves to live authentically and fully.
⭐Elaine is most grateful for this moment right now.
Find out more about Elaine Glass here 👉 Elaine Glass
Purchase Elaine’s book here 👉 Get Quiet: 7 Simple Paths to the Truth of Who You Are: Glass, Elaine: 9781401976262: Amazon.com: Books
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- What Is Parent Coaching?
- Professional parent coaching provides psychoeducation and practical strategies.
- It’s directive, goal-oriented, and typically lasts 1-6 months.
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It focuses on introducing and discussing new parenting strategies, offering support, and devising plans to implement them.
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Key Benefits of Parent Coaching:
- Improved family communication.
- Better parenting strategies and confidence.
- Solution-focused thinking.
- Mindset shifts in how to parent tweens or teens.
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Strengthened parent-child relationships.
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Who Can Benefit from Parent Coaching?
- Families facing issues like screen time struggles, communication breakdowns, transitions (e.g., marriage, death, adoption), and behavioral challenges.
- Parents of children with ADHD, dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD).
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Support for parents dealing with adolescent mental health challenges, substance abuse, or co-parenting issues.
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My Approach to Parent Coaching:
- Grounded in mindfulness and intentionality.
- Professional experience as an LCSW for nearly 30 years with knowledge of mental health, child development, and family dynamics.
- Personal experience growing up in a self-sufficient family in New Hampshire, which shaped my approach to self-determination and family cooperation.
- Incorporating mindfulness practices to help parents stay present and grounded.
Parent Coaching vs. Psychotherapy:
- Coaching is more focused on the present and future, with the goal of achieving family harmony.
- Psychotherapy addresses mental health issues and is often focused on healing past traumas.
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I provide examples of when therapy is necessary and when coaching is a better fit.
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Family Coaching:
- Family coaching involves working with both parents and children to create real change.
- I discuss how family coaching leads to breakthroughs and faster progress than individual sessions.
If you're interested in learning more about parent coaching and how it can support your family, click the link to book a: 20-30 minute Parent Reset Consultation Call Let’s see if parent or family coaching is the right fit for you!
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for Part 2 of an insightful conversation with Karleen Savage who is a TEDx Speaker, hostage negotiator and a seasoned parent who is committed to empowering parents in building confidence within their teens.
⭐ Discover how Karleen’s diverse life experiences have guided her to work closely with teenagers, sharing valuable insights from both her personal and professional journey.
⭐ Karleen introduces her "Confident Teen Blueprint," breaking down the three essential components that help parents guide their teens toward self-assurance.
⭐ Tess and Karleen explore these components in detail, offering real-life examples of how they apply to everyday challenges with teens.
⭐ The conversation delves into how parents can effectively manage conflict with their teens, navigating both their child’s and their own developmental journey.
⭐ They discuss the significance of building and maintaining trust between parents and their tweens/teens, alongside the need for consistency in parenting approaches.
⭐ Karleen highlights the importance of recognizing that parenting teens often involves managing conflict, providing support, and guiding them through difficult, messy stages.
⭐ She shares fascinating insights from her work as a hostage negotiator, drawing parallels to parenting strategies that help resolve conflicts by fostering understanding and perspective.
⭐ Karleen outlines five key skills parents can use to navigate through complex problems ("wicked problems") with their teens, helping them grow as more effective, thoughtful parents.
⭐ Through relatable examples, Karleen shows how these skills can be applied in real parenting situations, offering a roadmap for handling conflicts and improving communication with tweens and teens.
⭐ Tess and Karleen conclude by discussing the concept of "holding space" for your child, with Karleen sharing a personal story about using this approach with her own daughter to highlight its importance in fostering connection and resolution during conflicts.
⭐Karleen is most grateful for the pre call with Tess and it helped remind her of how human we are.
Find out more about Karleen Savage here 👉Parents Communication Confidence Connection (karleensavage.com)
Listen to Part 1 here 👉 146. Empowering Your Teen: Effective Strategies For Building Confidence (mindfulkidsandfamilies.com)
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an insightful episode of the Parenting Reset Show. In this solo session, Tess delves into three crucial focus areas for parents of middle schoolers during this pivotal stage of their development.
⭐Tess talks about navigating developmental changes that middle schoolers experience, including mood swings and irritability, and how parents can respond with empathy while adjusting their parenting style to meet these new challenges.
⭐In this episode, Tess highlights the importance of managing screen time and emphasizes the need for clear boundaries. She discusses the benefits of delaying phone use until high school and creating screen time agreements to support mental health.
⭐Tess shares how parents can transition to a guide/coach role as their children move through middle school, offering tips on fostering independence while still providing necessary support.
⭐Tess introduces practical tools for managing technology use, including her "Tech Reset Masterclass," which helps parents develop screen time agreements and establish healthy digital habits for the family.
⭐Tess encourages parents to embrace a growth mindset by adjusting their parenting strategies as their child’s needs evolve, and modeling flexibility as a powerful tool for long-term success.
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with Liz Lewine, a Career Coach for Teens and Young Adults.
⭐Discover why Liz is passionate about helping teens find alternatives to the traditional 4-year college path and aiding young adults in thriving through internships or early career exploration.
⭐Hear how a gap year saved Liz's life, gave her direction, and helped her rebuild herself from past experiences.
⭐Tess and Liz discuss the significance of recognizing each child’s unique needs and exploring options like a gap year at the end of high school.
⭐Liz shares insights on how a gap year can benefit teens and the importance of embracing individual paths to success.
⭐Liz and Tess talk about college being one of the many paths to success, and not the only path to success.
⭐Liz discusses the importance of cultivating confidence and resilience in teens to navigate adulthood’s challenges, drawing from her own gap year experience.
⭐Tess and Liz talk about strategies for motivating teens to explore their interests, hobbies, and activities.
⭐Liz highlights the importance of understanding and discussing post-high school plans with your teen.
⭐Tess and Liz guide parents on where to find information about alternatives to college for their children
⭐They discuss potential outcomes for teens who choose not to attend college.
⭐Liz is most grateful for meeting Tess and she is grateful for her husband, friends, family, and especially her parents for supporting her through school and her life-changing gap year.
Find out more about Liz Lewine here 👉 Liz Lewine Coaching - Unlocking Potential: Guiding Teens on Alternative Paths to Success
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📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Karleen Savage who is a TEDx Speaker, hostage negotiator and a seasoned parent who stands at the forefront of empowering parents to instill confidence in their teens.
⭐Discover how Karleen's unique life experiences led her to work closely with teens, sharing insights from her personal and professional journey.
⭐We explore Karleen's "Confident Teen Blueprint"—a powerful tool designed to help parents nurture confidence in their teens, with practical steps and examples.
⭐Gain valuable advice from Karleen's own parenting experiences, including real-life examples of how she instilled confidence in her children.
⭐Tess and Karleen talk about the cost to parents in guiding their children to become confident teens.
⭐Learn the importance of open communication, building trust, and deepening your relationship with your children to support their growth and confidence.
⭐Tess and Karleen discuss how we can support our children and the importance of holding space to help build their confidence through the activities they participate in.
⭐Karleen breaks down the three key components of her blueprint, offering practical examples and implementation strategies for parents.
⭐Tess and Karleen emphasize the importance of consistency in parenting, particularly when it comes to giving consequences and following through.
⭐Karleen is most grateful for opportunities and experiences.
To learn more about Karleen Savage go here 👉 karleensavage.com
Purchase The Confident Teen Blueprint here 👉 Amazon.com: The Confident Teen Blueprint: A parent's 30-day challenge to empower your teen eBook : Savage, Karleen:
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Join host Therese Connolly LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with her son Casey who joins her to talk all about his experience at the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend run by Challenging Teenage Sons. It was a transformative rite of passage weekend that had a profound impact on their relationship and her son's personal growth.
⭐Tess discusses her initial hesitations, the preparation leading up to the weekend, and the impact it had on their relationship.
⭐Casey shares his perspective on the activities, challenges, and valuable skills he gained during the weekend.
⭐The episode highlights the importance of parent involvement, the emotional closure ceremony, and the positive changes observed in our communication post-event.
⭐Overall, the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend was a transformative experience that fostered growth, connection, and personal development for both Tess and her son Casey.
⭐Here are three key takeaways from this powerful episode:
1️⃣ Connection and Communication: Through this weekend, Casey and I experienced a significant improvement in our connection and communication. The experience allowed us to express our feelings better and truly understand each other. Our relationship has deepened, and we now communicate more openly and effectively.
2️⃣ Personal Growth and Challenges: The Young Men's Ultimate Weekend provided Casey with the opportunity to challenge himself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. He learned new skills, faced difficult tasks, and pushed himself out of his comfort zone. This experience of growth and overcoming challenges has had a lasting impact on his confidence and self-awareness.
3️⃣ Parental Involvement and Support: As a parent, being actively involved in the parent education portion of the weekend was invaluable. It reinforced the values and virtues we want to instill in our children and provided a deeper understanding of the experience. The closing ceremony, where parents and sons reconnect, was a powerful moment of recognition and growth for both parties.
⭐I highly recommend listening to this episode to learn more about the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend and the positive impact it can have on parent-child relationships.
To learn more about the Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend go here 👉 Mark Schillinger - Helping Challenged Teenage Sons (challengingteenagesons.com)
View The Mask You Live in Documentary here 👉 The Mask You Live In Documentary — Ever Forward (everforwardclub.org)
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Yael Rothman and Katia Fredriksen who are pediatric neuropsychologists in Maryland, which means that they are thinking doctors for kids.
⭐Yael and Katia explain their roles as pediatric neuropsychologists, what they do to help parents and children with ADHD, and how they provide support.
⭐The discussion covers what ADHD is, the different types, the diagnostic process, and common misconceptions.
⭐They explore where ADHD comes from and who is likely to present with it.
⭐Learn effective parenting strategies, such as reframing how parents approach tasks with their children.
⭐Highlighting the importance of parents looking after themselves to better support their children.
⭐Discussing the impact of anxiety on children with ADHD.
⭐ They emphasize the benefits and gifts that come with different ways of thinking..
⭐Yael shares her gratitude for humor and the wonderful feelings it brings, while Katia expresses her gratitude for the opportunity to help families through her work and enjoying her job.
Find out more about Yael and Katia here 👉neuropsychmoms.com
Get Yael’s and Katia’s book ‘Different Thinkers ADHD’ here 👉https://www.amazon.com/Different-Thinkers-PhD-Katia-Fredriksen/dp/B0CCSP1BX4
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with Kevin Baker, a Certified Professional Life Coach specializing in empowering teenagers. Today, they delve into the topic of parenting baggage.
⭐Discover how Kevin supports tweens and teens facing life's challenges.
⭐Kevin emphasizes helping children focus on positivity and future possibilities, utilizing their skills, passions, and values to carve meaningful life paths.
⭐Learn from Kevin about parental baggage—the influences from our own upbringing and life experiences that unconsciously affect our parenting decisions and interactions with our children.
⭐Tess and Kevin discuss methods for parents to identify and process their baggage, enabling more conscious parenting choices through self-reflection.
⭐They explore the impact of family of origin and how our upbringing influences parenting behavior and shapes our worldview.
⭐Tess and Kevin discuss the importance of mindful behavior modeling and how it impacts children's development.
⭐They examine how parents' subconscious beliefs are transmitted to their children and strategies to address this.
⭐Tess and Kevin share insights on how parents can adapt their parenting approach, fostering physical, mental, and emotional growth in their children.
⭐ They provide strategies for parents to unpack and address their baggage, promoting positive parenting approaches and personal growth.
⭐ Finally, Tess and Kevin discuss practical methods for parents to manage their expectations and effectively guide and coach their children through challenges.
⭐Kevin is most grateful for the power of positivity and the power of positive thinking. Finding the silver lining to make you feel better and then you'll behave better and your actions will be better and your results will be better.
Find out more about Kevin Baker here 👉Life Coaching for Teenagers - LifeCoachKevin.com
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Nina Sossaman Pogue who is a sought-after speaker, two-time best-selling author, and podcast host.
⭐Discover how Nina helps individuals and organizations thrive through challenges and reach new levels of success.
⭐Learn about overcoming failure and building resilience. Tess and Nina discuss how parents can support their children through failures.
⭐Explore how to talk to yourself during success and failure and navigate life's transitions.
⭐Understand the importance of allowing children to fail and learn valuable life lessons.
⭐Tess and Nina address the complexities of middle school friendships and parental navigation.
⭐The importance of trusted therapists and mentors for children to discuss issues they might not share with parents.
⭐Nina explains her four-part framework to help individuals thrive through tough times.
⭐Delve into the first part of Nina's framework, focusing on how viewing our life's timeline can provide perspective and aid in understanding our experiences.
⭐Insights on how the small moments shared with children are the ones they remember most.
⭐ Discussion on the importance of mindful language when talking to ourselves and others.
⭐Nina is most grateful that all three of her kids are in a good place and that they are happy and also she is grateful for her own health.
Find out more about Nina Sossaman Pogue here 👉Meet Nina - Resilience Keynote Speaker — Nina Sossamon-Pogue (ninasossamonpogue.com)
Get Nina’s book here 👉This Is Not The End.: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life - Kindle edition by Sossamon-Pogue, Nina. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking solo podcast about holding the line with your teen. In this episode, Tess explores strategies for setting boundaries, enforcing rules, and maintaining a strong connection with your teenager. Learn how to understand your teen's perspective, set clear expectations, communicate effectively, and build trust.
⭐ Tess explains how adolescence involves significant physical, cognitive, and emotional changes.
⭐ Learn how to listen to your teen, validate their feelings, and see things from their point of view.
⭐Tess explores the importance of discussing rules and expectations with your teen, and introduces the Tech Reset Agreement for managing screen time and device use.
⭐ Discover why consistency is key and how to maintain it in agreements on screentime, homework, bedtimes, chores, etc.
⭐ Tess shows us how to keep lines of communication open and practice active listening without judgment.
⭐ Learn how trust forms the foundation of a healthy parent-child relationship, and how to be honest and consistent in your words and actions.
⭐Get Tess’ Tech Reset Agreement here 👉Mindful Kids and Families
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Michael Jacobus who is a seasoned Camp Director and youth development specialist, globally recognized for his expertise in child development and outdoor education.
⭐Learn how Michael entered his field and created a digital detox program for teenagers.
⭐Discover how the program works and what activities are included for the participants.
⭐Tess and Michael discuss the issues surrounding teens and technology and how the camp addresses these challenges.
⭐Understand how to determine if your child would benefit from the digital detox program and identify signs of tech addiction.
⭐Michael explains the sign-up process, eligibility criteria, and what to expect during enrollment.
⭐Hear about the range of children Michael helps and the different types of tech addictions they face.
⭐Learn about the family workshop weekend included at the end of the program and the follow-up support for families.
⭐Michael goes through what the program consists of, detailing the different activities offered and how these support the therapy provided throughout the program.
⭐Tess and Michael talk about the transformation that he sees in the children that go through the digital detox programme.
⭐Get tips on how to talk to your child about participating in the digital detox program.
⭐Michael introduces his online program for parents to help manage their children's tech addictions and outlines what it includes
⭐Find out about Michael's new book, “Unhappy Campers,” designed to help parents navigate their children's tech addiction issues.
⭐Michael is most grateful for his family.
Find out more about Michael Jacobus and the Digital Detox Program here 👉Digital Detox Programs | Reset Summer Camp | Orange
Get Michael’s book here 👉 Amazon.com: UNHAPPY CAMPERS: How technology, social media and online gaming are creating a generation of unhappy, depressed and angry kids. eBook : Jacobus, Michael, Gutensohn, Shelly: Kindle Store
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
Need 1:1 Support? Book right here to connect with Tess for a 30-minute FREE “Parent Reset” session : https://calendly.com/mindfulkidsandfamilies/30min
Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an episode on negotiating with tweens and teens.
⭐ Tess introduces herself as the host and discusses the challenge of negotiating with teenagers.
⭐ She shares her personal experience negotiating with her own freshman in high school.
⭐ Tess highlights the difficulties of negotiating with teens who resist parental influence, emphasizing the need for parental guidance while respecting teens' autonomy.
⭐ She shares an example from her life where her son was offered an executive functioning pilot program at school and discusses her struggles in convincing him to participate.
⭐ Tess emphasizes the importance of understanding your child's personality, strengths, weaknesses, and triggers for effective negotiation.
⭐ She talks about the significance of allowing teens to make their own decisions when appropriate, fostering independence and confidence.
⭐ Tess discusses situations where parental intervention is essential, especially concerning safety and long-term consequences.
⭐ She shares proactive negotiation strategies such as planning ahead, listening to teens' concerns, and providing positive reinforcement.
⭐ Tess encourages parents to trust their instincts and offers support and resources for negotiating with teens.
⭐ Tess offers a free 30-minute session for parents seeking further support and guidance.
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Donovan Dryer, a teen takeoff coach dedicated to helping young adults find their right path in life.
⭐Donovan shares his journey of realizing the need for a different path after investing five years and significant resources in obtaining his pilot's license.
⭐Tess and Donovan discuss the importance of paying attention to the signs when seeking the right path for the future.
⭐Donovan elaborates on his personal journey of finding his right path and how he assists young adults in doing the same.
⭐Donovan reflects on his experience as a school counselor and his role in supporting young adults within the school system.
⭐Tess and Donovan explore Donovan's traffic light system, a tool for parents, teachers, and counselors to assess and respond to the stress levels of children.
⭐Tess and Donovan talk about the importance of support systems and strategies for managing stress, including examples at different stress levels, is discussed
⭐Tess and Donovan share insights on managing social media influences like Snapchat streaks and leveraging them to cultivate positive habits.
⭐Tess and Donovan discuss signs indicating the need for professional help, particularly when stress levels reach the red zone.
⭐Donovan is most grateful for the discoveries and being at the front line of school tragedies and he is grateful to be able to help children at the red zone and now being able to optimize there mental health and be able to help take a lot off their plate and help them in a powerful way to fly out the nest in their best life.
Find out more about Donovan here 👉(20+) Facebook
Follow this link to his website Get Ready Coaching
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📧Connect with Therese (Tess) Connolly, LCSW, CCC here👇: therese@mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Nikki Golly, a seasoned nutritionist and wellness expert dedicated to assisting families in overcoming food sensitivities and addressing digestive health issues.
⭐Nikki shares her personal journey of dealing with constipation for 27 years, highlighting the importance of recognizing digestive problems and seeking solutions.
⭐Tess and Nikki emphasize the need to normalize discussions about digestive health, especially with children, fostering open communication to address any concerns early on.
⭐Tess and Nikki emphasize the significance of adequate water intake for maintaining a healthy digestive system and facilitating detoxification processes.
⭐Nikki provides practical advice on incorporating fiber into children's diets to promote overall health and digestive well-being.
⭐Tess and Nikki stress the importance of listening to our bodies, modeling healthy habits for our children, and exploring various ways to ensure adequate hydration and fiber intake.
⭐They delve into the role of nutrition in supporting hormonal changes during the teen years, particularly in managing skin health.
⭐Identifying common allergens like wheat and dairy, Tess and Nikki advise seeking professional guidance if suspecting food allergies in children.
⭐Nikki offers a complimentary digestion optimization quiz to aid listeners in assessing their digestive health.
⭐Nikki is most grateful for her daughter who has just turned one.
Find out more about Nikki here 👉Home - Nikki Golly
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with Marc and Tammy Goldberg. They are underground math education innovators who have figured out how to get math right! Their work can be experienced at Mathnasium Learning Centers worldwide. It is their mission to empower children to excel in math and grow into confident young adults who are able to think logically and solve complex problems.
⭐Mark and Tammy stress the significance of parents recognizing their children's math struggles and how Mathnasium can bridge those gaps, particularly for children who often go unnoticed in traditional educational settings.
⭐Delve into Marc and Tammy's compelling journey into the Mathnasium franchise and their unwavering commitment to revolutionizing math education.
⭐Explore how Mathnasium Learning Centers profoundly influence young learners, equipping them with essential math skills and nurturing confidence.
⭐Reflecting on their own experiences, Marc and Tammy discuss vital changes in teaching methodologies to empower children with the right tools and bolster their confidence in math.
⭐Discover when it's time for extra math support and how Mathnasium can bridge educational gaps, empowering children to thrive academically.
⭐Tess shares her son's experience at a local Mathnasium Learning Center, highlighting the tangible benefits of personalized math tutoring.
⭐Gain insights into the level of individualized support Mathnasium offers and their meticulous attention to students' needs within their franchise area.
⭐Marc and Tammy discuss the ideal timing for children to access Mathnasium and how early intervention sets them up for success in high school and beyond.
Find our more about Mark and Tammy here 👉Tammy & Marc Goldberg (@gettingmathright) • Instagram photos and videos
Learn more about Mathnasium here 👉 #1 Math Tutoring Programs & Homework Help - Mathnasium
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with Ashanti Branch, a master in building healthy relationships in schools, a pioneer in education reform, and in youth mental health, with over 18 years of experience. He is the Founder and Executive Director of the Ever Forward Club (EFC), a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the dropout rates of marginalized students through youth mentorship and teacher professional development.
⭐Learn how Ashanti empowers young men to discuss their emotions and cultivate healthy relationships.
⭐Tess and Ashanti explore the unique struggles boys encounter on their journey to emotional openness and the pervasive tendency to conceal their feelings.
⭐Ashanti talks about the inception of the EFC and its profound influence, including the global reach of the million mask movement.
⭐Tess and Ashanti talk about how his business is growing and they are looking at ways to reach out to girls as well to help them balance their feelings and the masks that they wear.
⭐Tess and Ashanti explore the complexities of social media's impact on adolescent development. They discuss strategies for helping young people navigate the pressures of social media and develop a healthy relationship with technology, promoting authenticity and emotional well-being in an increasingly digital world.
⭐Gain deeper insights into Ashanti's personal journey and his role in the documentary "The Mask You Live In," shedding light on the masks young men wear in society.
⭐Tess and Ashanti explore the concept of emotional masks and how individuals often conceal their true feelings. They discuss practical tips for parents to help their children recognize and understand the masks they may be wearing, fostering a deeper understanding of emotions and promoting authentic self-expression for healthier relationships.
⭐Tess and Ashanti talk about the documentary The Mask You Live In that Ashanti featured in. Ashanti talks about what is in the documentary and how it can help young men understand the masks that they carry around and be more open about expressing themselves.
⭐Ashanti shares valuable insights into effective communication strategies with children, emphasizing the importance of creating an environment where children feel seen and heard. Exploring ways parents can cultivate meaningful connections with their children, providing opportunities for genuine dialogue and mutual understanding.
⭐Ashanti elaborates on the work that he does in schools and how he helps the students in these engaging workshops to create more meaningful connections, healthier communication, and deeper engagement.
⭐Ashanti is most grateful to his Mom for raising him as a single parent at 22 yrs old and how he does his work that he does to make her proud.
Find our more about Ashanti Branch here 👉Ashanti Branch Bio — Ever Forward (everforwardclub.org)
Create your mask here 👉 Million Mask
View The Mask You Live in Documentary here 👉 The Mask You Live In Documentary — Ever Forward (everforwardclub.org)
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for a profound conversation with Katie Louise Cooper, an end-of-life coach, mortality, and impermanence guide, as well as a ceremonialist.
⭐Learn about Katie's personal journey and how she found her calling as an end-of-life coach and ceremonialist.
⭐Tess and Katie delve into the multifaceted aspects of grief, exploring the ways individuals experience it and its connection to personal values.
⭐Explore how Katie works with families, addressing the internalization of feelings by children. Uncover how she helps free families from the constraints of grief, fostering connection and rebuilding relationships..
⭐Tess and Katie share perspectives on how parents can approach the sensitive topic of death and grief with their children. Discover practical insights for supporting children through these challenging experiences.
⭐Gain a deeper understanding of the individuals Katie helps and the transformative ways in which she supports them through end-of-life coaching and guiding them through the complexities of mortality.
⭐Katie is most grateful for being alive and more able to embrace the tenderness of herself. She is grateful to be learning how to be compassionate and loving and tender with herself and to be connected to the hearts of so many people working to do their best and honor life in the fullest way possible.
Find our more about Katie Cooper here 👉Katie Louise Cooper, MA, Death Doula, Spiritual Coach
👉🏻Please see the following link for Katie Louise Cooper's upcoming workshop: https://www.katielouisecooper.com/tenderness
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with Ashley Rey, MBA, a Mother of 8, Life Coach, Trained Doula, and Author. Today, Tess and Ashley share their insights on raising emotionally intelligent boys, drawing from their own experiences.
⭐Learn about Ashley's journey, her work supporting moms through the early days, and her transformation from a stay-at-home mom to a single working mom.
⭐Tess and Ashley discuss practical strategies for raising emotionally intelligent boys, drawing from their own experiences during the teenage years.
⭐Ashley shares alarming statistics about male suicide rates during COVID-19 and recounts conversations with her 15-year-old son on this crucial topic.
⭐Tess and Ashley explore the causes of suicide in men, the pressures they face, and ways to support teenage boys through these challenges.
⭐Tess and Ashyley highlight the positive role of social media in communication between parents and teens.
⭐Gain insights into the meaning of emotional intelligence and discover how parents can model these skills for their children.
⭐Tess and Ashley stress the importance of self-compassion in parenting and working on one's own emotional journey.
⭐Tess and Ashley discuss practical examples and strategies for nurturing emotional intelligence skills in tweens and teens.
⭐Ashley shares with listeners that they can enjoy a 20% discount on a 45-minute coaching session with her by using the code ‘Tess’ when booking through the free consultation on her website.
⭐Ashley is most grateful for getting a second chance at parenting from a place of more emotional health, going through her own healing journal.
Find our more about Ashley Ray here 👉TheMomCoach
Find Ashley Ray on Instagram here 👉 @the.momcoch
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, for an enlightening conversation with Andra McHugh as they delve into her remarkable journey from a family's eczema struggle to a mission for healthier, happier childhoods.
⭐Andra candidly shares her family's eczema journey and how it led her to explore alternative healing methods.
⭐Andra sheds light on what eczema is, and its classification as an autoimmune condition.
⭐Discover Andra's journey of seeking answers beyond conventional medical advice to heal her two young children.
⭐Tess and Andra explore the connection between diet and eczema, discussing foods that trigger symptoms and those that help alleviate them.
⭐Tess and Andra delve into actionable insights, guiding parents on the practical steps they can take to introduce positive changes in their daily routines.
⭐Tess and Andra discuss strategies for including older children in decision-making regarding eczema management.
⭐Tess and Andra discuss practical insights on how parents can initiate positive changes in their daily routines, focusing on effective symptom management techniques.
⭐Tess and Andra explore adjustments within the home environment that can contribute to eczema relief.
⭐Andra provides valuable information on supplements that can aid in alleviating eczema symptoms.
⭐Andra is most grateful for being a mother of four and married and living out her purpose every day.
Find our more about Andra McHugh here 👉https://eczemakids.com
Listen to Andra Mchugh’s podcast here 👉Eczema Kids - Natural Eczema Solutions, Eczema Diet, Eczema Causes, Eczema Creams, Eczema Symptoms, Eczema Itching, Atopic De on Apple Podcasts
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with Maria Natapov a Step parenting Expert and Trusted Advisor to Divorce Professionals, Financial Advisors and Parenting Coaches. In today's podcast they dive into the nuances of blended families and step-parenting.
⭐Maria shares her personal story and how she became a supportive figure for stepparents and blended families.
⭐Tess and Maria discuss the essence of blended families, shedding light on their unique dynamics.
⭐Tess and Maria explore the significance of staying child-centric in co-parenting, with real-life examples to enhance understanding.
⭐Tess and Maria stress the importance of selecting the right context and audience for certain conversations, especially when children are involved.
⭐Tess and Maria offer some insightful tips on communicating with teens and tweens and how we navigate these conversations in a respectful way.
⭐Tess and Maria delve into loyalty binds, offering guidance on navigating through these challenging feelings they may be experiencing.
⭐Tess and Maria talk about the ‘business’ of parenting after divorce and how we navigate communications to co-parent successfully.
⭐Tess and Maria discuss the complexities of step parenting and the importance of mindfulness in blended families.
⭐Maria emphasizes the importance of allowing children to love both parents and navigating their personal journey with understanding and support.
⭐Maria is most grateful for the enriching conversation with Tess and reflects on her gratitude on the growth experienced through the step-parenting journey.
Find our more about Maria Natapov here 👉Home - Synergistic Stepparenting
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a thought-provoking conversation with groundbreaking thinker and consciousness expert, Dr. Tery Baydar. Dr. Teri, author of the recently published book, "FLIP YOUR SWITCH: The Proven Process to Create a Higher Consciousness and Live a More Purposeful Life," shares her insights on consciousness, personal growth, and navigating parenthood with a love-conscious approach.
⭐Dr. Teri shares her journey researching consciousness, exploring the depths of awareness and unraveling the complexities that shape our minds and hearts as humans.
⭐Tess and Dr. Teri delve into the concepts of "War Consciousness" and "Love Consciousness," exploring how understanding these can transform the parental journey.
⭐Dr. Teri unveils the transformative content of her book, guiding listeners on how to shift from detrimental consciousness that leads to unhappiness and unhealthy relationships. She delves into the process of embracing love consciousness, offering a path to improved health, happiness, and fulfilling relationships.
⭐Tess and Dr. Teri speak about how parents can look into their consciousness type and shift towards a love-conscious approach..
⭐Navigating the challenges of the teenage years, Dr. Teri offers insights on how awareness of our own programming can guide us through these times.
⭐Tess and Dr. Teri challenge societal norms and discuss the "happiness formula," emphasizing that different paths lead to fulfillment, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
⭐Exploring social constructs, Tess and Dr. Teri encourage listeners to design their own conscious relationships and behaviors, rather than conforming to external pressures.
⭐Dr.Teri is most grateful for having had this journey of having this journey of understanding love consciousness. She feels so blessed to have a great understanding of this and be able to share it with others so others can experience the level of happiness that she gets to experience.
Find our more about Dr.Teri Baydar’s work here 👉 About Dr. Teri (loveconscioushuman.com)
Buy Dr.Teri’s Baydar’s book here 👉 Flip Your Switch: A User's Guide to a Whole New Mind: Baydar, Dr. Teri: 9798987708507: Amazon.com: Books
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a conversation with Rachel Coons, a renowned expert in budget-friendly meal planning and savvy grocery shopping, as they share practical tips and strategies to help parents navigate family finances.
⭐Rachel shares her personal journey into budgeting for her family and its positive impact on their finances.
⭐Tess and Rachel discuss the challenges of budgeting in their local area, addressing the high costs and the struggle to stay within budget for families.
⭐Rachel offers three actionable tips to help parents shift their habits and make effective changes in their approach to budget-friendly food shopping and meal planning.
⭐ Tess and Rachel explore common spending patterns that families fall into and discuss strategies to break out of these habits to reduce overall spending.
⭐Tess and Rachel examine priorities and discuss how a mindset shift can positively impact family finances, particularly in relation to dining out.
⭐Tess and Rachel delve into the benefits of meal planning, emphasizing how it can contribute to healthier eating habits and financial savings.
⭐They explore the concept of price matching and its role in reducing overall costs within a shopping budget.
⭐Rachel shares her grocery saving guide, providing insights into her shopping method and how it can be applied for effective budgeting.
⭐Rachel is most grateful for her family and her life and also she is super grateful for her intelligence and the ability to learn and grow. She is grateful for who she is and who she can become.
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a conversation with Ben Urwand, owner of Real College Essays, who works with college applicants helping them specifically with the essay portion of their application. Today on the podcast they discuss the importance of the essay portion of college applications.
⭐Ben emphasizes the enduring impact of a well-written essay that transcends the application process, exploring how thoughtful writing can resonate beyond college admissions.
⭐Tess and Ben delve into the intricacies of crafting an effective essay. Ben shares insights into his process, helping applicants develop compelling narratives.
⭐Ben sheds light on his approach to assisting teens in uncovering meaningful experiences to articulate in their application essays.
⭐ Tess and Ben discuss the common challenges teens encounter when deciding on the content and style of their college application essays.
⭐Ben provides valuable advice on avoiding pitfalls and shares strategies for creating essays that are both captivating and unique.
⭐Tess and Ben share anecdotes from Ben's experiences working with teens, offering listeners a glimpse into the transformative journey of essay writing.
⭐Tess and Ben outline the services he provides and discuss the optimal time for students to start contemplating and composing their application essays.
⭐Gain insights into Ben's personal journey and how he found himself dedicated to helping teens navigate the challenging terrain of college application essays.
⭐Ben is most grateful that he gets to do what he loves and that he gets to write what he wants in his own time and the freedom to do this is what he lives for.
Find our more about Ben’s work here 👉Real College Essays | College Application Help & Essay Consulting
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a conversation with Justine Carino a licensed mental health counselor, anxiety treatment specialist and host of “Thoughts from the Couch” podcast as they provide valuable insights into family dynamics, roles, and strategies for fostering healthy relationships.
⭐Learn about Justine's role as a licensed mental health counselor and her impactful work with families.
⭐Tess and Justine delve into the concept of 'family of origin'—what it is and the profound impact it can have on teens as they embark on the journey of self-discovery and identity in the world.
⭐Tess and Justine dissect the various roles teenagers can play in the homeostasis of the family system. They unpack the dynamics of rebel child, golden child, parentified child, and peacemaker, and give you an understanding of how these roles shape individuals through their teenage and adult lives.
⭐ Tess and Justine discuss the importance of reflecting on the roles we played in our family dynamics during our youth and how these experiences may continue to shape our adult lives.
⭐Tess and Justine emphasize that these terms aren't mere labels but roles we've played in our youth, and our children may be playing within our own families now.
⭐Justine shares practical tips and strategies for parents to identify these roles within their households and navigate the information we gain effectively.
⭐Tess and Justine explore the positive and negative impacts of these roles on teens, emphasizing the importance of teens embracing their authentic selves.
⭐Kristina is most grateful for slowing down and being more intentional where she is putting her time and energy.
Listen into Part One here 👉The Single Parent Reset Show: 118. Understanding Why You and Your Teen Keep Fighting about the Same Thing; Learn About your Family's Dynamics (libsyn.com)
Find out more about Justine here 👉 www.carinocounseling.com
Listen to Justine’s podcast here 👉 Thoughts from the Couch Podcast (libsyn.com)
Here you can find the two books talked about in the podcast by Dr. Shefali Tsabery 👉 The Conscious Parent: Transforming... by Tsabary, Dr. Shefali (amazon.com) and The Parenting Map: Step-by-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship: Tsabary, Shefali: 9780063267947: Amazon.com: Books
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a conversation with Kristina Heagh-Avritt who is recognized by her peers, parents, volunteers, students and staff for her compassion, commitment and results in the coaching and training of children and their parents. Today on the podcast we discuss long-term trauma and ways we can prevent this.
⭐Learn how Kristina came to be working with parents and children online.
⭐️Explore Kristina’s thoughts on building resilience when we have got challenging family circumstances or experiences and not cause any long term trauma.
⭐Tess and Kristina talk about the importance of letting your child’s educator know what is happening for your child at home so their educator knows what is going on with them so they can help them whilst in their care.
⭐ Join Tess and Kristina as they discuss how children have a sense when something is going on at home and the importance of discussing with our children what is going on in the most appropriate way so they are aware and know why they are sensing the feeling they are from you.
⭐Tess and Kristina speak about the importance of remodelling to our children so they can build their resilience.
⭐Tess and Kristina discuss schedules and routines and how this can affect our children’s behaviour and also how we navigate this with different family dynamics.
⭐Kristina shares with us information about Vibrant Family Education and how important it is to look at different kinds of education for your child that works for them if the ‘norm’ isn't working for them.
⭐Kristina is most grateful for all the amazing people that she gets to meet and all the amazing families that she gets to work with. Helping parents not feel alone.
Find out more about Kristina here 👉 www.vibrantfamilyeducation.com,
Listen to Kristina’s podcast here 👉 www.BringingEducationHome.com
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in a conversation with Michael Strong an experienced developer of innovative educational programs in the US and the Founder of The Socratic Experience, an online school based on Socratic dialogue that emphasizes personalized and purpose-driven education for students in grades 3-12.
⭐Learn how Michael Strong's journey led him to work with children in micro schools.
⭐️Explore Michael's unique approach to educating children, focusing on a holistic perspective.
⭐ Join Tess and Michael as they discuss how the school operates and gain insight into its unique approach to education.
⭐Tess and Michael discuss Michaels approach of helping children organize their thoughts and how this enhances their learning and writing skills.
⭐Tess and Michael speak about how the online school operates, and listeners can learn how to become a part of it.
⭐Tess and Michael discuss the social dynamics of online schooling and how what they offer complements the educational experience.
⭐Tess and Michael talk about the background of children that attend the school.
⭐Learn about the purpose courses that Michael offers as valuable additions to the standard school day.
⭐Michael is most grateful for the opportunity to meet with amazing kids and he has so much fun and he loves what he does and he does what he loves.
Find out more about Michael's school here 👉 The Socratic Experience ,
(151) Socratic Michael Strong - YouTube and on twitter at @flowidealism
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Join host Tess Connolly, LCSW, in an illuminating conversation as she welcomes Jill Douglas, a women's alignment coach and retreat leader, to delve into a vital topic: 'Preserving Your Identity as a Single Parent During the Tween and Teen Years.'
⭐In the beginning, we delve into the fascinating journey of Jill Douglas, recounting her story of becoming a single parent and how she navigated those challenging early days.
⭐️Tess and Jill discuss the crucial aspects of navigating the journey of single parenthood during the tween and teen years, providing insights and guidance for those facing similar circumstances.
⭐ Listen in as Tess and Jill offer invaluable advice on rediscovering yourself and rebuilding your life as a solo parent. Discover the steps to reclaiming your identity and building a fulfilling life.
⭐We also delve into the topic of building meaningful friendships as a solo parent within your community and finding the confidence to ask for help when needed.
⭐Gain insights from the most valuable lessons that Tess and Jill have learned on their own single-parent journeys. Their experiences and wisdom can offer guidance and inspiration to others on a similar path.
⭐ ️ Jill is most grateful for Tess and the fact that they have crossed paths and is super grateful for where she is in her life and her relationship with her kids and being alive.
Find out more about Jill Douglas here 👉 www.lifeaslived.org
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Join host Tess Connolly LCSW in an enlightening conversation with Dr. Mitch Abblett, a private practice clinical psychologist, author, consultant, and national/international speaker. Dr. Abblett's latest book, "Prizeworthy: How to Meaningfully Connect, Build Character, and Unlock the Potential of Every Child" (Shambhala Publications), is aimed at parents, educators, and helping professionals.
⭐Explore the fascinating journey of Dr. Mitch Abblett's career and how it led him to his mission of helping parents and teenagers.
⭐️ Dive deep into the world of mindfulness with Tess and Mitch, discussing its meaning and how it can profoundly benefit parents navigating the challenges of raising tweens and teens.
⭐ Learn about the concept of "managing the charge" in parenting and discover how awareness of it can strengthen your parenting skills.
⭐Delve into the emotional aspects of parenting as Tess and Mitch discuss the grief that often accompanies this profound journey.
⭐Gain insights into incorporating mindfulness practices into your daily life to enhance your parenting skills and nurture meaningful connections with your children.
⭐ ️ Mitch is most grateful for any opportunity to talk about mindfulness to bring more awareness forward and less judgement.
Find out more about Dr. Mitch Abblett here 👉 drmitchabblett.com
Get Dr. Mitch Abblett’ book here 👉 Publishing Prizeworthy (drmitchabblett.com)
Get Judson Brewer’ book here 👉Unwinding Anxiety: Train Your Brain to Heal Your Mind: Brewer, Judson
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Join host Tess Connolly LCSW as she engages in an enlightening conversation with special guest Jessica Speer. Award-winning author of BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships and Middle School – Safety Goggles Advised. In this episode, Tess and Jessica delve deep into Jessica's latest book The Phone Book: Stay Safe, Be Smart, and Make the World Better with the Powerful Device in Your Hand.
⭐Tess and Jessica dissect the contents of Jessica's book, revealing its invaluable insights for parents and their tweens and teens.
⭐️ Tess and Jessica explore practical strategies for managing tech boundaries with your teens as Tess shares her own "Tech Reset Agreement " used with her son and the families she works with.
⭐ Tess and Jessica discuss the social pressures tweens and teens face in the digital age concerning tech and social media.
⭐Discover how our online presence can shape our lives and future as Tess and Jessica discuss the significance of a digital footprint and reputation.
⭐Tess and Jessica talk about changes that are being made with regards to rules and regulations that are now outdated that are being put in place in the future to help to create a safer online world for our tweens and teens.
⭐ Tess and Jessica emphasize the vital role of real-life interactions for maintaining mental health in a digitally driven world.
⭐ Dive into the world of text slang, FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), and group texts, and learn how to navigate through the potential pitfalls.
⭐Recognizing Tech Addiction: identifying when tech usage becomes a significant problem for your tween or teen.
⭐ Tess and Jessica address crucial topics such as online safety, stranger danger, and cyberbullying.
⭐ ️ Jessica is most grateful for her two teens and that she still gets to hang out with them and enjoy their time together.
Find out more about Jessica here 👉 Jessica Speer - Author Helping Kids and Families Thrive Home
Get Jessica’s book here 👉The Phone Book – Jessica Speer - Author
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Join host Tess Connolly LCSW as she engages in an enlightening conversation with special guest Glenda Lane. She teaches women who feel confined and exhausted by trying to do it all, that there is another way with more ease and spaciousness that doesn’t cost their health and well being.
⭐Discover Glenda Lane's personal journey that led her to empower women to find freedom from within.
⭐️ Tess and Glenda delve into navigating life's challenges, which can be both daunting and transformative experiences.
⭐ Learn how to recognize when you're on the wrong life path—when you're merely surviving not flourishing.
⭐ Glenda shares how her definition of motherhood has evolved over time and stresses the importance of not projecting our own issues onto our children.
⭐Tess and Glenda emphasize the importance of recognizing the unique journeys of our children, each with their own distinct needs and approaches.
⭐ Tess and Glenda talk about recognizing moments of parental overwhelm and understanding how personal stress can affect our interactions with our children and how we can look at making positive changes.
⭐ Tess and Glenda emphasize the importance of self-awareness in understanding your reactions, triggers, and how it plays a role in creating new habits and personal shifts.
⭐ Tess and Glenda explore how breaking generational patterns can create positive ripples that can be seen throughout your family.
⭐ ️ Glenda is most grateful for the parents that love their kids so much and are trying to do their best and are also taking an active role in that and going on this journey of self discovery because it takes courage.
Find out more about Glenda here 👉 Freedom from Within - Coaching with Glenda Lane
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Join host Tess Connolly LCSW as she engages in an enlightening conversation with special guest Heather Wright, M.Ed. With over 16 years of experience, Heather is a seasoned special education consultant who transitioned from being a middle school special education teacher. Together, Tess and Heather delve into the intricacies of crafting an effective Individualized Education Plan (IEPs).
⭐ Heather Wright shares her journey from teaching to consulting and delves into the core aspects that parents and guardians should consider while navigating the world of IEPs during the middle school years.
⭐️ Tess and Heather explore the crucial role that consultants and coaches play in the IEP process. They shed light on the support these professionals provide to parents seeking assistance for their children.
⭐ The importance of establishing a robust communication plan within the IEP framework is emphasized. Tess and Heather discuss strategies to foster collaboration among everyone involved, ensuring the best outcomes for the student.
⭐ Heather explains the significance of a Parent Input Statement within the IEP and how it contributes to creating a personalized education plan that addresses the student's unique needs.
⭐ Tess and Heather delve into the broader scope of IEPs, revealing how these programs extend beyond academics to nurture vital social, emotional, and life skills essential for a student's future independent living, future jobs and future life skills.
⭐ Heather outlines essential steps that parents can take to navigate the IEP process effectively. She underscores the value of specificity.
⭐ Tess and Heather discuss strategies for maintaining a healthy balance between academic workload and other activities in the context of middle school are discussed, offering valuable insights for both parents and students.
⭐ The conversation shifts to organization, as Heather shares practical tips for helping students manage their schedules effectively. They also highlight the support that case managers can provide in this aspect.
⭐ Heather sheds light on leveraging IEPs to create opportunities for students to participate in school-sponsored events such as social clubs and proms that help develop essential skills and contribute to a well-rounded experience.
⭐️ Heather is most grateful for the support of her husband and her family through changing her career path and coming out of teaching and she is grateful for all the parents and students she is supporting.
Find out more about how Heather can help you here and also how you can sign up for a free 30 minute consult 👉 www.heatherwrightconsultant.com
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In this episode, join host Tess Connolly LCSW along with special guests Becky Fife, Katie Parker, and Allie Callister who are the minds behind "I Believe in Me," an innovative online membership program designed for tween girls as they navigate the journey of self-discovery.
⭐ ️Discover the inspiring story of how Katie, Becky, and Allie united to create "I Believe in Me." Explore their mission to promote self-motivation and resilience in tween girls through powerful tools and daily habits to foster growth.
⭐️ Gain insight into the comprehensive support offered by the "I Believe in Me" membership program. ️ Explore the diverse range of topics addressed within the membership, touching on challenges that tween girls commonly face.
⭐️Tess Connolly engages Becky, Katie, and Allie in a candid discussion about handling difficult situations and their approach to providing support.
⭐ Learn about the role of parental involvement in the "I Believe in Me" membership program and how it complements the support for tween girls.
⭐ ️Dive into how "I Believe in Me" celebrates and cheers on tween girls as they discover their unique selves and chart their paths to success. Explore the metaphor of being the master gardener of their lives and the importance of self-confidence and self-identity.
⭐️ Allie is most grateful for the sun, Becky is most grateful for new beginnings and second chances, Katie is most grateful for opportunities and Tess is most grateful for meeting and connecting with other human beings that are out in the world doing work that is supporting and serving others in some way shape or form.
Find out more about their membership ‘I believe in me’ here 👉 www.bloomfully.com/ibelieveinme
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Join Tess Connolly LCSW and Justine Carino a licensed mental health counsellor, anxiety treatment specialist and host of “Thoughts from the Couch” podcast on this insightful episode as they unravel the complexities of family systems, family therapy and its profound implications for parenting. Gain valuable insights into improving family relationships and fostering a supportive and nurturing environment for your children as they journey through adolescence.
⭐️Justine shares insights into the work she does with families and the significance of understanding family systems in fostering healthier relationships.
⭐️Tess and Justine delve into the concept of family systems and how they serve as models for individual growth and development.
⭐️Tess and Justine present real-life examples of families that have undergone resets, leading to improved family connections and better relationships.
⭐️They discuss the relevance of family systems theory when raising tweens and teens, emphasizing the need for readjusting the parenting role during these transformative years.
⭐️ Tess and Justine reflect on the grief parents may feel as their children gain independence and transition into their teenage years.
⭐️They explore the various dynamics within families, encouraging listeners to reflect on their roles within the family unit.
⭐️Tess and Justine highlight the significance of self-reflection and personal growth as parents, and how this can contribute to repairing family connections.
⭐️Justine is most grateful that she has found a career that she loves.
Learn more about Justine here 👉 www.carinocounseling.com
Get the book that Justine talks about here 👉 Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager, Revised and Updated: Wolf, Anthony E
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Andee Martineau, a reformed yeller, a bestselling author, and the creator of Connect Method Parenting. Today on the podcast we discuss a poem by John Roedel and focus on connection and navigating the frustrations of parenthood and life.
- Andee reads a poem by John Roedel.
- Tess and Andee explore how the poem relates to parenting.
- Andee Shares a personal experience involving her daughter and how she applied concepts from the poem to navigate her daughter’s feelings.
- Tess and Andee discuss how parents can reflect on similar experiences with their children and learn from them.
- They delve into moments when personal challenges may affect interactions with our tweens and teens, offering strategies for navigating such situations.
- Tess and Andee emphaisze the importance of self-reflection and curiosity in examining our own behaviour to strengthen family connections and improve our parenting.
- They discuss ways to analyze and improve parenting behavior, white emphasizing self-compassion.
- The value of parent coaches is explored.
- Andee highlights the significance of setting goals incrementally, making small shifts towards positive changes and prioritizing connection.
- Andee is most grateful for the weather she is experiencing right now.
Learn more about Andee here 👉 Welcome! – Connect Method Parenting
Find John Roedel’s Poem here 👉 (20+) when somebody falls apart don’t... - John Roedel - A short writer. | Facebook
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr Abhinav Singh,a physician with board certifications in sleep medicine and internal medicine. Currently, Dr. Singh serves as medical director at the Indiana Sleep Center, accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is also a clinical assistant professor at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he developed and teaches a sleep medicine rotation to medical students. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and has received a Top Doctor award in sleep medicine for the last four years. Dr. Singh is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and Sleep Health (a journal of the National Sleep Foundation). A sleep physician for the NBA team the Indiana Pacers, Dr. Singh also serves on the medical review panel of SleepFoundation.org.
Charlotte Jensen co-authored with Dr Singh Sleep to Heal: 7 Simple Steps to Better Sleep, coming out in June 2023. Charlotte is a writer and editor specializing in technology, marketing, business, and the arts. For more than a decade, Jensen worked as senior writer, articles editor, and executive editor for Entrepreneur magazine, where she took a leading role in shaping editorial content and direction for the award-winning national consumer magazine and its readership of 1.2 million. Jensen’s work has been featured in HuffPost, AOL Small Business, and a variety of small-business websites, and she is currently a copy editor for luxe lifestyle brand RH (Restoration Hardware). She has also provided first-draft edits for several nonfiction books, including Fight Cancer With Vitamins and Supplements: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment (Healing Arts Press). Jensen has a B.A. in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach. She lives & works in the San Francisco metro area.
- Learn about Dr. Abhinav Singh and Charlotte Jensen, co-authors of the book 'Sleep to Heal', and how they came to work together.
- Dr. Abhinav Singh discusses his work in helping patients with sleep-related issues and his professional background.
- Dr. Abhinav Singh shares his insights on what he considers the greatest enemy to quality sleep.
- Dr. Abhinav Singh emphasizes the significance of sleep and explains how a lack of sleep can affect overall well-being.
- Tess, Charlotte and Dr. Abhinav Singh discuss a particular section of the book, 'The Sleep Elevator,' that provided Tess valuable insights into understanding sleep.
- Tess and Dr. Abhinav Singh delve into the habits and practices necessary for good sleep, both for adults and children.
- Tess and Dr. Abhinav Singh explore the topic of sleep supplements, and Dr. Abhinav Singh shares his perspective on their use.
- Tess and Dr. Abhinav Singh discuss strategies for dealing with sleep disturbances while traveling across different time zones.
- Tess and Dr. Abhinav Singh explore the concept of the glymphatic system and its connection to brain health during sleep.
- Tess and Dr. Abhinav Singh talk about the benefits of napping and the positive impact of 900 seconds.
- Dr. Abhinav Singh concludes by sharing his final thoughts and providing tips for families to improve their sleep habits, highlighting the six 'S' factors for quality sleep. Remember – tomorrow starts tonight!
Get the book here 👉 Sleep to Heal: 7 Simple Steps to Better Sleep: Singh M.D. M.P.H. F.A.A.S.M., Abhinav, Jensen, Charlotte: 9781630062347: Amazon.com: Books
Listen to Dr Abhinav Singh’ Ted Talk here 👉 (25) What would you do for $13.5 million ? - YouTube
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Stacy Francis, Stacy is the President and CEO of Francis Financial a fee-only boutique wealth management, financial planning and divorce financial planning firm dedicated to providing ongoing comprehensive advice for successful individuals, couples, and women in transition such as divorce or widowhood.
- Learn about Stacy and the work that she does with parents.
- Stacy talks about the importance of understanding what the finances of your marriage look like.
- Stacy shares with us some useful tools that can help you with budgeting.
- Stacy talks about the importance of thinking and having separate discussions about Add-ons in child support to cover expenses beyond typical child support as these require separate negotiation; these might include significant costs like medical, dental, extracurricular activities, and college expenses.
- Tess and Stacy discuss the different types of 401k and the importance of knowing what you are receiving in your settlement.
- Tess and Stacy talk about the importance of making good decisions and setting yourself up for good financial success in the future.
- Tess and Stacy discuss the importance of planning for retirement.
- Stacy is most grateful for starting a non-profit when she was 26 and then starting a for-profit a year later to finance the non-profit and having her children through doing all of this. She is grateful for helping so many women through her non-profit and being able to pay herself through Francis Financial so she has the security of being able to look after herself and her family financially now and in the future.
Get information about Savvy Ladies here 👉 Free Financial Education & Advice | Free Financial Advisors (savvyladies.org)
Check out Stacy’s website here 👉 Financial Advisor New York | Fee-Only | Francis Financial
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Andee Martineau, a reformed yeller, a bestselling author, and the creator of Connect Method Parenting. Today on the podcast we discuss this strategy that helps parents stay calm, confident, and connected, building strong relationships with their kids that last.
- Learn about Andee and the work that she does with parents.
- Andee shares with us the moment when she realised she needed to pivot her parenting. (The Great Baby Powder Blizzard of 2006)
- Tess and Andee discuss how we can look at our actions and pivot to make things calmer in our home.
- Tess and Andee discuss Andee’s parenting approach known as Connect Method Parenting.
- Tess and Andee explore the concept of shifting our parenting approach, emphsizing the need for curiosity about the underlying reasons behind our children’s behavior rather than becoming frustrated with their actions directed towards us.
- Tess and Andee talk about the importance of connection and discuss ways of how we can show up and connect with our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Andee discuss the importance of trusting in connection rather than correction and the importance of reading your child in the moment.
- Tess and Andee talk about natural consequences/limits.
- Andee is most grateful for where she lives in the mountains in the woods and the seasons that she experiences there.
Learn more about Andee here 👉 Welcome! – Connect Method Parenting
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Brad Baldridge, one of the nation’s leading college financial planning experts. Today on the podcast we talk about ways to manage planning for your child beginning college as single parents.
- Learn about Brad and the work that he does.
- Brad shares with us some ways that we as single parents can start planning for college.
- Tess and Brad talk about FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) and recent updates and also touches on the Pell Grant and SAI (Student Aid Index).
- Tess and Brad speak about how retirement plans and if they affect grants that you may be applying for.
- Brad shares some tips and tricks for beginning college that parents should pay attention to when your child is beginning high school.
- Tess and Brad talk about the 529 and how this is factored into the SAI.
- Tess and Brad discuss visiting colleges and getting our children to think about the options that are available to them.
- Tess and Brad talk about tips and tricks if you are a parent who is a business owner.
- Brad shares with us what he has available on his website that can help with gathering information to help parents with decisions going forward.
- Brad is most grateful for his family and spending time with them.
Learn more about Brad here 👉 https://tamingthehighcostofcollege.com/
Find Brad’s resources here 👉 Resources - Taming The High Cost of College
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jenna Hermans, Co-founder of ‘Be Courageous’ and author of Chaos to Calm: 5 ways busy parents can break free from overwhelm.
- Learn about Jenna and the work that she does.
- Jenna shares with us the moment that she became so overwhelmed and the moment she realized things needed to change.
- Tess and Jenna talk about the changes she made as she made her shift in her parenting.
- Jenna shares with us ideas that we can start to work on to help with overwhelm.
- Jenna shares her five pillars from her book - efficiency, habits, community, communication and self-care and she explains them to us.
- Tess and Jenna talk about her five pillars and how they can help our parenting journey to feeling less overwhelmed.
- Tess and Jenna discuss examples of how we can implement some of these ideas into our daily lives.
- Tess and Jenna talk about the meaning of calm and what it means to them.
- Jenna shares her last thoughts and motivates us to know that we can accomplish whatever we want just by taking it step by step and enjoying the journey along the way.
- Lindsey is most grateful to be connected with Tess and to have her friendship.
⭐️Learn more about Jenna and get her book here 👉 Jenna Hermans - Chaos to Calm Author - About the Book
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⭐️Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Lindsey Kaszuba a Health and Habit Coach, today on the podcast they discuss how we can build healthy habits to pass on to our Tweens and Teens. .
- Learn about Lindsey and the work that she does.
- Tess and Lindsey discuss routines and how they differ for everyone and that it isn’t one size fits all.
- Tess and Lindsey talk about unrealistic rules parents can place on themselves.
- Lindsey shares with us ideas of how we can get started with creating healthy habits.
- Tess and Lindsey discuss the importance of listening to ourselves and what feels right for our own bodies.
- Tess and Lindsey talk about the importance of letting our children have the opportunity to learn from their food choices and what feels good and what doesn’t.
- Tess and Lindsey discuss the importance of modelling healthy habits and behaviour to our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Lindsey speak about being aware of our relationship that we have with ourselves and our inner dialogue and the effects this has on our children.
- Tess and Lindsey talk about the importance of doing practices that feel good to you that work within your life.
- Tess and Lindsey discuss how we can fit movement into our day as busy parents and the importance of looking at it in different ways that feel right for you and your life.
- Lindsey talks about having a food journal to note down how different foods make us feel after we have eaten them and then again two hours after.
- Lindsey shares her top tip of how we can use the ‘power of pause’ and how this can help change our daily eating habits.
- Lindsey is most grateful for her daughters and how they have allowed her to learn things about herself that she wouldn’t have learned without them.
Learn more about Lindsey here 👉 Lindsey Kaszuba Health
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Elizabeth Brunner today on the podcast about her clothing brand ‘StereoType’. She launched ‘StereoType’ as a way to share this joyful, blended vision of kids’ clothing and to advocate for self expression of all humans, especially the small ones.
- Learn about Elizabeth and how her company was born through her children’s inspiration. .
- Tess and Elizabeth discuss ‘gender norms’ and supporting our children however they want to express themselves through clothing.
- Elizabeth talks about the mission and values of her company.
- Elizabeth tells us about where you can buy her clothing brand and shares feedback she has received from her customers.
- Tess and Elizabeth discuss her clothing brand and how we navigate letting our children go through self discovery of how they want to express themselves.
- Elizabeth talks about her design process and how her children help her come up with the designs that she sells through her brand.
- Tess and Elizabeth talk about conscious parenting and how Elizabeth has navigated and supported her children through letting them express themselves the way they would like to regardless of stereotypes.
- Tess and Elizabeth discuss the gender differences and how it is easier to let girls go out wearing pants but when boys wear skirts or dresses they hit a lot more judgement.
- Elizabeth talks about the importance of self reflection as a parent and the importance of getting to know ourselves.
- Tess and Elizabeth discuss the importance of supporting our children and their uniqueness for their mental health and making their home a place where they are seen and heard and feel safe expressing themselves without judgement.
- Elizabeth is most grateful for her family and her kids and being there to guide and to learn from them as much as they are there to learn from her.
Find out about Elizabeth’s clothing brand here 👉 https://stereotypekids.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Laura Lyles Reagan, a Sociologist who has worked in youth development and parent education. Her approach, called ‘Co-Creation’ helps teens and parents grow the skills they need for positive relationships. Today on the podcast they talk about how to talk so your teens will listen, and how to listen so your teens will talk.
- Learn about Laura as she talks about her life and career and the work she does now.
- Tess and Laura speak about the benefits of switching from the parent style of authoritarianism to relational parenting.
- Tess and Laura discuss how we as parents can get the teens involved directly in coaching sessions.
- Tess and Laura talk about treating the relationship not the tween/teen to find the solutions and the importance of focusing on the communication dynamics.
- Tess and Laura discuss how to talk so your teens will listen, and how to listen so your teens will talk.
- Tess and Laura speak about the importance of connection and taking the time to show your tween/teen that you have heard them and you are listening to them.
- Tess and Laura discuss that these skills take time to master but when you have these skills in place they can be transformational.
- Tess and Laura talk about the importance of being emotionally available for our tweens/teens so when they see or hear things in their life they feel that they can come and connect with you about this.
- Tess and Laura discuss the importance of mentors for tweens/teens and being open to that support and your tween/teens independence in the world.
- Laura talks about the importance of creating moments when your child reaches different rights of passage through their journey into adulthood and celebrating those moments of achievement.
- Laura talks about her book that she has written “How to Raise Respectful Parents”
- Laura is most grateful for technology so she can communicate with her daughters now they have left home and she is very grateful to be living in the Smoky Mountains and learning how the Cherokees do family. I am grateful for them all being so welcoming.
Find Laura’s Freebie here 👉 Conflict Free Conversation Checklist for Brave Parents Raising Teens https://LauraLReagan.com
Find Laura’s book, How to Raise Respectful Parents here 👉
Amazon.com: How to Raise Respectful Parents: BETTER COMMUNICATION FOR TEEN AND PARENT RELATIONSHIPS
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Joelle Maletis, a world renowned international speaker, psychotherapist, trauma expert, and author of a TED-Ed PTSD video with over 3.2 million views. Today on the podcast they talk about trauma with our Tweens/Teens.
- Learn about Joelle as she talks about her life and career.
- Tess and Joelle discuss her transition from being a professional dancer through to where she is now as a mentor and coach.
- Tess and Joelle speak about the pandemic and their experiences as parents through this time.
- Tess and Joelle talk about trauma and what it is and how it affects us.
- Tess and Joelle discuss how all children cope differently with trauma and also feel trauma in different ways.
- Tess and Joelle speak about intergenerational trauma.
- Tess and Joelle discuss ways of how we can cope with these times when we are triggered.
- Tess and Joelle talk about what vicarious trauma is and share examples of how we see this type of trauma in our tween/teens life.
- Tess and Joelle discuss ways that we can navigate through our tweens/teens becoming more independent and having phones and access to social media that could cause vicarious trauma.
- Joelle is most grateful for her parents and her two amazing young adults. She is grateful for doing her job and parenting two amazing kids. She is grateful for allowing herself to make mistakes and is grateful to have the opportunity to apologize and try it again the next day.
Learn more about Joelle and her business here 👉 Home - Joelle Rabow Maletis
Listen to Joelle’s TED-Ed PTSD video here 👉The psychology of post-traumatic stress disorder - Joelle | TED-Ed
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Liz Vivian, a coach/menstruality mentor and a mom. Through her business, Raising Flora, she helps moms feel confident, be prepared and show up with compassion for their tween's first period. On the podcast today they talk about menstruation and periods and how we can support our tween/teen girls through this stage in their life.
- Learn about Liz and her background and how she came to create her business helping parents feel prepared to help their tween girls cope with their first period.
- Tess and Liz discuss their experience of when they began their periods and also going through menopause and perimenopause.
- Tess and Liz speak about the changes in our bodies through this time.
- Tess and Liz talk about mindset practices that help us to stay mindful of how we respond to our tween/teen girls around menstruation.
- Tess and Liz discuss the shift in parenting around this time and that we change to more of the guide and coach approach. They talk about how girls need more of a gentle and sensitive approach around this time in their lives.
- Tess and Liz speak about how we as parents can normalize periods and the full menstrual cycle experience.
- Tess and Liz discuss how we as parents can support our tweens and teens through this time.
- Tess and Liz talk about the importance of modelling behaviour so we are not shaming the experience but being more open about it.
- Liz shares with us what she offers to parents to help them support their daughters through this time in their tween and teen journey.
- Liz is most grateful for walking, she loves walking and it has become a really important part of her life.
Learn more about Liz and her business here 👉 Raising Flora
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Mari Collins Harris, co-founder of Ketshop, a parent-approved shopping app. Today on the podcast they discuss how to help our Tweens and Teens with spending and using money to make mindful purchases.
- Learn about Mari and her background and what Ketshop is and how it was born.
- Mari explains how her app works and how it can help your children learn to budget.
- Tess and Mari talk about the benefits of using this app and how it can help organize and create a parent approved list of items for our children.
- Tess and Mari talk about the benefits of children taking responsibility for their own money and how this app can help our tweens and teens begin to understand the value of money.
- Mari talks about how limiting a child's choices is beneficial.
- Tess and Mari discuss how children can set goals within the app so children can see how they are progressing and they can focus on items that they really want.
- Tess and Mari speak about the benefits of the app to single parents and co-parenting situations.
- Mari talks about how using the app can help create family harmony by creating a framework so everyone knows the conditions of a ‘yes’.
- Tess talks about how you could connect through putting things in the store together helping your children to see how you go through the decision process.
- Mari shares that you can also teach the children to save through the app and that it also includes a place where children can give to charities teaching them selflessness and generosity.
- Mari is most grateful for the snow stopping although she is grateful to have had the time and space to be together and spend time with her children without an agenda.
You can find Mari’s App here 👉Home - Ketshop - parent-approved shopping
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Janet Philbin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified Hypnotherapist and Certified Conscious Parenting Coach. Today on the podcast they discuss conscious parenting, what it is and how we can start shifting our parenting journey and building our connection with our tweens and teens.
- Learn about Janet’s background and how she has come to work with parents and coaching conscious parenting.
- Tess and Janet discuss what conscious parenting is.
- Tess and Janet both emphasise that it is never too late to connect with your tween/teen.
- Janet states that all our children really need is to be seen, be heard and to know that they matter.
- Janet explains, connection not correction to us.
- Tess and Janet talk about the importance of setting clear boundaries and Janet offers us an example of how to do this.
- Tess and Janet talk about ‘Parental triggers’ or as Janet likes to call them ‘Parental Pokes’
- Janet offers some ways of how we as parents can look more into conscious parenting and how we begin to make the shift in our parenting.
- Janet tells us about her book ‘Show Up For Yourself’
- Janet is most grateful for being here having this conversation, she is grateful for open and honest conversations where we can help ourselves and learn to help others.
You can find Janet’s book here 👉Show Up For Yourself: A Guide to Inner Growth and Awareness: Philbin LCSW, Janet
You can find the book ‘The Conscious Parent’ by Dr. Shefali Tsabary here 👉Amazon.com: The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children (Audible Audio Edition): Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Namaste Publishing Inc.: Books
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Stephanie Banks, an intuitive channel and mentor, as they discuss the benefits of intuitive parenting on this podcast episode. Gain valuable insights into this transformative practice and learn how it can help you connect with your child on a deeper level.
- Learn about Stephanie's background and the parenting work she does with clients. Discover her unique approach to helping parents and how her expertise can benefit your family.
- Stephanie provides her insight into the definition of channelling and shares her personal interpretation of intuition.
- Tess and Stephanie share their insights on the benefits of meditation for intuitive parenting.
- Discover how Stephanie's unique approach and expertise can support you on your parenting journey. Learn about her transformative practices that enhance intuition and connection with your child.
- Tess and Stephanie discuss how Stephanie's approach can help you understand your children on a deeper level. Discover how to connect with your child in a more meaningful way and gain a deeper understanding of their needs.
- Stephanie defines her understanding of the soul and speaks about its complexities.
- Stephanie discusses the power of understanding our children on a deeper level and how it can help ease our own souls.
- Stephanie shares her unique session process and what you can expect. Gain valuable insights into her approach and expertise and learn how it can benefit you and your child. Plus, hear from Tess as she shares her personal experience of a session that she had with Stephanie.
- Stephanie highlights the benefits of using "parenting guides" to improve our parenting skills. She emphasizes the importance of tapping into these guides to enhance our approach.
- Stephanie is most grateful for her soul and being willing to be here at this time which is very intense and very challenging for her as she feels every day the suffering that is happening because of human activity and choices. She is grateful to be here to breathe peace, life and harmony and love into that and that her soul can adequately fortify to do this. She is very grateful for her soul for being here now and experiencing what she is.
Learn more about Stephanie here 👉 Follow Spirit Guides for Channeled Wisdom | Soul Insight
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr. Kate Lund who is a licensed clinical psychologist, peak performance coach, best-selling author and Tedx Speaker, about practical strategies for parents to build resilience and thrive in the face of life's challenges.
- Kate shares how she became an expert in building resilience and discusses her personal journey in this area.
- Kate shares with us about her experience of doing her Tedx talk “Finding Ordinary within the Extraordinary: The Superpower Children Need”
- Tess and Kate discuss how Kate's own experience with a childhood illness helped shape her and build resilience.
- Kate provides her definition of resilience.
- They explore practical strategies for parents to build resilience
- They talk about the importance of modelling resilience for our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Kate highlight the significance of fostering a transparent and authentic relationship with tweens and teens, underlining the importance of openness.
- Kate is most grateful for her family and their love and support, her health and the possibilities moving forward and her dog.
Listen to Dr. Kate Lund’s Tedx talk here 👉 Kate Lund: Finding Ordinary within the Extraordinary: The Superpower Children Need | TED Talk
Find out more about Dr. Kate Lund here 👉 https://www.katelundspeaks.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Sheri Gazitt who is the founder of Teen Wise and a parent and teen coach, she is passionate about empowering parents and teens through the adolescent years.
- Sheri shares her journey of how she came to be working in this area.
- Tess and Sheri discuss what tween/teen girls go through in this stage of their life journey as they go through early puberty.
- Sheri shares some thoughts on the ways we may be responding to our children that may not be helpful in supporting them.
- Sheri talks to us about ways that we can respond to our girls to help support them in a helpful way.
- Sheri shares some information about how she helps teen girls and parents through Teen Wise and her programme “Conquer Girl Drama in 90 Days”
- Sheri is most grateful for her family and going through the girl drama and coming out the other side, she now has amazing and thriving young women and is grateful that they are part of her life.
Learn more about Sheri here 👉 Parent & Teen Coach | Empower Your Teen (teenwiseseattle.com)
Connect with Sheri in her Facebook group here 👉 http://facebook.com/groups/theparentinglab
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dawnette Palmore the founder and owner of Your Money On Purpose Coaching. On today's podcast they discuss how we can help our children have an understanding of money and how we can help them create a good relationship with money on their journey into adulthood.
- Dawnette shares her journey of how she came to be working in this area.
- Tess and Dawnette talk about how we can help our children have a good relationship with money.
- Dawnette shares how she started to help her children understand money through some different strategies.
- Tess and Dawnette discuss the importance of language when we are teaching our children about money.
- Dawnette talks about what she teaches through her program “Money Smart Academy” and also her video game “Money Mavericks” and how it can help you and your children.
- Dawnette speaks about the importance of talking to our children about money and having these conversations.
- Dawnette is most grateful for her life, her family and where she lives.
👉Listen to Dawnette’s Podcast here 👉Your Money on Purpose | Podcast on Spotify
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Tess Connolly LCSW celebrates her 100th episode by talking to us about the change in the podcast to “The Single Parent Reset Show”. She talks about her journey through divorce and into becoming a single parent.
- Tess introduces the “The Single Parent Reset Show” and celebrates the 100th Podcast Episode.
- Tess looks back at why she started the podcast and how happy she is to hear from others of how much they have benefited from tuning in every week.
- Tess talks about her connection between her and her son and a recent reset that they have taken to create the time to reconnect.
- Tess gives us the back story of why she has made the change and shifted to “The Single Parent Reset Show”.
- She talks about her journey through divorce and becoming a single parent and resetting her life journey with her son.
- She talks about the importance of the connection between her and her son through all the changes.
- Tess closes this podcast with talking about her love of parenting and how she feels it changes you and not only do you grow as a family but also you grow personally through your parenting journey.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr Abhinav Singh,a physician with board certifications in sleep medicine and internal medicine. Currently, Dr. Singh serves as medical director at the Indiana Sleep Center, accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is also a clinical assistant professor at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he developed and teaches a sleep medicine rotation to medical students. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and has received a Top Doctor award in sleep medicine for the last four years. Dr. Singh is a peer reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and Sleep Health (a journal of the National Sleep Foundation). A sleep physician for the NBA team the Indiana Pacers, Dr. Singh also serves on the medical review panel of SleepFoundation.org.
Charlotte Jensen co-authored with Dr Singh Sleep to Heal: 7 Simple Steps to Better Sleep, coming out in June 2023. Charlotte is a writer and editor specializing in technology, marketing, business, and the arts. For more than a decade, Jensen worked as senior writer, articles editor, and executive editor for Entrepreneur magazine, where she took a leading role in shaping editorial content and direction for the award-winning national consumer magazine and its readership of 1.2 million. Jensen’s work has been featured in HuffPost, AOL Small Business, and a variety of small-business websites, and she is currently a copy editor for luxe lifestyle brand RH (Restoration Hardware). She has also provided first-draft edits for several nonfiction books, including Fight Cancer With Vitamins and Supplements: A Guide to Prevention and Treatment (Healing Arts Press). Jensen has a B.A. in Journalism from California State University, Long Beach. She lives & works in the San Francisco metro area.
- Dr Abhinav Singh shares how their book came about and tells us how he came to specialize in ‘sleep’.
- They talk about the importance of sleep.
- Dr Abhinav Singh explains how sleep works and helps us and our health.
- They talk about night waking and how we can deal with this and how it can affect us.
- They discuss sleep trackers and what Dr Abhinav Singh thinks about them.
- Dr Abhinav Singh talks about how much sleep our teens require.
- They discuss devices at bedtime and the effect on sleep for tweens and teens.
- They talk about the best ambient temperature when sleeping.
- They speak about dreaming and what dreams can mean.
- Dr Abhinav Singh talks about their book and shares with us a little insight into what it includes.
- Dr Abhinav SIngh shares with us his experience of doing his TED talk ‘What would you do for $13.5 million?’
- Dr Abhinav Singh is most grateful to be able to help people to regain their health, a wonderful supportive family and co-author Charlotte Jenson.
Get the book here 👉 Sleep to Heal: 7 Simple Steps to Better Sleep: Singh M.D. M.P.H. F.A.A.S.M., Abhinav, Jensen, Charlotte: 9781630062347: Amazon.com: Books
Listen to Dr Abhinav Singh’ Ted Talk here 👉 (25) What would you do for $13.5 million ? - YouTube
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Elise Knox, a life and wellness coach, yoga teacher, and former middle school teacher who works with moms and teens. They discuss building connections between parents and tweens/teens through these years of change.
- Elise introduces herself and tells us about the work she does with Moms and teens.
- Tess and Elise talk about coaching parents and teens to help with their connection.
- They discuss challenges that clients are going through.
- They speak about the importance of connection between parents and tweens and teens through all the changes that happen over the years.
- They speak about ways that can help through this time of change.
- Elise shares her motto for her business and tells us the meaning of her motto.
- Tess and Elise talk about the importance of parents healing their trauma.
- Elise shares with us what the tweens and teens she works with wish that their parents understood.
- Elise shares her tips for parents to help them respond to their teens rather than react.
- Tess and Elise talk about the guide and coach approach.
- They discuss those times when we as parents mess up and how we should handle this situation.
- Elise shares her top tips for parents connecting with your tweens and teens.
- Elise is most grateful for her daughters and loves the work that she does as she sees this as not only helping her clients but also helping her relationship with her daughters as they move through the teen years.
Learn more about Elise here 👉 Elise Knox | Connection Coach
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Shaista Fatehali is a teacher, counselor and coach for parents and children about building confidence with our children.
- Shaista introduces herself and tells us how she got into the work she does.
- Shaista offers her tips and strategies to help build confidence with our tweens and teens.
- Shaista shares with us an exercise to help us look at ours and our children's comfort zones.
- Tess and Shaista discuss the benefits of looking at how we can stretch our child’s comfort zones in tiny steps to help build confidence.
- Tess and Shaista speak about visualisation and how we can use this to help build a neuro-pathway.
- Tess and Shaista talk about standing back and letting our children figure out problems for themselves which helps them grow in confidence and independence.
- Shaista talks about appreciating the effort that children put in on their journey and celebrate these accomplishments.
- Tess and Shaista discuss the importance of giving trust to your children when they are problem solving and trying new things.Offering encouragement to solve these challenges for themselves and guiding and coaching as parents.
- Tess and Shaista talk about parents providing challenges and how we do this whilst increasing confidence.
- Shaista is most grateful for her family, health and being here in the present moment.
Learn more about Shaista here 👉 Life Coaching for Children - THRIVE KIDS! (thrivekidsbc.ca)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dianne Kosto, founder and CEO of SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training which provides neurofeedback services and systems to individuals, families, therapeutic programs and professionals across the U.S, Canada and Mexico.
- Dianne introduces herself and shares her story with us of how she got into the field of providing neurofeedback.
- Dianne talks about what neurofeedback is.
- Dianne talks about the process of how it works.
- Tess and Dianne talk about how neurofeedback helps to regulate the brain.
- Tess and Dianne talk about the benefits of neurofeedback.
- Dianne talks about when we would seek out using neurofeedback for our children.
- Dianne shares some examples of children that she has worked with and how neurofeedback has helped.
- Tess and Dianne talk about how this can be done with support in your home.
- Dianne is most grateful for every day that her son is on this earth, because he may not have been, had it not been for neurofeedback.
Learn more about Neurofeedback here 👉 Neurofeedback Made Simple with SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training (symmetryneuropt.com)
Follow Dianne here 👉 SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training | Facebook,
SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training (@symmetryneuropt) • Instagram,
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Lara Johnson, a certified coach who helps parents live their lives ON purpose and WITH purpose.
- Lara introduces herself and shares with us how she got into the work that she does with parents.
- Lara talks about the challenges that we have in raising children these days.
- Tess and Lara discuss how we build the foundation of getting clear of who we are as a person.
- Tess and Lara talk about courageous conversations that we have to have with our children and how we can have these conversations.
- Lara talks about the importance of being clear in knowing who we are separate from our children.
- Tess and Lara discuss the five steps that she uses with her clients as a starting point to help guide them to becoming clear in knowing who they are as a person.
- Tess and Lara talk about what we do when we have the insight of who we are and Lara offers us three steps to help us fall in love with ourselves for who we are and how this can help our connection with our children.
- Tess and Lara discuss the importance of being comfortable having some time by yourself. Lara shares some examples of times we can do this within our busy lives.
- Lara shares how following these steps can impact our lives.
- Lara is most grateful for the connection that she has with her children and the tools that she has, that have strengthened the connection through the hard times they have been through.
Learn more about Lara here 👉 https://www.larajohnsoncoaching.com
Listen to Lara’s Podcast - Mom on purpose here 👉 Mom on Purpose on Apple Podcasts
Click here to access the documents that Lara has shared with our listeners 👉
Getting to Know Yourself.pdf How to Fall in Love Worksheet.pdf
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Marie Adell who is a human design consultant and parent coach.
- Marie introduces herself and explains to us about what human design is and how it can help us in our parenting.
- Marie and Tess talk through how we can use the human design chart, using Tess’s son’s chart as an example to show us how it works.
- Tess and Marie discuss how knowing your chart can help you understand yourself and who you are and why you feel and do the things you do.
- Marie talks through what each of the sections on the design chart mean and how they connect.
- Marie and Tess discuss ways how we can talk about this with our child.
- Marie and Tess talk about how using this unique way of learning about your child can help build your connection with your tween/teen.
- Marie speaks about the importance of becoming familiar with our own design first and then we can then move onto learning about our children’s design.
- Marie is most grateful for her husband and daughter and her life and where she is at and living out her design.
Here is the link for the free chart at Jovian Archieve here 👉 Get Your Chart (jovianarchive.com)
Learn more about Marie here 👉 (2) Marie Adell | Facebook - https://www.instagram.com/growuwithmarie - (2) Color Your Life In HD | Facebook
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jadah Sellner about her book “She Builds” which is all about women entrepreneurs avoiding burnout, they discuss ways of balancing business and being a parent.
- Jadah introduces herself and tells us a bit about what she does to help parents in business and how she balances work with being a Mom.
- They talk about expectations that are on Moms culturally to be doing all the things and the anxiety that this can cause in our lives.
- They discuss the importance of putting ourselves in a place of stillness to have that space in our own mind to listen.
- They talk about how we start to slow down and put this into practice in our lives.
- They discuss being ok with the fact that we can’t always get everything done.
- They speak about how we adjust our commitments and release the pressure.
- Tess and Jadah speak about health, wealth and wellness. Making sure we take time for self-care.
- Jadah talks about moments of connection with her teenage daughter helping her with her self care and coping strategies.
- Jadah is most grateful for the relationships that she has in her life and the beautiful support that she has that she can lean on in different seasons of her life.
Learn more about Jadah here 👉 Home - JADAH SELLNER MEDIA, INC
Purchase Jadah’s book here 👉 She Builds by Jadah Sellner - JADAH SELLNER MEDIA, INC
Watch the video that Jadah mentions here 👉Jadah Sellner✨Author + Business Mentor (@jadahsellner) • Instagram photos and videos
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Clarissa Constantine, a certified life coach and founder of the Parent Tween connection; they discuss the foundation of connection with our tweens and teens.
- Clarissa talks about what she does and how she came to be working with tweens.
- Clarissa tells us about what the foundations of connection stand for and how this acronym can help us on our parenting journey.
- They discuss each of the components of the foundations of connection and look at them a bit deeper and speak about how we can use them to guide our parenting.
- They discuss creating a safe space, non-judgement, challenging your truths, taking your time and nurturing and much more….
- Clarissa talks about the importance of journaling and how it can help unload your mind and clear distractions.
- Clarissa is most grateful for her life and everything that has happened along the way and how it has shaped who she is.
Learn more about Clarissa here 👉 Home (parentweenconnection.com)
Free Download of the Foundations of Connection 👉 Foundations of CONNECTION (parentweenconnection.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Karey Spransy who is a life coach who focuses with adults on tough life circumstances.
Tess and Karey talk about:
- Karey talks about her background and how she became a life coach.
- They talk about taking our experiences and using them to grow and reset.
- They discuss Karey’s pivot in life and how she managed this reset.
- They talk about the time when tweens and teens begin to push back.
- They discuss curfews with our tweens and teens.
- They speak about having open and honest communication.
- Tess and Karey talk about budgets that we have as families.
- Karey talks about the importance of having open conversations about sex.
- They talk about the importance of showing humanity as a parent.
- Karey is most grateful for her son. The hardest and most wonderful, magical and amazing thing that she has done in her life and it has taught her so much about who she is and she wouldn't trade it in for anything.
Learn more about Karey here 👉 Karey Spransy helps you Design Your Life — KareyOn Coaching
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Sarah Moore, Founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting about her new book “Peaceful Discipline - Story teaching, brain science and better behavior”
- Sarah talks about the work that she does through her parent coaching.
- Tess and Sarah discuss the importance of our parenting journey being “parent centric”.
- Sarah talks about her book and how it evolved.
- Tess and Sarah talk about the connection between parent and child.
- Tess and Sarah discuss “back talk” and how we navigate this.
- Sarah talks about being aware of our “inner child”.
- Sarah gives an outline of what is in her book “Positive Discipline”.
- Sarah shares with us about the section in her book, the “story teaching concept”
- Tess and Sarah speak about “repair” through parenting and resetting our connection with our child.
- Sarah is most grateful for the first doctor she saw about her daughter that lit the fire in her belly and sent her down a research trail, and helped change her world for the better and also help create a safer, stronger and emotionally healthier world for her child.
Learn more about Sarah here 👉 Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Carla Crivaro who is a certified and trauma-informed Sex, Love & Relationship Coach about fathers and men, “The Forgotton Father”.
- Carla introduces herself and talks about how she has come to work with fathers and men.
- Carla talks about what “The Forgotten Father” is.
- Tess and Carla discuss the importance of parents working together as a team.
- Carla talks about the people that come to her for help and she gives some examples of their needs.
- Tess and Carla talk about the isolation that Fathers can sometimes feel.
- Carla shares with us about how we can move forward from this and help Fathers feel involved in family decisions.
- Tess and Carla talk about the importance of showing our tweens and teens how to behave within our relationships and showing up as good role models for our children.
- Carla talks about the role of the Father being so important.
- Carla talks to us about how we start to look into and work with our relationships with the Fathers in our families and also how Fathers can approach this if they are feeling isolated within their family.
- Tess and Carla talk about the importance of having a conversation about the way you are parenting together. Tess and Carla give some examples of how we can talk with our partner and open the conversation.
- Carla talks about the importance of checking in with our partner, that our parenting is constantly changing as our children grow.
- Carla talks about the importance of expressing your desires within your relationship and being open in those conversations.
- Tess and Carla speak about when we shift our dynamics within our relationships after putting out our expectations and sharing our desires.
- Tess and Carla talk about the importance of accepting an apology when someone is saying sorry and receiving this apology with sincerity.
- Carla is most grateful for having these conversations and seeing a huge shift globally of people wanting to work through their own stuff and being able to connect with people globally that are working together to help people in their own growth
Learn more about Carla here 👉 Home | Carla Crivaro SEX, LOVE & RELATIONSHIPS
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Adrienne Bishop, a Life and Parent Coach specializing in helping highly sensitive moms parent their highly sensitive kids.
- Adrienne introduces herself and tells us how she got into helping highly sensitive parents and kids.
- Adrienne explains what a highly sensitive parent looks like and gives an explanation of the acronym DOES and what that stands for.
- Tess and Adrienne talk about speaking out for help if you see these traits in yourself.
- Adrienne talks about how she can help parents that are highly sensitive. Speaking about different strategies that can help with your parenting.
- Tess and Adrienne discuss observational detachment and Adrienne gives examples of this.
- Tess and Adrienne talk about the ‘thought model’ and Adrienne talks about how we can use this to help our parenting. Tess also shares an example from her own parenting.
- Adrienne talks about ‘safety’ which is one of the areas that highly sensitive parents experience. She gives some examples of this and how she works with parents to help with this aspect of parenting.
- Tess and Adrienne talk about the moments when we feel worn down as a parent and what we can do when we are experiencing this and she shares an example of how she helped a client work through this.
- Tess and Adrienne talk about the importance of self-care for parents. Adrienne offers some ways we can fit this into our day.
- Adrienne is most grateful for putting her message out into the world.
Learn more about Adrienne here 👉 www.adriennebishopcoaching.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Cynthia Muchnick MA who is an author, speaker and educational consultant about her book that she co wrote with Jenn Curtis MSW The Parent Compass: Navigating Your Teen's Wellness and Academic Journey in Today's Competitive World.
- Cynthia introduces herself and talks about how ‘The Parenting Compass’ came about and the two main goals of the book, which are to preserve the mental health of teens and to preserve the relationship between the parent and teen.
- Tess talks about how she looks at parenting a teen as we are “raising an adult”.
- Tess and Cynthia speak about ways that we may be thinking we are helping our kids when we actually might be over helping them.
- Tess and Cynthia discuss the lack of information for parents of teens.
- Tess talks about the way parenting is a journey, we don’t learn what to do and that's it. We have to reset along the way and learn more through the process of our children growing.
- Tess and Cynthia talk about the importance of looking back to how we were raised as children before we can look forward at our parenting.
- Cynthia talks about questionnaires that she has within ‘The Parenting Compass’ to help parents look at their parenting and build a pathway going forward.
- Tess talks about the language we can use as parents when we are wanting to go through a reset in our parenting.
- Cynthia talks about her strategy of ‘sprinkling’ that she uses within her parenting.
- Tess and Cynthia speak about when you transition as a parent from your child wanting you to be there for them, to that point when they want to begin to gain more independence.
- Tess and Cynthia talk about the importance of parents taking time for self-care, meaning time away from the parent/child relationship.
- Tess and Cynthia talk about how we as parents need to step away from being too involved in our children's lives and they give us some examples of how we can do this.
- Cynthia is most grateful for her family and her health and clean water and living in a western society that allows freedom to think freely and lastly she is grateful that her kids love her and don't hold some of her mistakes against her.
Learn more about Cynthia’s book The Parenting Compass 👉 Home | The Parent Compass (parentcompassbook.com)
Find Cynthia at 👉 @parentcompass - Instagram
@theparentcompass - Facebook
@parentcompass1 - Twitter
@cindymuchnickandjenncurtis - LinkedIn
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Caroline Sumners who is the Founder & President of Empower Academic Coaching they discuss how we can support our neurodivergent children.
- Caroline introduces herself and talks about the work she does with neurodivergent kids.
- Caroline describes neurodivergence to us.
- Tess and Caroline talk about the strengths of neurodivergent children.
- Tess and Caroline discuss what we as parents can do if you suspect that your child might be neurodivergent.
- Caroline shares with us some signs that you can look for as a parent and gives us an example of how these might look in your child.
- Tess and Caroline talk about how and when these signs may show.
- Caroline shares her top five ways to support neurodivergent children.
- Tess shares different ways you can get support from your school.
- Tess and Caroline talk about the importance of connection between you and your child.
- Tess and Caroline discuss how we can help our neurodivergent child to be organised through looking at something that they enjoy doing to help them come up with a strategy.
- Caroline talks about being your child’s “thought partner” and helping them come up with strategies rather than offering them a solution. .
- Caroline shares with us where we can go to find out more about neurodiversity and the importance of doing this so we can understand our children.
- Caroline talks about the importance of parents being their child’s advocate and ways they can do this.
- Tess and Caroline talk about the importance of having a support system and that it is a good thing to reach out for help and support.
- Caroline is most grateful for nature and how as a neurodivergent person she finds that enjoying nature really benefits her and can help her to reset.
Learn more about Caroline here 👉 Empower Academic Coaching
Follow Caroline here 👉Empower Academic Coaching (@empoweracademic) • Instagram photos and videos
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Beth Hardy who is a parent and life coach, they discuss the trigger,react and regret cycle in parenting.
- Beth introduces herself and tells us her story about how she came to be doing the work she does with families.
- Beth and Tess discuss the trigger part of the cycle and what this looks like in our homes and how we can deal with these moments.
- Tess and Beth talk about the reaction part of the cycle and what this looks like in our daily lives.
- Beth talks about the regret that comes after the trigger and reaction part of the cycle.
- Tess and Beth talk about what we can do when we realise that we are in this cycle of trigger, react and regret.
- Beth shares with us a ‘special trick’ called neuro linguistic programming which can help aid us to interrupt the trigger that we feel within this cycle many parents face.
- Beth gives an example of anchoring and shows us how we can use this to help interrupt our triggers when they happen.
- Tess shares with us a trigger that she experiences with her son and then Beth and Tess talk through how to put the anchor in place in this situation.
- Beth helps us to create our anchor through a calming exercise.
- Beth talks about how as parents we need to make sure we take care of ourselves as well as our children, to ensure that we are modelling the right behaviour to our children.
- Tess shares with us how she does this with her son.
- Beth tells us about her programme that she runs called ‘The Copse’ which helps parents with self-compassion.
- Beth is most grateful for this incredible life that she is living right now.
Learn more about Beth here 👉 https://gettingback2u.com/
Learn more about Beth’s coaching program "The Copse" here 👉 https://gettingback2u.com/copse/
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Rebecca Shaw a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and personal development coach they discuss the work she does and how she helps families using hypnotherapy.
- Rebecca introduces herself and tells us a bit about the work she does with families.
- Rebecca shares with us the definition of hypnotherapy and how it can help us.
- Tess and Rebecca discuss some of the myths about hypnotherapy we may hear.
- Tess shares her thoughts of her experience with hypnotherapy and visualisation.
- Rebecca shares with us about what she does within her sessions and how it can help our tweens and teens.
- Tess shares her story of what happened when Rebecca gifted a hypnotherapy session to Tess’s teen son and how she introduced the idea to him.
- Tess and Rebecca talk about ways we can discuss hypnotherapy with our tweens and teens if we think that this therapy would benefit them.
- Rebecca shares her experience as a Mom with a child with ODD and how she worked through this and strategies she used and how she helps other parents and children going through a similar journey.
- Rebecca tells us how she helps parents with strategies that help them cope with stress, anxiety and depression and how this can help us within our parenting journey.
- Rebecca is grateful for her health and her children and for doing the work she loves and where she lives.
You can learn more about Rebecca and her work at Rebecca Taylor Shaw — Charleston Hypnosis Center
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with John Sovec MA, LMFT who is a nationally recognized expert on creating affirmative support for LGBTQ teens and their families. They discuss ways we can support our LGBTQ community.
- John introduces himself and tells us about the work that he does with the LGBTQ community and why he came to be working in this field.
- John explains the definition of LGBTQ and what it stands for.
- Tess and John discuss our teens and what parents can do if their child has come out to them.
- Tess and John talk about parents going through the grieving process when their child comes out to them and helps us understand this process so we can create space for the healing process.
- John talks about looking at when gender is defined and looking at our child when they are born as being “assigned” a sex at birth rather than being born “male” or “female”.
- Tess and John speak about the importance of parents having a curiosity about their child’s journey.
- John talks about the work he does with adolescence and families.
- Tess and John talk about the high suicide rate of the LGBTQ community.
- Tess and John discuss how we can initiate conversations if we suspect our child may be LGBTQ+ and how as a parent we should be open and have conversations with our children about the LGBTQ community in our daily conversation.
- John talks about his book and what it is about and how it can help families.
- John gives a final piece of advice to parents for when their child first comes out to them.
- John is most grateful for his husband and his Great Dane and for waking up and taking a walk under the sun and feeling the aliveness of the world around him.
You can learn more about John and his work at www.JohnSovec.com and www.GayTeenTherapy.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr. Melanie McNally, PsyD, who is a licensed clinical psychologist about living with social media through the tween and teen years.
- Melanie introduces herself and tells us a bit about her story and how she came to work with tweens and teens.
- Tess and Melanie talk about their enjoyment of working with tweens and teens.
- Melanie shares information about Gen Z and its meaning.
- Tess and Melanie discuss social media and the impact on our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Melanie speak about the positives of social media and how it can help some tweens and teens feel less isolated.
- Tess and Melanie talk about ways we can discuss with our tweens and teens about putting limits on social media use and they offer us some tips on how we can start to tackle this with our children.
- Melanie talks about the benefits of talking about social media with our tweens and teens and asking them about what they are watching and what they have created or commented on, within your daily conversation so it is part of the discussion and in doing this it will help for you to be more open and communicative about social media as a family.
- Tess and Melanie talk about what to do when your tweens and teens are not quite ready for social media and signs we can look for that may show they are not ready to use devices.
- Melanie shares with us about parents feeling overwhelmed with all the information about device usage and she offers the advice that parents know their own child best and that it is important to work out what is right for your individual child.
- Melanie is most grateful for the forest where she lives and seeing the beautiful fall colours.
You can learn more about Dr Melanie McNally here - destinationyou.net.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Missy Morrison Charko, a Certified Pediatric Sleep Sense™ Consultant and Founder of Say Yes to the Rest Pediatric Sleep Consulting. They discuss the importance of sleep and how we can start to establish better sleep patterns for our tween/teens ensuring they are getting enough sleep every night so everyone can be a better version of themselves.
- Missy introduces herself and tells us a bit about the one to one work she does with families.
- Tess and Missy discuss how vital sleep is in our lives and how sleep patterns change through the stages of development.
- Tess and Missy talk about healthy sleep and the importance of making sure we have enough sleep.
- Missy tells us about why having sleep is important and the negative effects we can notice when we are not getting enough.
- Tess and Missy discuss mental health and conditions such as ADHD and how it is important to ensure that the problems are not stemming from any other physical factors and this includes lack of sleep before proceeding with looking at a diagnosis.
- Tess and Missy talk about the importance of a good sleep routine.
- Missy tells us about the amount of sleep that our tweens/teens should be having each night.
- Missy tells us how we can establish healthy sleep patterns with our children.
- Tess and Missy talk about going back to school and how we navigate getting our children back on track with their sleep patterns and ensure we set good boundaries.
- Tess and Missy talk about the importance of modelling this behaviour ourselves to our tween and teens.
- Tess and Missy discuss screen time and sleep and what boundaries we should be setting around this.
- Missy touches on sleep apnea and what we can do if we think our children might suffer with this.
- Missy is most grateful for the ability to help families whilst being present for her own family.
You can visit her website: www.sayyestotherest.com or follow her @SayYesToTheRestToday on Instagram or Facebook for more tips and information.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jessica Speer, an award-winning author of BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships and Middle School – Safety Goggles Advised. In this second interview with Jessica, they will discuss her book BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships.
- Jessica introduces herself and tells us about the books that she has written for pre-teens and teens.
- Tess and Jessica talk about the phase that our tweens and teens go through when friendships get tough and they struggle with the changes happening when they start this new phase of development.
- Jessica shares information and explains her friendship pyramid which you can download through the link at the bottom of the show notes.
- Tess and Jessica talk about the changes of interests between friends and how this shift changes friendships and affects our tweens and teens emotionally at this time of transition.
- Tess and Jessica talk about normalizing the fact that friendships change and shift depending on what time of our lives we are in.
- Tess and Jessica speak about talking to our tweens and teens about finding that deeper connection and friendships that are healthy, safe, and accepting.
- Tess and Jessica discuss the importance of getting your child to stop and think about how they are feeling when they are with different friends. Do they feel liked and accepted for who they are?
- Jessica talks about us realizing that everyone develops friendship skills at a different pace.
- Tess and Jessica discuss how we deal with situations such as when our child isn’t invited to a party and how we can navigate this.
- Jessica explains NRF (Not Real Friends) to us and the meaning behind it.
- Jessica encourages parents to realize that this time is hard and messy to watch but there is a lot going on as your children’s friendships shift and change as they find the friendships that are the right fit for them. Stay calm and make yourself available to them.
- Jessica is most grateful for the hindsight that she has now and she wishes she had 10 yrs ago, that everything was going to be ok. The stuff that worried her then, is now ok. It all worked out and she is grateful for the knowledge she has learned and been able to share with others.
You can purchase Jessica Speers book here - BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships
Friendship Pyramid - Friendship Pyramid.pdf
You can find out more about Jessica Speer here - www.JessicaSpeer.com
Jessica Speers first interview can be found here - The Parenting Reset Show: 71.Navigating Middle School Years on Apple Podcasts
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Nina Cruz, a certified Conscious Parent Coach, Social
Worker (BSW), and Meditation Teacher about breaking up toxic generational patterns.
- Nina introduces herself and tells us about the work she does with families and why she began her journey.
- Tess and Nina talk about the challenges that we have as parents when we go on our parenting journey and the important shifts that we as parents need to take.
- Tess and Nina talk about how as parents it is important to look inside to find answers of how we can move forward.
- Nina talks about what generational patterns are and how they condition us.
- Nina gives us some examples of some generational patterns that we may have as parents.
- Tess and Nina talk about how we find out what our generational patterns are so we can look at how we can start to repair ourselves.
- Nina explains the importance of finding out what is important to us when building our connection with our children and being aware of these factors as we move along on our parenting journey.
- Tess and Nina talk about a strategy of how we repair our generational patterns when we are parenting daily.
- Nina explains to us about how we start to break these patterns after we discover them.
- Nina shares with us that as parents we need to look into what we want our children to experience in childhood so we can start to look at how we parent and what we would like our parenting to look like.
- Nina is most grateful for her children and tells us they awakened her and they are her greatest teachers.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Joanne Kaminski who is an online tutor and they discuss tutoring and homework and how to find a specialized tutor for your tween or teen.
- Joanne introduces herself and gives us some background information about how she came to do the work she does now and explains about the work she does with tutoring children online.
- Tess and Joanne discuss the battle that parents face when trying to get homework done alongside all the other parental responsibilities.
- Joanne and Tess talk about the online tutoring she does to help children with their reading skills.
- Joanne and Tess discuss the question “When do we know when our child needs a tutor?”
- Tess and Joanne talk about what an executive functioning coach is and when this would be helpful for your child.
- Tess and Joanne discuss how tutors can help with different ways for children to reach their learning.
- Joanne speaks about the difference between tutoring companies and professional freelance tutors.
- Joanne shares how we can access the professional freelance directory and how it can help you find the right tutor for your child.
- Joanne shares information about a tutor called Maria Geffers who helps kids when they start in high school know what career path they want to focus on so when they go through high school they can look at what classes to take.
- Joanne and Tess talk about what kind of help you may need and whether tutoring would be a good fit.
- Joanne is most grateful for the life that she has today and all the lessons she has learned in life that has brought her to where she is today.
Click here to purchase Joanne Kaminski’s book - How to Start an Online Tutoring Business: Making 4-5 Figures a Month
To find out more about the directory that Joanne spoke about follow this link - Professional Freelance Tutor Directory (meeps.app)
To listen to Joanne’s podcast follow this link - Professional Freelance Tutor Directory (meeps.app)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Kate Garzon M.Ed, who is a "GPS" for the parents of toddlers through teens about how to raise capable adults.
- Kate introduces herself and gives us some background about her experience with children and the work that she does with families.
- Kate tells us about her business and how she supports families through her work.
- Tess and Kate discuss how as parents our job is to raise capable adults and they talk about ways we can support our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Kate talk about how we can help our tweens and teens through experiences they go through in their lives. They talk about the importance of being there for them, supporting them and being with them but not doing it for them.
- They discuss the importance of not enabling our children but being a collaborative problem solver and consultant for our Tweens and Teens.
- Tess and Kate talk about how we can be there as a support for our children without solving the problem for them but helping them solve the problem.
- Kate offers us tips on how we can support our children as they grow through the tween and teen years.
- Tess and Kate talk about giving your brain time for nothing else to do and how this then helps with emotional regulation, problem solving and critical thinking. Tess and Kate give us some examples of what this looks like for our tweens and teens and the importance of collaborative problem solving and decision making.
- Kate explains what “body budgets” are and the concept behind this. Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is the neuroscientist that came up with this concept and Dr. Mona Delahooke is now taking it and applying it to parenting and education.
- Tess and Kate discuss boundary setting and relationship building and how this helps our tweens and teens feel protected and safe and gives them a sense of knowing that they can come to you whenever they need support and guidance by building that connection.
- Tess and Kate talk about the value of chores and service to others and Tess talks about her approach to “chores” and how her family calls them “Family Cares” and explains that “Family Cares” are about caring for the family and the family home.
- Kate is most grateful for this opportunity to connect with someone else that is doing similar work and that it is lovely to collaborate and she is also grateful for their being ice cream in the freezer for later as it is 98 degrees where she is now.
You can learn more about Kate here - www.guidedparentingsupport.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Helen Panos, an accomplished educator/instructional specialist with over 25 years experience in a public school system about 5 myths surrounding SAT/ACT and how to plan for your child’s success.
- Helen introduces herself to us and speaks about the work she does.
- Tess and Helen talk about the 504 plan and what that is and how this can help with getting accommodations to help when our children take their SAT/ACT.
- Helen talks about what the SAT’s and ACT’s are and explains them to us and the differences between the two.
- Helen talks about what the top five myths are and explains why these are myths -
1) “SAT is harder than the ACT”
2) “Wait to take the ACT/SAT till the end of your junior year”
3) “Only prep for ACT/SAT if you don’t have a high GPA”
4) “Because they are IQ tests it is impossible to study for them”
5) “Test scores don’t matter because schools are test optional”
- Helen explains the test format to us.
- Helen talks about some of the strategies that we can use with our children.
- Helen talks about encouraging parents to think ahead of time and when the best time is to start preparing for the SAT/ACT.
- Helen is most grateful for being able to run a company where she can help a lot of children.
Click here to learn more about Helen Panos and what she offers - Tutoring Services in Atlanta, Online & One-on-One Tutoring, SAT ACT Test Prep - Dynamis Learning Academy
Click here to get access to Helen’s FREE SAT/ACT Essential Student Guide.https://skilled-composer-2459.ck.page/710379d145
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Tania Lopez a Parenting Coach and a qualified and experienced hypnotherapist, counselor and teacher. They discuss conscious parenting and explain what this is and how this can help the way we parent within our families.
- Tania introduces herself and tells us about the work that she does with families.
- Tania explains unconscious and self-conscious parenting.
- Tania and Tess discuss conscious parenting and what it is and how it can help our parenting skills.
- Tania gives an example of how we can move from an unconscious place in our parenting towards a more conscious place in our parenting.
- Tess and Tania discuss the changes that occur and the behaviour changes that come along when our children reach their tween and teen years.
- Tess and Tania talk about parents that feel like they are to blame for their child’s behaviour because of behavior that they emulated when they were younger and that they feel like they are to blame for what they are experiencing from their own Children.
- Tania talks about parents needing to unlearn what they know and enter into new learning so they can move forward in their parenting journey.
- Tania talks about parents having the feeling of shame and how she works on this through her hypnotherapy sessions that she does with parents to help them release this feeling.
- Tania and Tess speak about guilt and how this affects our parenting and they give us some questions that we can ask ourselves as parents to help us work through these feelings and sit in a place of curiosity.
- Tess talks about it being a process and to keep making small shifts to help move your parenting skills forward.
- Tania talks about her program that she offers parents and how it moves through four phases Clarity, Connection, Collaboration and Compassion.
- Tania is most grateful for the work that she does and living in a climate that is so mild and all the great things that are in her life.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with K. Lafleur Anders who is a three times best selling author, podcast host of “Reset with K” and founder and CEO of Chestnut Publishing House and a creative wellness coach at Lefleur-Anders and CO. They talk about the importance of family journaling and how journaling together can be a therapeutic bonding experience for the entire family.
- K introduces herself and tells us about herself and how she has been led to the work that she does now.
- K explains what a family journal is and how it can help with family bonding on a deeper level.
- Tess and K discuss how we can introduce a journal into our families lives and how it can help with connection and create memories to hold onto.
- K and Tess discuss the different types of journals that we can have in our family to help with bonding and connection and also they talk about individual journals.
- Tess and K talk about the benefits of journaling and how it can help with anxiety and how it offers a way for everyone to express themselves. It can be a way to connect each other to better understand what each other are going through. It provides a safe place without judgement.
- Tess and K talk about different ways that we can show gratitude and connect to each other as a family.
- Tess talks about the importance of bearing witness to each other’s lives showing each other that we are right there for each other going through this journey together. K shares with us the thought that we all want our feelings acknowledged and how important this is to show our children ways that we do this, so it can be passed down the generations.
- Tess and K talk about the impact of physically writing versus typing on a keyboard or creating voice notes.
- Tess and K explain how we can make this fun and how we can present it to our family so it makes a difference within our family unit and how we need to create equal ownership, making it fun and unique to your family.
- K talks about three children’s books that she recommends to families.
- K tells us we deserve to have journaling as part of our lives and our families deserve another option for bonding. Writing is such a great way to express yourself and create connections.
- K is most grateful for clarity because she has spent a lot of time in this life being everything for everyone else and it wasnt that she got clarity for herself that she started being a better wife and a better parent and better friend. Because of clarity she has peace.
Click here to find out more about the books that K spoke about - Books | K. LaFleur-Anders (klafleuranders.com)
To find out more about K click here - About K. | K. LaFleur-Anders (klafleuranders.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jessyka Coulter the CEO and Founder of Ace Cookie Tutoring. They talk about the 9/10 study skills that Jessyka teaches in her ‘love to learn’ program, they break the steps down and look at what skills we need to focus on with our tween and teens. Helping our children build habits of time management, goal setting and help with motivation.
- Jessyka introduces herself and talks about the work that she does and about her company.
- She talks about her ‘love to learn’ program and what it includes.
- They talk about the importance of learning and finding out what type of learner each individual child is and how having this information can help each child learn more efficiently.
- Tess and Jessyka discuss the importance of learning study skills so they can reach their full potential and cope within the school environment
- Jessyka goes through the study skills that she teaches in her program and the importance of having them in their skill set.
- Jessyka and Tess talk about the importance of note taking and how this is a tough skill but an important one. They speak about how this is an important life skill to learn, that will not only help them in school but also through life.
- Tess and Jessyka discuss organization and how we can help them to find what techniques can work for them.
- Tess and Jessyka speak about the importance of building good habits in the tween years.
- Jessyka talks about goal setting and how this can give them a focus.
- Tess and Jessyka speak about how we can get our tweens and teens motivated to learn.
- Jessyka offers tips on how we can help our tweens and teens retain information which is a key part of study within their school lives.
- Tess and Jessyka list some soft skills and speak about how they can benefit from learning them.
- Jessyka is most grateful for her family and their help and encouragement through graduation and going to college and starting her business Ace.
Find out more about Jessyka’s programme here - Study Like a Valedictorian | Ace Cookie Tutoring
Find out more through Jessyka’s Facebook page - (2) Ace Cookie Tutoring | Facebook
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Lena Winslow who is an integrative life coach. They talk about how she uses a process called “shoulder time” with her son. They talk about how this works and how you can use the same process to build a connection and trust with your tween and teen sons.
- Lena introduces herself and talks about her background, she also shares with us about the work that she does now.
- Lena talks about “Shoulder time” and shares with us how she uses it with her son.
- Tess and Lena discuss the three ways to build trust and connection with your teenage son during shoulder time.
- Lena talks about the importance of their being movement when connecting with your son by doing an activity such as crazy golf, fishing or a playing catch.
- Tess and Lena discuss the importance of allowing our tween and teen sons to hear themselves think and process and for it to come from them.
- Lena tells us about what “reflections” means when connecting with our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Lena discuss using open ended questions and how this can help with connection.
- Lena talks about “Encouragement” and how we can use this to build connection.
- Tess and Lena talk about how we navigate “silence” when connecting.
- Tess and Lena speak about the need to try and “hold the advice” and the benefits of doing this with our children.
- Lena and Tess talk about teen boys craving our trust in their abilities and how we navigate this.
- Lena speaks about the importance of creating a safe space for a child to express themselves and how it sets up the idea of the door always being open for whatever happens in life for them to come to you.
- Lena is most grateful for the process and ability to be inside a learning process, to go through struggles but yet have the belief maintained that there is community and you are not alone and you can persevere and end up serving others and bringing value to something outside of you through struggle.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jessica Speer an award-winning author of BFF or NRF (Not Really Friends)? A Girls Guide to Happy Friendships and Middle School – Safety Goggles Advised. Today they will be discussing her book Middle School - Safety Goggles advised which is all about navigating middle school.
- Jessica introduces herself and tells us a little bit about her experience and how she came to write her books for pre-teens and teens.
- Tess and Jessica talk about what the book is about and how it can help our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Jessica discuss the shift that takes place for our children during Middle School.
- Jessica shares with us about her time doing research and what she found out from the tweens and teens that she worked with.
- Tess and Jessica talk about the word “popularity” and how this plays a part in our child’s lives when they go through middle school.
- Tess and Jessica talk about relationships throughout middle school and how tween and teens can navigate this time.
- Tess and Jessica speak about crushes and dating through middle school and what this means for our children at this time in their life.
- Tess and Jessica discuss social media and the positives and negatives that come along with this for our tweens and teens and how we should be helping our tweens and teens navigate their use when on social media.
- Jessica speaks about peer pressure and how we can talk and support our tweens and teens through this stage.
- Jessica talks about the “choose your own ending” element of her book and how this helps tweens and teens think about different scenarios and how this can help build confidence and clarity when faced with different situations.
- Tess and Jessica discuss how relaying past experiences to our tweens and teens and how it is a great way to connect.
- Jessica is most grateful for having the opportunity to do this kind of work and writing the books that she has written and being able to pass on her knowledge to her kids and others.
You can purchase Jessica Speers book here - Middle School – Safety Goggles Advised.
You can find out more about Jessica Speer here - www.JessicaSpeer.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Melissa Price the founder and creator of a game called “Emotion Commotion” that helps teach our children and ourselves about emotions. Melissa and Tess discuss the importance of us identifying our emotions and learning how to tune into our body and recognize our feelings.
- Melissa introduces herself and the work that she does with families and how the game she has created came about.
- Melissa talks about emotion and what emotion is to her and how we can deal with the emotions that we feel.
- Melissa shares with us how her game works and how it helps children learn emotional intelligence, connecting you to yourself, to your body and to your emotions and to each other.
- Tess and Melissa talk about the importance of learning about emotions and how this game can really benefit us in helping us learn about our emotions and making it easier to define what it is we are feeling and how we can help ourselves when we are feeling these emotions in our day to day lives.
- Melissa gives us some examples of when she has used this game and how she has used it to help others.
- Melissa talks about what is coming up for her next and other offers that she is creating.
- Melissa is most grateful for the pain and experiences that she has had in her life that have led her to the point where she can truly help others in only the way she can help.
Follow this link to purchase the game and listen to the episode to learn the code to receive 10% off - 👉Emotion Commotion Game
Learn more about Melissa Price by following this link to her website - Get to know Melissa – Emotion Commotion (emotioncommotiongame.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Phinnah Chichi who is a parent coach and consultant and has an organization about parenting teens solutions. Phinnah talks about her book called “Parenting Teens Navigation System” giving us details about how she helps parents with teens.
- Phinnah introduces herself and tells us about what she does and a bit about how she came to work with teens.
- Phinnah talks about her podcast which was recently listed as 11th in the top 60 world podcast list for parenting teens.
- Phinnah talks about her book and what it can offer us as parents of teens.
- Phinnah talks about her preparation codes and how they can help us parent our teens.
- Tess and Phinnah talk about how parenting has changed and how we need to grow with our teens to help strengthen our connection.
- Tess and Phinnah discuss the importance of language when communicating with our teens. Phinnah shares with us that she has a script within her new book to help parents learn how to communicate with our teens.
- Tess and Phinnah talk about unhelpful codes and how we need to think about how we parent when it comes to sibling rivalry and that we need to think about our actions when faced with situations between our children.
- Phinnah and Tess discuss the importance of gratitude, something that they both feel strongly about.
- Phinnah shares with us about her A-Z toolbox which is within her book which is a list of go to tips for parenting and she shares with us some examples.
- Tess and Phinnah talk about resetting in your parenting journey and that it is never too late to start making changes to benefit our children and ourselves.
- Phinnah shares with us the importance of not waiting to get great before you get started. Start with what you have and make small changes.
- Phinnah is most grateful for her children, parenting them has helped her parent herself and recognize who she is.
Click here to find Phinnah Chichi’s Podcast channel The Parenting Teens Solutions - The Parenting Teens Solutions Podcast. (Parenting Teens With Purpose)
Click here to see Phinnah’s latest book - The Parenting Teens Navigation System: Journeying Successfully Through the Changes and Challenges of Parenting Teens
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Claire Tansey about her cooking school and cooking camp. They discuss her online cooking camp and her cooking school for adults. They discuss the importance of tweens and teens cooking independently and learning this skill.
- Claire talks about what she does and how she got to where she is now teaching tweens and teens and adults cooking skills.
- Claire tells us about her books that she has written that help us make cooking easier and uncomplicated.
- Tess and Claire talk about how we struggle to get our tween and teens to cook and how she helps children learn to cook and eat healthy home cooked meals through her online cooking school.
- Claire talks about all the benefits that they can get from learning how to cook for themselves.
- Claire talks about her passion for instilling a positive relationship with food in children as they reach their tween and teen years.
- Claire tells us about how her cooking camp works and how she delivers her sessions to tweens and teens.
- Claire talks about her adult cooking classes and how these are great for adults to learn to make cooking easier and less complicated.
- Claire is most grateful for her parents and her Dad’s love of food and the love that they have for each other as a family.
To find out more about Claire follow this link - Easy recipes | Claire Tansey's Kitchen
To join Claire’s cooking camp follow this link - T(w)eens Cooking Camp » Powered by ThriveCart (learnlife.ca)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr.Tracy Foose an adult psychiatrist that works with parents and adults with anxiety. They discuss how to reframe anxiety and about how we can manage those moments when you or your tweens and teens are facing these situations or are overwhelmed.
- Dr Tracy Foose introduces herself and tells us a bit about how she got started in psychiatry and where she is now.
- Tess and Tracy talk about anxiety and a quote that Tracy has on her website and how it informs her practice.
- Tess and Tracy discuss how we reframe anxiety and look at it differently as something that we can manage.
- Tracy talks a bit about what she does within her therapy sessions that she offers.
- Tracy tells us about certain areas that have come up when treating parents within her sessions.
- Tracy talks about dealing with anxiety through the pandemic and goes through the number of things that we were faced with.
- Tracy offers some tips to parents that have tweens and teens and how you can cope through these years and how we can de-pathologize fear and anxiety.
- Tess and Tracy discuss different things that parents face that create anxiety for them through their parenting and how we can handle these situations and look at these situations differently.
- Tracy talks about how important it is to build exercise into your life and how it can really help with anxiety and mental and physical health.
- Tracy tells us not to be afraid of our anxiety, be afraid of avoidance.
- Tess and Tracy then discuss ways in which we can help our children and ways that we should approach these moments of avoidance.
- Tracy is most grateful for being able to work remotely through the pandemic and also for her friends and family that support her through her life.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Nellie Harden for a second episode. Nellie works specifically with families who have 9-18yrs old girls within a program she calls ‘Map to Maturity’. Tess and Nellie talk about how the program works and how we can help our daughters lead their best lives.
- Nellie introduces herself and tells us a bit about the work she does with families to help them equip their daughters for when they leave home.
- Tess and Nellie talk about her program ‘Map to Maturity’ and what she does for families to help their daughters as they mature and leave home so they are strong, confident women.
- Tess and Nellie talk about the questionnaire that comes as part of her program and how doing the questionnaire can help map out each family's road to helping them find their way and become stronger, helping their daughters through their tween and teenage years.
- Tess and Nellie talk about the importance of parents having to re introduce themselves to their children as they move through their life. As they are changing so are we as adults and as the whole family moves through phases in their lives everyone is having multiple shifts.
- Nellie talks about the key steps in her program (Be, Do, Have) Talking about the vision then onto the discipline, communication and the tool box to help with this and finally onto education and setting up your life to being a learning experience and financial mindset, joy and relationships.
- Tess and Nellie talk about parents having the mindset that they are raising adults and that having this in your mind helps us as parents move through our parenting journey.
- Nellie tells us about her free parenting workshop ‘Ignite her Joy’ which is a stepping stone to her programme ‘Map to Maturity’.
- Nellie is most grateful for summer coming around and that she is just about to wrap up seven years of homeschooling with her four daughters.
Part 1 with Nellie Harden The Parenting Reset Show: 59. 5 Mindset Shifts when Raising Tweens and Teens on Apple Podcasts
Nellie Harden’s Parenting Workshop - Ignite Her Joy Parenting Workshop (nellieharden.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Sarah and Rob Gardner who are both CEO’s and owners of the baby product company Joovy. They discuss how they have built trips in nature into their family life and also they talk about how this has blended into their company.
- Sarah and Rob introduce themselves and tell us a bit about their company and what they do.
- Rob tells us about how he and Sarah have blended road trips into their family lives and how they connect with nature and their family.
- Rob talks about how nature has affected their family life and how it has benefited their family time and built their connection.
- Rob and Sarah talk about when they started their camping trips and what age their children were when they started building it into their family life.
- Rob and Sarah talk about the impact it has had on their family, how they have been making changes and started living a sustainable life as a family.
- Sarah talks about the appreciation they have of nature and how this is something they have found the trips have impressed onto their family.
- Tess talks about how she has taken the time to make trips with her son so she can connect and how important taking this time is.
- Sarah and Rob talk about how their love of nature has fed into their company.
- Rob tells us about the time they found an endangered southern sea otter whilst on their road trip.
- Sarah talks about planning the trips and how you bring nature into your family in the simplest of ways and Rob thanks Sarah for the planning she has done over the years and how the best memories they have can be brought back to their trips they have taken together.
- Sarah is most grateful for Rob and Rob is grateful for Sarah and his children and he is also grateful for their curiosity as a couple and that their business and their children keep them young and how the marketing for their company keeps them open to different ideas.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Elizabeth Bennett talking about her book ‘Courageous Conversations' which is all about how we have dedicated listening with our Tweens and Teens.
- Elizabeth introduces herself and tells us a bit about what she does now and how she helps parents connect with their teens.
- Elizabeth talks about her book and how it came to life.
- Tess and Elizabeth talk about her five strategies for dedicated listening with our tweens and teens. Elizabeth also talks about adding a sixth strategy to the list - What are you making that mean? #positiveparenting
- Elizabeth is grateful for two things, one thing for being on the podcast and being an advocate for youth and the connective relationship that we want to have with families.
Follow this link to learn more about Elizabeth and information on when her book will be available to purchase - Elizabeth Bennet Group (elizabethbennettgroup.com)
Here is a link to Elizabeth’s 5 Strategies to Dedicated Listening - 5 Strategies of Dedicated Listening 1 (4).pdf
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Amy Stone, parenting coach for blended families. Amy talks about her process of taking families from chaos to calm and being a positive voice for blended families.
- Amy introduces herself and gives us some information about the work that she does with blended families.
- Amy tells us about how she came to be working with blended families and her own experiences that she has been through within her own blended family.
- Tess and Amy talk about the rising rate of blended families and the many combinations that they can take.
- Tess and Amy talk about the stigma behind being divorced and having blended families.
- Tess and Amy talk about the tween and teen age and that it is a stressful time and can add a lot of pressure on a relationship at this time.
- Tess and Amy discuss the dynamics that come up when our children reach tween and teen age and the stresses that can appear within blended families.
- Amy talks about her six step process (Chaos to Calm) that she works through with blended families to help them reach a state of calm.
- Amy talks about her formula to help when you are overwhelmed - Be (take a step back) See (take a second to visualise what you want) Do (What action will move you closer to moving out of overwhelm and into feeling secure).
- Tess and Amy talk about the lack of positive resources for blended families.
- Tess and Amy discuss the importance of being open when working through situations that come up within our blended families.
- Amy offers some really great examples of different situations throughout the podcast interview to help guide you.
- Amy offers her final thoughts and advice to blended families and shares her mission statement.
- Amy talks about the video series that she is sharing with you.
- Amy is most grateful for her double insulated water bottle as it is super hot where she is right now.
Follow this link to learn more from Amy - https://www.amysaysso.com/cup-of-contentment/
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Wendy Gossett, a temperament specialist. Wendy and Tess discuss tween and teen temperament and ways we can help our parenting skills through learning more about what your child’s temperament type is.
- Wendy introduces herself and tells us about the work that she does with families.
- Wendy gives us an introduction to what temperament is by giving examples using characters from The Wizard of Oz linking to the various types of temperament that we display.
- Wendy talks about how you can look at what type your child is and what you can do to help your children using this information to help guide you in your parenting.
- Wendy talks about how she helps parents who may have different temperament types within their families and to look at what may feel like a problem and flip it to help them see that it is a strength that they are not seeing.
- Wendy shares with us about a free test that you can take on her website to help you discover your child’s temperament type. (click the link below to take the test)
- Tess talks about her own son and how she has spoken to him about his temperament and how he can benefit from certain characteristics that he has shown he has.
- Wendy talks about the importance of parents having self awareness so children can see that parents are willing to admit they have limitations.
- Wendy gives us ways that we can talk to our children and talks about what temperament we are and what temperament they are and how these temperaments can work together.
- Tess and Wendy discuss the importance of teaching our children that people we will meet through our lives are all different and face situations in different ways. Wendy also talks about how if we teach our children about temperament it helps them to learn how to understand people.
- Wendy talks about the brain maps that she does with the families that she works with and how it can help us as parents be a detective of our child’s behaviour showing us what they need.
- Tess and Wendy discuss the importance of the parent child relationship coming first always and Wendy gives an example of a scenario to help explain how to handle conflict within the family when certain things may occur.
- Wendy is most grateful for her daughter as she has led her to be doing the work she is doing today.
Child Inner Drive Assessment - Wendy Gossett
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Aimee Buckley about the tutoring and the process they go through matching students with teachers and also special education and IEP’s and 504’s and what you can do with them.
- Aimee introduces herself and tells us a bit about the work that she does helping families access resources they need to get the extra academic support for their children.
- Aimee talks about how important it is to get the extra help our children may need especially now with children missing so much schooling through the pandemic.
- Aimee talks about what her business does to help children with their studies and give them extra help to help them achieve in their schooling.
- Aimee and Tess discuss how she matches the students with teachers and how important this match is to help them scaffold their learning to make sure they succeed.
- Aimee and Tess talk to us about the 504's and what they are, also what documentation is important to make sure is written down for the future moving onto high school and college.
- Aimee and Tess talk about IEP’s and what they are and when these may be given to a child.
- Tess and Aimee talk about the transition through to college and how this works if your children have 504’s and IEP’s in school.
- Aimee talks about the support that she gives around the struggles that are going on with the changes with learning online and working at school during the pandemic when they are going between the two whilst having to isolate.
- Aimee and Tess talk about what to do if your child is excelling at school but not quite reaching their potential.
- Aimee talks about the importance of being a little bit naughty and how this is really important developmentally.
- Aimee is really grateful for all the wonderful people in her life, that she is surrounded by a wonderful community. She is also grateful for doing a job she is passionate about.
Study Help | Achieve Academic Success
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks to Lynne Solarz and Stephanie Shimp about the Parenting Reset Membership; why they joined and the benefits that they enjoy from being part of the membership.
- Lynne and Stephanie introduce themselves and tell us a bit about their families.
- Lynne tells us why she joined the Parenting Membership and what the benefits are of being part of the membership.
- Stephanie talks about the experience she was having in life that brought her to join the Parenting Reset Membership.
- Stephanie's talks about her favourite part of the Parenting Membership being the Sunday Circle because of the community, being a single parent this part of the membership is a really important part for her and helps her feel supported. She talks about leaving these sessions feeling capable and supported.
- Stephanie talks about how she feels she can talk independently in the group and with no judgement, just support from the other members.
- Lynne talks about her love of Therese’s Podcasts and that she feels like they are like mini masterclasses and finds them really beneficial.
- Stephanie and Tess talk about a situation that she is dealing with at the moment and they talk about how she can tackle it to help the communication between her and her son .
- They discuss what has worked and what hasn’t worked for them within their families when finding moments to communicate with their tween and teen sons. They talk about the small moments that you can find within your day to day life to build bridges within their relationship.
- Tess talks about the importance of giving them space even if they don’t talk back but when things come up they know this space is there and they will hopefully then come to you when they have a problem that they need to discuss. It is all about building trust.
- They discuss their hopes and intentions for the next year with their families.
- Lynne is most grateful for her health and her kids and husband are healthy. She appreciates that she can live and do what she wants.
- Stephanie is most grateful for having the opportunity over the last few months to reset herself and take care of herself which then has allowed to help everyone else so much better.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Nellie Harden about 5 mindshifts when raising tweens and teens. They talk about being the family architect and the great transition when we shift from raising young children to tweens and teens. * Nellie introduces herself and tells us what she does now in her business and how she helps young women in the second half of childhood. * Nellie talks about her podcast and platform “The 6570 Family Project” which is how many days we have from our children being born to reaching 18yrs of age and how in this time we are setting the foundation of someone else’s life. * Nellie talks about the population that she works with now and how she serves them. * Nellie talks about how different all our children are and how we need to reach them all differently according to that specific child so you can build up those relationships and set the foundations for their childhood. * Tess and Nellie discuss “the great transition” as we move through a time where our children start to separate from us as parents. * Nellie talks about the team mentality and approaching things differently as you move through this transition together. * Tess and Nellie talk about our children having a sense of who they are and where they belong and that we need to help them not live outside in but help them live inside out. * Tess and Nellie talk about the importance of one and one time with each of your children and how we can use this time to check in with our children. Nellie talks about how she does that with her children and how it works for them. * Tess and Nellie talk about how we approach having this one on one time with our children if they havent been used to us doing it and how we move into having this time with them and connecting. * Tess and Nellie discuss the importance of having patience with our children and giving them time to open up within these conversations. * Nellie is most grateful for her insatiable want to learn which is at the root of everything that she has been able to do as a parent, person, teacher and member of society and the world.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Rebecca Foote, Ph.D. about Anxiety with Tweens and Teens. Rebecca joins us for a second episode of such an important subject focusing on anxiety disorders and OCD.
- Rebecca gives us some background info about who she is and what she does for those of us who are listening to her for the first time.
- Rebecca shares with us about what her primary referrals are and what she is seeing in regards to symptoms and behaviours that these children are needing help with.
- Tess and Rebecca discuss separation anxiety and how this affects our tweens and teens.
- Rebecca talks about the common reasons that tweens and teens worry when they are sleeping away from home.
- Rebecca gives an example of a 13 yr old boy that she has worked with and what strategies and language she used to help them move forward from his anxiety of sleeping away from home.
- Tess and Rebecca discuss ways that we can help our tweens and teens that are suffering from anxiety of sleeping away from home.
- Rebecca talks us through some steps of how we face supporting our child through their anxiety.
- Tess speaks of how tweens and teens can take these steps and use these skills when they are feeling anxiety in other parts of their lives.
- Rebecca talks about how a child’s motivation is key to them using these strategies and them being successful.
- Rebecca and Tess talk about OCD which is another anxiety disorder that tweens and teens face. Rebecca offers up examples of OCD which she has witnessed in her work.
- Rebecca offers up an example of a girl that she has worked with and how we as parents can help support our tweens and teens through OCD.
- Tess and Rebecca discuss signs that we may see in our children that may signify that our tweens and teens may have OCD and the difference from behaviour that is “normal” to stepping back and thinking that there may actually be more to this behaviour than what a tween or teen may show in everyday life.
- Rebecca shares with us that we as parents should have compassion for ourselves and know that it is ok to reach out and ask for help.
- Rebecca touches on taking medication for anxiety disorders and other therapy that is effective for helping to treat anxiety disorders.
- Rebecca is most grateful for the work that she does and how privileged she feels to help people that she works with to help support them and see the positive outcomes that come from that.
Home: Marin Psychologist | Treatment of Anxiety (rebeccafootephd.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Sarah McLaughlin LSW about creating inclusive communities which is a chapter in her book “Raising Humans with Hearts” * Tess gives an introduction to the topic and her experiences with building her own community when moving areas with her then 5yr old after her divorce. * Tess and Sarah talk about the importance of creating an inclusive community. * Tess and Sarah discuss how we can help develop inclusive communities within our own parenting journey. * Sarah talks about being aware of ourselves and how we were parented and what changes we might need to shift in our own parenting journey compared to what we experienced when we were growing up. * Tess talks about her experiences regarding her son and his experience of school and the diversity that he sees and how we learn a lot from our children and how fluid their view is now with regards to sexuality within their peer groups. * Sarah talks about groups that are available within our community called “Talking Circles” and these are groups that come into communities and talk about their earliest experiences about race. * Sarah talks about one of our biggest biases is that we don't see our own bias and that there are tests we can take via Harvard implicit association tests to see where we can see how biased we are and she also talks about a podcast that helps us to look at our own biases called “Nice white parents”. * Tess and Sarah talk about what we can do as parents to help shift and open up ourselves to becoming more inclusive so we can become a more credible model to our children. * Tess and Sarah talk about instances where conversations might come up with our children where they witness something that they question, for example homeless people in the street and how we have the conversation with our children about differences between people in our community. * Tess and Sarah talk about the importance of getting comfortable being uncomfortable and getting honest with yourself so you can be honest with your children. Looking at the fact that we are learning alongside our children. That we can tell our children that we didn’t have these conversations when we were younger within our families so they have an understanding of where we are coming from. * Sarah is most grateful for her stove in her house keeping her warm with the cold weather she is experiencing where she lives at the moment.
Harvard Implicit Association Tests - Take a Test (harvard.edu)
Podcast mentioned by Sarah - Nice White Parents on Apple Podcasts
Follow this link to Sarah’s book “Raising Humans with Hearts” - Raising Humans with Heart: Not A How To Manual: Maclaughlin, Sarah: 9781735725628: Amazon.com: Books
Follow this link to find out more about Sarah - Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW | Parent Educator, Author, Speaker
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Mark Stefanski a certified mindfulness instructor and Georgia Brown a teenager who has been practicing mindfulness for two years about mindfulness with tweens and teens. They discuss what mindfulness is and the benefits of practicing mindfulness with our tweens and teens. * Mark opens the episode with an experiential exercise with us. * Tess and Georgia talk about how they felt after taking part in the exercise. * Mark and Georgia introduce themselves and share with us background knowledge of who they are and what they do and how they got into mindfulness. * Mark talks about the time that he started bringing mindfulness into schools and how he did this at the beginning. * Georgia talks about the benefits that she received from joining the mindfulness community. * Mark talks about the benefits of practicing mindfulness in a community and how they learn from their peers when practising in a group. * Mark tells us about mindfulness and what it is and how it will benefit tweens and teens and also how we get our tweens and teens to engage in the practice. * Georgia gives some examples of how she has used mindfulness in her life and how it has helped her. * Tess, Mark and Georgia talk about practicing mindfulness in person and online and what the benefits are by doing it either way. * Mark and Tess give a bit of knowledge of where you can go if you are interested in finding more out about mindfulness and also where we can find resources to learn more on the practice. * Mark shares some knowledge about how we can start to plant seeds to our tweens and teens and one of the most important things is to model mindfulness. * Mark talks about how practicing mindfulness has been proven to help tweens and teens manage stress. * Georgia also shares how letting your child come to their own decision about practicing mindfulness is the most effective way and by the adults around them modelling the practice and letting your child come to it if they want to. * Mark finishes the interview with an experiential exercise of love and kindness.
Follow this link to find out Marks mindfulness group - Teen Mindfulness Circle flyer-spring2020.pdf
For some resources for mindfulness follow this link - Mindfulness Resources for Teens and Young Adults.public.docx.pdf
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about her free Tech Reset Masterclass which she has recently launched and offers some tips and gives you a taster of what is in the class.
- Tess talks about this topic being the number one struggle that she hears from parents that she talks to.
- She talks about the balance and needing to reset our tech usage now we are starting to shift back into life after the pandemic.
- Tess discusses the 4 major mindset shifts that are needed with the use of our devices.
- Tess talks about how not all devices are created equal.
- Tess discusses what is not happening in our families since we have increased device use.
- Tess talks about the importance of building self control with our tweens and teens and how when resetting our device use we can use this as an opportunity to help them do this by including them in the solution.
- Tess talks about the importance of us as adults making sure that we are following the agreement alongside the children and showing up as role models for our children.
- Finally Tess shares with us a bit more about what is included in her masterclass.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Tracy Hoth who is a professional organizer and certified life coach about decluttering and how we get organized with our tweens and teens.
- Tracy tells us about her background and the work that she does within her business.
- Tess and Tracy talk about how we get started with implementing organization with our tweens and teens and the importance of mindset.
- Tracy offers you some language to use when talking to our tweens and teens about organizing spaces in our home.
- Tess and Tracy talk about rewards that can come with the task of organizing their bedrooms and how they can help accomplish the end goal.
- Tracy talks through the five steps that she uses when facing an area that needs organizing. (Sort, Purge, Assign homes, Set limits and Maintain)
- Tracy talks about how we deal with items that your children or you want to keep and how we tackle this situation.
- Tess and Tracy talk about habit stacking to help maintain organization with our tweens and teens.
- Tracy talks about discussing with your children the obstacles that they feel they may face when taking time to organize spaces in our homes and how we tackle these before we start to organize, to help with the process.
- Tracy is most grateful for her healthy body.
Freebie: https://simplysquaredaway.com/start/ - QUICK START GUIDE to get organized for life
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Cheri Timko, a Relationship Coach and psychotherapist about what it's like to be in a marriage/partnerships and dealing with the stresses of having tweens and teens.
- Cheri introduces herself and tells us about the work she does.
- Tess and Cheri talk about how parenting puts different stresses on relationships.
- Cheri talks about the conflicts that we might get into when moving through our parenting journey. She talks about the two roles that parents bring to the table when parenting our children: the structure and the support role.
- Tess and Cheri talk about how we can use these roles to benefit our children and that both roles are needed when raising our children.
- Cheri and Tess talk about when there are conflicts between these roles and how we tackle this when parents become entrenched in these roles.
- Tess and Cheri talk about the transition in parenting from when they were younger to when they enter their tween and teen phase.
- Cheri shares some strategies and tips for our partnerships/marriages to help keep things solid whilst we are on our parenting journey.
- Cheri is most grateful for her and Tess meeting today and the fact that Tess was 15 mins late so she could catch that moment to just get comfortable and take the time to feel grounded.
www.cheritimko.com - Synergy Coaching with Cheri Timko
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with two fathers of teens, Smith and Jason who talk about how they feel about parenting and share with us their biggest struggles and worries and also their biggest joys.
- Smith and Jason share with us a bit about themselves and their families.
- Tess discusses with Smith and Jason the difference that they feel is between the relationship they have with their children versus the relationship the children have with their Mom.
- Tess discusses with Jason and Smith the difference between guiding the children when they were smaller to what they have had to pivot to now they are older.
- Tess, Jason and Smith talk about how their relationship has changed from when the children were younger to now as the children have reached the tween and teen age.
- Jason talks about the relationship with his daughter and how as she has reached 13 he has found it harder to find ways to bond and connect over.
- Tess, Jason and Smith talk about the loss of the childhood relationship when the children make the shift in age to tweens and teens.
- They discuss the biggest struggles and worries that they have as Dads of tweens and teens.
- Tess, Jason and Smith discuss that one of the biggest struggles that they have found is the topic of devices and social media. They speak of the pressure they have felt from society from when their friends got devices to when they felt it was the right time for their children.
- Tess, Jason and Smith talk about the joys they have found from bringing up their tweens and teens.
- Jason and Smith talk about how they connect with their tweens and teens and the differences between their daughters and sons.
- Jason and Smith talk about having empathy for their children with all the changes that they have had to endure over their lives so far compared to what they worried about when they were younger.
- Jason is most grateful for living where they live and their kids and the miracles that they are. Smith is most grateful for the experience of being a parent.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Michele Benyo, a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, a parent coach, and the founder of Good Grief Parenting. Tess and Michele talk about different ways that our tween and teens experience loss and how we can cope with these moments in our parenthood journey. They discuss different kinds of grief not just when we lose someone close to us but when we are faced with other experiences such as when we move as a family and children may experience the loss of friendships and the home that they are leaving behind.
- Tess gives an introduction to today's episode. Talking about the importance of knowing how to deal with loss and grief as a family.
- Michele shares with us the background story about her journey and talks about what led her to creating the business she now runs helping families deal with grief and loss.
- Tess and Michele talk about different losses that tweens and teens can go through and how we can cope with these. Michele points out that grief comes in all shapes and sizes not just when we lose someone we know close to us dies but also losses such as when we move or when things change in our life.
- Michele talks about her own experiences and the importance of being the parent that has the conversations with our children and teaches them how to deal with grief.
- Michelle and Tess discuss ways we can talk to our children about their losses and give us some strategies of how we have these conversations.
- Michele talks about ways that we may have been taught how to deal with grief and compares them to ways that might be more helpful in assisting our children to deal with their loss. She talks about studies that have been done more recently and how keeping conversations going about people they have lost can really benefit the grieving process.
- Michelle talks about in the case of a parent losing a child who has siblings that we have to remember the importance of whilst we are dealing with our grief to also remember to let our children that are still with us know how much they are valued.
- Tess and Michelle talk about the grief that we might experience as parents and how we convey and recognize these moments. Losing someone does end a life but it doesn't end a relationship. They talk about ways that we can still keep these people in our lives through conversations and still recognise their life within our lives.
- Michelle shares with us the analogy of making lemonade and how she uses this analogy to help explain the feelings we go through when dealing with grief and loss.
- Michelle talks about how although facing grief is an incredible loss we are at a time where we have lots of places where we can go to for help, so make sure that as parents we take the opportunity to use these resources that are available to us and learn strategies for when we are faced with these moments in our parenting journey.
- Michele is grateful for her faith that helped her through her loss.
Follow this link to the PDF that Michele spoke about in the episode and to find out about different ways the Michelle can help you - Good Grief Parenting | Home
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Tess Connolly LCSW celebrates her 50th episode by sharing some stats, giving some shout outs, showing gratitude and revisiting some of her favorite episodes.
- Tess celebrates her team and shows gratitude for all they do for her.
- Tess shares her core mission for The Parenting Reset Show.
- Tess shares her story of where it all started with her first coach Jennifer McCallum.
- Tess thanks people that have helped her along the way these include - Sara Dean, Amy Porterfield, Marie Forleo, Pat Flynn, Stu McLaren, James Wedmore and Jim Fortin.
- Tess shares stats of how she has progressed over the last 50 episodes.
- Tess thanks everyone for their reviews and asks if you have not yet reviewed The Parenting Reset Podcast and you are listening please leave a review of your thoughts on the podcast.
- Tess talks about some of her top listened to episodes and what she has learned from the episodes she has done so far. These episodes included the tweens and teens episodes, Pasha Marlowe, Dr Cameron Caswell, Lalaine Frankel, Cara Wheatley-Mc Grain, Sarah Mac Laughlin, Sonja Montiel and Hilary Bilbrey, Deena Dyson, Smith Forte and Jason Morehouse and her parents Rick and Martha Connolly.
- Tess talks about her podcast and tells us a bit about her life and the love she has for what she does.
- Lastly, she thanks her audience for all their support and her son for all his ongoing support whilst she navigates life, work and being a Mother.
Jennifer McCallum - Business Coach for Parent Coaches (jenmccallum.com)
Sara Dean - About | Shameless Mom
Amy Porterfield - Amy Porterfield | Online Marketing Expert
Marie Forleo - Marie Forleo - host of MarieTV, entrepreneur and philanthropist
Pat Flynn - Home Page - Pat Flynn
Stu McLaren - Stu McLaren | Entrepreneur & Membership Expert
James Wedmore - James Wedmore (jameswedmoretraining.com)
Jim Fortin - Jim Fortin - The Leader in Subconscious Self-Transformation
Pasha Marlowe - Pasha Marlowe – PASHA MARLOWE, MFT
Dr Cameron Caswell - Dr. Cam, Family Coach (askdrcam.com)
Lalaine Frankel - Lalaine Frankel - Newborn to School-Age - Parent Coaches
Cara Wheatley-Mc Grain - https://www.carawheatleymcgrain.com
Sarah Mac Laughlin - Sarah MacLaughlin, LSW | Parent Educator, Author, Speaker
Sonja Montiel and Hilary Bilbrey - About | The DH Effect
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Amy Lang, MA Sexual Health Educator about how we talk to our children about sex, the language to use and how we start these conversations.
They also talk about Amy’s new book entitled, Sex Talks with Tweens - What to Say and How to Say It, which she has written to help parents navigate this topic.
- Amy tells us about her background and how she has come to do what she does within her business.
- Amy talks about looking at the time we should talk to our children about sex and explains why we should be having these talks with our children from an early age.
- Amy talks about the prevention and the preparation of our children being online and the possibility of them being exposed to porn.
- Amy shares with us ways that we can talk to our children about sex and porn.
- Tess shares an example of an incident that she has had with her son and how she handled the situation.
- Tess and Amy talk about when your children start talking about dating and how we have a conversation with our children about this stage in their life.
- Tess and Amy discuss using the word consent and how we explain this concept to our children.
- Amy talks about her book “Sex Talks with Tweens - What to Say and How to Say It” and what it includes that can help you talk about sex with your children.
- Tess and Amy talk about the topic of masturbation.
- Amy is most grateful for her spouse and her son and their encouragement and support and also she is really grateful for her new kitten that she has just welcomed into their family.
Follow this link to find out more about Bark the app that helps you monitor your children when they have online access:
Parental Control App for iPhone, Android, & Amazon Fire | Bark
Follow this link to purchase Amy Lang’s books:
Sex Education Book Store - Birds & Bees & Kids (birdsandbeesandkids.com)
Follow this link to find out more about Amy Lang’s solution center:
The Birds & Bees Solutions Center - Birds & Bees & Kids (birdsandbeesandkids.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr.Jen Price about how we can get our tweens and young teens ready for high school and beyond.
- Dr. Jen tells us about her background and how she has helped teens over the last 20 yrs.
- Dr. Jen talks about being on track in their academic success ready for high school and what we can do to help them to do this.
- Tess and Dr.Jen talk about the meaning of grades and how we can explain this to your tweens in an effective way especially if they may need some additional support.
- Dr.Jen talks about the different factors that might be affecting your child's grades and how we can help deal with these.
- Dr Jen talks about the topic of course work and taking opportunities that are available to them so they can start finding out what they enjoy to help them further down the line when thinking about what they want to major in.
- Tess gives an example of what she is doing with her son and what he could do going forward to help with the path that he wants to follow.
- Dr Jen talks about the importance of letting them explore their options and things that they are interested in.
- Tess and Dr.Jen discuss the time when they find out what they are interested in and then take the time to encourage them to really get some depth in their interests and stretch their involvement.
- The importance of building curiosity in these years.
- Dr.Jen shares some tips for preparing them for applying for scholarships and also what scholarships could be available to your child and how we find out about these opportunities.
- Dr.Jen talks about the importance of serving and how much it does for personal growth.
- Dr.Jen is most grateful for her son who inspires her each and every day.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about navigating the Early Teen Years; Sleepovers, Car Rides and Dances. She shares some examples from her own experience of having a tween boy and experiences from the parents in her Parenting Reset Membership and how they navigated these situations within their own family.
- Tess talks about the shift that these areas bring around in your parenting journey.
- Tess talks through identifying how YOUR tween and teen has navigated their life so far and to use this knowledge when making your decision.
- Tess talks about taking this opportunity to have a discussion with your child and the responsibilities they need to take when coming to a decision.
- Tess discusses sleepovers and how to navigate this when you know parents are going to be away.
- Tess talks about all of these situations being opportunities to talk and discuss with your child about the different situations that might come up while they are sleeping over at their friends house or if they are having sleepovers at the family home and how you can navigate talking to them about the boundaries that you can set together.
- Tess discusses the topic of your children going to dances and what they look like now for our children compared to when we were younger.
- Tess talks about discussions on this topic that she had in her Parenting Reset Membership and shares how the parents navigated these situations.
- Tess talks about the importance of letting our tweens and teens talk and discuss their fears and worries so we can offer them support and guidance.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with three older teen boys Arthur, Peter and Luca about different stresses in their lives and how they manage this. They talk about the positive relationships with their parents as they head out into the world.
- The boys give a little introduction telling us a little about themselves and their lives and tell us about what it is like to be a teen these days and what their struggles are that they face.
- Tess and the boys talk about how they manage the stressful times in their lives, and the boys discuss college and whether they have discussed other options.
- The boys share with us some really interesting points as to what they want us to know as parents of teens from their point of view.
- The boys share with us about their relationships with their parents and how their relationships benefit them.
- The boys are grateful for the support they get from their family and friends and they are grateful that they are surrounded by people that love them and that they get a good education and have a home and food.
- Tess finishes with a discussion about friendships in their lives and how they have evolved through their school years.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about parenting in midlife with tween and teens
- Tess shares her experience about parenting in midlife and what life is like being an older parent and parenting a tween and shares examples of other parents around her that are also parenting in midlife and the challenges older parents face.
- Tess acknowledges and bears witness to parents that are parenting in midlife.
- Tess touches on the fact that we may also be at the time where we are going through a midlife crisis and shares with us what she has gone through in her midlife years so far.
- Tess talks about preparations that she feels the need to make being an older Mom and discusses the challenges we face as we are going through the changes of reaching our midlife while our tweens/teens are going through hormonal changes and making the shift in their own age.
- Tess shares with us about the benefits of parenting in midlife and how the life experiences we can bring to the table can be of a real benefit to bringing up our tweens and teens.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Jason Brown about getting through college debt free. Jason shares his story of how he did it and gives you tips of how you can do it too.
- Jason shares his story of how he got two degrees without getting himself into debt, and shares tips that you may not have thought of on how you can save money on your tuition fees and ways that you can get scholarships to help pay for your college degree.
- Jason shares other non traditional options to get qualifications and how it is often a much cheaper option than going to college.
- Tess and Jason discuss the choice of going to a brand name college and the difference of choosing not to go to a brand name college. They talk about it being ultimately about the degree you are getting, not about the college you attend. They discuss this choice and look at it from both sides of the story.
- Tess and Jason talk about connections that you make in college and how important that is in 2022, now we are in a digital era. They discuss whether these connections are still possible if you choose to go to an unbranded college.
- Jason shares some different alternatives to going to college.
- Jason also shares some regrets that he had during his college days, which offers some more tips and ways that you can save money during your time in college.
- Jason is most grateful for his health, family and his friends.
If you would like to read Jason's book ‘It is possible’ all about getting through college debt free, follow this link to find out more. IT IS POSSIBLE! - YOUR MARGIN MATTER$ (yourmarginmatters.com)
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about how to repair our relationship with our tweens and teens. She offers 5 strategies for repairing our relationships with our children and gives examples and the language to help guide your understanding.
- Tess talks about the shift in relationships as your child reaches middle school and the teen years.
- Tess talks about acknowledging the conflict that you have had with your tween or teen and bringing your focus to your behavior and language and taking responsibility for your actions and what you said or did.
- The importance of having family meetings and having that space to talk about ways you can have healthier relationships with each other.
- Know that this may take some time to get used to and give your tween and teen the space to talk and say what they are feeling and for you to take the time to listen.
- Tess gives some examples and strategies of what you can do while practicing these ways of communication with your tween and teen.
- Tess talks about the importance of patience and that all the strategies that she has shared are the ‘ideal’ but you are both learning how to do this and the important part is for you to stay consistent.
- The need for professional help if you have significant unhealthy patterns of continued fights and arguments without repair.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Susan Gadoua, LCSW about managing stress within our marriages and partnerships. They talk about the different stresses that happen when our children go through their tween and teen years, and how we can manage these in a healthy way that creates less stress within our relationships.
- Susan talks about the work she does helping women who are divorced and couples that are struggling and need help to navigate during this time. She also talks about her three books that she has written and gives us a bit of information about their content.
- Tess and Susan talk about how marriages start to struggle through conflict that they find when children are entering their tween and teen years and what parents face and the different challenges that this brings along with it, within their partnership.
- Susan talks about usual techniques that we can use to manage stress and she shares with us how stress isn't bad in itself but too much stress is bad and we need to be aware of how we are managing ourselves through these moments.
- Tess and Susan discuss her technique of the 3 B’s. (Bandwidth, Boundaries and Bounty) They discuss these 3 B’s and how we can work through these within our partnerships when we are faced with challenges with our tween and teens.
- Susan talks about her book that she wrote with Vicki Larson and she tells us about the seven alternative marriages that are explained within the book focusing on the three that are most pertinent for most people.
- Susan talks about people knowing that they have a choice and to find choice where you can which helps us feel empowered.
- Susan is most grateful for her resilience and her ability to get through challenges in life through gaining the tools that she has learnt in life.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about 3 simple but overlooked ways of making the best connection with your tween/teen.
- Tess talks about a recent discussion that she had with a client about ways we can connect with our tween and teens by sharing an interest, hobby or any activity with our kids other than reminding or re-directing them to do the laundry.
- Tess talks about being involved in our kids lives outside the home as much as possible and some ordinary but overlooked ways we can do that each day.
- Tess talks about making time to bridge these connections through our hectic lives as these moments are so important in our parent/child relationships.
- Tess shares with us how important it is to listen and pay attention to our tween and teens behavior and how much we gather about our teen by listening.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Dr Carol Scott about a developmental reset for self awareness success, a 7 step strategy which looks back at skills that we should have gained in our younger years but we may be missing in our later years. They discuss how learning these skills now and resetting our brains can help our tweens and teens grow and learn and help them thrive in their lives by learning the skills that perhaps we were missing.
- Dr Carol Scott tells us about her journey into child development and the work she has done in this area over her career and the work she does now with adults delivering strategies to help adults learn these 7 success skills they should have learned in their younger years.
- Dr Carol Scott shares her knowledge on the seven stair steps (trust, dependence, faith, negotiation, vision, compromise and acceptance) from birth to second grade and explains the process that children go through at this age and how this is relevant to self awareness success.
- Dr Carol Scott talks about the importance of these 7 skills areas in our tweens and teens lives and how these skills are so important in them forming great relationships through these important years in their life.
- Tess and Dr Carol Scott talk about the confusing time that tweens and teens are going through and how they are trying to balance so many emotions and hormonal changes alongside their brain going through pivotal changes as they move through these years.
- Dr Carol Scott offers some strategies and advice to parents as to how we can help our children develop the skills in the seven stair steps. She talks about how we need to take a look at where we are, so we can recover ourselves in order to help our children grow and learn these skills.
- Tess and Dr Carol Scott talk about the similarities in development of 3yr olds and tweens in the way they are willing to try anything and throw themselves at the world.
- Dr Carol Scott is most grateful for living in the warm weather of Baja, Mexico through the winter months and she is also grateful for the childhood that she had so she could go through the healing and recovery so she could use this experience to help other people recover and help others rewire their brain through her work.
Click this link to access The “Sassy Self Bookette” Your_sassy_self_bookette.pdf
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks to Kiera Gray a teenager about what it is like being a teen and discusses her blog, Inside the Teen Mind.
- Kiera tells us about her course “Inside the Teen Mind” that she has created. Her course is intended to help parents have better relationships with their teens.
- Kiera and Tess discuss the three areas that Kiera feels that are important to help parents communicate with their tweens and teens.
- Kiera offers some really good tips on how we use dialogue with their tweens and teens to improve communications with our tweens and teens.
- Tess and Kiera discuss social media and ways that we can support our tweens and teens navigate this part of their lives.
- Tess and Kiera discuss ways that we can have good parent/child relationships through our children's teenage years.
- Kiera is most grateful for the opportunity to share her message and hopefully help some parents and teens with their relationships.
www.insidetheteenmind.com
Instagram - inside.the.teen.mind
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Richard Capriola, Substance use specialist and the author of the book “The Addicted Child” and they discuss substance abuse in adolescence.
- Richard talks about his background in Education and Mental health and tells us the story of how his book came about and shares with us his passion of sharing it with parents to help them in their struggles when they are faced with dealing with the trauma of their child facing substance abuse.
- Richard shares with us the most concerning things that he has found in his career of working with children that have been through substance abuse.
- Richard tells us what general warning signs that we can look for as parents.
- Tess and Richard discuss ways that you can reach out to your tweens and teens if you see these changes appear. They offer ways that we can decipher the differences in their behaviors of what could be normal changes in behavior for their age or what could be signs that may be more concerning.
- Richard shares ways that we can talk to our children about substance use depending on their age and educating them with the effects that these substances have on their brains.
- Richard talks about ways that tweens and teens begin taking drugs including peer pressure and underlying emotional issues that children might have.
- Tess and Richard talk about the issue of parents offering marijuana to their children thinking it is safe because they have found it helpful themselves.
- Tess and Richard discuss the steps you can take as parents if you find out that your child is using a substance.
- Richard tells us that within his book he offers guidance and shares resources that can help parents who are faced with their child using a substance.
- Tess and Richard discuss the importance of parents and families taking care of themselves when they are faced with the crisis of their child who is suffering with substance abuse.
- Tess and Richard discuss the link between substance use and mental health.
- Richard offers a sense of hope and talks about how he has seen how treatment really does work for those who use it.
- Richard shares with us that he is most grateful for the experiences that he has had working with adolescence and the professionals he worked with in The Menninger Clinic and what a blessing it was to see the kids get back to him and see them leading successful lives.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about ‘Getting “back to basics" with our pandemic stress.’ She acknowledges all of our ongoing stress along with the ongoing changes we are experiencing in our families and some really simple ways to help manage during these times.
- Tess shares with us about where we are now and the stresses that parents are going through the pandemic.
- Tess talks about our children’s stresses through this time and the worries and anxiety that they are going through.
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Tess shares with us some things that she is doing with her family to help deal with the stress of the pandemic.
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She talks about taking a break from watching the news and taking time to be present and relax and care for yourself.
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Making sure we take time to get ‘back to basics’ with things such as making sure we are getting sleep and eating healthy, drinking water and making sure we are taking time to do something fun and taking care of ourselves and our mental health.
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Finally, practicing gratitude everyday and including your tween or teen in this practice.
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Finally, Tess shares a poem from Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Monk called “What seeds are you watering today?” Listen to this episode to hear his inspirational words.
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During this episode we also learn about the masterclass that Tess has coming up in February, about the struggle we face with the use of devices and screen time with our tween and teens.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Sonja Montiel and Hilary Bilbrey about their decided heart companioning technique that fosters a trusting relationship and a strong sense of belonging between you and your child.
- Sonja and Hilary share with us about the work they do and share a little bit about their story of how their business came about.
- Sonja and Hilary explain to us about their technique H.E.A.R.T and what it means.
H - Hold Space
E - Empty Cup
A - Assess for Action/Accountability
R - Review Discussion
T - Trust-Building
- Tess, Sonja and Hilary discuss how this technique has to come from the heart and curiosity and be authentic otherwise it will not have the full effect. That parents have to have full control of their emotions before they attempt to take on this method for it to be used effectively.
- Sonja and Hilary talk about how whilst doing this method it is about practice and being messy and we have to be patient and have forgiveness and hold space for these moments.
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Sonja and Hilary go through the method and give a brief run down for you offering a taste of their method and what it can bring to your family. They share some tips and strategies that we can use as a family.
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How to hold space and be receptive to our child’s behavior and mannerisms.
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How to mentor our tween or teen and be as supportive as we can with what they are facing day to day.
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and how to give them mentorship on ways to deal with the situations that they are going through, helping them learn how to deal with situations for themselves and give them life long lessons to support them into adulthood.
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Tess, Sonja and Hilary discuss virtue words and the importance of how we use them with our tweens and teens. (please download the pdf below for more information)
- Sonja and Hilary share with Tess how grateful they are to be on the podcast and sharing their method with her audience. They are also grateful for the world stopping for a moment and being given that time to reflect as a family and what they want as a family from each other, something they have noticed which has benefited their parents within their membership.
Here you can access the PDF file on the virtue words that Sonja and Hilary discussed in the podcast: DHE Virtue Word List and HEART Handout
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Here you can access the PDF file on the virtue words that Sonja and Hilary discussed in the podcast Eps Sonja and Hillary (HEART method) - Google Drive
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about what we want for our children and how people always mention happiness when answering this question. Tess talks about this being an abstract state and that of course we want our children to be happy but what else do we want for our children apart from happiness?
- Tess explains that often parents answer this question about what they want for their children is ‘happiness.’ But over the years and growth of her son, there are some other areas of focus as we raise our tweens and teens.
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Tess shares with us that sometimes we have to deal with situations that don't make us happy out in the real world and how she would like for our kids to be curious and go out into the world, away from their family of origin to find out who they are.
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She talks about them having healthy coping strategies and emotional self-regulation for when times are tough.
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Tess talks about the importance of healthy relationships and that this includes learning to be flexible, have good boundaries in relationships, and the ability to be vulnerable in trusted relationships. And her hope for our kids to know joy and the freedom in being their authentic selves.
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Tess tells us WHY she does this work of parent coaching and that healthy relationships - particularly the relationship we have with our tweenagers is the model they will take out into the world.
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She shares some effective ways we can model this behavior through our relationships we have with our children and friends and families.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Lalaine Frankel about how to manage sibling rivalry especially with tweens and teens. Things shift at this time and we have to look at different ways to manage the changes in how we handle situations we are faced with when this happens. Lalaine offers us some tips and strategies on how we can manage sibling rivalry in our homes as our children reach the tween and teen age.
- Lalaine shares with us about the work she does with parents and how she helps support them on their parenting journey.
- She tells us about her six step process C.R.E.A.T.E. that she uses within her 1-1 coaching program for coping with sibling rivalry.
- Tess and Lalaine talk about the concept that fighting can be a good thing within a family as it creates an opportunity for them to learn how to deal with conflict and gain skills that they benefit from by resolving the conflicts that come up with their siblings.
- Lalaine shares some of the common struggles that tweens and teens face around sibling rivalry.
- Tess and Lalaine discuss how tweens and teens are still looking for approval from their parents at this age and also the conflict that comes from boundaries and respecting each other's space and belongings through this developmental time.
- Lalaine shares with us some ways that parents can manage sibling rivalry through the tween and teen stage.
- Lalaine talks about the importance of having a plan of how you face sibling rivalry within your family and the importance of talking about it and discussing how you are going to resolve conflicts as a whole family so everyone is on the same page.
- Lalaine tells us that it is never too late to make the changes within our families.
- Lalaine is most grateful for all the squabbles that her children had as that has given her the experience that has helped her help other parents.
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Find out more about what Lalaine Frankel's work: Parenting With Lalaine - Parent Coach, Parent Education
Tess Connolly LCSW talks about the concept of “catch them being good” Tess asks you if you have ever felt that you are stuck in a rut of focusing on a behavior that you feel your child needs to change. Have you got a negativity bias? Listen in to see how you can reset this and focus on the good behavior and how this will help change your families mindset.
- Tess gives some examples of where we have a negativity bias and how this affects our relationships with our children.
- Tess talks about how we can shift this and “catch them being good.”
- Tess tells us about how focusing on the positives can bring about a shift in our children's behavior.
- Tess shares with us about how easy it is to get into a pattern as a parent of getting into this negative rut and how all parents fall into this. What's important is being aware of when this happens so you can shift it back into a positive way of being with your child.
- Tess gives some examples of specific praise.
- She talks about the importance of finding words that work for you and your family and gives you some examples of what you could use.
- Tess shares with us about how taking the time to connect and sharing positive thoughts and gratitude can help create positive relationships with our children.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Cara Wheatley-Mc Grain, Hay House author about Resetting our Gut Health and her book ‘Calm Your Gut: A Mindful and Compassionate Guide to Healing IBD and IBS’.
- Cara gives us a bit of background on herself and the work that she does and talks about her first book and shares with us about the work she does with teens and how gut health can affect our mental health.
- Cara tells us about the 4 G’s and what they are and how it can help us understand more about our gut health.
- Tess and Cara talk about how the gut links to our mind and how we are feeling as a whole.
- Cara talks about our microbiome and what this is and how this can help our immune system and our mood and gives us simple ways that we can bring foods into our diet that can help us strengthen this.
- Tess and Cara talk about self care and how important gut health is to consider when we are going through our day and talk about the importance of slowing down around meal time. The importance of taking a moment before you eat by saying grace or a word about being grateful and being mindful of where our food comes from and connecting with our family around the table.
- Cara talks about being a custodian of our inner world and outer world and making conscious decisions about the food we eat and encourages us to keep it simple and plan ahead to help keep you on track along with batch cooking, and cooking with our tweens and teens.
- Cara is most grateful for her colon after becoming seriously ill. She considers this when she is thinking about her daily meals so she can look after her colon after almost losing it and realizing its importance.
Find out more about Cara’s work here and order her new book which is available now: www.themindfulgut.co.uk.
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Tess Connolly LCSW, CCC (Certified Competent Coach) shares with us about the work she does and explains what a Parent Coach is and how it differs from a psychotherapist.
- Tess tells us about what a parent coach does and explains how they can help you and your family.
- She shares with you some of the struggles and problems other parents come to her for, and she explains her parent coaching process using her own unique Parent R.E.S.E.T. Path
- Tess shares this RESET process that she uses as a parent coach giving us an insight of how she can help parents work through changes and struggles that are going through in their family.
- She talks about the benefits that you will see through having a parent coach and how you will see this transformation in your family.
- Tess shares with you about the difference between parent coaching and psychotherapy.
- Tess tells us about why she loves doing the work that she does, and why she created the Parenting Reset Membership and the amazing benefits that being in an intentional community can bring to you as a parent- especially at this time of parenting tweens and teens.
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks with Rebecca Foote, Ph.D. about Anxiety with Tweens and Teens. They discuss signs and behavior to look for in your tweens and teens that are more prominent than the “normal” anxiety that our children go through day to day. They also discuss ways that we can help our children deal with these moments and what coping mechanisms we can share with our children to help them cope in the moments when they are struggling.
- Rebecca tells us about her background as a clinical psychologist and the work she is doing now.
- Rebecca and Tess discuss the different anxieties that children have and how they change as they reach tween and teen age.
- Rebecca shares some stats from the national institute of health (NIH) She talks about how the early research shows that these stats have risen through the pandemic.
- Rebecca and Tess share with us signs and behaviour of anxiety to look for that are more over the normal signs that our children may show day to day.
- Rebecca informs us of different ways we can help our children cope when they are struggling with their anxiety.
- Rebecca tells us the importance of getting help when you see early signs that your child is struggling with anxiety and that being able to equip your child early on with strategies to help them cope is extremely beneficial.
- Rebecca shares some resources to help you with further reading on anxiety.
- Rebecca and Tess discuss how important it is to recognise that anxiety is universal and it is important to see when it is there to help us and that anxiety can be productive as well as unproductive.
- Rebecca is most grateful for her health during the pandemic and she is also grateful to her two teenagers who keep her humble.
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety Revised & Updated Edition - Tamar E. Chansky (tamarchansky.com)
www.rebeccafootdphd.com
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Tess Connolly LCSW talks about a question that most parents have on their minds “Am I messing up my kids?” She talks about the concept of “Good enough parenting” which derives from the work of D. W. Winnicott, British pediatrician and psychoanalyst.
- Tess talks about the “Good Enough Parenting” concept and explains it to us.
- Tess shares with us her thoughts on how this concept can be linked to parenting now and how this links to parenting our tweens and teens.
- She shares her own experience that she has had with her tween son when she had to put this concept into practice.
- Tess speaks about the quality of time we spend with our children being more important than quantity.
- Tess shares some examples of how we can spend time with our tweens and teens.
- She shares about how important family time is within the week.
- Tess offers some tips on what to ask ourselves as a parent and how to deal with situations you have with your children when we slip up as parents.
- She shares the importance of family meetings when our children reach the tween and teen age and offers some tips on what to discuss with our children when having this time.
- Tess shares what she is most grateful for in the last episode of The Parenting Reset Show of 2021. She can't wait to share more lessons, strategies and tips in 2022!
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Tess Connolly, LCSW talks with 2 teen girls about what it’s like to be a teen; their struggles, joys, friendships and how they feel connected in their families.
- The teen girls share what their biggest struggles are. Which include balancing school, work and their personal life.
- The girls talk about friendships and how they differ now from when they were in middle school.
- Tess asks about the topic of bullying and judgement that they face as teens and whether this is a struggle as a teen compared to what they may have faced in middle school.
- The girls share past experiences and how this has shaped them as a teenager.
- Tess discusses with the girls about how they cope with day to day stresses that they face.
- The girls talk about their joys of being a teen and that they love having more freedom and being treated differently and being given more responsibility.
- The girls share what they want parents to know about their life and how they would like to be treated by their parents.
- They also touch on being allowed to be on social media and what it feels like if you are not allowed to be on social media and how this affects them in their social groups. They also talk about the negative side to social media also and how this affects teenagers mental health.
- They also share about how they would like parents to look at their own child to understand what they are ready for with regards to giving them more responsibility and freedom.
- They talk about connections within their family and what they love about these connections and traditions they have and the importance of them.
- The girls are most grateful for their family, friends and that they are safe and healthy and the connections they have with their families. They also share how they are grateful for the great community they live in.
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Tess Connolly talks to Sarah MacLaughlin about her book Raising Humans with Heart
- Tess talks about Sarah’s book and shares her thoughts about what she loved about the book and introduces Sarah and shares a bit about her background before their conversation.
- Sarah talks about the ideas in her book and the idea of who we are as a parent rather than what we are saying to our kids. She talks about the perception of what your child sees when you react to situations and how they begin to emanate this and the importance of these reactions and the impact this can have. What do we want to be showing our children?
- They discuss the importance of self-care as a parent and how this is so important in a parents life.
- Tess and Sarah talk about how parents can start to shift the way they are as a parent. Sarah shares ways that we can meet our needs as a parent to better model our life to our children.
- Tess shares how she fits in self- care into her life to help give you some ideas of how you can fit these times into your life to help you feel more grounded.
- Tess talks about the goodness she found within Sarah’s book and the value it offers.
- Sarah talks about the three step strategy to help you self-regulate that she includes in her book and how we can use this in our lives.
- Tess and Sarah share examples of how they use the strategy in their lives.
- Tess tells us about her gratitude tree in her garden. Sarah also shares how her family shows gratitude within her home.
- Sarah shares her final thoughts about the challenging time of the pandemic and shares the quote ‘Be really gentle with yourself.’ She shares how we are all going through stressful times at the moment and we just need to be kind to ourselves through this time.
- Sarah is most grateful for her health and her family.
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Instagram: @sarahmaclaughlin
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahmaclaugh
Tess Connolly, LCSW talks with 3 tween girls about what it’s like to be a tween; their struggles, joys and how they cope with the stress of middle school.
- Tess talks about the similarities that came up between the girls and boys.
- Tess talks about having intentional time together and how important it is for tweens.
- The girls share with us about what they enjoy in life.
- The girls talk about their struggles, those being keeping up with standards and the pressure they feel especially keeping up with beauty standards that being a girl brings.
- They talk about how they enjoy being carefree and can do what they like to a degree in their spare time and that they enjoy the fact that they now have more than one teacher at school and how they like this differentiation in middle school.
- They talk about how they cope with having to think about the way they look and the pressures that this brings at this age.
- They talk about what they would like parents to know about tweens these days.
- The girls share what makes them feel most connected within their families.
- The girls discuss what they think their parents know about them and how their relationship is like between them and their parents.
- They are grateful that they can go to an amazing school that they go to and that they have an amazing family and have a roof over their head and the food that they have available to them. They are grateful for their friends and community and where they live.
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Tess Connolly, LCSW reveals her own reset over this year; her stumbles, insights and lessons learned.
- Tess introduces the episode and shares why she is sharing her own reset and why she feels it is important to take moments and times to acknowledge our own journey through the wins and the slip ups.
- Tess shares snippets of her life over the last year, giving some background of her life and what she has been through and what led her to making a reset.
- Tess talks about how she was completely overwhelmed and how she reached a point where she couldn't sustain everything that she had to do. It was at this point she took a step back and reviewed her life and looked at what she could do to get through this time and how she was going to move forward.
- She talks about going through the grief of her relationship ending and shares how she moved forward from this, sharing tips of how to cope if you find yourself in this situation.
- She speaks about how she went to her closest friends and got feedback about herself and her situation and how much this helped just to have some deep honest conversations with people she trusted.
- She shares with us about her reconnection with her partner and how she lifted herself out of where she was and the changes that she has made to get back on the path of personal growth and growing her business.
- She talks about the importance of taking some time for yourself.
- She talks about her passion for parenting and how she has made some shifts in her parenting membership to fit with the needs of the members so she can serve them in the best way possible.
- Tess talks about how we need to give ourselves permission just to stop and reflect over the last year and see if there are areas that need a reset within our lives.
- Tess shares her story about "Stalking Jack" and how meeting Jack Kornfield helped her reconnect with his work and his amazing stories and how this time helped her find her presence and grounding and her compassion for herself and others and her equanimity in her life.
- Tess tells us about how she is looking forward to taking time in her life in 2022 to move a bit slower and be more inline with her values and who she is and being a little more vulnerable.
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Tess Connolly, LCSW talks with 3 tween boys about what it’s like to be a tween; their struggles, joys and how they cope with the stress of middle school.
- Tess introduces the episode and gives her thoughts about quality time and how important this is in our relationships and connecting with our tweens.
- Tess talks to the boys about what it is like to be a tween and they share their struggles with school and balancing school and life at home.
- They talk about what they enjoy about being a tween and that they like the fact that they begin to get a bit more freedom at this age and they discuss what life is like socially for them as a tween at school.
- They talk about being judged at school and how they manage this situation.
- They share what they feel parents of tweens should know about how to treat their children as they enter their tween years.
- They discuss how their lives have changed as they have entered the tween years and how they are building trust between them and their parents and how this then leads to them gaining more freedom and taking on more responsibilities.
- They talk about what makes them feel most connected with their family.
- They are most grateful for (Casey) - Family, friends and having good food and good water (Will) - Family, friends and opportunities (Graham) - Going to school after the pandemic.
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Tess Connolly, LCSW, CCC talks to Stephanie Haynes, ACC, Education Coach and Consultant. Most parents aren't sure how to help their teens figure out their next steps after high school. Stephanie's book, College Is Not Mandatory, gives parents the tools to introduce and discuss the available options so their teen can step confidently into their future.
- Stephanie talks about how she helps support parents while their teens build clarity of where they want to go after high school and how she offers guidance to parents and their children as they map out a future for themselves that they are excited about.
- Stephanie talks about how we should talk to our children, encouraging us to be their coach through this part of their life rather than taking a more directive route.
- She offers us ways we can support our children through this time, offering us types of questions we can ask our children to help coach them into a thought process of navigating their way through making decisions about their future.
- Tess talks about how she has started to help coach her son through making decisions about his future.
- Tess and Stephanie discuss how we can talk to our children about their values and get them thinking about how they fit their values around their career. Rather than their career fitting around their values. Through doing this Stephanie believes that this will hopefully set them up to be a happier and contented generation.
- Stephanie and Tess talk about the stigma around not going to college and how it has become a status within our communities.They talk about other pathways that could be available to them if they decide not to go to college straight after high school.
- Tess and Stephanie discuss when to start having these conversations with our children and how the earlier we start these conversations with them the less pressurized it will feel for them moving through their teen years and it begins to normalize the process.
- Stephanie talks about putting the responsibility with our children to research the different options that they have available to them so that they can take ownership of this process.
- Stephanie is most grateful for the fact that she gets the opportunity to wrestle with this topic and gets to speak into the culture and say “wait we can stop and do something different”. She loves working with teenagers and their parents, educators and schools and having these conversation
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Tess Connolly, LCSW talks with Hannah Stainer is a Wellbeing Coach, a qualified Teacher, Mentor and Speaker. She’s the creator and host of the Psykhe Mental Wellbeing Podcast. Hannah is a keen Mental Health advocate and holds several voluntary support roles and is a member of the British Psychological Society.
- Hannah tells us about the work that she has done with neuro diverse children and how this got her interested in looking into identity. It was from this time that she transitioned into helping children with their wellbeing and then onto working with parents to help them have an impact, by helping them look after themselves and supporting them through their parenting journey.
- Tess and Hannah talk about how easily parents can lose themselves going through their parenting journey and why it is important to not only look after our children but also look after ourselves and the great impact this can have on the way we parent.
- Hannah shares with us some strategies to help us not lose ourselves whilst on our parenting journey.
- Hannah and Tess talk about how important it is to remember who WE are amongst all the other roles that we have in our lives.
- They discuss the importance of acceptance and how we need to give permission to take some time for ourselves and how this can be really effective to help us parent more effectively.
- Hannah is most grateful for her friends and their support and friendship.
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Website: www.mindfulkidsandfamilies.com
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Tess Connolly talks with Danica Copp about launching an older teen.
- Danica talks about her background in social work and how she was drawn to working with teenagers in adolescence.
- Tess and Danica talk about how tech features so heavily in the social side of a teenagers life now and how that compares to a couple of decades ago for them.
- Danica gives us an overview of the adolescent brain in the older teen years.
- Tess and Danica talk about the period of growth through the teenage years and up until their early twenties and how they are in a download stage of development on their road to independence.
- Danica talks about ways that we can help launch our teens as they transition into independence.
- Danica talks about the importance of staying connected and plugged in with your child through the teen years and recognizing that it is high pressure time for our children and is an exhausting time for them through this time.
- Danica is most grateful for being able to do work that she loves.
You can connect to Danica Copp, LCSW at: https://linktr.ee/coppcoaching
Download Danica’s free Adolescent Launching Checklist at www.confidentlylaunchyourteen.com
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Tess Connolly talks with Quinn Cashion, registered therapeutic counselor, social and emotional living educator, parent coach and author of Resilient: How to Engage the Well-Being andResilience of All Students. Her training programs introduce a simple understanding of the mind and its link to successful classroom management, student potential and teacher wellness.
www.quinncashion.com
- Quinn talks about her career and how she came to create a resilience manual for children who have eating disorders which then got entered into the school system.
- Quinn shares information about her 6-week program for parents to help them raise confident and resilient daughters.
- Tess and Quinn talk about what resilience means to her and how we can understand it in a way that children can get into alignment with who they are.
- Quinn talks about how when we have a greater understanding of the principles of resilience we can draw on it when we are in crisis or moments of struggle.
- Quinn share with us how we can instill this quality of resilience in our children.
- Tess and Quinn discuss how we can help our children through moments of stress and support them through these times.
- Quinn is most grateful for the gift of seeing her two daughters’ resilience in action over the last 10 yrs of raising them on her own from pre-teen to now.
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Tess Connolly talks to Tanya Hackney about raising 5 kids on a boat.
- Tanya tells us about their story and their life and travels on a boat over the last decade with their five children. What drove them to do it and make the reset to travel and sail to different countries and how they managed to do it and make it a success.
- We talked about how Tanya managed home life with their children and how they homeschooled all five of their children and brought them up on their boat.
- Tess and Tanya talk about how they tackle the social side of their life and how they could still meet the needs of what their children needed growing up whilst on their travels.
- Tanya talked about how they came back to Florida Keys and how they transitioned to being back again after their travels. The culture shock that they found when they came back into mainstream life.
- Tess and Tanya talked about the pros and cons of their life and how they lived day to day.
- We discussed how they all got on together growing up and how they lived in a small space. How they had time to themselves and how they worked as a family when times were tough.
- Tanya shared her story of when they had a year without screens, how their children reacted and why they did this and what benefits it had for their family.
- They talk about their core values of their family and their strategies of how they brought up their children.
- Tess and Tanya talk about family meetings and the importance of them within our lives and how they are a great way of communicating with our tween and teens.
- We discuss how they fit their life on the boat and what they did instead of buying presents for birthdays.
- Tanya talks about the lessons that they have learned through this experience.
- Tanya is most grateful that she went travelling when the children were young and that they left suburbia and travelled when travelling was easy without restrictions. That they took the plunge and did the scary thing and invested in their lifestyle.
You can connect with Tanya Hackney and learn more about her story and read her book here:
Link to book on Amazon https://ingeniumbooks.com/LTSH
Blog www.taketwosailing.com
Facebook and Instagram @Take Two Sailing
Pinterest Take Two Sailing @tanyataketwo
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Tess Connolly talks with Dana Baker-Williams about ADHD and how she dealt with life after her daughter was diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety and depression. Dana talks about this being the turning point for her passion of helping parents in this situation so they don’t feel alone and isolated.
- Dana talks about how she followed her gut instincts as a mother and got her daughter tested after picking up on various behavioral traits that her daughter was showing at home.
- She talks of the relief that she felt after her daughter was diagnosed but also about the lack of knowledge of knowing what to do and the overwhelm she felt 15 yrs ago.
- Dana from this moment made it her mission to learn how to help her daughter and also to help other parents out there so they were not feeling so isolated.
- She talks about parents feeling guilty after getting the diagnosis and strategies that can be used to help you understand what you are facing, coping strategies that can be used and how to talk and explain the diagnosis to your child.
- Tess and Dana talk about teaching them life skills and the importance of it with children with ADHD.
- Dana offers top tips on how to help your child and understand how they see things and ways that you can help them achieve and the connection between you and your child and how this is one of the most important things to do within your relationship.
- Dana is most grateful for her daughter and her son.
Dana Baker-Williams is a Parent and Teen Coach specializing in ADHD and Anxiety.
You can learn more about Dana story and the work that she is doing now here:
parentinginreallife.org
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Tess Connolly talks to John and Karen Yates about how they did a big reset in their lives a few years ago, going from no money, significant marriage problems, and living in Kansas to re-connecting to their values, each other and traveling the world.
- John and Karen talk about their struggles with jobs, money, spending too much time apart from each other and their kids
- How they got to the point where they decided they needed to make a change and how they did it
- Risking it all to live their own values and repair their marriage and the quality of their family life
- Having deep conversations and keeping communication open and working together to come to a life changing decision for them as a family.
- They talk about their experience of traveling with their children after taking the leap.
- They talk about their work with parents and money stories and how they got to where they are now.
- They talk about financial stresses that couples have and looking at each other's money stories and how to begin to overcome them to get on the same page as each other by using communication and goal setting in a positive way and following their strategies.
- John and Karen are most grateful for the fact that they made the decision to travel together and have had such an incredible two years together as a family and they are also grateful for the experiences that they have shared together over this time with their kids and as a couple which had they not made the reset this may not of happened.
You can learn more about John and Karen’s story and the work they are doing now here;
InspireMyMoney.com/eBook
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Tess Connolly talks to Sabrina Magnan, Holistic Health, Mindset and Habit Coach about Intuitive and Mindful Eating and how she works with women and mothers about being compassionate with themselves about their bodies and how they eat.
- The importance of being an “intuitive eater” and how it can improve your physical and mental health and how we are feeling as we
- Letting go of the focus on weight loss (outcome) and put the focus towards long term health promoting behaviors.
- Being a role model for our children will learn from what we do, not what we say.
- How we assign morality to our foods with our children
- Importance of creating a well balanced plate and the purpose of our foods
- Have kids connect to food by shopping and cooking together and making healthy foods available to them
- How to be mindful and grateful for the foods that we have on our plate
- Sabrina is grateful for her challenges and struggles she has had in her life
Sabrina Magnan, Holistic Health, Mindset and Habit Coach | Sabrina Magnan Health Coaching & Consulting Free Facebook Group | Healthy By Habit: A New Perspective On How To Create Lasting Change Instagram | @sabrina.magnan.health
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Tess Connolly talks to Kim Muench about her book, Raising Me While Raising You-A mother’s Journey to Herself. This title includes a #1 New Release in Parenting/Adult Child Relationships available on Amazon, a digital t.v. show Kim hosts which can be found on her YouTube channel, and an 8-week course she leads moms through 1:1 and in small groups.
- Kim talks about getting pregnant very young and having to navigate the world as a single mother for years, and then getting re-married to her current husband and moves
- Kim describes the “the wake up call” she received by her 21 yr old son and how she worked to helped me find his way out of his addiction
- How she found her way to the work she’s doing with parents during this time of helping her son, and why she feels strongly about working with mothers of tweens and teens.
- Kim talks about the signs she saw during her son’s teens years of his budding addiction, having the courage to look within and listen to our gut instinct about our children.
- She describes her strategy of “looking back to go forward”
- The importance of looking how we were parented when we were growing up, and what we needed from our parents
- Being more of a guide with our teenagers, rather than parenting over them
- Kim talks about her own awakening for herself and become an intentional parent
- Kim is grateful for our conversation and sharing the message of how we are raising our children.
You can find out more about Kim Muench, her mission and services at www.reallifeparentguide.com. She is on Facebook at Real Life Parent Guide, Instagram, and on LinkedIn as well.
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Tess Connolly talks with Robbin Rockett, Phd, Owner and Clinical Director of Marin Wellness Counseling; Founder/Host Solo Parent Life, a podcast for single parents; and Past-President of Marin County Psychological Association. They talk about parenting on the same page.
- The shift that happens in the tween years developmentally and how we can parent more as an “ally” and what this means and what it looks like
- What it means to “hold on loosely” in our parenting and be a bit more of a coach with our tweens and teens
- Changes with tweens and teens socially
- Connecting and identifying with our tweens/teens and own experiences of we had as parents
- How to manage when parents have a difference of opinion on parenting, compromise and being on the same page
- Paying attention to the long game, and the bigger picture while having discussion with your partner, co-parent and the values being instilled while parenting
- Important to consider how your were raised but also your own individual child’s needs and who they are
- Paying attention to our buttons that get pushed by our partner or our child
- You’ll have many opportunities to shift and reset for growth in these years
- Robbin is grateful for her kids, family and her health
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Tess Connolly talks with Deena Dyson, LCSW who is raising a teen with Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by distinctive abnormalities of the head and face. Craniofacial abnormalities tend to involve underdevelopment of the zygomatic complex, cheekbones, jaws, palate and mouth which can lead to breathing and feeding difficulties.
- Deena talks about the initial stresses of having a special needs child with TCS and what she and her husband had to do during those early years; how they reset with the birth of their special needs child, the changes their family had to make and the mindset shifts
- Her view on the movie Wonder and what it meant for her as a parent with a child with TCS
- The importance and value of their family of having a happy home life and that being the priority over everything else
- The advantage of being a parent with a child with special needs and having a different perspective
- The specific challenges of having a special needs child during this phase of adolescence
- Deena talks about some of the “traps” of having a special needs child
- She discusses the importance of having community supports and organizations, such as CCA (Children’s Craniofacial Association: https://ccakids.org/)
- We talk about the challenges of teaching her daughter independent living skills at this age
Deena Dyson, LCSW is a Clinical Social Worker, Mother to a teen girl with TCS. You can reach out to Deena on Facebook.
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Tess Connolly talks with Dr. Sarah Allen all about parenting and the brain; they discuss some unique and fun ways to keep the brain in mind as we parents our tween and teens.
- Sarah describes some unique and fun ways to describe the part of the brain; “Amy G” = Amygdala; “Fronnie” = Prefrontal cortex; “Hippo”=Hippocampus
- Ways to help build and nurture their understanding of the brain and develop their prefrontal cortex.
- 3 strategies to keep in mind when teaching kids about emotions
- Being a brain detective with our kids and how to do this and the difference between “feelings out” vs. “feelings in”
- Importance of labeling their feeling and connect it to their behavior and investigate with your tween or teen about what’s going on for them
- Importance of parents to model what’s going for them and how to talk about what they are really feeling and communicate this with your kids
- How “mindful meddling” can engage their prefrontal cortex and setting clear boundaries; how cueing and support can be scaffolded as our kids get older
- Sarah is most grateful for her family!
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Tess Connolly talks to Cara Tyrrell, M.ed.Parent Educator and Owner of Core 4 Parenting about Social and Emotional Skills and Launching an Older Teen
- What she noticed in the early childhood classroom as a teacher and the foundational skills that were missing.
- What social emotional skills are, and her idea of the emotional skills coming before the social skills.
- Keeping in mind the “who” before the “what” with social and emotional learning
- Launching an older teen and the importance of having them learn and practice adult skills
- What is a Gap Year and how to help your older teen do it responsibly and compassionately.
- Importance of having an older teen practice real world skills like money management and personal growth development
- How to have your older teen “practice” the adult skills while still under the family roof
- Fostering core values of mutual trust, respect and open communication.
- What Cara did when her children were born, writing a PMS (Parenting Mission Statement) and setting her own parenting GPS
- Cara is grateful for her own children were there to find what they need to be their best selves.
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Tess Connolly talks to Lynne Solarz about her big reset that she and family did with moving to Costa Rica in August 2021.
- Lynne tells us where she has come from, her own history and how she and her husband came to the decision to move to another country
- Their values of travel and how they wanted to extend this value with their children.
- Why making this big decision now given their son’s development, and how the pandemic affected their decision
- Why they decided on Costa Rica than another place in the world
- What they actually needed to do to get ready for the move, the mindset shifts they made, and how they prepared their sons for this big change
- Their intention of what they hope for and possible lessons of making a big move to another country and organically learning through their experiences
- Being grateful for good health!
You can connect with Lynne on FB @ Lynne Solarz, or email her at: lmsolarz@yahoo.com
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Tess Connolly talks to Argavan Nilforoush, Registered Pediatric Nutritionist about how to do a food and nutrition reset with our tweens and teens. Argavan offers nutrition counseling and she has her own podcast called Baby Steps Nutrition.
- Why it’s important to talk about nutrition with our teens
- Argavan explains the difference between many of the high trendy diets: intermittent fasting, keto, veganism, vegetarianism, pescatarian, etc.
- The relationship between gut health and emotional health
- What’s missing in the SAD/MAD (Standard American Diet/Modern American Diet)
- Why and what supplements are best...and the top 10 best foods for tweens and teens
- Ways to get the best foods and supplements into our children’s diet
- 3 practical and immediate ways to get our tweens teens involved in their own their own eating habits
- What are the “dirty dozen” foods
- What is Orthorexia and how social media affects the eating habits of our tweens and teens?
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Tess Connolly talks to Dr. Christine Harkness all about emotional intelligence for when you need a reset around our tweens or teens emotions and how to navigate them.
- What Christine found to be fundamental as a teacher and parent coach
- The importance of emotional intelligence and what emotional intelligence is
- How parents can instill emotional intelligence with our tweens and teens
- Ways to talk with our kids about emotions and how we as parents can practice emotional intelligence skills
- Validating emotions and how to do this with our kids
- Practice active listening until you understand your child’s emotion, and then use their language back to them
- The Feelings Wheel to develop your child’s emotional understand and articulation of emotions
- Strategy of Reflection with our emotions, make meaning of them and planning ahead
You can find more about Christine Harkness and her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Calm-Mom-Tricks-Yelling-Healthy-ebook/dp/B098QYVD5W
Tess Connolly talks with Jessica Bradley of The Learning Room about how we can reset and shift as we get ready for this school year with our tweens and teens.
- Jessica’s story of how she got started in academic coaching
- Difference between academic coaching and tutoring
- 3 ways to get ready for this school year
- How we set expectations for the middle schooler and high schooler
- Importance of communication and proactive with your student
You find out more about Jessica here: https://www.the-learning-room.com/
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Tess Connolly talks with Zach Gottlieb -Mental Health from a Teenage Boy Perspective
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Zach’s story of how and why he began talking about mental health, breaking down barriers
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Zach’s mom brought him up talking about feelings and he wants other people feeling comfortable talking about feelings too
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Zach encourages us to not press our kids to talk, let your kids know that you’re there when they are ready to talk “I’m available to talk when you’re ready..”
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Talk about your own feelings to model what you’d like from your teen
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Asking more specific questions to teens rather than a general “how was your day?
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Don’t have a big reaction when listening to your teen and not overreacting
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Explain why you don't want your teen doing something so they understand better
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Importance of us parents creating a space and being consistently calm to foster a conversation because they feel safe and they are getting “guidance than punishment”
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Biggest struggles for teens right now; there’s more social pressure due to social media and there are positives and negatives with social media-hard for teens to have FOMO
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He talks about his platform on IG@Talk with Zach and teens can anonymously ask him questions and then he answers the teens questions.
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Even if it’s hard, we still need to talk about it
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Males can talk about mental health and feelings too
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Importance of parents modeling good mental health for their teens
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He’s grateful for a parent that let him know feelings are ok and he can express them
You can find out more about Talk with Zach on Instagram @Talk with Zach or on Tik Tok at Talk with Zach
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In this episode, Tess Connolly and Natasha Singh, sexual literacy expert discuss how and when to talk about all sexual literacy with tweens and teens.
- Her story of doing the work in sexual literacy and gender and her mission of creating a context for safety, ethical relating and meaningful accountability btw parents, school and community.
- She talks about the idea of scaffolding and taking the long view with the discussions with all different age kids
- With younger kids to talk about body parts, gender and friendships
- Body autonomy and puberty
- Important to start these conversations earlier on before puberty
- Encourage cross-gender friendships
- She talks about media literacy and living in a visual culture and to think about what they are seeing
- Helpful to reinforce the sex education happening at school, at home
- Ways to bring in conversations at home; with 6-8th grades and move towards porn discussion and what not to say at home to your middle schooler
- Important to articulate your values in your discussions
- A gap in the teen years discussions is talking about sexual harassment and they often don’t know what this looks like or what it is.
- Importance of identifying safe adults for our teens to talk to, who are the “askable” adults
- As soon as kids have devices and talk about ethics with those devices
- She talks about what “flexing”is and “sexortion”
- Importance to affirm the positives and the pleasure in relationships, dating and romances with tweens/teens and building relationship literacy
- The value of mixing up gender when having these discussions and teach comfort and literacy with each others bodies
- Don't’ be afraid to make mistakes and have a “do-over” if needed and model humanity and awkwardness
- Gratitude: the loving relationships in her life
You can find out more about Natasha Singh, her work and classes here: www.sexlited.com
Natasha noted the Making Caring Common Study https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/
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Tess Connolly and Pasha Marlowe talk about humor and parenting and how to bring this into our daily lives with our tweens and teens.
- Her big reset came with her son getting very sick, physically and emotionally and how she shifted her own energy and a way to get through a very difficult time
- How she started with therapeutic comedy and her program “Roar with Laughter” which includes stories, and hard times and trauma through the lens of humor culminating in a comedy show.
- She gives us an amazing example of how she worked with a mother and teen who found humor with a very difficult subject of suicide
- How important humor is with our kids and how healing it can be
- Ways to be more playful in everyday interactions with our tweens/teens and how to use emojis, your dog, your cat when communicating with them
- Benefits of humor and the brain
- The importance of asking specific questions when asking about your tween/teens day
- Time + Trauma = Comedy
- Humor is a skill that can be learned and it’s all about connection with your tween/teen
You can find more about Pasha Marlowe; https://pashamarlowe.com/
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Tess Connolly and Dr. Cam Caswell discuss how to translate teens language and behaviors in this episode;
- Dr cam talks about her struggle as a teen and that she is still grounded
- So much of the conflict with teens is our misunderstood communication
- Why she calls herself “The Teen Translator”
- Why teens get a bad rap and why we have information bias that is negative re: teens
- Dr Cam believes the teen years can be some of the best years for you as a parent, when we understand their behavior
- Teens have a natural curiosity and they challenge us and the world
- Our reactions as parents contribute to some of the our teens behaviors
- How “eye-rolling” is like an “unfollow” with our teens
- Teens really don’t want to disappoint us and trying to voice their feelings
- How important it is for teens to be able to express themselves and communicate how they feel about something
- Teens need to learn a better way to communicate by us parents teaching them
- Teen having an ‘attitude’ = teen not being heard most of the time and wanting parents to listen to me
- The more anger and ‘meaner’ the teens behavior is the more hurt and pain they are feeling
- What lazy behavior and lack of motivation means with teens
- Give praise and acknowledgement when they follow through with expectations
- Why teens don’t tell us things...and it’s not what you think
You can find more about Dr. Cameron Caswell, The Teen Translator here: https://www.askdrcam.com/
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Today we’re joined by host Tess Connolly’s parents, Rick and Martha. In 1976, these parents moved their five children, all under the age of ten, to the woods in New Hampshire with no electricity and no running water so they could find freedom, individuality, and live through their own values.
This experience instilled the values of cooperation, hard work, and connectedness and laid the foundation for who Tess is today. During this episode, Rick and Martha share how they prepared for this move, why they are grateful their family had this experience, and what happened that they didn’t expect.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- How and why Rick and Martha made the decision to make this big life change.
- The influence of Parent Effectiveness Training (PET).
- What Rick really wanted to teach the kids.
- How Rick and Martha planned and prepared for their move to New Hampshire.
- What they had with them when they arrived on their new land.
- Why Martha says they “raised eyebrows” when the family first moved.
- What had to be built from scratch and the difficulties encountered along the way.
- Why they instilled cooperation between the kids from a young age.
- The role that this upbringing has had on individuating the children.
- How their decision to homestead influenced the other people in their lives.
- The different “seasons” they experienced living in New Hampshire.
- Rick and Martha’s advice for other parents considering a change like this.
- How they knew this move was the right thing to do.
- The value and benefit Rick feels the kids got out of this experience.
- Why they made the decision to leave their home in New Hampshire
- What Martha and Rick are most grateful for about their experience.
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This is the inaugural episode of the Parenting Reset Show. Today, Tess Connolly is going to tell us about who she is, where she’s been, and what her intentions are for this podcast. She is a licensed clinical social worker who has been working with children and families for over 20 years.
Tess gives a preview of her RESET framework that she guides parents through, as well as her childhood upbringing and how it has shaped her. We’ll also hear about how her second divorce fueled her to become a better parent in addition to other sources of inspiration.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Why Tess created the Parenting Reset Show.
- Increasing your parenting knowledge and finding support in others.
- How Tess acquired her wealth of experience.
- The struggle that parents often have in implementing change.
- The 5-step RESET plan Tess developed for parents who want to make changes in their family.
- What Tess learned by living off the land as a child in the backwoods of New Hampshire.
- The decision Tess made to move to California after getting her undergraduate degree.
- Two divorces that Tess has gone through since then.
- How Tess came into her own after her second divorce.
- A question that will be asked at the end of each episode.
- Knowledge that Tess has steeped herself in over the past decade.
- The 10-day meditation bootcamp Tess participated in in 2006 and the effect it has had.
- Who Tess looks up to as a guide.
- A look at some of Tess’ daily routines.
- The unique time of being a parent to teens and tweens.
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