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The latest insights and ponderings on issues facing modern parents and tips for finding peace.

Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | How to Find Common Ground in Different Parenting Styles
25
Oct

Ep #146: How to Find Common Ground in Different Parenting Styles

Coming up against differences in parenting styles is a common challenge that many people experience, myself included. I’ve been co-parenting with my husband for 19 years, and we still occasionally struggle to find common ground in our approaches. However, there are practical strategies we can lean on to foster deeper understanding in these moments. This...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | When Your Kid Gets Stuck, Do This!
18
Oct

Ep #145: When Your Kid Gets Stuck, Do This!

We all want to feel comfortable with a peaceful approach to parenting. However, sometimes our brain knows we’re on the right path, but it doesn’t feel like it’s working. We want to be the parents we wish we’d had, and that can open up some childhood wounds and trauma. One way this happens is through...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | 2 for 1 Parenting Lessons: Micro-Changes & Undivided Attention
11
Oct

Ep #144: 2 for 1 Parenting Lessons: Micro-Changes & Undivided Attention

The beauty of coaching (and being coached) is receiving feedback from a neutral party, someone who can really open your eyes. In this week’s episode, I’m excited to share not one, but TWO lessons that came out of a recent coaching call. It’s a BOGO, y’all. The first of these tackles the concept of micro-changes...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | You Are NOT Your Parents
04
Oct

Ep #143: You Are NOT Your Parents

Let’s talk about dominant parenting. We don’t want our kids growing up the way we felt when we were growing up. Many of us, myself included, were raised by at least one dominant parent. We can easily recall hearing statements like, “Go ahead and cry…” or, “I don’t want to hear what you have to...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | How to Use Rules to Create Connection with Your Kids
27
Sep

Ep #142: How to Use Rules to Create Connection with Your Kids

Do you feel like you’re on the struggle bus when it comes to setting and enforcing rules in your household? Are you getting pushback and resistance from your kids? Is it possible to set rules while enjoying the experience of parenting and maybe even create connection with your kids in the process? I know it...
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