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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 | What to Do When the Co-parenting Feels Uneven
26
Apr

Ep #120: What to Do When the Co-Parenting Feels Uneven

A dynamic I talk about with many of you is when you do 80-90% of the work parenting in your household, while your co-parent does 10-20%. Usually this is a role that you’ve slipped into because it works for your family and your co-parent does most of the other heavy lifting. However, imagine you’re in...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | Discover the Power of Peaceful Parenting: What's Possible for Your Family?
19
Apr

Ep #119: Discover the Power of Peaceful Parenting: What’s Possible for Your Family?

What’s possible as a parent? As you know, 2023 is the year of upleveling our parenting. When we make small changes in our parenting, it can have a huge impact on us and how we connect with our kids. But what do the results look like when we implement these changes? Today I’m joined by...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | The Problem with Why!
12
Apr

Ep #118: The Problem with Why!

As parents, we can often find ourselves asking our children “why?” Why are they acting this way? Why do they always forget things? Why are they not listening? We think that what our kid is doing is the problem. If they just acted differently, we wouldn’t get so frustrated and dysregulated. In reality, we have...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | Triggered? Ask Yourself This Question
05
Apr

Ep #117: Triggered? Ask Yourself This Question

A lot of times when our kids do something that upsets us, we quickly jump to conclusions about what it might mean about them and how they feel about us. Often, this can result in us getting triggered and no longer parenting from a calm, empathetic place. One of the best things you can ask...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | When Your Kid Won’t Take “No” for an Answer
29
Mar

Ep #116: When Your Kid Won’t Take “No” for an Answer

One of the most frustrating situations in parenting is when your kid just won’t take “no” for an answer. Most of the time, our instinct is to explain back to them why we set a particular boundary and try to make them understand our reasoning. Usually, this situation triggers us and we end up storming...
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