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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 | 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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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | Triggered? Here's How to Stay Neutral
22
Mar

Ep #115: Triggered? Here’s How to Stay Neutral

What’s something your child does that triggers you? Maybe it’s sneaking sweets or doing something they knew was wrong because a friend encouraged them to. Usually, the behaviors that trigger us the most are the ones that make us fear for our child’s future and the kind of adult they’ll become. Unfortunately, when we go...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | The Power of the Pause
15
Mar

Ep #114: The Power of the Pause

One of the most powerful tools you can implement as a parent is the pause. Although it might seem small, just pausing during your parenting allows you to do so much. It allows you to not judge your kids’ behavior or beat yourself up about the situation. Most importantly, it allows you to access your...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | How We Project Our Childhood Wounds onto Our Kids
08
Mar

Ep #113: How We Project Our Childhood Wounds Onto Our Kids

The number one most important task in parenting is modeling. Our kids are natural sponges that repeat what they see in us. While this can be a great tool as a parent, it can also feel like a curse. One of the hardest parts of parenting is when your child mirrors back to you the...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting Lisa Smith | Creating Your Parental Job Description
01
Mar

Ep #112: Creating Your Parental Job Description

Many of us consider our identity to be directly linked to what we do, the roles we play, or what we have done in the past. When the things that we do change, either by will or by circumstances out of our control, we often feel lost. We struggle to shed the old identity and...
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