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

Real World Peaceful Parenting with Lisa Smith | The 3 Steps to Keep Your Cool While Parenting
21
Jul

Ep #28: The 3 Steps to Keep Your Cool While Parenting

Let’s keep it real – we all get triggered at times by our kids. We experience big, angry emotions that result in us losing our cool and creating more drama for ourselves. You might try to stuff them down or make them go away, or even pretend they don’t exist, but this doesn’t help on your peaceful...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting with Lisa Smith | My Biggest Parenting Epiphany
14
Jul

Ep #27: My Biggest Parenting Epiphany

As a parent, it sometimes feels as though we are raising ourselves right alongside our kids. When we watch our kids at a certain age, we are reflecting, consciously or subconsciously, on the experiences we had at that age. I used to try to give my son everything I didn’t have as a child, but...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting with Lisa Smith | What am I Teaching My Kids?
07
Jul

Ep #26: What am I Teaching My Kids?

Have you ever thought about how your kids actually learn things? Children are great learners, and they learn not from what we say or tell them, but what we do. It’s called modeling. Modeling is a standard or example for imitation, which means that whenever we do or say something, we are setting the example...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting with Lisa Smith | How to Speak Growth Mindset and Why You'd Want To
30
Jun

Ep #25: How to Speak Growth Mindset and Why You’d Want To

Did you know that there is a wrong way to praise your kids? You read that right! Now, I’m not usually one to use words like ‘right’ or ‘wrong’, but there is a wrong way to praise your kids and I want to share that with you this week. One of my mentors, Carol Dweck, is known...
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Real World Peaceful Parenting with Lisa Smith | Not Gonna Give In
23
Jun

Ep #24: Not Gonna Give In

A few weeks back, I talked about letting your child feel their feelings by holding space for them while they’re storming. I received a lot of requests to talk about how exactly to do this, and I know it can be difficult, so this week I’m helping you understand more clearly. When your child is...
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