How does parent coaching create connection, and what tools do we use to help you become the best parent you can be? I have a guest on the show who has experienced the deep power of transformational parent coaching. She has been on a continuous journey of self-growth as a mom, and while she has...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

Last week, we had an amazing episode with Corinne Crabtree all about parenting for a positive body image. This week, I’m joined by a wonderful guest who is currently in the middle of this work, changing her own paradigms when it comes to body neutrality and parenting her kids through the same experience. Hannah is...Read More

Do you have an opinion about your child’s body being too big or too small? Or do you have negative thoughts about your own body? As you’ll hear this week, the way we think about and speak about our own body impacts the way our children think and speak about theirs. So, how can we...Read More

This week, Hannah, a longtime Hive Member, is *mic-drop* interviewing me! We are turning the tables to discuss all things Hive, my parent coaching community. For those of you who are new here: Hello! My name is Lisa Smith, I am the master-certified parent coach behind the Real World Peaceful Parenting Podcast and The Hive...Read More

The days are long, and the time is short. This saying is on my mind a lot lately, especially as my son, Malcolm, heads off to his first year of college. It’s hard to remember this when things feel overwhelming, and we’re trying to power through a million things on our to-do list. But parenting...Read More