Authentic Parenting

4 Steps To Stay C.A.L.M. in The Moment

SUPPORT THE AUTHENTIC PARENTING PODCAST ON PATREON!!! Has the show been of value to you? Do you find the show helpful? Have you gained from the show? Do you want the show to remain strong and bring more excellent content to you? Consider supporting your favorite podcast on Patreon. A small token of appreciation goes a long way.   Become a Patron of the Authentic Parenting by clicking here. Select your level and get awesome rewards!!!   FULL SHOW NOTES; pictures, links, resources,...

7 Tips on How to Build Self-Confidence in Your Kids

  In the April edition of the Monthly Special Episode I’m joined by a returning co-host Laura Froyen. Segment 1: Laura shares a bedtime battle story of how she needed to cool off and what steps she took to do so. I share a stolen sled story, insights how my daughter’s new gymnastics teacher talks to the kids negatively to "motivate" them. "The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice" -Peggy O'Mara  Segment 2: We answer 3 of your questions on screen time, setting limit...

2 Productivity Secrets From a 10 Year Old

  Four times returning guest Ella Seewald, my soon to be 10 year old daughter joins me for a spontaneous recording of a pre birthday show. I share with her 10 things I admire in her and just love her honest reaction in the moment. Also, she talks about why she makes her bed every day, takes a shower in the morning and why it’s good to be a minimalist.   SUPPORT THE AUTHENTIC PARENTING PODCAST ON PATREON!!! Has the show been of value to you? Do you find the show helpful? Have you gain...

STOP Hurting Kids in The Name of Discipline

  Dr. John D Rich, Jr. is an educational psychologist, and associate professor of Psychology at Delaware State University, with expertise in effective parenting and teaching. He joins me to discuss a very sensitive topic. We both share our views on the topic, offer research-based information and some helpful suggestions for you to move using punishments What is punishment? What are some types of punishments? What's the difference between discipline and punishment and why people use these...

Resilient: How To Grow Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength and Happiness with Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 26 languages and include Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture. He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has numerous audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, he’s been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxf...

How To Get on The Same Page with Your Parenting Partner

In the March editon of the monthly special episode Laura Froyen and I take a deep dive into a very hot topic-how to get on the same page with your parenting partner who has a completely different view and approach.This is a very common question.    SUPPORT THE AUTHENTIC PARENTING PODCAST ON PATREON!!! Has the show been of value to you? Do you find the show helpful? Have you gained from the show? Do you want the show to remain strong and bring more excellent content to you? Consider s...

How You Can Be Kind and Loving Toward Yourself-Kristin Neff, PhD

Dr. Kristin Neff is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, being the first one to operationally define and measure the construct over a decade ago. In addition to her pioneering research into self-compassion, she has developed an eight-week program to teach self-compassion skills in daily life, co-created with her colleague Dr. Chris Germer, called Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). Her book, Self-Compassion, was published by William Morrow in April, 2011. ...

Are You (or your child) a Highly Sensitive Person? with Melissa Schwartz

Melissa Schwartz is an author, parent coach and an avid advocate for highly sensitive children. She was born an intense, sensitive, empathic, power seeker. Her intuitive ability to decode misbehavior and her passion for giving a voice to the legitimate needs of children naturally evolved into becoming the co-creator of Leading Edge Parenting. Melissa has worked with children for over fifteen years and began using Sandi as her personal coach while nannying in college. Years of practical exper...

3 Tips To Balance Business and Family with Joe Pardo

Super Joe Pardo talks openly about the realities of balancing a growing business with a growing family (toddler and a newborn). Try to hold a toddler in your arms while keeping an eye on a sleeping newborn while conducing a video interview. As much as Joe loves working from home and being part of his famille's life, some things had to change in order to maximize productivity and focus. He went from having an open door policy office, aka their dining room, which was turned into his office t...

Domestic Violence and Abuse with Mickie Zada

Mickie Zada  chose to stay in a damaging relationship for 34 years because she thought it was her Calling.  She believed it was her responsibility to keep her husband between the lines. While living in abuse, for decades she didn’t recognize herself as an abused spouse. She was not threatened with weapons, was not hospitalized, never called law enforcement and did not file a restraining order against her husband. She was the strong one, the grounded one, the dedicated wife. She was in lov...

ANNOUNCEMENT!

3 Tools to Help Your Spirited Child to Deal with Anger (monthly special episode)

SUPPORT THE AUTHENTIC PARENTING PODCAST ON PATREON!!! Has the show been of value to you? Do you find the show helpful? Have you gained from the show? Do you want the show to remain strong and bring more excellent content to you? Consider supporting your favorite podcast on Patreon. A small token of appreciation goes a long way.   Become a Patron of the Authentic Parenting by clicking here. Select your level and get awesome rewards!!!   FULL SHOW NOTES; pictures, links, resources,...

Stop Calling Dads Babysitters

Jeff Cox is a father, husband, student, teacher, scholar and in general an extremely curious individual who loves to share thoughts and discoveries with others. He writes extensively on parenting in various outlets.  ABOUT ME I help overwhelmed, frustrated parents who want to parent differently than their parents, make sense of their early childhood experiences, connect to their authentic self and their children on a deeper level, reduce stress, bring more ease and calm into their lives ...

Signs of Childhood Trauma in Adults

Laura Reagan, LCSW-C is an integrative trauma therapist and on this episode she talks about childhood trauma: what it is, how prevalent it is in our society, what are its lingering effects on our life as adults and why childhood trauma is not over in childhood. Most importantly, what we can do to heal.   SUPPORT THE AUTHENTIC PARENTING PODCAST ON PATREON!!! Has the show been of value to you? Do you find the show helpful? Have you gained from the show? Do you want the show to remain str...

How To Cultivate Self-Compassion

Marion Rose, PhD talks about what self-compassion is, how it has helped her, common myths about it and how can you cultivate a self-compassion practice. What makes parenting hard and are you hitting yourself with emotional sticks? She also walks us through a simple yet powerful practice she has developed called the Inner Loving Mother and more.  ABOUT ME I help overwhelmed, frustrated parents who want to parent differently than their parents, make sense of their early childhood experienc...

Parenting Peacefully When Triggered (Monthly Special Episode)

This is our monthly special episode where I co-host the show with another colleague.  We have 3 segments Examples from Our Homes What’s Up with You? Answering listener parenting questions Favorite Finds In the first segment, I tell a story about a delayed Christmas gift I had ordered for my daughter. How she reacted triggered past hurts in me and I was stuck. It is hard to parent peacefully and respond respectfully when our wounds get triggered. Parenting is an emotional job. This ex...

Growing Up with an Autistic Sister

It was the 1950’s, The Netherlands and people didn’t know much about Autism. Born 18 months earlier than her, Carl's sister was severely autistic. She never spoke a word. For the first 3 years of her life she cried a lot. It was very difficult for her parents in many ways. Sometimes they couldn’t even to find love for her. Carla’s parents wanted her to be “normal’ and that meant not showing emotions, not getting angry, meeting their high expectations, being the best and not wanting much....

Mindful Parenting in a Messy World with Michelle Gale

Mindfulness teacher Michelle Gale shares some practical, doable, parent-friendly practices that will truly make a difference in your life. It's all about those simple steps that accumulate and yield to big shifts.   SUPPORT THE AUTHENTIC PARENTING PODCAST ON PATREON!!! Has the show been of value to you? Do you find the show helpful? Have you gained from the show? Do you want the show to remain strong and bring more excellent content to you? Consider supporting your favorite podcast o...

Screen Addiction: How to Stay Sane in a Digital Age -Nancy Colier

Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist in private practice, an ordained interfaith minister, mindfulness teacher, relationship coach, author and blogger.  Technology has become an integral part of our life. We do everything with or on our smartphones (well, almost everything). Just think about how you use your phone daily? We are starting to realize that some boundaries need to be placed, some parameters established in order to remain sane in this crazy accelerated digital age. Why addiction ...

Authentic Parenting | Year in Review

This is the final episode of the 2017. I don't know about you but I feel like the time is really flying by. It seems like it was just yesterday when I was recording the final episode of the 2016, which is by the way the least downloaded episode of the podcast:) In preparation for this episode I went back and listened to it. It’s a really good one. In it I compiled all of my guests wisdom, their answers to “If you had to go back in time, knowing what you know about motherhood/fatherhood, wh...

How To Set Limits Without Harshness, Fear & Shame -106 (Monthly Special Episode)

Christina Fletcher joins me for the December special episode. She is a returning guest and you can find her first episode here. Push The Reset Button Highlights: how Christina navigates her teenage daughter’s social media experience, her daughter just launched her blog why setting limits is hard how to get rid of fear in parenting because it does show up quite often:) what to do when your own triggers get turned on also, why you shouldn't over explain yourself to your child ...

Why You Should Slow Down

Are you caught up in the frenzy of day to day modern life? Are you busy, rushed, hurried and lacking time? How much time do you spend with your kids? How much time do your children spend away from you? As the year 2017 is coming to an end, I invite you to rethink your priorities. This is a good time to pause and set new intentions for the coming year. How do you want to spend your days? Where does your attention go? We move through scenes like ghosts, without fully experiencing t...

Overcoming Childhood Adversity

Do you want to be part of the final episode of the year?  Send me your voice message now!  Here is the question: What's your definition of authenticity? What does it mean to live an authentic life?  Resources and Links: Grief Dreams Podcast Here is the episode with Joshua Black on my podcast. Joshua's website  Do you need an ongoing parenting support for free? I invite you to join my closed Facebook group-Authentic Parenting Community-a supportive and positive space for moms...

5 Strategies to Avoid Power Struggles with Children

Description This is our monthly special episode where I co-host the show with another colleague. For now, I have a Mystery Seat for each month and I invite passionate coaches or parent educators to host the show with me. This should be fun. For the monthly special episodes the show has a different format. We have 4 segments. Examples from Our Home What’s Up with You? Answering listener parenting questions Favorite Finds ---------------- In the first segment I tell a story tha...

How to Communicate Your Needs in a Relationship

Communication is big part of any relationship. When we become parents our relationship with our parenting partner gains a whole new layer of complexity. Are you a good communicator? Is your relationship a challenging one? Do you keep having the same old argument? Are you in touch with your needs? Can you communicate them safely in your relationship to get them met? Highlights: -why marriage mediation -don’t relay on your partner to read your mind -6 steps to effectively communicating...

Getting unSTUCK: 5 Simple Steps to Emotional Well-Being

Do you get triggered and hijacked by your emotions quite often?   Do you ever find yourself frustrated, disappointed, insulted, angry or annoyed in your house? Does your spouse or children do things that just bother you beyond measure? Do you carry those emotions with you throughout your day? In other words do you get stuck? Today, we will be learning a simple yet powerful 5 step self-help technique that will help you in those stuck situations. Ready to unlock the secrets to emotional ...

100th Episode Celebration!

We have made it! Yay! 100 episodes under our belt. Where did the time go? This special episode is for you. I want to celebrate, you, my dear listener! Audience participation. Woohoo! Thank you so much for being part of Authentic Moments community.  Listeners who appeared on this episode: Isabelle, Angela, Katja, Carla, Tina, Ashley, Corrine, Elizabeth, Melanie. Here are some of your favorite shows mentioned in this episode. 1. How To Stop Yelling 2. Are You Stuck In The Past?...

Should We Forgive Our Parents?

Should We Forgive Our Parents? with Christina Louise

Healing From Trauma with Christina Louise

My guest for this episode is Christina Louise, The Peaceful Parenting Mentor and World's #1 Freedom Coach offers a unique understanding of what you and your child are going through right now, because she WAS a challenging child and troubled teen herself! Because her parents didn’t understand how to manage their emotions without going into fight or flight mode, she wound up experiencing years of abuse and neglect, which resulted in self-loathing, anxiety, trouble with the law, and other ser...

Healing From Trauma (Christina Louis)

My guest for this episode is Christina Louise, The Peaceful Parenting Mentor and World's #1 Freedom Coach offers a unique understanding of what you and your child are going through right now, because she WAS a challenging child and troubled teen herself! Because her parents didn’t understand how to manage their emotions without going into fight or flight mode, she wound up experiencing years of abuse and neglect, which resulted in self-loathing, anxiety, trouble with the law, and other ser...

Why You Might Be Feeling Tired, Negative and Overwhelmed

Do you sometimes feel tired, negative and overwhelmed? By chatting with Dr. Corrine Seeley it became clear that there is scientific reasons why you feel that way especially when you don't get enough adequate sleep. In this episode we talk about the importance of sleep both for parents and children. Corrine started doing fertility meditation on youtube, earned her PhD at 8 months pregnant and started her business when her baby was 6 months old.    Highlights:  -how a career-oriented wom...

How to Find and Maintain Happiness No Matter What (Dr. Robert Puff)

How to find happiness and maintain it is a central question. Do you know that we have  what’s called a set point for happiness? According to Dr. Puff we can change that. We can raise our set point and what he calls become superenjoyers.  We can raise our set point of happiness. Happiness is a lot like our weight. You have to do things to maintain your healthy weight. To begin to change our happiness begins with awareness. Dr. Puff shares four steps to creating happiness. Here they ar...

Why “Hate” is Not a Bad Word [monthly special episode]

This is the monthly special episode where I am joined by my lovely friend and colleague Sarah MacLaughlin. If you are a regular listener then you know that we have 3 main segments: Examples From Our Home in which we both share parenting fails and triumphs. What’s Up With You? in which we answer your parenting questions Favorite Finds in which we talk about what we have read, or found to be helpful, resources, podcasts and such. Anna’s story is all about a hair mask disaster. Her 9 ye...

Parental Self-Sacrifice: Break The Mold and Be Free

Should parents sacrifice their own happiness, dreams, life for their children? Highlights: -as a child Katerina wanted her mom to be happy but as a mom she repeated the same mistakes -how she went from being a supermom to a happy mom -she almost lost her marriage to infidelity   What does it mean to create your own happiness? Don't focus on one aspect of your life Will the kids be fine? Are you putting someone else’s happiness before yours? QUOTE from this episode:“Happines...

Are We Over-Parenting in America?

I recently visited Armenia with my family for the first after 12 years. Even though I was born there and know pretty much what the culture is but to my surprise things had changed. This visit was special because I was visiting as a parent and parent educator and I was very intentional to observe how the Armenian people do the parenting business. Also, I met my friends there for the first time as parents with families. For this episode I invited my dear friend Lusine to join me via Skype to...

Overseas Travel: Honest Sharing from My 9 Year Old

My 9 year old daughter shares her honest impressions, observations about our recent overseas travel to Armenia. It was her first time. She was going to meet my dad, her grandpa are you ready-for the first time. It was a big, emotional trip for me as well since I was going back after long 13 years. Many mixed feelings. If you listened to my episode with Bridgett Miller The Hardship of Uprooting and Establishing a Home in a New Place  then you know what I mean. Curious what she saw and what sh...

The Benefits of Negative Emotions

How comfortable are you with your  uncomfortable feelings? Do you feel your emotions?  Emotions Are Not Bad Behavior Do you remember yourself at age 10? Do you think children are born authentic? How do you cultivate authenticity in your children? How has your sense of self change over time?   Also... -how much freedom should we give to our kids -why it’s hard to listen to kids big emotions -how to encourage self expression -what is acceptance and how can we fully acce...

Childhood Trauma: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self

  What is authenticity? What does it mean to live an authentic life? How do traumatic childhood experiences impact the trajectory of our life? Imagine being a 10 year old and silently suffering a bullying...   In this episode: -what is trauma -early childhood experiences and their impact on our life and parenting in particular -why it’s imperative to take time off from your kids -can authenticity be cultivated?   My guest for this episode is  Guy Macpherson, PhD, is a...

[Archive] How To Stop Yelling At Your Kids

How to get kids to listen without yelling and nagging? We all want our children to cooperate easily. Many parents do struggle with challenge. That was the case for Carla who later ended up writing books on mindfulness. Why? Because it was helpful in combating the bad habit of yelling.  Yelling doesn’t have to be part of your parenting repertoire. Carla shares with us her own definition of mindfulness which I love. -how she integrated mindfulness into her family – how it has changed her...

[Archive] From Punishments To Gentle Parenting: Raising 6 Kids In South Africa

Spanking or corporal punishments break the bond between parent and child. They erode the trust. It is NNOT by inflciting pain we need to teach our children. There is a different way. You'd be surprised to learn that using physical punishments to "discipline" children is still legal in the world. In the United States 19 states still use corporal punishments in their schools and homes.  In today’s episode I am talking to my lovely friend, gentle parenting advocate Lelia Wes Schott. She is fr...

[Archive] Why You Are Addicted To Facebook and How To Defeat It

How much time do you spend on Facebook? How often do you check your emails? Do you know that the more you check your email the less happy you feel? Do you have FOMO? The surprising findings from behavioral research may have some shocking answers for you. yes, we are talking about rats. This is a true story. I battled with it. But I have come to face the reality and take some responsible action to defeat my obsessions. I came up with 7 rules for myself and they literally saved my sanity...

[Archive] Push The Reset Button

In this episode of Authentic Moments host Anna Seewald and guest Christina Fletcher talk about Christina's journey of becoming a spiritually aware parent. Christina Fletcher is a spiritually aware parent coach who helps parents tap into their own inner resources and be their authentic selves, as well as to see their children as the true spiritual beings we all are through tools, meditations and exercises. Christina is also an author and has released 4 books, as well as freelanced for numer...

The Hardship of Uprooting and Establishing a Life in a New Place

What is your definition of HOME? What do you call home? Is it people or is it a place for you? Where do you feel most at home?  In our society and in the world in general people move a lot from place to place and establish lives in new places. Transitions, cultures, cultures shocks, identity shifts, evolution... Today we are talking about the hardship of uprooting.  My guest for this episode is Bridgett Miller is a mother of two and lives with her family in Vancouver, Canada. She has...

Are You Living An Authentic Life?

Are you a people pleaser? Are you living by design or by default?  What’s important in your life? The truth is we have to get clear on how we want to feel in our lives and start living in alignment with that.   Today on the podcast we are talking about what it means to live an authentic life, a life that is truly in an alignment with how you want to feel, and why it’s time to stop being a peoples pleaser. My guest for this episode is Heather Chauvin, she is a former social worker...

How To Be A More Conscious Parent By Changing The Way You Speak

In this episode I’m talking to Lori Petro the founder of TEACH Through Love. Are you a conscious communicator? Do you often wonder what to say to your kids? Lori has created Conscious Communication cards to help parents become better, more effective communicators. These "communication flash cards" help us transform the way we speak to our kids by turning our punitive and reactive language into compassionate communication which builds skills, relieves stress, and strengthens our relat...

Are You Stuck In The Past?

Our past has has an impact on how we live our lives in the present but... we don’t have to be defined by our past. We have a choice. Are you ready to claim your power within, find joy, meaning and live your purpose?  Break free from your patterns and start living from your truth. What's holding you back? What limiting beliefs do you have from your past that stifle your growth?  Quote from this episode:  “The energy that we hold on to from our pain, from our earliest years is almost...

How To Parent As A Team Even When You Disagree [monthly special episode]

This is our monthly special episode in which I co-host the show with my lovely freind and colleague, fellow parent coach Sarah MacLaughlin.  As usual we have 3 segments. Segment One: Examples From Our Homes in which we both share parenting stories of struggles and success. In our second segment-What’s Up With You we answer some listener questions. Do you want us to answer your parenting questions in our upcoming shows? Send you questions today. [email protected] lea...

How to Control Your Anger with Kids

How Not to Get Triggered By Your Kids Behavior, Lash Out at Them and What to Do Instead Step by Step Our past plays a huge role on how we parent today and that’s what this show is all about. So you know that I work with parents. I talk about parenting pretty much always. I read parenting books for my work and professional development AND...I read parenting books in my spare time. I listen to parenting podcast and I thought  that I was obsessed with the topic of parenting, until I m...

What I learned About My & Other Families By Living in a Trailer for 3 Months

Is Full Time Trailer Living The Best Choice For you? If you have listened to my epic episode from last week, the Father's Day Edition then you probably remember one of the dads-Aaron Schiller.  Aaron and his family just came back from an amazing 3 month long road trip. They lived for 3 months in a small trailer.  In this episode he shares the details of their memorable trip and some important lessons they learned about their family and families across the country. It all started with...