Exceptional Parenting Podcast
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsSimple, conscious, and positive parenting advice for any mom who has a child who seems to be an exception to every rule.
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Popular Parenting Myths Debunked (Re air of episode 31)
December 23, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 46 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! Over the past 100 episodes I have loved talking to other professionals in the field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite the fascinating journey! This week I’m looking back to my chat with Alfie Kohn about parenting myths. There are likely millions of different parenting practices out there. Different authors, coaches, mentors, and ...
Simple Strategies to Support Your Picky Eater (Re air of episode 9)
December 09, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! Over the past 100 episodes I have loved talking to other professionals in the field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite the fascinating journey! This week I’m looking back to my chat with Alisha Grogan about supporting your picky eater. Our guest today, Alisha Grogan from yourkidstable.com shares with us the best tips to support ...
How to Support Your Anxious Child (Re air of episode 24)
November 25, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! Over the past 100 episodes I have loved talking to other professionals in the field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite the fascinating journey! This week I’m looking back to my chat with Natasha Daniels about how to support your anxious child. When emotions run high, feelings are intense, and anxiousness is present in your child, i...
Building Resilience for Kids and Moms Alike (Re air of episode 21)
November 11, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! Over the past 100 episodes I have loved talking to other professionals in the field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite the fascinating journey! This week I’m looking back to my chat with Sarah Boyd about building resilience for kids and moms alike. After a recent move for our family, I felt like I was so sick of hearing "oh don't w...
Decoding the Sensory Sleep Connection (Re air of episode 6)
October 28, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 55.5 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! In this episode, I talk with Vanessa about bedtime routines and getting kids to sleep through the night. Visit here for full show notes
Making Lasting Changes With Exceptional Behavior (Re air of episode 4)
October 14, 2020 11:00 - 39 minutes - 59.7 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! Over the past 100 episodes, I have loved talking to other professionals in the child behavior field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite a fascinating journey! This week I’m looking back to my chat with Jennifer Magnano about making lasting changes to exceptional behavior. Jennifer is a mom of two miracle kids, who knows what...
How to Help Your Child Who Struggles With Handwriting (Re air episode 19)
September 30, 2020 12:00 - 34 minutes - 53.9 MBTo celebrate the Exceptional Parenting Podcast reaching over 100 episodes we’re taking a look back at some of my favorite interviews so far! Over the past 100 episodes, I have loved talking to other professionals in the field while educating myself in the process. It’s been quite a fascinating journey! This week I’m looking back to my chat with Heather Greutman about how to help your child who struggles with handwriting. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.co...
4 Big Takeaways from 100 Episodes on the Podcast
September 23, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 33.9 MBIn this episode I want to celebrate 100 episodes of this podcast with you. Great news! I am giving away my sensory workbook that helps you to understand the sensory preferences in your kids, partner and all your loved ones. As well as that, I am giving away over $50 worth of audio training about how to simplify sensory at home and how to address sensory meltdowns. I am giving it away for FREE in celebration of 100 episodes of this podcast. It’s my thank you to you for showing up and lis...
The Key to Adding Sensory Activities Without Stress
September 09, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 44.3 MBHave you ever considered play-based therapy? My guest for today’s episode is occupational therapist Nick Sidwell who owns ‘Ability Innovations’ based in Utah. The clinic specializes in occupational, physical, and speech therapy using play-based techniques. Today I talk with him about how to help your child enjoy sensory play in a way that doesn’t feel exhausting and in ways that your child isn’t going to fight against it. It’s a practice that I believe really helps children so pl...
Sensory Series: See and Hear Senses
September 02, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 36.5 MBToday in the sensory series I will be discussing the visual and auditory senses. The episode starts with the ‘seeing’ sense which doesn’t necessarily mean how well you can see, but more about how well your brain can process the stimulation that comes in through your eyes. This includes bright or dull lights, color, how many visuals you have around you, people or bright designs. The second sense, being the ‘hearing’ sense is again NOT about how well you can hear but how well your brain can...
Sensory Series - The Taste and Smell Senses
August 26, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 46.9 MBDo you know what your sensory preferences are? On today’s episode, I have a really good friend of mine; Alisha Grogan who specializes in taste and smell. These are two senses that I feel we wouldn’t necessarily think would interfere with our kid's daily lives, yet they really do, sometimes sparking temper tantrums. Alisha Grogan is a pediatric occupational therapist who during grad school was immersed in sensory integration which is a very specific type of therapy that hel...
Sensory Series: The Touch (Tactile) Sense
August 19, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes - 72.5 MBAre you or your child over-sensitive or under-sensitive to touch? My guest on this episode; Cameron Kleimo returns to the podcast on this episode to talk about the Tactile or ‘touch’ sense. The Tactile sense covers our entire bodies, the receptors in our skin sends information to our brain to regulate pain, temperature, and vibrations. We discuss what it means to be over or under-sensitive, how that can show up in a child’s behavior, and how you can spot it in order to be t...
Preparing Your Child for Back to School: Through Executive Function and Sensory Support
August 14, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 44.7 MBDo you believe your child or student has problems with their executive function? My guest in this special bonus episode is Seth Perler is an executive function coach. We discuss how executive function takes place in the front part of the brain, it is how we execute complex tasks. If you think about every task you’ve achieved in your life, packing a bag for school, signing up for a driving license, creating a podcast; all of these are complex tasks that your brain has had to juggle in o...
Sensory Series: The Vestibular Sense
August 12, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 56.5 MBThis is the third episode in my sensory series and this one is all about the vestibular system. Now for years, I was confused by it, I had heard the name, I knew of it but I didn’t understand how it was different to the proprioceptive system. So we’re going to dive deep into it and clarify any confusion you may have about it but for some background; the vestibular system is all about the position of our head in space and how it is affected by the liquid in our ear which brushes up agai...
Sensory Series: Proprioceptive Sense
August 05, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 45.9 MBMy guest on this episode is Heather Greutman whose returning from episode 19 ‘How to Help A Child Who Struggles With Handwriting’. Heather talks with me about proprioception at its basic level is the information you receive from your muscles and your joints. It helps your body to understand when you are stretching, compressing, or contracting a muscle. Heather Greutman is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with experience in school-based Occupational Therapy. She uses her backgro...
The Sensory System and Your Child (the sensory system explained)
July 29, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 54.8 MBDoes background noise affect you so much that you can’t concentrate? Or can you not handle a certain texture in your mouth? If so, did you know that that’s down to your sensory preferences. This is the start of my sensory series. I get so many questions from you about what sensory processing is, how it affects behavior and how to address it. In each episode in this series I’m going to go deeper into each sense with a different expert in the field to help you understand and normalize senso...
Beyond "Bad Behavior" How to See Behavior in a New Light
July 22, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 49.5 MBShould we ignore bad behavior from our children, or punish it? There are confusing mixed messages out there. My guest Chazz Lewis A.K.A Mr Chazz, has great ways of looking at behavior in a completely different way to help us understand why bad behavior is happening and how we can address it in a more joyful way, strengthening our relationship with our children. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode94/
Understanding and Supporting Dyslexia
July 15, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 53.4 MBThis episode is all about Dyslexia, something that I haven't covered yet and I encourage you to listen even if you may not have a Dyslexic child. My guest Laura Axtell teaches us that even if our children are not diagnosed, they can have Dyslexic tendencies and the more we can recongnized these tendencies the more we can support them. Laura is an education specialist with Reading Horizons who started her career working with adolescent offenders. For full show notes visit https://exce...
When Reactions Are Strong and Discipline Doesn’t Work
July 08, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 41.1 MBHave you ever wondered "why is it that only one of my kids reacts so strongly no matter what I do to discipline him. Did I do something wrong?" In this episode, I answer all these questions and show you why strong reactions happen why discipline doesn’t work what you can do to support your child so their reactions aren’t so strong. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode92/
The One Skill All Kids Should Know, and How to Teach It
July 01, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 57.5 MBCooperation is a huge skill. It’s one involved in Sibling rivalry Reactive behaviors Making friends Sharing Functioning well in groups etc Without the skill of cooperation, it doesn’t matter which parenting tool/tip/trick we use, those behaviors will continue to surface. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode91/
How to Help Your Kid Transition Without Meltdowns
June 24, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 40.4 MBDo you ever feel like any little transition can send your kid into a tailspin? You spend your days wondering which transition will set them off or how epic the meltdown with be? If so this episode is for you! Find full show notes https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode90/
How to Avoid the 3 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Setting Rules Around Screen Time
June 17, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 44.3 MBWhen it comes to kids and electronics there are a lot of opinions and troubles. How much is too much? How to get them off without causing meltdowns? Should kids even have screen time at all? In this episode, Lisa Honold, director of the center for online safety helps answer all those questions and avoid the three biggest mistakes parents make when setting screen time rules. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode89/
The Surprising Truth About Yelling at Kids
June 10, 2020 11:00 - 23 minutes - 38.3 MBWe’d all love to be able to tackle parenting without yelling at kids, at some point most of us have tried it…likely it’s a daily struggle. After seeing various “stop yelling at kids forever” challenges, I started feeling like every day I was either a “good mom” or a “bad mom,” depending on if I messed up and yelled or not. Living life thinking I’m either good or bad doesn’t work for me, and it doesn’t have to work for you either. While I’ll never promote yelling at kids, when it happen...
Why is My Kid Doing That? Looking at Behavior Through a Sensory Lens
June 03, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 47.5 MB“My kid doesn’t have sensory processing disorder or autism, but I wonder if some of this sensory stuff could be part of what she’s dealing with…”. A friend said that to me the other day and it sparked so many questions that Cindy Utzinger answers in this podcast episode. Here Cindy, occupational therapist, answers some of the most common questions I hear about the link between sensory and behavior….not just for kids with a diagnosis, but for ALL kids. If you’ve ever won...
How to Support Sensitive Kids
May 27, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 34.6 MBWhen little kids have sensitive emotions, we typically see BIG behaviors. It can be tough to navigate all those big explosions and we wonder if we are supposed to be more patient or more stern with them. Here you’ll learn how to support your child and their big emotions, without compromising your expectations and boundaries as a parent. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode86/
Opening Up About Mom Anger and How to Work Through It
May 20, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 52.8 MBSo many of us start motherhood thinking we will be the perfect parent. We have an unrealistic view of what motherhood is supposed to be, so when we find ourselves getting angry, yelling, or threatening our kids, it feels horrible. We feel like a failure. We feel alone, and we feel like we are the only ones who struggle with those things. Desiree Fortin from “the perfect mom” on Instagram found that by opening up about her mom anger, she’s been able to work through it in such powerful ...
What to do When WE have Big Emotions as Parents
May 13, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 39.6 MBWe talk a lot about our kids’ big emotions, tantrums, and meltdowns, but what about our own? In a Facebook conversation the other day my friend opened up about her parenting frustrations and said: “please don’t tell me to just take a deep breath”. I didn’t tell her to take a deep breath, and I won’t tell you to take a deep breath either. In this episode, you’ll learn the four simple things I do every time I notice big emotions in myself. Lately, I’ve had a LOT of big emotions, ...
Should I be More Stern or More Patient?
May 06, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 41.6 MB“When my kid acts out, I wonder if I should be more stern or more patient? Nothing seems to work, what do I do?” That question was posted on a discussion board and if you’ve been wondering the same thing, this episode is for you. For full show notes head to https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode83
3 Small Changes with Food That Can Bring Better Behavior
April 29, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 44.7 MBWe all know that food can be the cause of our kid's behavior. We KNOW what it looks like for our kids to be hangry! But can other food affect our kid’s behavior too? Absolutely! In the podcast today Mya Metzel, a certified health coach talks about how food affects our kids and how to make super small changes towards better food choices. Full show notes at exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/episode82
Teaching a Growth Mindset to Young Kids
April 22, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 47.9 MBWe’ve all heard the buzzwords of “growth mindset” and “resilience” but what do those really mean? In this episode Alexandra Eidens, from Big Life Journal is diving deep into the science behind growth mindset, why it’s important, and how to help our kids develop it in daily situations. Alexandra and I share about how we can make small changes to support even our most anxious, fearful, perfectionist kids to learn to have a growth mindset in daily situations. Full show notes visi...
How To Get Kids To Do Chores Without Nagging, Yelling, or Reminding
April 15, 2020 11:00 - 24 minutes - 39.1 MBGetting kids to do chores can be SO frustrating. It feels like we have to nag, yell, remind, or bribe them to do anything, and the process is so miserable, it almost doesn’t feel worth it. That’s how I felt for so long, but this past year I’ve shifted the way we do chores in our home. Since then I’ve noticed my kids don’t need to be reminded as often, they whine less, and they actually are doing some things on their own. It all happened by changing five simple things outl...
What to do When Your Child Whines or Complains
April 08, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 34.1 MBIs there anything more difficult than having a whiny kid? The noise can throw me into a tailspin faster than almost any other behavior. In this episode, I’m diving straight into how to address whining and complaining because in the past few months I’ve seen HUGE improvements in myself when my kids whine. For full show notes visit https://exceptionalparentingpodcast.com/home/episode79
78: How to Help Your Child Find and Develop Their Best Self (Re air episode 37)
April 01, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 52.5 MBWe hear it all the time “living their best life” but what does that really mean and how do we really help kids to live their best lives? Laura Earnshaw of MyHappyMind is on the podcast today helping us to not just say the words, but truly help our kids understand and become their best selves. In this episode you’ll learn; ● How as parents we can retrain our own brains to focus on their character rather than their achievements ● How this builds their self-esteem and resilience ● How ...
77: Evolving as a Dad, How My Husband Did It
March 25, 2020 11:00 - 29 minutes - 46.9 MBI have changed a lot as a person, and as a parent, in the 15 years, I’ve been married. While I’d absolutely say the change has been for the best, it hasn’t always been easy, especially when it came to explaining things to my husband. Having been raised in an authoritarian household, he had ideas about discipline, obedience, and his role as a dad. In this episode, my husband is joining us to talk about his perspective of that shift, what I did right...and also things I could’ve done be...
76: How My Mom Supports her Kids' Parenting Styles
March 18, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 49 MBAs parents, it’s one thing to work to change our parenting style, but what about our parents? How do we get them to understand? Or maybe not even to understand, but not to interject into what we try so hard to do?? For this episode, I brought on someone special to me, my mom! She opened up about how parenting evolved for her, and how she feels about her role now as the mom to a mom, and how she supports myself and my siblings in all our different parenting styles. If you’ve ever...
75: Navigating Big Emotions in the Heat of the Moment
March 11, 2020 11:00 - 28 minutes - 45.5 MBLittle kids with big emotions usually just feels like having kids who have MASSIVE tantrums, lots of tears, and probably a lot of resistance too. In the heat of the moment, it’s hard to remember that their actions are a result of their emotions. And, let’s face it, when the tantrums are lasting longer more often than most, it’s just draining to even think about doing anything other than yell or try to stop it in its tracks. But that doesn’t help anyone. In this episode, ...
74: Want to Yell Less at Kids? Consider These Two Things First
March 04, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutes - 34.1 MBWant to yell less at kids? Consider these two things first The other day I pulled up Pinterest to see what would appear when I searched “how to yell less at kids.” I wasn’t surprised that over 1,000 articles came up, all with catchy titles promising to end the yelling spell once and for all. Each article had something different to try. Some were a little far fetched “when you ask your kid to do something, and they ignore you, wait until they ask you to do something and ignore them” Rea...
73: The Most Counterintuitive But Simple Parenting Advice We Should All Take
February 26, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutes - 39.1 MBThere’s more than enough parenting advice out there for; how to be more patient, yell less at kids, and transform into the mom who actually loves motherhood. While some of those tips might work for a while, most likely, all that parenting advice won’t last long term because it’s missing one important piece. That piece is exactly what Nancy DeMaria shares in this episode and is what she wrote her book about “Little Secret, Big Change.” While her parenting advice might seem countercultu...
72: Breaking Away from "Traditional Parenting" to Feel More Joy
February 19, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutes - 30.9 MBThis episode is close to my heart as I interview a friend and former student Shira Parnes. She isn’t a parenting expert, behavior expert, or anything of the likes. She’s a mom who works a full-time job, has young kids, and just like most of you- at one point felt like she wasn’t cut out to be the mom her kids needed. In this interview she shares how she felt about parenting, wanting to be a good parent, but feeling like she was falling short, and not loving it for a while. Then as she...
71: Imperfectly Parenting with Respect with Alyssa Blask Campbell
February 12, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 44.2 MBWe all have an idea of the kind of parent we want to be. Maybe it’s a mom who doesn’t yell or a mom who loves every minute of parenting. In this episode, Alyssa Blask Campbell and I explain why those ideas can be more harmful than good when it comes to helping us be a more positive parent. Both Alyssa and I have seen things like the “no yell challenge” and all the pressure it puts on parents to essentially “be perfect” even if it is for a short time. Alyssa brings in research and I add pe...
70: Why Sensory Preferences Seem So Random and How to Support Them
February 05, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 17.8 MBWhat works one day with your kid might not work the next. They tend to do things that seem so unpredictable sometimes. I get it, and it’s very common for sensory kids. In this episode I help take the “random” out of these reactions by helping you see; *Why kids might enjoy a sensory activity one day and the next day refuse it. *Why a child might be noisy but yet can’t stand noise. *Why what bothers them one day might not bother them the next day. *How you can support them ...
69: Three Reasons a Sensory Diet Won't Work and What Will
January 30, 2020 00:00 - 19 minutes - 19.6 MBAfter watching a Facebook ad claiming there’s “one thing all sensory parents should have.” The ad stated that it could help avoid and minimize meltdowns. I honestly wanted to scream! While sensory gadgets, tools, toys, and diets have their place and can be so much fun, relying on them to help regulate our kids is a misleading idea for so many reasons. Here in this episode, you’ll learn; *Three reasons sensory gadgets don’t work. *Why I don’t have any sensory gadgets and don’...
68: Explaining Sensory to Your Family. How and Why it's Important
January 22, 2020 12:00 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MB"What do I tell my kid about his sensory preferences and why he has to go to therapy?" This question has come into my DM's in different forms, so many times, so today I wanted to share with you a simple way to explain sensory to the whole family, and help you see why it’s important. In this episode you'll learn: How to get others on board with sensory How to help your child understand sensory Why it's a good thing for everyone to understand sensory And so much more...
67: What To Do During a Meltdown
January 15, 2020 12:00 - 17 minutes - 18 MBHow do I know if it’s behavior? How do I know if it’s sensory? What do I do when it’s sensory? How can I calm my kid during a meltdown? Those are some of the most common questions parents ask when they have a sensory kid, because, what works for typical kids will NOT work for our sensory kids. But that doesn’t mean we have to give up. There are definitely ways we can help our kids to learn how to NOT react to intense, how to express their emotions with words, and how to deal wit...
66: Why Does My Child Seem So Naughty? Answers to FAQ
January 08, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutes - 21.5 MBRecently I’ve been getting a lot of questions in my DM’s about sensory kids. Parents want to know why their kid seems to do things they “know” they shouldn’t do. Why their kid is so intense, and why it feels so much harder to parent them than other kids. The answers to these questions all make sense when we take a peek through a sensory lens and shine a light on what’s happening in their brains, and get a sense of what it might feel like to be in their shoes. This episode does ...
65: Parenting a Differently Wired Child with Debbie Reber
January 01, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 27.9 MBAuthor, speaker, and mom, Debbie Reber knows what it’s like to have a kid who has the biggest meltdowns, receive regular calls from the school about her kids “behavior” and all the things most of us know so well, too. In this episode, Debbie shares the shift she created that started decreasing the frustration, the anxiety, and the tears she and her son both felt with all of those struggles. Debbie has coined the term “differently wired” to explain that kids with or without a di...
64: Is It Sensory or Bad Behavior?
December 25, 2019 12:00 - 18 minutes - 31.1 MBIf there’s one question I get asked over and over again, it’s this “how do I know if my kid is just being bad or if it’s sensory?” There are hundreds of articles on the internet about the difference between a meltdown and a tantrum, the difference between sensory and behavior, and quite frankly, I think all of those articles miss an important point, which I uncover today. Here I’m going to share that with you and clear up any confusion around behavior by simplifying everything else you'v...
63: Executive Function, What Is It and How to Help Your Child With It with Seth Perler
December 18, 2019 12:00 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MBIn this episode today you’ll learn all about executive functioning, which sounds like a fancy term, but it if you have a child who struggles with homework, grades, resistance, overwhelm, motivation, procrastination, underachievement, organization, focus, study skills and time management, executive function could be at the core of what they are missing. Seth Perler, executive function coach talks about how executive function is the root of so many problems that can look like “laziness,...
62: How to Deal With (and Avoid) Defiance with Heather Maguire
December 11, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes - 35.8 MBKnowing how to handle things when our kids don’t “comply” can be really tough. Dr. Heather Maguire, a behavior analyst, brings in the science and the reality to help us all know how to handle defiance a little better. To help us all figure out ways to respond without yelling or taking away privileges for a year, Heather shared two super simple ways to address defiance in the moment and 5 ways to prevent it before it even happens. As parents, when we can be proactive and support ...
61: Parenting with Joyful Courage with Casey O'Roarty
December 04, 2019 12:00 - 41 minutes - 34.5 MBThe journey of parenting is not easy and looks different for everyone. Knowing how to find joy and courage in the journey is something that Casey O’Roarty, author and podcaster, talks about openly in the most realistic and relatable way I’ve heard. In this episode, you’ll learn tools about navigating motherhood with joyful courage, AND it is absolutely not sugar-coated. As we both talk about struggles we are both navigating at the moment, we hope you’ll feel understood and not alone. O...