Parenting Forward
150 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 155 ratingsCindy Wang Brandt helps parents heal from religious trauma, break toxic cycles, and raise children with healthy spirituality and conscious citizenship. She is an author, speakers, conference host committed to helping parents raise kids for a better world. The Parenting Forward podcast features interviews with thought leaders from progressive faith and non-faith spaces, resources to create better practices in parenting and life with children. We believe parenting is revolutionary, that if we change the way we parent, we can change the world. Join us!
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099: Cultivating Sacred Moments with Kids w/ Traci Smith
November 02, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutes - 36.5 MBThe way I think is very big picture. I am an abstract thinker who’s great with ideas, but not so much with concrete practices. Because of this, I try to bring guests onto the show who will compensate for this weakness of mine. While I give you big frameworks and better narratives within which to nurture your kids’ spirituality, I rely on other people’s content and resources when it comes down to what to actually do or say. One of these people is Traci Smith. Traci provides actionable ritu...
098: Elections and Political Engagement with Kids w/ John Shallman
October 26, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 43.9 MBThose of you who listen to this podcast are people who are very active and engaged in the political process. I tend to be a political junkie myself. However, the 2016 election devastated me and I wasn’t interested in dragging my mental health through that ordeal again. So I haven’t been as engaged this time around. That being said, I’m still a firm believer in being engaged in responsible citizenship and I know that journey begins at home. That sense of empowerment for the political proces...
097: Don’t Simplify Theology for Kids w/ Katey Hage
October 19, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 50.5 MBResistance is spiritual. However, what’s spiritual is spiritual too. That’s why I brought on someone whose career vocation it is to invest in the spirituality of children. Katey Hage is the children’s pastor of Quest Church, a diverse church in Seattle founded by my friend Eugene Cho. Katey and I have vocational passions that intersect. Having grown up in a predominately white Christian church environment, when she first experienced God in diverse communities, something shifted inside of ...
096: Activist, You! with Lindz Amer
October 12, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 39.6 MBIt’s never too early to talk to kids about equality. From an early age, we should give them the tools and language to see themselves and interact with the actual realities of the people they will encounter in their lives. This is incredibly important work and something that Lindz Amer does so well. Lindz Amer is the creator of Queer Kid Stuff. They create media for all kids with queer representation. There is abundant queer representation and resources for teens, but it’s very scarce for...
095: Keeping Families Together w/ Heather Askew
October 05, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 29.3 MBA few episodes ago, I hosted a show with Cam Lee, a transracial adoptee and mental health professional. We talked about issues surrounding transracial adoption, white saviorism, and the movement to adopt from orphanages internationally. Heather Askew, one of my listeners, reached out to me and she works with NGOs that are trying to make the shift from orphanages to family based-care. I don't know very much about this. But I feel like for those of us who advocate for the well-being of childre...
094: Children Making Theological Meaning w/ David Csinos
September 28, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 40.5 MBIt’s a great moment when we find kindred spirits whose views align closely with our own. It’s just an amazing feeling to know we’re not alone in pushing an idea forward and so wonderful to collaborate with like-minded individuals. When I was writing my book, Parenting Forward, I did a lot of research that led me to many like-minded individuals such as these. One of these people was David Csinos. David curated a collection of essays on the topic of progressive theology that was a huge part ...
093: Decolonizing Parenting w/ Jo Luehmann
September 21, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 39.8 MBIn past episodes, I’ve used the term faith deconstruction a lot. Some of you might be sick of hearing it, while others of you might be confused. To get us all on the same page, faith deconstruction implies that we’re tearing down some of the structures of faith we used to have. I really prefer the term faith-shifting because the process isn’t a destructive force, but rather a life-giving path that helps us find our way towards truer versions of ourselves. For our Parenting Forward communit...
092: V is for Voting w/ Kate Farrell
September 14, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 26.6 MBKids are affected just as much as adults are by the government and the decisions that are being made by our leaders. However, they aren’t given a say in choosing who those leaders will be. They’re going to inherit the world that we are making, so the government needs to represent them, as well. They need to have a voice. Today’s guest believes in empowering children in this way, as well. She is the author of the brand new children’s book, V is for Voting. This ABC book introduces progressi...
091: We Bare Bears: The Movie w/ Daniel Chong
September 04, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 28.5 MBI am amazed at how our kids are so much more woke than we were at their age or even than we are now. They take things like demanding equality for granted. This is because of children’s media and stories that aren’t afraid to show them the world as it is. One media influencer who does this brilliantly is Daniel Chong. Daniel Chong is the creator of We Bare Bears, a popular Cartoon Network television series. He is releasing a new TV movie on Monday, Sept. 7 at 6pmET/PT, We Bare Bears: The Mo...
090: Parenting After Purity Culture Tweet Thread
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 25.7 MBRecently, I posted a Twitter thread about recovering from purity culture. I wasn’t specifically addressing the parenting audience, but it easily applies and is very important to the parenting conversation. Just like how the sex talk should not be a one-time conversation with our kids, recovery requires ongoing conversations. So, I wanted to expand upon my Twitter thread here on the podcast. There are so many prerequisites for recovery before a good, healthy sex talk can happen. These are t...
089: Transracial Adoption Mental Health w/Cam Lee
August 24, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutes - 37.1 MBTransracial adoption is a complicated problem with no simple solution. I’m not a parent of transracial adoption, nor am I a transracial adoptee myself, but I am learning alongside all of you how to be more kind to all those who are or have been involved in it. There is a cultural narrative surrounding transracial adoptions that is ill-conceived and often downright harmful. We need professional help and advice in learning how to navigate this issue. I brought on Cam Lee to begin a conversat...
088: Mother of 3 Runs for Office w/ Elizabeth Madeira
August 17, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 34.8 MBAwhile back, I read this book, Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein and it explains why the state of political discourse is so polarized and the answer is actually not the absence of social media. It says that in America, the political system incentivizes polarization, leading to the way that it is today. My guest today decided to not just get involved in calling representatives but go all the way and run for office. Elizabeth Madeira is a Belmont graduate, teacher, mom of three, and Democra...
087: 9 Year Old CEO of Peyticakes w/ Peyton Brown & Windy Augustine
August 10, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 29.3 MBAt Parenting Forward we believe that every child can make a difference no matter the age and because of this narrative, I'm always on the lookout for kids in the world who are creating change. Peyton Brown and her mother, Windy Augustine, join me on today’s episode. Peyton is the CEO of the company Peyticakes which creates beautiful, bold, empowering t-shirts with messages such as “I Am Change” and “I Am Worthy” targeted at girls. Peyton is a young girl with big dreams and she is determin...
086: Parenting after Losing RHE w/ Dan Evans
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 35.5 MBSo many of us grieved the loss of Rachel Held Evans. She was the best-selling author of several books and a hugely influential figure shaping a generation of discourse around faith. When she died in 2019 at the age of 37, we each had to cope with that grief in our own personal way. One thing that brings me comfort is knowing that Rachel was loved by a man as good as Dan Evans. Losing your wife and the mother of your children is hard enough, but there is another layer in that Dan’s wife wa...
085: Holy Troublemaking & Raising Strong-Willed Children with Daneen Akers
July 27, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 32.9 MBLove and justice will only arise when we unite with those who are different from us. People with diverse backgrounds, faiths, and even beliefs have the power to come together and create something beautiful. However, if we surround ourselves only with those who are identical to us, we will never reach the same heights. Daneen Akers is a visionary who understands this well. She invited me to be a part of a project that has become one of the things I feel most honored. For this project, she w...
084: Black Boys, Black Hair, Black Anger w/ Michael Waters
July 20, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 45.6 MBMany of us feel intimidated to talk to our kids about racism. It’s so much more than someone not liking someone else because of the color of their skin and that can get confusing. However, we don’t need to make it this hard. We just need to provide them with an awareness of the world and how it operates as they grow. In this episode, Michael Waters helps us understand how to do that. He is an award-winning author, activist, professor, and speaker. He has published a couple of books on race...
083: Parenting Teens, the Mental Load, & Passing on Faith w/ Kristen Howerton
July 13, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes - 30.8 MBBy and large, evangelical culture defines Christianity by what we don’t do. This gets passed on to our kids until they begin to define themselves not by what they love, but by what they abstain from. In reality, it’s a beautiful thing when we raise our kids by teaching them what we do; what we love and fight for. Kristen Howerton is a blogger, podcaster, and author who is on a mission to do just that. In her new book, Rage Against the Minivan, she tells her personal parenting story and he...
082: Kids & Aunties Sew Masks with Kristina Wong
July 06, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 31.1 MBMasks have become a polarizing political symbol in our society this year. Opinions on them have changed and developed throughout the entirety of COVID-19, but they are still quite divisive. Depending on our backgrounds, experiences, and personal perspectives, we all view this tiny piece of cloth in a different way. That is why I wanted to have a conversation today with my friend and repeat guest, Kristina Wong. Kristina is the creator of Radical Cram School, a social justice school on You...
081: The Science of Parenting with Amy and Jeff Olrick
June 29, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 40.1 MBIt’s easy to forget that our kids are people too. They have just as much humanity as we do and yet we place so many limits on them. We have to understand that kids experience the same amount of stress we experience. They just lack the brain development to express it in a way we can understand. In today’s episode, we discuss all of this and more. Jeff and Amy Olrick are the parents of three boys as well as human rights activists. Jeff is a child psychologist who has a passion for helping pa...
080: Raising Antiracist Kids with Rebekah Gienapp
June 22, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 49 MBToday, I brought my friend Rebekah Gienapp on to talk about raising antiracist kids. A lot of you have been asking questions about how to talk to your kids about everything that has been going on and we wanted to answer them for you. Rebekah is a former community organizer from Memphis, Tennessee who wrote the guide Raising Antiracist Kids: An Age by Age Guide for Parents of White Children. She has so much wisdom to share on nurturing brave kids with a love for justice and in this episode, w...
079: Stories from THE Rebel Girl w/ Francesca Cavallo
June 15, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutes - 36.6 MBIt’s so important that we put real-world events into accessible language for our children so they can form their own opinions on them. Too much of mainstream media either hides hard topics from kids altogether or translates them so thoroughly that they are no longer based on facts. Francesca Cavallo is a children’s author who is on a mission to transform this part of our culture. Francesca is the author of 7 children's books and co-creator of the compilation of 100 tales of extraordinary w...
078: The ABC’s of Diversity w/ Carolyn Helsel & Joy Harris-Smith
June 08, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 38.6 MBToday, I'd like to introduce you to the authors of the upcoming book, The ABC's of Diversity: Helping Kids (And Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences. Joining me to share some of the ABC's are Carolyn Helsel and Joy Harris-Smith. As I was reading their book, I was struck by how compassionately Carolyn and Joy set the table to speak for these hard conversations. Their goal is to walk parents and kids through the learning process of living fully in the diversity of who we are as families and ...
077: Growing Sustainable Together with Shannon Brescher Shea
June 01, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 33.2 MBShannon Brescher Shea is a mom who writes about parenting, social justice, and sustainability. This week she joins me on the podcast to talk about her new book, Growing Sustainable Together, and how we can guide our children to cultivate kindness, our bodies, our minds, and Earth together as a family. I hope that as we work to move through the current global pandemic, we will take the giant wake up call from Mother Earth and move into a more sustainable way of living. Show Highlights:...
076: Parenting After Purity Culture with Erica Smith
May 25, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes - 38.1 MBToday we're talking about how to raise children with healthy sexuality. I've hosted a couple of episodes in the past about sex and parenting. I've also done an episode on breaking free from purity culture. In this episode, we're going to combine those two topics and discuss parenting after purity culture. Joining me to explore this topic is expert, Erica Smith. Erica is an award-winning sexuality educator. She has been providing sex education, HIV prevention, and support services to young wo...
075: Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt
May 18, 2020 08:00 - 17 minutes - 20.5 MBToday, I am sharing some of my own stories and reflections to hold witness to this unique moment in history - the COVID-19 crisis. I wanted to provide five pandemic parenting lessons I've learned so far. As we make our way through this crisis, I am sure there will be more lessons to uncover. I hope this episode inspires you, encourages you, and offers you support in some way. Show Highlights: The importance of giving transparent information to our kids. Some ways in which we can ra...
074: Highlights of the Parenting Forward Conference
May 11, 2020 08:00 - 32 minutes - 34.1 MBA couple of weeks ago, we wrapped up the Parenting Forward conference. Today, I’m going to air some highlights from the conference so that you can experience some of the best parts of the speakers too. It may feel hyperbolic to say the conference changed my life, but in many ways, it did. Not only were the conversations I had with the speakers so incredibly life-giving, but the experience of going live with the attendees and engaging with them more intimately reminded me powerfully of...
073: When Our Parents have a Faith Crisis with Diana Butler Bass
May 04, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 47 MBAs the world is going through major growing pains, some days, it seems impossible to extricate the pandemic from the conversation about religion and spirituality. If you are a parent going through a rocky ride when it comes to your faith, or maybe you are watching your parents maneuver a faith crisis of their own, this episode is for you. There is something unique about the way people are handling their faith crisis because of how public and loud it is. And I wonder how that impacts ...
072: This One is for the Kids with Brad Montague, Anna Skates, & Noah Glenn
April 27, 2020 08:00 - 23 minutes - 25.5 MBCalling all kids! Today's episode is just for you. Check this out: usually, I talk to your parents about how to raise you with healthy spirituality. You know how doctors, nurses, and scientists can help you to stay physically healthy (like help you when you have a sore throat or stomach ache)? Well, there's another way of staying healthy too, and that's through spiritual wellness. Helping your parents and you stay healthy, spirituality, that's my job. I've invited my friends Brad Monta...
071: How to Find Community in a Post Religious World w/ Casper ter Kuile
April 20, 2020 08:00 - 38 minutes - 39.6 MBOne of the biggest concerns I see among parents undergoing faith deconstruction is the desire or need to find a meaningful community. This week, Casper ter Kuile joins me to discuss how parents can find community in a post-religious world. Casper is the co-host of the popular podcast, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. He's also the author of The Power of Ritual. Casper serves as a consultant to individuals who are exploring and interpreting the changing landscape of community and spiritual l...
070: Parenting Decentering Whiteness - Untigering w/ Iris Chen
April 13, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 38.5 MBThroughout the series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness, my special co-host, Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand, and I have been interviewing parenting influencers of color. Parenting spaces are majority white, which is a massive distortion of the actual world in which we live. If we want to raise our children into developing meaningful relationships with those around them, we have to start listening to voices that reflect the actual life experiences of our world. Today, we are joined by Iris C...
069: Parenting Decentering Whiteness - Raising Free People w/ Akilah Richards
April 06, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 38.9 MBThis week, we continue with the series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness. We are talking about what it means to raise free people with Akilah Richards. And, returning as my co-host is Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand of Latinx Parenting. Akilah Richards is a writer, unschooling organizer, and host of the Raising Free People podcast. In this episode, she shares why she decided to embark on the unschooling journey, what it means to trust our children, and how our children deserve to always be ...
068: Parenting Decentering Whiteness - Parenting for Liberation with Trina Greene Brown
March 30, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes - 37.5 MBThis week we discuss Parenting for Liberation and the work Trina Greene Brown is doing within her organization for the Black community. As we continue the series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness, we explore what it means to be a Black parent and raising a Black child in today's world. Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand, the founder of Latinx Parenting, re-joins me as my co-host. We welcome Trina Greene Brown to the show. Trina is a mother, activist, and founder of Parenting for Liberation. Pa...
067: Parenting Decentering Whiteness - Latinx Parenting w/ Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand
March 23, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes - 38.1 MBI am excited to bring you my next series, Parenting Decentering Whiteness. This series features interviews with parenting influencers of color, people challenging authoritarian parenting paradigms while contending with whiteness. Joining me to co-host this special series is Leslie Arreola Hillenbrand, co-founder of Latinx Parenting. If you are a person of color listening to the series, I hope you'll find resonance and support as you listen in on how some of us are managing, navigating,...
066: Parenting After Religious Trauma Series Part 4 with Brian Peck & Janelle Stauffer
March 16, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 43.1 MBToday we are going to talk about healing attachment wounds and creating safe communities, as we wrap up the series on Parenting After Religious Trauma. As parents with spiritual trauma wounds, how can we participate and be a part of society without continuing to trigger ourselves? That is just one of the questions we'll answer in this episode. To help explore this topic, Brian Peck is back as my co-host. And our guest expert is Janelle Stauffer. Janelle is a licensed clinical social worke...
065: Parenting After Religious Trauma Series Part 3 with Brian Peck & Tori Williams Douglass
March 09, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 39.2 MBIn Part 3 of the series, Parenting After Religious Trauma, we debate the use of the term spirituality and discuss why language matters. We also continue our conversation on how we can engage with healthy parenting practices as parents with religious trauma. My co-host, Brian Peck, is co-founder of Religious Trauma Institute and is a licensed clinical social worker specializing in religious trauma. He brings his expertise to this series as we expound on our reflections as survivors of spiri...
064: Parenting After Religious Trauma Series Part 2 w/ Brian Peck & Tori Williams Douglass
March 02, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes - 53.6 MBToday as we continue the series Parenting After Religious Trauma, we discuss some of the common parenting struggles we may have after religious trauma. The focus for this entire series is to address the health and well-being of people who suffer from religious trauma, how to heal, and find wholeness. This series teaches parents to be healthier, break toxic cycles of religiosity, and pass on health and wholeness to their kids. It's a win-win for parents, children, and the world. Brian Peck...
063: Parenting After Religious Trauma Series Part 1 w/ Brian Peck & Laura Anderson
February 24, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 45.7 MBHow do you know if you're a parent who suffers from religious trauma? If your goal is to raise children with healthy spirituality then, first, you have to acknowledge and address your own spiritual wounds and religious trauma. It is one of the biggest challenges to cultivating healthy spirituality for our children. This is why I am excited to be launching a brand-new series. The series, Parenting After Religious Trauma, works to provide listeners with information, tools, and resources to u...
062: Parenting with Spiritual Triggers & Glimmers with Cindy Wang Brandt
February 17, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 27.5 MBToday on the show I share five spiritual triggers and glimmers that are commonly experienced in parenting, specifically when you have a history of spiritual trauma. Most of us know what triggers are—something that activates an unwelcome response. I recently learned of the term glimmers which is the opposite of triggers. A glimmer is an event that activates a welcome response—a light and airy feeling which brings joy instead of pain. And while glimmers do sound delightful, they are no more...
061: Changing the Myth of Motherhood w/ Lyz Lenz & Amy Sullivan
February 10, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBParenting and progressive faith are not monolithic in any way. There are many different paths of parenting and I am fascinated by the many ways people do it. Author Lyz Lenz and podcast host Amy Sullivan join me to share their views on changing the myth of motherhood, parenting, and progressive faith. Lyz is the author of Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women. Amy is an author and co-hosts Impolite Company, a podcast about politics and religion. Both Lyz and Amy share how ...
060: Talking Money with Your Kids
February 03, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBMark and Lisa Scandrette are the authors of the two books, Free: Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most and Belonging and Becoming: Creating a Thriving Family Culture. Through their work and writing, they help parents intentionally approach family life from a place of soulfulness and gratitude. Today we discuss how to talk about money with your kids. I’ve long wanted to do a show on parenting and money. I am so grateful to Mark and Lisa Scandrette for sharing not only their own...
059: Every Kid is a Revolutionary
January 20, 2020 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBToday I tackle some of the objections parents may have when we talk about raising kids to be revolutionaries. It all feels like a little much, we want our kids to be healthy and happy and kind, that’s enough, right? Do we really need them to be activists and revolutionaries? Aren’t our kids busy enough with school and extracurriculars? Do we really need to be sending them to protests and marches? What if my kid is shy? Shy kids can’t be revolutionaries, they’re consumed with managing their o...
058: Talking Politics with Your Kids - Pantsuit Politics
January 06, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBYou know them as Sarah and Beth from Pantsuit Politics, a podcast hosting grace filled political conversations. I have them on the show today to engage more deeply with parenting. How do we talk about politics with our kids? How can we manage family members who have polarizing political opinions? How do we keep up with the relentless news cycle and have a sane family life? We dig deep, which is my favorite way of engaging in conversation. Hope you learn as much from their wisdom as I did! ...
057: Raising Kids with Healthy Body Image
December 16, 2019 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBHonored to have Hillary McBride join Parenting Forward today to talk about raising daughters with healthy body image, cultivating critical thinking and media literacy, embodied spirituality, and how fathers can contribute to developing healthy body image for your girls. Hillary is whip smart, kind, and articulate in her area of expertise, you don’t want to miss this one! Links (affiliates included): Hillary’s website: https://hillarylmcbride.com Parenting Forward Conference Recordings...
056: How to Parent Through Climate Anxiety
December 02, 2019 12:44 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBI talk with Karenna Gore, Director of the Center for Earth Ethics from Union Theological Seminary about climate justice, spirituality, and how to parent our children through climate anxiety. She talks beautifully about how the climate justice moment is clarifying our interconnectedness and how to find authentic community in the social movement for life. Lots of recommendations for more resources, see the links below. There’s really some deep wisdom in this episode all, don’t miss it! Links...
055: The Room Nobody Wants to be in - Grief
November 18, 2019 09:00 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBTraci Loux is a mother of 7 children, one of whom died just before he turned 4 years old. She shares the story of this traumatic and tragic loss, how it impacted her family, as well as her faith. Our conversations about grief and parenting are never easy, but yet are honestly some of my favorites because it moves us into the territory of the most meaningful stuff of life. I’m grateful for Tracie for being willing to share this very private heartbreak, it is not something she owes any of us, ...
054: Child-Inclusive Intergenerational Worship
November 04, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBWorship and liturgy should be accessible to children and I’m so thankful Rebecca Stevens Walter is doing the work of creating intergenerational liturgies and educating churches to lead the world in child liberation. In this episode, you’ll hear an example of what intergenerational worship looks like. For parents, you’ll find out what Rebecca thinks is the ONE SIGN to look out for that a church is child inclusive. Links (affiliates included): FREE training to create your family bumper st...
053: 4 Year Old asks, “Is God Real?”
October 21, 2019 10:33 - 8 minutes - 8.11 MBToday on the show I answer a question by one of you, a member of the Parenting Forward community. I get questions from you all on social media, or in my inbox, and some of them are such good questions that I want to share my response with a broader audience. Today, Doubting Mom asks how to respond to a child who asks, “Is God Real?” If you have a question for me, please feel free to email [email protected] and perhaps your question will be featured and answered in a future episode. Li...
052: Trauma Proofing our Kids with Brian Peck
October 07, 2019 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBI feel like releasing this episode for free is cheapening the value that’s packed in here. One of my favorite episodes that helps PARENT FORWARD. Therapist Brian Peck explains what the difference is between abuse and trauma, how we can trauma proof our children, how to give our children language to help them learn the language of their bodies. This is a game changer and will help you cultivate resilience in your nervous system for thriving. Links (affiliates included): Room to Thrive: ht...
051: Unraptured with Zack Hunt
September 23, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBZack Hunt is the author of Unraptured: How End Times Theology Gets It Wrong, and in this episode we talk about growing up as evangelical teens in that subculture where rapture theology took the form of books like Left Behind and all the shenanigans that came from bubble. Of course, we also talk parenting, and how Zack is Parenting Forward with his girls, and we talk about what the healthiest form of teen culture can look like. I love Zack’s energy and humor, and I hope you enjoy our conversa...
050: Creating Brave Spaces with Colby Martin
September 09, 2019 13:25 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBThis show is admittedly less about parenting and more about creating community. I am wanting to expand on some of our conversations because I find that many of you struggle with finding authentic community which impacts your parenting and family life. I invited Colby, who started a progressive church in San Diego, to talk with me about what that looks like, and it is much more challenging than what meets the eye. We didn’t have a lot of answers in this episode, but as always, I think it’s wo...