Understanding Our Kids Means Listening More & Talking Less with Vanessa Baker
What's The Lesson
English - October 13, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 65.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Kids & Family Parenting personalgrowth mentorship parenting personaldevelopment relationships Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In This Episode, We Chat About:
How to be the safety your teens need, and the power of considering what your kids are trying to communicate to you!
Ways to give yourself grace, and work on your own growth and healing so you can be the parent you want to be.
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Show Notes:
Get ready to take a hard look at yourself as a parent with soft eyes! There is so much power in that statement from today’s guest,Vanessa Baker! Vanessa helps us take a good look at ourselves as parents and WHO we are being as we’re doing our best to show up for our kids. Are you truly listening to your kids and their experience being in a relationship with you the same way you would your spouse or best friend? We chat about what can happen in your relationships when you fully listen to your kids and consider what they have to say, and why one of the best things you can do as a parent is work on your own healing and personal growth! Again, a hard look with soft eyes! The fact that you’re listening to this episode says so much about the parent you are! Tune in to hear all the goodness Vanessa shares with us, and tag us on Instagram with your biggest takeaway!
03:00 Meet Vanessa Baker!
07:50 Taking a hard look at ourselves as parents with SOFT eyes!
12:00 Vanessa’s thoughts on navigating raising 5 teenagers, divorce, and coming out when she was 38.
16:15 Why was Not My Kid created?
19:00 Are you being a safe space for your child?
24:15 What breakthroughs have come from having honest conversations with parents?
27:20 What if you actually took into consideration the things our kids say about us?
32:30 Caring more about the outcome than the optics as parents.
35:15 How can we start working on ourselves and healing so we can be better parents?
39:20 Why you need to give yourself grace and stop the comparison!