You don’t need me to tell you that parenting can be complex. We know that we have influence, but how do we know what really matters, and how to parent the right way? Yuko Munakata, a faculty member with the UCDavis Center for Mind and Brain, walks us through the science of parenting, and why most advice is wrong—which might actually allow us to breathe a sigh of relief.
Read MoreWe tend to make all kinds of resolutions for the new year, and sometimes we’re overwhelmed by the number of possible changes we could make. With limited time, energy, and resources, how do we decide what’s worth it? Best-selling author Sarah Knight walks us through how to dissect the essential and non-essential elements of life. Basically, getting rid of the nonsense, and bringing more joy into your life.
Read MoreAs we rev our engines this week, stepping into a new year with anticipation and fresh goals, I want to bring you a reminder that it’s okay to PAUSE and to give yourself grace in the days and weeks ahead. Today I get to interview the two founders of Pause Meditation, who will talk about ways to incorporate mindful pauses into your day, what the Window of Tolerance is, and why grace is so important.
Read MoreToday is an exciting day for PG-ish—our first real interview episode! I’m chatting with Amanda and Rachel from Grace in the Race, a dynamic duo helping parents put systems and strategies in place to make grace the default feeling at home, rather than chaos and stress.
Read MoreDo you have a hard time catching your breath between Thanksgiving and Christmas? What if you got to choose how stressful or enjoyable this year’s holiday season would be? Brian Mackenzie, a human performance specialist, shares that the journey we’re all on provides many opportunities to create habits to keep us either in a stressed state or a relaxed state—we get to choose which path we take.
Read MoreBeing a vehicle of change doesn’t need to be a grandiose effort. This Thanksgiving, so many people are struggling—not just financially, but emotionally as well. Today Tony Robbins reminds us that even when we feel overwhelmed by the need around us, we just need to take small steps toward kindness.
Read MoreToday’s episode with Mel Robbins is all about you. How are you really doing? Right now, you might be just getting by, content with survival. But who wants a life of mediocrity? We don’t have to just be fine. We can be fantastic.
Read MoreI love the no-nonsense approach to parenting that Mel Robbins gives. Our job as parents is not to mold our kids into small versions of ourselves, but rather to teach them to be individuals who understand how to use their voice, values, and heart to interact with the world around them.
Read MoreWhatever you’re feeling today, this episode is sure to help—without the nasty side effects of medication. Max Strom, who has taught on the healing power of the breath for over twenty years, explores why anxiety is on the rise and why much of what we’re feeling this year is grief over the lives and routines we had. Through learning how to breathe, you can deal with very real emotions and create a healthy and safe space for your family to interact and grow together.
Read MoreWhen we’re faced with ongoing challenges, it’s easy to fall into a cycle of apathy and anger—especially when we don’t have an outlet for our emotions. As parents, we get tired of holding everything together, and we can end up taking it out on our kids. Psychologist and author Harriet Lerner gives us a brief, lighthearted snapshot of what can happen in relationships when there are communication breakdowns, negative tones, and assumptions strewn about.
Read MoreLife as a parent is a constant struggle for enough time. We need more time for work, more time for family, more time for ourselves - the elusive balance between work and family seems to be doomed. Today, Brigid Schulte, award-winning writer, sheds some wisdom on our struggle: We’ll simply never have enough time. But once we accept the fact that we’ll never be able to do everything we think we need to, we can restructure the time we actually have in order to be less stressed, more productive, and ultimately, happier.
Read MoreYou know those days when you just feel off, and it permeates into everything you do and touch? Psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how we experience the world through “affect-colored glasses” - rather, what we feel (our “affect”) actually changes what we experience and how we respond to the world around us. The question is, how do we use our “affect” to our advantage, rather than let it take over in the heat of the moment?
Read MoreWhat kind of tone do you create in your home? How do you want your kids to feel on a daily basis?
Matthew Luhn, successful author and storyteller for 25 years, shares how Disney has found its success by understanding what people want to feel, and creating that feeling as an experience for them. What if we, as parents, could pinpoint the lifelong feeling we want to leave our kids with, and use that as our “north star” to inform the daily practices and conversations we have at home?
Read MoreWhile today’s clip is from a talk given one month after the 2016 election, Celeste Headlee, an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, drops truth bombs that are possibly even more relevant today as we lean into the final stretch before the current election. I’m not usually one to talk politics here, but I also want to encourage us to lean into the hard conversations that lead to understanding--and this talk is worth listening to again and again.
Read MoreAs I gave my introduction during the Pandemic Parenting Survival Summit over the weekend, I realized that I’ve never truly given that introduction to you, my listeners. So today, I’d like to take you back 5 years to the start of a journey that has led me to where I am today. And as you keep figuring out life one day at a time, just remember that we’re all in this together.
Read MoreToo often we allow the outside world to dictate what we think is real or possible; when actually we have much more power to control our circumstances simply by how we allow ourselves to process emotions. Your internal compass - your beliefs, values, thoughts, habits, and daily narratives - has a huge effect on your health, well-being, and ability to adapt to the not-so-sweet moments in life. Today Susan David discusses how ultimately, your internal state will color your external world, for good or bad.
Read MoreDoes it feel like Groundhog Day?
Everyday seems the same, and we start to wonder if our daily efforts are pointless. But making real change in the type of person we want to be, and especially the type of people we want our kids to be, takes time and daily doses of intentionality.
In today’s clip, James Clear explains how every action that you take is actually a vote for the type of person that you want to become. One vote, or action, at a time creates the path forward for who we are becoming.
You can find the full clip here, and for more info about James Clear, visit his website.
You can check out his amazing book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones.
Read MoreWe’re so used to thinking that in order to be a better parent, we need to work harder, to be everything, to do it all and do it well - probably while holding our fifth cup of coffee for the day. But sleep scientist Matt Walker tells a different story. Could it be that we need to rethink our priorities as we chase our big goals and dreams?
Read MoreLet’s talk about empathy.
I feel like I used to be more empathetic, before life got so busy and complicated. And today’s children, growing up in the age of selfies and immediate gratification, are showing a rapid decrease in levels of empathy.
But why is empathy so important for our future, and how do we nurture it in our kids? Listen to today’s clip with educational psychologist Michele Borba to better understand empathy and the three best ideas to cultivate it in ourselves and in our homes.
Read MoreDo you allow yourself to pursue your passions? Do you leave room in your life for creativity?
Sadly, as adults, the answer is often no.
You can learn a lot from watching your kiddos, as they have no agenda, no habits to prevent them from daring to dream, and no limits to their imagination.
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