Peace and Parenting: How to Parent without Punishments

Getting out of the house with kids can sometimes take longer than the actual activity you're getting out for, am I right?  Transitions used to be a huge struggle for both of us but once we started ad…

Fear can be resolved by using empathy and play.  We give you our best thinking and ways to cultivate connection while we have this extra time with our families.  If you're yearning for a sense of com…

As members of the family, we expect our kids to do chores and help out around the house; sometimes we even pay them for the jobs.  And once they earn their money, we expect them to manage it responsi…

Casey is back to check in after our first conversation.  We talk about the car seat experiment, special time, the daily struggles that continued and much more. Here is a link to Michelle’s connection…

Have you ever been so dedicated to doing something, working all the angles, putting in all the time and effort and there are still days when it just doesn't work? You know about connection, you use i…

Electronics, electronics, electronics (Jan Brady voice)! Roblox, Snapchat, Minecraft, Thomas the Train and whatever else these techies are throwing our way! Even Sesame Street can be addicting. How c…

Ever elusive sleep! It’s like a unicorn we chase, endlessly when our children are young. Nobody wants to sleep except mom and dad! It becomes stressful and difficult making bedtime often unmanageable…

We're tackling social media and all it can bring to us as parents but also individuals, good and bad.  We released a special episode on parenting and enneagram numbers on our Patreon, join today to a…

Backtalk can feel like the ultimate sign of disrespect but is it?  Or is it indicative of something bigger going on inside our children?  We dive in to why it can be so triggering and ways to manage.…

In order to change our children's behavior, we have to first change our own.  It is difficult, frustrating, counterintuitive and takes a lot of inner work and self awareness.  We're talking through t…

Meltdown city here we come!  Talking all kinds of tantrums and how we manage to stay calm and connected to our children as they release their "icky" feelings.  Tantrums can be so healing for our litt…

We’re discussing miscarriage stories with Dr. Jessica Zucker; she is a psychologist specializing in women’s reproductive and maternal mental health. We go in depth into our experiences in hopes to op…

Starting 2020 off talking all about triggers and how to work through them.  Listen in as we discuss where they come from and why parenting can bring up the worst of them.  Don't forget to rate, revie…

We wanted to release a quick episode on sharing right before the holidays to guide when/if sticky situations come up. We're discussing why we don't force sharing on our kids and what we do instead. D…

With the holidays approaching, our kids will need us and connection more than ever. What better way to help give it to them than to teach extended family to help out with special times throughout the…

Ready for 2020? We're talking all the ways we'll be working on ourselves and our own healing so we can come to parenting more peacefully. Listen and then join us in the discussion on our Facebook com…

Leaving our kids in the care of others can be hard on both them and us. We've put together ways we have worked through different situations in attempt to say goodbye peacefully. Hand in Hand Parentin…

We're talking about our difficulties as we transitioned from one child to two, the mistakes we made which fueled both sibling rivalry and shame. Listen as we help other parents acknowledge the hardsh…

We're talking marital conflict, separation and divorce with our first guest, the wonderful, Homa Alamdari. If you've ever struggled in this area, please listen in as we explore how much harder coming…

"Go say sorry," "tell your brother you're sorry for taking his toy," "apologize for hitting your friend," how often are you using these common statements? In this episode, we're discussing why we don…