It's Called Parenting, Not Childing: Raising Emotionally Healthy Children.

Jennifer Abbatiello is the founder of Your Transformed Family and a Certified Parent Coach. She is a mom, wife, cancer survivor, recovering perfectionist, and dominant parent. She is dedicated to helping parents feel calm, confident, and connected to their kids. Her methods come from real-life, hands on experience and today she shares this wisdom with the FIGGI community. 

Episode Key Moments:

[00:20] Introduction

[02:50] Extra stressors in modern parenting and the overwhelming how-to advice that adds to the pressure.

[03:47] The anxiety and stressors placed on our children and how this affects their emotional wellbeing.

[05:28] Why Jenn chose this path and what was her breaking point that led her on this path of coaching parents.

[11:43] Parenting within our unique situations like mental illnesses and high-stress jobs.

[17:35] Should we be honest with our kids about how we are feeling?

[19:52] How to discipline our kids without making them anxious about what they did wrong.

[25:28] How to see discipline through when you're ready to give up.

[26:37] How to raise healthily balanced children when we can't always lead by example.

[31:00] Get in touch with Jenn.

Guest Details:

Jennifer Abbatiello: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Book A Call with Jenn

Jeanne Retief: FIGGI Beauty Shop | My FIGGI Life Podcast | My FIGGI Life Blog | Instagram | Facebook

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