Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens
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Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens
Welcome to the Joyful Courage Podcast - a place where parents of tweens and teens come to find inspiration, information and encouragement in the messy terrain of adolescence This season of parenting is no joke - and while the details of what we are all moving through might be slightly different, we...
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Eps 669: Margot Bisnow on Raising Entrepreneurs
This week I'm sharing a conversation I had with Margot Bisnow, who interviewed more than 70 families raising wildly self-driven kids. She went looking...
Eps 668: Your 2026 Back To School Reset
I'm back from a couple weeks off and I'm fired up about the intentional ecosystem, the model I've been carrying around all summer. It's four layers, a...
Eps 667: Trish Gower on Regulated Leadership
Even if you don't run a business, you're running something. In this conversation with business coach Trish Gower, we talk about what happens when your...
Eps 666: Robynn Powers - Food Without Rules
Our kids are watching how we talk about our bodies, and they're deciding what that means about theirs. In this episode I sit down with health and well...
Eps 665: Marriage and the teen years with Shilo Minor
Parenting teens has a way of surfacing everything we've been avoiding in our marriage. This week I'm talking with Shilo Minor about what happens when...
Eps 644: Parenting and launching your teen
In this solo episode, I answer a question from a mom whose oldest is heading off to college across the country. How do you show up for your kid in the...
Eps 663: Moving through crisis without losing yourself
This week I'm getting honest about being in my own season of crisis and what it's teaching me about the fawn response, that fourth survival instinct a...
Eps 662: PART TWO of Teen Cannabin Use with Susan Notis
In part two of my conversation with parent coach Susan Notis, we move past the information about teen cannabis use and into what you can actually do a...
Eps 661: Diane Sorensen on Lifelong Motherhood
I loved this convo! My guest, Diane Sorenson shares what shifts when you stop performing motherhood and start treating it as a lifelong relationship....
Eps 660: Lori Petro on Obedience Culture
What if the way we treat our babies and teenagers could actually predict whether they grow up peaceful or violent? In this episode, I welcome back Lor...
Eps 659: Free-Range Teens with Lenore Skenazy
What if our teens are far more capable than our anxious culture lets us believe? (spoiler: they are) In this episode, I sit down with Lenore Skenazy...
Eps 658: Lisa Woodruff helps us tame home chaos
We don't parent in a vacuum, my friend. Midlife and the teen years pile on the paperwork, the appointments, the mental load—and so many of us are drow...
Eps 657: Attia Qureshi and negotiating with teens
Negotiation isn't a boardroom skill—it's a parenting skill, and every hard conversation with our teens is a training ground. In this episode, I talk w...
Eps 656: What if your teen is having a problem, not being one?
If your teen's disrespect, eye rolls, and slammed doors have you feeling stuck, this solo episode is for you. I'm unpacking a game-changing reframe: y...
Ep 655: "Who is this kid?!" The transition of adolescence
In this solo episode, I'm diving into the messy, beautiful work of parenting through transitions. Whether you're watching your kiddo move from element...
Eps 654: Don Campbell on Raising Sons
Raising a teenage boy today means navigating contradictory messages about who he's supposed to be — strong but soft, expressive but not too much. In t...
Eps 653: Exploring teen cannabis use with Susan Notis
If you've ever stood in your kitchen wondering if your teen's weed use is "just a phase," this episode is for you. I'm joined by parent coach Susan No...
Eps 652: Soft Teens or Snowflake Parenting?
In this solo episode, I take you into my comments section, where a listener called my parenting content "snowflake." I use it as a doorway into what P...
Eps 651: Rebuilding trust with our teens
In this solo episode, I dig into what so many parents of teens wrestle with: rebuilding trust after your kid has hurt or scared you. I explore why hyp...
Eps 650: Teen Sleep Help with Dr. Melisa Moore
Teen sleep struggles are real — and they're not about laziness or bad parenting. In this episode, I sit down with clinical psychologist and sleep medi...
Eps 649: Teen Coaching with Anna Kashner
If you've ever watched your teen spiral into negative thinking and felt completely helpless — or worse, realized your response made it worse — this ep...
Eps 648: Parenting with Humility and Breaking Cycles with Wendy Snyder
In this episode, I'm sitting down with the incredible Wendy Snyder of Fresh Start Family — and this conversation is good. We're talking about breaking...
Eps 647: Returning to our soul care
If you've been feeling off lately (like me) — scattered, insecure, or like you've lost your footing — this episode is for you. In this solo show, I'm...
Eps 646: Getting real about "good kids" with Maggie Nick
If you've ever wondered why your "good kid" seems fine on the outside but distant, perfectionistic, or quietly falling apart — this episode is for you...
Eps 645: Parenting from Trust with Debbie Simmons
Are you parenting from trust—or survival? In this episode I sit down with Debbie Simmons, mom of thirteen and leadership strategist, to explore the hi...
Eps 644: Teen Triggers & Healing with Layne Burkette
If you've ever promised yourself you'd respond differently to your teen—and then found yourself right back in the same reactive loop—this episode is f...
Eps 643: Fearless Finance with Lori Atwood
Money talk on a parenting podcast? Yes — because financial stress shows up in our relationships with our teens whether we acknowledge it or not. In th...
Eps 642: Skip the Punishment, Focus on Solutions
In this episode, I'm unpacking the unintended results of punishment, and why it isn't helpful with teenagers — and what actually is. We dig into the...
Eps 641: Well being is an inside job
I'm diving deep into what happens when we release others—including our teens—to their own journeys. As parents, we hang on so tight, resisting what sc...
Eps 640: Relationship Reset with your Teen
Feeling like you're living with a wildfire instead of just putting out fires with your teen? In this solo episode, I explore why traditional disciplin...
Eps 639: Politics and Parenting with Alyson Schafer
In this powerful conversation, I sit down with psychotherapist and Positive Discipline expert Alyson Schafer to explore how we can support our teens t...
Eps 638: School-Based Mental Health Solutions with Kevin Dahill-Fuchel
I recently sat down with Kevin Dahill-Fuchel to explore what's really happening with teens' mental health today and why traditional models aren't enou...
Eps 637: Dr. Jared Horvath-EdTech Harms Learning
I sat down with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, a neuroscientist who's worked with over 1,000 schools globally, and what he shared about educational technol...
Eps 636: Create, Don't Correct in 2026
I'm starting 2026 at the heart of everything I teach: the shift from problem-focused to possibility-focused parenting. This solo episode dives deep in...
Eps 635: Winter break with teens
In this solo episode, I'm getting real about navigating the holiday break with your teen. I'll walk you through the both/and of this season—how to hol...
Eps 634: Revisiting Holiday Presence and Connection with Dr. Shefali and Julietta Skoog
In this powerful replay from last year, I team up with my business partner Julietta Skoog and the incredible Dr. Shefali to reframe everything you thi...
Eps 633: Revisiting Control vs Influence While Parenting Teens
During this week's solo show, I am digging back into one of the biggest parenting struggles: the illusion of control. As a parent educator with nearly...
Eps 632: Therapy may not be the answer for discouraged teens with Nicole Runyon
In this episode, I sit down with Nicole Runyon, a child psychotherapist with 22 years of experience and author of "Free to Fly." We tackle some uncomf...
Eps 631: Revisiting three things that are real in the right here right now
In this solo show replay, I'm reflecting on what life teaches us through the messiness of parenting teens, navigating marriage, and building a busines...
Eps 630: Help for the self destructive teen with Katie May
In this week's interview episode, I sit down with licensed therapist Katie May to discuss one of parenthood's hardest challenges: supporting teens thr...