The Parenting Coach Podcast

S10|20 - How to Heal (Tips from over 200 episodes)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 26 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

As the culmination of my over 200 episodes, I wanted to share the MOST potent and actionable healing tips that I have… that you can start to use right now. Join me in my LAST episode ever of The Parenting Coach Podcast, and thanks for being here. If you’re looking for more, join me in The Art of Shame-Free Living, my newest podcast venture, coming June 2nd, 2025.

In this episode:

What my new podcast is all about (find links to all platforms below!!)
How shame is beneath everything! (Changing from: “Do I have shame?” To “Where is shame hiding for me?”)
Journaling prompts, beliefs, ideas and more… to help you on your healing journey, that I’ve learned through the years.

NEW PODCAST ALERT!!

Welcome to The Art of Shame-Free Living… please take a second to listen to the trailer, and subscribe to the podcast, wherever you listen!

Spotify HERE
Apple HERE
Substack HERE
YouTube HERE

Connect with Crystal:

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|19 - Meditation to Move Through Shame

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Now that you’ve noticed that shame is underneath SO much of what we deal with daily, you might be wondering… what now? This episode is for you. I take you through a subconscious practice to move the energy of shame, and promote healing… within 15 minutes, you’ll feel much better.

In this episode:

How healing work is done through emotion work
Sitting with discomfort and listening to the messages there for us
I take us through a somatic practice to move through triggers, something you can do for you, over and over again
Healing comes through the feeling (and changes you over time)

NEW PODCAST ALERT!!

Welcome to The Art of Shame-Free Living… please take a second to listen to the trailer, and subscribe to the podcast, wherever you listen!

Spotify HERE
Apple HERE
YouTube HERE
Substack HERE

Connect with Crystal:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE
Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|18 - Encounters: Triggers as Teachers

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 12 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Learning is circular… every turn around we learn something newer or deeper… life is a series of learning the same lessons over and over again, hopefully to more depth (or with a slightly different flavour)… thus we welcome our triggers, and know that there is a gift in them. As we “encounter”, or “meet with the adversary” we can grow, learn, and change who we are… finding more congruence in our being, lives, and relationships.

In this episode:

How triggers are the only thing keeping us stuck from parenting (and being) how we want to
How to find your triggers and move through them (in a deeper way)
What healing looks like in your life (how to know you’re on the path)
Encountering our own inner adversary, and coming out a changed person

NEW PODCAST ALERT!!

Welcome to The Art of Shame-Free Living… please take a second to listen to the trailer, and subscribe to the podcast, wherever you listen!

Spotify HERE
Apple HERE
YouTube HERE
Substack HERE

Connect with Crystal:

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|17 - Beyond Wealth

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 5 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Wealth is much more than physical prosperity… it includes feelings of overflowing love, abundant time, and success that you feel on the inside, not just on the outside. The feeling of wealth is what creates more. We are the creators of wealth and can intentionally allow ourselves to receive more through our energy.

If this topic interests you, and you want to deep dive into it with me, and a small group, join the interest list HERE.

In today’s episode you’ll hear:

The block to manifestation is self-worth, and the amplifier is being in receiving energy
What “Having” energy is (and how to create more wealth with your mind, not your actions)
Creating your reality through your thoughts, including more wealth in all areas of life
Harvesting the power of impossible math
Attention vs intention: how to not smother your manifestations

Books I suggested:

The Having
As a Man Thinketh

Connect with Crystal:

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|16 - Intuitive Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Over the last 4+ years of this podcast I have spoken about connection-based parenting, what’s blocking us, and how to move through those blocks. I have noticed my perspective and beliefs change towards my kids, and about parenting, and I feel very differently than I used to. I want to share my last little (and big) insights about parenting, and where I’m at now, and why it’s precisely what the next generation needs.

In the episode today:

What attachment parenting, conscious parenting, and gentle parenting are (and what they have in common)
How my parenting has changed and morphed over the years, and what I think is missing in the parenting conversation
How intuition in us, and forming it in our kids, is the change we want to see in the next generation

Are you interested in a virtual retreat on Intuitive Parenting? If so, please email crystal@coachcrystal.ca with the words: INTUITIVE PARENTING INTEREST LIST

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Connect with Crystal:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|15 - Nourished with Dr. Deborah Macnamara

Deborah Macnamara — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Feeding our kids has much more to do with relationship and connection- than it does with actual food. Connected and supportive family meals can be super simple, but lead to deep relationships, higher literacy and better digestion.

Tune into our conversation on the podcast today, as I interview Dr. Deborah Macnamara, a Developmentalist and founder of Kid's Best Bet Counselling who makes sense of kids for the adults responsible for raising them. She "translates developmental science into practical love” according to Gabor Maté, through her work as a counselor, author, teacher, and researcher.

In this episode:

How feeding kids (and fussy eating) is so much more than just food
The best non-food food book ever written: Nourished
The surprising bits of food research that Dr Macnamara discovered as she dealt with her own picky eaters, and how it impacts relationships
The 3 ingredients you want to include in your meals (hint: none of them are food)
How to care for and connect with your kids through nourishing them

Connect with Dr Macnamara:

Facebook- Dr. Deborah MacNamara
Twitter- @debmacnamara
IG- HERE
Website: www.gathertoeat.com

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Connect with Crystal:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE
Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|14 - How to Raise Awesome Kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

You have an awesome kid!! Truly. Once you see that, and fully believe it, it’ll change everything. If we want to raise kids who are emotionally intelligent, self-trusting and resilient… one thing is clear: we can’t just show them how to distract themselves from discomfort, which is what we see so often in the world. We must teach them how to be with their discomfort, deeply… and learn and grow from it.

In today’s episode:

The first step: believing that your kid is awesome
The purpose of discomfort, and how and why we want to increase our tolerance of it (in our kids and us)
Intuition on the other side of discomfort
“Be the change you want to see”, how to embody the skills that we want to teach our kids

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Connect with Crystal:
Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE
Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE|
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|13 - The Energy of Abundance with Maren Rasmussen

Maren Rasmussen — Mon, 7 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Money has energy- and increasing our capacity to receive in one area of our life, increases all others too. If you want more wealth, more love, more connection, more fun… tapping into the energy of what you want is key. Tune into this conversation with me, and my own energy worker, Maren Rasmussen as we discuss all things energy.

Maren is the owner of Living Awake with Maren. She is a certified life coach through The Life Coach School and has been doing energy work for 15 years and loves the beautiful gift she has to see energy and help her clients shift and change. Maren has witnessed the powerful combination of life coaching and energy work.

In today’s episode:

What energy work is, and how Maren can see more than meets the eye
How Maren cultivated her gift, and how it helps her clients
What the energy of money and abundance looks like, and what we can do to receive more

Connect with Maren:
Maren@livingawake.co (email)
IG: @livingawakewithmaren

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Connect with Crystal:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE

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S10|12 - Raising Critical Thinkers with Julie Bogart

Julie Bogart — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

It takes less than a minute on social media to notice that there is a skill that is lacking in our world: critical thinking. It’s not what you might think… sitting in a stuffy classroom, reading texts, thinking about them and deciding what’s right or wrong. Critical thinking is MUCH deeper than that, and MUCH more important in our world today. If there is one skill you want to teach your teens today- this is it.

Join Julie Bogart and I on the podcast this week for a fascinating conversation on what critical thinking is, and what it is not. Julie is known for her commonsense writing, critical thinking and home education advice. Her podcast and social media are wildly popular sources of support to weary, well-intentioned parents. Julie home educated her five children who are now globe-trotting adults. Today, Julie lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

What we delve into today:

Helping support writers in your home to love writing, and learn to express themselves in powerful ways
What critical thinking is, and how it deepens self-awareness
Sitting in the discomfort of opinions that are different than yours to increase your own growth
How to foster critical thinking in your kids

Connect with Julie!
Books HERE
On IG HERE
On FB HERE
BRAVE WRITER links HERE
Podcast HERE

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Connect with Crystal:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz

HERE

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S10|11 - Mouth-Breathing, Behaviour Issues and Jaw Growth with Dr. Ben Miraglia

Ben Miraglia — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Did you know that years ago our mouths were big enough to fit wisdom teeth comfortably? And that jaw growth has decreased significantly over the last 100 years? You’ll be surprised to hear how jaw growth, mouth-breathing and behaviour in kids (including ADHD-like symptoms) are all interconnected.

Today we chat with Dr. Ben Miraglia, a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and the United States Dental Institute, who has been in private practice for over 20 years.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Miraglia serves as the Chief Dental Officer at Toothpillow, a preventative, pre-orthodontic system designed to correct and support proper jaw development, promoting nasal breathing and preventing many health problems. Toothpillow addresses the root causes of misaligned teeth, often without the need for braces or tooth extraction.

In today’s conversation:

How most children (and adults) have undersized jaws, and what you can do to grow your jaw
Why mouth-breathing makes a difference in sleep, bedwetting, behaviour and more (and what to do about it)
How braces only fix a symptom, and don’t treat the cause (and don’t often work long-term)
3 steps to start the healing process, starting at the root cause

Dr Ben’s Links:

Toothpillow Instagram HERE

Dr. Ben Miraglia's Instagram HERE

Website: https://www.toothpillow.com/

**Use the code "Parenting Coach" to receive a complimentary evaluation from a highly trained Airway Dentist and $250 off treatment when you book between March 24th-31st, 2025

If you book outside of these dates, you’ll still receive 50% off the consultation and $100 off treatment!

Make sure to mention "Parenting Coach" in the referral section when booking**

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Links to Crystal’s work, to help on your own inner journey:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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BONUS: The Art of Non-Attachment

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 08:00:00 +0000

If you would like to learn more about non-attachment, head to my website and download my feelings wheel. When you do, I'll send you a couple of emails to help you use it :)

www.coachcrystal.ca

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S10|10 - Preventing Imposter Syndrome in the Next Generation with Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin

Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Imposter syndrome is connected to our childhood, as so many things are… but there are a few truths that are important to know: You aren’t stuck with imposter syndrome, just because you deal with it now… you can change; There are specific ways of parenting that can help prevent imposter syndrome in the next generation.

Join Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin and I, as we discuss this important topic. Lisa is a licensed psychologist and executive coach. She earned her doctorate in counseling psychology from Columbia University. Her expertise on imposter syndrome is regularly sought after by the media, and she has appeared in outlets such as the Financial Times, the TODAY show, Good Morning America, Forbes, HuffPost, Refinery29, and more.

In today’s conversation you’ll hear:

What imposter syndrome is, and how it affects us (70-82% of people deal with it)
Lisa’s story of imposter syndrome and how it led her to stay in a toxic and harmful work environment (and how she got out of it).
How to prevent imposter syndrome in the next generation of kids through shame-free parenting (and tips to help you start now).

I can help you… 1:1 coaching for 12 months, deep diving into everything I talk about on the podcast each week: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle

Connect with Lisa:
Website HERE
Instagram: @smartparentingstrategies @drorbeaustin
LinkedIn: HERE

Book Links:
Your Child’s Greatness HERE
Own Your Greatness HERE

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Links to Crystal’s work, to help on your own inner journey:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|09 - Power of Belief

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Thoughts create our reality- but our beliefs shape everything. Our attachment to those thoughts, especially the ones about US and our identity matters most. As we do the work of non-attachment, recognize beliefs we hold, and shift them- we feel success on the inside and manifest it on the outside.

In today’s episode you’ll hear:

Why our beliefs matter so much, and how to tap into the subconscious ones (so much more than the regular “thought work”).
What is blocking us from the success we want (and how to shift it).
The Big Leap’s Upper Limit Problem (and it’s connection to shame work).
Doing the inner work, “success is an inside job”.

I would love to support you 1:1 over the next 12 months, deep-diving into everything I talked about today: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle

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Links to Crystal’s work, to help on your own inner journey:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|08 - How to Prep for Kids Moving Out

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 3 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

I just came back from visiting our ‘adult’ child and pondering on what has made our relationship successful and connected- and what helped with his readiness to move out. On the episode today I’ll share 3 things that are integral to a healthy parent-child relationship, and how we can prep emotionally for them moving out- in a way that benefits them.

In today’s episode:

Our story of a child moving out, and how the experience has been for all of us (you don’t have to follow the typical stories you hear about hard phases of parenting).
How to build trust in your child and their path (even in their mistakes and failures).
How to separate in a healthy way (non-attachment here, one of my fave things to discuss) which leaves room for true connection- our goal.

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Links to Crystal’s work, to help on your own inner journey:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|07 - The Way of Play with Georgie Wisen-Vincent

Georgie Wisen-Vincent — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Why is play so crucial, and what do our kids miss out when play is not prioritized? Is it important for us, as adults too? Georgie Wisen-Vincent, LMFT, RPT-S, ECMHS is a nationally recognized play therapy expert and co-author (with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson) of the new book -- THE WAY OF PLAY, and she joins me today to tackle these questions and more.

In this episode:

How to engage your kids in play, in a way that promotes connection and flow
What kids learn from play, and how we can use play to teach them important life skills like empathy, boundaries, and managing conflict
How play can be important for adults (and a healthy little rant from me about inner child healing)
What skills and development kids miss when play isn’t available to them

Links to connect with Georgie:
http://playstronginstitute.com/
https://playstronginstitute.com/the-way-of-play
IG HERE

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Links to Crystals work, to help on your inner journey:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE, The Art of Non-Attachment Workshop HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal, Burn This Book (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s Feelings Wheel here:

www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|06 - Trust Your Kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000

If I were to write a parenting book THIS would be my thesis. It’s one thing I find missing in the parenting sphere… what if we trusted our kids more? Why don’t we? What was our childhood around trusting ourselves, our body, our wisdom… and how is that playing out in our own parenting? Join me today in this workshop-style episode, where we’ll really get to the root of distrust, and learn why it’s integral for a wholesome childhood.

In today’s episode:

I announce that The Parenting Coach Podcast, after 200+ episodes and over 100,000 downloads is retiring (and why)
We dig into trust in our own childhood, and what beliefs we might still be storing in our mind that block us from trusting our kids
Trust energy is much more than actions or words, and our children FEEL it
Our role in parenting, and what we can do to foster a healthy environment for our child-plant to grow.

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The Art of Non-Attachment REPLAY HERE
Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE
Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|05 - Better Screen Time, a Slow-tech Conversation with Andrea Davis

Andrea Davis — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000

How do you balance kids’ natural curiosity and imaginative play with the constantly evolving tech and screens? When is too early, or too late to give your teen or tween a smartphone? We dig into this important and necessary conversation today on the podcast with Andrea Davis from Better Screen Time.

Andrea is a former secondary ed teacher turned screen-time-navigator. She is the founder of Better Screen Time where she shares family-tested ideas from the (tech) trenches as a mom of five. She is on a mission to help parents take the slow tech road.

In this episode:

Teaching smart screen use to your teens and tweens in a healthy way, without shame or fear
How modelling our own tech use makes a difference in theirs
Using your intuition when it comes to slow tech in your home, your plan doesn’t have to look like others
How to know if your tweens or teens are ready for a smartphone
Building your child’s internal filter, so you don’t have to rely so heavily on external ones.

Links to connect with Andrea:

IG: @betterscreentime
Am I ready? Self-evaluation HERE
Better screentime goal templates HERE
www.betterscreentime.com

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Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|04 - How to Raise an Un-Rebellious Teen

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 3 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The other day I was chatting with my teens about staying up late, and the thought came to me: “They don’t rebel because they have nothing to rebel against”. I’m not advocating for boundary-less and teaching-less homes… but you may be surprised to hear that you can parent teens without the rebellion, and with a deep and connected relationship, that lasts long past teenage-hood, and throughout their lifetime. Let’s start where I end the episode, “You’ll never regret loving them more”- me.

In today’s episode:

My teen years, and how relationship and emotional safety impacted my rebellious-ness
How parenting teens doesn’t need to be hard, and rebellion doesn’t need to be part of the path
The magic of connection, communication and trust in cultivating a great relationship with your teen
“Kids do well if they can”- digging into what’s happening below the surface of behaviour, instead of leaning into control (ie. rewards and punishments).
How to believe and trust our teens, and in doing so increase our influence

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Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and a somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE

Get started on this work with daily practice in a journal (a great intro to mental and emotional wellness) HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|03 - Moving Through Grief — A Somatic Experience

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000

This fun episode is an interview with me! I get asked all the questions you might ask me too… what has your journey been like? How did you get where you are now? What do you do and how does it help people? You’ll hear me help my friend and fellow coach, Sarah Bond, process through grief in a different way than you’ve likely heard before. Let’s dig in!

What we chat about today:

Why I don’t coach the same way that I used to, and what I found that has been more effective for me
Why emotions need to be processed in the body, and not in the mind
We move through an inner child/somatic practice to help with grief… and it takes us in an expected, but beautiful direction.
Choosing from abundance, instead of lack, to find your next area of growth… “healing is remembering”

Connect with me:

Intuitive Journaling Prompts HERE and another somatic meditation (Move through frustration in 15 minutes or less) HERE

Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice from Coach Crystal- Journal HERE

Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom

Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S10|02 - Movement and Play in Parenting with Dr. Lori Baudino

Dr. Lori Baudino — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Kids are movers… they are meant to move, and their movement is always communicating to us. We can use this knowledge to help them through fears, worries and stressors, as we integrate both their brain and bodies. We can begin to view children as the wise souls that they are and believe that they know what their bodies need.

Join me in this conversation today with Dr. Lori Baudino, who has been a practicing clinician for over 20 years. Her work is grounded in the belief that the mind, body, and spirit are interconnected. Her work is helping to change the way we think about health and healing, and she is inspiring people all over the world to celebrate and move together!

What we chat about today:

Body language and non-verbal communication and how we can use our kids’ typical “baseline” to see when things are going well, and when things are a little off
Helping kids (and ourselves) through anxiety or other stressors, using body, movement and mindfulness
What a top-down approach is, and how to use a bottom-up approach too (with specific ideas that you can use to help your kids today!)

Connect with Crystal:
Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice from Coach Crystal- Journal HERE
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
Grab your copy of Crystal’s feelings wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

Connect with Dr Lori:
Website: www.drloribaudino.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/drloribaudino
Facebook: www.facebook.com/drloribaudino
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drloribaudino
Her books are HERE and HERE.

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S10|01 - Secure Relating with Ann Kelley

Ann Kelley — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Ann Kelley (she/her) is a licensed psychologist specializing in couples therapy and relational work. She runs a clinical practice in Austin, Texas, and is a podcaster, writer, educator, and speaker. Dr. Kelley spent years supervising specialized trauma-informed therapy programs and was an expert in courts and media outlets. She co-authored "Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World" (HarperCollins, 2024), with her partner, Sue Marriott.

In this episode:

Co-regulation and co-dysregulation in our relationships (not just parent-child)
How our childhood and history affect us (and what we can do about it)
You’re not “stuck” in your attachment, how developing and growing happens (our brains and nervous systems are plastic)
Connecting back to our heart and our feelings
Our nervous system is a result of our childhood and can change over the lifespan
De-pathologizing our reactions and bringing presence into the tough moments.

Connect with her on IG: https://www.instagram.com/therapist_uncensored_podcast/
Website: https://therapistuncensored.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/austinshrinks/
Podcast: https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes-2/

Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice from Coach Crystal- Journal HERE
Work with Crystal 1:1: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle or in group: www.coachcrystal.ca/creationroom
Grab your copy of Crystal’s Feelings Wheel here: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

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S09|20 - Help for the Holidays: Anxiety and Other Big Emotions

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

The Holidays can be hard. In past years I’ve dealt with intense soap-opera-esque family drama (we would have made a great reality TV show years ago). I wish I had the tools and awareness back then that I have now, but everything came in the timing it needed to. So, if you’ve stumbled across this podcast, maybe this is the timing that these ideas needed to come to you too.

Links I mention in this episode: Moving through Frustration Meditation HERE, Intuitive Journaling HERE, Group Intuitive Coaching for 2025 HERE, 1:1 Coaching in The Miracle Year HERE. Other podcast episodes HERE

In this episode:

Emotional regulation is feeling safe to feel any emotion in your body (not avoiding, resisting or acting out).
Helping others through uncomfortable emotions by increasing your capacity for feelings
Emotions are messages that are trying to be seen and heard: tools for listening through words and listening through the body.

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Join me in my new 1:1 coaching container for 12 months, and see what kind of life you can create through intuition, manifestation and trust: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle

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S09|19 - My Self-Help Journey

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

My healing journey included a ton of books, research, guides, teachers (and time) that all dropped in just when I needed them (less of self-help and more of a community project I guess!). I don’t even recognize the self that I was 5 years ago- negative attachment patterns, emotional dysregulation, indecision and overwhelm. But even when I had changed so much of that 2-3 years ago, I was still stuck in “hustle” and tapped out of my own inner wisdom. Time doesn’t heal all wounds- but time spent healing, heals. And my favourite reminder before you listen in: Healing is remembering… you aren’t broken. You never were. Healing is the process of coming back to that Truth.

Join me in my new 1:1 coaching container for 12 months, and see what kind of life you can create through intuition, manifestation and trust: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle (I’m also closing down my one-off open coaching session hours starting in January. I have several still open for December HERE).

In this episode:

What my own childhood and teenage-hood looked like (and how I was driven by people-pleasing and external validation, without knowing it)
My parenting and relationship journey: small shifts to big shifts, and how I saw a 180-degree difference in my kids’ behaviours too.
How CBT and thought-work based modalities only took me so far, the further inner work was needed to see real change (like how I don’t EVER yell anymore, without trying!)
Moving from hustle, marketing strategy and tactics and self-doubt in my business to intuition, manifestation and trust (everything is working out for my good).

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S09|18 - The Miracle Year

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 9 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

What is possible in a year? How much have you changed over the last 1 year, 5 years, or 10 years? What else is possible? The part of healing that we talk about often is deconstruction around what’s keeping you stuck and moving through that… but the other half is CREATION- making possible the kind of life you want, especially the seemingly impossible things. I share my formula for creation, so you can join me for your own Miracle Year (or coach with me through your Miracle Year HERE).

Join The Miracle Year HERE
Read more about non-possession HERE
Read more about Pretas/Gaki (The Hungry Ghost) HERE
Amber Smith’s Quiet Wealth book HERE

In today’s episode:

The formula for creating impossible-sounding things in your life
Staying in gratitude and appreciation, while creating more
Non-attachment and non-possession from Buddhist philosophy
What the miracle year is all about, and how to create your own miraculous year
Body, mind and soul: what do you want to create? (un-shaming your body, your food, your exercise, your relationships, your money creation, your business growth and your faith)

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S09|17 - Raising Body-Confident Kids: Shame-Free Feeding & Body Image Tips with Nicole Cruz, RD

Nicole Cruz — Mon, 2 Dec 2024 06:00:00 +0000

On this podcast, we love to talk about shame-free everything… It’s easy to see how our parenting can trend toward shame, and I hope listening in has helped that change in little (or big) ways. If you grew up in a home where your body and food choices were a main focus and commented on often, you may wonder how to raise your child differently. Ditch the food and body shame in this episode with Nicole Cruz, RD, and me.

Join our Shame Resiliency Seminar HERE
Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice- Journal HERE
Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE
Listen to the bonus episodes on the podcast: www.coachcrystal.ca/blog

Connect with Nicole: HERE
Website HERE

In today’s episode:

What words around food, eating, and bodies create shame in our children
How we were raised affects how we interact with our food, and feeding ours kids
How to teach kids to listen to their bodies
How to manage things like allergies or food intolerances in a shame-free and fear-free way
How kids are naturally intuitive when it comes to eating and food

About Nicole:

Nicole Cruz founded Nourish Together, a shame-free approach to family nutrition that instills food and body trust. As a Registered Dietitian and mom of three, she combines her personal and professional experience to help parents raise confident eaters who can enjoy a variety of foods, listen to their body cues, and avoid obsessing over sweets or other ‘treats’. She believes that a healthy relationship with food is the foundation for lifelong ‘healthy’ eating — and when we nourish together, we bring more joy and less stress to the table!

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S09|16 - Hypnosis and Parenting with Melissa Tiers

Melissa Tiers — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

When we’re triggered by our kids and trying to keep our cool… more is going on in our unconscious mind than what we are aware of. When we have the tools to work through what’s going on under the surface, we can more easily show up as the shame-free parents that we want to be (and wish we had).

Connect with Melissa: IG HERE, Website HERE
Join our Shame Resiliency Seminar HERE
Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice- Journal HERE
Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE
Listen to the bonus episodes on the podcast: www.coachcrystal.ca/blog

In today’s episode:

What’s really triggering us (so much more than just words)
Hypnosis tips for parents (to use on ourselves in the midst of heavy times)
Calming the nervous system within, so we can help our children calm theirs
How those around us live up to what we expect from them (and how shifting that can change them too)

Melissa Tiers is a multi-award-winning author, lecturer, keynote speaker and hypnosis trainer. She is the founder of The Center for Integrative Hypnosis, co-founder of The Ethical Coaching Collective and creator of Coaching the Unconscious Mind. Melissa has earned three IMDHA Pen and Quill awards for her books, “Integrative Hypnosis: A comprehensive Course in Change”, “Keeping the brain in mind: Practical Neuroscience for Therapists, Coaches and Hypnosis Practitioners” and “Integrative Hypnosis for kids and teens: Playing for Change.”

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S09|15 - Moving Through Shame

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Do you want to uncover how shame might be showing up in your relationships and life? It likes to hide in the sneakiest of places… feeling the need to correct others, getting defensive during arguments, passive-aggressive social media comments, and scrolling your phone for hours every evening. How is shame underneath all of that? Come and find out by tuning in to today’s episode to hear a coaching call in action- and use what you hear for your own inner work.

Join our Shame Resiliency Seminar HERE **NOTE: Date changed to Feb 2025
Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice- Journal HERE
Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE
Listen to the bonus episodes on the podcast: www.coachcrystal.ca/blog

In today’s episode:

How shame can keep us stuck from relating to others in a way that feels good to us.
How to notice when shame is under the surface of something bothering us
How to dig deep and find the shame, call it out, and move through it (shame resiliency)
Our brand-new shame resiliency seminar for coaches, therapists and counsellors.

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S09|14 - Shame Resiliency for Clients and Coaches

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

That not-enough-ness feeling that we all feel is called shame, and we can’t run from it, avoid it or hope it will stop showing up for us. Shame is under the surface of our biggest triggers- and working through it will bring big change to your relationships, big emotions and life.

Join our Shame Resiliency Seminar HERE ** Date changed to Feb 2025
Get started on this work through a daily mindset practice- Journal HERE
Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE

Today you’ll hear:

How shame is under the surface of big emotions or “triggers”
What to do to move us and our clients through shame (shame resiliency)
You’ll hear a coaching experience in real-time, as I help a mom move through frustration at her kids fighting and getting overwhelmed around food issues in her kids.
Our brand-new shame resiliency seminar for coaches, therapists, and counsellors.

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S09|13 - The Whole-Brain Child, Emotions and Parenting with Dr Dan Siegel

Dan Siegel — Mon, 4 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Using research and knowledge about the brain, we can not only help parent our kids better, but help our kids develop their brains in ways that will benefit themselves, their future relationships and the world.

Today you will hear my conversation with Dr Dan Siegel, who is the executive director of the Mindsight Institute and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA. An award-winning educator, Dan is the author of five New York Times bestsellers and over fifteen other books which have been translated into over forty languages. He was trained in attachment research and narrative analysis, focusing on how relationships shape our autobiographical ways of making sense of our lives and influence our development across the lifespan.

Learn more about Dr. Siegel HERE and HERE and find his books HERE

In this episode we cover:

The difference between the left and right brain, and how to parent effectively using knowledge about our kids’ brains
How to help our kids develop their upstairs brain, and know how to move them back upstairs when needed
Dr Siegel’s hand model of the brain to help us remember the different parts of our brains (this will be helpful in all relationships, not just parenting)
Mirror neurons and body language, how to separate between our own emotions, and the emotions we may be taking on from others
Why teens and tweens need to push back against the norm (and resources and books to help in parenting teens and tweens)

Get Your Copy of The Whole-Brain Child HERE

Connect with Crystal:
Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE
Get started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HERE
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE
Check out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.ca
Get tips, insights and support daily through IG right HERE

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S09|12 - Rewriting Your Birth Story with Nicole Lawrence

Nicole Lawrence — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Our birth stories are inextricably linked to other areas of our lives, and as we recognize our own birthing stories (whether for good or bad) and choose to rewrite them, it can add confidence and peace to our parenting and motherhood. Nicole Lawrence is a mother, writer, visionary, and host of the podcast, Re:birth, with a mission to alchemize birth stories & the stories we bring to motherhood into fertile soil for evolving our mothering and our lineage.

In this powerful episode we share:

How our birth stories impacted us for good or bad
How to re-write our stories (and recognize the impact they may have had)
Nicole shares some beautiful stories of women who have re-written their stories and how it changes things for them
How to prep for your upcoming birth on a soul level (and what your birthing plan can include to help this)

Connect with Nicole: WEBSITE or IG

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S09|11 - Parenting Strong-Willed Kids with Firm Kindness with Wendy Snyder

Wendy Snyder — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Join me as I chat with Wendy Snyder all about those extra spicy, extra tricky kids that we often call “strong-willed” and learn through her story, and mine, how to support your own strong-willed child better. Wendy is a mom of two, certified parenting educator & family life coach, who inspires parents to learn & grow through connection-based positive parenting strategies.

In this episode:

Wendy’s story of her young daughter throwing her for a loop, and how it called into a new way of parenting
Wendy’s growth and healing through parenting, and how she fosters her daughter’s independence, without losing her mind
Firm and compassionate ways to care for our little ones (and bigger ones)

Connect with Wendy:
Website HERE
Podcast show: HERE
Instagram: HERE
Youtube: HERE
Facebook: HERE

Connect with Crystal:

Join the next round of The Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE
Get started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HERE
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE
Check out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.ca
Get tips, insights and support daily through IG right HERE

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S09|10 - Building a Lifelong Love of Learning in Our Kids with Julie Bogart (Bravewriter)

Julie Bogart — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Are you looking for ways to help your child love learning a certain subject, especially the ones they seem to drag their feet about? Or do you have an avid learner, and you want to make sure you continue to add to that love of learning, instead of dousing the fire they have? Join our conversation today, with Julie Bogart. Julie is known for her commonsense writing, critical thinking and home education advice.

In this conversation we cover:

how to build a love of learning, in homeschool and public school
how to use your child’s interests to help them learn
how children are always learning, and how we can help cultivate that
what education truly is, and why it’s important
adding in regular doses of surprise and delight, to help our elementary-aged kids love learning any subject (like poetry, writing and even math!)

Connect with Julie!
On IG HERE
On FB HERE
BRAVE WRITER links HERE
Podcast HERE

Connect with Crystal:
Get started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HERE
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE
Check out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.ca
Get tips, insights and support daily through IG right HERE

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S09|09 - ADHD in Motherhood with Patricia Sung

Patricia Sung — Mon, 7 Oct 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Are you an ADHD mama that is finding it hard to balance motherhood, parenting, and constant to-do lists with a neurodiverse brain? This conversation is for you. Patricia Sung helps moms with adult ADHD work with their unique brains and get their ish together one step at a time and feel confident running their family life. She’s a hobby-hopping, anxious adventurer, willing to try almost anything once. A mid-westerner at heart, she reluctantly has adopted the word "y'all" and lives in Houston with her husband and two young sons.

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement HERE

In this episode:

Childhood grief that may come up with an ADHD diagnosis
What to look for in adulthood as an ADHDer (and the importance of understanding yourself more)
How ADHD can affect your motherhood and parenting (and what to do for support when you’re in the middle of it)

New shame-free parenting coaching program coming up for parents of elementary-aged kids… get on the waitlist HERE for more information.

Connect with Patricia:

Snag free resources and get your crap together with other ADHD moms in Successful Mama Meetups at www.motherhoodinadhd.com.
Top 5 Parenting Podcast
Listen on your favorite podcast app or at www.motherhoodinadhd.com
Wish you had a community of mom friends that get you? Join us!

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BONUS: 5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting | Day 5 Evidence

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Fri, 4 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/group

This 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024 and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and tell me your takeaways.

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BONUS: 5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting | Day 4 Manifestation

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Thu, 3 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/group

This 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024 and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and tell me your takeaways.

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BONUS: 5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting | Day 3 Awareness

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Wed, 2 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/group

This 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024 and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and tell me your takeaways.

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BONUS: 5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting | Day 2 Hone in

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Tue, 1 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/group

This 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024, and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and let me know your takeaways.

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BONUS: 5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting | Day 1 See the Shame

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement! Learn more at coachcrystal.ca/group

This 5-day live coaching event happened in October 2024, and was published on the podcast for all my listeners. If you're watching this after the event, message me and let me know your takeaways.

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S09|08 - Shame-Free Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000

“Because I said so”, “You’re making me mad!”, “Why can’t you be more like your sister?!”, “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!” … sound familiar? Parenting in the 80s and 90s (and before) was shame-based to the core, and it’s still affecting us and our parenting now, in ways we can’t often see.

5 Days to Shame-Free Parenting: Join us HERE

Join the program: Shame-Free Parenting Movement: HERE

In Today’s Episode:

What I’ve learned from trainings with Brené Brown and shame (vs guilt)
What parenting looked like in the 1980s and 1990s and how shame was involved
How to feel empowered in our parenting through becoming aware of our shame, and moving through it (shame resiliency)
How you may be, unknowingly, shaming your kids (even when you’re trying not to)
Shame blocking us from connection to ourselves and others
How to move through shame (it’s SO much more in our feelings and under-the-surface thoughts than in our logical easy-to-access thoughts)

Connect with Crystal:

Get started with teaching your child emotions, free feelings wheel HERE
Find your parenting personality (and get tips specific to it) by taking the quiz HERE
Check out all my fun parenting courses and programs here: www.coachcrystal.ca
Get tips, insights, and support daily through IG right HERE

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S09|07 - Breathing Belief into our Kids pt 2: Manifestation in Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Our beliefs about our kids matter, and we can be one of the greatest influences of their lives. Intentional parenting can set us up to help support our kids through any challenge and instill them with beliefs that will help them achieve true success (not just the type of success that we’re socialized to believe matters most).

In this episode:

Dropping my oldest off at college and all the mixed emotions (and how it brought up this topic over the weekend)
What manifestation has to do with parenting (and the spiritual principles of it)
What you value most and how to instill those values into your kids through manifestation
How to find out if shame is blocking belief work (in any area of your life, but I share a parenting example that you’ll likely relate to).
Join my $5 live coaching event HERE and I will do more than teach you these principles, I’ll SHOW you, and we’ll get there together (live on zoom, and recordings sent out to you…. Bring a friend!)

New shame-free parenting coaching program coming up for parents of elementary-aged kids… get on the waitlist HERE for more information.

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S09|06 - Anxiety, ADHD, and School Support with Dr Emily

Dr. Emily — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Neurodivergent kids need to be supported both in the home and in the classroom to thrive and grow. ADHD and anxiety seem to be on the rise, but schools aren’t always creating the most effective environment for the growth to happen. In this episode I am joined by Dr Emily in a conversation around supporting learning in the classroom for neurodivergent kids, and how this support can help all kids too.

In this episode:

We talk about how to support ADHD and anxiety in our kids and youth
Why anxiety may be on the rise, and the power of play
Our current curriculum not aligning with child development
How play-based education is supportive for young kids (not pushing academics early will help them with future learning)
How we can advocate for our kids mental health in the classroom, and when to know if changing schools is needed

Join the Shame-Free Parenting Movement HERE

Connect with Dr Emily below:

Website: https://www.learnwithdremily.com/

Substack Blog: https://learnwithdremily.substack.com/

Podcast: Learn with Dr. Emily

Instagram: @emilywkingphd

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S09|05 - Breathing Belief into Our Kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 9 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000

What we believe we become. Have you ever taken an inventory on what beliefs you hold for your kids? And how they are becoming exactly what you believe? If you want to parent intentionally and breathe amazing beliefs into your kids… tune in to this tender episode where I share my own parenting struggles, and what my plan is to turn them around (it works).

In today’s episode:

How I came across my children’s beliefs, and the shock that came as I recognized my own beliefs in them
How our beliefs of our children (what we think and say about them) manifest in them
How to be the gardener who cultivates the garden, instead of controlling it
How to manifest belief in our children who then become calm, confident humans that we love to be around (even if it doesn’t seem true yet)

Resources:

Join the women’s re-parenting retreat waitlist HERE
Get on the waitlist for Parent School HERE
Coach with Crystal HERE

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S09|04 - Recipe for Learning

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 2 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000

“Children learn best when they like their teacher, and they think their teacher likes them”. What are you trying to teach your children? Do you know how learning happens? Naturally. It comes naturally, with a few specific ingredients, ones that may not seem so necessary, but truly are.

A Recipe for Learning was first published in the July 2024 monthly bundle of the Wild + Free magazine.

Today you’ll hear:

my story of frustration and tantrums (from both me and my young son) when we first started our homeschooling journey
how unlearning about learning was the path to deeper and more natural learning in our homeschool, for me too.
relationships matter most, how learning comes naturally from creating the environment for it to happen
the ingredients to a messy and imperfect relationship, but one that is full of joy, confidence, connection and growth

Resources:

Ainsley Arment on IG HERE and Wild + Free on IG HERE
Wild + Free book HERE
Wild + Free bundle (magazine) HERE
3-day Women’s Re-Parenting Retreat HERE “The Inward Journey”
1:1 coaching, limited spots HERE
The Creation Room (my magical group program full of intuition, energetic shifts and deep connection) HERE

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S09|03 - Questioning our Subconscious Beliefs

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Children should be seen and not heard. Big money makes you evil. Negative emotions should be avoided at all costs. I make others mad, sad or happy with me. I should shove down my ideas and intuition and listen to others that are older, wiser and more experienced than me.

Don’t believe these anymore? Yup, me neither. But that doesn’t mean that my subconscious isn’t bringing these beliefs along and affecting me and my current reality.

In this episode we cover:

what beliefs you may still have, that you don’t notice on a conscious level
what questions to ask yourself to uncover your deeper beliefs
practices to help you move through and shift beliefs
how growth is stagnant when we stick with resistance, versus being open (switching from “this is not showing up for me” to “how is this showing up for me?”)

Resources:

3-day Women’s Re-Parenting Retreat HERE “The Inward Journey”
1:1 coaching, limited spots HERE
The Creation Room (my magical group program full of intuition, energetic shifts and deep connection) HERE

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S09|02 - Growth from Resistance

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000

We don’t build muscles, without first breaking them down… and the breaking down feels very uncomfortable. This is the same theme for all growth in life, it’s uncomfortable to break down. It doesn’t feel good to dig inward and notice where our resistance is, but on the other side of resistance is the most magical growth and life that we could imagine.

In this episode:

growth and resistance, and how they are intrinsically connected (breaking down our muscles)
where we are feeling resistance in our life, and what’s behind it (some of the BEST journal prompts here for your growth).
what’s on the other side of resistance (changing my parenting, changing my business and my life)
where is resistance popping up in small ways? And how can I be more radically honest and vulnerable with myself?
On being “un-coach-able” and sticking in our concrete box of resistance (the no-growth path)

Resources:

Join the women’s re-parenting retreat HERE
Get on the waitlist for Parent School HERE

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S09|01 - Somatic Practices to Move Through Emotions

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Emotions are messages, and we aren’t often open to listening to them- they feel too big, too much, or never ending. in the process of ignoring and suppressing these messages from our body, we may feel tension, pain, discomfort, illness or disease. In this episode we go over hypnotic visualizations, somatic practices and inner child work to help us allow, accept and welcome all big emotions. It is in the welcoming of them, that they lessen and open us up to experience life in a fuller way and help others with their emotions too.

In this episode:

Welcome back and thanks for listening! I can’t wait for this season… it’s going to be rad!
You can work with me in at my inner child healing retreat HERE, 1:1 coaching HERE or join the Creation Room (only open throughout the month of August) HERE.
What beliefs we have about emotions that came from our own childhood, and how our subconscious can hold on to them
Emotions as messages from our brain to our body, and how to listen to them
Inner child exercises, somatic practises and hypnosis to move through big emotions (and why that, in turn, helps us co-regulate with others)
If you’re wanting to become a more calm, confident parent, and parent your kids in the way that you wished you were parented- Join the waitlist for Parent School HERE!

Resources:

Workout Witch on IG click HERE
Recording of the somatic workshop to move emotions HERE

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S08|25 - The Art of Receiving (a meditation)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 1 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Receiving comes from the root word take-back… are we taking in what is ours? All the love, connection, opportunities, wealth and abundance around us? Self-worth can block us from receiving all there is for us, and this episode and meditation will open us up for more. This is the last of season 8, look for more in 6 weeks, after a lovely summer break.

In this episode:

how well do we receive compliments, connection and love from others?
is our self-worth blocking us from receiving, and how can we open up ourselves to more?
3 practices to help ourselves to receive more (including a short and supportive meditation)

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Join me for this same work at our next retreat. 3 days of rest, receiving and change, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

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S08|24 - Creating Connection and Support in Our Homes

Siris Raquel Rivas-Verdejo — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Language matters- are we creating inclusive spaces in our homes, schools and communities? Or are we pushing away those who need accommodations the most? We can listen to our children, and to our own inner wisdom, and figure out what our kids truly need and help them to feel more connected and included.

Join Siris Raquel Rivas-Verdejo and I as we talk all about how to advocate for our families and help our children find their unique gifts. Siris is the owner of Empowering Light Language LLC and works with busy individuals and families virtually to improve their communication and self-care facilitated by a greater connection with their bodies and powered by a greater awareness of how their language impacts their lives.

On today’s episode you’ll hear:

How children’s behaviour is communication and how we can figure out what our kids are really saying to us.
How to create inclusivity at home and school through connection.
Creating a healthy environment where all children feel thought of, accepted and wanted.
Working with our children’s strengths and interests to help them see their unique magic and create connection within the entire family
How to tune into our “yes” and “no” and help our kids do the same (ie. what is your body telling you?)

To Connect with Siris Raquel Rivas-Verdejo:
Website: empoweringlightlanguage.com
Email: empoweringlightlanguage@gmail.com
Podcast: https://bit.ly/CaDFwSpodcast
IG: @empoweringlightlanguage

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Parent School: Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you aways have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|23 - Growth Mindset, Fixed Mindset, and Toxic Achievement Culture

Chasta Hamilton — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Sometimes the best prize of all isn’t a trophy. In a culture where outcome production and tangible results are celebrated, how do we teach our kids to accept all parts of themselves- mistakes, bumps in the road, big emotions, and all? Join this conversation with Chasta Hamilton and me, as we discuss this topic and her new children’s book “The Trophy Trap”.

Orphaned as a child, Chasta found comfort in the creativity, play, and catharsis of the performing arts. This led to a life as an arts entrepreneur, where she believes that everyone has the power to reach their fullest potential and disrupt the status quo in an empowering and inspiring way. She’s a founder and CEO as well as a bestselling author (Trash the Trophies and Handle the Horrible) and speaker (TEDx: “You Weren’t Built to Break”).

Today you’ll hear:

How we often teach growth mindset (and other socioemotional skills) in performative and ineffective ways, and how we can change things.
Less talk about the “outcome” and more about the process (ie. Allowing failure and discussing it, without the shame).
How to create a culture of leaders and changemakers through allowing more vulnerability, authenticity, and celebrating of our children’s inner voice.
Growing self-awareness in our kids (and letting the next generation of youth change the world for the better).

Connect with Chasta:
Website: https://www.chastahamilton.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/chastahamilton
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chastahamilton/

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|22 - Connection for Dads with Tal Eyre

Tal Eyre — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Dads can connect to their kids in an amazing way- and teach, lead and guide through that connection. Join Tal Eyre and I on the podcast this week as we talk about his new book (Dad Mode), self-connection, connection with kids and more.

In December 2011, Anita and Tal welcomed their daughter, Annina, into their family, and Dad Mode was officially activated. Tal went on to earn a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degree at the University of Pennsylvania and then applied his learnings with his family and as a Swiss-based leader in global business development. Through it all, Tal’s highest priority has remained his family and Dad Mode reveals some of his key learnings along the way. Tal and his family live in the Swiss Alps.

Today you’ll hear:

Self-connection and shadow work, and how they are at the center of increasing our connection with kids
The 4 parenting styles, and how connection helps you maintain healthy relationships
Teaching our children through our own failures and imperfections (not through never messing up)
Crystal defines what connection-based parenting means to her, and why it’s so important
Dropping permissiveness, yelling and coercion and parenting with love, while maintaining boundaries

Get the book HERE!!
Website: taleyre.com
IG: HERE

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|21 - Suicide Prevention

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 3 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Suicide has deeply impacted my family circle over the years, as it has so many of you around the world. Today I share some ways we can work on preventing suicide in our homes and communities though talking more openly about mental health in clear and frank ways- and become willing to open ourselves up to potentially awkward (but SO important) conversations.

Note: be tender with yourself if this episode is triggering for you, come back to it later if you need to... and KNOW that if someone in your circle has passed away due to suicide that it was NEVER your fault, and when we talk about prevention it’s not for situations in the past, but how we can support others in the future.

Suicide Hotline US & Canada dial 988

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|20 - Picky Eating and ADHD Kids with Shawna Hughes

Shawna Hughes — Mon, 27 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Do your kids struggle to eat the food you prepare at the dinner table each night? If you have a picky eater, you probably already know that dinner can become a stressful, high-pressure, and sometimes highly contentious time. If you want dinner to be fun, engaging and connecting instead, tune into this conversation with Shawna Hughes for ideas on how to help reverse picky eating.

Shawna Hughes is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and mother of 2 girls. She specializes in eliminating picky eating using a positive, child-centered approach that the whole family enjoys. She sees adventurous eating as a learned skill and shows parents how to create an ideal learning environment and easily teach children how to go from picky to foodie.

In this episode:

We talk about ADHD behaviours and how regulation and mood are connected to the foods we eat
What foods to implement with our ADHD kids (and all kids) to help support nutrition
How do deal with hangry kids (and why it’s happening)
Picky eaters and how we can do our part as parents to help grow adventurous eaters
Making dinner time fun again

Connect with Shawna-

Shawna has a background in Psychology and specializes in providing individualized Nutrition support for children with ADHD. You can contact her at hello@shawnahughesnutrition.com or find her online at www.shawnahughesnutrition.com

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|19 - Increasing Sexual Pleasure and Desire in Partnerships with Carlie Palmer-Webb

Carlie Palmer-Webb — Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Does sex get often put on the backburner in your relationship? Maybe after parenting, work and balancing life and motherhood (or fatherhood) … sex just becomes something to cross off the never-ending to-do-list. Tune into this conversation as we talk about what blocks sexual desire, what stops us from receiving pleasure and what is dampening our sexual relationships.

Not only will this episode help with your sex life, but it bridges the gap between all areas of life- and shows how healing one area of life- can affect so many others. Carlie Palmer-Webb joins me in this episode. Carlie is a gender and sexuality researcher, data-nerd, enthusiastic Jesus-lover, new mama, and The Christian Sex Educator. She has made it her life mission to provide shame-free sex education for Christians in every life stage.

In this episode you’ll hear:

How low-desire partners can start tuning into their sexuality and pleasure
How to help your low-desire partner (and how low-desire men might feel in partnerships)
Tapping into desire in all areas of your life (and why it’s not selfish)
Un-shaming sexual beliefs to help increase pleasure in your sexual relationship

Connect with Carlie at thechristiansexeducator.com or on IG at @thechristiansexeducator “Shame-free sex education for Christians in every life stage.” Want the Learning to Orgasm Guide?

DOWNLOAD THE FREE GUIDE NOW

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|18 - Real Talk: A Dad's Journey Through Parenting Challenges

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 13 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000

One of my favourite episodes by far, is this honest and tender-hearted conversation that I have with my husband on the podcast. We open up about the tough moments of parenting, managing neurodiverse challenges, and our own personal change and growth over the years. Meet JD Haitsma, my hubby (who is very much NOT a parenting coach).

In this conversation, we get into:

JD’s perspective on parenting years ago when I first learned about connection and attachment.
The difference between living from the belief “Why wouldn’t this happen to me?” versus “This shouldn’t be happening to me”.
Modifying behaviour (like is so often done with animals) vs helping our children to BECOME.
What changes have happened as we’ve parented differently, and what to do if those around you disagree with you.
How children are natural learners and are innately good… and why this belief creates changes.

Connect with JD through his website.
Website: https://www.thecoachsupport.com
Learn About Kajabi: https://www.thecoachsupport.com/blog/kajabi-pricing

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Parent School: Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children who leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that what we all want deep down? That is my goal for me and for you… and for the future generation of children, we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|17 - All Things ADHD with Kristen Carder

Kristen Carder — Mon, 6 May 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Are you parenting a child with ADHD, or struggling to parent as an adult with ADHD? Maybe you have been wanting to learn more about ADHD to further support yourself or those around you in a healthy way. You will love this conversation with Kristen Carder today, an ADHD expert, top podcast host, and internationally-recognized life coach for adults with ADHD.

Kristen’s life’s purpose is to help adults with ADHD accept themselves and move from Point A to Point B. She does this through the I Have ADHD Podcast and her group coaching program, FOCUSED.

Today you’ll hear:

Kristen’s background with ADHD and how it affected her life
How Kristen noticed a huge gap missing in ADHD education and support years ago, and helped to fill in what was missing
The difference between “character flaws” and ADHD symptoms (this is a BIG one!)
How to support ourselves and those we love (and what signs to look for when it comes to ADHD).
Parenting an ADHD child (both the struggles that come with it and how we can do better)

Further reading: Kirsten Carder: From Rock Bottom to Global ADHD Mentor
Kristen’s FOCUSED program HERE.
Connect with Kristen on IG HERE.

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Parent School: Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|16 - Parenting Spicy Ones with Mary Van Geffen

Mary Van Geffen — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Do you feel like parenting certain kids seems harder than others? I have a few spicy children and parenting them has been one of the biggest challenges of my life (and also SO rewarding). Join Mary Van Geffen and I as we chat all about spicy ones, both in how to parent them, and how to parent as one.

In this episode you’ll hear:

Parenting spicy ones can differ from typical parenting struggles, and we talk all about tips to help you parent them in a way that fosters their sparkle.
What we can learn from spicy ones (and other difficult relationships).
How to NOT get on the same page as your partner, and parent super effectively anyways.
How to bring in some FIRM to the “gentle parenting” (and why our kids need it).
We also dig into how to help dads who may not “get” connection-based parenting, and how to decide what kind of parent-child relationship we want in the future, and what we can about it now to get there.

Mary Van Geffen is the international parenting coach for moms of Spicy Ones TM️. She helps people who are highly competent in life but overwhelmed by motherhood to lean into the spiritual discipline of staying calm and cultivating warmth and tenderness all while trying to wrangle fiery future CEOs. Often this requires serious skill-building and the balm of self-compassion.

Mary is a certified Simplicity Parenting Counselor® and Professional Co-Active Coach, but her greatest achievement is cultivating a calm, kind and firm relationship with her Spicy go-getter daughter (now 18), mild child son (16) and un-Enneagramable hubby.

Connect with Mary on IG: HERE
Join her FIRM class: HERE

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|15 - The One for New Moms, with Dr. Erin Appleton, MD

Dr. Erin Appleton — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Did you feel entirely unprepared for new-mom-hood with your first child? Or maybe you’re currently prepping for that experience and looking for support? Dr. Erin Appleton, MD IBCLC FABM, joins me on the podcast today to discuss the BIG things: breastfeeding (and infant feeding in general), postpartum anxiety and depression, and the trauma that mothers deal with when delivery and postpartum are so vastly different than “the plan”.

Dr. Appleton discovered her passion for breastfeeding after enrolling in specialized courses in breastfeeding support while completing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In 2012, she began her breastfeeding medicine training, eventually co-founding the Nurture Family Feeding Clinic, and in 2014 became an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), then in 2018, she became one of only a few hundred MDs in the world with a Fellowship in the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (FABM).

While she’s proud of her education, training, and experience, she believes that some of her most valuable lessons have been firsthand, with her struggles with feeding her children, and with helping the thousands of new families that she’s seen over the past decade of her career (including me!).

In this conversation, we cover:

Common breastfeeding issues and how to prepare yourself beforehand
Postpartum depression and anxiety signs, and how to know if you need help
The gap between what we “plan” for in birth and postpartum and what actually happens (and how painful that can be)
Social media and the rise of anxiety (seeking connection and not finding it)
Dr. Appleton’s journey with her babies and nursing (and how we met!)

Connect with her below:
Latching logic: www.breastfeedingmd.com
Breastfeeding support: Www.nurturefeeding.com
IG: @breastfeeding.md
FB: Nurture Family Feeding Clinic and Dr Erin Appleton, MD IBCLC FABM

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|14 - Around the World With 6, Lessons from Travelling the World for 8 Months

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000

We are wrapping up our 8-month international Worldschooling journey. We have been travelling since the end of September with our 4 kiddos, making it around the world and back again. I thought I would share some practical tips on travelling with kids, and what I’ve learned- but what came out of this episode was much deeper than that- how I have fundamentally changed as a human- and the life lessons that have come to me.

In this episode you’ll hear:

How flexibility is the key to travelling effectively, and how inflexible I found out I really was
Dropping control and ego and living into intuition, even when it comes to travel planning, and how I saved myself dozens of hours of travel planning
Seeing the lives of people around the world, and sharing that with my children has changed us forever (for the better), and expanded my compassion
My role as a parent has changed, or rather, I see it in a new way… what my responsibility is in helping my kids access their Wisdom
Triggers, glimmers, and radical honesty: how life is changing me, always (and the lesson from Boddhisatva’s)

**Inner child healing is the work we need to do to parent in the way that we want to, and the benefits for us are huge, the ripples last for generations. It is also THE thing that changed my children’s behaviour for the better- more than anything else. Join me for today’s powerful episode, and integrate this work with me as your mentor- through Parent School and my women’s retreats.

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Parent School: Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|13 - Why We Need to Fiercely Protect Our Children’s Childhood (at all ages)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 8 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000

A childhood full of fun, confidence, peace, safety, rest and SO much play, is not only healthy for our children now- but can have an amazing impact on them in adulthood. Tune into this episode where we tackle the intersection of inner child healing, parenting in a way that feels good to our souls and protecting our children’s childhood.

Inner child healing is the work we need to do to parent in the way that we want to- and the benefits for us are huge- the ripples last for generations. It is also THE thing that changed my children’s behaviour for the better- more than anything else. Join me for today’s powerful episode, and integrate this work with me as your mentor- through Parent School and my women’s retreats.

On this episode we dig into:

What my childhood looked like (and yours might have to)
The benefits of play, rest, and safety in childhood
Inner child healing and its efficacy from a securely attached space
What blocks our children from childhood in our current world (tech, screens, busy schedules and more) and what we can do about it
Let’s band together and create a change in our world by choosing intentionally what we want our children’s childhood to include, and what we want to opt out of

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Join the re-parenting movement, at my next retreat, The Inward Journey: www.coachcrystal.ca/the-retreat

Parent School: Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|12 - Key Ingredients to Healthy, Intimate and Thriving Partnerships with Sara Nasserzadeh

Sara Nasserzadeh — Mon, 1 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Join my conversation today with relationship expert Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh. She is an Author, Speaker and Thinking Partner with a PhD in Social Psychology and specialization in the fields of human sexuality and relationships. She has over two decades of experience working with thousands of couples across the globe. Widely respected by her peers for her research, powerful keynote speeches, educational platforms and award-winning publications, her ground-breaking work has garnered global attention, with media outlets such as NPR, BBC, ABC, CNN and USA Today.

In this interview you’ll hear:

Sara share about her new book and her purpose in helping couples learn to thrive instead of always focusing on “problems” in marriage and partnerships.
What the core ingredients of healthy intimate relationships are and exercises to get you started (based on decades of research and work with couples)
Expanding your touch lexicon with your partner, to increase physical communication and get on the same page
How to move from being “roommates” with your spouse or partner to being in love again
Why our nervous system can be dysregulated around our partner and how to change that

Sara’s links:

A special discount rate for listeners to access the Relationship Panoramic Inventory which offers a 360 review of the critical domains in a coupledom: *Coupon Code Parenting
IG: @Dr.Sara Nasserzadeh
Love by Design website: https://lovebydesignbook.com
The exercises are all available here: https://www.sara-nasserzadeh.com/resources-books-publications/
Join her newsletter for further resources here: Join the community for free resources and tools.

Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for.

NEW TRAVEL BLOG: HERE
Download the feelings wheel HERE (this is also how you can be added to my email list to find out about current Breathwork and Hypnotherapy openings!)
Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Join me LIVE in CALI at Mom University: HERE

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S08|11 - Move Through Frustration in 15 Minutes or Less

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Whether you struggle with teens, big emotions, managing screen-time, curbing your yelling or reactions, sibling rivalry, supporting neurodiversity, or anything else that comes in parenting- YOU are your own parenting expert. This meditation process will be integral in that process. If you find it supportive, make sure to join the last live round of Parent School.

This week you’ll hear:

how big emotions can keep us stuck from showing up in the way we want to (in parenting and in life)
the picture we paint of who we want to be, and what we want our home and parenting life to look like (and why it doesn’t often line up with reality)
how to do the Inner Work of healing to create exactly the life we want
guided meditation process to help you move through frustration, or any big emotion, in 15 minutes or less… that you can come back to again and again

Together we will uncover anything blocking you from your unique path- your journey in parenting and in life. Join me in Parent School. Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|10 - Dads, Big Emotions, and Inner Healing with Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Michael is a family therapist trained in trauma and relationship healing. He started Empowered Families as a way to create a community of parents dedicated to doing their inner work and showing up more powerfully for their children. Through private coaching, Michael can help you overcome trauma, stress, and overwhelm to help you become more present and connected at home.

On this week’s episode you’ll hear:

Michael's work with parents and families, and what the “real” struggle in parenting is
How we have SO much wisdom inside of ourselves, and parenting power, that we can reclaim as we do our Inner Work
How repair is the goal, not perfection (and why)
How men are often raised with a “show no emotion” mentality, and where we can get started with changing that

Michael- Book a free coaching consult: https://calendly.com/myempoweredplan/free-breakthrough-call?month=2024-03

Join the Empowered Families Newsletter: https://www.myempoweredplan.com/optin1704239191069

Together we will uncover anything blocking you from your unique path- your journey in parenting and in life. Join me in Parent School. Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|09 - Support for Your Parenting Journey

Kasia Bradford — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000

If you’re looking for support in helping you show up as the parent you’ve always dreamed of- this episode is for you. Originally aired on the True You Series Summit with Kasia Bradford, I am bringing you this interview where I get asked all the parenting questions you probably have wondered yourself. Tune into this unique conversation, and join the last round of Parent School live HERE.

In this interview:

you’ll hear my past story in a nutshell and what drove me to become a coach in the first place
what re-parenting is and how why we can be blocked from productive and compassionate parenting
shame, guilt, and failure- how it’s all entwined and what to do about it
what to do during meltdowns, tantrums, and big emotions (in teens, in toddlers and in us)
We dig into the question “is it okay for our kids to see our big emotions (anger, tears and sadness)”?
Why we seek external validation for our own enough-ness, and how to fill ourselves first, to help our parenting
Support for you and your kids big feelings can be found by downloading the feelings wheel HERE.

Together we will uncover anything blocking you from your unique path- your journey in parenting and in life. Join me in Parent School. Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for the LAST LIVE round of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|08 - The Real Parenting Problem (What We Think We Need vs What We Actually Need)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 4 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Imagine walking down a path, maybe it’s called “The Parenting Journey Path”… and you’re following the road signs. As you walk, you see a sign that tells you exactly where to go, so you follow it. As you continue further down this path, there are more and more signs… all pointing in different directions, eventually you get confused, stuck, and pause, unsure of which sign to follow.

We live in a world of opinions. Ideas. Information. Noise really… so much noise. Noise that blocks out the Truth. The Truth is that you are an amazing parent, with innate Wisdom for your unique children and family. There is SO much goodness inside of you- and when you can see it… you will know the path. The answers aren’t outside of you- they are inside. They always were.

Together we will uncover anything blocking you from your unique path- your journey in parenting and in life. Join me in Parent School. Discover your own unique path, with confidence… raising emotionally intelligent children that leave your home knowing that you truly, deeply care for them… that you always have, and you always will. Isn’t that we all want deep down? That is my goal for me, and for you… and for the future generation for children we are raising. To be seen. To be heard. To be valued. To feel loved. To feel supported. To feel known. To welcome them to be themselves- fully and completely. That is The Work. I am here for it. Welcome.

Join me for my LAST LIVE group of Parent School:

shame resiliency: how to feel shame and move through it, what triggers us and why, and how to move through heaviness and use it for growth.
emotional regulation: what co-regulation is and how to support our children from our energy- not our words (not scripts and mantras, this work is much deeper than that), how to support ourselves and our kids through big emotions.
the power of our thoughts and beliefs: how to separate who we are from what we think, how to create the exact relationship we want through the power of our mind
connection-based parenting: why it’s the way of the future, how to parent in a relationship-first manner, developing deep and lasting connections that last a lifetime.
6 modules covering all of these topics, and more. 2 group coaching calls to get support in your individual family situations. (add-on available for your partner to join).

Find all the information HERE.
Contact me via email: crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Audio/text message me on Voxer HERE.

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S08|07 - How I am Following My Intuition and Making Some Changes

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Do you want to hear a real-life magic story? Today’s show is all about magic (intuition) and how it’s changed my life in the most surprising, best, and sometimes hardest ways. It’s a good one. Changes are coming- and I’m here for it… scared, nervous, pukey… but here for all of it. Thank you for being here <3

On Today’s Show:

How intuition has guided the most important decisions in my life for the past several years.
How life has gotten harder, better, and more easeful, all at the same time.
How Intuition is the key. You don’t need more knowledge, more answers, more options or advice… you being the MOST you that you can possible be IS The answer. The whole answer.
What shifts are coming for me in business, and what that means for you (and us) too.

Interested in Intuitive Life and Business Coaching with me? Fill out the application form HERE to see if coaching with me would be a good fit, and I’ll be in touch with your shortly, 10 spots available.

Come to my complimentary masterclass all about Intuition… how to feel it, how to live life by it and how to see it woven throughout your life. Register HERE.

Love this work and today’s episode?! Come create alongside me! Check out the CREATION ROOM HERE: learn to live an intuitive life… and see your life EXPAND beyond what you ever thought possible.

Article referenced in the show HERE.

Check out my podcast page and find all of the episodes you need HERE.

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S08|06 - How to Not Raise Entitled Kids (or Anything Else You Want to Avoid)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Do you feel like your kids, or the kids you teach or have influence over- struggle with entitlement? Do they believe they should just HAVE everything- and lack the gratitude or appreciation for it?

One of you lovely audience mamas reached out to me with this exact question- and I have the answer for her, and for you. Whether it’s entitlement, lying, disrespect, lack of responsibility or any other behaviour you’d like to see change- the answer is here. All in one episode. Come listen.

In this episode:

What entitlement is and how we can develop gratitude instead
Learning is developmental and individual- believe that it’s happening for your kids, and it will (everything is created in consciousness first!)
The 2 components to teaching: modelling what we want to see and focusing on relationships, not behaviours
How to know if we do have a good connection with our kids, and what to do if we don’t
2 bonus tips for teaching your kids EXACTLY what you want to- without pressure, stress or worry
You are doing a MUCH better job than you think you are. Thanks for being a part of this community <3

MOVE through your frustration in 15 minutes or less: HERE

Love this work and today’s episode?! Come create alongside me! Check out the CREATION ROOM HERE: create and achieve intuitive goals through learning more about feminine flow, self-trust, rest and leaning into manifestation and joy.

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S08|05 - Coming Back to Oneself: How to Grow Your Intuition

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

When we forget to listen to ourselves- when we tap into others’ wisdom and look outside of ourselves- we can often feel confused and overwhelmed. We get busy with many “good things” like reading books and finding the next podcast episode.

Growing your intuition won’t come from reading another book- but rather, spending time BEING with yourself and in your body. Remembering your enough-ness. And remembering that you have wisdom inside of you. Divine wisdom. You are connected to a source of wisdom that’s unending- for every area of your life. You have the answers. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Come. Listen. Remember.

In this episode you’ll hear:

What a life without intuition looked like (you might relate to this story too) and how hustle, numbers and books made it worse
What intuition did to change my entire life and way of being, from parenting to business and more
How to tell if you’re in “not-enough-ness” in any area of your life and how to shift out of that (it’s not from the head space!)
Keys that helped me tap into my intuition, that might help you too- and that don’t come from a book
Powerful questions that will help you create more space physically and emotionally- today!!

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S08|04 - How to Grow Abundance: The Power of Gratitude, and a How-To Meditation

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 5 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Have you heard that gratitude is the new anti-aging serum? Me neither. BUT- it may be just that… it lowers blood pressure, helps with stress and so much more. How do we cultivate more gratitude and abundance, while calling in more abundance and wealth in our life? This episode will dig into my current money story and brain (who else gets squirmy talking about “big money?!”- you get a front row seat to my squirm today) and leave you with practical tips to increase your ability to receive and feel abundant.

On this call we talk about:

How gratitude is a “pill” for our health (blood pressure and stress release), life extender, happiness uplifter, community builder and more (link to articles here and here)
Meditation to increase abundance and gratitude
How my 50k per month goal was created in WAY less time than I thought (alongside my worries, doubts, and shame-brain… you get to hear it all!)
Creating and speaking things into existence was inspired by episode 136 from my friend Amber (you can listen to it HERE our also listen to our episode together when she was on my podcast HERE).
Manifestation and my money beliefs have been helped hugely by my current coach and mentor Jamie (find her podcast HERE and the episode I did with her HERE on my podcast).

Love this work and today’s episode? Come create alongside me! Check out the CREATION ROOM HERE: create and achieve intuitive goals through learning more about feminine flow, self-trust, rest and leaning into manifestation and joy.

NEW TRAVEL BLOG: HERE
Download the feelings wheel HERE
Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL (waitlist): www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Join me LIVE in CALI at Mom University: HERE

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S08|03 - The Inner and Outer Critic: How Not to Judge Those We Love

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000

We all know the inner critic- that mean girl that can be SO loud sometimes in our brain… “you’re sure doing that weird!”, “you should be different”, “you really shouldn’t have said that”… ya feel me?! We all have it. What we might not have seen before is how it’s connected to our Outer Critic, driving our judgment and spreading shame all over the place. If you struggle with judging, and you don’t want to, this one is for you and me both my friend.

In this episode we dig into:

What the inner critic is and why it’s so strong sometimes
What the outer critic sounds like ie. Judging others and expectations
How we can stop the judgment and feel the feels, instead of spreading more “inner mean girl”
What healing is all about… let’s change the world and stop the shame cycle
“Judgments prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances” Wayne Dyer… how we can see more good in those we love most

Check out the CREATION ROOM HERE: create and achieve intuitive goals through learning more about feminine flow, self-trust, rest and leaning into manifestation and joy.

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S08|02 - Intuitive Goals Masterclass + Future-Self Audio Meditation

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000

If you're anything like me... you LOVE to achieve. Get gold stars and straight A's. Write down long and difficult to-do lists and feel a little jolt of satisfaction every time you cross another thing off that list. The problem with this is that we feel SUPER good when we achieve but really bad if we don’t. I would set myself some wildly impossible goals, and only allow myself to celebrate (aka feel good about myself) once I got there, but not until then. This wasn't happening consciously for me- but in the background of my brain.

I was tying my SELF-WORTH to PRODUCTIVITY. Allowing myself love, support, and connection (from me) only IF I did "good" (worked towards my goal in the way I had previously decided). There wasn't much room for flexibility- just commitment, determination, and self-control... which looked a lot like "perfection" (and felt kind of terrible too).

I was completely shocked when I started learning about things like FEMININE ENERGY, and INTUITION... and that resting, playing, and spending more time in my most important relationships helped me create my goals without the headache (and less time). Join me in this important mini-masterclass and meditation. I hope it brings you some hope and healing- and if you love it- join us in The Creation Room.

Check out the CREATION ROOM HERE: create and achieve intuitive goals through learning more about feminine flow, self-trust, rest and leaning into manifestation and joy.

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S08|01 - Secure Attachment in Parenting (And Why It’s What the World Needs) with Eli Harwood

Eli Harwood — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +0000

In this world of breaking old patterns of parenting, and parenting in a more conscious, connected and attachment-based way, you may have noticed that it feels REALLY hard sometimes. Like, almost impossible-type-hard. Parenting, while re-parenting can feel like this.

In this conversation we will dig into the hard, give some ideas and support, and explain a little more of the “how to’s” when it comes to a connection-focussed relationship with your kids.

Eli Harwood (Attachment Nerd) is a licensed therapist, author, and educator who has more than 17 years of experience helping people process relational traumas and develop secure attachment relationships with their children and partners. Eli has three children, one husband, one cat, and an extraordinary number of plants.

Today’s episode covers:

Why parenting in a different way than we were raised feels so hard to do (how to get through the stuck-ness)
What it means to have a secure attachment
Entitlement and boundaries (how do you know if what you’re doing is working?)
How to show compassion and love without being permissive or passive
Tool for you to use today: setting up a community of support and focussing on physical needs
What a world with securely attached people would look like, and why it would be so amazing

Check out the CREATION ROOM HERE: create and achieve intuitive goals through learning more about feminine flow, self-trust, rest and leaning into manifestation and joy.

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S07|20 - A Guided Audio Meditation for Processing Emotions While Re-parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Re-parenting may sound a little wo-woo, but it’s just a simple way of explaining the healing process of uncovering past beliefs that we have that are under-the-surface, and processing through them to create change. Somatic work (in the body) is the most effective process and takes the shortest amount of time to create change than anything else that I’ve tried (and I’ve tried a LOT!). In this special episode I give you the gift of a lovely, guided meditation to help support you on your own re-parenting/healing journey (keep it on hand for those tough holiday stress-days at home with your kids too). This is the LAST episode of season 7, and we’ll be back with more juicy woo-woo parenting goodness January 15th 2024… see you then!!

On this episode:

I share my insights after coaching several past clients during my office hours and noticing similar thoughts, feelings and struggles among all of the women
How somatic work can be much more effective than “logic” work, or trying to “think something new”
What types of somatic work help (inner child healing, meditation, EFT and more)
I leave you with a guided meditation that you can come back to again and again to help support your nervous system, processing tough emotions and inner healing (re-parenting) so you can show up more naturally in the way that you want to

NEW TRAVEL BLOG: HERE
Download the feelings wheel HERE
Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach

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S07|19 - Emotional Regulation Tips when Travelling with Kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000

AKA The episode where I show you how NOT to freak out when your kids freak out while travelling (which is pretty much inevitable at some point on your journey). Our family is off on a crazy school-year-long adventure of world travel. Travel has always been a big part of our life and journey… but we are now taking it to the NEXT level. We have spent the last couple of years living in several different locations and loving life but have always wanted to travel internationally with our family of 6… and we’re finally doing it!

In this week’s episode we’ll dig into the ins and outs of the travel life, and what we can do to help ourselves be more regulated, grounded and centered as we travel with kids (especially if we’re wordschooling or a full-time travelling family), and this can help our kids also.

NEW TRAVEL BLOG: HERE
Custom feelings wheel: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel

What I talk about in this episode:

The ups and downs of travel for us in the first 6 weeks
How I found myself really irritated while we travelled (way more than the norm), and what I did to help improve my mood
Prediction error and lack of control adding to my frustration
How a morning practice can change everything (especially when you add thought-work journaling in… check out THIS if you want help getting started)
What to do when you feel out of sorts, and how to build a sense of community and safety for yourself and your family as you travel

Download the feelings wheel HERE
Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

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S07|18 - Travelling on a Budget with Kids: Worldschooling the Globe

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 4 Dec 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Our family is off on a crazy school-year-long adventure of world travel! Travel has always been a big part of our life and journey… but we are now taking it to the NEXT level. We have spent the last couple of years living in several different locations and loving life but have always wanted to travel internationally with our family of 6… and we’re finally doing it!

Tune into this week’s adventure as I talk all about the last few years of semi-nomadic life, what got us started, and how we are *trying* to travel at around the same price as life would be back home.

On this episode:

My travel origin story and the launch of my first ever TRAVEL BLOG
2017 is the year that everything started to shift for us, how we got started
Travelling the world with our 4 kids, and how we are attempting to do it on a budget
Tips and tricks for budget travel with kids: Airbnbs, flight trackers, and food

NEW TRAVEL BLOG: HERE

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S07|17 - Creating Healthy Teen Brains: Tech, Phones and Social Media with Kaylee Low

Kaylee Low — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

With so much research out there around tech and teens, how do you decipher what to listen to? And how do you make healthy choices for your family, and teach your kids screen regulation in fear-free ways? Join Kaylee and I on the podcast this week as we converse all about what the research is saying and how not to get bogged down by all the information but to use it to empower yourself and your children.

Kaylee is an imperfect Mom striving to parent with intention. With a background in nursing, she has always loved learning about the human mind and body. As a new Mom, her study shifted to parenting strategies and child development. With four school aged kids, Kaylee’s most recent focus has been on the effects of screens and technology on children and families. After a ten-year break from social media, she now spends some of her free time sharing information about this topic. Her hope is to spread more awareness in her community about the potential dangers of societal digitization– and resources and ideas for parenting with technology in a healthy way.

In this episode:

Kaylee’s story about cellphones and kids as her son started asking for a cellphone in middle school
What current research shows about kids, tech and social media and what is happening in their brains
How to make healthy and fear-free boundaries around tech and kids, and not get overwhelmed by all the information and research out there
Taking small steps to change things in your home

Links:
@book_cram
Intentionalwithtech@gmail.com

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S07|16 - Feng Shui and Parenting: How to Create a More Harmonious Home with Patricia Lohan

Patricia Lohan — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Every home holds energy- just like our own bodies do. If we want to create a healthy home environment, our physical space makes a big difference. Feng Shui can help build romance in relationships, help kids stop fighting, and create more harmony and peace in your home.

Join me and Patricia Lohan from Powerhouse Feng Shui on the podcast today. Patricia has helped thousands of people across the globe embrace Feng Shui and create lasting changes in their businesses, homes, and lives. Patricia has seen first-hand the power of the mind, surroundings, and inner healing, clearing and aligning everything so it works holistically.

What we talk about this episode:

What Feng Shui is and how it can affect your home
How our kid’s relationships can change as we change the energy of our homes
Where to get started with feng shui in the home when trying to promote healthy family relationships
How to create a healthy space in your neurodiverse kids’ room to help them thrive
What elements to include, and not include, for a romantic and restful atmosphere in your own bedroom

More about Patricia:

Patricia Lohan is a Feng Shui expert, manifesting magnet, alchemist, healer and real-life Irish Celtic Shaman. Some people call her the “Mary Poppins of Prosperity.”

She is the creator of PowerHouse Feng Shui and Author of The Happy Home: A Guide to Creating a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Life and Become a Business Powerhouse Using Feng Shui. She helps entrepreneurs make their homes & businesses magnetic to money, luck, and blessings. She shows you what they don’t teach in business school, what lies between the lines, your top-secret tool for success.

She has helped thousands of people across the globe embrace Feng Shui and creates lasting changes in their businesses, homes, and lives. Patricia has seen first-hand the power of the mind, surroundings and inner healing, clearing and aligning everything so it works holistically. She loves entrepreneurship with 15 years of experience running and growing three successful start-ups of her own.

Patricia has been featured in media around the world including The New York Time, CNN, Fox, Forbes, The New York Post, She Knows, Essence, Mind Body Green, USA Today and Elephant Journal.

Links:
Website
Facebook Group
Instagram
Youtube

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S07|15 - Dyslexia in our Kids

Melia Keeton-Digby — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Are you supporting someone you love with dyslexia? Or have you wondered if you or your child might have dyslexia? It’s more common than you think! Understanding and treating dyslexia in our home, without shame, is key to creating lifelong readers, writers and learners. On today’s episode we talk all about this with expert, Melia Keeton-Digby.

Melia is an author and speech-language pathologist specializing in dyslexia. She is the founder and creator of The Nest, a sacred gathering space in Georgia, USA, where she first birthed her mother-daughter and mother-son empowerment circles, on which her books are based. She works in private practice, offering dyslexia evaluations, intervention, and advocacy. Melia is the author of The Heroines Club: A Mother-Daughter Empowerment Circle (Womancraft Publishing, 2014) and The Hero's Heart: A Coming of Age Circle for Boys and the Mothers Who Love Them ( Womancraft Publishing, 2016). Melia is passionate about supporting parents in raising confident and connected children.

In this week’s episode you’ll learn:

What warning signs to look out for if you think your child might have dyslexia (key: intuition!)
How kids with dyslexia are often highly creative and intelligent, and how you can foster that, while teaching them reading and writing
Un-shaming dyslexia
What supports there are for your children in helping them learn to read and write
The heroine’s and hero’s journey and how you can support your family and community

Links:

Instagram
Books on Amazon
Books through Publisher Here and Here
Facebook Here and Here

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S07|14 - Human Design and Parenting with Geralyn Brennan

Geralyn Brennan — Mon, 6 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

I LOVE all things personality- and finding more about ME and who I am has helped me feel permission to be even MORE me. Human Design has been a deep dive into learning more about my energy and how I best work. In this conversation we dig into how to harness the knowledge of your children’s human design to parent them in their own unique way. Intuition, trust and belief in your child are key to connection in parenting.

After teaching special education in New York City Public Schools for 15 years, Geralyn took time off when her two children were born. After becoming a parent, she started questioning the status quo which led her on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and realignment. After discovering Human Design, she dove deep into learning how she could use this tool to empower herself and others to reach their full potential. Geralyn is a Human Design reader and coach who helps people come home to their most radically authentic selves.

In this episode:

How Geralyn learned more about her unique kids and used that knowledge (and intuition) to parent them differently
How belief and trust in your kids builds their own self-trust (this is THE best!)
What Human Design is and how to helps you to understand yourself more
How to use Human Design to understand your children and parenting them uniquely

Links:

You can find more information about Human Design and her offerings by following along on Instagram @geralyn_brennan or going to her website www.geralynbrennan.com

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S07|13 - Shame-Free Sex Education with Carlie, The Christian Sex Educator

Carlie Palmer-Webb — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Did you feel like your parents gave you a healthy and comprehensive sex education as a child and teen? Or did you find that most of your learning (or lack of it) came from friends or other less helpful resources? Join this conversation with me and Carlie, The Christian Sex Educator to learn more about how to teach your kids about sex, shame-free.

Carlie Palmer-Webb is a gender and sexuality researcher, data-nerd, enthusiastic Jesus-lover, new mama, and The Christian Sex Educator. She has made it her life mission to provide shame-free sex education for Christians in every life stage.

In this discussion:

You’ll hear about Carlie’s own story, her lack of helpful sex-ed, and how that led her on a journey as an adult to learn more (and share what she learned)
How we can change the paradigm in our home and teach our children about sexuality, while we teach them our values too.
What shame-free sex education looks like, and how it’s never too late to start (even if you’re 70!)
Carlie shares about her un-shaming journey and what books and resources helped her

Links and resources:

Come As You Are by Dr. Emily Nagoski
The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Gregoire
A Better Way to Teach Kids about Sex by Laura Padilla-Walker and colleagues
Teaching Kids about Sex—The Parent Guidebook (ages 0-9) by Carlie
Instagram
All podcast episodes referenced can be found here: www.coachcrystal.ca/blog

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S07|12 - Teaching Our Kids About Porn: Shame-free and Sex-Positive with Sara Brewer

Sara Brewer — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000

What do you do when your kids and teens are dealing with unwanted porn use? And how do you support yourself or your partner through the same thing? It can feel scary and overwhelming to deal with things like porn and sexuality, especially if you were raised in a conservative Christian home.

On the podcast today we hear from Sara Brewer, a life coach who helps people quit porn. She’s the host of the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast, the fastest-growing podcast around quitting porn. She helps hundreds of people in her program and thousands in her podcast Overcome Pornography for Good.

What we cover in this episode:

How purity culture can produce shame around sexuality, and how to start fresh when teaching our kids about sexuality
Shame-free sex-ed is the best way to prevent pornography use in kids and teens
How to support yourself or your partner when dealing with unwanted pornography use
What to do when you find your kids viewing pornography (in a supportive and emotionally healthy way)

Links:

www.sarabrewer.com
Free Masterclass
Overcome Pornography for Good - Podcast
Follow on Instagram
Find us on Facebook

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S07|11 - Your Cyclical Superpowers: Menstruation, Perimenopause and Embracing Your Feminine Lifestyle with Ashlee Sorensen

Ashlee Sorenson — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Why is no one talking about perimenopause? And how can we support ourselves through it in healthy ways? How do our hormones and cycles connect to our food and lifestyle choices? We dig into all of this and more with Ashlee on the podcast today.

Ashlee is a certified menstrual and hormone coach for women. Her experience with PMS, debilitating period pain, and perimenopause symptoms ultimately led her to learn more about how food and lifestyle affect hormone health. She has helped countless women ease uncomfortable symptoms of hormone imbalance and embrace their feminine energy. Ashlee is passionate about teaching women about the power of the menstrual cycle and the cyclical superpowers that come with being a hormonal woman.

What we cover in this episode:

Ashlee’s story of heavy periods, endometriosis and difficult cycles
How endometriosis affected her cycles and life, and what she found that helped
Cycles, hormone health and how our lifestyle and food can impact our hormones in huge ways
Signs of perimenopause and what to look out for
What to do to support yourself with healthy boundaries as you prepare your body for perimenopause and menopause

Links:

A Bit Better Every Day podcast
Instagram: @heyashleenoel
Courses

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S07|10 - Elevating Motherhood: The Impact of Life Coaching with Danielle Thienel

Danielle Thienel — Mon, 9 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Danielle is the author of a new book, The Cyclone Mom Method. Today we talk about her own path into life coaching, and how one conversation with a coach changed things in her home (no more cooking!) and how much joy and satisfaction she feels now. Danielle discusses her new book with us, and how we can use the tools in her book to enjoy our own motherhood more.

Danielle Thienel is a certified life coach who supports faith-filled moms helping them balance their busy lives. Through her coaching program, books, speaking engagements and podcast, Danielle's mission is to have moms maximize their full potential, have more peace and joy in their mom-life and become the mom God created us to be.

What we talk about this episode:

How to transition in a healthy way when your kids start college
How your life can change completely through one conversation (coaching and therapy)
Going from overwhelmed and burnt-out to joyful and satisfied in your motherhood
Danielle’s new book and what “being the calm center” means in a cyclone

Links:

The Cyclone Mom Method Book
Podcast: The Peaceful Mind Podcast for Busy Moms
Instagram or Facebook: @daniellethienelcoaching
Website

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oaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for.

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S07|09 - Parenting Passionately: Elevating Your Sex Life in Marriage with Amanda Louder

Amanda Louder — Mon, 2 Oct 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Sex in partnerships is often an overlooked subject- but something that affects every other aspect of our relationship too. How do we move past sexual shame and have a vibrant and healthy sex life? What steps can we take if we’re struggling with intimacy, low-desire/high-desire in sex or to make things fresh and new if we’ve been together for several years? We dig into all of this and more on today’s interview with Amanda Louder.

Amanda Louder is a Certified Sex & Marriage Coach who helps Christian men & women overcome their obstacles to create a more emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically intimate relationship. She is also the host of the Sex for Saints Podcast which has over 1.2 million downloads.

In addition to being a coach, Amanda is also a wife to Kevin, and mom and stepmom to 5 kids, ranging in ages from 14-23. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, watching her kids play sports, fishing, and camping.

What we talk about today:

What’s keeping us stuck from a healthy sexual relationship
How to deal with sexual shame so we can have the kind of relationship we desire
Low-desire and higher-desire partners
Helping women achieve orgasm
How to have a shame-free environment in your home so you can teach your kids sexuality in a healthy way
What steps we can take right now to create better sex and healthier intimacy in partnerships

Connect with Amanda: Website
Social media Instagram
Sex for Saints Podcast

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S07|08 - Mom Rage in Motherhood and Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Why don’t we talk about anger and rage in parenting more? The less we talk about it, the more we shame it. This episode is all about creating a safe space to talk about anger and rage, and where it comes from (typically) and what to do about it in your own life. I’ll also share my own rage story, and how I went from a rage-mom space to (almost) no yelling.

In today’s episode you’ll hear:

The common causes of mom rage and what you can do about it
How shame and rage are interconnected, and how to un-shame your anger
My own story with rage and other postpartum issues
What healing modalities can help with anger and rage
How our history and childhood can trigger anger/big emotions in our own parenting
Where my anger is at now, and how different my life is from doing the healing necessary

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S07|07 - Navigating Parenting through Trauma, Triggers and Rage with Grace (Maggie Nick, Parenting With Perspectacles)

Maggie Nick — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Trying to parent in a different way than you were modeled, while trying to heal your own past trauma can be tricky. Therapist Maggie Nick (Parenting With Perspectacles) shares her story of parenting through trauma, and how she was able to notice shame in herself and her parenting, and what she did to change. Tune into this episode to hear all about shame-free parenting and how it leads to more emotionally intelligent and resilient children.

In our conversation:

Maggie opens up about her own childhood and how being the “good” kid had a huge negative emotional impact on her as an adult
How shame gets into our parenting and is so often the root of emotional issues
What re-parenting looks like, even if you aren’t supported by your parents right now (she helps clients navigate adult estrangement)

More about Maggie:

Maggie Nick is a Recovering people pleasing, perfectionist “good” kid turned Therapist. With her revolutionary insights, she is a Thought Leader in healing low self-worth, shame and parenting. She’s the Founder of Parenting With Perspectacles, a parenting AND reparenting framework to help parents of toddlers to teens find their way through the hardest, most triggering moments of parenting with the tools and insight to help both their child AND their inner child feel seen and loved.

She shares relatable insights as a Cycle Breaking Mom, childhood trauma survivor and Therapist, helping people worldwide to heal, release the shame of feeling not good enough + learn to believe they deserve love without conditions.

Maggie is the Co-Founder of The Parenting With Trauma Project, which supports parents showing up to heal their own trauma while breaking generational cycles of trauma for their children. She is also the Co-Founder of The Estrangement Project, which helps those healing The Motherwound and navigating estrangement from their mothers.

Connect with Maggie:

Parenting with Trauma Project Waitlist HERE
Website HERE
Instagram HERE

Work with Crystal:

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE

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S07|06 - Empowering Teens: Preventing Pornography Use and Promoting Healthy Screen Habits with Dr. Finlayson-Fife

Dr. Finlayson-Fyfe, Jennifer Finlayson-Fife — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Today I interview Dr. Finlayson-Fife as she shares several valuable insights and strategies around raising tech-savvy and well-balanced teens. We delve into the important (and sometimes tricky) topic of pornography prevention in teens and fostering healthy screen habits (for ourselves and for our kids). Join us as we discuss effective approaches to guide your teens toward a more responsible relationship with their digital consumption.

Tune into this conversation with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife and me. She is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping LDS individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.

In this episode you will:

Understand the impact of pornography, social media and screen use on the developing brain, future relationships and self-esteem
Better understand the importance of open and honest communication where we create a safe space to have sexual discussions and teaching, even if your childhood home was very different than the atmosphere you are trying to create now
Understand the importance of balancing boundaries and education without leaning too far into the fear and shame that can so often accompany these conversations
How to discuss healthy sexuality in a shame-free and sex-positive way by starting with unpacking your own beliefs about sexuality

Connect with Jennifer:

In addition to her private practice, Dr. Finlayson-Fife has created five empowering and highly-reviewed online courses. Each course was designed to give LDS individuals and couples the tools requisite to creating healthier lives and stronger intimate relationships. Dr. Finlayson-Fife also offers many workshops and retreats where she teaches these life-changing principles in person.

Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a frequent guest on LDS-themed podcasts on the subjects of sexuality, relationships, mental health, and faith. She is also the creator and host of Room for Two, a popular sex and intimacy coaching podcast.

Learn more about Dr. Finlayson-FIfe and her work by clicking HERE.

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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S07|05 - Empowering Couples in Parenting and Partnerships with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife — Mon, 4 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Stress in our marriages/partnerships can bring strain into our parenting, and vice versa. Typically, if we’re struggling with one, it’ll affect the other. How do we start to change the dance of marriage that we have been in for so long, and create a healthier partnership (even when our partners aren’t on board with changing with us)? Join Dr Jennifer Finlayson-Fyfe and I as we dig into healthy partnerships and leave you with tools that can start changing things today.

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping LDS individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.

What we talk about this episode:

3 tips to help us in our marriages that don’t have anything to do with changing our partner
How gratitude can change the way we view things within our marriage.
What resentment is trying to teach us, and how to use it to build a more equal partnership
What to do when you’re not on the same page with your partner (in parenting, about partnership, sexuality etc.)
How seeking for validation from our partner affects our partnership
We touch on how to teach heathy sexuality to our children (and pornography prevention) and will be bringing another conversation around this (and teens and screens) to the podcast next week!!

Connect with Jennifer:

Learn more about Dr. Finlayson-FIfe and her work by clicking HERE.

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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S07|04 - My Story

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Sharing our stories is vulnerable- it can be scary, hard and confusing… but I also believe that it adds to understanding, compassion and a better world when we do. Here’s my story- in its vulnerable entirety. I hope it adds light and hope to your own journey- and that through my story you’ll have the courage to write your own- just for you.

In this episode:

Mental Health Journaling (or mindful journaling) and how it can help you heal
Questions that you can ask yourself to use as journal prompts when writing
My story with my neurodiverse child
The heaviness of how I felt years ago, and what helped in my parenting
What changes we’ve made over the past 5 years, and how I notice myself respond from a totally different energy than I used to
The 3 biggest take-aways I notice looking back on my journey and how you can use those tools to support your parenting right now

Work with me:

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
|Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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Download the feelings wheel HERE
Get the Parenting Mindset Journal HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Information about the retreat: click here

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S07|03 - God, Me and Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000

My past relationship with God was full of subconscious beliefs that actually kept me separated from Him, His goodness and His light. Shame, fear and control crept into my parenting, without me even knowing it (and definitely without me wanting it). I was stuck in the same patterns of generational parenting that had been passed down to me- and had no idea how much of a difference changing my relationship with God would heal this. Healed, loved, aligned and full of light (aka a more regulated nervous system, time for rest and stillness, and listening to my own desires and ideas more)- my life and my parenting is completely different.

In this episode you’ll hear:

How my childhood changed my views of God and I didn’t even notice
Spreading shame, fear and control in subconscious ways through how we relate to God
What my relationship with God used to look and sound like, and what it looks like now
Research studies done on how we learn about God, and how it affects us
Changing our relationship with our kids through subconscious work
Emotionally healing IS God-work

Article from this episode: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580497/

Work with me:

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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S07|02 - Creating Space

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Creating space is the first step. You can’t pour more water into a cup that is already overflowing. What are you spending your time on? What are you choosing to do with “your one precious life?” Are you happy with how you spend your time? If you want new growth and change, that hasn’t happened before- creating space comes first. Tune in as we talk about why this is a struggle for us and how we can start small.

In this episode:

How my life was go-go-go and didn’t leave space for anything new, like healing and change
How stopping the fast pace of my life felt like running a marathon
How to do a time audit, and start creating change in how we spend our time
How our own childhood, and past traumas affect us now
Creating time and space for stillness is integral to healing

Work with me:

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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Download the feelings wheel HERE|
Get the Parenting Mindset Journal HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Information about the retreat: click here

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S07|01 - Mindset-Driven Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 7 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000

5 years ago, I found myself with a door slammed in my face and a child screaming at me on the other side. Big emotions, big reactions, and not knowing how to respond to all of this “big-ness”. Shifts were slow and happened over time… and it all started with this: MINDSET. I didn’t realize how the way that I was thinking about myself, my parenting and my child was creating the current relationship I had with them- and keeping us stuck in this habitual thinking/feeling/doing pattern that I couldn’t seem to change. Mindset changed it all. Fast-forward 6 years and I have a LOT more stories about how mindset has changed things- resentment in my marriage, my kiddos dealing with anxiety and teens endlessly watching YouTube. It’s one of the quickest and simplest ways to change things in your life, and your kids.

In this episode you’ll hear:

A little glimpse into my life 6 years ago attempting to parent a neurodiverse child with connection and love, but not being able to actually DO it
How mindset entered my journey “after the fact”, and how it changed so much in our relationship (he changed too!)
Everything is created in consciousness first- how our mindset shapes our reality
Mindset and parenting around teens YouTube/screen use and anxiety in kids
How mindset healed my resentment in marriage and how everything has changed since then
Thought Dumps daily can help you access your thinking, gain awareness throughout the day and increase your response time during tough challenges that come up during the day

Work with me:

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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S06|19 - How to Get Your Kids to Stop Fighting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 05:00:00 +0000

One of the top things I get asked is this: Crystal, please help my kids stop fighting! And today, you finally get the FULL answer. Learn more about what’s really going on- what fighting boils down to- and what can be good about it. We’ll also dig into 3 practical tools that you can use TODAY to lower fighting TODAY. They work in a sustainable way, not just as a temporary solution. You’ll love this episode! Make sure to like, share, subscribe and share it with a friend.

In today’s episode we dig into:

How fighting really boils down to emotional self-regulation (and communication skills)
How we can teach our children self-regulation, and lower fighting in our home
How to teach healthy and effective communication skills (it’s probably different than you’d think)
The changes that have happened in my home with fighting and how you can start to make those same changes right now
Pause, Breathe, Feel: get the custom feelings wheel HERE

Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Parent School: CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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S06|18 - Gentle Parenting and Weight-loss with Laura Conley

Laura Conley — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 05:00:00 +0000

What do gentle parenting and permanent weight loss have to do with each other? More than you’d think! Weight-loss is the by-product of self-love and true discipline (not what you might think discipline is). Through this process of simplifying, listening to my body more, learning and loving my body more… I’ve lost weight SO much easier and simpler than before, in a sustainable and permanent way. Dropping diet culture, shame, and the focus on “skinny” and leaning into LOVE, connection and relationship with ME. My friend Laura Conley joins us for this conversation and shares her story and insights with us.

Laura Conley is a Certified Life + Weight Loss Coach. Laura helps mamas who have been painfully struggling with diet drama (who have tried EVERYTHING) to lose weight for the last time and free themselves from food forever. She is on a maniacal mission to do this so that her clients can pass down a beautiful legacy to their children around food and bodies, weigh what they want, and live the life they have always dreamed of without the weight in the way. She does this through coaching her clients on how to balance their hunger hormones, rewire their brains, handle emotions, accountability and becoming their own bestie.

What we talk about:

what the diet culture/industry has wrong
why beating yourself up doesn’t actually work
teaching our own kids to love their own body’s and accept themselves
the role of acceptance, love and discipline in both parenting and weight loss

Connect with Laura here:

website: lauraconley.com
IG: @lauraconleycoaching

Free feelings wheel download: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheel
Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERE
Sign up for the next retreat** click here

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Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
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S06|17 - Faith-Based Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 5 Jun 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Conscious parenting comes from our own inner healing, NOT from changing our kids, or focusing on their behaviours. Conscious means being intentional and aware. When I started on my own healing journey, I noticed that my children’s behaviour changed hugely… like it was mirroring my own healing journey. What I haven’t talked about until today is how much this change came from my shifting relationship with God… how I viewed God and how I viewed myself as well. Everything is interconnected and we dive into it in this episode.

In today’s episode:

How my parenting shifted as I turned inwards (and how their meltdowns decreased, and behaviour improved as I stopped trying to change them)
Tapping into the Truth that is already inside of you
How the growth within myself and my children also mirrored my growth and change in my relationship with the Divine
How everything is connected: God, parenting, us and our kids… and where to start the change
My brand-NEW program to guide you through this change as well (click HERE for more info)

Free Download: feelings wheel

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S06|16 - The one BEST thing you can do for your parenting right now

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 29 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Parenting is so much less of “how do I get my kids to listen?!” (insert any issue here) and much more of “what is really bothering me about this right now?” Turning inwards and understanding US is the real work. Conscious parenting will come naturally from this space. Tune into the episode today to learn more about what this means and how to do it. Then come join our retreat in September.

In today’s show:

recap of the amazing retreat with insights from the women that attended
doing something for YOU is the best thing you can today for your own motherhood/parenting
what brings you joy, passion ad purpose?
what we can do to improve our own relationship with ourselves- and why that matters
conscious parenting comes through our inner healing journey
healing is remembering <3

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S06|15 - Re-parenting with Joline, Mindful Mess Mom

Joline Escat — Mon, 22 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Joline Escat is the founder of mindfulmess mom and a conscious parent coach guiding Moms to go from Chaos to Calm& Confident. Through her studies in early childhood pedagogy with the focus on development and building resilience through a secure attachment, she helps parents understand the child in-front of them which leads to more empathy and less yelling.

In this episode you’ll hear:

Joline’s personal story of teaching children and seeing their behaviour issues for more than just the behaviour on the outside
Trauma, triggers and how to start the healing journey
Using our triggers are teachers by creating more pause, visualizing the future and looking back on our past

Connect with Joline: @mindfulmess.mom

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Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop
Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
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S06|14 - Creating Your Own Herbal First Aid Kit with Clinical Herbalist, Mel Mutterspaugh

Mel Mutterspaugh — Mon, 15 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Mel Mutterspaugh is a clinical herbalist, environmental educator, and homeschooling momma living in the foothills of Mt Hood Oregon. She's got a crazy passion for teaching more moms to use plants as medicine in a safe and effective way so that they can take better care of their family and ultimately, we all take better care of our planet!

Mel is also the host of The Herbalist's Path podcast, and founder of Apothecary Momma & Medicine Makin' Momma online programs. She's on a mission to inspire a movement where there's an herbalist in every home... AGAIN!

Family Herb Garden: HERE
Website HERE
IG HERE

Today you’ll hear:

Mel’s almost 20 years of learning and education about herbs and how to use them
How we are tuned out of the knowledge surrounding plant medicine that we used to use in every home and how we can become our own family’s herbalist again
What plants you use to create a first aid kit to take on any family adventure and keep your family safe
What herbs to use and when for things like fevers, burns, snake bites, sprains and more

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Triggers Workshop: click here
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Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
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S06|13 - Money Manifestation and Belief with Jamie Berman

Jamie Berman — Mon, 8 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Jamie Berman is a Master Certified Coach with a background in Spiritual Psychology specializing in all things money, mindset & manifestation!

She has coached thousands of clients, helping them change the beliefs, habits, and behaviors that were keeping them from making the kind of money they truly desired in their business! Jamie’s clients stop underearning and go on to make 6-figures and beyond in their business without overworking or hustling. They come to realize that money isn’t something that happens to them, but something that they have the power to create!

In this episode you’ll hear:

Jamie’s personal story of growth, from struggling in finding her true passion to becoming a Master Coach at the Life Coach School (and so much more!)
What beliefs are keeping you stuck from manifesting more into your life
How to tap into your true desire, and manifest anything you want
How money beliefs can keep us stuck from building more impact and spreading light into the world
Becoming the YOU that is aligned with what you are creating

Connect with Jamie-
Website: HERE
Instagram: HERE
TikTok: HERE
Manifestation for Business Workbook: HERE

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S06|12 - Creating a Family Brand (and strengthening difficult marriages) with Melissa Smith

Melissa Smith — Mon, 1 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Melissa Smith is a wife, and mother of 5. She is a nurse, turned entrepreneur and co-creator with her husband, Chris, of Family Brand. Family Brand is a program and a movement to help families intentionally grow together, design a life they love, and create and build relationships that last. While separated and nearly divorced years ago, she and her husband decided to change destructive narratives and rebuild with intention. Now they’re helping others take back their families too. Melissa also co-hosts Family Brand, a podcast that debuted at number two in the Kids and Family category on Apple.

In this episode:

Chris and Melissas touching story of their rough first years of marriage
What helped heal their relationship
How being intentional about relationships created the Family Brand
How to use values to help strengthen your family and build a string narrative for your children to hold on to

Connect with Melissa:
Family Culture Quiz: HERE
Our Family Brand "Level-Up Your Family Program"
Family Brand Podcast on Apple: HERE

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S06|11 - Leading Your Life Through Intuition with Amber Smith

Amber Smith — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Amber Smith is a life and business coach for soulful entrepreneurs and a mom of 3 girls. She loves helping ambitious women grow successful online businesses that create high impact by helping them do the inner work.

In this episode:

What intuition is and how it can guide your life
How to know the difference between intuition and your own thoughts
Carving out space for answers and creative solutions to come in
Getting quiet in your own body and finding the time/space for answers

Website HERE
The Conscious Coach Podcast HERE

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S06|10 - How to Change Your Life with Master Coach, Corinne Crabtree

Corinne Crabtree — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Corinne Crabtree is a Master Certified Weight and Life Coach with a mission to help every woman break generational curses in order to improve their personal health and wealth. Corinne lost 100lbs 15 years ago and ever since, she has dedicated her life to teaching women how to do the same.

Corinne Crabtree is one of the leading voices in the weightloss and business industry. She’s the host of the wildly successful podcast, Losing 100lbs with Corinne, which has been downloaded over 50 million times in 160 countries. Over 1 Million women have taken her free weightloss course and Corinne now serves over 14,000 paid members in the No BS Weightloss Program.

On this episode we dig into:

How Corinne lost 100 lbs and what inspired her journey of healing
Dropping “all or nothing” and “perfection” and digging into enough-ness in health, parenting and business
Parenting a neurodivergent child and how to set healthy boundaries
How to care for yourself in nourishing ways, which might look different than others
Small and simple changes may seem pointless are the ones that make the biggest things happen

Connect with Corinne:

Losing 100 Podcast/No BS Weightloss Program Facebook - HERE
Instagram - @Corinne_Crabtree
No BS Business Women Facebook - HERE
No BS Business Women Instagram - @NoBSBusinessWomen
Podcast HERE
Website and Free Course HERE
Advanced Weightloss Coaching Certification HERE
No BS Business Women HERE
No BS Business Bootcamp HERE

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More about Corinne:

After being a featured expert at The Life Coach School and having her business rank #1052 in the Inc. the 5000 Fastest Growing Businesses of 2022, Corinne founded the No BS Business Women’s Membership.

The program provides online entrepreneurs with simple frameworks, tools, and focus they need to take action and build the business of their dreams. In addition, Corinne offers advanced weightloss life coach training for coaches, dietitians and medical professionals who want to improve their client's weightloss outcomes.

You can catch Corinne on Facebook and Instagram talking sh** about the diet and online marketing industry. Her greatest passion is helping women get rid of their old sh**ty thoughts by using self-love to never quit on themselves again.

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S06|09 - De-stigmatizing Neurodivergence (creating inclusion and changing our world)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Neurodivergent kids (and people) are often looked as “outside the norm” and often treated in behaviourist ways to “change them” or modify their behaviours to be more in the “norm”. We do this because we think the neurotypical way of thinking and being is SO much better. I think we’re wrong about this. As we think more outside the box, and create a more inclusive world… we’ll drive innovation, growth and peace. Let’s stop trying to TEACH (change) each other… and instead, learn FROM each other.

In today’s episode you’ll hear:

Neurodiversity, neurodivergent and neurocontrast defined
Experiences I’ve had with my ND kids that have opened up my eyes to more inclusive ways of thinking and being- and more freedom in my own life
How innovation is driven by, and only exists thanks to, neurodiversity
Making our churches, schools, communities and homes safe and inclusive spaces for ND humans

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S06|08 - Feminist Time-Hacking with Vikki Louise (anti-productivity gets more done)

Vikki Louise — Mon, 3 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Vikki is the UK’s leading Feminist Time, Productivity and Rest Coach, innovating outdated time management systems and tools that simply have women ‘getting by’, overworking and operating from high stress and pressure. After graduating from the London School of Economics, she worked in finance, and tech, before founding her coaching company. She’s gone from 80 to 15-hour weeks and helps her clients do the same. She helps them create plenty of time and succeed more because they do less. She also hosts the top 1% “Feminist Time, Productivity & Rest podcast”, downloaded over 600,000 times.

In this conversation:

Ditching programs, planners, scheduling systems and complicated tools as a way to be MORE productive
We dig into how we tie our self-worth/value as a person to our productivity, results and achievements
How the key to get more done (AND make MORE money) is doing LESS, not more
Taking time for rest (you do NOT need permission)
How to start our own deconstruction of thinking around time and how it’s been viewed/taught for decades
Redefining success as a human/mom and creating to-do lists of self-love and support

Connect with Vikki:
Get the time guide (how to stop wasting time) HERE
Podcast is HERE
Find Vikki on IG HERE

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S06|07 - Healing Through the Inner Wisdom of Archetypes and Menstrual Cycles

Chelsea Bretzke — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000

“Trauma is an event held in alone-ness” – Dr Becky at GoodInside

We all have trauma- times when we didn’t feel supported, connected or held during difficult times in our lives. What we’re trying to give our children is that support, love and connection during their challenging life experiences, but we find it difficult to do when we haven’t dealt with our own past. Join Chelsea and I as we dig into Inner Child Work through Archetypes, and lean into cycles of all kinds.

On today’s episode:

The different menstrual phases and exercise/movement/nutrition to help you through (get the PDF download HERE)
How to lean into, instead of push against, the natural flow of our cycles/lives
Tapping into intuition, energy and connection throughout our cycle
Harnessing the power of archetypes to aid in healing our own wounds
How to use story reframing to process challenges in our lives

Join Chelsea and I at the spring retreat, Rest Play Grow: click here

Chelsea Bretzke is the mother of 7, whose own healing journey has made her extremely passionate about sharing the things that have helped her with others.

A teacher by profession she has broadened her training to include teaching yoga, guided meditations, as well as the power of archetypes and story to make sense of our past trauma, wounds, shadows, relationships and ultimately ourselves.

She loves using her intense creativity and strong intuition to develop unique and powerful experiences with music, movement and imagination as she creates safe spaces for individuals to connect to their bodies, to process big emotions and bring insights and unforgettable cathartic experiences to their individual journeys.

Like the ones we have at Rest Play Grow: click here

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S06|06 - Possibilities, Believe Something New

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000

“We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible”- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.

Our beliefs around what is “possible” for us and our kids come from our past, our old beliefs, what we’ve seen happen before and, transferred beliefs we’ve taken from people/society around us. Unless we intentionally look at these, question them and choose to believe something new… nothing will change. Are you on this journey too? Possibility is magic. Magic can bring healing to us and to the world. Believe something new.

On the episode today:

Believing something new is what creates any forward momentum and change
How we define what is possible for us and our lives
Deconstructing layers of conditioning around “possibilities” for us and our future
Innovation, Creativity and Growth come from believing something new, that hasn’t been thought possible before

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S06|05 - Emotional Regulation and Co-Regulation

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000

One of the most common topics that come up around kids is emotional reactivity- both in us and in our kids. This episode dives into how to develop healthy regulation tactics for both us and our kids… using tools that work. If conscious parenting seems difficult when your kid (or you) melts down- this episode will be super supportive for you.

On this episode we talk about:

What development looks like when it comes to emotions
What self-regulation is and how we learn how to do it
What co-regulation actually looks like (and what it doesn’t)
Learn more about the science of emotions from www.macnamara.ca and https://neufeldinstitute.org/
What tools we can use for us to feel our feelings, and naturally help our kids too
Coping skills deck over HERE
My book and the regulation techniques in it: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop

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Find Your Parenting Personality: Quiz Here
Triggers Workshop: click here
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IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
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S06|04 - When Parenting is Hard

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 6 Mar 2023 06:00:00 +0000

“If the pain was deep
you will have to let it go
many times”
-Yung Pueblo

Parenting can be really challenging at times… even when we are working so hard at it. This episode is for those times. When we feel the heaviness of parenting… when we feel a little bit in the dark (Sue Monk Kidd calls is the Holy Dark), when we feel like the world is spinning. THIS episode is my message to you. I hope it brings you the comfort and guidance you are seeking.

NOTE: if you have suicidal thoughts or need mental health help, please reach out to a medical doctor and someone you love, as this advice is not meant to be a replacement for that.

On today’s show:

3 stories from my life when parenting was hard, and what that looked like
my current/ongoing challenges in parenting and how I deal with them
uncovering your triggers (learn more about this HERE)
using the 2 keys of self-regulation and self-compassion (it may sound simple, but it’s much harder to do… I get teary over here)

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S06|03 - Inner Child Healing

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Inner Child Healing is a concept that may have been around for a while, but has lately gained growing interest. Understanding and acknowledging wounds that we have brought from child (from home, church, community, school etc.) is a huge help to our overall emotional wellness. When we can start to heal our wounds, we won’t be acting from that hurt place- and we can help add more love and light to those in our sphere.

On today’s episode:

What inner child healing is and why it’s so important to our emotional wellness
What would a supportive, loving relationship with a parent look like?
Re-parenting/self-mothering and how we can become the supportive parent that we need, right now
Tools to help facilitate our inner child healing
I take you through a workshop of questions to help guide this work for you
How healing your wounds can help the world

Find your parenting personality by taking the quiz right HERE

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If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for.

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S06|02 - Chores + Conscious Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Maybe you’ve decided that connection is the way to parent, and you’re striving to be conscious, gentle and intentional (not perfect!) about your relationships with your kids. Maybe you feel like it’s going okay with most things, but NOT CHORES. That when it comes to chores- force, control and sticker charts creep back in. So, how do you keep your house clean and ditch chores, zones and charts? It’s possible, and that’s what we’re discussing today.

Today you’ll hear:

Why it’s important to teach about personal responsibility and hard work in connection-based ways, and not resort to traditional parenting tactics
What are kids are really “learning” when we force chores and jobs on them (it might not be what you are hoping to teach them)
7 helpful ideas you can try today to help you ditch chores and keep your house clean, without adding more to your plate

Find your parenting personality by taking the quiz right HERE

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If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for.

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S06|01 - Parenting Highly-Sensitive Kids and Parents

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Welcome to season 6! In this season you’ll hear from experts in the motherhood and parenting sphere, along with support from me- to help you uncover your own inner parenting expert. I’ll be answering the most frequently asked questions on IG and my podcast, so be sure to reach out! Today we’re digging into highly-sensitive kids and parents, and how we can support ourselves in this journey.

Today you’ll hear:

What a highly sensitive child (orchid child) might act like
The power of our thought-stories in the labels we give to children, and making sure they are supportive for us and them
Tips we can use to support ourselves if we are a highly-sensitive person/empath
The best way to parent an empathic child
Having compassion for US on our own healing journey, as we parent our children

Find your parenting personality by taking the quiz right HERE

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If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for.

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Bonus - Parenting Calm, Confident Kids You Love to Be Around, Part 3

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Have you heard my WHOLE STORY? How I shifted from wanting my kiddos to change (which was NOT happening), and not being able to handle the extreme emotions and behaviours that my kids were throwing at me… to parenting calm, confident kids that I love to be around. It feels like a miracle. A miracle that has changed my parenting, my kids and my whole life… and is now my purpose in the world to spread and share.

My custom program, PARENT SCHOOL is now open for enrolment. With a unique combination of somatic work, mindset, shame resiliency and emotions, through a lens of connection-based parenting, you too can have this same story. This work has changed my own life and the lives of my clients. If you feel a nudge to do this work, join us HERE.

What you’ll hear today:

The 3 things that I didn’t know when I was struggling in parenting
Emotional regulation vs reactivity (for more listen HERE and HERE)
Thinking my kids were the problem, and needed to change, before I could show up in motherhood in the way I wanted to (for more listen HERE and HERE)
How my entire self-concept changed, and shame resiliency (for more, listen HERE and HERE).

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Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
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Bonus - Parenting Calm, Confident Kids You Love to Be Around, Part 2

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000

What you’ll hear today:

The 3 things that I didn’t know when I was struggling in parenting
Emotional regulation vs reactivity (for more listen HERE and HERE)
Thinking my kids were the problem, and needed to change, before I could show up in motherhood in the way I wanted to (for more listen HERE and HERE)
How my entire self-concept changed, and shame resiliency (for more, listen HERE and HERE).

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Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shop

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Bonus - Parenting Calm, Confident Kids You Love to Be Around, Part 1

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000

What you’ll hear today:

The 3 things that I didn’t know when I was struggling in parenting
Emotional regulation vs reactivity (for more listen HERE and HERE)
Thinking my kids were the problem, and needed to change, before I could show up in motherhood in the way I wanted to (for more listen HERE and HERE)
How my entire self-concept changed, and shame resiliency (for more, listen HERE and HERE).

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Join the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/group
IG: @the.parenting.coach
Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca
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S05|27 - The Best Parenting Advice for 2023

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000

My best advice for 2023, all in one bite-sized podcast episode. The way I feel about my kids, and how I show up as a mom, has completely changed over the last few years… I now LOVE parenting, my kids are calm and confident, we have very few arguments, and we love to spend time together. This was not always the case… in fact, it was kind of the opposite. Tune in to hear about the 4 things that helped most support me in this change, and check out PARENT SCHOOL, now enrolling: www.coachcrystal.ca/group

On this episode you’ll hear:

My journey with parenting and the challenges that I faced
Emotional regulation and how it’s become one of my superpowers, from being one of my biggest struggles
How I started to LOVE spending time with my kids and feeling confident in what I was teaching them
How sibling rivalry decreased as I worked on my own healing
The 4 things that helped change my parenting so much, and how it can change your parenting in 2023
The EVERYTHING tool, free download HERE

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S05|26 - A Parenting Story: How One Mom Decreased Her Kids Meltdowns and Increased Connection

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 9 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Wouldn’t it be nice if our kids did exactly what we wanted, when we wanted them to? THEN parenting would finally be easy. THEN we could show up in the way we want in the world… but that’s not how it works. We can’t change them, no matter how hard we try. We can change US though, and there is SO much power in that. Tune in to this client story where we dig into all the changes that happened for my client and her husband as we coached together- and what changes she incidentally noticed in her kids, as she stopped trying to change THEM.

On the podcast today:

The journey of my client and what spurred her into looking for parenting support
How she desired an even deeper connection with her kids, and to parent differently than both her and her husband had been raised, but struggled to implement what she desired
Getting on the same page as her partner isn’t what she thought it was (emotional connection and support, more than the same beliefs about parenting)
How her kids meltdowns decreased in intensity and frequency, as connection increased, when she focussed on what was in her power to change (hint: it wasn’t her kids that started the change)

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S05|25 - Before + After Parenting Coaching: Camille’s Journey Through Parent School

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 2 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Parenting Coaching is SO much more than just a conversation. It’s SO much more than a how-to guide, quick scripts or advice. It’s deep. It’s healing. It’s transformative… in every area of your life. Sharing our stories is powerful, and I’m elated to bring you a deep and special story of parenting change today, from my client Camille.

On the podcast today:

My client Camille shares where she was at before parenting coaching and how we found each other
Her goal of having deep and connected relationships with her kids and how she reached it
How Camille listened to THIS podcast and thought “that could be my story too” and jumped right into coaching
What has changed for her throughout coaching, and what her parenting is like now (emotional regulation is KEY in this story)
The importance of validating our children’s emotions, and being their safe space on their worst days
“Relationship matters most” and “my kids are doing their best”- how to use these mantras to change your relationship with your kids

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S05|24 - Simplify 2023, How To Create a Life of Ease

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Join me today as we plan for next year, in the most intentional and effective ways (not setting goals!). Spend the next year full of ease, flow and intentionality- even while parenting. Tune in to hear a NEW tool you can use in every situation, and a BOOK that can help you all year long.

On the podcast today:

3 steps to create more ease and flow next year (yup, it’s possible!)
How to “declutter” your physical space, your to-do list and your mind, to leave room to maximize growth and expansion this year
Decluttering your mind with MY NEW BOOK!!
Knowing what is in your power to control/change and letting go of what isn’t (this is SO empowering!)
What energy outfits we wear during the day and how they affect us
The NEW “Everything Tool” that you can use in any situation to show up in the way you want as mom (and dad)
Committing to being the change, breaking cycles and doing the HARD work of THOUGHTS and FEELINGS (aka taking the path less traveled, of healing and growth)

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S05|23 - Parenting Types and Attachment Styles with KJ, Gentle Healing Mom

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000

KJ, also known as Gentle Healing mom, has built a community of over 100k followers on Instagram sharing about her personal gentle parenting journey as well as healing from childhood wounds. She has a master's degree in mental health counseling and is working towards becoming a certified parenting coach.

KJ and her husband Adam have been married for 7 years. They have a 5-year-old son named Sawyer who is the reason KJ began her gentle and conscious parenting journey more than 2 years ago."

Connect with KJ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gentlehealingmom/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gentlehealingmom

On today’s episode of the podcast:

We define modern parenting terminology… conscious parenting, gentle parenting, positive parenting etc.
What the 4 parenting styles are and what parenting has been common in generations past
Attachment styles and what they look like in adulthood (secure and insecure attachment and more)
What our own inner healing looks like, and how perfection is never the goal

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S05|22 - How to be the Conscious Parent you Desire with Bryana Kappadakunnel

Bryana Kappadakunnel — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Bryana Kappadakunnel is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (90464), an Infant-Family Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, a Perinatal Mental Health Specialist-Certified, and a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach via Dr. Shefali’s training program. She is the owner & voice behind Conscious Mommy where she teaches parents to become the conscious parent they never had. She is the mom of 2 young children, and lives with her spouse in Southern California.

What we talk about today:

Bryana’s story of finding her wounding and coming to understand conscious parenting and its intersection with healing
How perfection in conscious parenting is not the goal and why
Why prescriptive advice in parenting isn’t the most supportive
How to start the important process of your own inner healing one small step at a time

Connect with Bryana here:
Workshops & Classes: learning.consciousmommy.com
Insta: www.instagtam.com/consciousmommy
TT: www.tiktok.com/@consciousmommy
FB: www.facebook.com/consciousmommyco
YT: www.youtube.com/@consciousmommy

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S05|21 - Conscious Discipline for Parents and Teachers with Mr. Chazz

Mr. Chazz — Mon, 5 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Mr. Chazz has a mission to help adults truly See, Guide and Trust children. He is pushing the needle a little closer toward world peace with his approach. He is an Educational Specialist, Parent coach and Content Creator. He goes by, “Mr. Chazz” and he even has a song to prove it.

What we talk about today:

Mr. Chazz approach to parenting + teaching: See, Guide, Trust
How to provide emotional safety for our kids, so they can open up to learning
Ditching perfectionism for becoming an “improvenist” instead
How to use Conscious Discipline in families and in schools
How to create change in your school and teach in a healthier way
How to encourage your child’s teacher to learn more about Conscious Discipline
Using the belief/mindset that people are doing the best they can, with the resources and skills they have to support others in a healthier way

Patreon Community
IG: www.instagram.com/mrchazz
TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrchazzmrchazz
FB: www.facebook.com/MrChazz
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6N3iE2O8MdlVmiD5XsnANg
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mr-chazzs-leadership-parenting-and-teaching-podcast/id1525418064
Conscious Discipline: https://consciousdiscipline.com/
Conscious Discipline Books: https://consciousdiscipline.com/store-category/books/

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S05|20 - How to Talk to Your Kids About Sex with Amy Lang

Amy Lang — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000

WARNING: this episode may not be suitable for young listeners. We talk openly about sexual content.

Talking to your kids about the birds & bees can be really uncomfortable. And most people dread the idea of having “THE TALK”… but it doesn’t have to be this way!

My guest, Amy Lang had been a sex educator for over 16 years when she freaked out about talking to her young son about her favorite topic.

Surprised by her discomfort with just the idea of talking with her young son about his body, she knew she needed help. Amy did a bunch of research to learn how to talk with kids about bodies and sexuality and realized she could help other parents with this important part of parenting.

Amy combined her expertise in adult education and her love of sexual health and started Birds & Bees & Kids in 2006. Her mission is to help parents feel comfortable and confident when they have these important conversations.

Through her books, classes, online solutions center, and podcast Amy has helped 1000’s of parents around the world become their kids’ go-to birds and bees source.

In this episode you’ll learn:

What age to start talking to your little kids about sex
Why it’s so important to regularly talk to your kids throughout childhood about sex
How to get over the initial awkwardness and what types of things should be included in conversations around sexuality
How to teach your family values while teaching sexuality
Where to start in sex conversations, if these talks haven’t been part of your family culture so far (and why it’s an important responsibility of parenthood)

Links and Resources from this episode (the ones mentioned in this episode are in bold)

Website: Birds & Bees & Kids

Just Say This Podcast
IG: @birdsbeeskids
FB: @birdsbeeskids
Books linked here.

Resources for parents and caregivers:

Sex Talks with Tweens: What to Say & How to Say It

Birds & Bees & YOUR Kids: A Guide to Sharing Your Beliefs about Sexuality, Love & Relationships

Birds & Bees Talk:

It’s NOT the Stork (4 - 6)
It’s SO Amazing (4 - 11)
It’s Perfectly Normal (11+ - and you if you are feeling rusty!)
The Every Body Book: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families

Puberty

Will Puberty Last My Whole Life? - for everyone
Celebrate Your Body (puberty only) - for girls
Guy Stuff (puberty only) - for boys

Porn Education

Good Pictures Bad Pictures, Jr. (5 - 8)
Good Pictures Bad (9+)

Body safety

I Can Play it Safe (4 - 7)
C is for Consent (4 - 8)
Consent for Kids (8+)

Kid-safe videos

Monitoring and Filtering

Bark
Qustodio (Outside US)

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S05|19 - Grief, Loss and Parenting with Krista St-Germain

Krista St-Germain — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Krista St-Germain is a Master Certified Life Coach, Post-Traumatic Growth and grief expert, widow, mom and host of The Widowed Mom Podcast. When her husband was killed by a drunk driver in 2016, Krista’s life was completely and unexpectedly flipped upside down. After therapy helped her uncurl from the fetal position, Krista discovered Life Coaching, Post Traumatic Growth and learned the tools she needed to move forward and create a future she could get excited about. Now she coaches and teaches other widows so they can love life again, too.

In this episode you’ll hear:

What grief is (it’s not always to do with death)
Why we have a hard time connecting with and supporting others through grief
How to support others when they are dealing with grief
What we can do for ourselves when we are in the midst of grief
How to parent while grieving

Connect with Krista here:

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S05|18 - Quantum Healing: The Power of Our Mind to Change Our Thinking and Our Physical Wellness

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Daryn Hubbard Practices as a Doctor of Natural Medicine. He has a PhD in Natural Medicine and a Diploma in Homeopathic Medicine. He’s been in professional practice for over 20 years and has an interest in the autonomic nervous system’s connection to quantum medicine principles and its effect on healing. He is also a father of 6, grandfather of 3 and enjoys hiking in the backcountry.

In this podcast episode you’ll learn:

The difference between the brain and the mind (according to quantum medicine)
What Quantum Healing/Quantum Medicine is
The surprising study results that Daryn found while doing a double-blind study around Quantum Medicine
The power our thoughts have in creating our reality and changing our physical wellbeing (and some great examples of this)
Connect with Daryn via email: a.natural.journey@gmail.com

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S05|17 - Positive Discipline and Peer-Oriented Attachment with Sarah R. Moore

Sarah R. Moore — Mon, 7 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Sarah R. Moore is the founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting and author of Peaceful Discipline: Story Teaching, Brain Science & Better Behavior. She's a public speaker, armchair neuroscientist, and most importantly, a Mama. She's a lifelong learner with training in child development, trauma recovery, interpersonal neurobiology, and improv comedy. As a certified Master Trainer in conscious parenting, she helps bring JOY, EASE, and CONNECTION back to families around the globe. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, & Twitter.

What we talk about today:

What positive discipline is and why it gets confused
Why punitive parenting seems to “work”
How to “discipline” your child in ways that truly do “work”
Sarah’s book and some of the tools that can help us parent with peaceful discipline
Re-training our neural pathways from punitive parenting (and having patience and compassion for our un-learning process)
How to deal with our kids’ tricky behaviour

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S05|16 - Parenting LGBTQ Kids with Allison Dayton (Lift and Love)

Allison Dayton — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Allison Dayton is the founder of the Lift and Love Foundation, which she created to support families with LGBTQ members. Allison lost her brother, who was gay, to suicide at the same time her 17-year-old son was coming out. Looking for resources to help her family she couldn’t find anything that embraced both her religious beliefs and her son’s identity. Lift and Love fills that much needed space for thousands of families and individuals. Allison and her husband Kenn live in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they are thrilled to watch their grown children create exciting lives and families of their own.

Website: liftandlove.org
Insta: @liftandloveorg

In our conversation today you’ll hear:

Allison’s story of how she got into this work (bring some tissues!)
How to become a supportive ally for your own kids and everyone else too
What being a safe space means and how to become that space for LGBTQ family and friends
How to parent LGBTQ kids while maintaining your own values and ideals- especially if you come from a conservative religious background

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S05|15 - The Secret to Gentle Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Gentle parenting can seem elusive and hard to do in our own homes, even when we’re trying. In order to help our children find rest (safety, security and connection) in their relationship with US, we must give this to ourselves first. We can’t give, fully, what we don’t have. Come join us as we do this work… in person, information below!!

On the podcast today:

What gentle parenting is and different names you may hear for it (attachment parenting, connection-based parenting, conscious parenting etc.)
How positive parenting differs from this type of parenting
Traditional forms of parenting: authoritarian (or force) and permissiveness (no guidance)
How changing our self-concept can change everything in parenting
A tool to use to become more aware of your self-concept
Come join this work in person, for the first time ever!!

ANNOUNCEMENT:

In-person energy is AMAZING, and change can be accelerated when we come together and do this work in a retreat experience. Join me at the first ever Rest, Play, Grow: The Retreat, a Self-Mothering Soul-cation for Women.

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S05|14 - Habits for Women (and not getting stuck in perfectionism)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Monica Packer is passionate about teaching practical-but-deep transformation. As a podcaster and coach, she guides women to find sustainable growth by adopting progress over perfection. Monica is a former middle school teacher, a forever Oprah fangirl, a perpetual cookie dough maker, and an ambitious walker (last one is a joke . . . sort of).

You can find more about Monica at aboutprogress.com and by listening to her podcast, About Progress.

What we talk about today:

What perfectionism is and how it shows up in our life
Perfectionism keeping us stuck from aligning our life to who we really are
How habits have been taught traditionally and why that might not be the best way for us (especially as females/moms)
Changing our ideas of habits around consistency and opening up our minds to a new way of habit-forming

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S05|13 - Social Skills, Social Media and Social Anxiety with Teen Life Coach Sami Halvorsen

Sami Halvorsen — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Sami Halvorsen is the host of The Teen Life Coach Podcast. She runs coaching programs for teens all over the world and loves working with teens! Sami works with teens in teaching them how to be self-confident, overcome anxiety, and navigate relationships and social media, so that they can start to enjoy being a teen.

What we dig into on this episode:

The 3 biggest challenges facing teens today (as seen in Sami’s teen coaching practice)
Social Media and screens- what influence they may have on mental and emotional health in teens
How teens social skills and social anxiety have been affected since covid, and what to do about it if your teen is struggling
When to seek outside help for your teen

Sami can be found here:

Website
IG: @theteenlifecoach
Podcast
Download for parents: The 10 most important ways a parent can help their teen with anxiety

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S05|12 - Emotions and Emotional Intelligence with Stephanie Pinto

Stephanie Pinto — Mon, 3 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Stephanie Pinto is an Emotional Intelligence coach who specializes in helping parents to create an Emotionally Intelligent family culture at home. She is a certified Emotional Intelligence specialist, is a trained paediatric anxiety therapist, and practiced as a Speech Pathologist for 10 years. She supports parents in learning how to manage their emotions, frustrations and stress so that they are happier, calmer and connect more deeply with their kids. Stephanie also helps parents to raise emotionally intelligent kids, who are self-aware and manage their emotions and behaviour.

In our conversation today:

What emotional intelligence is and how we can teach it to our kids
What emotionally intelligent parenting looks like
The societal conditioning we have that tells us we must fit into “boxes” and how that affects our EQ and our parenting
Learning to lean into the discomfort of our kids’ big emotions and not shy away from them
Beliefs from childhood that we carry around with us and interfere with our ability to parent in the way we want to
How “good enough” parenting is always the goal, not perfection

Connect with Stephanie here:

Facebook
Facebook Group
Website
Instagram
Youtube

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S05|11 - Dealing with Teens with Elise Knox

Elise Knox — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Elise is a life and wellness coach, yoga teacher, and former middle school teacher who works with moms and teens. She is fascinated by brain development and the nervous system and believes that understanding these two things can make teen years so much easier for mamas and teens.

What you’ll hear today:

Elise’s personal struggle as a teen and what she learned from it
Why it’s important for parents to also get support, not just our kids
Therapy/coaching is for everyone, dropping the stigma around it
What gets in the way of connection and why it’s SO important

Connect with Elise:

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S05|10 - Strengthening Your Partner Relationship with Jaime Morgan

Jaime Morgan — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Jaime Morgan is a certified life coach and a Gottman Method trained relationship coach. Combining her academic & past personal experiences of her own struggles of failed marriage, Jaime has a huge passion for helping unfulfilled and divorced women thrive in their lives & relationships again through action-oriented coaching. Jaime is now married to the love of her life, and she lives in Canada – B.C., with her husband and two sons.

What we talk about:

Jaime’s personal experience with therapy and her past journey
The difference between life coaching and therapy, and how to know which is the best fit for you
Gottman principles that can help strengthen your relationship (and where to start)
The 3 Cs in healthy relationships and actionable steps to work on each one

Connect with Jaime here:

Join Jaime's FB Group VIP Abundant Life: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6199398cb4f6fb9d86fe6fbc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejaimemorgan/
Website: https://jaimemorgan.com/

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S05|09 - Living into Your Human Design with Lauren Cash

Lauren Cash — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Lauren Cash is a Master Certified Coach who specializes in time and energy management. She particularly loves helping client-based digital business owners work less than 22 hours a week while not sacrificing their income desires, by aligning with their Human Design.

In our conversation you’ll hear:

Lauren’s fascinating transition from eating disorder dietician to working at The Life Coach School
The big permission slip Lauren got in life when she started to learn about Human Design
How living life “outside the lines” is more than awesome
How to get started on your own Human Design journey and craft a life that feels good to you, even if it’s not the “norm”

Links from the episode:

Book recommendations
instagram.com/thelaurencash
The Ease of Hustle
Demystify Your Design Pre-Sale
No hard Days (Life Coach School Podcast)

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S05|08 - The Missing KEY to Habit Change with Tyson Bradley

Tyson Bradley — Mon, 5 Sep 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Tyson Bradley is the host of the Inherent Identity Podcast and the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the book Discover Your Inherent Identity: A Simple And Effective Way To Create Change And Make It Last. He is happily married and the proud father of 2 redheaded girls (and soon to be baby boy). He has studied mindset and behavior change over the past 10 years and has finally cracked the code on the fastest way to make change happen.

What we chat about today:

Why new habits sometimes seem impossible to implement
How your inherent identity call help you form new habits
The 5-step process to habit change using your Identity as a blueprint
Bypassing “thought-work” and mind chatter to make huge changes in life

Connect with Tyson:
https://www.inherentidentity.com/
IG: @tysonbradleycoaching

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S05|07 - Priorities and Productivity with Ceri Payne

Ceri Payne — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Ceri Payne is a certified life coach from The Life Coach School. She created her six-figure coaching practice while parenting three teenagers, teaching special education full-time, supporting her husband in his demanding career, and serving as the President of her Church's Women's Organization.

Ceri helps women (many who have ADHD) identify their priorities, organize their time, and simplify their schedules so they can make progress towards their goals in all areas of their life without exhaustion and overwhelm.

What we talk about today:

How to identify your personal priorities and align them with your life
How to do more by taking on less
How to go to bed at night feeling fulfilled and connected
Ceri coaches me through my priority of health and helps me uncover my why

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Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

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S05|06 - Triggers and Inner Healing

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0000

“Pay close attention to whatever triggers a reaction from you- your triggers reveal the spots where an ancient pain is still buried” - @meditationandloveco. Connection-based parenting comes intuitively and naturally from a healed space. As we dig into what our triggers are and why we have them- our healing can come. This is the best work we can do for our kids- the work that we do for ourselves.

What I go into today:

What even is a trigger and how do I know I’m triggered?
Triggers as teachers: what we can learn from them
The 3 ways we respond to our triggers
What inner healing means and how we can do this work
Why inner healing for US is the most important thing we can do for out parenting

Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

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S05|05 - Minimalism: 3 Tips from my Marie Kondo Journey

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0000

A decluttered space can declutter the mind… and vice versa. That is where I found myself 6 years ago… deep in the throes of parenting, late nights, diapers and laundry. I felt like I spent most of my time cleaning, doing laundry or nagging my kids to get their own chores done. That’s when the shift came… one of those lightbulb moments that forever changes the way you see things.

If you’re ready to take your journey to the next level and integrate this work in your own life, join us as we start Parent School (starting August 15th), a small and intimate group program designed to increase the confidence you have in your parenting tools, simplify your parenting and help you tap into your own inner magic. Read more by CLICKING HERE. This will be the last opportunity to work with me until 2023, so don’t miss out (:

What we discuss today:

Practical Minimalism vs Mind Minimalism and how they are connected
My journey in minimalism and how I found Marie Kondo’s work
3 ways we can use the concept of minimalism to clean out our minds and our homes
The importance of minimalism, and my why

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Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

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S05|04 - Integration, Client Journey with Maryann

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 8 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0000

On this episode I introduce you to my client Maryann and her story… mom of 4 (and a half), one with ASD, and new to being a stay-at-home-mom. She was looking for changes in her parenting and had just stumbled across conscious parenting before we found each other on Instagram. You’ll be inspired by her and her story… and you may also feel like it’s possible for you.

In her story you’ll hear:

What parenting used to look like for her and how all the books didn’t help (in fact, they made it worse)
How she struggled to find joy in the day-to-day doldrum of motherhood
What her parenting looks like now, and how it’s transformed
How inner healing has changed much more than just parenting for her
How self-compassion was key to her change

If you’re ready to take your journey to the next level and integrate this work in your own life, join us as we start Parent School (starting August 15th), a small and intimate group program designed to increase the confidence you have in your parenting tools, simplify your parenting and help you tap into your own inner magic. Read more by CLICKING HERE. This will be the last opportunity to work with me until 2023, so don’t miss out (:

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Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

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S05|03 - How to Help Your Child Regulate

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 1 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +0000

It can be challenging to keep our cool when our children lose theirs. We may shut down, withdraw, or react, when what we really desire to do is teach and model. Tune in today as we talk about the gift of co-regulation that we can give to our children, and what may be holding us back from using it.

What we discuss today:

How to help your child when they’re feeling big emotions
Why it can be hard for us to soothe our children’s big feelings
The purpose of co-regulation in fostering healthy self-regulation
Setting you and your child up for success when co-regulating

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Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

My coaching program: click here
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S05|02 - 5 Quick Strategies for Simple Peaceful Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Peaceful parenting brings joy, connection and harmony to our family relationships…. But it can also seem daunting, if we weren’t modeled how to parent in this way. There are a few key external and internal issues that can get in the way of peaceful parenting. Tune in to listen to 5 strategies you can implement today to making positive parenting simple.

What we discuss today:

What things impact our kid’s mood (and ours as well)
How to notice whether screens, food and sleep are impacting your child’s mood
The importance of movement and play for kids of all ages
Boredom being the seedbed of creativity- allowing unstructured time for play and creativity

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Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

My coaching program: click here
Find me on the ‘gram: @the.parenting.coach
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S05|01 - A Minimalist Life: Stillness, Simplicity and Intuition

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +0000

I’m back from a lovely 6-week break from IG and the podcast… and I’ve learned some things along the way that I feel called to share with you. I spent much-needed time resting, pausing, being still, connecting and spending time outdoors. Doing this taught me a lot about my own self-worth, how to be more intentional in my be-ing and my do-ing, and why it’s kind of amazing to do less.

What we chat about today:

Minimalism in our life, parenting and schedule
Simplicity in life comes from stillness, pause and rest
Self-worth tied to productivity
Sneaky expectations in parenting
Tuning in to our parental intuition

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Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any difficulties that come up in parenting, which helps you be the guide and teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way, that’s what I’m here for.

My coaching program: click here
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S04|15 - Attachment Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 6 Jun 2022 05:00:00 +0000

On the podcast today I have 2 special guests, my aunt, and my mom, who have decades of parenting experience and a huge amount of knowledge around Attachment Parenting. If you’re interested in learning more about how to increase attachment with your children, tune in!

Pam Thompson, MSW/RSW is a counsellor and mom of 8, who helps families work on attachment with themselves, with others and with the Divine.

Mary-Rose McMullin is a mom of 9 and wife to 1. She has a BS in Child Development and Family Relations and worked as a family and parent coach for 20 years. She also served as a La Leche League leader for 20 years.

In this episode we cover:

What Attachment parenting is
The 6 roots of attachment and how to nurture them
What peer-oriented attachment looks like and what it can lead to
How to work on your attachments with your family

Connect with Pam here: www.wolfcreekcounselling.ca
Dr Deborah MacNamara website: https://macnamara.ca/
Neufeld Website: https://neufeldinstitute.org/

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I would be honored to help guide you on your journey. The work that I talk about in my podcast and use in my coaching has completely turned my life around and healed my relationships with my children. I know what it takes and how to make it happen. You can use the links below to get more of my content and to learn what we do in my coaching program. I love helping people have better relationships with their strong-willed children, and better relationships with themselves in the process.

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S04|14 - How to Connect with Your Teens with Ben Pugh

Ben Pugh — Mon, 30 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Ben Pugh is a certified life coach who specializes in helping parents build meaningful relationships with their teens, WITHOUT having to change the teens! He helps parents and teens reconnect, build rock-solid relationships, and turn struggles into strengths. He currently has a membership for parents and teens at FirmlyFounded.com/memberships. The doors will be open from May 30-June 5.

Ben has spent his life working with teenagers and their parents. He was a foster parent for 10 years and spent 10 years in education, including five years as a high school principal. He is also the host of the popular podcast, IMPACT: Parenting with Perspective.

What we talk about today:

How Ben went from lighting a school bus on fire to high school principal
How connection affects every area of your parenting/self
What to do when you don’t feel connected to your teens
How catastrophizing stops us from connecting
How to be the change you want to see in your teen, and drop control

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S04|13 - Connection in Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 23 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Connection is THE most powerful tool in our parenting toolbox. Traditional parenting tactics look like spanking, grounding, and time-outs. You’ll notice with traditional methods that over time, they don’t really seem to work- in fact, they make things worse. Connection works long-term and creates the kind of relationship that you want to have with your kids.

In today’s episode:

The real problem with rewards and punishments (and what they teach)
How to use connection as teaching tool with our kids
How to connect to US first- so we can connect with THEM with ease
Connection and the model, where does it fit?

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S04|12 - What Authoritarian Parenting Looks Like 20 Years Later

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 16 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

If you were disciplined through more coercive measures- spanking, time-outs, grounding, bribing or threats… you may have felt like you turned out just fine. What does fine actually look like though? How is this affecting your current parenting and your current self? Let’s dig into what FINE looks like and learn about what “inner healing” really means.

In today’s episode:

How our childhood affects our parenting now
What the FAWN trauma/alarm response is
How we internalize our failures and mistakes as parents and people
Why living an inauthentic life leads to burn-out
Why we’re so emotionally reactive and what to do about it

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S04|11 - Creating Intimacy and Connection in Relationships with Master Coach, Aimée Gianni

Aimée Gianni — Mon, 9 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Aimée Gianni, MS, is a Marriage & Family Therapist, and a Master Coach Instructor specializing in Intimate Relationships. She helps her clients create strong, loving, joyful relationships and meaningful lives that they love, full of authenticity, connection, passion, fulfillment, and physical well-being. It’s her favorite thing to do! You can learn more about her work at AimeeGianni.com and follow her on Instagram @aimeegiannims

In this conversation we cover:

What a healthy relationship with ourselves looks like in the real world
How to know if we have an unhealthy relationship with ourselves
How we think and feel about us, and how that impacts our partnerships
Creating intimacy and connection with our partners starts with working on us
How to disentangle ourselves from our partner, and creata a differentiated self

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I would be honored to be your coach and help you get the changes you want to see in your life. The tools that I talk about in my podcast and use in my coaching have completely turned around my life and my relationships with my children. I know what it takes and how to make it happen. You can use the links below to get more of my content and to learn what we do in my program By Design. I love helping women tap into their inner expert and build radical connection in their relationships with their children.

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S04|10 - The 7 Mom Traps That Keep Us From Showing Up with Master Coach, Molly Claire

Molly Claire — Mon, 2 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Molly Claire is the Co-founder of The Coaching Collective, CEO and Master Coach at Molly Claire Coaching, best-selling author of, The Happy Mom Mindset. Molly hosts the Masterful Coach Podcast and she is passionate about helping women build a meaningful, profitable business while keeping balance in their personal life. Molly has plenty of opportunities to practice what she preaches with 8 kids/step kids and running her business from home. Molly loves helping women overcome their limiting financial beliefs, build a profitable business that supports their ideal life, and ultimately have the personal and family connections that they love.

Connect with Molly:

My Best Seller book is available on Amazon!
Click Here to purchase and access the free downloadable workbook too!
www.mollyclaire.com
www.divorcedmormonmom.com

What we discuss today:

Molly’s background raising 8 kids and 1 dog in a blended family
The Happy Mom Mindset book and the 7 traps we can get in as moms
How to know when we are in the traps
Practical tools to help our relationship with ourselves
What life can look like for us after we heal

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S04|09 - Finding Your Values to Build Your Unique Life - Coaching Call #2

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Life coaching is integration- tune into this sneak peek of a coaching call where we move out of shame and into value-building. What do I want my life to look like and why? Does it need to look like anyone else’s? How can I find joy and peace in building the life I love?

What we coach on:

Cooking dinner for kids who never enjoy or appreciate it
Moving from shame in motherhood to growth
All-or-nothing thinking and how it can block us from growth
Finding the middle ground and ditching comparison

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S04|08 - Finding You Again: 5 Steps to Intentionally Creating a Healthy Relationship with YOU

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Years ago, I felt stuck in the weeds of parenting: nursing, non-sleeping kiddos, diagnoses, cooking, cleaning… repeating. I felt like I’d lost myself; who was I? What did I enjoy doing? What was important to me? Growing my relationship with myself was slow and intentional and changed everything in my life. It can change yours too.

In this episode you’ll hear:

How to amplify positive emotions and lean into them more
How toxic positivity differs from working on feeling happy
Steps to help us build a healthy relationship with ourselves
People-pleasing and not meeting our own needs

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S04|07 - Peaceful Parenting Through Conscious Thinking

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Conscious thinking is at the core of a healthy relationship with ourselves. If our inner self-talk is negative, it will skew all our other relationships, parenting included. If we want to change the way we parent, naturally, it starts with changing our relationship with us first.

On the podcast today:

How to teach through connection and inspiration
Modelling self-confidence and self-love to our kids
What does a healthy relationship with me look like?
Tools to use daily to build your relationship with yourself through conscious thinking

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S04|06 - Mom-guilt, Diabetes and Blame- coaching call #1

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 4 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Consuming information can be truly helpful, and we can make shifts and changes from what we hear, see, or read… but THE biggest changes happen through integration. Integration comes from taking these tools and principles and USING them- applying them to our lives in a direct way. In today’s special episode you’ll hear one of my clients get coached on a struggle that she’s facing in life- and how it relates to shame/mom-guilt. If you are interested in working with me as your coach, send me an email and we’ll chat: crystal@coachcrystal.ca

What I coach her on:

How shame turns to blame and affects our relationships
Feeling like she’s failing the “mommy report card”
Processing her emotions
How she can become her own best friend (and so can you!)

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S04|05 - Trauma, Triggers, Alarm and Shame with Pam Thompson, MSW/RSW

Pam Thompson — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Pam Thompson a mother of 8 (and happens to be my mom too!), and therapist and specializes in trauma-informed counselling focussing on mind-body attachment. She enjoys music, art journalling and spending time with her delightful grandkids.

In our conversation today:

How to identify shame when it shows up in our life
Zones of regulation within our autonomic nervous system
How to improve the work of your Vagus Nerve
Emotional guidance scale and how to use it to support you

Connect with Pam: www.wolfcreekcounselling.ca
IG: @wolfcreekcounselling
From our chat: https://gabbybernstein.com/emotional-guidance-scale-abraham-hicks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-m2YcdMdFw
https://sass.uottawa.ca/sites/sass.uottawa.ca/files/how_to_stimulate_your_vagus_nerve_for_better_mental_health_1.pdf

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S04|04 - Digging into Mom Guilt (4 steps to process shame)

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +0000

“Mom guilt” is a common word that we hear in parenting… feeling bad that we aren’t doing enough, feeling like everyone else seems to be doing better than us and that maybe, deep down… we just aren’t ever going to cut it. SHAME is the #1 thing keeping us stuck in yelling, disconnect and frustrated parenting. Join us as we dig into the true source of mom-guilt + what we can actually do about it.

What we cover in this episode:

Personality perfectionism in motherhood + becoming a “good-enough-ist” instead
Personalization and how it creates more shame for us
“Volcano mom” and what to do when we lose it
4 steps to help you process shame in your parenting

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S04|03 - What I’ve Learned About Shame + Parenting from Brené Brown

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +0000

The number one issue that I see in parenting, across the board, is shame. It’s not something we really talk about. By it’s very nature we try to hide/avoid it, which only increases it. My goal is to help you, and me, become shame resilient. This means that we will still feel it. It won’t go away forever, but we can learn how to feel it, process it and move forward. Tune into this episode where I share all that I’ve learned about shame in the past 12 months.

What we cover in this episode:

The 5 things I learned from Dare to Lead TM by Brené Brown
How shame affects our parenting and creates more shame
Thoughts that lead to shame (shame vs. guilt)

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I would be honored to be your coach and help you get the changes you want to see in your life. The tools that I talk about in my podcast and use in my coaching have completely turned around my life and my relationships with my children. I know what it takes and how to make it happen. You can use the links below to get more of my content and to learn what we do in my program By Design. I love helping women tap into their inner expert and build radical connection in their relationships with their children.

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S04|02 - THE BEST of the podcast - Radical Connection 2.0

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000

We’re celebrating ONE YEAR in podcasting! I love receiving messages about how this work is changing you and your relationship with your children. If you’ve been enjoying the podcast, scroll down and leave a rating + review for a chance to win an amazon gift card.

What we cover in this episode:

Radical Connection and how it works in the real world (aka my crazy life)
Tools to help with our emotions instead of yelling/reacting
The #1 issue I see in parenting
PDF Podcast roadmap for YOU to get you started on your healing journey: Get it here

PDF Podcast Roadmap: Get it here
Your Superpower Brain: Check it out here

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S04|01 - Welcome to Season 4, Living with Intention and Breaking Cycles

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Welcome to season 4! I’m so happy you’ve found my little corner of the podcasting world. In season 1 we dug into parenting, my own personal story, and a TON of mindset + emotional tools that have helped me on my journey. In season 2 we talked all about parenting support and how to heal on your own journey. Season 3 was full of a TON of great conversations with other experts, and I can’t wait to bring you SEASON 4!! A deep dive into healing.

What we cover in today’s episode:

The thought-blockers keeping us stuck from parenting in the way we want to
Think > Feel > Do and why changing our thoughts is KEY in our healing journey
How IMPLEMENTATION changes the game in healing- and how you can work with me in a BIG way on that journey <3

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S03|26 - Quantum Medicine, Consciousness, and Peaceful Parenting with Daryn Hubbard

Daryn Hubbard — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000

What we talk about today:

What Quantum Medicine is and how it works
Consciousness in parenting and in life
Remedies for overwhelm, emotional reactivity, fear and more

Connect with Daryn via email here: a.natural.journey@gmail.com

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My website: coachcrystal.ca
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S03|25 - Minimalism and Eco-Friendly Living with Ashley Andrasko

Ashley Andrasko — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Ashley has a passion for helping others simplify their homes and lives into functional, sustainable, and eco-friendly spaces. Ashley believes that minimizing clutter helps build a mindset to live life intentionally in the places we love.

What you will hear on the show today:

Ashley and Crystals minimalism journey
How to get started in small ways
Minimalism + de-cluttering with kids and families
Eco-friendly and non-toxic living

Connect with Ashley: www.starttosimplify.com
IG: @starttosimplify
Mentioned in the episode: @goingzerowaste and the book is HERE

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S03|24 - Organizing Mom-Life for Success with Chanelle Neilson

Chanelle Neilson — Mon, 7 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Chanelle Neilson is a life coach who helps moms with a side hustle who want to organize their day and find balance between family and personal goals. As a mom of 5 kids, Chanelle Neilson knows that motherhood has its challenges—that’s why she is passionate about helping moms simplify so they can prioritize what matters and define success for themselves. She is the former host and creator of the popular Moms Who Know Podcast and the author of Parents Who Know, which has been translated into Chinese.

What we discuss today:

The struggles we face in organizing and simplifying our lives
A method to help us organize our lives more effectively
Incorporating morning routines (even for night owls)

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Join The morning Routine Challenge
FB: https://www.facebook.com/chanelleneilsoncoaching/
IG: @chanelleneilsoncoaching
Website: http://www.chanelleneilsoncoaching.com/
Youtube

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S03|23 - Moms the Musical with Kelly Surette

Kelly Surette — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Kelly Surette is the creator (Book/Music/Lyrics) of ‘Moms: The Musical’. Moms had its NYC workshop premiere at Ripley Grier Studios on July 24, 2021 (directed by two-time Drama-Desk nominee Victoria Rae Sook and music directed by Broadway/Off-Broadway music director David John Madore.) Moms has been featured on Broadway Profiles hosted by 12-time Emmy Award Winner Tamsen Fadal, Broadway World, Stage Right Secrets, Northshore Magazine, The Hartford Courant, Front Row Center, Blog Talk Radio, Rye The News Guy, and Times Square Chronicles.

Ms. Surette was a B.F.A. candidate in musical theater at The Boston Conservatory for three years and received her Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Merrimack College. She holds a Master of Science in Music Industry Leadership from Northeastern University with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. Ms. Surette is

the author of the book Creative Miracles: A Practitioner’s Guide to Adaptive Music Instruction and is a contributing author to Her Bada** Story with Align Yourself Inc. Publishing

Watch the NYC Workshop Premiere by clicking here! Watch Moms on Broadway Profiles by clicking here.

IG: @officialmomsthemusical
Website: https://www.moms-themusical.com/

What we talk about today:

How theater can be a great teaching tool
Kelly’s idea to bring motherhood + women to the forefront in musical theatre
How “not being good enough” is a common motherhood theme
The importance of friendships as moms

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S03|22 - The Path to Change: Self-Acceptance and Food with Dani Spies

Dani Spies — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Dani Spies is a mind-body health and weight loss coach and holistic nutritionist who is passionate about helping you feel better, eat better and create a healthy relationship with your food and body so you can reach your health and weight loss goals in a kind, sustainable way (without dieting). She is the founder and host of Clean & Delicious a weekly cooking show and blog that features hundreds of simple, nutritious everyday recipes and cooking tips to help you make healthy eating easy.

She is also the founder of The Don't Diet - a 6-week mind+body weight loss course with live weekly coaching that teaches women how to STOP dieting and reach their weight loss goals in a kind, SANE, sustainable way.

In our conversation today:

Dani’s personal journey with weight loss and food
Dropping the need to change and loving us where we’re at
Tips for small and sustainable growth

Connect with Dani:
Website: CleanAndDelicious.com
WATCH Clean & Delicious TV on YouTube
IG: @clean_and_delicious

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S03|21 - Boosting Connection and Communication with our Teens and Tweens with Amy Kelly

Amy Kelly — Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Amy has a passion for supporting those on the front lines with teens. During her time as a middle school teacher, Amy was featured in The Washington Post and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine and served as a teacher-leader for Congresslink.org. She provides fresh ideas, strategies and resources for middle school parents and teachers.

Amy currently lives in the Dallas area with her husband, two teens, and two dogs. When she’s not working on her podcast, you can find her listening to U2, watching Gilmore Girls for the millionth time, or hanging out on the patio with her guy. Unless she’s hiding so she can finish that young adult novel she’s reading. Then, you’ll never find her.

What we talk about today:

Generous listening and how it differs from active listening
Creating open communication with our teens
How to use the power of story to increase communication
Separating what is going on with us and what is going on with our teens and tweens to up our communication skills

Connect with Amy:
Website: www.theishgirl.com
IG: theishgirlreads
FB: theishgirl
Podcast: In the Middle of It
Questions for any book: HERE

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S03|20 - Standing WITH Our Kids: Conscious Parenting with Mikki Gardner

Mikki Gardner — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Mikki Gardner is a certified Life Coach and Conscious Parenting Coach. She is a mom to 3 boys (her son and 2 bonus sons) and 2 dogs. She co-parents with her partner, her ex-husband, and his wife. Mikki is the host of the Co-Parenting with Confidence Podcast and has a private one-on-one coaching practice, where she helps moms ditch the conflict + frustration of divorce and become a strong, loving, confident co-parent.

In our conversation today:

Mikki’s journey and her life conscious parenting post-divorce
What conscious parenting is and how it plays out in real-life situations
Accepting our own imperfections
Standing WITH our kids through their struggles

IG @mikkigardner
FB Mikki Gardner Coaching
Podcast: Co-parenting with Confidence

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S03|19 - Connection + Menstrual Cycle Tracking with Jade Alexander

Jade Alexander — Mon, 3 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Jade is an Intuitive Life Coach & Menstrual Cycle Educator helping women understand their minds and menstrual cycles so they can create their version of having it all.

What we cover in this episode:

What menstrual cycle tracking is and how it can help moms
Connecting to ourselves through our cycles
Harnessing the powers of rest and intuition

IG: @itsjadealexander
Podcast: Grow with the Flow
Cycle Tracking 101

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S03|18 - Recovering from Perfectionism with Monica Packer

Monica Packer — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Monica is a recovering perfectionist, mama of 4 young children, lover of creativity, habits, and personal growth. She is the host of the About Progress podcast, who was transformed by doing something. As a former middle school English teacher, and passionate bookworm, Monica still loves to teach and learn. She and her family are currently living nestled against the Salt Lake City mountains in their newly renovated home. Her mission is to change the world by changing women. The About Progress community guides women to grow in their identity, habits, and fulfillment, so they have the resilience they need to be leaders in their homes and communities.

What we talk about today:

How perfectionism shows up as all-or-nothing thinking
Harnessing our identity and getting clear on us to keep us afloat through the ups and downs of life
How to find out identity again when we feel lost in our lives

Connect with Monica:
Podcast: About Progress
Instagram: @aboutprogress
Website: https://aboutprogress.com/

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S03|17 - Parenting as a unified team with couples coach, Natalie Clay

Natalie Clay — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Natalie Clay is a wife, mother and Certified Life Coach specializing in coaching couples. Her unique approach assumes inherent goodness in everyone she works with. This means there is no assigning blame, just a logical approach to help better love yourself and your spouse, with failsafe tools to get you there.

What we talk about:

The common struggles that come up in partner relationships
How typical marriage advice is not helpful, and what is instead
How to navigate differences in parenting ideas and still feel united
The importance of mistakes in parenting and modelling behaviour for our kids

Connect with Natalie
IG: @natalieclaycoaching
Podcast: Couples Coaching with Natalie Clay
Website: https://www.natalieclay.com/
Communications 101 Course: https://natalieclaycoaching.lpages.co/communication-101/

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S03|16 - How Doing our Inner Work Changes the Game with Stephanie Lopez

Stephanie Lopez — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Stephanie is a mom of two beautiful girls - Annabella and Sophia. She worked at NASA for eight years as an Organizational Psychologist and coach. She holds a doctorate in Organizational Psychology and is also a Licensed Human Element® Practitioner and Brain-Based Coach.

Stephanie guides women in all stages of motherhood (re)discover themselves. her passion lies in helping moms ditch perfectionism and people pleasing, be more true to themselves, and feel more calm, confident, and at ease.

What we cover in our conversation:

Stephanie’s personal journey of perfectionism, people-pleasing and high achievement
How she left NASA to pursue a different dream
How helping moms to do their own inner work changes everything in life
What “Inner Work” actually looks like

Connect with Stephanie on IG: @drstephanielopez
The BRAVE method: Guide here

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S03|15 - Body Positivity and its Relationship with Our Daughters

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 6 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Catie is a mom of 4 kids in 5 years. After her 3rd baby she really struggled with her weight. She got to a point where she really didn’t recognize herself anymore. She didn’t know who she was or what she was doing. She felt like she had lost her purpose. Now after having her 4th baby, and especially since she has two daughters, she wants to change the narrative when it comes to moms and how we view and talk to ourselves. It’s so easy to lose ourselves in the motherhood role. We had an identity before being a mom and she help moms rediscover who they are and helps them feel confident in themselves inside and out.

In our conversation, you’ll hear:

Catie’s journey and struggles with body positivity
The importance of modelling healthy body image to our daughters
How to love ourselves, no matter what
The power of speaking truth to your body + standing naked in front of a mirror

Connect with Catie on IG: @catie.mchardy

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S03|14 - Chronic Pain in Motherhood with Betsy Jensen

Betsy Jensen — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Betsy is a Body and Mind Life Coach - helping people connect with their bodies and heal their chronic pain. She teaches neuroscience principles to help people understand the current view of chronic pain and proven strategies to calm the nervous system and rewire the brain to produce less pain.

She was a Physical Therapist for 20 years before she discovered the mind-body approach for her ulcerative colitis. She has four teenagers (three boys and a girl) and enjoys traveling and being outdoors.

In our conversation today, you’ll hear:

Betsy’s background with ulcerative colitis and the mind-body connection with chronic pain
How chronic pain in childhood connects to adult pain issues
The pain-fear-pain cycle and how parents can help their children through their pain

Recommended by Betsy: ‘A divided mind’ by John Sarno, ‘Becoming Supernatural’ by Joe Dispenza, ‘The Way Out’ by Alan Gordon, the app ‘Curable’,

IG: @bodyand,mindlifecoach
Body and mind life coach FB group
Find her podcast HERE
YouTube Channel HERE
Website: bodyandmindlifecoach.com

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S03|13 - The Important Things: Connection and Manners in Teens with author, Brooke Romney

Brooke Romney — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker educator and connector and has been published in The Washington Post, The Deseret News and a host of other online publications where her pieces have been read millions of times.

She published her first book I like me anyway: embracing imperfection, connection and Christ which has changed the lives and perspectives of thousands of women and men all over the world. Her most recent book, 52 modern manners for today's teens is now out and helps parents and teenagers adopt fresh perspectives and doable strategies for living a more successful and connected life.

When she is not writing or mothering, you can find her in a good book, volunteering in the schools, or on a walk with a friend.

In our conversation today:

Brooke’s first book and her story of finding her purpose and identity
How she noticed the lack of manners in today’s teens and the cause of that
How her most recent book is changing the lives of teens and families

Connect with Brooke:
Website: https://brookeromney.com/
IG: @brookeromneywrites
Books: I like me anyway and 52 modern manners

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Part 2- November 24th, 2 pm MST
Open coaching call/Q+A- November 29th, 8 pm MST

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S03|12.5 - Bonus Episode with Crystal, The Parenting Coach

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:10:00 +0000

Are you struggling to implement these concepts and parenting philosophies? Changing our relationship with US, boosting compassion for US and others, setting boundaries, keeping our cool when our kids lose theirs etc. All these struggles have ONE thing in common: Think > Feel > Do. If we want to change our parenting, it all starts with our THOUGHTS.

Implementation of what we’re learning is KEY, it makes THE biggest difference when were on the path to change. Join me in a FREE workshop this month, “Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Parenting”.

Dates:
Part 1- November 23rd, 2 pm MST
Part 2- November 24th, 2 pm MST
Open coaching call/Q+A- November 29th, 8 pm MST

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S03|12 - Creating Connection with our Adult Children with Bonnie Lyman

Bonnie Lyman — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Bonnie Lyman is a mother of five adult children and a certified, faith-based life coach. She decided to build a business around helping moms who want to stop struggling in their relationships with their adult children after having been heartbroken from various challenges with her own adult children. She learned how to stop hurting and start living the life she wanted to live through learning what the real cause of her problem was. She was letting her brain tell her lies. Once she learned how to manage her thoughts, she found peace in my life. Everybody talks about how challenging teenagers may be, but nobody ever told us about the transition that takes place from being a parent of young children to being a parent to adult children. Bonnie now helps moms get past the hurt of this new role in their children’s lives by helping them understand why they are feeling so heartbroken, and how to feel peace in and acceptance of the kind of relationship they are now having with their children. Bonnie coaches people 1:1.

What we discuss in this episode:

What struggles come up in the adult parent/child relationship
How we are hurting ourselves and our relationships unknowingly
What we can do to take back control of our lives and focus on connection, love and support for our kids
How to celebrate our adult children’s independence and to love them just the way they are

Sign up for a free consult with Bonnie HERE.
Click RECEIVE to get a free resource guide: Three Ways to Create Connection with Your Adult Children
Website: https://www.bonnielyman.com
Connect on IG: @bonnielymancoaching
Find her on FB: BonnieLymanCoaching

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Dates:
Part 1- November 23rd, 2 pm MST
Part 2- November 24th, 2 pm MST
Open coaching call/Q+A- November 29th, 8 pm MST
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S03|11 - The Power of Belief with Miss World, Linda

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 8 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Linda is a PPE graduate, a businesswoman, Certified Life Coach and a former Miss World. She helps women lose weight for the last time.

What we talk about in this episode:

How Linda went from a normal college student to Miss World in 6 months
How her parents beliefs affected her own belief
How she is using belief to raise her daughter, as an independent mom
The importance of female representation and how it differs in Iceland

Connect with Linda on IG: @lindape
Website: https://www.lindape.com/

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Part 2- November 24th, 2 pm MST
Open coaching call/Q+A- November 29th, 8 pm MST

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S03|10 - Tough Conversations, a How-To Guide with Emily Christensen

Emily Christensen — Mon, 1 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Emily Christensen is a perfectly, imperfect wife and mother of three who believes in the power of family dinners and do-overs. Faith and family are her two greatest priorities. Emily was raised in an active Latter-day Saint home that was deeply impacted by pornography and is intimately aware of how pornography can affect individuals and families. Although professionally her background is in commercial real estate, personally her background is in supporting families (including her own) that have been impacted by pornography. For over 19 years she has been doing both.

Emily has presented to a variety of church groups, trained church leaders and presented at BYU Women’s Conference on topics related to pornography. In 2019 she became a Certified Life Coach through the Life Coach School. In her coaching practice she works with individuals and families impacted by pornography and teaches parents how to prevent the compulsive use of pornography in children.

What we discuss in this episode:

How to create a relationship where tough conversations are safe
Healthy sexuality and how to teach it without being awkward
How to prevent pornography use in kids and teens through love and acceptance

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Find her on IG here: @emilychristensencoaching

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Website: www.emilychristensencoaching.com

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S03|09 - Dealing with difficult relationships with Jody Moore

Jody Moore — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000

After having her first two kids, Jody Moore struggled with work/life balance, embracing motherhood, and liking herself. As an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints she felt guilty for not loving the role of mother and wife and turned to life coaching for help. The transformation she experienced not only helped her at work and at home, it strengthened her testimony of Christ leading her to dive into learning the tools of coaching and to leave her position as a corporate leadership coach to launch her own coaching practice. Jody is certified through The Life Coach School and completed Master Coach Certification in 2018.

Today Jody has helped tens of thousands of people through her top-rated podcast Better Than Happy as well as her coaching membership program Be Bold. She has 4 children ages 6 – 15 and resides in Spokane, Washington with them, her husband, and their French bulldog Finn and cat Oscar.

What we discuss on today’s episode:

Jody’s background and how she got started with Life Coaching
How to deal with “difficult” people in our lives
Mirroring neurons and momentum in relationships
Setting clear boundaries with people we love
Dropping judgement and replacing it with compassion and curiosity

Connect with Jody here: https://jodymoore.com
Listen to her podcast: Better Than Happy
Find her on IG here: @jodymoorecoaching

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S03|08 - The 4-step process to deal with anxiety in your teens with Daelene Byam

Daelene Byam — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Daelene Byam is a certified teen anxiety coach, a mother of four sons and new daughter-in-law, and lives in Alberta Canada. One of Daelene’s son’s suffered from anxiety his whole life and with the help of the tools she teaches he's been able to successfully go to university, make it on the Dean’s list each semester and is running his own successful business. Daelene helps teens stop fighting against their feelings of anxiety and teaches them how to handle it in all areas of their life.

What we cover:

How Daelene got into anxiety coaching and her son’s story with it
The 4-step process to find “thought holes” and deal with them
How to help your children and teens dealing with anxiety

Connect with Daelene: https://www.daelenebyam.com/
Connect on Instagram: @anxietycoachdaelene
Past episodes referred to:

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S03|07 - Self-Care and Parenting Struggles with Malva Gasowski

Malva Gasowski — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Malva is a trained and born teacher passionate about teaching others, young and old(er). She is a family coach working with families to bring and maintain a harmonious balance between all elements of life we are currently juggling. Malva is a strong-willed child (turned adult) who is raising strong-willed children while helping other parents understand them through her 1:1 sessions, communities, summits, and her podcast.

What we cover in this episode:

Malva’s background and how we can tie strengths in our businesses to our personal life
Why self-care is so important and how it affects our parenting
How we can weave self-care into our regular life

Connect with Malva here: http://www.malvagasowski.com/
And Here: @coachingmotherandall
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S03|06 - The Divine Feminine in Motherhood with Cristy Duce

Cristy Duce — Mon, 4 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Cristy has been a high school teacher, app creator, yoga teacher, barrel racer and has taught high school in the jungle in Ecuador. Now she teaches and facilitates women’s group in combining both the feminine and masculine in growth and expansion.

What we discuss:

What feminine and masculine energy are
How we can lose connection with our feminine energy in motherhood
How to start tapping back into the feminine and why it’s so necessary

Connect with Cristy: @cristyleeduce
Website: www.cristyleeduce.com
Podcast: Homefires Podcast

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S03|05 - Parenting Against the Grain with Dr Deborah Macnamara, Part 2

Deborah Macnamara — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Deborah is a dynamic teacher and experienced counsellor with over 20 years experience in educational and mental health settings. The underlying purpose of her work is to put adults in the driver’s seat by making sense of kids from the inside out. She is passionate in taking developmental science and making it applicable to everyday life in the home and classroom. From everyday questions to complex problems, strategies for making headway with a child or teen is grounded in a rich developmental framework.

Dr. Deborah MacNamara provides counselling and educational services to parents and professionals based on the relational-developmental approach of Dr. Gordon Neufeld. She is on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute and presents on all of the Neufeld material. She is the author of the best selling book, Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one), and her new children’s picture book, The Sorry Plane.

What we discuss in this episode:

How we can Rest, Play, and Grow as adults
Counter-will and its purpose in development
Oppositional children

Connect with Dr MacNamara: https://macnamara.ca/
IG: @drdeborahmacnamara
Her books: Sorry Plane & Rest Play Grow

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S03|04 - Parenting Against the Grain with Dr Deborah Macnamara, Part 1

Deborah Macnamara — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000

What we discuss in this episode:

Dr MacNamara’s background and how she got into this work
Her book, Rest, Play, Grow and how it affected my personal parenting journey
How parenting “against the grain” is intuitive and necessary for healthy parent-child relationships

Connect with Dr MacNamara: https://macnamara.ca/
IG: @drdeborahmacnamara
Her books: Sorry Plane & Rest Play Grow

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S03|03 - Parenting Reluctant Teens with Joey Mascio

Joey Mascio — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Joey Mascio is a Certified Life Coach who helps high achieving teens and young adults stop letting self-doubt, procrastination, and stress suck all the fun out of being successful. Before he started his coaching business, Joey was a public-school teacher and counselor. Before that he appeared on hundreds of stages in front of thousands of people as a performer. His biggest claim to fame is being the only actor is Disneyland history to have played both Darth Maul and the Mad Hatter.

What we dig into today:

Why Joey volunteered in the teen discipline office, what he learned and what worked
Illusion of choice versus “true choice”
How to release control and support our children in their choices
The “plant” you have of YOU and your teen

Connect with Joey here: @joey_firmlyfoundedcoaching
His program: https://www.firmlyfounded.com/
His podcast: Listen Here

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Link to my program: By Design
Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach
My website: coachcrystal.ca

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S03|02 - Parenting with Emotional Intelligence with Lauren Pace

Lauren Pace — Mon, 6 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Lauren is a mom of 3 kids, 6 dogs, a few chickens & 500+ pheasants. She’s a former preschool teacher who’s always working on a big project. Lauren has an MS in Child Development and is working as a behaviour coach to support parents in understanding challenging behaviour.

What we dig into in this episode:

What emotional intelligence is and why it’s so important
How we can support our children in building their emotional intelligence skills
How to hold space for their emotions in the moment and do the “teaching” later

Find Lauren here:

Instagram: @xolaurenpace
Instagram: @parentingbigemotions
Website: www.xolaurenpace.com

Lauren is offering $30 off her course, Parenting with Emotional Intelligence!
Click the link below and use the code: “CRYSTAL30”
Parenting with Emotional Intelligence

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Link to my program: By Design
Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach
My website: coachcrystal.ca
Work with me 1:1: Application

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S03|01 - Sexuality, Motherhood and Personal Identity with Dr Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Jennifer Finlayson-Fife — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach as well as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the state of Illinois. She has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping LDS individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.

What we discuss in this episode:

How our personal identity is intertwined with our sexuality
Why intimacy can be a struggle in motherhood and what to do about it
Low-desire and high-desire partners and the core ingredients for a healthy sexual relationship

Connect with Dr Finlayson-Fife:

Website: www.finlayson-fife.com
Instagram: @finlaysonfife
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drfinlaysonfife

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Link to my program: By Design
Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach
My website: coachcrystal.ca
Work with me 1:1: Application

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S02|15 - My 8 Fave Parenting Resources

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0000

I am SUCH a resource person, so I’m using this last episode in Season 2 to share some of my fave resources. See below for direct links to all the amazing-ness and be sure to check out my course! I truly believe that we are all our own parenting experts. That once we can unpack years of baggage and stuck thoughts, that we can step into that unique power that each of us has… and that the core of that power is connection. It took me years to learn about, incorporate and allow this transformation to happen, and to keep happening… and there were several resources that helped me along my path. Today I am sharing the best ones with you.

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I would be honored to be your coach and help you get the changes you want to see in your life. I have come so far, completely turned around my life and my relationships with my children, I know what it takes and how to make it happen. You can use the links below to get more of my content and learn about my monthly program By Design, where I provide monthly training and live coaching to help you build radical connection in your life.

Links I share in this episode:

Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Other favorite resources:

Dr Deborah MacNamara - Rest Play Grow and The Sorry Plane

Dr Gordon Neufeld - Hold On to Your Kids

Elycia Rubin - No Biggy!

Anna Llenas - The Color Monster

Cosmic Kids Yoga Youtube Channel

Dr Susan Pollak - Meditations

Dr Becky at Good Inside

Our Mama Village

Big Little Feelings

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S02|14 - People-Pleasing Mamas

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you find yourself saying yes when you want to say no? Trying to keep the peace and make everyone happy? You might be a people-pleaser too… let’s drop the heavy weight of people-pleasing and teach our children a new way of being. A lot of us were raised in homes where “big” emotions were shunned. If you felt sad, mad, angry… that was a problem. Children should be happy. Children should be seen and not heard. Anything beyond that was just not okay. The problem is that when we view emotions as problems to be solved, we have trouble allowing them, and allowing emotions is a key aspect to a healthy and fulfilling life.

In this episode:

What a people-pleaser is
How our generation is full of people-pleasers and why
What we can do to move out of this mindset
How to teach our children a different way

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Brené Brown Podcast: Burn Out and How to Complete the Stress Cycle

FMP Episode on the Model: The Model

FMP Episode on emotions: Emotions and How to Feel Them

The sorry plane book: The Sorry Plane

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S02|13 - Screens and Kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 9 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you see your kids losing it when you take away the iPad or Xbox? Do they sneak around trying to get more time on their phone? Tune in as I uncover what might really be going on behind that behaviour. Screens are a relatively new phenomena, and little to no research has been done on its adverse effects, especially long-term. Despite this, we can uncover how it is affecting our own kids through observation and a “screen reset”. Don’t worry, it sounds scarier than it really is, and the end benefits are soooo worth it.

What we dig into:

What ESS is and what it looks like in our kids
How you can do a reset to determine how screens might be affecting your children
How my reset has gone and tips for you in yours

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Reset Your Childs Brain: Reset Your Child's Brain

Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|12 - Becoming our Own Parent

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 2 Aug 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you ever feel like no one cares about what you do all day? Even when you do a great job, it just goes unnoticed? This is common for us as mothers. How do we get over this frustration and find validation? Tune in to find out. Cooking, cleaning, managing kids, snuggling kiddos, putting kiddos to bed 1000x times every night, wiping boogers and bums, keeping everyone fed and well hydrated. Parenting is a tough gig, there’s a lot on your plate as parent, and everything you do can easily get overlooked by others.

In this episode:

How the results of our efforts often go unnoticed
How our results aren’t as visible or immediate
Separating our results from our children’s behaviour
Tools we can take away and start using to help our healing journey

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|11 - Getting On The Same Page

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you often find yourself at odds in your parenting style with your partner? Do you wish that you both parented in the exact same way? There may be a benefit in parenting differently, let’s dig into it today. It sounds like a nice ideal… 2 parents parenting in the same way, encouraging each other, and supporting each other in their struggles. The problem is that this usually isn’t the case. This ideal is just that, an ideal. It’s not often that 2 partners have the exact same thoughts and ideas about parenting, or anything else for that matter. Maybe this isn’t a problem? Let’s discuss this idea, and feel free to reach out with your thoughts!

In this episode:

How fighting over parenting will create an unhealthy environment
What interpersonal synchronization is and how it can help
Why it might be amazing that you DON’T parent the same way
How we may be more unified than we think we are

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|10 - How to Get Your Kids to Listen

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000

We often think that the only way to get our kids to listen is to use threats, bribes or punishments. Those actually decrease natural obedience over time. There is another way to do it, tune in to find out how. Yelling, threats and bribes really do seem to work in a pinch- kids typically respond and listen. Over time though, you may have noticed that you have to up the ante: yell more, bribe more, bigger threats. You may also feel a nagging feeling that this isn’t helping your relationship with your kids, that there is a better way, but you’re just not sure how. This episode gets into all of that.

In this episode:

What discipline really means
Why rewards and punishments do more harm than good
How to get our kids to listen naturally, through connection

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|09 - Life Coaching and Therapy

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000

How do you know when therapy is needed and how do you know when life coaching is helpful? When is it appropriate to find a coach for your kids/teens/yourself? I’ll also give you the details on where you can find some amazing coaches online. Life Coaching and therapy are both so needed in our world today. There are several medical experts that can help when the need arises: psychiatrists, psychologists, counsellors etc. We chat today about where coaching fits into all of this.

What we talk about:

What life coaching is
When you know you need more than coaching
How to find an amazing coach

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Want help finding a coach? Email me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

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S02|08 - What to DO During a Tantrum

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 5 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Lots of blogs/experts will tell you what NOT to do during a tantrum… but what do you actually DO? Sit there? Phone a friend? Close your eyes really tight and pretend it’s not happening? Let’s figure out what we CAN DO to help during these times. We all know that frustration and anger just escalate the situation, but it can be tough not to move into that energy. Even when we don’t let our temperature rise, it’s a struggle to know what to do that will help. Every child is different, every situation is different, but there are some basic things that in all situations, regardless of the differences, and that’s what we’ll learn about today.

What we get into:

How we won’t always respond perfectly and what to do when we don’t
How to hold space in those moments of chaos
Releasing our expectations and judgements

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|07 - Building Growth Mindset for Kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Now that we know all about growth and fixed mindsets, how do we foster this in our children? Let’s learn several steps that help us to grow this mindset within them naturally and raise emotionally intelligent children. We all want our children to grow into capable, kind, and caring human beings. We want them to build resilience and know how to handle situations that will arise for them. All of this can be hugely helped when we intentionally work on growing their mindset.

What we dig into in this episode:

How to reframe our failures into learning opportunities
How to praise them in a way that fosters growth
How to help our kids continuously build this mindset
How not ALL of these things are needed all the time, but small simple changes over time

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Digital course for teens/tweens: Your Superpower Brain

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Mindset Psychology book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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S02|06 - Building a Growth Mindset

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000

This is more than just a hot button word, it’s a new way of being. Growth mindset doesn’t happen overnight, but it can be fostered. Join me as we dig into what it is and how to shift it. Mindset is something we talk about allll of the time, as Life Coaches… but growth and fixed mindset are common terms to hear in schools, workplaces and everywhere else now. It’s easier to define and discuss these mindsets than it is to change them, but change is possible, tune in to figure out how.

What we cover in this episode:

What a growth mindset is and how it varies from fixed mindset
How we can determine to change our mindset and what we can do to change it over time
What learning and unlearning happens so that we can role model this mindset for our kids

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Mindset Psychology by Carol Dweck book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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S02|05 - My Learning Journey

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you feel like you lost yourself to your motherhood? Like you don’t know what lights you up anymore or who you truly are? This episode is for you. Join me as I share my journey of self-discovery, and how it’s taken me right to where I needed to be. I always truly enjoyed going to school, getting good grades and pleasing my teachers… but somehow, I wasn’t ever fully immersed in a true “love of learning”. I did it more for the outcome, cared more about the grades, than any true learning. This has shifted over time, but the shift was intentional, and the results were huge. I think you’ll enjoy hearing this sorry and how it relates to helping you find your passion again.

What we cover:

How my learning journey was stunted by my fixed mindset
How I discovered a growth mindset
How you can find your passion too

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|04 - Parenting Hack #3

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 7 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Your brain loves all or nothing thinking. The primitive brain is the source behind this thinking, because these thoughts often keep you stuck in a safe place and out of growth. Learn this quick hack that can shift your thinking and unlock your potential. Your primitive brain is a lot like a toddler, whiny, loud and usually totally unrealistic too. It’s not a problem that your brain is like this, but it is helpful to find some ways to combat it’s toddler-dom and get back in charge of your thinking.

What we cover in this episode:

What the primitive brain is and why it keeps us stuck
The growth mindset brain and moving towards discomfort
A tool to help us shift to the “middle” thoughts and out of all or nothing thinking

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|03 - Parenting Hack #2

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 31 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you struggle with perfectionism in parenting, always thinking thoughts like “I’m a terrible mom”? We all deal with this. Let’s learn more about shame and a hack to help us through. We all want to be “supermom”. The problem is that being “superhuman” in any area of our lives is just that, superhuman… aka, unrealistic, and impossible. Doing this over time gets us really stuck in the shame-cycle. Nothing positive is ever created in shame-energy. Let’s dig into shame and how to move through it.

What we go over today:

How perfectionism affects our parenting
Getting clear on shame and it’s role in our life
What good enough parenting is and how to can help
A foolproof tool to ditch shame

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Link to Brené Brown’s website and Ted talk on Shame: Website , Talk

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S02|Bonus - My Why

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Wed, 26 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

I LOVE talking about “my why” and I don’t do it nearly enough… I felt inspired to add this bonus episode to season 2, to share all about why I do what I do. It’s not just to help the moms… but to help the future generation of humans in a fuller, richer way. To do my part creating more a emotionally intelligent, empathetic and resilient future. These tools and philosophies that I use in my coaching are powerful and can change your life. It has been amazing and completely rewarding to see how they have changed the lives of so many of my clients. Being on a purpose driven path in life has filled me with an energy and ambition that I didn’t know I had.

What I go over today:

My why
An amazing opportunity this year

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

Application for 1:1 coaching: Apply Here

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S02|02 - Parenting Hack #1

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 24 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Have you ever thought about scientists and their process? I think it’s a lot like what we do in parenting. Hypothesize, test, observe, test again, change things, fail. I think scientists can teach us a lot about parenting. Failure is at the core of what a scientist does… but instead of feeling shame and discouragement, they use it to learn, grow and create new ideas to test. We can become the parent scientist and transform our frustrations and expectations into curiosity and connection. Let’s figure out how.

What we talk about in this episode:

What scientists do
The importance of observation
How we can become parenting scientists
How to develop our own theorems about our children

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S02|01 - Natural Parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 17 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Have you ever heard of what “radical” actually means? It might not be what you think! Let’s uncover its basic meaning and how it relates to our natural parenting styles. Once we can unpack our own emotional and mindset baggage, connection is at our core. As humans, we are naturally wired for connection. As we age, limiting beliefs, others opinions, and situations around us arise that cloud our natural connection and inclination to parent in a positive way. Just like this thinking clouded us, it can be unclouded as well, let’s figure out where to start.

What we cover in this episode:

How natural this form of parenting is
Client examples of natural parenting despite lack of “knowledge”
How you are your own parenting expert already
Digging through the emotional and mental baggage is what uncovers this inner expert

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Get my free parenting course here: Free Parenting Course

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S01|12 - Heal your relationship with your child

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 10 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Your thoughts affect everything… especially Your relationships. We often feel like our children are disrespectful and rude, that they are unkind on purpose, or that they should be… fill in the blank here with all the “shoulds” for you. These hidden stories in your mind have a huge impact on your interactions with your children, huge. This is major. If you want to start healing your relationships with your kids, it all starts with you and your thoughts.

What we dig into today:

How our thoughts affect our relationships
Expectations leading to frustration
The manuals we have for the people in our lives
How we can reconnect and shift things right now

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

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S01|11 - How our relationship with ourselves affects our parenting

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 3 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000

This might seem counter intuitive, but the most impactful way to change your relationships with others is by changing your relationship with yourself. Your position on you is determined by a few things… your commitment, your thoughts, and your beliefs. When these things change, your relationship with you changes. When that changes, everything else in your life changes. Do you want a better relationship with someone, the ability to set and achieve goals, and to get more done and truly enjoy your life? Then start building a better relationship with YOU starting right now.

What we talk about today:

What a relationship is
How our thoughts about us affect our relationship
Self-belief and the difference between confidence and self-confidence
How we can change our thoughts and beliefs and create new relationships with us

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

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S01|10 - Mom shame, how it's harming our motherhood and 4 secrets to help right now

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Shame and guilt wreak havoc on our parenting. We get hit with it a lot when we decide to become more positive and conscious parents because we become more aware. We often use what we’re learning as a weapon against us. I have 4 secrets that will help us ditch this perfectionist idea we have of what mothering should be and help us step into the messiness of what it actually is. Mom shame, how it’s harming our motherhood and 4 secrets to help right now.

What we cover:

How shame is harming our motherhood
Why changing this can be so powerful
How to change our relationship with ourselves
4 secrets we can use now to ditch shame and embrace our imperfect parenting moments

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Brené on shame and vulnerability: The Power of Vulnerability and Listening to Shame

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S01|09 - Your 2.0

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000

We have a higher and lower brain. Lower brain thinking is: illogical irrational, highly emotional… maybe a little crazy sometimes. Parenting and making decisions from that space is damaging our relationships. I’ll show you how to make the switch. Moving into our higher brain is a powerful skill to learn how to do. When we can notice we are in the lower brain and move out of it, our decisions and actions become better. Learning more about our future self can help us switch our mindset to our more forward-thinking higher brain and create thriving relationships.

What we discuss today:

Emotional vs Logical brain
What parenting is like from each brain
The power in our 2.0
How to get to know our future selves
How to harness the power of our 2.0

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Find me on the ‘gram: https://www.instagram.com/the.parenting.coach/

More on the blog: Conversation with Your Toddler Brain

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S01|08 - The Model

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000

One of the most powerful tools I've learned from Brooke Castillo at the Life Coach School is The Model. It’s SO good. Once you learn how to use this on yourself and implement it regularly and it will be a game changer for you and your relationships with your kids. The Model gives you a 5-step process to look at what is going on in your life and understand what is causing you to feel the way you do. When you recognize the source of your thoughts and feelings, you can change everything.

What we dig into this episode:

What parenting from different emotions looks like
What The Model is and how it works
Why we should care about managing our mind regularly

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

S01|07 - Zones for us and our kids

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 5 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you ever feel your temperature rising inside you during the day? You try to push it down, but more and more of what your child does keeps “pushing your buttons”? This is so normal, it's part of being human. Let me teach you how do deal with this. This method is great to help us be more mindful of our feelings during the day and to self-regulate before we explode. This hack also works great on willing kids.

What we get into in this episode:

How parenting from the Red Zone can harm our relationships
What to do to be more mindful of our zones
How to move through our zones throughout the day

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

More on the blog: Helping Children Move Through Zones

More on the blog: Why We Get Burnt When We Parent In The Fire

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S01|06 - Emotions and how to feel them

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Our culture has not been so great at teaching us how to process emotions. Often we have felt shamed about our feelings and taught to resist, avoid or react to them. What if instead we allowed them? What would this look like? Come find out how, as I share one of the most powerful tools I use on me and my kids.

What we dig into:

Emotions and their tricky history
How we typically respond to emotions in negative ways
Why we aren’t great at handling emotions
How emotions tie into our parenting every day
The NOW feelings process and how to use it on us and our kids

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Children’s book on feelings: The Color Monster

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S01|05 - The Power of Story

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Thoughts are constantly swirling around in our un-managed minds, causing mass chaos and we don’t even know it. Have you stopped to notice how powerful your brain is at telling a great story? Its so good that most of the time you fall for it and believe everything your brain tells you. You need to learn to notice and question the stories you think are true, if unchecked, these stories can be painful and hurt your relationships. The stories you tell yourself make a huge difference in your life every day, so lets start shifting them in your favour. Make sure you check out The Danger of a Single Story linked below, its so good!

What we discuss today on The Freedom Moms Podcast:

The sentences/words going through our mind and why they matter
How our brain is wired for story
The danger of having one story, that we don’t question
The first tool that I share with my clients to help start shifting those stories

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Link to membership: By Design

Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

Find Brené Brown’s books: brenebrown.com

Ted talk on the power of story: The Danger of a Single Story

Video about thought dumps: The First Secret Every Mom Should Know

Read more on the blog: 2 posts… Power of Story and Shift Your Story

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S01|04 - Radical Connection

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:15:00 +0000

Positive parenting goes by so many names, but the gist is always the same: relationship and connection above all. The real power of this philosophy is that children naturally want to love their parents, be close to them, and respect them. As we make developing this connection with our children the primary focus; and focus less on doing things to mitigate the negative behaviours, those behaviours will actually decrease over time. This sounds so strange to so many people, it sounds like avoidance and denial, but its not, it is the best way to develop lasting change for even the most difficult behaviours. The reason is that when your child has this radical connection with you, they will want to make you happy, they will be drawn to do good things because they will love to feel the love that comes from those actions. When a child makes mistakes, which they still will, they know of their own accord that they have done wrong. They don’t need that discomfort or pain to be magnified by the very person who is supposed to love them the most and help comfort them through these feelings. One of the biggest mistakes I see parents make, is getting in the way of the natural cycle that goes on in a child when they do something wrong. Focus on building radical connection above all else.

This episode of The Freedom Moms Podcast covers:

What positive parenting is and why I call it “radical connection”
What it is not, and some myths around it
It’s focus on relationship above all

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My website: coachcrystal.ca

Read more on the blog: Positive Parenting blog post

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S01|03 - The Change

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:10:00 +0000

Things continued to improve as I focussed on shifting my mindset which allowed me to control my reactions towards him, we both began to freak out less. I didn’t have words to describe what was going on, the change, until I found life coaching. I finally had a way to explain the shift. Life coaching is the bridge to better connection with your children and lasting change in behaviour. I started taking the Life Coaching tools and mindset work that I was learning and pairing it with all of my years of knowledge about positive parenting and started noticing bigger and bigger changes. Our home is an entirely different place than it was back then, this is why, this is how. You can do this too.

In this episode of The Freedom Moms Podcast:

Positive parenting and how it started to work for us
The changes that happened in my child’s behaviour over time, and mine as well
What our home is now
The HOW behind the change
The pivotal role that life coaching played in our relationship

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My website: coachcrystal.ca

The Life Coach School website: thelifecoachschool.com

A great book to start your journey with: Hold On to Your Kids

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S01|02 - The Shift

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:05:00 +0000

Parenting my child and his difficult behaviours just kept getting worse and worse until I felt like I couldn’t handle it anymore and finally reached out for help. The changes our family experienced were very profound, and I never expected what I was going to have to do to get them. This is the starting point to one of the biggest revelations in parenting I’ve ever had. The core of what we did and why we got the results we did influences everything I do in my coaching practice. The change in my son’s behaviour didn’t come quickly; but it did come, and as I look back at it and what we went through I am amazed at how much progress we made after just that one session and the book she recommended.

In this episode of The Freedom Moms Podcast we cover:

What a meltdown looked like in our home
What my story about the situation was
Why it’s not him that needed to change
How shifting my expectations changed everything for us both

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My website: coachcrystal.ca

The book I mention on the show: Rest, Play, Grow

A couple of my fave parenting sites: Neufeld Institute and Debroah MacNamara

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S01|01 - The Beginning

Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Hi! I’m a Canadian homeschooling mom of 4 and Parent Coach. Parenting is a tough gig, from diapers, sleepless nights to teen hormones and backtalking, I have been through it too and know first hand there isn’t a instruction manual you get when you become a mom. I wasn’t prepared for motherhood and I’m guessing you weren’t either.

Come listen to my story as we dig into my struggles as a mom of a neurodivergent kiddo and the growth we’ve gone through together. I love positive parenting and the more I learnt about connection-based parenting, the more I felt like I was failing my kids every day. But not anymore! In this season I am going to share my story, what I did that completely changed my life and my family forever.

This episode of The Freedom Moms Podcast digs into:

Getting to know me and who I am
What parenting was like for me amidst my difficulties
The peak of my parenting struggles and moving across the country
How when you “know better” you don’t always “do better”

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Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

My fave homeschooling books: Phases of Learning TJED and Call of the Wild + Free

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Crystal, The Parenting Coach — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:26:53 +0000

Thanks for listening to The Freedom Moms Podcast!

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Find me on the ‘gram: The.Parenting.Coach

My website: coachcrystal.ca

My fave homeschooling books: Phases of Learning TJED and Call of the Wild + Free

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