parenting teens

Daring Greatly

This is the quote that inspired Brene Brown to publish her research, do a TED talk and share her genius with the world. It inspired the...

It's here!!! Podcast is going live soon!

I'm so so excited to announce that my podcast Fight like a Mother is going LIVE August 5th! The podcast will mainly focus on providing...

Messy relationships...

Messy, imperfect complicated relationships in families just naturally happen. Just because something is imperfect doesn't make it less...

Parenting Values and Affirmations

After 21 years of parenting, LOTS of trial and error and blood, sweat and tears my husband and I finally wrote down our parenting values. ...

Parent with empathy

This. It was a wake up call for me when I read it. Sometimes I’m more worried about what others think about my child’s behavior than I am...

Behavior is Communication

Behavior is communication. This post is not intended to be about our current racial and political issues, although it certainly could be....

Be an emotional first responders for your kids

An Instagram live with therapist David Kozlowski with actionable tools on how to connect with and be first responders for our kids when...

Advocate like a mother...

1. Go with a perspective that you are all on the same team. If you do need to advocate for your child whether in school, with medical...

The soft place...

Six years ago we moved 400 miles away from our home in Las Vegas where we had lived for 12 years. My oldest son was 14 and was in the...