89. Conscious Discipline, Real-Life Parenting, and Raising Emotionally Safe Kids with Katie Jones
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
Release Date: 11/29/2025
97. What If the Struggle Isn’t the Problem?
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
Ever feel like you’re drowning in the day-to-day chaos—juggling behaviors, bills, broken systems, and just trying to keep it together? In this heartfelt episode, Angie pulls back the curtain on one of the biggest lies we’ve internalized as parents: that struggle means we’re doing something wrong. But what if… the struggle is actually a signal? What if you’re not stuck, but standing at the edge of your old life, just afraid to step into something new? 💡 In this episode, Angie dives into: Why the discomfort you feel might mean you're outgrowing your current story How...
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96. A friend's story
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
In this episode, I share my perspective on the unexpected evolution of a friend. I was asked to record an advanced Human Desing reading for my mentor's program, so I offered her a free Human Design reading. It's not my first time doing a reading... it's part of my coaching practice, and I regularly share insights with others about what I see in their chart. But this time was different. She was ready. She was on the cusp of outgrowing her old story, and perhaps terrified of the unknown of the next story. But she was ready. I'd love your thoughts on this episode, and I'd love...
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95. The Pressure to Be Perfect: Dismantling Perfectionism in Parenting
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
In this raw and relatable episode, Angie dives into one of the sneakiest stressors in parenting: perfectionism. Whether it’s trying to be the “calm parent” 24/7, handle every meltdown with grace, or meet invisible standards set by social media, perfectionism keeps so many of us stuck—and disconnected from our kids and ourselves. Angie shares her own experience with perfectionism (hello, Line 5 pressure and culture gate 62) and how it showed up in both subtle and obvious ways. From the impossible expectations we place on ourselves to the shame spiral that follows when we “mess up,”...
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94. Rewrite the Story, Achieve Your Big Goals
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
So, you created the vision. You felt the pull of your future memory. You even wrote the goal that felt big, bold… maybe even impossible. Now what? In this week’s episode, I’m walking you through what actually bridges the gap between inspiration and real transformation—and spoiler: it’s not more planning. It’s rewriting the narrative you’re living inside. We explore: Why most goals fall flat—even if they’re aligned The sneaky stories that keep you looping in old patterns How to consciously choose a new story that matches your vision What Human Design can reveal about...
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93. Dare to Dream Big: Creating “Impossible” Goals with Human Design as Your Compass
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
In this powerful New Year episode, Angie invites you to ditch the typical resolutions and dream way bigger—like wild, soul-stirring, “I-have-no-idea-how-this-could-happen” kind of goals. Because sometimes, the life you’re meant to create is the one you’ve been too scared to name. Drawing from the visionary energy of Gate 11—the gate of ideas and possibility—Angie shares how to use your Human Design chart to anchor those dreams in your actual energetic wiring, so you’re not just chasing change… you're building it from alignment. You’ll hear how “impossible” goals have...
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92. I used to hate the holidays
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
Holidays can be stressful for many of us - traveling, weather, cooking, in-laws, extended family, expectations, trauma, and so much more. For me, I let fear dictate my holidays for years... and it shifted how I showed up for my kids. Join me for this powerfully personal episode. About your host, Angie Grandt – Generational Healing Specialist Angie Grandt is a parent coach, on a mission to break cycles of trauma. She is also a Quantum Human DesignTM Specialist, Quantum Alignment System certified, Certified Family & Relationship Coach & an early intervention speech...
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91. Gratitude When It’s Hard: A New Lens for Parenting Through the Mess
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
Gratitude is easy when life is flowing. But what about when it’s not? When your kid is melting down (again). When your co-parent drops the ball (again). When your nervous system is fried, your coffee is cold, and you’re questioning everything? In this honest episode, Angie peels back the curtain on what it really looks like to find gratitude when things feel hard—without bypassing the mess, sugar-coating the struggle, or pretending everything is fine when it’s not. You’ll learn how true gratitude isn’t about ignoring pain—it’s about holding it with perspective. And how using...
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90. When Silence Hurts: The Hidden Impact of Withholding in Parenting
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
Sometimes, the loudest wounds come from what’s not said. In this episode of Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough, Angie shares a deeply personal reflection on her own go-to parenting pattern: silence. If you grew up learning to keep the peace or “freeze out” conflict, you may recognize yourself here. Angie unpacks the energetic imprint of going silent on your child—not as punishment, but as self-protection. And she reveals how this well-worn path shaped her relationship with her son, despite her best intentions. This isn’t just about yelling vs. not yelling. It’s about energetic...
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89. Conscious Discipline, Real-Life Parenting, and Raising Emotionally Safe Kids with Katie Jones
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
In this powerful and heartfelt conversation, Angie sits down with Katie Jones—longtime childcare provider, Conscious Discipline–trained parent educator, and the creator behind Katie’s Kids Childcare in Oregon, WI and BU Daily Tools for Transformation. Katie shares her deeply personal journey from burnout and “rock bottom” to becoming the grounded, emotionally present caregiver and parent she is today. Her story of awakening, self‑reflection, and reparenting herself is not only inspiring—it’s a masterclass in what conscious, connected parenting really looks like in practice. In...
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88. Trauma, parenting, and resilience - with Guest Dina Lobo
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast
Our personal experiences have such a powerful impact on the parent we are being with our own kids. If we want to really break the cycles that have caused us to be someone we're not, then we MUST heal us first. Join me for this powerful interview with Dina Lobo Lewis as we dig into how our stories about ourselves dance with our parenting, and the choices we get to make to break the cycles. About Dina Lobo Lewis: Empowering leaders to be SEEN, HEARD, and AMPLIFIED in the Era of Individualism. Dina Lobo is a sought-after global speaker and...
info_outlineIn this powerful and heartfelt conversation, Angie sits down with Katie Jones—longtime childcare provider, Conscious Discipline–trained parent educator, and the creator behind Katie’s Kids Childcare in Oregon, WI and BU Daily Tools for Transformation.
Katie shares her deeply personal journey from burnout and “rock bottom” to becoming the grounded, emotionally present caregiver and parent she is today. Her story of awakening, self‑reflection, and reparenting herself is not only inspiring—it’s a masterclass in what conscious, connected parenting really looks like in practice.
In This Episode, We Explore:
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Katie’s spiritual and personal awakening that started during the pandemic
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Why changing who we are matters far more than finding the “right” parenting strategy
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How Conscious Discipline helped her shift from reacting to responding
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The three brain states (survival, emotional, executive) — and why you must regulate first
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What children’s “misbehavior” is actually communicating
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Practical examples for handling tough toddler moments (sibling conflict, hitting, cat‑tail pulling…)
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How to coach kids through conflict without punishment or shame
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Why emotional safety is the core of all behavior change
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How Katie used these tools to support her child through identity exploration with compassion and grace
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The power of empathy: letting kids feel what they feel without trying to “happy them up”
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What it really means to create a felt sense of safety in your presence
This episode is full of real-life tools and beautifully human reminders that the work we do on ourselves is the work that transforms our families.
About Katie
If You Loved This Episode…
You’re going to love where this conversation leads. Katie will be back for a follow-up episode diving deeper into how conscious discipline and Human Design intersect—because the parallels are wild and so, so powerful.
And if you’re ready to shift your parenting from reactive to aligned, grounded, and connected…
👉 Book a free Connection Clarity Call at angiegrandt.com/sessions
Let’s transform the generational story together.