You're Invited To The Celebration - 100th Episode Podcast Party Starring YOU
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Release Date: 10/25/2019
Am I Doing This Right?
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
What to do if you feel stuck, freeze in the moment or second guess how you use the Hand in Hand Tools. Am I doing this right? How do I know what to do? Why do I freeze when I want to use the tools? We hear these questions more often than you might imagine from parents who are using the Hand in Hand approach. So for this last episode of the season, Emily and Kathy delve into how second guessing and doubt about connected parenting stems from our own childhoods, as well as what to do so you know for sure you doing a great job. This episode is for you if you are new to the tools...
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What to Do When Your Child is Hitting
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Understand the unseen fears that drive a child's aggression and stop it using nurturing supportive strategies. Emily and Kathy address a parent question from the surprised parent of a child who has started hitting out at other kids. This child, like many others who lash out, has not grown up around hitting or seen it modelled elsewhere, so the parent is confused about where the behavior is coming from and how to address it. Listen in as Emily and Kathy share how a current situation can activate a child’s past fears or scary experiences and propel them into a “fight” mode that...
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Parenting After Separation: Revolutionary Ideas to Support Kids Through Divorce
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Today, Emily and Kathy are joined by Hand in Hand’s founder Patty Wipfler, who shares her insights for parents on how to support their children when they have chosen to divorce. As a new family dynamic forms, it is natural for children to experience a range of emotions during separations and divorces, even when terms have been friendly. Patty shares unexpected behaviors children can display, as well as practical and connecting tips about how to respond so your child feels supported and hopeful during this challenging time. Join Patty, Emily and Kathy for a warm and insightful...
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Does Birth Order Make a Difference?
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
How to Tailor the Hand in Hand tools with different age kids - With Summer Sheldon This week Emily responds to a parent question: “Does birth order make a difference to how you use the Hand in Hand tools?” and calls on mom of three, licensed counsellor and Hand in Hand Instructor Summer Sheldon to help answer. Listen in to hear how you can adjust the Hand in Hand tools for each of your children, based on their personality, traits and needs. You’ll hear about common traits that seem to be shared by oldest and youngest kids and how to assess their true needs. Tune In To...
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Helping Tweens and Teens Feel Heard: How to Respond Well When Your Older Child Needs to Let Off Steam
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Using the Hand in Hand Staylistening Tool with older kids. It’s fairly easy to tell when a toddler’s emotional system has taken over. Tantrums. A toddler will yell when they don’t get the blue cup or can’t take another cookie, and then scream, throw themselves on the floor, or send something crashing. Not so with tweens and teens. In fact, the way they signal their upset can feel very much more like a criticism or a complaint that invites us to offer some advice or reflection – which can lead to disaster. “I hate you.” “You never listen.” “You just don’t...
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Reset Your Day With Roughhousing With Special Guest Lawrence Cohen
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Unplug & Play With Dr. Lawrence J. Cohen In this episode, Emily and Kathy sit down with Dr. Lawrence J Cohen, a Nappa Gold -award winning author of Playful Parenting and a play therapist. Dr. Cohen is a strong advocate for physical play and roughhousing, and how it can positively impact children and adults. Dr. Cohen talks about how roughhousing can make your day so much better in just a few seconds, through shared laughter and connection. Plus, how it can help children build problem-solving skills, confidence, and work through anxiety and fear. Listen in and hear how you can...
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Keeping Connection Strong With Your Tween or Teen With Kirsten Nottleson
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Strategies That Bring Smiles & Joy With Kirsten Nottleson Sometimes it feels like our tweens and teens are living on a different planet. How are we supposed to know exactly what they need from us? That’s exactly what Emily asks play expert and Hand in Hand instructor Kirsten Nottleson this week. Listen in to hear how to decode tween and teen behavior, keep relationships warm, and connection strong. Because although they may act like they don’t need or value your caring, tweens and teens still need you close. Tune In To Hear: How to give the downtime your child needs...
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Rebuilding Connections: How to Repair With Your Kids After Losing Your Cool
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
There’s an idea out there that a good parent is serene, caring, all-knowing-never-cross creature… It’s such a fairytale fantasy. The reality really is so much more human. It’s messy. It’s awesome. It’s draining, delightful, sometimes dreadful and so on: Parenting demands the full spectrum of human emotion for many, many, years. And we’re sorry to break the news but it turns out a human can’t alway be perfect for that much time! Sometimes the stress and heaviness of a phase of development or certain behaviours just bring us to our knees because we’re triggered or because we...
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The Guilt-free Parent: How to Let Go of Guilt and Navigate Your Parent Journey With Compassion
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
“Am I good enough?” “I should do more…” “I never get it right…” This week Emily and Kathy are talking about overcoming feelings of parent guilt. Parent guilt can creep up on us, leaving us feeling overwhelmed and questioning our parenting abilities. And while that desire to want to do everything perfectly is often born out of love for your child, mixed messages from the media, and old messages from your childhood can leave you feeling anxious and worrying that everything you do is wrong. Join Emily and Kathy as they offer some guidance on how to shed those negative...
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Finding the Fun: Get Strategies for More Fun and Laughter in Your Daily Life With Kids
Hand in Hand Parenting: The Podcast
Strategies for infusing fun and laughter into your daily life with kids. When we approach parenting with a sense of playfulness, it can make all the difference. Play has the power to melt away tension, create a culture where mistakes are okay, and leave us feeling more open and flexible. And yet, the burdens of daily life can leave us feeling heavy. Plus, how can you possibly be playful when your child asks “why,” for the millionth time, or snatches away a cookie you already said no to? It’s possible – and it makes parenting feel a whole lot lighter. That’s why, in this...
info_outlineHappy 100!
This week - for our 100th episode - we turned the microphone over to you all.
And we are SO excited to share this episode.
You'll hear just what led parents to the Hand in Hand podcast, the breathtaking transformations you have seen happen in your parenting, and the different ways you all use the podcast from week to week.
We're thrilled and humbled by the community that has gathered since we started the Hand in Hand Parenting podcast two years ago!
This Week We Listen To Your Voices
Take a listen and see if you hear yourself!
There's comments that'll make you laugh, comments that'll have you nodding your head in agreement, and comments that will surely tug at your heartstrings.
But at the centre of it all is immense caring, movement and community.
And it's so powerful!
Your good work is a force for change. You're telling us how your perspectives are shifting, and with them, your struggles. We hear how you are becoming more playful with your kids and more understanding.
You are embracing being the parents you knew you could be.
Triple yee-haa!
We wanted to thank you so much for being with us each week because you are as much of this podcast as us.
Get ready to be uplifted hearing all that you are and all that you aspire to be. Listen to You're Invited To The Celebration now. We can't wait for you to hear this.
Oh, and a million hugs and thanks for everyone who sent messages and emails to be included in this episode. We are touched and honored by your contributions
More Resources for Getting The Support You Need As A Parent
This episode shows just how valuable regular support and guidance can be to your parenting. Do these three things to ensure that you get that support for yourself:
- Join our Group. Did you know you can dive into our free Parent Connect group? Our instructors are in there daily sharing tools, ideas and advice on Hand in Hand Parenting. Not on Facebook? We hear you, but this was the most accessible platform we could find. We think it's worth joining just for this group.
- Keep up with Abigail. Abigail is about ready to release her own podcast. Every week she'll be walking along with one parent, right in their shoes, working with them to flip their parenting challenges. Visit www.motherflippingawesome.com to see when it's happening.
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