Episode 124: Did You Just Kiss the Microphone? A Conversation with My 8-year-old Daughter
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I am joined by my 8 year old daughter, Pepper, and I ask her about her views on friendship, kindness, and managing stress. I ask her what things she wishes grownups knew about kids, how she handles disappointments and frustrations, and what things she finds to be most important to her. It’s a refreshing perspective on life, from someone who is still not burdened by adult fear and guilt. Give it a listen!
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Episode 123: How to Parent Adult Children without Being Overbearing
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, my wife Meg & I discuss common misbeliefs and successful strategies for parenting adult children. We outline the difference between secure attachment and unhealthy bonds with our adult children, discuss when to give advice—or not, and chat about common parental beliefs that often get in the way of healthy relationships with our adult kids. We also acknowledge the grieving process inherent in raising children and how to find meaning as we seek to focus on our child’s becoming. Give it a listen!
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Episode 122: How to Respond to Grief in Ourselves and In Our Loved Ones
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I am joined by Cori Lazarte, a therapist who helps clients who grieve. Together we discuss different ways that grief may enter our lives, what to say (and not to say) to those who are grieving, and we explain how important it is to make it ok to “not be ok,” and how it can be a part of our healing. We talk about what to do with our anger, and what part it may play in the process. Cori shares her own experience with grief and loss, and we discuss how, when those whom we love are grieving, our “persistence without expectation” can be key to helping them find their...
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Episode 121: Holiday Traditions: Should I Keep Them or Let Them Go?
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I explain the purpose of traditions and rituals in our families and relationships, and why they serve as a medicine for resilience in our times of struggle. I discuss how to determine when we may need to add traditions, and when we should give ourselves permission to let them go or to evolve. Whether during the holidays, or in our everyday lives, I explain how traditions have the power to strengthen what matters most to us. Give it a listen!
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Episode 120: How to Help Your Partner FEEL the Love You Give
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I discuss why our love that we give sometimes gets brushed off, or goes unseen, or receives a lukewarm response. I explain how to help your partner feel the love you give. I describe the four rungs on the ladder of expressing love, how to access each step on that ladder, & why this effort will ultimately help us to see & be seen by those we love. You don’t want to miss this one. Give it a listen!
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Episode 119: How to Build Emotional “Teflon” and Resilience in Kids
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I explain how we can help our kids to find and keep their emotional resilience, and how to create a “Teflon” for the hardships that they face, like loss, bullying, correction, and personal life storms. I explain how building secure attachment fits into that resilience. I also discuss how to help kids (and adults) to speak fairly to themselves, and I describe how to help prepare our kids for the uphill climbs that they face. Give it a listen!
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Episode 118: Understanding Helicopter Parenting and What Style of Parenting Works Better
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I am joined by my wife, Meg, as we discuss what helicopter parenting is and what it isn’t. I explain the 4 commonly labeled styles of parenting, and we introduce a new parenting style that I’m excited to share with you, and which can help you focus your parenting efforts with greater meaning, and hopefully less confusion and overwhelm. Give it a listen!
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Episode 117: How to do a Self-Check for Mental and Emotional Health
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I explain why people fear and avoid addressing mental health. I explain the key questions that we can each ask ourselves so we can determine whether our state of mind warrants additional support from a therapist or physician. And I explain why there IS hope and a solid and clear path forward for healing when we do need that help. We don’t have to fear and avoid “popping the hood” on our mental and emotional health. Give it a listen!
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Episode 116: Why Men are Stronger With Emotions
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, I discuss a popular YouTube episode I heard online that describes the world trying to make men soft and weak and brainwashed with emotion and emotional sensitivity. I discuss that popular mentality, and I explain the reality of emotional intelligence. I make the case for how emotion makes men, and women, even stronger in their grit and lifestyle, if emotion is properly accessed and accurately understood. Give it a listen!
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Episode 115: Parenting High-Emotion Kids
The EmotionAlly Podcast
In this episode, my wife, Meg, & I talk about parenting high-emotion kids. We discuss origins of our kids’ emotional outbursts, how our own reactions can calm or elevate those emotions, and the role of empathy in our parenting response. We’ll dispel myths about emotion and offer hope for any parent who struggles — because we all do. Give it a listen!
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