Are you done yet? How about now?
You’re sitting at the table as you family finishes eating dinner. You set down your cutlery, make eye contact with your teen and say, “(NAME), you’re on dishes tonight, ok?” Maybe you’re asking or it was already their turn and you’re just reminding them. Your teen looks away and mumbles, “Mm-hmm.” Every fibre of your […]
The proven secret to keeping your teen away from risky behaviour
Your fear of losing your teen to substance use is valid and real. The need to keep your teen safe takes over and drives you to one solution you likely know well. ‘We’ve made it clear those things aren’t allowed in our home and we’ve raised our teen to know better. We need to draw […]
Is your teen looking for love in all the wrong places
This one hit close to home. My intention in sharing my vulnerable experience as a promiscuous teen is to help you to better understand your own teen, take the steps your teen needs to create change, and shake off more of my own shame story and deep sadness around this chapter in my life. Park […]
Top tips for supporting your teen through anxiety
Whether your teen is developing anxious tendencies or has been diagnosed in some form, it can be scary and unknown territory to support them in, especially if you don’t have personal experience with it. You’re of no help if you’re drowning too. After our son’s diagnosis at 8yo, I dove headfirst into rescuing him from […]
Don’t talk to me like that
I get it. So where’s the line? (Psst! Scroll down to be included in my FREE offer!) Remember when your toddler was learning to walk and they didn’t get it right about 1000x or more? Remember how you kept picking them up and encouraging them to try again while kissing all their bumps and bruises […]
How Could This be Happening
Russia invades Ukraine. I sat on the edge of the bed in shock and started to cry. There’s already so much sadness and pain in the world, like the laws in Texas and Florida, and now this. It all feels like too much when I feel drained, so what can I do? A few days […]