Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
Colleen O'Grady, MA. is a speaker, trainer and author of the award-winning and best-selling book Dial Down the Drama: Reduce Conflict and Reconnect with Your Teenage Daughter---A Guide for Mothers Everywhere. Colleen shares her wisdom from twenty-five years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist which translates into over 50,000 hours of working with parents and teens. Colleen, known as the parent-teen relationship expert helps you raise the bar of what's possible for the teenage years. Colleen not only knows this professionally she has been a mom in the trenches with her own teenage daughter. You really can improve your relationship with your teen and dial up the joy, peace, and delight at home and work. Every episode is geared to uplift you, give you practical parenting tips that you can apply right away and keep you current on the latest in teen research and trends.
Episodes
December 4, 2023 • 51 mins
Our guest today examines the beliefs, weaknesses, and practices that shape education in this country. She also looks at the myths that have been invented to explain why these traditions don't work. Dr. Berens discusses how behavioral science and neuroscience transform the effectiveness of educational practices. Finally, we discuss how parents can advocate for their teens when their educational experience is not working for them.
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November 27, 2023 • 43 mins
Does your teen feel entitled to have whatever they want? How would you rate your teen's financial IQ? In other words, does your teen understand and manage financial matters effectively?
Our featured guest, Nancy Tengler a seasoned investor and mother, shares her unique approach to improving the financial IQ of children. Drawing from personal experiences, she turned every shopping trip into an investment research exercise for her so...
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November 20, 2023 • 37 mins
This podcast is published the week of Thanksgiving and so we pause to consider what we are thankful for. In the book - WAKE UP GRATEFUL: THE TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE OF TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED- author KRISTI NELSON provides a groundbreaking exploration of what it means to live gratefully and bring awareness into every moment of every day. When 33-year-old Kristi Nelson was diagnosed with stage IV cancer, her entire perspective ch...
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November 13, 2023 • 37 mins
What parent is not struggling to get their teen off their phones or to get them to stop gaming? Most teens struggle to switch from the online world back into the real world. This is why your teen gets angry with you when you tell them to get off the phone or have a fit when you take their phone at night. But some teens surpass the normal struggles and become addicted to gaming or social media and choose that over interacting in the...
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November 6, 2023 • 39 mins
Teens take pictures all day long. Teens take selfies all day long. How can teens get past selfies? Today we talk to a very interesting human being who is a national geographic explorer. She mentors teens and young adults teaching them how to tell their stories through photos. We discuss how we can meet our teens through selfies and take them deeper to explore the story they really want to tell.
KIRSTEN ELSTNER is a distinguished Na...
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October 30, 2023 • 41 mins
The idea for this podcast came out of one of the discussions from my Moms Moving Forward group. We were talking about how being a mom forces us to grow and become more aware of our unconscious patterns. A couple of moms in the group shared how the Enneagram helped them understand their personality type. This helped them see their unique strengths but also it enabled them to see their blindspots which had negatively impacted their m...
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October 23, 2023 • 47 mins
In this episode, we talk to an expert on adolescence and eating disorders. We cover a lot of territory, from what teens need for their brain and overall health, to what moms can do when their teens skip meals. What are healthy snacks for teens? When should parents be concerned with weight gain? Or if they should be concerned? We also explore the signs of eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, binge eating) and what moms can do. How d...
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October 16, 2023 • 47 mins
Our guest today is a wonderful human being and has so much well-earned wisdom to share with us in this episode and she is also a relatable and engaging writer. Which you can find in her recently published book, Mom Enough: Inspiring Letters for the Wonderfully Exhausting but Totally Normal Days of Motherhood. I love her viral quote: “Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to fin...
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October 7, 2023 • 46 mins
This episode will talk about fathers and teen sons and teen daughters. We’ll answer questions like What is unique about the father-son relationship? What are some of the mistakes that fathers make with their sons and their daughters? And how to turn that around. Find out how moms can give parenting advice to dads so that they will listen.
Our guest today is Luke Entrup
Luke teaches his clients to cultivate the clarity of the mind,...
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October 2, 2023 • 47 mins
How is your teen's and young adult's self-esteem? How is your self-esteem? Today we are going to talk about how to build self-esteem and confidence in our teens and in ourselves.
Ruth Klein is an author and founder of the nonprofit Universal Mom, which works to help children and teens uncover their talents through the art of writing. With her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology with ...
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September 25, 2023 • 53 mins
Is mothering your dream job? What will you do when your kids leave home? If you've been out of the workforce because you are a stay-at-home mom, do you feel like no one will hire you? Are you bored with your job yet afraid to leave it because you need to pay the bills?
You're going to love our next guest and his book, Time to Move On: The 7 Career Myths Keeping You From Finding Your Dream Job.
Mustafa Ammar is the founder and CEO o...
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September 18, 2023 • 53 mins
It's hard navigating teens and sports. How much do you make them practice? What if you were counting on a scholarship for college and your teen decides to quit swimming? Having several teens play sports can be stressful on a home and relationships with shuttling to practices and games. What if your teen wants to play soccer and they don't have natural ability? How much do you push them?
This is such an important discussion about th...
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September 11, 2023 • 54 mins
"What can I do to get my teen to ______?" "How do I get my teen to care about their homework, their grades, their future?
At the heart of all of this is motivation. Nothing frustrates a mom more than an unmotivated teen.
So what can we do? Why are so many teens unmotivated? So much drama comes from trying to get your teen to do what they are supposed to do.
How do you motivate them without it being a big blow up?
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September 4, 2023 • 53 mins
Do any moms want to break free from overwhelm this school year? Our guest today Jenna Hermans has recently released her new book, Chaos to Calm: 5 Ways Busy Parents Can Break Free from Overwhelm.
With a master’s degree in organizational management and over a decade of experience running human resources, through Chaos to Calm Jenna uses easy-to-implement strategic tools and philosophies to guide busy parents and help them streamline...
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August 28, 2023 • 35 mins
Can Neurofeedback help teens?
In this episode we talk about what is brainwave dysregulation and how that manifests with teens. We explore what Neurofeedback is and how it can be helpful to all teens especially teens who have adhd , anxiety, trauma, and depression.
Our guest today Dianne Kosto is an industry-leading expert and visionary, is the Founder and CEO of SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training. Recognized as a compassionate “Mom on...
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August 21, 2023 • 42 mins
Would you like your teens to have better manners and show respect to you, your home, and others? My guest today literally wrote the book.
Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker and leader of an online community who helps moms of teens and tweens create meaningful, healthy and enjoyable relationships with their children through practical application, education and community. Her goal is for every family to feel confident and connected. ...
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August 14, 2023 • 41 mins
When should you start thinking about college? How do you reach your teens college goals without draining your bank account? How do you earn scholarships regardless of family income? What colleges offer the best scholarships and financial aid? What are the best paths to medical school? Law school? Grad school?
Our guest today answers these questions.
For over 40 years, DR. KUNI BEASLEY has been helping students reach their college g...
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August 7, 2023 • 40 mins
Are there any anxious mothers out there? Have you ever been shamed for being an anxious mother? Well, I definitely have been an anxious mom, just ask my daughter. Actually I have never met a mom especially a mom of a teen who hasn’t had to deal with anxious thoughts. Moms are going to worry. the challenge is how to make anxiety useful and not be a constant source of agony. In this episode we talk about how to get curious about anxi...
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July 31, 2023 • 44 mins
I’m excited to have Hunter Clarke Fields (AKA Mindful Mama) back with us today, to tell us about her new book, Raising Good Humans Every Day. Hunter shares some very practical tips to help us busy and often stressed moms to come back to calm. Make sure you stay to the end of the episode where she shares a wonderful meditation that you will want to listen to over and over again.
Hunter Clarke-Fields MSAE, E-RYT (Philadelphia, Pennsy...
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July 24, 2023 • 41 mins
Have you ever thought, "What was my teen thinking?" In this episode, we explore the upside and downside of the teenage brain.
I interview a knowledgeable and fellow therapist who is a parent to teens and is a therapist to teens. She is also an author and wrote Your Amazing Teen Brain which is written for teens but is good for moms as well. If you have a teen that can get lost in big feelings and get caught in negative automatic tho...
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