Two years ago this week, I lost my mother to cancer.
She was just shy of 63.
When I had to tell my daughters their grandma died, I was so grateful we'd already talked about death. They had a foundation. They understood what "died" meant. They knew bodies stop working. They knew it was OK to be ...
My oldest just turned 9 and I keep thinking to myself, βWhere did the time go??β
I remember when they were toddlers. I had 2 under 2 and those years felt endless.
Every day was exhausting, relentless, survival mode. I couldn't wait for them to be more independent.
To dress themselves, make thei...
Keisha came to the group coaching call exhausted. Her 6-year-old daughter Maya had started pushing back on everything. At breakfast, when Keisha said no more screen time, Maya crossed her arms and said, "That's not fair! You're on your phone all the time!"
Keisha felt her face get hot. In her h...
I once worked with a mom, weβll call her Carmen, who had a 5-year-old daughter named Naomi. Carmen reported struggling with bedtime anxiety. Every night, Naomi would spiral.
"What if there's a fire? What if someone breaks in? What if you forget to pick me up from school tomorrow?"
The questions...
Last week, one of my daughters hid her younger sister's homework packet. She stood there silent while the family searched every where for the missing packet. All day long. While her sister cried and cried throughout the day, distraught from the idea of having to re-do all the work she had just ...
I received a question during a coaching call that I hear constantly:
"My 7-year-old doesn't want to do her homework. It's not mandatory at her school, but I think it's good practice. She did homework in kindergarten, but we stopped over the summer and now I'm having trouble getting back into th...
As we wrap up 2025, I wanted to take a pause from tactical strategies (like scripts and tips) and spend some time discussing something more foundational - The beliefs that quietly shape how we parent.
We all have limiting beliefs. Every single one of us. They're part of being human. They develo...
"It's time to brush teeth."
"It's time to put on shoes."
"It's time to get in the bath."
With each request, your 3-year-old looks at you, grins, and runs away laughing or flat-out says "NO!" and refuses to move.
Every single daily task becomes a 20-minute negotiation that ends with you physical...
A mom during a coaching call described her nightly dinner battle: "If my 5-year-old son doesn't eat enough lunch at school, I make him finish dinner before dessert. He just refuses, gets upset, and hits me."
The problem was that she was fighting a battle she could never win.
You cannot force fo...
I could hear the exhaustion in a dad's voice during our coaching call:
"My 4-year-old hits us more now when she doesn't agree with something or wants to say no to a request. If she doesn't get the treat she wants, she immediately goes to smack me. If I give her choices and she doesn't want eith...
I've been thinking a lot about my kids this holiday season.
About how much STUFF they have. How different their childhood is from mine. How they've never known what it's like to worry about money or food or keeping the heat or lights on.
I have vivid memories of playing Jenga in the dark next t...
A parent in my coaching community recently told me something that broke my heart.
"We finally had a breakthrough. Four, maybe five days in a row where my son didn't hit or bite anyone. I thought we'd turned a corner. Then my mom came to visit for the weekend, and it all fell apart. The hitting ...
