Eps 467: Dropping into the practice – The Art of Connected Parenting, part 5

Episode 467


Join Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, & Casey O’Roarty, the three founders of Sproutable, as we dig deeper into finding the why of the work we do.  This week, we’re talking about when we’re doing all “the right” parenting moves, but we’re STILL having challenges.  Spoiler alert: the challenges will change, but there will always be challenges.  What we can change is how we handle, experience, & grow through those challenges.  

ALL families and ALL children bring challenges – it’s typical, it’s normal, it’s developmental.  Julietta explains what the Continuum of Change is and why conscious parenting takes so much time, effort, & intention.  It’s not easy! 

Julietta shares a detailed recounting of helping one of her children through a serious phobia and why she always has a dog treat in her pocket!  We get into the importance of family meetings, helping children through anxiety, and how and when to hand the reins over to children to solve their problems.  Casey shares a story about her son, and how we get to keep practicing these skills with our older children.  

We wrap today with a lovely quote from Maya Angelou and an invitation to envision showing up in a different way.  The only thing you can control is how you show up. 

Join us next week for the last episode in the Founder Series and a deep dive into perseverance for the long term. 


Guest Description

Alanna Beebe is a certified Positive Discipline Educator. She has 15+ yrs in public health & early learning communications, and equity & social justice policy development. She is a current board member of FoxBox, helping families in long-term hospital stays. She is a former board member for WACAP (now HoltInternational.org), international and domestic adoption and foster placement agency.

Julietta Skoog is a Certified Positive Discipline Advanced Trainer with an Ed.S Degree in School Psychology and a Masters Degree in School Counseling with over 20 years of experience helping families in schools and homes. She draws from her real life practical experience working with thousands of students with a variety of needs and her own three children to parent coaching, bringing a unique ability to translate research, child development and Positive Discipline principles into everyday parenting solutions. Her popular keynote speeches, classes, and workshops have been described as rejuvenating, motivating, and inspiring.

Casey O’Roarty, M.Ed, is a facilitator of personal growth and development. For the last 15 years, her work has encouraged parents to discover the purpose of their journey, and provided them with tools and a shift of mindset that has allowed them to deepen their relationship with themselves and their families. Casey is a Positive Discipline Lead Trainer and Coach. She hosts the Joyful Courage podcast, parenting summits, live and online classes, and individual coaching. Her book, Joyful Courage: Calming the Drama and Taking Control of YOUR Parenting Journey was published in May 2019. Casey lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, and two teenagers.

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Takeaways from the show

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  • Challenges change, but they will always be there 
  • “Magic 8” 
  • What is useful?  What is helpful? 
  • Understanding where your child is developmentally
  • Being firm without being harmful 
  • The Continuum of Change 
  • Family Meetings 
  • When and how to know when to let your child lead 
  • Slice it thinner: What do you want?  What’s your plan? 
  • Trusting your child(ren)’s gifts & skills 
  • Intrinsic motivation & practicing skills in the safety of home 
  • They’ve got it!  And if they don’t, they will figure it out! 
  • “Fiercely committed, lovingly detached” 
  • “This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou

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SUMMARY KEYWORDS
practice, talk, parenting, piece, kids, dog, feel, family, unskilled, work, skills, place, class, anxiety, emotional regulation, good, parents, stage, giving, firmness
SPEAKERS
Alanna Beebe, Julietta Skoog, Casey O'Roarty

Casey O'Roarty 00:03
Hey everybody, welcome to the joyful courage podcast a place for information and inspiration on the parenting journey. Just wanted to give you a heads up that from now until the 11th of March, the podcast is being taken over, we've got a limited series happening, you're going to hear about it in just a moment, the art of connected parenting so still the same deep value that you get every Monday here on the joyful coach podcast. But we will be sharing the limited series art of connected parenting for the next little while. And the good news is this limited series is good for all parents, young kids all the way through the teen years. So check it out, and enjoy

Casey O'Roarty 00:56
Hello, everybody. Welcome Back to Our Podcast Series, The Art of connected parenting where the founders of Sproutsocial are coming together to talk about the power of up leveling how we think about and understand our roles and relationships with our kids. Just to remind you of who we are, I'm Casey already host of the joyful courage podcast, positive discipline, lead trainer, Mom adolescent lead with me are a lot of baby my friend, brilliant, brilliant, thoughtful mama and positive discipline parent educator as well. And my sister from another mister Julieta Skoog, also a mom, early years lead, positive discipline trainer, and so much more. Right. We're so excited to continue to dig into this work with all of you, thank you for being here and listening in. So last episode, we talked about being intentional, and considering what our goals are in regards to how we interact with our kids, and who will we be in relationship with them? This week, we're talking about the amazing experience of doing all the work and still having all the challenges or at least that's how it feels right? And so we've been practicing intention, we're re parenting, our perspective is broader, or considering the long term. And the mischief is still there. So I want to hear first from you. Because I want to know, what do you hear? Like, how does this show up in parenting class?

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