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Simplify Our Lives with Katy Wells from Maximized Minimalist Podcast

Decluttering and Simplifying Lives with Katy Wells from Maximized Minimalist Podcast This week’s episode covers all things decluttering and simplifying the ‘stuff’ in our lives. We talked with Decluttering Expert and Host of the Maximized Minimalist Podcast, Katy Wells. Katy shares her personal journey of overcoming clutter and stress after a significant car accident in […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Holiday Planning

Planning for the holiday season can feel overwhelming and chaotic. We’ve created the ultimate guide to simplifying your holiday planning — let’s have a stress-free holiday season! Streamlining your holiday season allows you to have more time and energy to focus on what truly matters – spending quality time with loved ones and creating lasting

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October Book Club: “How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk”

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One of the most important skills in parenting teens is effectively navigating parent-teen communications. That’s why our October book club pick is “How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. These authors are also parents. There are many iterations of these books because parenting

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Teen Parenting with Purpose with Alex Linderman from Building Hope Counseling

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This week we spoke with Alex Linderman, a Clinical Professional Counselor and founder of Building Hope Counseling, to discuss parenting teens. He currently offers a class called “Parenting with Purpose” through is practice. Here is what he have covered: Learn more about Building Hope Counseling and work with Alex Additional references from our discussion –

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Parenting Teens with Whole Brain Child Approach from Braxton Storm, LCSW

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Braxton Strorm, LCSW, owns his own private practice, Calm the Storm LLC in Henderson, NV. Through his practice, he has found that effective treatment for children includes coupling interventions with parents. Braxton has established an eight week parenting course based on research by Dr. Dan Siegel and his book, The Whole Brain Child. In addition

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Navigating Teens and Sex for parents with Dr. Laura Deitsch, MS, DHS

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For the month of October 2023, we are focusing on parenting teens. Critical topics to discuss with teens are sex and relationships. As parents, it can feel uncomfortable or even daunting to have conversations with our teenagers about sex and relationships. However, these conversations are essential for their healthy development and well-being. Many adolescents receive

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Experts Untangle Complexities of Grief From Suicide Loss

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We continued our chat with Dr. Corinne Cherek, Founder of Grace from Grief counselling. Dr. Cherek spoke of her own experience as a grief counselor for survivors of suicide. Dr. Cherek discussed the complexities of suicide, “When it comes to suicide, it’s complicated because if they’re on medication, a lot of medications had side effects

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Finding Meaning and Purpose From Loss with Dr. Corinne Cherek

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We recently sat down with, Dr. Corinne Cherek, Founder of Grace from Grief counselling. Dr. Cherek spoke of the deep and tragic loss of her daughter and granddaughter, “I was at the top of my game. I was starting to speak. I was writing a book. I was getting remarried. My daughter was having a

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September: Navigating the Grieving Process

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The Month of September we are focusing on Loss and Suicide Prevention Awareness. Are there stages of grief? Do we believe in them? Grief is not linear: it is up, down and all around. In this post we will discuss: Understanding the grieving process, stages of grief, coping strategies for navigating grief, talking about suicide.

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Let’s Get Organized with Natalie from The Organized Aesthetic

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In this podcast episode, we talked with Natalie founder and owner of The Organized Aesthetic. Natalie offers organizing and productivity coaching services. She has a natural organizer mindset and has made it her mission to help busy women tackle the projects in home and life that have them feeling overwhelmed. After a few years running

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