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Navigating Parenthood and Advocacy: Kathy Colaiacovo’s Inspiring Story

We recently had an amazing conversation with Kathy Colaiacovo, mother of 3 and a marketing strategist who excels in helping private practice and service-based business owners create effective marketing plans. As the president of Pepper It Marketing and host of the “Marketing Your Private Practice with Kathy C” podcast. Our conversation with Kathy tackled her […]

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How to Build Resilience and Strengthen Connections of teens in the Digital Era

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Understanding the Teenage Landscape As parents, the teenage years of your child can often seem like a daunting journey filled with emotional highs and lows, academic pressures, and the quest for identity. Erin Campbell and Megan Enge, co-founders of Raising Resilient Teens, and licensed counselors at Breathe Counseling Center, share their insights on the Chasing

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Get Along Better with Your Parents as an Adult

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As adults, our relationships with our parents and family often evolve, presenting new challenges and opportunities for growth. While maintaining a positive connection with them can be fulfilling, it’s essential to establish healthy boundaries and effective communication strategies to ensure these relationships remain mutually beneficial. This week’s Chasing Brighter Podcast Episode tackles this topic! Here

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Simplify Our Lives with Katy Wells from Maximized Minimalist Podcast

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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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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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