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Your kids have selective hearing, right? Like, they can hear a candy wrapper from three rooms away but somehow can't hear "please clean your room" when you're standing RIGHT THERE? 

Here's the thing nobody's telling you: The reason your kids won't listen has NOTHING to do with your volume, your consequences, or that fancy reward chart you spent 3 hours making on Pinterest. 

(I see you, crafty parent...

You know those moments when your kids are going at it—screaming, grabbing, storming off—and you’re standing there thinking, “WHAT is even happening right now?” 

Been there. More times than I can count. 

In today’s episode, we’re talking all about sibling rivalry, emotional outbursts, and how to respond in a way that actually helps—not just in the moment, but long-term. I’m breaking it down into three parts: 

• The Foundation: Why co...

What do you do when the sticker charts work… but they don’t feel right? 

In today’s episode, I’m inviting you behind the scenes of a real coaching call with a brave, thoughtful CMP parent who’s wrestling with something we all face: the tension between loving connection and firm limits—especially when it comes to bedtime, behavior charts, and consequences that seem to work (but don’t sit well in your gut). 

We talk about what to do wh...

Your child just slammed their door (again), and every parenting book on your shelf is screaming "CONSEQUENCE!" But what if the secret to cooperation isn't control—it's curiosity?
 
🔑 Key Takeaways:

The Paradigm Shift

• You're not a sculptor designing your child—you're a shepherd guiding them
• Kids have 400+ psychological traits influenced by genetics (mind = blown 🤯)
• Togetherness is t...

Okay. Deep breath. Can we get REAL for a sec? 👀

You know that moment when your kid loses it (again) and your brain goes:

"THAT'S IT! No screen time for a WEEK!"

Then 10 minutes later you're like:

"Wait... a whole week? That punishes ME. Maybe just today? Or... ugh, forget it."

Yeah. THAT.

That exhausting mental ping-pong game? Where you bounce between Drill Sergeant and Doormat?

It's not just you. And i...

I've never been more excited to share an episode with you! Today, I'm revealing the extraordinary results from our 2024 Connect Method Parenting study that followed 237 parents through the 8-Week Parenting Pivot program.

In This Episode:

Numbers That Made Me Cry Happy Tears:

• 133% overall average improvement across all parenting metrics
• 100% success rate - EVERY single participant reported meaningful positive change
• 4.8 out...

Today I'm announcing something that has me SO EXCITED - The No Yell Summer Implementation Experience --> https://cmp.works/implement

In this episode, I'm sharing:

✨ Why having a perfect parenting plan isn't enough (and what you actually need to create lasting change)

✨ The truth about why we revert to yelling even when we know better - and how to rewire those reactive patterns for good

✨ What makes the Implementation ...

AKA: Why I Once Tried to Drive My Kids to Disneyland to Avoid Unpacking Boxes (Spoiler: It Didn't Work)

Okay, so...remember when you decided to start that new workout routine and Day 3 felt like your muscles were staging a full-on rebellion? That's EXACTLY what the first 8 weeks of transforming your parenting feels like. Except instead of sore quads, it's your entire nervous system going "WAIT, WHAT ARE WE DOING?...

I NEEDED to record this episode because I keep having these conversations with parents living in Procrastination Purgatory, and I'm like "HELLO, I SEE YOU BECAUSE I WAS YOU!"

Remember promising yourself you'd stop yelling "tomorrow"? And tomorrow came and went?

So I'm diving into why our brains sabotage our parenting goals. There's actual science behind the "yell now, feel guilty later&quo...

We’re not talking about having a better routine or stricter chore charts (though hey, no shame if those help!). 

We’re talking about your capacity—your emotional, mental, physical, and energetic ability to keep showing up for your kids… even when the house is wild, everyone’s hot, and the snack requests haven’t stopped since 7:12 AM.

✨ Here’s what we explore in this episode:

• What capacity actually is (and why it's the #1 thin...

Okay, story time. Day TWO in our brand-new Arizona house. 100+ degree heat outside. Moving boxes EVERYWHERE. And my boys? They decided this was the PERFECT moment for an indoor blanket ride across our hardwood floors.

You know exactly where this is going, right? 🤦‍♀️

One overzealous turn later, and BAM—child-sized HOLE straight through our kitchen wall. Before we'd even figured out the Wi-Fi password, y'all!

And in that spl...

Oh heyyy there, fellow parent-people struggling through the beautiful chaos! In this episode, I spill ALL the tea about how that nasty little voice in your head (you know the one that's all "you're failing at this parenting gig") isn't just making YOU feel like garbage—it's actually rewiring your kid's emotional thermometer too! 🌡️ 

I share the mortifying moment I heard my own critical voice comin...

This episode is for all of us who’ve ever thought, “Wait...who am I even being right now as a parent?” 🙋‍♀️

I’m recording this one late at night (hello 10 PM parenting quiet zone) while I wait for my teens to trickle in—and it ended up being such a heart-to-heart moment. I’m talking all about your parenting self-concept—what it is, why it matters, and how shaping your identity is way more powerful than any technique, script, or str...

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Welcome to Part 3 of the Self-Confidence mini-series! If you're here, you're basically an overachiever (in the best way possible) and I'm SO PROUD of you for sticking through all three episodes!

Quick reminder: You already know self-confidence is the secret sauce for calm parenting. Today? We're getting DOWN AND DIRTY with the HOW. Lik...

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Welcome back to Part 2 of my Self-Confidence mini-series, where we're gonna blow your mind with some serious "aha!" moments about parenting!

(Remember Part 1? Where we talked about how self-criticism is basically the worst dating profile ever? Good stuff!)

Today? We're diving into something SO juicy: how your confidence—or lack of it—is...

💪 Join The Parenting Confidence Project --> https://cmp.works/confidence 💪

It's Tuesday, the floors are mysteriously sticky (WHY are they ALWAYS sticky??), someone just announced they need poster board for tomorrow's project (it's 9pm), and you've just unleashed your "THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS" voice for the third time today.

And then what happens? That little voice in your head sta...

If you've ever thought,

“I shouldn't feel this way...”
“I should be happier…”
“Good parents don't feel so frustrated…”
 
this episode is for you.

In today's episode, I'm diving into the messy-but-magical world of emotional regulation and why—those uncomfortable feelings you're trying to stuff down are actually your parenting superpower in disguise.

I share my own journey from emotional a...

Hey hey, beautiful people! ✨

Oh. My. Goodness. So picture this: I'm on a call with this mom (let's call her Sarah) who's completely stuck in the yell-guilt-repeat cycle (sound familiar, anyone? 🙋‍♀️). She's exhausted, beating herself up, and right in the middle of our session - BOOM - everything clicked. And I thought, "This isn't just for her. EVERYONE needs to hear this!"

Here's the game-cha...

For decades, discipline was shaped by behavioral science—rewards, punishments, and timeouts were seen as essential parenting tools. But the research has moved on. Have we?

In this episode, we trace the evolution of parenting science—from Skinner and Watson to Porges and Siegel—and explore why many of the most common strategies today (like timeouts) may be as outdated as smoking on an airplane.

Inside the episode:

• 📚 What polyvagal...