The Expat Mom Podcast

What keeps you from emotion coaching your kids?  Do you feel like you just don’t have time?  You are just too reactive?  Your kids are too young or too old?  There are lots of things that keep us from coaching our kids through emotions.  This episode addresses some of the most common questions and issues parents have about emotion coaching.  Things you’ll learn on the podcast: When is too young or...

Studies show that kids’ emotional success is much less dependent on the quantity of difficult things that happen to them and much more on their experience with them.  As parents, we can’t always control what happens to our kids—nor would we want to.  But we can control how we support our kids through whatever does happen.  And, this support piece is much more powerful to their emotional health any...

Most of us think that we’re being a good parent if we keep our kids happy.  But that’s not true.  In fact, some of our best parenting can occur when our kids are experiencing a negative emotion. That’s because studies show that kids’ emotional health is less dependent on the amount of negative emotion they experience and more on how they were supported through it. When we are able to coach our kid...

Kids and big emotions often go together like peanut butter and jelly.  It’s part of the business of childhood and our teen years to figure out how to deal with our emotions.  And, as parents we can be a help or a hinderance in that process.  It isn’t always intuitive to know how to help kids with emotions—in fact we often want to avoid negative emotions for our kids.  This week on the podcast we e...

I don’t know many people who LIKE to fail.  But like it or not, life includes lots of failure.  That is—if you’re stretching yourself enough to actually be growing.  The reason most of us fear failure is we don’t like feeling humiliated, disappointed and frustrated.  But did you know that it is possible to have a different experience with failure.  Did you know failure could be fun?  This week on...

Join the Free Getting it Done Bootcamp! https://forms.aweber.com/form/81/1786038081.htm While many of us love to set goals, being consistent with them can be challenging.  They are challenging because new behaviors take more effort and they can be uncomfortable.  It’s easier to just do what we’ve always done…and our lower brains like ease.   If we haven’t set up the right systems for ourselves, th...

When we plan out our goals we often assume it will be like driving to the grocery store, hitting all green lights, getting a front row parking spot, not waiting in line and zipping home.  But it never is.  There are always obstacles that come up.  Today on the podcast I’m sharing 3 common mistakes we make that derail our goals so you can be more successful at avoiding these mistakes.   On this epi...

Join the Free Getting it Done Bootcamp! https://forms.aweber.com/form/81/1786038081.htm Did you know 80% of New Year's resolutions fail?  And most of them fail by mid-February.  That is a sobering statistic.  I've been part of that statistic until a few years ago, when I learned some simple tools that have helped me and my clients actually accomplish our goals instead of just make them. ...

Join the Free Getting it Done Bootcamp! https://forms.aweber.com/form/81/1786038081.htm What kinds of feelings does setting goals bring up for you?  This year goals setting brought up anxiety and lack of motivation.  I’ve felt a bit sluggish nailing myself down with one goal.  I was feeling overwhelmed with all the goals I WANT to do but knowing I only have the capacity to do some.  Choosing can b...

Most of us have known someone at some time that was grieving.  If you’re like most people you want to help!  You don’t want the person to suffer.   But, it can be challenging sometimes to know how to help.  On the podcast this week, I share 5 common mistakes we may make in trying to help someone who as lost someone. Free Mini-Coaching Session Sign-up for a free coaching session. Schedule One-Minut...

In Grief Part 2, I shared my grief journey through the first two tasks of grief.  In this episode I continue sharing my grief journey through the last two tasks of grief which are adjusting to the new life without the loved one, and reinvesting in a new reality.   I found I was a bit like the little bird in PD Eastman's Book asking "Are you my mother?"  I share how I found her--and...

The experience of grief journeys, the timelines, and the ways we find more normalcy and re-calibrate are different too.  In the second part of the interview with my siblings, we explore more about healing and help in grief.  On this episode we’ll cover: What things were most helpful to you during your grief journey?  Was there anything you did or do that has helped? How are you different after thi...

Grief is as different as the number of people on earth.  But sometimes it’s easy to wonder if what we’re experiencing is “normal.”  I’m so thankful to my siblings for being willing to share about their varied grief experiences—it paints a picture of how different grief journeys can be for people who even lost the same person in the same way.  On this episode we’ll cover:  Experiences of acute grie...

This week on the podcast, I share my personal journey of grief around losing my mother.  I hope it will be helpful to you in your own grief journeys of loss.  There is something about other’s stories that can be more reassuring than science or models—other’s experiences can offer validation, understanding, empathy and connection.  I’m getting a bit more raw and personal in this podcast because tha...

Twelve years ago Saturday, my mother passed away.  Grief isn’t something we plan or prepare for, so when it comes it’s often unexpected—even if someone’s death is expected due to a terminal illness.  I’ve been looking back at my own grief journey, and studying the most common things about grief that cause people to get stuck and what helps them get unstuck.  I’m excited to share those tips with yo...

Last time we discussed the 6 parts of confidence.  This time we're going deep on self-worth.   Consider the following questions: What are you worth?   (I 'm not talking about how much money your make or what your net worth is.  I mean what is your intrinsic value as a human being unrelated to money?) What gives us value as humans? Who decides your value or worth?   Worth is the value we...

Just like you wouldn't want a surgeon to operate on your body without having taken anatomy, you wouldn't want to make a serious attempt at increasing confidence without first knowing it's "anatomy."  In this episode I discuss 6 of the essential components of confidence.  Confidence Quiz https://forms.aweber.com/form/29/413260329.htm Free Coaching Session with Jennie Linton...

Confidence is the foundation of our mental and emotional health.  Ironically confidence begets more confidence because when we believe we can we do more, we try more often, we are willing to take risks.  Confidence creates a rich life experience, it speeds up decision making, improves communication, and is frankly a lot more fun to live with than self-doubt.  In this episode we dig into some of th...

How confident would you say you are?  Does it change in different situations?  With different people?  Has it been different during different life stages?  It's normal for confidence to ebb and flow some.  In fact, it's actually useful to have a little self-doubt.  However, confidence is like the background music to our lives--it impacts how we feel, how we see the world, and how we inte...

In honor of 3 years of the podcast, today I'm sharing tips on the 3 most coached on issues.  For each topic I share I client journey, a book recommendation and a podcast recommendation  We are getting ready for a move abroad or getting ready to repatriate, how can I support my kids and our family through this? Ep. 109 Emotional Debriefing Ep. 112-114 Navigating Transition Ep 39-42 Emotion Coa...

Most expat couples don't plan on divorcing.  But sometimes they find themselves needing to navigate divorce while one or both partners are living abroad.  This creates some unique challenges for couples deciding where to file for divorce, deciding on custody agreements, creating custody arrangements that can be enforced in various countries, maintaining visas for both parents where necessary...

Changing your behavior around people pleasing is a process.  In the first 3 episodes of this series we discussed how to shift your mindset in order to stop people pleasing WITHOUT BEING UNKIND.   This week, the podcast offers 10 practical tips to help you prepare for a potential people pleasing situation, navigate people pleasing in the moment, and a few tips for how to make NOT people pleasing su...

People pleasing is something almost all of us do.  Chronic people pleasers sometimes don’t know how to stop.  On this episode we dive into how to stop people pleasing.  There is a practical four step process with several examples to help you see how it might apply in different situations.    Free Coaching Session with Jennie Linton This is a great chance to try out coaching and see if it's a...

Maybe you are thinking, "I don't struggle with people pleasing."  And...you might be right.  However, what many people said is that after taking this short quiz, they were surprised.  I wasn't, because we ALL struggle with people pleasing to some extent.  In fact, it's healthy to struggle with people pleasing a little--it means you care about others and you want to connect...

Do you ever feeling the face you put on the outside, doesn't match how you feel on the inside? ⁠ ⁠ If so...you might be people pleasing. ⁠ ⁠ The Niceness Disease is another way of describing people pleasing, it's a term coined by Dr. David Burns, a noted Psychiatrist. ⁠ ⁠ The Niceness Disease includes doing something just to appease someone else--even if it isn't something you want...