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Greetings! Welcome to this first installment in my series on ADHD I am honored and thrilled to bring you this conversation with pediatric occupational therapist – and mom of toddlers – Holly Peretz! As you'll hear in our conversation, Holly knows lots about the challenges of raising young children. In fact she's built an entire virtual summit around addressing these challenges, and thriving (both...

There is no manual for emerging from a pandemic, just as there is none for living through one. So my private coaching client Kate's questions might be very familiar to you: – "Am I being selfish?" (To send her child to in-person school, or summer camp.) – How do we keep "the comfort of closeness" we've had during all this, but still foster a kid's independence? – What about kids' physical safety –...

For this episode my guest, Julie Lythcott-Haims, wanted to be sure to let you all know: "this is not a show about parenting!" This one's about us, the grown-ups. Our lives, our choices, our challenges. Julie was Dean of Freshman at Stanford University for a decade, and in that time she helped the young adults who arrived at college become true grown-ups. She also learned a lot! In truth, Julie has...

Greetings! In today's conversation my guest, Jessica Lahey, and I discuss some big and weighty issues… This would be a good episode to listen to away from sensitive ears or wearing headphones. (It's an awesome episode, just awesome for us grown-ups : ) I feel an immense sense of gratitude to Jess for coming back on the show (she is a returning champion! Click this link to listen to our first conve...

Greetings! Today I get to share a powerful conversation with Chloee, my one to one coaching client. Chloee has a toddler and the challenges she faces in caring for her daughter are likely concerns that you also have, regardless of the age of your children. Here's what you'll learn by listening: – How to address the challenges that Covid brings – How to make a crucial choice, one that we all must m...

Greetings! In today's episode we examine the process of getting what our heart longs for, in a coaching conversation with one of my 1-to-1 coaching clients! As you'll hear, Regan is a mom and an attorney, currently (along with her husband) working from home while their children are home as well, in in virtual/hybrid school. Regan gets courageous and vulnerable with us today. She shares the dream o...

Due to the content of our conversation, today's episode is going to be a good one to listen AWAY from sensitive ears… I think you're going to love today's conversation, I know I did! But some topics may be a little intense for, well, littles. Greetings! I am super excited to bring today's guest to you, educator and parent coach Sarah Scheldt, M.Ed.! In today's conversation I'll introduce you to Sa...

Greetings! Today I've got five ways that parents I work closely with are keeping going… Because even though we can see some hope on the horizon, circumstances on the ground are, shall we say, not ideal. So if you need a little help getting good behavior from your kids, feeling seen and heard and cared for in your life, or feeling happy inside, here are five ways you may not have considered yet to...

Greetings and best wishes for 2021!! This is my annual goals and sharing of the Word of the Year. (Last year's: ENOUGH. I apparently was really prescient in January 2020... This year's: EXHILARATED. Should be fun!) As with everything in the pandemic, it's different from other New Year's episodes that have come before. But I hope it's helpful for you as you create a good life, and a good year, for...

Hi friends! This is a bonus episode that I recorded to help you in the wake of January 6, 2021's storming of the United States Capitol Building by domestic terrorists, or (as you'll hear in today's episode) people that featured WTOO guest and NYT best-selling author Joshilyn Jackson calls "known jackasses." I want to give you some resources to help you remain calm – because that is what your kiddo...

Greetings! I've got a whole slew of awesome questions for you today (you can read the questions in their entirety just below : ) Here are the Key Links that come up in today's episode, located at weturnedoutokay.com/353 You should go to that link above if you would like to see the video of this episode (instead of just listening in audio)… Cheers and thanks for listening! Karen Links that come up...

Today I am so thrilled to share this conversation with a returning champion – Erik Wagter – and his wife, author Sally Wagter. Together Sally and Erik are raising a family, and their older son has autism. (My conversation with Erik, way back in episode 75, is located here . In fact when their son was young Erik and Sally were told "he will never live a normal life" because his autism would prevent...

Enrollment is OPEN for the 2021 Year of Empowerment! Enroll now to save 33% on your Year of Empowerment: This special ends New Year's Eve, December 31 2020 at 11:59 PM EST. Don’t miss your chance to empower 2021 for you and your family. Details at weturnedoutokay.com/empowerment : ) "In 25 years, what will matter to me?" When Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of the outstanding book The Good News A...

Hello! So quickie bonus episode with me are never as quickie as I imagine they would be, but this one will hopefully be informative for you! In it, I share about the only group coaching I'm offering in 2021. As a child development expert and parent coach I have given lots of thought on what I could offer that will have the most impact on the well-being of you, and your family, over the coming year...

There are just 20 spots available in my 2021 Year of Empowerment coaching program for parents … Don't miss your chance to join this powerful program! Be notified when I open enrollment for the 2021 Year of Empowerment Program (enrollment begins 11/23!) by clicking the link below: https://weturnedoutokay.com/weekly I am super excited to bring you today's episode, which includes so much good that my...

As a child development expert one of the most important jobs I have is to give parents permission to disagree with teachers or other authority figures in their children's lives. Starting at around the 50-minute mark we talk about that. It's coming up for many podcast listeners and Ninja Parents right now, and it's important to discuss! But first, I share three super important lessons that I learne...

I’m so excited to bring you returning champions Evie Granville and Sarah Davis of Modern Manners for Moms and Dads today! You’ll learn why the kind of parent that we are matters, especially right now… and you’ll hear how these two wonderful educators take my very cynical Roundtable question and turn it around. You’ll also hear their awesome Roundtable questions for us all to discuss – one pertains...

With all the talk recently about something called “patriotic learning,” I wanted to bring you an episode to help you understand how education can become a political football, what that really means for your child, and what you can do about it. So I called on my friend, historian Gary Gregory. Gary runs a tour company, Lessons on Liberty , bringing folks into the history of the Revolutionary War. H...

Greetings! If this feels like a pretty ambitiously named episode, well, that's because this is where we are in fall 2020. We are on the bleeding edge of crisis parenting, and there is a feeling in the air of "this is where our society fails or succeeds." (At least that's how it feels to me! You are very welcome to disagree. Either way, I hope this episode gives you a roadmap to success on your par...

If there was ever a time to call what we are all doing "crisis parenting," now is it. In this episode, I bring you a critical tool to help you keep going! I also share about why I called this show "We Turned Out Okay, The Modern Parent's Guide to Old-School Parenting." A mom in the WTOO Facebook group asked that question, and this Basics Bootcamp episode seemed like the perfect time to talk about...

Hi Friends! Today I'm talking about some successes we've seen both with a coaching client, and here at home : ) Aaaaand... the WTOO Book Club starts up September 16, this coming Wednesday (if you're seeing this in real time)! I'm sharing the book we will be discussing, and how to join! (Which is: Go to weturnedoutokay.com/joinNPC to get our Book Club meetings for free - as part of your first 30 da...

I'm so excited to bring you today's guest, Phyllis Fagell, LCPC, mom, school counselor, and author of the wonderful book Middle School Matters . Phyllis helps us (yes – I include myself in here : ) – Pick our battles – Talk with teachers and caregivers – Figure out what we CAN do In short Phyllis helps us feel in control of our family's direction right now. That's SO important, given this extremel...

Welcome to this second installation of Basics Bootcamp! I tell some truths today that we need to hear and recognize, if we are going to raise a happy family and feel good inside ourselves. Just like the title says, I do dive into my biggest and deepest fears about the pressures put on you, as you raise your kids. I say things today that scare the bejabbers out of me! But I know they need to be sai...

Welcome! In this episode I share a recent case study from my online private coaching practice, the Ninja Parenting Community (NPC) , where the mom of a four-year-old was dealing with extreme temper tantrums, and fearful that her son would never learn to obey the rules. Even the ones for safety. She struggled to see how good boundaries could improve that situation – until they did. Here's something...

Our choices right now seem extremely limited, don't they? We don't have a choice in how the coronavirus spreads, we don't have a lot of choices in how our children's childcare and schooling works right now. For many of us even our own ability to be private, to have alone time, doesn't feel like it's under our control. Today's guest, Mariela Ortiz, helps us to a different mindset: she talks about "...