Reframing Me - Self-Development & Parenting Teens for Midlife Moms

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, we need just a little bit more…. In episode 7, our conversation touched on talking to your teens about body image. Well, RE: that…. not only is this a conversation that is worthy of having, just because it is not as difficult of a topic to talk about with them as some of the others doesn’t mean we don't need to put as much effort into it. Negative body image impact...

Send us Fan Mail Are you living in your emotional comfort zone? Is there anything in your life that you continue to do, not because it makes you happy, but because it makes you comfortable? Do you know that something better may be out there, but you stick with how things are because you’re afraid of the potential outcome? Are there difficult conversations you need to be having with your teens that...

Send us Fan Mail In this mini-episode on the half beat, we are right on the cusp of a totally clean slate – January 1 will start a new week, a new month and a new year! It’s the perfect opportunity for you to turn the page and start fresh. This year, can you give yourself permission to be selfish? Can you say that this year, I am going to make myself my project? Enlist your highest consciousness –...

Send us Fan Mail It is freeing to release your tie to the outcome and accept what will be. Can you commit to letting go when you need to, understanding that letting go is a form of strength too? As our babies turned into children, holiday traditions and toys got more elaborate. Elves moved onto our shelves. Letters were written and mailed to the North Pole. Trees were decorated, cookies were baked...

Send us Fan Mail In this mini-episode on the half beat, we reflect on manifesting what we want in life by taking a look at why we truly want it. We also reflect on looking to our expanders (our #goals people) as role models for attaining our goals instead of through a lens of envy or jealousy. So between learning about communicating with our teens, take a few minutes for yourself to reflect. If yo...

Send us Fan Mail You and only you are responsible for who you become and for your happiness. But how can we be happier in our lives? How can we be happier in our relationships with our teens? Well, you manifest that $%!&. When you manifest, you cultivate the experience of what it is you want by tapping into the universe and then putting in the work. In this episode, we have a conversation abou...

Send us Fan Mail What day is it? What month is it? Where am I?? We are all so very stressed out! 'Tis the season, right? Not only the holiday season, but this season of life. I'm stressed. You're stressed. Our kids are stressed. Some of that is normal developmental stress because of our stage of life, but some of it may be unpredictable and throw our lives into chaos. Regardless, yo...

Send us Fan Mail In this mini-episode on the half beat, we reflect on the thought of what would happen if we were the kind of person that we would want to have in our lives. How would our relationships improve if we applied that type of empathy to them? If we saw a situation, and decided to be the person we would want around us if we were in that position. Can you be that kind of person for those...

Send us Fan Mail In this mini-episode on the half beat, we reflect on the thought of giving ourselves grace for the person we used to be, who didn’t know what we know now? Consider how you look at previous versions of yourself. Do you look back with kindness? Do you cringe at who you were? Are there things that you would have done differently, knowing what you know now? But would you be who you ar...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Reframing Me provides an understanding of the rules that operate within our family system that set up boundaries to maintain our roles. Rules are relationship agreements that are established over time through the interactions within our families. Rules are probabilities, not laws. Family systems require a degree of predictability to survive. Rules guide our behavio...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Reframing Me provides an understanding of how individual roles work together to collectively keep a family system running smoothly by providing guidance on what is expected of us in our families and what we can expect from the other members of the system. Sometimes, we face conflicts between these roles, and we'll talk about some common ones, such as managing...

Send us Fan Mail In this mini-episode on the half beat, reflect on the goals that you once set for your life. Whether you've attained them or not, the journey goes on because life is about the process, not the destination. We have the power to reroute and realign with compassion as often and as many times as we need to. It's time to reframe who we want to be and how we see ourselves. We...

Send us Fan Mail In this mini-episode on the half beat, reflect on the concept of freedom, freedom from what constrains you from being your authentic self. Who would you be without these constraints? And what are the binds that are holding you back? We typically use this podcast to have a conversation about parenting our teens and the role of communication in our families. But also, as they are gr...

Send us Fan Mail It's fall!! The season of back to school, football and all things pumpkin spice - a season of change. As a career academic, I exist on an academic year, not a calendar year. Fall is my New Year's - new calendar, new supplies, new schedule, new hopes, new plans, new goals - new me!!! Transitioning to this new season, it's reflective of the transitions to new seasons...

Send us Fan Mail So many prepare us for the transition to motherhood, but no one prepares us for how hard the transition out is, and once our kids become teens, it also can feel very solitary. The issues we face with teens are often ones we need to talk about, yet feel we can't or shouldn't. Grounded in family communication theory, we have those conversations to help you better understan...