Parenting Through The Hard
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S3E84 When Loving Well Starts to Cost You
In this episode, I name something that’s been quietly surfacing beneath my emotions lately. The pressure to disappear in order to be loving, faithful, or helpful.This conversation isn’t about…
S3E83 Parenting Through Strained Relationships With Your Teen or Adult Child
What do you do when the relationship with your teen or adult child feels strained, when there is tension, distance, or an ache you cannot quite explain?In this episode of Parenting Through the Hard,…
S3E82 I Wonder If They’ll Ever Understand
Have you ever found yourself thinking, “I wonder if they’ll ever understand what this was like for me?”In this episode, I talk about a quiet ache many parents of adult children carry.. the longing to…
S3E81 When Your Child’s Change Changes You: Healing Over-Functioning in Parenthood
What happens when your identity has been shaped by being the steady one — and recovery changes your role?In this episode, I talk about codependency in parenting, identity detox, and the grief and…
S3E80 When Your Child’s Chaos Becomes Yours: How to Stay Steady
If you’re the parent of a teen or adult child who is struggling, this episode is for you.I’m talking about what it's like to stay calm when your child’s life feels unstable. How to stop reacting,…
S3E79 Hope in the Hard: The Waiting That Shapes Us
In this Hope in the Hard episode, I slow down with a story many of us know, the one often called the prodigal son, and I reflect on it through a different lens. Instead of focusing on the child who…
S3E78 The Long Middle: Parenting a Child Struggling with Addiction
In this episode, I share honestly about the early days when recovery enters the conversation, a season that feels both hopeful and fragile at the same time. I talk about the complicated emotions…
S3E77 Hope in the Hard: Turning Toward the Light
In this episode, I reflect on how fear, isolation, and discouragement can quietly shape the way we show up as parents during hard seasons.I share what I’m learning about staying connected, turning…
S3E76 Hope, Disappointment, and Learning to Stay: Parenting Through Addiction’s In-Between
In this episode, I share honestly about the cycle of hope and disappointment that often comes with loving a child through addiction, and the hard, quiet work of learning how to stay when the story…
S3E75 Hope in the Hard: The Practice of Letting it Be (Unresolved)
This Hope in the Hard continues last week’s conversation about loving a child through addiction. I’m sharing honestly from the middle of the uncertainty that comes after trying to let go and the…
S3E74 Loving Through Addiction and Uncertainty: Letting it Be Without Giving Up
For years, I tried to fix what was hurting my child by offering advice, solutions, even ultimatums. But none of it worked. It only built walls. In this episode, I share what it’s looked like to lay…
S3E73 Hope in the Hard: Would Understanding Change Everything?
Lately, I’ve been paying attention to the moments when conversations with my big kids feel tense, guarded, or harder than they need to be, and what might be underneath that.In this Hope in the Hard…
S3E72 WHY IS THIS STILL SO HARD? For the parent who thought they’d be past this by now.
In this episode, I reflect on starting a new year feeling tired, stuck, and unsure how to move forward as a parent. I share how my practice of choosing a word for the year helped me reframe what it…
S3E71 Hope in the Hard: Making All Things New
As this year comes to a close, I sat down to record what I thought would be a simple 7-minute Hope in the Hard reflection… but once I began, I realized this message needed more space. So today’s episo…
S3E70 Hope in the Hard: When Hope Comes Quietly
In this special Christmas Hope in the Hard reflection, I’m sharing some tender thoughts about finding peace in the quieter moments of the season — the ones that don’t always feel “merry and…
S3E69 Holidays in the Hard: A Story of Hope for the Fractured Family
The holidays have always felt magical. But over time, and through hard seasons, they often felt more like survival. In this episode, I share honestly about what it’s looked like to navigate fractured…
S3E68 Is It Okay to Grieve the Life I Imagined for My Child?
What do you do when the life you dreamed for your child collides with the choices they’ve made? When the future you pictured seems to slip out of reach, it can leave you aching with a grief no one…
S3E67 Hope in the Hard: When Loving My Child Feels Heavy
In this Hope in the Hard reflection, I talk about the seasons when love itself feels heavy, when caring deeply for our teens or grown children begins to feel more like carrying than connecting. As I…
S3E66 The Compulsion to Fix My Child—and What It’s Costing Me
Do you ever feel that automatic pull to fix things for your teen or adult child, especially when their struggle triggers something tender or fearful in you? I feel that tug in my parenting all the tim…
S3E65 Hope in the Hard: Permission to Rest
Join me for seven peaceful minutes to slow down, breathe, and rediscover hope, grace, and meaning in the middle of real life.If you’ve ever ended the day completely drained and wondered why rest…
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