60 acast.com The Kid Code Playground https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground en Brenda Miller Brenda Miller A heart-felt invitation to leave parenting pain behind!

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]]> false Brenda Miller brenda@thekidcode.ca 615443a6bd740600176937d0 the-kid-code-playground episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/615443a6bd740600176937d0/1634430949491-5fc625030600b1b9b344ead5c69d9560.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground The Kid Code Playground Problems Made Into ‘The Small Stuff’ Problems Made Into ‘The Small Stuff’ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:01:02 GMT 3:16 6639264855607b001212d7ed false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/problems-made-into-the-small-stuff 6639264855607b001212d7ed 615443a6bd740600176937d0 problems-made-into-the-small-stuff Johnny won’t do his homework; Suzie won’t listen full 138 Want to turn down the volume on the stress you feel around your problems. Take a minute to learn this simple technique and another one to implement it—and stress loses its power.


Remember to spread the love, it’s for your wellbeing.

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]]> Want to turn down the volume on the stress you feel around your problems. Take a minute to learn this simple technique and another one to implement it—and stress loses its power.


Remember to spread the love, it’s for your wellbeing.

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]]> Self-Regulating What Comes Out Of Our Mouths Self-Regulating What Comes Out Of Our Mouths Tue, 28 May 2024 07:01:25 GMT 3:21 6639233705462100129d76c4 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/self-regulating-what-comes-out-of-our-mouths 6639233705462100129d76c4 615443a6bd740600176937d0 self-regulating-what-comes-out-of-our-mouths full 137 When you feel an upset arise, save yourself a lot of trouble, by asking yourself, “How can I respond to this in a way that makes me feel good?” “Is there a decent way for me to respond to this?”


It’s for our wellbeing.


Show Notes:


No, sorry. This is less than a few minutes long.

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]]> When you feel an upset arise, save yourself a lot of trouble, by asking yourself, “How can I respond to this in a way that makes me feel good?” “Is there a decent way for me to respond to this?”


It’s for our wellbeing.


Show Notes:


No, sorry. This is less than a few minutes long.

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]]> A Simple Exercise: Shift From Mad Street to Happy Street A Simple Exercise: Shift From Mad Street to Happy Street Tue, 21 May 2024 07:01:19 GMT 2:50 66392784793d4000132727b8 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/a-simple-exercise-shift-from-mad-street-to-happy-street 66392784793d4000132727b8 615443a6bd740600176937d0 a-simple-exercise-shift-from-mad-street-to-happy-street full 136 Imagine going from mad or sad to happy in a matter of a few seconds. There might be nothing better on earth than that! Doing this technique several times a day accumulates peace in your inner banking system.


It also directs you, instantly, to your beautiful inner self and then you can share that with the world.


It’s for your wellbeing.


Show Notes


Not yet. The podcasts are three minutes long!

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]]> Imagine going from mad or sad to happy in a matter of a few seconds. There might be nothing better on earth than that! Doing this technique several times a day accumulates peace in your inner banking system.


It also directs you, instantly, to your beautiful inner self and then you can share that with the world.


It’s for your wellbeing.


Show Notes


Not yet. The podcasts are three minutes long!

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]]> Turning The Volume Down In Your Head Turning The Volume Down In Your Head Tue, 14 May 2024 07:01:07 GMT 4:09 6639213c793d40001325f174 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/turning-the-volume-down-in-your-head 6639213c793d40001325f174 615443a6bd740600176937d0 turning-the-volume-down-in-your-head full 135 Do you have a voice in your head you’d like to adios? Listen to find a simple way to exorcise it once and for all! It involves a stuffed animal or a coffee mug and some humor.


Let me know how it goes for you: Brenda@TheKidCode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.  

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]]> Do you have a voice in your head you’d like to adios? Listen to find a simple way to exorcise it once and for all! It involves a stuffed animal or a coffee mug and some humor.


Let me know how it goes for you: Brenda@TheKidCode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.  

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]]> Give What You Want To Receive Give What You Want To Receive Tue, 07 May 2024 07:01:20 GMT 3:09 6625ee0842a50900129a806b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/give-what-you-want-to-receive 6625ee0842a50900129a806b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 give-what-you-want-to-receive full 134 You’ve probably heard about this; have you ever tried it?


Would you like to try an experiment with your life? Could you commit to thinking, speaking and acting in a way that you want others to think, speak and act towards you—for one week and see what happens.


Let me know how it goes for you: brenda@thekidcode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.

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]]> You’ve probably heard about this; have you ever tried it?


Would you like to try an experiment with your life? Could you commit to thinking, speaking and acting in a way that you want others to think, speak and act towards you—for one week and see what happens.


Let me know how it goes for you: brenda@thekidcode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.

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]]> Changing One Thing Changing One Thing Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:01:20 GMT 3:49 6625ecbb04edf100121dcea8 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/changing-one-thing 6625ecbb04edf100121dcea8 615443a6bd740600176937d0 changing-one-thing full 133 Talking about change again. It’s easier than we think it we don’t overthink it and just do it. Do you have one thing you’d like to change in the way your parent?


Pick one thing:


  • I don’t want to be huffy when I talk with my kids
  • I don’t want to holler anymore
  • I want to take more time for me and spend more time with my kids
  • Whatever it is, think of that one thing that causes you stress as a parent or even as a partner


Listen to see if this might work for you!


Let me know how it goes for you: brenda@thekidcode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.  

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]]> Talking about change again. It’s easier than we think it we don’t overthink it and just do it. Do you have one thing you’d like to change in the way your parent?


Pick one thing:


  • I don’t want to be huffy when I talk with my kids
  • I don’t want to holler anymore
  • I want to take more time for me and spend more time with my kids
  • Whatever it is, think of that one thing that causes you stress as a parent or even as a partner


Listen to see if this might work for you!


Let me know how it goes for you: brenda@thekidcode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.  

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]]> Do You Like Nicknames? Do You Like Nicknames? Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:01:31 GMT 3:01 6625eb717fb19e00124cc90b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/do-you-like-nicknames 6625eb717fb19e00124cc90b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 do-you-like-nicknames full 132 My dad used to remind me to always look for the best in other people because it calls forth the best in them. I noticed that calling each other by this affectionate, humorous name, “Genius” brought out the best in us.


How can you bring the best out in your kids and your partner using an affectionate name or some other strategy?


Let me know how it goes for you: brenda@thekidcode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.  

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]]> My dad used to remind me to always look for the best in other people because it calls forth the best in them. I noticed that calling each other by this affectionate, humorous name, “Genius” brought out the best in us.


How can you bring the best out in your kids and your partner using an affectionate name or some other strategy?


Let me know how it goes for you: brenda@thekidcode.ca


Remember to spread the love. It feels good.  

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]]> Be A ‘Change’ Champion Be A ‘Change’ Champion Tue, 16 Apr 2024 07:01:52 GMT 3:22 65fb06acb5ab8d0017425551 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/be-a-change-champion 65fb06acb5ab8d0017425551 615443a6bd740600176937d0 be-a-change-champion full 131 Every morning, at noon and every evening, remind yourself of what you’re going to change and how you’re going to feel when you change. What do you want to change as a parent. How will you feel when you change that? Like a champion!!


For me it’s helpful to remind myself that my behaviors and words aren’t serving me when I act out. It motivates me to change.  

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]]> Every morning, at noon and every evening, remind yourself of what you’re going to change and how you’re going to feel when you change. What do you want to change as a parent. How will you feel when you change that? Like a champion!!


For me it’s helpful to remind myself that my behaviors and words aren’t serving me when I act out. It motivates me to change.  

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]]> Clear Thinking Series: Discomfort Razor Clear Thinking Series: Discomfort Razor Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:01:10 GMT 3:22 65fb0590b5ab8d00174226af false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/clear-thinking-series-discomfort-razor 65fb0590b5ab8d00174226af 615443a6bd740600176937d0 clear-thinking-series-discomfort-razor full 130 This razor helps me so much—to move me out of my comfort zone with less stress. Outside of our comfort zones is where we learn the big lessons and get really wise!


How can you use this razor for yourself and for your kids. I remind myself that I’ll learn something every single time I go outside of my comfort zone—if I pay attention.


Remember to spread the love!

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]]> This razor helps me so much—to move me out of my comfort zone with less stress. Outside of our comfort zones is where we learn the big lessons and get really wise!


How can you use this razor for yourself and for your kids. I remind myself that I’ll learn something every single time I go outside of my comfort zone—if I pay attention.


Remember to spread the love!

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]]> Clear Thinking Series: Everyday Razor Clear Thinking Series: Everyday Razor Tue, 02 Apr 2024 07:01:04 GMT 2:40 65fb00e51c46ed0017fb4554 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/clear-thinking-series-everyday-razor 65fb00e51c46ed0017fb4554 615443a6bd740600176937d0 clear-thinking-series-everyday-razor full 129 This simple razor inspires you to step up your game to get 7 years of output in one year!


How can you use this one to help your kids?

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]]> This simple razor inspires you to step up your game to get 7 years of output in one year!


How can you use this one to help your kids?

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]]> Clear Thinking Series: Einstein’s Razor Clear Thinking Series: Einstein’s Razor Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:01:23 GMT 3:31 65fb00a0374844001708383b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/clear-thinking-series-einsteins-razor 65fb00a0374844001708383b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 clear-thinking-series-einsteins-razor full 128

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]]> Philosophical Razor: Tarzwell’s Razor Philosophical Razor: Tarzwell’s Razor Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:01:37 GMT 3:31 65ccfd2ea5865b0016136154 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/philosophical-razor-tarzwells-razor 65ccfd2ea5865b0016136154 615443a6bd740600176937d0 philosophical-razor-tarzwells-razor The More Emotional You Feel, The Less You Should Trust Your Judgment full 127 Replace regret (when speaking or acting from a highly charged emotional state) with a simple statement that keeps you from digging a hole you have to humbly climb out of.


Think and thrive, and remember to spread the love.


Show Notes


Sorry, no. Still needing to spend most of my energy healing from cancer so I can continue doing what I love!

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]]> Replace regret (when speaking or acting from a highly charged emotional state) with a simple statement that keeps you from digging a hole you have to humbly climb out of.


Think and thrive, and remember to spread the love.


Show Notes


Sorry, no. Still needing to spend most of my energy healing from cancer so I can continue doing what I love!

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]]> Series, Maximize Thinking Skills: Hitchen’s Razor Series, Maximize Thinking Skills: Hitchen’s Razor Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:01:47 GMT 5:30 65ccfbde02ec700016429be3 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/series-maximize-thinking-skills-hitchens-razor 65ccfbde02ec700016429be3 615443a6bd740600176937d0 series-maximize-thinking-skills-hitchens-razor full 126 Want to help your kids find their genius? Introduce them the clear thinking and nudge out confusion using the Philosophical Razors.


Try one of these razors with your family applied to a local or global issue and let me know what you find! brenda@thekidcode.ca


Shift your thinking and thrive—and remember to spread the love!

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]]> Want to help your kids find their genius? Introduce them the clear thinking and nudge out confusion using the Philosophical Razors.


Try one of these razors with your family applied to a local or global issue and let me know what you find! brenda@thekidcode.ca


Shift your thinking and thrive—and remember to spread the love!

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]]> Need More Energy? Need More Energy? Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:01:24 GMT 4:37 65ccf7747c9b980016c596dd false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/need-more-energy 65ccf7747c9b980016c596dd 615443a6bd740600176937d0 need-more-energy What ‘Thinking’ About Being 20 Years Younger Does For You! full 125 This Harvard study shows how powerful the mind is in affecting the functions of the body. See what happens when you simply think about being 20 years younger. Maybe you’ll have all the energy you need to parent those awesome kids of yours!


Show Notes:


https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2010/08/the-mindfulness-chronicles

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]]> This Harvard study shows how powerful the mind is in affecting the functions of the body. See what happens when you simply think about being 20 years younger. Maybe you’ll have all the energy you need to parent those awesome kids of yours!


Show Notes:


https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2010/08/the-mindfulness-chronicles

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]]> Turning Trying Times Into Fun Times Turning Trying Times Into Fun Times Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:01:46 GMT 11:01 65a6ad5adbbf3f0016cbf6fd false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/turning-trying-times-into-fun-times 65a6ad5adbbf3f0016cbf6fd 615443a6bd740600176937d0 turning-trying-times-into-fun-times full 124

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]]> Outsourcing Your Thinking Outsourcing Your Thinking Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:01:04 GMT 3:36 65a6fc2a43a7a1001712666a false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/outsourcing-your-thinking 65a6fc2a43a7a1001712666a 615443a6bd740600176937d0 outsourcing-your-thinking full 123 If the news, the neighbors or the nuts do our thinking for us, we’re easily manipulated and can’t connect the dots we need to, to make good decisions, and to feel at ease.


Remember to spread the love.

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]]> If the news, the neighbors or the nuts do our thinking for us, we’re easily manipulated and can’t connect the dots we need to, to make good decisions, and to feel at ease.


Remember to spread the love.

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]]> Dancing Dancing Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:01:55 GMT 4:08 65a6abd8e73ddf0017238f97 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dancing 65a6abd8e73ddf0017238f97 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dancing full 122 Did you know that dancing, even when you’re not “good” at it has benefits that outweigh even an exercise bike…among other things! Get your kids to dance, here’s some ideas.


Show Notes


Maybe never. I don’t know. 

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]]> Did you know that dancing, even when you’re not “good” at it has benefits that outweigh even an exercise bike…among other things! Get your kids to dance, here’s some ideas.


Show Notes


Maybe never. I don’t know. 

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]]> Playing Is For You Too! Playing Is For You Too! Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:01:35 GMT 3:38 65a6ab5ff6a82e00181c3035 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/playing-is-for-you-too 65a6ab5ff6a82e00181c3035 615443a6bd740600176937d0 playing-is-for-you-too full 121

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]]> Singing’s A Savior Singing’s A Savior Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:01:41 GMT 4:39 65a6aac5e8572f0018edcd1f false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/singings-a-savior 65a6aac5e8572f0018edcd1f 615443a6bd740600176937d0 singings-a-savior full 120 Even if you’re not good at it, there are so many benefits to singing, it’s like a magic pill. It doesn’t just make you feel good, it even helps fight infections, who’d have thought? Want to have a sing-along with your family tonight?


Show Notes


Not yet. 

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]]> Even if you’re not good at it, there are so many benefits to singing, it’s like a magic pill. It doesn’t just make you feel good, it even helps fight infections, who’d have thought? Want to have a sing-along with your family tonight?


Show Notes


Not yet. 

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]]> Enough Of The Positive Blah, Blah, Blah Enough Of The Positive Blah, Blah, Blah Tue, 23 Jan 2024 08:01:51 GMT 5:10 658d9ad8aa48e00016aa2136 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/enough-of-the-positive-blah-blah-blah 658d9ad8aa48e00016aa2136 615443a6bd740600176937d0 enough-of-the-positive-blah-blah-blah full 119 Even if we don’t feel like being positive, even if we’re tired of everyone preaching about it, even if it seems hard to achieve—and we’d like to stomp on the idea when we’re feeling grouchy…research shows that people who have three positive thoughts to one negative thought have a better chance of human flourishing.


That is a fascinating, simple, and inspiring formula for human flourishing.


Show Notes


Sorry, nope.  

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]]> Even if we don’t feel like being positive, even if we’re tired of everyone preaching about it, even if it seems hard to achieve—and we’d like to stomp on the idea when we’re feeling grouchy…research shows that people who have three positive thoughts to one negative thought have a better chance of human flourishing.


That is a fascinating, simple, and inspiring formula for human flourishing.


Show Notes


Sorry, nope.  

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]]> Positive-Obsessing Positive-Obsessing Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:36:30 GMT 3:42 657a091938c1840016c52cc5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/positive-obsessing 657a091938c1840016c52cc5 615443a6bd740600176937d0 positive-obsessing full 118 How would your life change if your brain produced feel-good hormones when you are positive-obsessing vs. how you feel when you are negative-obsessing and producing stress chemicals?


How can you become positive-obsessed?


Spread the love.


Show Notes


Sorry.

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]]> How would your life change if your brain produced feel-good hormones when you are positive-obsessing vs. how you feel when you are negative-obsessing and producing stress chemicals?


How can you become positive-obsessed?


Spread the love.


Show Notes


Sorry.

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]]> You’re Smarter Than You Think You’re Smarter Than You Think Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:01:16 GMT 3:32 657a06b6c36d5d001842ffe5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/youre-smarter-than-you-think 657a06b6c36d5d001842ffe5 615443a6bd740600176937d0 youre-smarter-than-you-think full 117 Listen to learn a simple question to boot us out of a ‘thinking-box’ we can sometimes gravitate towards. This question kicks us into solution-oriented thinking and out of problem-obsessing!


Remember to spread the love.


Show Notes


Not yet.  

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]]> Listen to learn a simple question to boot us out of a ‘thinking-box’ we can sometimes gravitate towards. This question kicks us into solution-oriented thinking and out of problem-obsessing!


Remember to spread the love.


Show Notes


Not yet.  

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]]> Resolutions Reconfigured Resolutions Reconfigured Tue, 02 Jan 2024 08:01:27 GMT 4:58 657a0581483dd700163ba6d1 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/resolutions-reconfigured 657a0581483dd700163ba6d1 615443a6bd740600176937d0 resolutions-reconfigured full 116 Asking a simple question can stop an unwanted desire. Studies show that with no resistance, we act on 70% of our desires and with resistance, we act on 17% of them.


Show Notes:


This article demonstrating percentages on resistance was created by Hugo Alberts (Ph.D.) and Lucinda Poole (PsyD).

https://pro.positivepsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/Increasing-Self-Control-through-Repeated-Practice-2.pdf?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%5B5-Bullet+Friday%5D+The+Secrets+of+Self-Control%3A+Overcoming+Instant+Gratification+%28%2B+Science-Based+Tool%29&utm_campaign=%5B5-Bullet+Friday%5D+Instant+Grat

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]]> Asking a simple question can stop an unwanted desire. Studies show that with no resistance, we act on 70% of our desires and with resistance, we act on 17% of them.


Show Notes:


This article demonstrating percentages on resistance was created by Hugo Alberts (Ph.D.) and Lucinda Poole (PsyD).

https://pro.positivepsychology.com/wp-content/uploads/Increasing-Self-Control-through-Repeated-Practice-2.pdf?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%5B5-Bullet+Friday%5D+The+Secrets+of+Self-Control%3A+Overcoming+Instant+Gratification+%28%2B+Science-Based+Tool%29&utm_campaign=%5B5-Bullet+Friday%5D+Instant+Grat

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]]> Patience Running Thin? Patience Running Thin? Tue, 26 Dec 2023 08:01:34 GMT 4:26 657a04711ee9fe00173be190 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/patience-running-thin 657a04711ee9fe00173be190 615443a6bd740600176937d0 patience-running-thin full 115 Since your family or friends are still going to be around more than usual for a few more days, in this podcast I share my favorite ways to dissolve my important impatience and return myself back to the decent person I want to be.


Show Notes


Ever hopeful.

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]]> Since your family or friends are still going to be around more than usual for a few more days, in this podcast I share my favorite ways to dissolve my important impatience and return myself back to the decent person I want to be.


Show Notes


Ever hopeful.

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]]> Christmas Contentment Christmas Contentment Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:01:02 GMT 6:10 65788a600e35df0012467b5d false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/christmas-contentment 65788a600e35df0012467b5d 615443a6bd740600176937d0 christmas-contentment full 114 How to downgrade stress and upgrade peace, harmony and fun!


Show Notes


Sorry! I’m still healing from this cancer that I plan on beating, so I’m making it easy on myself with really short podcasts.

xoBrenda

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]]> How to downgrade stress and upgrade peace, harmony and fun!


Show Notes


Sorry! I’m still healing from this cancer that I plan on beating, so I’m making it easy on myself with really short podcasts.

xoBrenda

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]]> Control Freak Control Freak Tue, 12 Dec 2023 08:01:46 GMT 4:36 6570a75dee8481001239894e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/control-freak 6570a75dee8481001239894e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 control-freak Doesn’t Deliver What It Promises full 113 No matter what we think, we will never find happiness by controlling others, even if it seems like if we control things, all will be right in the world.


Find out how to dissolve the painful impulse to control with a few simple silent statements!


Show Notes


I wonder if I’ll ever do them again? Probably not when the podcasts are so short. Should I? Please let me know if they matter to you: brenda@thekidcode.ca

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]]> No matter what we think, we will never find happiness by controlling others, even if it seems like if we control things, all will be right in the world.


Find out how to dissolve the painful impulse to control with a few simple silent statements!


Show Notes


I wonder if I’ll ever do them again? Probably not when the podcasts are so short. Should I? Please let me know if they matter to you: brenda@thekidcode.ca

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]]> Clear-Thinking Kids Clear-Thinking Kids Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:01:35 GMT 4:03 652dffbd6cd9890011c89474 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/clear-thinking-kids 652dffbd6cd9890011c89474 615443a6bd740600176937d0 clear-thinking-kids In A Mixed-Up World full 112

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]]> My Kids Are Button Pushers! My Kids Are Button Pushers! Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:01:38 GMT 4:40 652dfe010a6d2b0012cb3571 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/my-kids-are-button-pushers 652dfe010a6d2b0012cb3571 615443a6bd740600176937d0 my-kids-are-button-pushers Pushing Back Peacefully full 111 Isn’t it strange that we do things we don’t really want to—like react negatively towards our kids? This podcast helps us see that we can correct our own course with a simple question.


Show Notes:


Eliot Hoppe, Serene Hypnotherapy Health and Wellness

https://www.serene-hypnosis.com

403-498-8884

eliot@paramountlearning.com

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]]> Isn’t it strange that we do things we don’t really want to—like react negatively towards our kids? This podcast helps us see that we can correct our own course with a simple question.


Show Notes:


Eliot Hoppe, Serene Hypnotherapy Health and Wellness

https://www.serene-hypnosis.com

403-498-8884

eliot@paramountlearning.com

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]]> Teaching Kids To Change Course Teaching Kids To Change Course Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:01:24 GMT 5:33 652dfc156cd9890011c755d9 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/teaching-kids-to-change-course 652dfc156cd9890011c755d9 615443a6bd740600176937d0 teaching-kids-to-change-course Going From A Collision Course To Collaboration full 110 This week we’re talking about how to ask a few simple questions to go from making decisions that lead to some degree of destruction to making decisions that come from a place of collaboration—and way less internal stress.


Show Notes


Eliot’s contact info:


Eliot Hoppe, Serene Hypnotherapy Health and Wellness

https://www.serene-hypnosis.com

403-498-8884

eliot@paramountlearning.com

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]]> This week we’re talking about how to ask a few simple questions to go from making decisions that lead to some degree of destruction to making decisions that come from a place of collaboration—and way less internal stress.


Show Notes


Eliot’s contact info:


Eliot Hoppe, Serene Hypnotherapy Health and Wellness

https://www.serene-hypnosis.com

403-498-8884

eliot@paramountlearning.com

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]]> A Course Correction For Ourselves A Course Correction For Ourselves Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:01:47 GMT 6:31 65286ccce61f1e0013389489 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/a-course-correction-for-ourselves 65286ccce61f1e0013389489 615443a6bd740600176937d0 a-course-correction-for-ourselves Making Decisions From A Place of Self Love full 109 We can take our instructions from a negative thought or ask ourselves a simple question or two to change course! That sounds too easy. Try it and see!


Show Notes:


Eliot Hoppe, Serene Hypnotherapy Health and Wellness

https://www.serene-hypnosis.com

403-498-8884

eliot@paramountlearning.com

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]]> We can take our instructions from a negative thought or ask ourselves a simple question or two to change course! That sounds too easy. Try it and see!


Show Notes:


Eliot Hoppe, Serene Hypnotherapy Health and Wellness

https://www.serene-hypnosis.com

403-498-8884

eliot@paramountlearning.com

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]]> The ‘To Do’s’—Til Death Do Us Part The ‘To Do’s’—Til Death Do Us Part Tue, 07 Nov 2023 08:01:58 GMT 4:23 65286ba1d40c97001294ab12 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/the-to-dostil-death-do-us-part 65286ba1d40c97001294ab12 615443a6bd740600176937d0 the-to-dostil-death-do-us-part They Nevvvver End! full 108

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]]> How Did Someone You Love Change You? How Did Someone You Love Change You? Tue, 31 Oct 2023 07:01:06 GMT 4:59 65286a0ed40c970012941273 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/how-did-someone-you-love-change-you 65286a0ed40c970012941273 615443a6bd740600176937d0 how-did-someone-you-love-change-you Downgrading The Inner Witch! full 107 Who are you grateful for? Why? How did that change you? How can you use that to help your kids and others?


Contemplating how your life changed and how you can help others feel peaceful instead of panicky or paranoid is a good life-skill.  

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]]> Who are you grateful for? Why? How did that change you? How can you use that to help your kids and others?


Contemplating how your life changed and how you can help others feel peaceful instead of panicky or paranoid is a good life-skill.  

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 14 Kindness Is Free - Part 14 Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:56:45 GMT 5:51 64f211ca748a040011d13a61 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-14 64f211ca748a040011d13a61 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-14 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 14 full 106

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 13 Kindness Is Free - Part 13 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:01:56 GMT 8:57 64f211735b905c0011df86d7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-13 64f211735b905c0011df86d7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-13 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 13 full 105

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 12 Kindness Is Free - Part 12 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 07:01:10 GMT 2:25 64f210e66f3d0800127566f7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-12 64f210e66f3d0800127566f7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-12 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 12 full 104

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 11 Kindness Is Free - Part 11 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:01:57 GMT 2:10 64f2108a6f3d0800127556c6 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-11 64f2108a6f3d0800127556c6 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-11 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 11 full 103

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 10 Kindness Is Free - Part 10 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:01:21 GMT 3:25 64f21022b155cd0011b3864c false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-1 64f21022b155cd0011b3864c 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-1 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 10 full 102

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 9 Kindness Is Free - Part 9 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 07:01:42 GMT 3:39 64f20f985b905c0011df38b8 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-9 64f20f985b905c0011df38b8 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-9 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 9 full 101

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 8 Kindness Is Free - Part 8 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 07:01:10 GMT 4:01 64f20c7400d913001126bda0 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-8 64f20c7400d913001126bda0 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-8 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 8 full 100

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 7 Kindness Is Free - Part 7 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:01:44 GMT 3:15 64dd586ad571aa0011689422 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-7 64dd586ad571aa0011689422 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-7 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 7 full 99

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 6 Kindness Is Free - Part 6 Tue, 29 Aug 2023 07:01:14 GMT 5:37 64dd563279fbd6001194d875 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-6 64dd563279fbd6001194d875 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-6 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 6 full 98

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 5 Kindness Is Free - Part 5 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:01:54 GMT 5:40 64ca76b58ba9f40011def00e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-3 64ca76b58ba9f40011def00e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-3 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 5 full 97

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 4 Kindness Is Free - Part 4 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:01:50 GMT 5:43 64ca781a41ba1900116a2085 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-4 64ca781a41ba1900116a2085 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-4 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 4 full 96

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 3 Kindness Is Free - Part 3 Tue, 08 Aug 2023 07:01:34 GMT 4:53 64ca778f06bb6f00119186dd false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-three 64ca778f06bb6f00119186dd 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-three Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 3 full 95

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 2 Kindness Is Free - Part 2 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 07:01:12 GMT 9:16 64c2ad198e16bd00118d52df false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free-part-2 64c2ad198e16bd00118d52df 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free-part-2 Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 2 full 94

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]]> Kindness Is Free - Part 1 Kindness Is Free - Part 1 Tue, 25 Jul 2023 07:01:05 GMT 2:50 64b83c938265b3001191f91d false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kindness-is-free 64b83c938265b3001191f91d 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kindness-is-free Turn Loathing Into Love, Part 1 full 93

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]]> Blended Families — Fixing Feuds, Part 5 Blended Families — Fixing Feuds, Part 5 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 07:01:08 GMT 8:36 6499cdea2ae0920011b94745 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/blended-families-fixing-feuds-part-5 6499cdea2ae0920011b94745 615443a6bd740600176937d0 blended-families-fixing-feuds-part-5 Your Partner’s Ex Is A Pain In The Backside full 92 Six minutes of ideas to find peace when your partner’s ex is a bee in your bonnet! No one is worth your peace—choose one or two of these ideas and use them every time you get stung!


Show Notes


Not yet. Maybe never. These are short, short podcasts with quick and effective ideas to self-regulate into joy. Go!


xoBrenda

www.thekidcode.ca

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]]> Six minutes of ideas to find peace when your partner’s ex is a bee in your bonnet! No one is worth your peace—choose one or two of these ideas and use them every time you get stung!


Show Notes


Not yet. Maybe never. These are short, short podcasts with quick and effective ideas to self-regulate into joy. Go!


xoBrenda

www.thekidcode.ca

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]]> Blended Families — Fixing Feuds, Part 4 Blended Families — Fixing Feuds, Part 4 Tue, 11 Jul 2023 07:01:15 GMT 15:06 6499cd7501b7f100114e962e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/blended-families-fixing-feuds-part-4 6499cd7501b7f100114e962e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 blended-families-fixing-feuds-part-4 Your Ex Is A Pain In The Backside full 91 Is anybody or anything worth your peace? If you have 13 minutes to spare, you can gain insight into how to lead the charge out of protest against your ex and into peace for yourself, learn why people lash out, and discover 6 quick tips to dissolve your resentment and anger towards your ex. While you definitely won’t like all of these at first glance, if you do them, you’ll love the result and so will your kids. Parent-up and get doing this. Just a suggestion.


Show Notes


Nope.


www.thekidcode.ca

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]]> Is anybody or anything worth your peace? If you have 13 minutes to spare, you can gain insight into how to lead the charge out of protest against your ex and into peace for yourself, learn why people lash out, and discover 6 quick tips to dissolve your resentment and anger towards your ex. While you definitely won’t like all of these at first glance, if you do them, you’ll love the result and so will your kids. Parent-up and get doing this. Just a suggestion.


Show Notes


Nope.


www.thekidcode.ca

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]]> Blended Families — Like Me, Part 3 Blended Families — Like Me, Part 3 Tue, 04 Jul 2023 07:01:18 GMT 16:02 6491c46ef8ad4400113a490e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/blended-families-part-3 6491c46ef8ad4400113a490e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 blended-families-part-3 I Don’t Like Them But I Want Them To Like Me full 90 The subtitle says it all: I don’t like them, but I want them to like me.


Why do we want the other to like us, approve of us, agree with us, fawn all over us?


Why?


To make us feel important, valued, needed, wanted, accepted, indispensable, and superior to name a few false gains from this way of living. Would you rather be peaceful, kind, and playful or important, valued, accepted, needed, wanted, indispensable and superior? That’s easy: most people have replied they’d like to be peaceful, but how? That’s what we’re here today to work on.

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]]> The subtitle says it all: I don’t like them, but I want them to like me.


Why do we want the other to like us, approve of us, agree with us, fawn all over us?


Why?


To make us feel important, valued, needed, wanted, accepted, indispensable, and superior to name a few false gains from this way of living. Would you rather be peaceful, kind, and playful or important, valued, accepted, needed, wanted, indispensable and superior? That’s easy: most people have replied they’d like to be peaceful, but how? That’s what we’re here today to work on.

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]]> Blended Family — Fixing Feuds, Part 2 Blended Family — Fixing Feuds, Part 2 Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:01:37 GMT 20:07 64907b607902f60012f7597e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/blended-family-fixing-feuds-part-2 64907b607902f60012f7597e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 blended-family-fixing-feuds-part-2 Want For Everyone What They Want For Themselves full 89  Anyone can use this strategy, but you’ll have to hold on and wait for the wisdom of it to resonate with you. You will have to use it and have the personal experience of it helping you regulate yourself from protest into peace when your kids or your partners kids are acting out.


Wanting what the other wants for themselves doesn’t mean we don’t have wants and needs that need to be met. It means we cause ourselves less stress by not controlling others.


Support runs both ways. We want others to support us, and they want us to support them. Can we do that and find peace?


By understanding that we have two natures operating us and driving our behaviors, we can learn to be okay with others (our kids and partners kids) acting out and not engaging.


As Rumi says, There are two lives being lived. Stay in your heart by using a strategy like HeartMath or any of The Kid Code strategies when your kids or your partners kids are acting out and when you achieve the superpower of wanting what they want in the moment and giving consequences from a place of wanting well-being for them, you are a peaceful, positive parent.

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]]>  Anyone can use this strategy, but you’ll have to hold on and wait for the wisdom of it to resonate with you. You will have to use it and have the personal experience of it helping you regulate yourself from protest into peace when your kids or your partners kids are acting out.


Wanting what the other wants for themselves doesn’t mean we don’t have wants and needs that need to be met. It means we cause ourselves less stress by not controlling others.


Support runs both ways. We want others to support us, and they want us to support them. Can we do that and find peace?


By understanding that we have two natures operating us and driving our behaviors, we can learn to be okay with others (our kids and partners kids) acting out and not engaging.


As Rumi says, There are two lives being lived. Stay in your heart by using a strategy like HeartMath or any of The Kid Code strategies when your kids or your partners kids are acting out and when you achieve the superpower of wanting what they want in the moment and giving consequences from a place of wanting well-being for them, you are a peaceful, positive parent.

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]]> Blended Families — Fixing Feuds, Part 1 Blended Families — Fixing Feuds, Part 1 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:01:27 GMT 14:51 64907b33919a030011f954d7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/blended-families-fixing-feuds-part-1 64907b33919a030011f954d7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 blended-families-fixing-feuds-part-1 Make Your Home A ‘Shared Space Success’ full 88 Do you have a fifteen-minute drive you’re taking today? Have a listen to see if you can use some of these strategies like ‘the complaint fizzle’, making stories up while doing jobs to make jobs more fun, the solution oriented family conflab once a week meeting, calming down to communicate so we don’t teach that being upset is the way to be heard, and transition days techniques to help with shared space success.


What ideas do you have to make your house a shared space success?

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]]> Do you have a fifteen-minute drive you’re taking today? Have a listen to see if you can use some of these strategies like ‘the complaint fizzle’, making stories up while doing jobs to make jobs more fun, the solution oriented family conflab once a week meeting, calming down to communicate so we don’t teach that being upset is the way to be heard, and transition days techniques to help with shared space success.


What ideas do you have to make your house a shared space success?

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]]> <![CDATA[Busting Burnout & Overwhelm]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:01:50 GMT 7:40 645bc101beaab40011d1311c false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/busting-burnout-overwhelm 645bc101beaab40011d1311c 615443a6bd740600176937d0 busting-burnout-overwhelm full 87 There are simple ways to dissolve the idea that you will only be valued if you do, do, do. Reflection and self-care are the solutions to ending overwhelm and burnout. Once you do these few simple exercises you will feel like a new person and show up for your kids in the more clear, joyful way.


Then you show up loving your life with time and energy for what matters: you and your kids.


Show Notes


Still no.

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]]> There are simple ways to dissolve the idea that you will only be valued if you do, do, do. Reflection and self-care are the solutions to ending overwhelm and burnout. Once you do these few simple exercises you will feel like a new person and show up for your kids in the more clear, joyful way.


Then you show up loving your life with time and energy for what matters: you and your kids.


Show Notes


Still no.

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]]> Don’t Be A Turd Don’t Be A Turd Tue, 06 Jun 2023 07:01:41 GMT 5:48 645a69f6fd49820011afe684 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dont-be-a-turd 645a69f6fd49820011afe684 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dont-be-a-turd Yes We Are full 86 Nicer language might be: don’t be a nasty. Don’t be a nincompoop. Don’t be…you decide.


Listen to find out how to make behavior modification into a game of sorts that everyone in the family can play. Winner gets to…well, you and your family can decide.


Show Notes:


Is This Woman Ever Going To Do Timed Show Notes Again?


I don’t know. The podcasts are too short for that.  

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]]> Nicer language might be: don’t be a nasty. Don’t be a nincompoop. Don’t be…you decide.


Listen to find out how to make behavior modification into a game of sorts that everyone in the family can play. Winner gets to…well, you and your family can decide.


Show Notes:


Is This Woman Ever Going To Do Timed Show Notes Again?


I don’t know. The podcasts are too short for that.  

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]]> How To ‘Turn Down The Volume’ On a Negative Thought How To ‘Turn Down The Volume’ On a Negative Thought Tue, 30 May 2023 07:01:52 GMT 8:51 645a685f1096880011e2d35e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/how-to-turn-down-the-volume-on-a-negative-thought 645a685f1096880011e2d35e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 how-to-turn-down-the-volume-on-a-negative-thought Redecorating Your Inner Home full 85 Go from nasty to nice by using a ‘checkmate for the misery-making mind’ strategy every time you have a negative thought that threatens your inner peace. You can still get your needs met or have a difficult conversation—you can just remain calmer and more rational which makes for more effective outcomes.


Listen to find 13 ways to ‘turn down or turn off the volume’ when a negative thought tries to ‘be the boss of you’!


What ideas do you and your family have for redecorating your inner world when negativity shows its nasty head?


Show Notes


Still none.  

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]]> Go from nasty to nice by using a ‘checkmate for the misery-making mind’ strategy every time you have a negative thought that threatens your inner peace. You can still get your needs met or have a difficult conversation—you can just remain calmer and more rational which makes for more effective outcomes.


Listen to find 13 ways to ‘turn down or turn off the volume’ when a negative thought tries to ‘be the boss of you’!


What ideas do you and your family have for redecorating your inner world when negativity shows its nasty head?


Show Notes


Still none.  

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]]> Ball Wreckers Ball Wreckers Tue, 23 May 2023 07:01:00 GMT 4:28 64594825a21f67001154fc5c false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/ball-wreckers 64594825a21f67001154fc5c 615443a6bd740600176937d0 ball-wreckers full 84 Do a little experiment and see if should and shouldn’t statements subtly activate the fight, flight, freeze response inside of you.


Should and shouldn’t tell us we’re not good enough and that can’t be true because we’re here on the planet—we must be good enough!


How can you change your language when you notice that you are using should or shouldn’t on yourself or others? Listen for some ideas on making conversation instead of activating the stress response in us and our kids.


Show Notes


Nope. 

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]]> Do a little experiment and see if should and shouldn’t statements subtly activate the fight, flight, freeze response inside of you.


Should and shouldn’t tell us we’re not good enough and that can’t be true because we’re here on the planet—we must be good enough!


How can you change your language when you notice that you are using should or shouldn’t on yourself or others? Listen for some ideas on making conversation instead of activating the stress response in us and our kids.


Show Notes


Nope. 

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]]> Picking Priorities Picking Priorities Tue, 16 May 2023 07:01:51 GMT 6:38 645945be6de49d001164d628 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/picking-priorities 645945be6de49d001164d628 615443a6bd740600176937d0 picking-priorities full 83 Don’t wait for a scary diagnosis or life altering event to change your life to the way you want it.


My priority became love flooding when I was diagnosed with cancer—because everyone flooded me with love, and it changed my life.


Since it’s true that everyone is dying, we just don’t know when, instead of spending so much time putting out fires with our kids, spend some time finding out what each person really, deeply wants for their lives and help them get it.


Ask these simple questions to help you make the changes you want to in your life—and don’t wait for the fire! Blossom yourself and your kids now!


Show Notes


Nope. Not yet.

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]]> Don’t wait for a scary diagnosis or life altering event to change your life to the way you want it.


My priority became love flooding when I was diagnosed with cancer—because everyone flooded me with love, and it changed my life.


Since it’s true that everyone is dying, we just don’t know when, instead of spending so much time putting out fires with our kids, spend some time finding out what each person really, deeply wants for their lives and help them get it.


Ask these simple questions to help you make the changes you want to in your life—and don’t wait for the fire! Blossom yourself and your kids now!


Show Notes


Nope. Not yet.

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]]> Presence or Pain, You Choose Presence or Pain, You Choose Tue, 09 May 2023 07:01:33 GMT 7:17 645144b284f6340011f939d5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/presence-or-pain-you-choose 645144b284f6340011f939d5 615443a6bd740600176937d0 presence-or-pain-you-choose Why They Say Presence Is A Present full 82 It doesn’t feel like it in an upset with our kids or anyone else, but there are only two states to be in right after the upset arises: presence or pain.


In the state of presence, we feel calm, centered and unbothered. Why do we feel unbothered in the state of presence? Because there is no past or future in the present. There are no old patterns, old emotions, old wrongs done to us, and there are no future worries or wants.


Upsetting emotions have made us their servant and we’re not happy in that position.


The pain in an upset comes from an identity, an opinion, an old thought, it comes from the I know it all mind. In the moment of upset, we become know it all’s, especially as parents. We’re taller than them, after all, we should know more! The I know it all mind wants to control others and the situation, which is painful. Notice every time you want to control your child and notice that you don’t feel good, notice the pain.


These kinds of superpowers are waiting for you to discover them. And teach them to your kids!


Amaze yourself with this superpower. Presence is a nice present to give yourself and your kids.


Show Notes


It’s too short to write about! It only takes a couple of minutes to listen!

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]]> It doesn’t feel like it in an upset with our kids or anyone else, but there are only two states to be in right after the upset arises: presence or pain.


In the state of presence, we feel calm, centered and unbothered. Why do we feel unbothered in the state of presence? Because there is no past or future in the present. There are no old patterns, old emotions, old wrongs done to us, and there are no future worries or wants.


Upsetting emotions have made us their servant and we’re not happy in that position.


The pain in an upset comes from an identity, an opinion, an old thought, it comes from the I know it all mind. In the moment of upset, we become know it all’s, especially as parents. We’re taller than them, after all, we should know more! The I know it all mind wants to control others and the situation, which is painful. Notice every time you want to control your child and notice that you don’t feel good, notice the pain.


These kinds of superpowers are waiting for you to discover them. And teach them to your kids!


Amaze yourself with this superpower. Presence is a nice present to give yourself and your kids.


Show Notes


It’s too short to write about! It only takes a couple of minutes to listen!

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]]> Successful Time-Out’s/In’s (Time Inward) Successful Time-Out’s/In’s (Time Inward) Tue, 02 May 2023 07:01:40 GMT 8:08 644ab0c1d734fa00110e5d3d false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/successful-time-outsins-time-inward 644ab0c1d734fa00110e5d3d 615443a6bd740600176937d0 successful-time-outsins-time-inward Comfy Corner Calmness For Kids full 81 Listen to discover how to help yourself and kids every day with every kind of upset. Use the strategies you like best and if you need a reminder, they’re all in the book, The Kid Code. The Kid Code teachers have simple and short online classes that teach the codes to you, too at www.TheKidCode.ca A few reminders are:


-When you come to the Y in the road, the moment of upset offers two opportunities, either consciously take happy street or stay on sad/mad street. Tell the upset, “You’re not the boss of me.” Yes, adults can do this strategy and say that too.

-Bless yourself for your mistake if you let the emotion control you by saying and feeling the truth of the words, “I matter more than the mistake,” and them make the mistake right by apologizing to another person or doing whatever is necessary.

-The tantrum tamer.

-The turnaround.

-Natural consequences.

-Diverting to Divinity

-Grumpy to Grateful

-I am that.

-Power struggles.

-BullyProof Yourself and Your Kids

-and many more…


In addition to a Comfy Corner Calming Sheet, you can write some encouraging messages on the other side. Here are some examples that Amanda wrote for her daughter to refer to when she felt upset:


  • Remember you’ve worked through and gotten through these feelings many times.
  • Mom is so proud of you when you find a way to regulate your emotions.
  • You can do hard things.
  • This too shall pass.
  • Breathe. Deep breathes. Let your tummy gurgle and all the emotions release downwards.
  • We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong.
  • Send all your emotions up to the sun to be transformed into light.
  • Ask yourself if the thought you are believing is true.
  • Get your body moving, handstands, skipping. Etc.
  • Worry, anxiety and panic don’t help you control the future. They just make you feel out of control in the moment.


Some other encouraging notes you can write to your kids that they can read to help them self-regulate are:


  • Repeat to yourself, “I am loved. I am safe.”
  • Remind yourself that to self-regulate and become calm and playful is a superpower and you’ve got this!
  • These big emotions don’t help me, they hurt me.
  • Anger and sadness and all other upsetting emotions are not the boss of me. I’m the boss of them.
  • My nature is peaceful and playful. How I know that is I feel natural when I’m like that.
  • My nature is not mad and scared. How I know that is I don’t feel natural when I’m like that.


What other things might you tell your child to encourage him or her?


So make this hard work easier for you and your kids with some comfy corner calming sheets!



Show Notes


Nope, still none. My arms aren’t recovered from surgery as of yet, so no typing for me.

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]]> Listen to discover how to help yourself and kids every day with every kind of upset. Use the strategies you like best and if you need a reminder, they’re all in the book, The Kid Code. The Kid Code teachers have simple and short online classes that teach the codes to you, too at www.TheKidCode.ca A few reminders are:


-When you come to the Y in the road, the moment of upset offers two opportunities, either consciously take happy street or stay on sad/mad street. Tell the upset, “You’re not the boss of me.” Yes, adults can do this strategy and say that too.

-Bless yourself for your mistake if you let the emotion control you by saying and feeling the truth of the words, “I matter more than the mistake,” and them make the mistake right by apologizing to another person or doing whatever is necessary.

-The tantrum tamer.

-The turnaround.

-Natural consequences.

-Diverting to Divinity

-Grumpy to Grateful

-I am that.

-Power struggles.

-BullyProof Yourself and Your Kids

-and many more…


In addition to a Comfy Corner Calming Sheet, you can write some encouraging messages on the other side. Here are some examples that Amanda wrote for her daughter to refer to when she felt upset:


  • Remember you’ve worked through and gotten through these feelings many times.
  • Mom is so proud of you when you find a way to regulate your emotions.
  • You can do hard things.
  • This too shall pass.
  • Breathe. Deep breathes. Let your tummy gurgle and all the emotions release downwards.
  • We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong.
  • Send all your emotions up to the sun to be transformed into light.
  • Ask yourself if the thought you are believing is true.
  • Get your body moving, handstands, skipping. Etc.
  • Worry, anxiety and panic don’t help you control the future. They just make you feel out of control in the moment.


Some other encouraging notes you can write to your kids that they can read to help them self-regulate are:


  • Repeat to yourself, “I am loved. I am safe.”
  • Remind yourself that to self-regulate and become calm and playful is a superpower and you’ve got this!
  • These big emotions don’t help me, they hurt me.
  • Anger and sadness and all other upsetting emotions are not the boss of me. I’m the boss of them.
  • My nature is peaceful and playful. How I know that is I feel natural when I’m like that.
  • My nature is not mad and scared. How I know that is I don’t feel natural when I’m like that.


What other things might you tell your child to encourage him or her?


So make this hard work easier for you and your kids with some comfy corner calming sheets!



Show Notes


Nope, still none. My arms aren’t recovered from surgery as of yet, so no typing for me.

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]]> What If I Don’t Say, “There’s a Parking Spot!” What If I Don’t Say, “There’s a Parking Spot!” Tue, 25 Apr 2023 07:01:35 GMT 3:40 641c92e099e020001175760b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/what-if-i-dont-say-theres-a-parking-spot 641c92e099e020001175760b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 what-if-i-dont-say-theres-a-parking-spot From Bossy Pants To Serenity full 80 I’m not sure why we insist on being heard. Just say what you want to (and suffer the consequences without complaint).


“What if I didn’t say anything, how would I feel inside?” Serene is how I felt when I stopped telling Blake where parking spots were that he could see all by his grown-up self! Sometimes we don’t need to be heard.


Let this lesson help you become a more peaceful parent.


Show Notes


Still no show notes—it’s two or three minutes long!

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]]> I’m not sure why we insist on being heard. Just say what you want to (and suffer the consequences without complaint).


“What if I didn’t say anything, how would I feel inside?” Serene is how I felt when I stopped telling Blake where parking spots were that he could see all by his grown-up self! Sometimes we don’t need to be heard.


Let this lesson help you become a more peaceful parent.


Show Notes


Still no show notes—it’s two or three minutes long!

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]]> Make Ourselves Miserable Or Make Ourselves Strong Make Ourselves Miserable Or Make Ourselves Strong Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:01:07 GMT 6:03 641c8b09bb606d00117eb8c7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/make-ourselves-miserable-or-make-ourselves-strong 641c8b09bb606d00117eb8c7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 make-ourselves-miserable-or-make-ourselves-strong full 79 Carlos Castaneda, an American writer said, “We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”


Kids challenge us—a lot. We have a long list of buttons they push: they don’t clean their room or listen, they talk back…


What if we put our energy to work to regulate ourselves back to our peaceful, calm, kind nature instead of wasting our energy putting it to work complaining, talking to ourselves about the problem, venting to our friends and partner—generally staying in a bad mood, waiting for the next upset to show up.


Learn why the meaning of breath in Hawaii is life force and how you can use one breath to make yourself strong and happy instead of using your energy to make you miserable.


Show Notes


Still no show notes—I’m fighting for my life (cancer came to teach me) and need my energy to help me!

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]]> Carlos Castaneda, an American writer said, “We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”


Kids challenge us—a lot. We have a long list of buttons they push: they don’t clean their room or listen, they talk back…


What if we put our energy to work to regulate ourselves back to our peaceful, calm, kind nature instead of wasting our energy putting it to work complaining, talking to ourselves about the problem, venting to our friends and partner—generally staying in a bad mood, waiting for the next upset to show up.


Learn why the meaning of breath in Hawaii is life force and how you can use one breath to make yourself strong and happy instead of using your energy to make you miserable.


Show Notes


Still no show notes—I’m fighting for my life (cancer came to teach me) and need my energy to help me!

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]]> Join A ‘Relief’ Club Join A ‘Relief’ Club Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:01:47 GMT 6:13 64021d77e20d1700112d5d05 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/join-a-relief-club 64021d77e20d1700112d5d05 615443a6bd740600176937d0 join-a-relief-club “Got through that one!” full 78 This podcast is dedicated to Dana, Cole, Ny and Eclipse (Ny’s companion working dog).


Emotional pain can be left in the moment it happens! It doesn’t need to inform the next moment or ruin your day. When you say the words, “There, got through that one,” in a lighthearted way after any troubles with you or your kids is over, you reset yourself to your true and good nature.


Okay this was a tiny bit longer podcast, but still no Show Notes!  

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]]> This podcast is dedicated to Dana, Cole, Ny and Eclipse (Ny’s companion working dog).


Emotional pain can be left in the moment it happens! It doesn’t need to inform the next moment or ruin your day. When you say the words, “There, got through that one,” in a lighthearted way after any troubles with you or your kids is over, you reset yourself to your true and good nature.


Okay this was a tiny bit longer podcast, but still no Show Notes!  

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]]> There’s Magic in The Words “I’m Willing” There’s Magic in The Words “I’m Willing” Tue, 04 Apr 2023 07:01:35 GMT 4:12 640218a6fd91820011854e37 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/theres-magic-in-the-words-im-willing 640218a6fd91820011854e37 615443a6bd740600176937d0 theres-magic-in-the-words-im-willing full 77 The words "I’m willing," when they are felt as they are spoken can clear a lot of emotional baggage. Clearing that stuff can’t get simpler than that.


Using this simple exercise not only seemed to have healed my foot, but also gave me relief from self-devaluation, a useless and painful emotion.


Notice your upsetting parenting emotions and try this simple but powerful exercise.


Show Notes:


Still not writing show notes. The podcasts are so short!

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]]> The words "I’m willing," when they are felt as they are spoken can clear a lot of emotional baggage. Clearing that stuff can’t get simpler than that.


Using this simple exercise not only seemed to have healed my foot, but also gave me relief from self-devaluation, a useless and painful emotion.


Notice your upsetting parenting emotions and try this simple but powerful exercise.


Show Notes:


Still not writing show notes. The podcasts are so short!

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]]> Quick Forgiveness Technique Quick Forgiveness Technique Tue, 28 Mar 2023 07:01:18 GMT 3:32 63ffafa824a4200011ecdb88 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/quick-forgiveness-technique 63ffafa824a4200011ecdb88 615443a6bd740600176937d0 quick-forgiveness-technique full 76  Resentment eats us alive. Louise Hay, founder of Hay House, teaches a simple way to forgive yourself and others so you don’t go on feeling the inner pain resentment causes.


Listen now to hear the simplest, shortest, and most effective technique for forgiveness you will ever find! Louise says all you have to do is be willing to forgive and the Universe will take care of the rest.


Freedom is our birthright.


Show Notes:


Still not writing show notes. The podcasts are short!

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]]>  Resentment eats us alive. Louise Hay, founder of Hay House, teaches a simple way to forgive yourself and others so you don’t go on feeling the inner pain resentment causes.


Listen now to hear the simplest, shortest, and most effective technique for forgiveness you will ever find! Louise says all you have to do is be willing to forgive and the Universe will take care of the rest.


Freedom is our birthright.


Show Notes:


Still not writing show notes. The podcasts are short!

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]]> Kids Not Listening? Kids Not Listening? Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:01:33 GMT 5:04 63ffaee591cec200129ad425 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kids-not-listening 63ffaee591cec200129ad425 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kids-not-listening full 75 If you want your kids to listen, change the energy behind your words. Everyone will benefit.


One way to change your energy is to notice how you feel when you speak with your kids. If you’re frustrated, angry, or are lecturing—the feeling of frustration, anger and being lectured is what the child registers and they don’t want to listen.


If we speak from a calm place, the child registers that and is able to listen more easily.


Learn 3 quick ways to shift your energy to being calmer.


When you forget, and speak from a negative place, bless the mistake and make it right!


Show Notes:


Still not writing show notes. The podcasts are short!

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]]> If you want your kids to listen, change the energy behind your words. Everyone will benefit.


One way to change your energy is to notice how you feel when you speak with your kids. If you’re frustrated, angry, or are lecturing—the feeling of frustration, anger and being lectured is what the child registers and they don’t want to listen.


If we speak from a calm place, the child registers that and is able to listen more easily.


Learn 3 quick ways to shift your energy to being calmer.


When you forget, and speak from a negative place, bless the mistake and make it right!


Show Notes:


Still not writing show notes. The podcasts are short!

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]]> Your Peace Matters More Than Your Problems Your Peace Matters More Than Your Problems Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:01:19 GMT 4:21 63ffad1794beef0011e43b35 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/your-peace-matters-more-than-your-problems 63ffad1794beef0011e43b35 615443a6bd740600176937d0 your-peace-matters-more-than-your-problems One Breath Manages Problems full 74 If you could let go of the upset around any problem that arises (your kids act out, the garbage spills all over the floor, someone gives you the you-know-what on the freeway because you accidentally cut them off…) would you let go of it? What would be strong enough to let you let go of the upsets?


You are invited to let go of all problems and upsets as they arise because your peace matters more than your problems. When you’re peaceful, it’s easier to solve problems.


Show Notes:


Have you noticed that I don’t do these anymore because the podcast is four minutes long, max! Listen and learn to love life.  

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]]> If you could let go of the upset around any problem that arises (your kids act out, the garbage spills all over the floor, someone gives you the you-know-what on the freeway because you accidentally cut them off…) would you let go of it? What would be strong enough to let you let go of the upsets?


You are invited to let go of all problems and upsets as they arise because your peace matters more than your problems. When you’re peaceful, it’s easier to solve problems.


Show Notes:


Have you noticed that I don’t do these anymore because the podcast is four minutes long, max! Listen and learn to love life.  

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]]> Space For Kids Space For Kids Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:01:26 GMT 3:38 63dc01100f7ca8001154e030 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/space-for-kids 63dc01100f7ca8001154e030 615443a6bd740600176937d0 space-for-kids full 73 My wise young granddaughter educated me the other day by saying we need to make more space for kids. She pointed out that we make physical space for them when they’re born but go on treating them like children and then expecting them to have adult responsibilities and emotions.


What does it mean to you to give your kids space?


Take three minutes to listen to this podcast to provide relief for everyone in the house by making the kind of space that makes for a peaceful household.  

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]]> My wise young granddaughter educated me the other day by saying we need to make more space for kids. She pointed out that we make physical space for them when they’re born but go on treating them like children and then expecting them to have adult responsibilities and emotions.


What does it mean to you to give your kids space?


Take three minutes to listen to this podcast to provide relief for everyone in the house by making the kind of space that makes for a peaceful household.  

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]]> How To Deal With Difficult People? How To Deal With Difficult People? Tue, 28 Feb 2023 08:01:12 GMT 3:22 63dbfecac79b100010171423 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/how-to-deal-with-difficult-people 63dbfecac79b100010171423 615443a6bd740600176937d0 how-to-deal-with-difficult-people We’re All Difficult full 72 Wouldn’t you love a strategy that keeps you stress-free when encountering difficult people (including your kids)?


There is no gain in being difficult.


Take three minutes to listen to this podcast to keep yourself calm and rational when others aren’t.  

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]]> Wouldn’t you love a strategy that keeps you stress-free when encountering difficult people (including your kids)?


There is no gain in being difficult.


Take three minutes to listen to this podcast to keep yourself calm and rational when others aren’t.  

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]]> <![CDATA[Seeking Approval & Finding Defeat]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 08:01:03 GMT 4:00 63dbfe0b1467970011816070 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/seeking-approval-finding-defeat 63dbfe0b1467970011816070 615443a6bd740600176937d0 seeking-approval-finding-defeat I Approve Of What I Want—And That’s Enough full 71 We are out of our integrity if we don’t pursue what we want and get our own needs met.


Kids know what their parents and their peers want for them, but they often don’t know what they want for themselves because they place too much value on seeking approval from one or the other.


Decrease stress and increase connection with others in your life and want for others what they want for themselves.


Take three minutes to listen to this podcast to change your mindset from “I need others to approve, to: I approve and that’s enough.”  

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]]> We are out of our integrity if we don’t pursue what we want and get our own needs met.


Kids know what their parents and their peers want for them, but they often don’t know what they want for themselves because they place too much value on seeking approval from one or the other.


Decrease stress and increase connection with others in your life and want for others what they want for themselves.


Take three minutes to listen to this podcast to change your mindset from “I need others to approve, to: I approve and that’s enough.”  

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]]> Why Me? Why Me? Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:01:15 GMT 3:00 63dbfc143c0b1d00118ace4b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/why-me 63dbfc143c0b1d00118ace4b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 why-me Why Not Me? full 70 We wish we didn’t have to, but all of us, including our kids are going to go through tough times, climb what look to be insurmountable mountains and feel like we can’t handle what life is delivering. All of us, including our kids are going to have physical, mental, and emotional bumps in the road, so when they come, use the wise words from a dear cousin of mine to go from overwhelmed to solution oriented.


Take two minutes to listen to this podcast to change your mind set in a heartbeat from Why Me?

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]]> We wish we didn’t have to, but all of us, including our kids are going to go through tough times, climb what look to be insurmountable mountains and feel like we can’t handle what life is delivering. All of us, including our kids are going to have physical, mental, and emotional bumps in the road, so when they come, use the wise words from a dear cousin of mine to go from overwhelmed to solution oriented.


Take two minutes to listen to this podcast to change your mind set in a heartbeat from Why Me?

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]]> Taking The Garbage Out (Of The Mind) Taking The Garbage Out (Of The Mind) Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:01:57 GMT 3:00 63d1becb5ef4bc001121e65a false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/taking-the-garbage-out-of-the-mind 63d1becb5ef4bc001121e65a 615443a6bd740600176937d0 taking-the-garbage-out-of-the-mind full 69  When we look after our own mental and emotional wellbeing, we are teaching our kids to do the same.


Show Notes:


It’s one minute long, listen to the whole thing to see how to stop being owned by negativity!

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]]>  When we look after our own mental and emotional wellbeing, we are teaching our kids to do the same.


Show Notes:


It’s one minute long, listen to the whole thing to see how to stop being owned by negativity!

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]]> What’s This Kid Trying To Teach Me? What’s This Kid Trying To Teach Me? Tue, 31 Jan 2023 08:01:03 GMT 5:23 636d79348483d20011db63e3 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/whats-this-kid-trying-to-teach-me 636d79348483d20011db63e3 615443a6bd740600176937d0 whats-this-kid-trying-to-teach-me You Are Your Own Oracle! full 68 You can save a whole lot of trouble with a pause and this simple question, “What is this kid trying to teach me?” when they act out, act up and act like the wild little creatures they sometimes are!


When they’re slow setting the table, sassing you, refusing to do homework or household chores, what to do?


Listen—it’s only a couple of minutes—to find out how to find your inner Oracle and replace your inner confused-parent with that!


1:06 When they act out, you pick up your game.

1:17 How to keep your cool and learn what they are trying to teach you.

1:19 Examples: sassing, lying, being disrespectful, being impatient.

4:25 Replace your inner lost-parent with your inner Oracle and teach yourself amazing lessons when your kids act out!

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]]> You can save a whole lot of trouble with a pause and this simple question, “What is this kid trying to teach me?” when they act out, act up and act like the wild little creatures they sometimes are!


When they’re slow setting the table, sassing you, refusing to do homework or household chores, what to do?


Listen—it’s only a couple of minutes—to find out how to find your inner Oracle and replace your inner confused-parent with that!


1:06 When they act out, you pick up your game.

1:17 How to keep your cool and learn what they are trying to teach you.

1:19 Examples: sassing, lying, being disrespectful, being impatient.

4:25 Replace your inner lost-parent with your inner Oracle and teach yourself amazing lessons when your kids act out!

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]]> A Twist On A Mario Game To Get Positive A Twist On A Mario Game To Get Positive Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:01:10 GMT 4:35 636d761c2b51320012e88c7b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/a-twist-on-a-mario-game-to-get-positive 636d761c2b51320012e88c7b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 a-twist-on-a-mario-game-to-get-positive full 67 The Mayo Clinic says being positive can reduce risk of death from a number of diseases, lower levels of depression, distress and pain and increase resistance to illness. I say being positive is your True Nature and raises your bliss barometer so that you can love your life.


What to do?


Collect coins as you stomp on your negative nut and set the record straight!


https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950


1:25 The Mayo Clinic’s report on the miracle of positivity.

2:29 Might being negative do the opposite and be a disaster?

2:43 A silly, simple stress-saving strategy: Mario to the rescue!

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]]> The Mayo Clinic says being positive can reduce risk of death from a number of diseases, lower levels of depression, distress and pain and increase resistance to illness. I say being positive is your True Nature and raises your bliss barometer so that you can love your life.


What to do?


Collect coins as you stomp on your negative nut and set the record straight!


https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/positive-thinking/art-20043950


1:25 The Mayo Clinic’s report on the miracle of positivity.

2:29 Might being negative do the opposite and be a disaster?

2:43 A silly, simple stress-saving strategy: Mario to the rescue!

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]]> Sibling Rivalry Explained Sibling Rivalry Explained Tue, 17 Jan 2023 08:01:19 GMT 3:41 636d738a9cb8ff00119810f3 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/sibling-rivalry-explained 636d738a9cb8ff00119810f3 615443a6bd740600176937d0 sibling-rivalry-explained The Survival Competition full 66 t’s an inborn instinct to behave in ways that we think will help us survive. We can be conciliatory or domineering in an attempt to secure our position.


The way to stop some of the sibling rivalry involves notes and pillows and mirrors. Have a two-minute listen to learn more.


1:17 Siblings rival to establish their security.

1:50 Assessing each child’s survival behaviors (conciliatory to avoid conflict, or aggressive to be the top dog).

2:07 The way to stop some of the sibling rivalry.

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]]> t’s an inborn instinct to behave in ways that we think will help us survive. We can be conciliatory or domineering in an attempt to secure our position.


The way to stop some of the sibling rivalry involves notes and pillows and mirrors. Have a two-minute listen to learn more.


1:17 Siblings rival to establish their security.

1:50 Assessing each child’s survival behaviors (conciliatory to avoid conflict, or aggressive to be the top dog).

2:07 The way to stop some of the sibling rivalry.

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]]> Ugh! It’s Too Much! Ugh! It’s Too Much! Tue, 10 Jan 2023 08:01:44 GMT 4:42 636d565960d3280012f4fe6a false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/ugh-its-too-much 636d565960d3280012f4fe6a 615443a6bd740600176937d0 ugh-its-too-much full 65 Do you feel like it’s too much, sometimes? Do you feel like something tips you over the edge of being ‘able to handle’ it?


Except the reality is that you’ve lived through a lot and that proves it’s never actually been too much, even when it feels like it is!


Listen to the simple lateral logic in this podcast, designed to disempower the belief: it’s too much—and bring your relief.


Once you’ve gotten this aha, to help yourself when it feels like things get to be too much, remind yourself that nothing is too much, except your thinking that it’s too much.


Every time you are faced with a challenge, and you don’t know how to meet it, remind yourself you are just falsely believing it’s too much and then wait as the relief takes over.


1:06 The kids fighting, won’t do must do’s, resisting all commonsense suggestions, pushing back just to push back, etc.? What to do?

1:25 Let’s bring some understanding and relief to the belief, “It’s too much,” so we can fall back on our resilience.

1:50 The unsuccessful need to escape reality.

2:08 Lateral logic to dissolve the stressful belief.

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]]> Do you feel like it’s too much, sometimes? Do you feel like something tips you over the edge of being ‘able to handle’ it?


Except the reality is that you’ve lived through a lot and that proves it’s never actually been too much, even when it feels like it is!


Listen to the simple lateral logic in this podcast, designed to disempower the belief: it’s too much—and bring your relief.


Once you’ve gotten this aha, to help yourself when it feels like things get to be too much, remind yourself that nothing is too much, except your thinking that it’s too much.


Every time you are faced with a challenge, and you don’t know how to meet it, remind yourself you are just falsely believing it’s too much and then wait as the relief takes over.


1:06 The kids fighting, won’t do must do’s, resisting all commonsense suggestions, pushing back just to push back, etc.? What to do?

1:25 Let’s bring some understanding and relief to the belief, “It’s too much,” so we can fall back on our resilience.

1:50 The unsuccessful need to escape reality.

2:08 Lateral logic to dissolve the stressful belief.

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]]> Making It Your Best Parenting Year Yet! Making It Your Best Parenting Year Yet! Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:01:03 GMT 4:20 636c1066ed488500122604d4 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/making-it-your-best-parenting-year-yet 636c1066ed488500122604d4 615443a6bd740600176937d0 making-it-your-best-parenting-year-yet By Bringing Yourself To Peace Moment to Moment full Remember the box we called The Past? Use it on each mistake you made over the holidays and then move on to using these practices that cause wellbeing. A simple practice is to give 100% of your attention to watching as you get upset: watch the impatience, watch the anger and what it does, watch the hollerer as it comes out of you, etc.


They say it takes 10,000 hours of doing something to become a master at it. If you start this practice now, each time is one step closer to mastery.


Teach this to your kids so they master themselves early in life.


1:20 As always put your mistakes in The Past and move on.

1:34 Wellbeing, what is it?

2:10 Fast track to wellbeing: notice the upset and watch it, watch the tears as they fall, watch impatience, watch the anger make you act out, watch yourself holler, etc.

2:55 The know-it all won’t help, this will.

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]]> Remember the box we called The Past? Use it on each mistake you made over the holidays and then move on to using these practices that cause wellbeing. A simple practice is to give 100% of your attention to watching as you get upset: watch the impatience, watch the anger and what it does, watch the hollerer as it comes out of you, etc.


They say it takes 10,000 hours of doing something to become a master at it. If you start this practice now, each time is one step closer to mastery.


Teach this to your kids so they master themselves early in life.


1:20 As always put your mistakes in The Past and move on.

1:34 Wellbeing, what is it?

2:10 Fast track to wellbeing: notice the upset and watch it, watch the tears as they fall, watch impatience, watch the anger make you act out, watch yourself holler, etc.

2:55 The know-it all won’t help, this will.

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]]> Dealing With The Wreckage Dealing With The Wreckage Tue, 27 Dec 2022 08:01:56 GMT 4:37 636c102205b0d9001218343e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dealing-with-the-wreckage 636c102205b0d9001218343e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dealing-with-the-wreckage full 63 Family holidays bring connection, but they also bring train wrecks. What to do?


As always, bless yourself and others for their mistakes and move on.


Learn from the mistake and leave it in the past where it is. Journal about your part in the upset. Make an imaginary box at the entrance to your house called The Past and once you’ve learned something from an upsetting event, place it in the box.


Volunteering is vital. There is a Hindu proverb that goes something like this: help your brothers boat to the shore and yours arrives too.


Reassess your needs.


Learn something wonderful about your community, country or the world and share that on social media.


1:15 Bless the train wrecks (the mistakes) and move on down the track.

1:58 Learn from the mistake and leave it in the past where it is.

2:09 Journal about your part in the upsets. What do I need to do to help myself?

2:28 Make an imaginary box called The Past and use your imagination to dump upset feelings into the box but only do that once you have awareness about the situation because awareness is what changes us.

3:01 Volunteering: helps others fills us up.

3:25 Revisit you needs, are they reasonable, are they being met, will they actually help you.

3:33 Learn something wonderful about your community, your country, the world and share that with others (instead of gossiping, complaining or fear mongering—none of which are good for you).

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]]> Family holidays bring connection, but they also bring train wrecks. What to do?


As always, bless yourself and others for their mistakes and move on.


Learn from the mistake and leave it in the past where it is. Journal about your part in the upset. Make an imaginary box at the entrance to your house called The Past and once you’ve learned something from an upsetting event, place it in the box.


Volunteering is vital. There is a Hindu proverb that goes something like this: help your brothers boat to the shore and yours arrives too.


Reassess your needs.


Learn something wonderful about your community, country or the world and share that on social media.


1:15 Bless the train wrecks (the mistakes) and move on down the track.

1:58 Learn from the mistake and leave it in the past where it is.

2:09 Journal about your part in the upsets. What do I need to do to help myself?

2:28 Make an imaginary box called The Past and use your imagination to dump upset feelings into the box but only do that once you have awareness about the situation because awareness is what changes us.

3:01 Volunteering: helps others fills us up.

3:25 Revisit you needs, are they reasonable, are they being met, will they actually help you.

3:33 Learn something wonderful about your community, your country, the world and share that with others (instead of gossiping, complaining or fear mongering—none of which are good for you).

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]]> Tips For a More Peaceful Christmas Tips For a More Peaceful Christmas Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:01:38 GMT 4:34 636c0fd37b93cb0011b1bde5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/tips-for-a-more-peaceful-christmas 636c0fd37b93cb0011b1bde5 615443a6bd740600176937d0 tips-for-a-more-peaceful-christmas full 62 Oh boy, kids are home, spaces shrink, there’s more to do and organize and tempers can heat up and boil over faster than the potatoes on the stove for Christmas dinner. What to do?


Everyone needs a designated quiet space—the toilet seat will do. Everyone needs to have a list of needs. Everyone needs to limit screen time because connection doesn’t happen on the phone, so have lots of other games and hobbies available. Let kids Google fun activities—everybody participates for a half an hour in that activity. Make the list of consequences for disruptive behaviors beforehand and when the kids act out, with all the kindness you can muster and love in your heart, refer to the list. Let everyone be in charge of a meal and full clean-up. As a family make a list of chores for each member—everyone’s space is everyone’s responsibility. Invite everyone to think about and maybe even make up a new tradition for the holidays. Download the gratitude games from parent resources on www.thekidcode.ca

Bless everyone’s mistakes because there will be many of them and it’s easier to be kind than cruel when a mistake is made.


See the book, The Kid Code for more info or take one of the online classes. You can do so in the time it takes to have a coffee break! Nobody wants to be around bad behaviors and correcting them with consequences, kindly given, starts to dissolve them.


1:20 Quiet spaces for each person de-escalates trouble.

1:43 List of needs for each person.

2:05 Limiting screen time is a need so have lots of games and activities on hand.

2:20 Everyone chooses activities that every participates in.

2:30 List of consequences for disruptive behaviors that do need kind correction to help keep the peace and teach the child how to be in the world.

2:55 Let everyone be in charge of a meal and clean up and list of chores.

3:16 Make a new tradition for the holidays.

3:21 Downloads available for gratitude games and ideas.

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]]> Oh boy, kids are home, spaces shrink, there’s more to do and organize and tempers can heat up and boil over faster than the potatoes on the stove for Christmas dinner. What to do?


Everyone needs a designated quiet space—the toilet seat will do. Everyone needs to have a list of needs. Everyone needs to limit screen time because connection doesn’t happen on the phone, so have lots of other games and hobbies available. Let kids Google fun activities—everybody participates for a half an hour in that activity. Make the list of consequences for disruptive behaviors beforehand and when the kids act out, with all the kindness you can muster and love in your heart, refer to the list. Let everyone be in charge of a meal and full clean-up. As a family make a list of chores for each member—everyone’s space is everyone’s responsibility. Invite everyone to think about and maybe even make up a new tradition for the holidays. Download the gratitude games from parent resources on www.thekidcode.ca

Bless everyone’s mistakes because there will be many of them and it’s easier to be kind than cruel when a mistake is made.


See the book, The Kid Code for more info or take one of the online classes. You can do so in the time it takes to have a coffee break! Nobody wants to be around bad behaviors and correcting them with consequences, kindly given, starts to dissolve them.


1:20 Quiet spaces for each person de-escalates trouble.

1:43 List of needs for each person.

2:05 Limiting screen time is a need so have lots of games and activities on hand.

2:20 Everyone chooses activities that every participates in.

2:30 List of consequences for disruptive behaviors that do need kind correction to help keep the peace and teach the child how to be in the world.

2:55 Let everyone be in charge of a meal and clean up and list of chores.

3:16 Make a new tradition for the holidays.

3:21 Downloads available for gratitude games and ideas.

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]]> Saying I’m Sorry To Your Kids Saying I’m Sorry To Your Kids Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:01:58 GMT 3:36 636c0f593d4008001200482d false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/saying-im-sorry-to-your-kids 636c0f593d4008001200482d 615443a6bd740600176937d0 saying-im-sorry-to-your-kids full 61 Keep your own side of the street clean (from AA). Saying you’re sorry to your kids when you misbehave does that.


Be your own street sweeper by watching your behaviors or making a list of them and then apologizing to your kids when they appear.


Tell your kids that you feel vulnerable and at the same time retain your parental authority.


This is freedom and family building.


1:34 Keep your own side of the street clean by saying sorry to your kids.

1:45 Become your own street sweeper (picking up and moving out all of your bad behaviors and instantly apologizing to your kids for things like: disrespecting them, controlling, hollering, criticizing, judging, etc.).

2:09 Make a list of how you don’t want to be treated…

2:24 If you have a hard time apologizing because you think it makes you vulnerable or bad in everyone else’s eyes, tell them that first. Yup, that’s right you spill it. You’ll feel free, you don’t have to give up your genuine peaceful authority, and everyone’s jaw will drop to the floor.

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]]> Keep your own side of the street clean (from AA). Saying you’re sorry to your kids when you misbehave does that.


Be your own street sweeper by watching your behaviors or making a list of them and then apologizing to your kids when they appear.


Tell your kids that you feel vulnerable and at the same time retain your parental authority.


This is freedom and family building.


1:34 Keep your own side of the street clean by saying sorry to your kids.

1:45 Become your own street sweeper (picking up and moving out all of your bad behaviors and instantly apologizing to your kids for things like: disrespecting them, controlling, hollering, criticizing, judging, etc.).

2:09 Make a list of how you don’t want to be treated…

2:24 If you have a hard time apologizing because you think it makes you vulnerable or bad in everyone else’s eyes, tell them that first. Yup, that’s right you spill it. You’ll feel free, you don’t have to give up your genuine peaceful authority, and everyone’s jaw will drop to the floor.

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]]> What Does Being a Parent Really Mean To You? What Does Being a Parent Really Mean To You? Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:01:19 GMT 3:19 636c0eac6d495300119a8ed2 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/what-does-being-a-parent-really-mean-to-you 636c0eac6d495300119a8ed2 615443a6bd740600176937d0 what-does-being-a-parent-really-mean-to-you full 60 What does the word parent mean to you? All words are sounds with our own learned meanings attached to them. This podcast is an invitation for you to reinvent yourself—or not—by considering what a parent truly is and what kind of parent you want to be. And then you make it happen—little by little. The simple exercise in this podcast will help.


Get out a pen and paper and write The Kind of Parent I Want To Be on one side and The Kind of Parent I Am on the other. Then sit quietly for a minute and see that all the descriptions and behaviors under the list The Kind of Parent I am, if they’re negative, have never once delivered what they promised. Being overly excitable, hollering, hitting, judging, criticizing, etc. have never once delivered what they promised to.


This helps us correct our own parenting behaviors—the ones we don’t like!


1:06 The word ‘parent’ is a sound that has meanings attached to it.

1:35 Get out a pen and paper and make and label two columns: The Kind of Parent I Am, and The Kind of Parent I Want To Be.

1:45 Bless yourself for each thing you write under the column (if it’s negative): The Kind of Parent I Am. Say and feel the truth of the statement, I matter more than that parenting mistake. And then make it right as best as you can.

1:53 The main purpose is to show you what you can achieve as a parent.

1:10 Ask the simple question, of these negative ways of being in the world, “Has this behavior of mine ever delivered what it promised?”  

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]]> What does the word parent mean to you? All words are sounds with our own learned meanings attached to them. This podcast is an invitation for you to reinvent yourself—or not—by considering what a parent truly is and what kind of parent you want to be. And then you make it happen—little by little. The simple exercise in this podcast will help.


Get out a pen and paper and write The Kind of Parent I Want To Be on one side and The Kind of Parent I Am on the other. Then sit quietly for a minute and see that all the descriptions and behaviors under the list The Kind of Parent I am, if they’re negative, have never once delivered what they promised. Being overly excitable, hollering, hitting, judging, criticizing, etc. have never once delivered what they promised to.


This helps us correct our own parenting behaviors—the ones we don’t like!


1:06 The word ‘parent’ is a sound that has meanings attached to it.

1:35 Get out a pen and paper and make and label two columns: The Kind of Parent I Am, and The Kind of Parent I Want To Be.

1:45 Bless yourself for each thing you write under the column (if it’s negative): The Kind of Parent I Am. Say and feel the truth of the statement, I matter more than that parenting mistake. And then make it right as best as you can.

1:53 The main purpose is to show you what you can achieve as a parent.

1:10 Ask the simple question, of these negative ways of being in the world, “Has this behavior of mine ever delivered what it promised?”  

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]]> We Need A Healthy Body To Do What We Love We Need A Healthy Body To Do What We Love Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:01:27 GMT 4:32 636c0e643d400800120046ea false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/we-need-a-healthy-body-to-do-what-we-love 636c0e643d400800120046ea 615443a6bd740600176937d0 we-need-a-healthy-body-to-do-what-we-love full 59 Sugar causes the crazies—but what to do? It’s my favorite food group.


I also recall seeing severe autism reduced to minor autism by cutting out all processed foods, including sugar. It was in a documentary and the child wouldn’t eat for nearly five days but when she did, she stopped her wild overreactions. Food matters and yet those foods that give us comfort also cause us discomfort—yes, life is full of paradoxes.


Kids will need a healthy body to do what they want: be a fireman, a teacher, an astronaut, a garbage collector, a restaurant owner, an electrician, a computer expert, a musician, etc. We can’t do what we love without a healthy body.


When you Google the phrase “How much sugar is in…” you will find…


Do an educational moment with your kids and sugar—more info in the podcast.


Do your best and make a couple of changes. We are all a WIP. It’s okay.


https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262978#breakfast-cereal


1:21: Autism and food

1:48 Why reduce sugar: we want the body to run like a Tesla not an old junker and it causes extra trips to the dentist, disease and makes us misbehave.

2:20: Google “How much sugar is in…”

2:23 When you Google that phrase you’ll find how much sugar is in a coke a chocolate bar, your favorite cereal, etc and you an compare and find replacements that you can enjoy

2:38 Put these foods on the counter and pour out the number of teaspoons of sugar in front of the box—the visual will help you want to make some small changes that reap big rewards.  

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]]> Sugar causes the crazies—but what to do? It’s my favorite food group.


I also recall seeing severe autism reduced to minor autism by cutting out all processed foods, including sugar. It was in a documentary and the child wouldn’t eat for nearly five days but when she did, she stopped her wild overreactions. Food matters and yet those foods that give us comfort also cause us discomfort—yes, life is full of paradoxes.


Kids will need a healthy body to do what they want: be a fireman, a teacher, an astronaut, a garbage collector, a restaurant owner, an electrician, a computer expert, a musician, etc. We can’t do what we love without a healthy body.


When you Google the phrase “How much sugar is in…” you will find…


Do an educational moment with your kids and sugar—more info in the podcast.


Do your best and make a couple of changes. We are all a WIP. It’s okay.


https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262978#breakfast-cereal


1:21: Autism and food

1:48 Why reduce sugar: we want the body to run like a Tesla not an old junker and it causes extra trips to the dentist, disease and makes us misbehave.

2:20: Google “How much sugar is in…”

2:23 When you Google that phrase you’ll find how much sugar is in a coke a chocolate bar, your favorite cereal, etc and you an compare and find replacements that you can enjoy

2:38 Put these foods on the counter and pour out the number of teaspoons of sugar in front of the box—the visual will help you want to make some small changes that reap big rewards.  

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]]> Take The Pressure Off — Defusing The Explosion Take The Pressure Off — Defusing The Explosion Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:01:30 GMT 3:25 636c0db46d495300119a8d98 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/take-the-pressure-off-defusing-the-explosion 636c0db46d495300119a8d98 615443a6bd740600176937d0 take-the-pressure-off-defusing-the-explosion full 58 Pressure builds, like a volcano about to explode and as I’m fond of saying, you can’t put a lid on lava, so you want to keep the lava under control. You can help yourself by taking the pressure off every few minutes before it culminates in an explosion—try this simple strategy every day this week to help yourself be a calmer parent.


It’s called simple self-care.


1:27 One way to get calm: drop your shoulders, drop your thoughts, and sink into one conscious breath as it goes in and out of the body.

2:05 Examples of when to use this strategy when kids and partners are contributing to the explosion by pushing our buttons.

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]]> Pressure builds, like a volcano about to explode and as I’m fond of saying, you can’t put a lid on lava, so you want to keep the lava under control. You can help yourself by taking the pressure off every few minutes before it culminates in an explosion—try this simple strategy every day this week to help yourself be a calmer parent.


It’s called simple self-care.


1:27 One way to get calm: drop your shoulders, drop your thoughts, and sink into one conscious breath as it goes in and out of the body.

2:05 Examples of when to use this strategy when kids and partners are contributing to the explosion by pushing our buttons.

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]]> Conscious Feeling Conscious Feeling Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:01:38 GMT 6:14 635991216c24e70012826de9 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/conscious-feeling 635991216c24e70012826de9 615443a6bd740600176937d0 conscious-feeling full 57 Hi peaceful positive parents. I noticed my last podcast was dry as dirt, but it also has a valuable place in our lives. If we use critical thinking we save ourselves a lot of trouble. Combine critical thinking with conscious feeling and right and wrong thinking before you make decisions, so you suffer less painful consequences!


1:20 Places you can use critical thinking are what area to move to if you’re considering a move, what is the best vehicle to buy for your family, whether or not to continue with medical decisions, etc.

1:47: If you train your mind to use information and data correctly you won’t have to suffer mistaken opinions.

2:08: Conscious feeling is becoming aware of how you feel inside. Simple. But not easy!

4:05: The clearer a human being is, the easier it is to ‘know’ or ‘feel’ the truth when you hear it.

4:25: Don’t fall into confirmation bias.

4:41: Right and wrong thinking.

5:09: Common sense.

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]]> Hi peaceful positive parents. I noticed my last podcast was dry as dirt, but it also has a valuable place in our lives. If we use critical thinking we save ourselves a lot of trouble. Combine critical thinking with conscious feeling and right and wrong thinking before you make decisions, so you suffer less painful consequences!


1:20 Places you can use critical thinking are what area to move to if you’re considering a move, what is the best vehicle to buy for your family, whether or not to continue with medical decisions, etc.

1:47: If you train your mind to use information and data correctly you won’t have to suffer mistaken opinions.

2:08: Conscious feeling is becoming aware of how you feel inside. Simple. But not easy!

4:05: The clearer a human being is, the easier it is to ‘know’ or ‘feel’ the truth when you hear it.

4:25: Don’t fall into confirmation bias.

4:41: Right and wrong thinking.

5:09: Common sense.

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]]> Critical Thinking For Comfortable Living Critical Thinking For Comfortable Living Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:01:09 GMT 3:44 63614b5c0759420012e3f714 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/critical-thinking-for-comfortable-living 63614b5c0759420012e3f714 615443a6bd740600176937d0 critical-thinking-for-comfortable-living full 56 If you can determine fact from fiction, you and your kids will be more confident in, and comfortable with decisions you need to make.


Our courts use a system to help determine the truth and I’ve included some of that in this podcast. You can use this process when determining your and your child’s health decisions or on any political or cultural issue that you are involved in.


1:35 The steps for critical thinking (collecting reliable, verifiable, credible data and information, asking questions and then assessing the information to make a decision.

2:15: Important ideas to convey to your kids: truth, openness, willingness, sharing information to spark conversation and revelation.  

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]]> If you can determine fact from fiction, you and your kids will be more confident in, and comfortable with decisions you need to make.


Our courts use a system to help determine the truth and I’ve included some of that in this podcast. You can use this process when determining your and your child’s health decisions or on any political or cultural issue that you are involved in.


1:35 The steps for critical thinking (collecting reliable, verifiable, credible data and information, asking questions and then assessing the information to make a decision.

2:15: Important ideas to convey to your kids: truth, openness, willingness, sharing information to spark conversation and revelation.  

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]]> Be Like You Want Them To Be Be Like You Want Them To Be Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:01:43 GMT 3:17 635990c68c5fe90012079b4d false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/be-like-you-want-them-to-be 635990c68c5fe90012079b4d 615443a6bd740600176937d0 be-like-you-want-them-to-be full 55 Our kids are going to be mini-me’s with some of their own character built in. Sadhguru teaches us to be like we want our kids to be. Spend a minute or two pondering that statement. To me it means if you want your kids to be kind, take every opportunity to be kind to yourself, them, and others. If you want them to be playful, play with them and drop seriousness when you can. If you want them to contribute instead of be entitled, be grateful for everything. Pick one of these, or one of your own try it for a week and see what happens! Listen for more.


1:27: What does spirituality mean?

2:03: How to get your kids to great human beings!

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]]> Our kids are going to be mini-me’s with some of their own character built in. Sadhguru teaches us to be like we want our kids to be. Spend a minute or two pondering that statement. To me it means if you want your kids to be kind, take every opportunity to be kind to yourself, them, and others. If you want them to be playful, play with them and drop seriousness when you can. If you want them to contribute instead of be entitled, be grateful for everything. Pick one of these, or one of your own try it for a week and see what happens! Listen for more.


1:27: What does spirituality mean?

2:03: How to get your kids to great human beings!

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]]> Correcting a Child Correcting a Child Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:01:08 GMT 3:09 6351bf3918ee6a001312e13e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/correcting-a-child 6351bf3918ee6a001312e13e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 correcting-a-child full 54 The Kid Code Playground Podcast

Air: October 25 2022


Title: Correcting a Child

Subtitle: For Your Mental Health & Their Happiness


Kids learn by nudging, pushing or smashing through boundaries, depending on their personality, so you already know that they are going to push every button you have.


1:29 We don’t want to act out when our kids do!

1:45 The mental awakening smack.

2:05 Correcting the child.  

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]]> The Kid Code Playground Podcast

Air: October 25 2022


Title: Correcting a Child

Subtitle: For Your Mental Health & Their Happiness


Kids learn by nudging, pushing or smashing through boundaries, depending on their personality, so you already know that they are going to push every button you have.


1:29 We don’t want to act out when our kids do!

1:45 The mental awakening smack.

2:05 Correcting the child.  

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]]> I Can’t Take It Anymore I Can’t Take It Anymore Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:01:10 GMT 6:27 6345ec26f511a80012c1ca33 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/i-cant-take-it-anymore 6345ec26f511a80012c1ca33 615443a6bd740600176937d0 i-cant-take-it-anymore full 53 When you feel like you’re beyond being able to tolerate another of your kids shenanigans without you blowing a gasket, that’s your ego blowing it for you—that’s not your True Nature. Ego is the one who hollers at kids, lectures them to death and pushes them away with impatient disapproval.


2:25 So, when you feel any upset arises, remind yourself, I’m not being myself and try one of these anchors to your True Nature taught by Mooji:

2:38 Don’t log in.

3:16 Have you ever experienced inner power?

3:41 Remind yourself that your ego has come to tempt you .

4:03 Forfeit your peace for any reason?

4:08 Don’t give attention to the I, to the ego. Don’t be trapped by the mind.

5:20 Remind yourself that you’re going to watch the tyrant in your mind until it dissolves, instead of becoming one.


If you have any questions about this podcast or would like to request strategies to help specific problems with kids, email me at brenda@thekidcode.ca I’ll help if I can.

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]]> When you feel like you’re beyond being able to tolerate another of your kids shenanigans without you blowing a gasket, that’s your ego blowing it for you—that’s not your True Nature. Ego is the one who hollers at kids, lectures them to death and pushes them away with impatient disapproval.


2:25 So, when you feel any upset arises, remind yourself, I’m not being myself and try one of these anchors to your True Nature taught by Mooji:

2:38 Don’t log in.

3:16 Have you ever experienced inner power?

3:41 Remind yourself that your ego has come to tempt you .

4:03 Forfeit your peace for any reason?

4:08 Don’t give attention to the I, to the ego. Don’t be trapped by the mind.

5:20 Remind yourself that you’re going to watch the tyrant in your mind until it dissolves, instead of becoming one.


If you have any questions about this podcast or would like to request strategies to help specific problems with kids, email me at brenda@thekidcode.ca I’ll help if I can.

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]]> Stop Parenting Overreactions Stop Parenting Overreactions Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:01:00 GMT 5:02 633f002005f680001110a040 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/stop-parenting-overreactions 633f002005f680001110a040 615443a6bd740600176937d0 stop-parenting-overreactions Imagine The Ability To Stay Calm (More Often)? full 52 I know you don’t want to feel upset, troubled, challenged or at your wits end, so this podcast is designed to help you with a couple of quick ways to catch yourself before you react and one idea to calm you when you feel yourself start to sink down away from your good nature.



1:39 The first part of this exercise is to notice when you being to feel upset—become aware of it. Try these 3 tricks to help you notice the upset and switch gears into a mantra that calms the crazies.


  • Stand on one leg—probably you won’t do that but it’s a good visual and cue to stop the overreaction.
  • Imagine you have a stop sign on the palm of your hand and hold it up to your face.
  • Failure to launch is your success.


2:45 As soon as you feel a bit calmer, here’s one idea to clear the toxic emotions and thoughts: do Ho’oponopono.  

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]]> I know you don’t want to feel upset, troubled, challenged or at your wits end, so this podcast is designed to help you with a couple of quick ways to catch yourself before you react and one idea to calm you when you feel yourself start to sink down away from your good nature.



1:39 The first part of this exercise is to notice when you being to feel upset—become aware of it. Try these 3 tricks to help you notice the upset and switch gears into a mantra that calms the crazies.


  • Stand on one leg—probably you won’t do that but it’s a good visual and cue to stop the overreaction.
  • Imagine you have a stop sign on the palm of your hand and hold it up to your face.
  • Failure to launch is your success.


2:45 As soon as you feel a bit calmer, here’s one idea to clear the toxic emotions and thoughts: do Ho’oponopono.  

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]]> Catch More Flies With Honey Catch More Flies With Honey Tue, 04 Oct 2022 07:01:14 GMT 3:22 6334a3b50d27d300125758c5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/catch-more-flies-with-honey 6334a3b50d27d300125758c5 615443a6bd740600176937d0 catch-more-flies-with-honey A Kinda’ Dumb Saying That’s True! full 51 There is an ancient proverb that says we didn’t come here to teach our kids, we came here to love them; love will teach them.


To help with that understanding, all day long today, think about what it is you love about your kids. When they start to challenge you and you feel your voice rising or feel like you’d like to stomp your feet and pull your hair out, think of why you love them. That doesn’t mean they don’t need correction or consequences which knocks the entitlement we put in there—right out of them, it means that we catch more flies with honey than vinegar.


1:30: When kids are challenging us

1:42: A simple strategy to help you get to love before the hair pulling wins

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]]> There is an ancient proverb that says we didn’t come here to teach our kids, we came here to love them; love will teach them.


To help with that understanding, all day long today, think about what it is you love about your kids. When they start to challenge you and you feel your voice rising or feel like you’d like to stomp your feet and pull your hair out, think of why you love them. That doesn’t mean they don’t need correction or consequences which knocks the entitlement we put in there—right out of them, it means that we catch more flies with honey than vinegar.


1:30: When kids are challenging us

1:42: A simple strategy to help you get to love before the hair pulling wins

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]]> Does Hollering, Exploding, Etc. Deliver What They Promise? Does Hollering, Exploding, Etc. Deliver What They Promise? Tue, 27 Sep 2022 07:01:29 GMT 4:42 6329e5097246330012f872cb false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/does-hollering-exploding-etc-deliver-what-they-promise 6329e5097246330012f872cb 615443a6bd740600176937d0 does-hollering-exploding-etc-deliver-what-they-promise Am I Getting What I Want As A Parent? full 50 Everything we do is towards our own and our kid’s wellbeing. We go to work to take what we get from that to provide wellbeing for ourselves. We call a friend, hoping that will result in the feeling of wellbeing. We parent, hoping for wellbeing for the whole family.


In this episode, discover one question to ask yourself every time you parent in a way that upsets you.


1:35 What we want.

2:15 One question that can dissolve negative parenting strategies (because they are not part of your nature).

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]]> Everything we do is towards our own and our kid’s wellbeing. We go to work to take what we get from that to provide wellbeing for ourselves. We call a friend, hoping that will result in the feeling of wellbeing. We parent, hoping for wellbeing for the whole family.


In this episode, discover one question to ask yourself every time you parent in a way that upsets you.


1:35 What we want.

2:15 One question that can dissolve negative parenting strategies (because they are not part of your nature).

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]]> My Needs Are a Nuisance My Needs Are a Nuisance Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:01:27 GMT 8:47 6322012e3081850012d3d24e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/my-needs-are-a-nuisance 6322012e3081850012d3d24e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 my-needs-are-a-nuisance That Makes No Sense full 49 This podcast is about what to do when you feel your kids needs or your own needs are a nuisance.


2:59 Pinpoint the upset

3:24 How to free yourself from the upset


Listen in to free yourself!

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]]> This podcast is about what to do when you feel your kids needs or your own needs are a nuisance.


2:59 Pinpoint the upset

3:24 How to free yourself from the upset


Listen in to free yourself!

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]]> Does Your Child Tend Towards Victimhood? Does Your Child Tend Towards Victimhood? Tue, 13 Sep 2022 07:01:09 GMT 5:33 631f646f394b3800143e50d6 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/does-your-child-tend-towards-victimhood 631f646f394b3800143e50d6 615443a6bd740600176937d0 does-your-child-tend-towards-victimhood The Symptoms full 48 Today I want to talk about the symptoms of a difficult identity and offer a bit of help. No parent wants to think about their child being a victim, but we all carry the tendency that’s minor or major or somewhere in between.


2:05 – 4:47

  • If you let a child get away with adopting victimhood as a way to experience life, it will become habitual.
  • The symptoms of victimhood can include:
  • Not wanting to go to school (and using physical or emotional pain as an excuse)
  • Not feeling safe
  • People pleasing so they don’t get bullied (but they get bullied anyway
  • Feeling anxious
  • Withdrawing
  • When your kids don’t want to go to school and claim an illness, one thing you can do is…
  • Parents often give in when their child is a victim…
  • Don’t despair, it takes time to make these changes, and when you notice them, you can take pleasure in your peaceful, positive parenting style


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]]> Today I want to talk about the symptoms of a difficult identity and offer a bit of help. No parent wants to think about their child being a victim, but we all carry the tendency that’s minor or major or somewhere in between.


2:05 – 4:47

  • If you let a child get away with adopting victimhood as a way to experience life, it will become habitual.
  • The symptoms of victimhood can include:
  • Not wanting to go to school (and using physical or emotional pain as an excuse)
  • Not feeling safe
  • People pleasing so they don’t get bullied (but they get bullied anyway
  • Feeling anxious
  • Withdrawing
  • When your kids don’t want to go to school and claim an illness, one thing you can do is…
  • Parents often give in when their child is a victim…
  • Don’t despair, it takes time to make these changes, and when you notice them, you can take pleasure in your peaceful, positive parenting style


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]]> Turning Grumpiness Into Gratitude Turning Grumpiness Into Gratitude Tue, 06 Sep 2022 07:01:17 GMT 5:15 6307b480caa1d900140a6166 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/turning-grumpiness-into-gratitude 6307b480caa1d900140a6166 615443a6bd740600176937d0 turning-grumpiness-into-gratitude Be the boss of your negative thinking and negative emotions full 47 In this short episode, you can learn how to instantly dissolve negative thinking and negative emotions.


Once you have the hang of it, you can teach it to your kids to knock them out of entitlement and into gratitude.


Every time you have a negative thought, turn it into a positive one—or find reality! For example, we can focus on being grateful for rain because the food we eat needs it, or focus on the plans we had and feel upset. This simple strategy neutralizes the identity that has ahold of us and is causing the negative experience and delivers us back to our innately grateful nature.


Find your own examples that feel true for you because that’s what causes relief from the pain of overreaction.


1:51 Neutralizing negativity

1:55 Examples: I wish it wasn’t raining.

I’m upset that they left an empty carton in the fridge.

I’m upset that they backtalk.

That driver is a threat because they’re speeding.

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]]> In this short episode, you can learn how to instantly dissolve negative thinking and negative emotions.


Once you have the hang of it, you can teach it to your kids to knock them out of entitlement and into gratitude.


Every time you have a negative thought, turn it into a positive one—or find reality! For example, we can focus on being grateful for rain because the food we eat needs it, or focus on the plans we had and feel upset. This simple strategy neutralizes the identity that has ahold of us and is causing the negative experience and delivers us back to our innately grateful nature.


Find your own examples that feel true for you because that’s what causes relief from the pain of overreaction.


1:51 Neutralizing negativity

1:55 Examples: I wish it wasn’t raining.

I’m upset that they left an empty carton in the fridge.

I’m upset that they backtalk.

That driver is a threat because they’re speeding.

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]]> <![CDATA[Kids Shoes & Backpack Left In The Doorway?]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:01:04 GMT 5:34 6307b41bd19b820012d67985 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kids-shoes-backpack-left-in-the-doorway 6307b41bd19b820012d67985 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kids-shoes-backpack-left-in-the-doorway Make A Lasting Impression full 46 Do you ever wonder why you have to repeat yourself with kids? It’s because you haven’t made a lasting impression with them. Usually, it’s because you don’t want to be a nasty parent and impose rules and boundaries that might hurt their feelings—you want to be a nice parent (who ends up feeling bad due to yelling about whatever kids leave on the floor).


Do you a 3 minutes to listen to this podcast that will help you leave your emotions at the door while you make a lasting impression on your kids—for their, and your, benefit?


1:55 Don’t want to upset our kids

2:33 Reasonable and real consequences that make an impact

2:59 What to do when they leave their stuff in the doorway

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]]> Do you ever wonder why you have to repeat yourself with kids? It’s because you haven’t made a lasting impression with them. Usually, it’s because you don’t want to be a nasty parent and impose rules and boundaries that might hurt their feelings—you want to be a nice parent (who ends up feeling bad due to yelling about whatever kids leave on the floor).


Do you a 3 minutes to listen to this podcast that will help you leave your emotions at the door while you make a lasting impression on your kids—for their, and your, benefit?


1:55 Don’t want to upset our kids

2:33 Reasonable and real consequences that make an impact

2:59 What to do when they leave their stuff in the doorway

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]]> Be a Super Spreader—of Gratitude Be a Super Spreader—of Gratitude Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:01:02 GMT 5:12 62f49907f4585b0012839441 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/be-a-super-spreaderof-gratitude 62f49907f4585b0012839441 615443a6bd740600176937d0 be-a-super-spreaderof-gratitude When You’re Grateful, You’re The Best Part of Someone’s Day! full 45 As my husband says, gratitude spreads, so become a super spreader. We talked in the last couple of podcasts on gratitude that it has immense benefits for us personally, but it also has a beautiful, fulfilling ripple effect inside of us, and with others.


Excerpt from Grumpy to Grateful, Grow Your & Your Kids Grey Matter.


When Kids (Or Others) Won’t Do Must Do’s


Grumpy…

Do you have to cajole, bribe, demand, threaten, or manipulate in order to get your kids (or others) to do what needs to be done?


To Grateful…

Showing gratitude to your kids can improve their willingness to help over and above what we would generally expect by 50%.

As mentioned earlier, Harvard Health Publishing cites research from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania who had two groups do fund-raising. One group did it the way they always had in the past and the other group received a “pep talk” from the director who told the fund-raisers she was grateful for their efforts and that group made 50% more fund-raising calls.1

What this tells us is that a little bit of gratitude goes along way. “Thank you for doing the chores,” vs. “It’s about time you did the chores.” Change your language, and you change your effectiveness and relationships.

1Harvard Health Publishing, Giving thanks can make you happier. August 14, 2021. Accessed February 12, 2022. https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier


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]]> As my husband says, gratitude spreads, so become a super spreader. We talked in the last couple of podcasts on gratitude that it has immense benefits for us personally, but it also has a beautiful, fulfilling ripple effect inside of us, and with others.


Excerpt from Grumpy to Grateful, Grow Your & Your Kids Grey Matter.


When Kids (Or Others) Won’t Do Must Do’s


Grumpy…

Do you have to cajole, bribe, demand, threaten, or manipulate in order to get your kids (or others) to do what needs to be done?


To Grateful…

Showing gratitude to your kids can improve their willingness to help over and above what we would generally expect by 50%.

As mentioned earlier, Harvard Health Publishing cites research from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania who had two groups do fund-raising. One group did it the way they always had in the past and the other group received a “pep talk” from the director who told the fund-raisers she was grateful for their efforts and that group made 50% more fund-raising calls.1

What this tells us is that a little bit of gratitude goes along way. “Thank you for doing the chores,” vs. “It’s about time you did the chores.” Change your language, and you change your effectiveness and relationships.

1Harvard Health Publishing, Giving thanks can make you happier. August 14, 2021. Accessed February 12, 2022. https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier


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]]> Be a Tibetan Monk, In Your Own Home Be a Tibetan Monk, In Your Own Home Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:01:01 GMT 4:58 62f497dc5b00440012acf946 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/be-a-tibetan-monk-in-your-own-home 62f497dc5b00440012acf946 615443a6bd740600176937d0 be-a-tibetan-monk-in-your-own-home full 44 As Gregg Braden says in his video, you don’t have to go to Tibet to be monk-like! Right now, in your own home, you can be like a Tibetan monk, by using your breath and gratitude, to accomplish, on demand:


  • Self-healing
  • Improve immune function (SIGA response, white blood cells in your mouth)
  • Improve awareness, intuition, and fast information retrieval
  • Regulation of body temperature and production of anti-aging hormones


The simple practice below causes coherence and sends different, calming and healing chemistry to your brain.


  1. Gently touch heart to bring awareness to your heart.
  2. Do slow breathing, 5 seconds inhale, 5 seconds exhale (when we feel safe, we automatically breathe slower).
  3. Feel as though the breath is coming from the heart.
  4. Feel any one of the feelings that create 0.1 Hz: appreciation, gratitude, care, compassion.
  5. It takes 72 hours to build the connections so keep it up!


Braden, Gregg, Two Powerful Methods To Awaken Heart & Brain Connection, You Tube 18:04, July 14, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gregg+braden+the+powerful+methods+to+awaken+heart+and+brain+connection+ 

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]]> As Gregg Braden says in his video, you don’t have to go to Tibet to be monk-like! Right now, in your own home, you can be like a Tibetan monk, by using your breath and gratitude, to accomplish, on demand:


  • Self-healing
  • Improve immune function (SIGA response, white blood cells in your mouth)
  • Improve awareness, intuition, and fast information retrieval
  • Regulation of body temperature and production of anti-aging hormones


The simple practice below causes coherence and sends different, calming and healing chemistry to your brain.


  1. Gently touch heart to bring awareness to your heart.
  2. Do slow breathing, 5 seconds inhale, 5 seconds exhale (when we feel safe, we automatically breathe slower).
  3. Feel as though the breath is coming from the heart.
  4. Feel any one of the feelings that create 0.1 Hz: appreciation, gratitude, care, compassion.
  5. It takes 72 hours to build the connections so keep it up!


Braden, Gregg, Two Powerful Methods To Awaken Heart & Brain Connection, You Tube 18:04, July 14, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gregg+braden+the+powerful+methods+to+awaken+heart+and+brain+connection+ 

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]]> 5 Rules of Effective Conversation 5 Rules of Effective Conversation Tue, 09 Aug 2022 07:01:04 GMT 15:22 62ec1e2e543a400013eabcef false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/5-rules-of-effective-conversation 62ec1e2e543a400013eabcef 615443a6bd740600176937d0 5-rules-of-effective-conversation full 43 Today I have the pleasure of being with Jackie Bailey, author, radio host—and a parent and child educator.


She’s devoted to giving kids (and adults)—a more powerful voice. She’s going to share 5 rules of effective conversation you can use, and that you can teach to your kids because voice is valuable and powerful!


She offers summer camps, workshops, courses and more—to empower you and your kids!


2:50 Five rules of communication

Must listen to learn them!


For more information and to contact Jackie: https://jackiebailey360.com/

director@speakfeedlead.org

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]]> Today I have the pleasure of being with Jackie Bailey, author, radio host—and a parent and child educator.


She’s devoted to giving kids (and adults)—a more powerful voice. She’s going to share 5 rules of effective conversation you can use, and that you can teach to your kids because voice is valuable and powerful!


She offers summer camps, workshops, courses and more—to empower you and your kids!


2:50 Five rules of communication

Must listen to learn them!


For more information and to contact Jackie: https://jackiebailey360.com/

director@speakfeedlead.org

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]]> <![CDATA[Grow Your (& Your Kids) Grey Matter]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2022 07:01:42 GMT 12:53 62e411acead3670013581574 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/grow-your-your-kids-grey-matter 62e411acead3670013581574 615443a6bd740600176937d0 grow-your-your-kids-grey-matter full 42 Today I am sharing some information that might interest you about the benefits of growing gratitude in your family. This is from our upcoming book that is designed to help parents live more of their day in the state of gratitude, even when kid-chaos is happening. Stay tuned next week for some easy strategies to dissolve grumpiness into gratitude in a heartbeat!


2:26 The amazing benefits of gratitude: dissolves toxic emotions, increase your immune system by 50%, feel happier, better relationships, lessens stress, anxiety and improves sleep (Gopi, my co-author says it’s like a sleeping pill for him!), improves productivity, etc.

5:10 Strategies: Jordan Peterson/self-regulation, Sadhguru “be how you want your kids to be.”  

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]]> Today I am sharing some information that might interest you about the benefits of growing gratitude in your family. This is from our upcoming book that is designed to help parents live more of their day in the state of gratitude, even when kid-chaos is happening. Stay tuned next week for some easy strategies to dissolve grumpiness into gratitude in a heartbeat!


2:26 The amazing benefits of gratitude: dissolves toxic emotions, increase your immune system by 50%, feel happier, better relationships, lessens stress, anxiety and improves sleep (Gopi, my co-author says it’s like a sleeping pill for him!), improves productivity, etc.

5:10 Strategies: Jordan Peterson/self-regulation, Sadhguru “be how you want your kids to be.”  

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]]> <![CDATA[Fairies, Fun & Food!]]> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:16:11 GMT 12:15 62b491db0e8fa20012ce6359 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/fairies-fun-food 62b491db0e8fa20012ce6359 615443a6bd740600176937d0 fairies-fun-food Did You Know Your Kids Have “Brand Loyalty?” full 41 To help parents and kids with food and all the fun of culinary medicine we bring you, once again, Chef Dr. Mike. As you learned last week, he is a board-certified interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.


His children’s book, coming soon (see a pic of him below)—is an offering to parents and their kids to help them relate to fun characters who teach positive messages about food rather than kids adopting ‘brand loyalty’ to companies who produce food that is dangerous to our bodies.


A bonus in this segment: studies from Harvard show cooking healthy food one night a week affects kids food choices into adulthood.


1:05: There’s an adventure-bound fairy!—to the King and Queen, no less.

2:55: Brand loyalty….to processed food.

6:30: The annoyance factor…yes, our kids are exactly that in a grocery store and some food producers and marketers use it to their advantage.

7:40: Nurture your kids as they cook with you.


See more about Chef Dr. Mike’s children’s book:

www.joyoffairies.com


To help your heart burst with flavor, and much more, you can find out more information at www.ChefDrMike.com


P.S. Meet Windows DocLeaf!

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]]> To help parents and kids with food and all the fun of culinary medicine we bring you, once again, Chef Dr. Mike. As you learned last week, he is a board-certified interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.


His children’s book, coming soon (see a pic of him below)—is an offering to parents and their kids to help them relate to fun characters who teach positive messages about food rather than kids adopting ‘brand loyalty’ to companies who produce food that is dangerous to our bodies.


A bonus in this segment: studies from Harvard show cooking healthy food one night a week affects kids food choices into adulthood.


1:05: There’s an adventure-bound fairy!—to the King and Queen, no less.

2:55: Brand loyalty….to processed food.

6:30: The annoyance factor…yes, our kids are exactly that in a grocery store and some food producers and marketers use it to their advantage.

7:40: Nurture your kids as they cook with you.


See more about Chef Dr. Mike’s children’s book:

www.joyoffairies.com


To help your heart burst with flavor, and much more, you can find out more information at www.ChefDrMike.com


P.S. Meet Windows DocLeaf!

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]]> The Grocer(y) Story The Grocer(y) Story Tue, 19 Jul 2022 07:01:16 GMT 18:12 62b48fb98287f10012477b4e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/the-grocery-story 62b48fb98287f10012477b4e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 the-grocery-story This Dr./Chef is a must-listen to! full 40 For an informative trip through the grocery store(y), we bring you Chef Dr. Mike. He is a board-certified interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.


Take a trip through the grocery store to see how to navigate it and come out as a modern-day hunter-gatherer with your cart piled high with foods that nurture you and your kids.


2:25: The crafty packaging!

3:23: The unhappy surprises in the outer aisles.

5:03: Thinking in categories.

5:28: Vegetarian…if it’s ultra-processed…maybe not.

12:12: Sugar, Salt & Fat…brain pleasure providers.



To help your heart burst with flavor, and much more, you can find out more information at www.ChefDrMike.com

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]]> For an informative trip through the grocery store(y), we bring you Chef Dr. Mike. He is a board-certified interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.


Take a trip through the grocery store to see how to navigate it and come out as a modern-day hunter-gatherer with your cart piled high with foods that nurture you and your kids.


2:25: The crafty packaging!

3:23: The unhappy surprises in the outer aisles.

5:03: Thinking in categories.

5:28: Vegetarian…if it’s ultra-processed…maybe not.

12:12: Sugar, Salt & Fat…brain pleasure providers.



To help your heart burst with flavor, and much more, you can find out more information at www.ChefDrMike.com

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]]> “Becoming Me While Raising You” “Becoming Me While Raising You” Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:01:54 GMT 14:34 62b48b554724c00012093314 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/becoming-me-while-raising-you 62b48b554724c00012093314 615443a6bd740600176937d0 becoming-me-while-raising-you Boundaries Are Besties! full 39 Kim Muench, a Real Life Parenting Guide with a degree in psychology, author of the book, Becoming Me While Raising You, has some valuable tips for you to use with your teens and adolescent kids.


Kim shared why we shouldn’t be afraid of setting boundaries—or be afraid that our boundary’s might push their kids over the edge. Learn about non-negotiable boundaries and why they are important and how to navigate boundaries that your kids have some kind of ownership in—boundaries where they are not just being told what to do and what not to do.


Kim has 4 questions that help you as a parent come into awareness and give you relief for many of your parenting problems and patterns!


1:05: Non-negotiable boundaries & why.

5:05: Being flexible & when.

9:45: Natural life consequences can be enough when they break the non-negotiable boundary but there are times when consequences need to be imposed.

10:20: 4 Questions to bring relief to parenting problems or patterns.



Learn more or contact Kim here: reallifeparentguide@gmail.com

https://reallifeparentguide.com

Becoming Me While Raising You

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]]> Kim Muench, a Real Life Parenting Guide with a degree in psychology, author of the book, Becoming Me While Raising You, has some valuable tips for you to use with your teens and adolescent kids.


Kim shared why we shouldn’t be afraid of setting boundaries—or be afraid that our boundary’s might push their kids over the edge. Learn about non-negotiable boundaries and why they are important and how to navigate boundaries that your kids have some kind of ownership in—boundaries where they are not just being told what to do and what not to do.


Kim has 4 questions that help you as a parent come into awareness and give you relief for many of your parenting problems and patterns!


1:05: Non-negotiable boundaries & why.

5:05: Being flexible & when.

9:45: Natural life consequences can be enough when they break the non-negotiable boundary but there are times when consequences need to be imposed.

10:20: 4 Questions to bring relief to parenting problems or patterns.



Learn more or contact Kim here: reallifeparentguide@gmail.com

https://reallifeparentguide.com

Becoming Me While Raising You

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]]> Wonder Where (Road) Rage Comes From? Wonder Where (Road) Rage Comes From? Tue, 05 Jul 2022 07:01:13 GMT 12:45 62b4892a42f4dd00121f6ae7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/wonder-where-road-rage-comes-from 62b4892a42f4dd00121f6ae7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 wonder-where-road-rage-comes-from How to Stop Generational Behaviors and Overreactions! full 38  Welcome back! I’m with Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach who is sharing another couple of secrets today:


1:51: What is it inside of us that gets upset when a child spills their milk, or we’re called to the Principal’s office.

2:59: What is a pre-programmed idea and how can we know it’s appeared?

6:57: Stop the cycling of generational behaviors like abuse, etc.



Contact Michelle to buy her books, have a private session or get more information at: www.balanceyourpath.com

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]]>  Welcome back! I’m with Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach who is sharing another couple of secrets today:


1:51: What is it inside of us that gets upset when a child spills their milk, or we’re called to the Principal’s office.

2:59: What is a pre-programmed idea and how can we know it’s appeared?

6:57: Stop the cycling of generational behaviors like abuse, etc.



Contact Michelle to buy her books, have a private session or get more information at: www.balanceyourpath.com

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]]> Show Your Kids the Fun Side of Must-Do’s Show Your Kids the Fun Side of Must-Do’s Tue, 28 Jun 2022 07:01:59 GMT 13:01 62b4876320f7990013502656 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/show-your-kids-the-fun-side-of-must-dos 62b4876320f7990013502656 615443a6bd740600176937d0 show-your-kids-the-fun-side-of-must-dos Use Video Games to Get Kids to Help Clean! full 37  I’m here once again with Michelle Willett, who you met awhile back. She’s a Thought Transformation Coach who is sharing some secrets today: how do you STOP a negative thought or emotion (because they don’t care about you—as taught by Guy Finley).


2:53: Learn how to be aware of a thought so you can be in more control

3:39: 95% of the time we don’t recognize we’re drawing on pre-programming (from the past) in a current situation.

4:45: Remember, when we’re dealing with a child—we’re not dealing with an adult and we often expect them to act differently than any curious, boundary-discovering child is going to.

5:53 Have a token on you that reminds you that the child is just a child.

6:35: Show kids the fun side of the must-do’s.

7:20: Use video games: Mario’s World—clean and collect superpowers points!


Contact Michelle to buy her books, have a private session or get more information at: www.balanceyourpath.com

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]]>  I’m here once again with Michelle Willett, who you met awhile back. She’s a Thought Transformation Coach who is sharing some secrets today: how do you STOP a negative thought or emotion (because they don’t care about you—as taught by Guy Finley).


2:53: Learn how to be aware of a thought so you can be in more control

3:39: 95% of the time we don’t recognize we’re drawing on pre-programming (from the past) in a current situation.

4:45: Remember, when we’re dealing with a child—we’re not dealing with an adult and we often expect them to act differently than any curious, boundary-discovering child is going to.

5:53 Have a token on you that reminds you that the child is just a child.

6:35: Show kids the fun side of the must-do’s.

7:20: Use video games: Mario’s World—clean and collect superpowers points!


Contact Michelle to buy her books, have a private session or get more information at: www.balanceyourpath.com

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]]> Change Your Mind To Change Your Life Change Your Mind To Change Your Life Tue, 21 Jun 2022 07:01:37 GMT 18:56 629f7cfa224b0600129fa959 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/change-your-mind-to-change-your-life 629f7cfa224b0600129fa959 615443a6bd740600176937d0 change-your-mind-to-change-your-life full 36 It’s my pleasure to be joined again by Michael, who is the founder of The Mindset Evolution Method® a simple, yet powerful interactive path helps parents get what they want in life!



14:17: The Mindset Evolution to make unconscious/subconscious changes

16:20 Transform the perception of the situation and the stress that’s felt (the child’s clothes on the floor might bring a big over-reaction but in reality it’s not a big event in the scheme of big events)!

1:59 Get some separation from the emotion so you’re calm and centered

4:02 Strategies like hollering don’t work for either the parent or the child because the child is not in a state to be impacted except by our overreaction

6:12 Free will, DNA, nurture vs. nature

7:02: Two ways to view the world

8:17 The (pre-installed) Mom Program

15:00: A parenting tool for you. Put rocks in a bottle and…listen for more!


To contact Michael:


https://memevolver.com

michael@memevolver.com


You Tube Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbM3r0NJsiE

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]]> It’s my pleasure to be joined again by Michael, who is the founder of The Mindset Evolution Method® a simple, yet powerful interactive path helps parents get what they want in life!



14:17: The Mindset Evolution to make unconscious/subconscious changes

16:20 Transform the perception of the situation and the stress that’s felt (the child’s clothes on the floor might bring a big over-reaction but in reality it’s not a big event in the scheme of big events)!

1:59 Get some separation from the emotion so you’re calm and centered

4:02 Strategies like hollering don’t work for either the parent or the child because the child is not in a state to be impacted except by our overreaction

6:12 Free will, DNA, nurture vs. nature

7:02: Two ways to view the world

8:17 The (pre-installed) Mom Program

15:00: A parenting tool for you. Put rocks in a bottle and…listen for more!


To contact Michael:


https://memevolver.com

michael@memevolver.com


You Tube Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbM3r0NJsiE

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]]> Are You Stuck? Are You Stuck? Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:01:00 GMT 15:09 629f7c0f75832c0014f0025d false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/are-you-stuck 629f7c0f75832c0014f0025d 615443a6bd740600176937d0 are-you-stuck full 35 It’s my pleasure to be joined by Michael today, who is the founder of The Mindset Evolution Method® a simple, yet powerful interactive path that has helped people from all walks of life begin to, and this is the most important part, see verifiable results in areas they've been stuck in for years, in just minutes! Getting unstuck is a big part of life! 


Where’s the Manual for this thing we call parenting? How do we do it differently?


5:30: Consciously re-perceive ourselves: what do I need to believe to be a good mother or father?

6:13: When your toddler is screaming, put your oxygen mask on first

7:00: Triggers happens when the unconscious has been activated—takes us out of calmness and puts us in fright or flight

8:05 The pre-programmed manual kicks in to trouble

9:15 What are the symptoms of your programming

9:34: Mompetition: the comparison trap is programmed into us

11:20 Core beliefs determine our attitude in life, attitude determines behavior and behavior determines a result

12:45: What do you want instead?



To contact Michael:


https://memevolver.com

michael@memevolver.com


You Tube Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbM3r0NJsiE

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]]> It’s my pleasure to be joined by Michael today, who is the founder of The Mindset Evolution Method® a simple, yet powerful interactive path that has helped people from all walks of life begin to, and this is the most important part, see verifiable results in areas they've been stuck in for years, in just minutes! Getting unstuck is a big part of life! 


Where’s the Manual for this thing we call parenting? How do we do it differently?


5:30: Consciously re-perceive ourselves: what do I need to believe to be a good mother or father?

6:13: When your toddler is screaming, put your oxygen mask on first

7:00: Triggers happens when the unconscious has been activated—takes us out of calmness and puts us in fright or flight

8:05 The pre-programmed manual kicks in to trouble

9:15 What are the symptoms of your programming

9:34: Mompetition: the comparison trap is programmed into us

11:20 Core beliefs determine our attitude in life, attitude determines behavior and behavior determines a result

12:45: What do you want instead?



To contact Michael:


https://memevolver.com

michael@memevolver.com


You Tube Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbM3r0NJsiE

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]]> <![CDATA[Protect & Prepare Your Kids ]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2022 07:01:26 GMT 16:19 62964d33b3afd700123d0c31 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/protect-prepare-your-kids 62964d33b3afd700123d0c31 615443a6bd740600176937d0 protect-prepare-your-kids full 34  Curt Jordan is a Childhood Educator with some simply profound ways to give your child security, and help teach them that making responsible decisions makes sense. He says that what you protect your children from you don’t prepare them for and what you prepare them for you can’t protect them from.


1:28: Navigating basic, often over-looked structures.

4:17: Protection and preparation and when to prove the weights over from protecting them to preparing them.

5:40: Making responsible decisions makes sense.

10:58: Security in your child.


For more information on Curt, his work, and a parenting course: Thriving Kids Parenting: www.kongacademy.org

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]]>  Curt Jordan is a Childhood Educator with some simply profound ways to give your child security, and help teach them that making responsible decisions makes sense. He says that what you protect your children from you don’t prepare them for and what you prepare them for you can’t protect them from.


1:28: Navigating basic, often over-looked structures.

4:17: Protection and preparation and when to prove the weights over from protecting them to preparing them.

5:40: Making responsible decisions makes sense.

10:58: Security in your child.


For more information on Curt, his work, and a parenting course: Thriving Kids Parenting: www.kongacademy.org

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]]> Little White Lies, Big Bad Blowouts Little White Lies, Big Bad Blowouts Tue, 31 May 2022 07:01:50 GMT 17:08 628d171f93950100124d5bac false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/little-white-lies-big-bad-blowouts 628d171f93950100124d5bac 615443a6bd740600176937d0 little-white-lies-big-bad-blowouts Help your child see that telling the truth is safe full 33  Naomi is a Kid Code teacher who uses the strategies to keep peace in her heart and her house! Today she joins me to talk about lying and what you can do about it. Listen in to discover some fascinating discoveries about lying.


3:45: No punishment for lies

5:56: All about lying: why do kids lie & what to do when they do.


For more information on Naomi’s 90 Day Positive Parenting Program, which consists of thirteen 10-15 minute videos (one a week for 13 weeks!) for parents with kids ages 2 – 11 for $29.99, here’s the link: https://www.thekidcode.ca/master-course-landing-page/90-days-to-postive-parenting As Naomi says, you and your kids are worth it.

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]]>  Naomi is a Kid Code teacher who uses the strategies to keep peace in her heart and her house! Today she joins me to talk about lying and what you can do about it. Listen in to discover some fascinating discoveries about lying.


3:45: No punishment for lies

5:56: All about lying: why do kids lie & what to do when they do.


For more information on Naomi’s 90 Day Positive Parenting Program, which consists of thirteen 10-15 minute videos (one a week for 13 weeks!) for parents with kids ages 2 – 11 for $29.99, here’s the link: https://www.thekidcode.ca/master-course-landing-page/90-days-to-postive-parenting As Naomi says, you and your kids are worth it.

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]]> Parenting With Lalaine Parenting With Lalaine Tue, 24 May 2022 07:01:37 GMT 15:15 6284008ec70e220013cace6b false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/parenting-with-lalaine 6284008ec70e220013cace6b 615443a6bd740600176937d0 parenting-with-lalaine Learn tips you likely haven’t thought much about! full 32 Lalaine, a Parenting Coach is here to talk to us about sibling relationships and other important parenting ideas that you can use today to improve the relationships in your home.


Lalaine’s going to talk to us about not comparing your kids, why rivalry is real, how to motivate your kids, how to get them to successfully be a part of the family team and how to let them fall down and fail so they become aware of their wisdom and resiliency.


2:48: Comparing kids doesn’t motivate them.

4:13: Praise isn’t always the answer.

5:21: The pressure of a label.

7:01: “Child of mine, what do you enjoy?”

7:25: Why sibling rivalry is real.

9:50: Family team: a two-year old can take napkins to the table and feel part of the team so that…

11:30: Failing is inevitable and produces resilience and wisdom.


Find out more about Parenting with Lalaine at:

https://www.instagram.com/parenting.with.lalaine/ and https://www.facebook.com/Lalaine.Parent.Education.Coach.

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]]> Lalaine, a Parenting Coach is here to talk to us about sibling relationships and other important parenting ideas that you can use today to improve the relationships in your home.


Lalaine’s going to talk to us about not comparing your kids, why rivalry is real, how to motivate your kids, how to get them to successfully be a part of the family team and how to let them fall down and fail so they become aware of their wisdom and resiliency.


2:48: Comparing kids doesn’t motivate them.

4:13: Praise isn’t always the answer.

5:21: The pressure of a label.

7:01: “Child of mine, what do you enjoy?”

7:25: Why sibling rivalry is real.

9:50: Family team: a two-year old can take napkins to the table and feel part of the team so that…

11:30: Failing is inevitable and produces resilience and wisdom.


Find out more about Parenting with Lalaine at:

https://www.instagram.com/parenting.with.lalaine/ and https://www.facebook.com/Lalaine.Parent.Education.Coach.

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]]> Use Emotions As A Guide Use Emotions As A Guide Tue, 17 May 2022 07:01:54 GMT 12:44 626ae7b4d559510012d00aac false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/use-emotions-as-a-guide 626ae7b4d559510012d00aac 615443a6bd740600176937d0 use-emotions-as-a-guide Don’t Let Them Use You! full 31  Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach helps parents dissolve pre-programmed responses and think from a “mindful state of mind.”


Follow your gut means you need to listen to your emotions; they are your natural guidance system and they’ll guide you into good and bad feelings and places. When you learn to stop and take a minute—you put yourself back in charge!


80% of our thoughts are negative and they cause us to act and speak negatively. Practice stopping when a negative emotion or thought arises—the more we practice—the more power we have.


1:05 Follow your gut or your heart

2:10 How many thoughts a day? & 80% are negative! Yikes.

4:55 Negative emotions arise because of something I’m believing

5:45 Two paths

6:09 STOP

7:50 Don’t work on fixing the upset after, fix the cause

8:25 Help kids create how they are going to respond when they grow up


You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]>  Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach helps parents dissolve pre-programmed responses and think from a “mindful state of mind.”


Follow your gut means you need to listen to your emotions; they are your natural guidance system and they’ll guide you into good and bad feelings and places. When you learn to stop and take a minute—you put yourself back in charge!


80% of our thoughts are negative and they cause us to act and speak negatively. Practice stopping when a negative emotion or thought arises—the more we practice—the more power we have.


1:05 Follow your gut or your heart

2:10 How many thoughts a day? & 80% are negative! Yikes.

4:55 Negative emotions arise because of something I’m believing

5:45 Two paths

6:09 STOP

7:50 Don’t work on fixing the upset after, fix the cause

8:25 Help kids create how they are going to respond when they grow up


You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]> The Loss of Control We Felt—‘Once Upon a Time’ Makes Us Want Control Now When We Don’t Need It! The Loss of Control We Felt—‘Once Upon a Time’ Makes Us Want Control Now When We Don’t Need It! Tue, 10 May 2022 07:01:24 GMT 15:39 626ae6b59c67d50011981a1e false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/the-loss-of-control-we-feltonce-upon-a-time-makes-us-want-co 626ae6b59c67d50011981a1e 615443a6bd740600176937d0 the-loss-of-control-we-feltonce-upon-a-time-makes-us-want-co Where Does Our Nuttiness Come From? full 30  Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach joins us again to help parents dissolve pre-programmed responses and think from a “mindful state of mind.”


Want to learn something about thoughts and emotions? Pre-programming guides us 95% of the time. Ugh!


As children we had no control, so now we try to gain it, but we do it by losing control (overreacting with a child).


Learn about lies and where they come from.


1:05 What guides us 95% of the time

1:55 Tantrum moment

2:40 STOP

3:30 Where the thoughts & emotions come from

7:34 We search for power in memory instead of innate power

10:40 Emotions are so strong

11:25 Jordan Peterson, sit on your bed and ask yourself what’s wrong in my life, what’s my part

11:35 Use emotions as a guidance to help us see what needs to change inside of us



You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]>  Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach joins us again to help parents dissolve pre-programmed responses and think from a “mindful state of mind.”


Want to learn something about thoughts and emotions? Pre-programming guides us 95% of the time. Ugh!


As children we had no control, so now we try to gain it, but we do it by losing control (overreacting with a child).


Learn about lies and where they come from.


1:05 What guides us 95% of the time

1:55 Tantrum moment

2:40 STOP

3:30 Where the thoughts & emotions come from

7:34 We search for power in memory instead of innate power

10:40 Emotions are so strong

11:25 Jordan Peterson, sit on your bed and ask yourself what’s wrong in my life, what’s my part

11:35 Use emotions as a guidance to help us see what needs to change inside of us



You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]> 17 Seconds to Dissolve Negative Emotions or Reactions 17 Seconds to Dissolve Negative Emotions or Reactions Tue, 03 May 2022 07:01:14 GMT 15:22 626ae535c86d49001251c838 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/17-seconds-to-dissolve-negative-emotions-or-reactions 626ae535c86d49001251c838 615443a6bd740600176937d0 17-seconds-to-dissolve-negative-emotions-or-reactions 95% of our negative thoughts are just pre-programming, find a different channel! full 29  Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach helps parents dissolve pre-programmed responses and think from a “mindful state of mind.” Who doesn’t need that?


In this podcast, she has some ideas to share with you about how to transform your thoughts and emotions when there’s kid chaos all around you—so, if a child won’t do must do’s and your last nerve is screaming…this can help!


1:42: What is a Thought Transformation Coach.

1:50: 95% of thoughts are pre-programmed.

4:05: Negative emotions inside of us is not about the child, it just appears to be.

5:04: Questions to ask yourself after you head to another room!

8:05: Doing ‘must do’s’—life lessons that make life easier later on in life.

10:40: Getting a kid’s buy in!

10:55: Take 17 seconds!


You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]>  Michelle Willett, a Thought Transformation Coach helps parents dissolve pre-programmed responses and think from a “mindful state of mind.” Who doesn’t need that?


In this podcast, she has some ideas to share with you about how to transform your thoughts and emotions when there’s kid chaos all around you—so, if a child won’t do must do’s and your last nerve is screaming…this can help!


1:42: What is a Thought Transformation Coach.

1:50: 95% of thoughts are pre-programmed.

4:05: Negative emotions inside of us is not about the child, it just appears to be.

5:04: Questions to ask yourself after you head to another room!

8:05: Doing ‘must do’s’—life lessons that make life easier later on in life.

10:40: Getting a kid’s buy in!

10:55: Take 17 seconds!


You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]> Don’t Take Pictures in The Bathroom! Don’t Take Pictures in The Bathroom! Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:01:39 GMT 15:13 625f341d5e03d70013b8c4b8 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dont-take-pictures-in-the-bathroom 625f341d5e03d70013b8c4b8 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dont-take-pictures-in-the-bathroom Let Your Kids Set Up a Photo Shoot! full 28 Angie Patterson, photographer extraordinaire—tells us how photography connects kids to nature, to their parents and to their own creativity. It helps them with productive screen time, (vs. brain deadening screen time) they can use it as play time—it’s a peaceful outlet, it helps them use their imaginations, and gives them something positive to focus on.


Kids can use the camera to tell a story about a caterpillar’s journey, or for older kids, they can tell a story about friends, special events or even things in their rooms. If they are feeling stress, they can go and immerse in some peaceful time with their camera—take pictures of whatever resonates with them—they can even start with their own feet!

 

2:09 Why photography is good for your kids.

6:24 Storytelling with a camera.

7:30 Kids on a photo shoot!

8:40 Go high, low, and wide.

9:52 There are mirrors in the bathroom! Beware!

11:10 What to do with the kids photo masterpieces.


You can contact Angie or purchase her book (Making Photography Easy & Fun) here:

www.angiepattersonphotography.com.

 

Email: angie@angiepattersonphotography.com.

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]]> Angie Patterson, photographer extraordinaire—tells us how photography connects kids to nature, to their parents and to their own creativity. It helps them with productive screen time, (vs. brain deadening screen time) they can use it as play time—it’s a peaceful outlet, it helps them use their imaginations, and gives them something positive to focus on.


Kids can use the camera to tell a story about a caterpillar’s journey, or for older kids, they can tell a story about friends, special events or even things in their rooms. If they are feeling stress, they can go and immerse in some peaceful time with their camera—take pictures of whatever resonates with them—they can even start with their own feet!

 

2:09 Why photography is good for your kids.

6:24 Storytelling with a camera.

7:30 Kids on a photo shoot!

8:40 Go high, low, and wide.

9:52 There are mirrors in the bathroom! Beware!

11:10 What to do with the kids photo masterpieces.


You can contact Angie or purchase her book (Making Photography Easy & Fun) here:

www.angiepattersonphotography.com.

 

Email: angie@angiepattersonphotography.com.

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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence for Tweens & Teens]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:01:57 GMT 12:40 62571aa9af03a50012c0bae8 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/emotional-intelligence-for-tweens-teens 62571aa9af03a50012c0bae8 615443a6bd740600176937d0 emotional-intelligence-for-tweens-teens Get Joanne’s Free Gift for Parents! full 27 Dr. Joanne Light holds a doctorate in education and her expertise is in helping parents with the difficult job of parenting tweens and teens.


She helps parents convert upsets into emotional intelligence with simple strategies anyone can learn in a minute and practice over a lifetime to find peace when parenting. She shares the value of listening, giving ‘emotional space’, becoming self-aware and much more! Have a listen.


2:05: Listening.

3:19: Become self-aware and deal with your big emotions so you can help them deal with their big emotions to grow resilience, grow confidence, and you—showing up.

4:10: Giving your kids emotional space, non-judgmental space when they mess up.

4:50: A connected parent has a happier relationship.

5:30: Emotional space.

8:35: Listening to yourself, digging down and really thinking.

8:50: Punishment is just more negative results.

9:30: Parents are close to the edge.

9:45 It’s okay to mess up and if you’re listening here, you’re trying to understand.


A free gift, access to her newsletter, and sign up for a complimentary session are available on her website: Joannehlight.com


Parents are welcome to email Joanne directly at:

Joanne@joannehlight.com

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]]> Dr. Joanne Light holds a doctorate in education and her expertise is in helping parents with the difficult job of parenting tweens and teens.


She helps parents convert upsets into emotional intelligence with simple strategies anyone can learn in a minute and practice over a lifetime to find peace when parenting. She shares the value of listening, giving ‘emotional space’, becoming self-aware and much more! Have a listen.


2:05: Listening.

3:19: Become self-aware and deal with your big emotions so you can help them deal with their big emotions to grow resilience, grow confidence, and you—showing up.

4:10: Giving your kids emotional space, non-judgmental space when they mess up.

4:50: A connected parent has a happier relationship.

5:30: Emotional space.

8:35: Listening to yourself, digging down and really thinking.

8:50: Punishment is just more negative results.

9:30: Parents are close to the edge.

9:45 It’s okay to mess up and if you’re listening here, you’re trying to understand.


A free gift, access to her newsletter, and sign up for a complimentary session are available on her website: Joannehlight.com


Parents are welcome to email Joanne directly at:

Joanne@joannehlight.com

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]]> “Attack the problem, not the person.” “Attack the problem, not the person.” Tue, 12 Apr 2022 07:01:19 GMT 11:39 62412eda733bce0014c47173 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/attack-the-problem-not-the-person 62412eda733bce0014c47173 615443a6bd740600176937d0 attack-the-problem-not-the-person Kids watch how we respond to screw ups. full 26 This is our 3rd podcast with Lisa Sugarman a parenting author, a syndicated columnist, a radio show host, and—a mom—out of Boston.


Lisa’s work centers around the idea that we can all live a much more stress-free and joyful life when we learn to embrace our perfectly imperfectness. And that involves cutting ourselves and the people around us some slack and not being afraid to drop some balls once in a while.

She loves having organic and honest conversations about the benefits of positivity and the importance of letting go of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Because that’s how we create resilience and growth.


Today she talks about parenting as being a collaboration with our kids and leaves us with a few other tips, including, ‘attack the problem not the person’.


1:05 Parenting is a collaboration with your kids

3:29 Kids notice when we screw up and watch what we do about it

4:58 No value in instilling fear

8:21 Attack the problem not the person

7:44 Info on Lisa’s books


You can get more of Lisa’s sugar by signing up on her website at www.lisasugarman.com and that’s in the show notes.


You can find more information on her work and books and reach Lisa at:


 lisasugarman@hotmail.com

 www.lisasugarman.com

 facebook.com/TheLisaSugarman

 twitter.com/thelisasugarman

 instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

 linkedin.com/in/lisa-sugarman-16925b69

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]]> This is our 3rd podcast with Lisa Sugarman a parenting author, a syndicated columnist, a radio show host, and—a mom—out of Boston.


Lisa’s work centers around the idea that we can all live a much more stress-free and joyful life when we learn to embrace our perfectly imperfectness. And that involves cutting ourselves and the people around us some slack and not being afraid to drop some balls once in a while.

She loves having organic and honest conversations about the benefits of positivity and the importance of letting go of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Because that’s how we create resilience and growth.


Today she talks about parenting as being a collaboration with our kids and leaves us with a few other tips, including, ‘attack the problem not the person’.


1:05 Parenting is a collaboration with your kids

3:29 Kids notice when we screw up and watch what we do about it

4:58 No value in instilling fear

8:21 Attack the problem not the person

7:44 Info on Lisa’s books


You can get more of Lisa’s sugar by signing up on her website at www.lisasugarman.com and that’s in the show notes.


You can find more information on her work and books and reach Lisa at:


 lisasugarman@hotmail.com

 www.lisasugarman.com

 facebook.com/TheLisaSugarman

 twitter.com/thelisasugarman

 instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

 linkedin.com/in/lisa-sugarman-16925b69

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]]> <![CDATA[Lawnmower, Helicopter & Bulldozer Parenting]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:01:26 GMT 12:40 62412d02d3817a001324a756 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/lawnmower-helicopter-bulldozer-parenting 62412d02d3817a001324a756 615443a6bd740600176937d0 lawnmower-helicopter-bulldozer-parenting We Are A WIP Alongside of Our Kids full 25 I’m back with Lisa Sugarman a parenting author, a syndicated columnist, a radio show host, and—a mom—out of Boston.


Lisa’s work centers around the idea that we can all live a much more stress-free and joyful life when we learn to embrace our perfectly imperfectness. And that involves cutting ourselves and the people around us some slack and not being afraid to drop some balls once in a while.

She loves having organic and honest conversations about the benefits of positivity and the importance of letting go of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Because that’s how we create resilience and growth.


Today you can learn about the types of (unintentional) parenting: lawnmower, helicopter, & bulldozer—so you can re-evaluate and let your kids navigate through troubles. She discusses consequences and why you need to give yourself permission to screw up as a parent because we’re learning, right alongside our kids.


1:05 The types of parenting

3:14 Fending for themselves

4:00 What is and isn’t bullying

4:54 The consequences of entitlement

7:15 Give yourself permission to screw up

8:10 We’re learning to parent right alongside of our kids learning to be humans

11:02 Be intentional about your mistakes with your kids


You can find more information on her work and books and reach Lisa at:


 lisasugarman@hotmail.com

 www.lisasugarman.com

 facebook.com/TheLisaSugarman

 twitter.com/thelisasugarman

 instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

 linkedin.com/in/lisa-sugarman-16925b69

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]]> I’m back with Lisa Sugarman a parenting author, a syndicated columnist, a radio show host, and—a mom—out of Boston.


Lisa’s work centers around the idea that we can all live a much more stress-free and joyful life when we learn to embrace our perfectly imperfectness. And that involves cutting ourselves and the people around us some slack and not being afraid to drop some balls once in a while.

She loves having organic and honest conversations about the benefits of positivity and the importance of letting go of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Because that’s how we create resilience and growth.


Today you can learn about the types of (unintentional) parenting: lawnmower, helicopter, & bulldozer—so you can re-evaluate and let your kids navigate through troubles. She discusses consequences and why you need to give yourself permission to screw up as a parent because we’re learning, right alongside our kids.


1:05 The types of parenting

3:14 Fending for themselves

4:00 What is and isn’t bullying

4:54 The consequences of entitlement

7:15 Give yourself permission to screw up

8:10 We’re learning to parent right alongside of our kids learning to be humans

11:02 Be intentional about your mistakes with your kids


You can find more information on her work and books and reach Lisa at:


 lisasugarman@hotmail.com

 www.lisasugarman.com

 facebook.com/TheLisaSugarman

 twitter.com/thelisasugarman

 instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

 linkedin.com/in/lisa-sugarman-16925b69

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]]> <![CDATA[Shut up & Listen!]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2022 07:01:22 GMT 12:26 62412ae2fd9adb0014253e63 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/shut-up-listen 62412ae2fd9adb0014253e63 615443a6bd740600176937d0 shut-up-listen Expect Expectations to be Painful! full 24 Today I’m joined by Lisa Sugarman a parenting author, a syndicated columnist, a radio show host, and—a mom—out of Boston.


Lisa’s work centers around the idea that we can all live a much more stress-free and joyful life when we learn to embrace our perfectly imperfectness. And that involves cutting ourselves and the people around us some slack and not being afraid to drop some balls once in a while.

She loves having organic and honest conversations about the benefits of positivity and the importance of letting go of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Because that’s how we create resilience and growth.


Today’s she’s talking about the importance of listening, realize our expectations aren’t helpful, and the wisdom of letting them make their mistakes and seeing where to pivot from there.


4:55 Shut up and listen, stop being the one that needs to be talking!

5:49 Stop having expectations for yourself that yoy have to do everything right (that translates to swooping in and being hyper-obsessed with making the pathway (falsely) easier for our kids.

11:05 Ebb and flow within the idea of when to give opinions and when to let go. Let them make their own mistakes and have gained something and pivot in another direction.


You can find more information on her work and books and reach Lisa at:


 lisasugarman@hotmail.com

 www.lisasugarman.com

 facebook.com/TheLisaSugarman

 twitter.com/thelisasugarman

 instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

 linkedin.com/in/lisa-sugarman-16925b69

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]]> Today I’m joined by Lisa Sugarman a parenting author, a syndicated columnist, a radio show host, and—a mom—out of Boston.


Lisa’s work centers around the idea that we can all live a much more stress-free and joyful life when we learn to embrace our perfectly imperfectness. And that involves cutting ourselves and the people around us some slack and not being afraid to drop some balls once in a while.

She loves having organic and honest conversations about the benefits of positivity and the importance of letting go of pre-existing ideas and expectations. Because that’s how we create resilience and growth.


Today’s she’s talking about the importance of listening, realize our expectations aren’t helpful, and the wisdom of letting them make their mistakes and seeing where to pivot from there.


4:55 Shut up and listen, stop being the one that needs to be talking!

5:49 Stop having expectations for yourself that yoy have to do everything right (that translates to swooping in and being hyper-obsessed with making the pathway (falsely) easier for our kids.

11:05 Ebb and flow within the idea of when to give opinions and when to let go. Let them make their own mistakes and have gained something and pivot in another direction.


You can find more information on her work and books and reach Lisa at:


 lisasugarman@hotmail.com

 www.lisasugarman.com

 facebook.com/TheLisaSugarman

 twitter.com/thelisasugarman

 instagram.com/lisa_sugarman

 linkedin.com/in/lisa-sugarman-16925b69

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]]> The ‘Feeling Tent’ The ‘Feeling Tent’ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:01:59 GMT 12:31 621eb2485a483800127d22c7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/the-feeling-tent 621eb2485a483800127d22c7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 the-feeling-tent Setting Emotions Aside full 23 I’m here once again with Michelle Willett, who as you know, spent more than a decade homeless on the streets of Los Angeles as a child. From her personal trauma she developed a system to help others create Wellness in Chaos. Her Mindfulness techniques are unconventional, unique and easy to apply to everyday life.


Michelle is a Thought Transformationalist, Co-Founder of Balance Your Path and Co-Author of The 5 Steps to Wellness Series.


And also!!! Michelle is offering 10 FREE copies of one of her books, The 5 Steps to Wellness Workbook to you, the listeners. If you email her through the contact page on the website or directly to contact@balanceyourpath.com with BRENDA in the subject line, she will select 10 listeners and send them a PDF version of the book complete with all the practice sheets.


In this podcast you can learn about:


…the evaluation process is simply setting your emotions aside for a moment and asking yourself pertinent questions about the situation.


…the feelings tent.


1:05 Setting emotions aside for a moment.

2:47 Teach your kids to do this.

3:35 ‘The tent’ keeps the feelings.

7:21 Your power lies in the way you process and handle information.

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]]> I’m here once again with Michelle Willett, who as you know, spent more than a decade homeless on the streets of Los Angeles as a child. From her personal trauma she developed a system to help others create Wellness in Chaos. Her Mindfulness techniques are unconventional, unique and easy to apply to everyday life.


Michelle is a Thought Transformationalist, Co-Founder of Balance Your Path and Co-Author of The 5 Steps to Wellness Series.


And also!!! Michelle is offering 10 FREE copies of one of her books, The 5 Steps to Wellness Workbook to you, the listeners. If you email her through the contact page on the website or directly to contact@balanceyourpath.com with BRENDA in the subject line, she will select 10 listeners and send them a PDF version of the book complete with all the practice sheets.


In this podcast you can learn about:


…the evaluation process is simply setting your emotions aside for a moment and asking yourself pertinent questions about the situation.


…the feelings tent.


1:05 Setting emotions aside for a moment.

2:47 Teach your kids to do this.

3:35 ‘The tent’ keeps the feelings.

7:21 Your power lies in the way you process and handle information.

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]]> Showing Kids Their (Super) Powers Showing Kids Their (Super) Powers Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:01:10 GMT 11:51 621eb07b3ee6b60012352da1 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/showing-kids-their-super-powers 621eb07b3ee6b60012352da1 615443a6bd740600176937d0 showing-kids-their-super-powers “Stop Handing Out Your Superpower Like a Party Favor!” full 22 I’m here again with Michelle Willett who, as you know, spent more than a decade homeless on the streets of Los Angeles as a child. From her personal trauma she developed a system to help others create ‘Wellness in Chaos’. Her Mindfulness techniques are unconventional, unique and easy to apply to everyday life.


Michelle is a Thought Transformationalist, Co-Founder of Balance Your Path and Co-Author of The 5 Steps to Wellness Series.


And also!!! Michelle is offering 10 FREE copies of one of her books, The 5 Steps to Wellness Workbook to you, the listeners. If you email her through the contact page on the website or directly to contact@balanceyourpath.com with BRENDA in the subject line, she will select 10 listeners and send them a PDF version of the book complete with all the practice sheets.


In this podcast Micelle is going to teach us how to teach our kids to communicate, set boundaries with peers, take fear out of the decisions, and help them create self-confidence—and talk about a couple of statements in her books!


1:45 Communicating

2:20 Boundaries and peer pressure

2:45 Celebrating them telling you what their truth is

5:15 Kids? Filter? Haha!

6:55 Stop handing out your power like a party favor.

10:20 Step into power or it we’re offering it up to give it away.

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]]> I’m here again with Michelle Willett who, as you know, spent more than a decade homeless on the streets of Los Angeles as a child. From her personal trauma she developed a system to help others create ‘Wellness in Chaos’. Her Mindfulness techniques are unconventional, unique and easy to apply to everyday life.


Michelle is a Thought Transformationalist, Co-Founder of Balance Your Path and Co-Author of The 5 Steps to Wellness Series.


And also!!! Michelle is offering 10 FREE copies of one of her books, The 5 Steps to Wellness Workbook to you, the listeners. If you email her through the contact page on the website or directly to contact@balanceyourpath.com with BRENDA in the subject line, she will select 10 listeners and send them a PDF version of the book complete with all the practice sheets.


In this podcast Micelle is going to teach us how to teach our kids to communicate, set boundaries with peers, take fear out of the decisions, and help them create self-confidence—and talk about a couple of statements in her books!


1:45 Communicating

2:20 Boundaries and peer pressure

2:45 Celebrating them telling you what their truth is

5:15 Kids? Filter? Haha!

6:55 Stop handing out your power like a party favor.

10:20 Step into power or it we’re offering it up to give it away.

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]]> ‘Quick Hits’ of Parenting Wisdom from Michelle ‘Quick Hits’ of Parenting Wisdom from Michelle Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:01:35 GMT 13:40 621ead1f81750b001367e942 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/quick-hits-of-parenting-wisdom-from-michelle 621ead1f81750b001367e942 615443a6bd740600176937d0 quick-hits-of-parenting-wisdom-from-michelle From Homeless to Helping full 21 I’m here today with a guest who has some hard-won and helpful wisdom. Michelle Willett spent more than a decade homeless on the streets of Los Angeles as a child. From her personal trauma she developed a system to help others create ‘Wellness in Chaos’. Her Mindfulness techniques are unconventional, unique and easy to apply to everyday life.


Michelle is a Thought Transformationalist, Co-Founder of Balance Your Path and Co-Author of The 5 Steps to Wellness Series.


And also!!! Michelle is offering 10 FREE copies of one of her books, The 5 Steps to Wellness Workbook to you, the listeners. If you email her through the contact page on the website or directly to contact@balanceyourpath.com with BRENDA in the subject line, she will select 10 listeners and send them a PDF version of the book complete with all the practice sheets.


In this podcast Michelle teaches us how to help our kids:


Learn about feelings


  1. Allow your kids to understand their own feelings by helping them find their own "Why's".


Teach your children about their personal power

 

  1. Allow them to make decisions but teach them how to look at all the options and consider the consequences before they make it


1::05 Homeless in Los Angeles

4:55 You Are Your Children’s First Teacher

6:02 Help Your Children About Feelings with the “Why” question.

8:55 Teenagers Sharing Their Feelings

9:55 Primal State is One of Well Being

10:25 Build Self-Confidence & Personal Power

10:45 Consequences…What Are They…And Then Decide.


You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]> I’m here today with a guest who has some hard-won and helpful wisdom. Michelle Willett spent more than a decade homeless on the streets of Los Angeles as a child. From her personal trauma she developed a system to help others create ‘Wellness in Chaos’. Her Mindfulness techniques are unconventional, unique and easy to apply to everyday life.


Michelle is a Thought Transformationalist, Co-Founder of Balance Your Path and Co-Author of The 5 Steps to Wellness Series.


And also!!! Michelle is offering 10 FREE copies of one of her books, The 5 Steps to Wellness Workbook to you, the listeners. If you email her through the contact page on the website or directly to contact@balanceyourpath.com with BRENDA in the subject line, she will select 10 listeners and send them a PDF version of the book complete with all the practice sheets.


In this podcast Michelle teaches us how to help our kids:


Learn about feelings


  1. Allow your kids to understand their own feelings by helping them find their own "Why's".


Teach your children about their personal power

 

  1. Allow them to make decisions but teach them how to look at all the options and consider the consequences before they make it


1::05 Homeless in Los Angeles

4:55 You Are Your Children’s First Teacher

6:02 Help Your Children About Feelings with the “Why” question.

8:55 Teenagers Sharing Their Feelings

9:55 Primal State is One of Well Being

10:25 Build Self-Confidence & Personal Power

10:45 Consequences…What Are They…And Then Decide.


You can find Michelle and get her books at:

Authors page on Amazon

Website: Balance Your Path

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]]> Don’t Let Divorce Discourage You Don’t Let Divorce Discourage You Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:01:23 GMT 9:28 62157792e913af00129c6417 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dont-let-divorce-discourage-you 62157792e913af00129c6417 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dont-let-divorce-discourage-you full 20 Today we welcome Allison Jeffereys, a Divorce Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Author of the bestselling book “A Woman’s Guide to Surviving Divorce.” As a Divorce Coach, Allison helps women face their grief, fear, and loss to discover what happiness looks like for them, for their kids, and to live their lives on their own terms.


Allison’s Tips:


2:50: There is no “timeline” to the Divorce process. 

3:25: This is the time to focus on and work on YOU! 

4:15: On some level, we ARE okay.

4:55: The Guilt. We haven’t failed our children.

5:25: You only ever get one mother and one father, and you don’t have to choose.


You can find Allison at: https://isurvived.info

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]]> Today we welcome Allison Jeffereys, a Divorce Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Author of the bestselling book “A Woman’s Guide to Surviving Divorce.” As a Divorce Coach, Allison helps women face their grief, fear, and loss to discover what happiness looks like for them, for their kids, and to live their lives on their own terms.


Allison’s Tips:


2:50: There is no “timeline” to the Divorce process. 

3:25: This is the time to focus on and work on YOU! 

4:15: On some level, we ARE okay.

4:55: The Guilt. We haven’t failed our children.

5:25: You only ever get one mother and one father, and you don’t have to choose.


You can find Allison at: https://isurvived.info

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]]> “Get Rich And Keep Your Two Cents to Yourself” Guy Finley “Get Rich And Keep Your Two Cents to Yourself” Guy Finley Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:01:14 GMT 11:24 620bda85c0ac490013676127 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/get-rich-and-keep-your-two-cents-to-yourself-guy-finley 620bda85c0ac490013676127 615443a6bd740600176937d0 get-rich-and-keep-your-two-cents-to-yourself-guy-finley It’s peaceful in our own lane! full 19 Do your kids tattle, stick their nose in their sibling’s business? Do you have one child is too judgmental, or does your child worry about what others think about them?


I’m here once with Amanda Miller, my daughter, who as you know from our last podcast together, has been studying and practicing health and well-being for the better part of her life. She is intrigued by the complexities of human behaviour and loves working with stressed out parents to uncover the psychological contributors that are causing parents to feel out of control and disappointed in their parenting experience. 


Amanda is also a trainer for Kid Code teachers, along with Lasha Watson, so if you’d like to help parents, they can show you how to do that.


Today we are going to share the strategy in the book called Whose Business Are You In? which comes from Byron Katie’s work found at www.thework.com


2:40 How good it feels not to be in other people’s business.

2:35 When one child gets something.

5:04 The actual discomfort of being in someone else’s business.

5:35 Stop before you make a comment and see if that’s your business.

6:51 Advice giving.

8:30 When one child makes a judgment on another child.

10:05 Use it when someone is criticizing you.  

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]]> Do your kids tattle, stick their nose in their sibling’s business? Do you have one child is too judgmental, or does your child worry about what others think about them?


I’m here once with Amanda Miller, my daughter, who as you know from our last podcast together, has been studying and practicing health and well-being for the better part of her life. She is intrigued by the complexities of human behaviour and loves working with stressed out parents to uncover the psychological contributors that are causing parents to feel out of control and disappointed in their parenting experience. 


Amanda is also a trainer for Kid Code teachers, along with Lasha Watson, so if you’d like to help parents, they can show you how to do that.


Today we are going to share the strategy in the book called Whose Business Are You In? which comes from Byron Katie’s work found at www.thework.com


2:40 How good it feels not to be in other people’s business.

2:35 When one child gets something.

5:04 The actual discomfort of being in someone else’s business.

5:35 Stop before you make a comment and see if that’s your business.

6:51 Advice giving.

8:30 When one child makes a judgment on another child.

10:05 Use it when someone is criticizing you.  

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]]> Don’t Be Toxic: Shared by a Former Black Panther Don’t Be Toxic: Shared by a Former Black Panther Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:01:58 GMT 12:13 6203dcd6e84471001223563c false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dont-be-toxic-shared-by-a-former-black-panther 6203dcd6e84471001223563c 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dont-be-toxic-shared-by-a-former-black-panther Make Your Home a Safe Haven full 18  I’m honored to be joined by Gregory Newson, an accomplished artist, writer, and historian with a background that gives him a unique perspective on life!


I love the idea he puts forth—that it’s time to drop victimhood! And how to escape from political correctness and tribal politics. Yes please!


He embraced the Black Panther Party looking for role models. If you make your home a safe haven, your kids will look to you as the role model.


2:40: Toxic Parents, peer pressure, sound bites of hate from my community.

6:10: The Black Panthers as role models as so-called leadership.

8:03: Analyze yourself and talk to your child like you’d talk kindly to yourself, correct yourself—in a civilized way.  

10:50: Stop being surface readers! Skin color doesn’t matter to the intelligent person who knows that what lies beneath the surface matters most.


Contact Gregory at: newsonpublishing.com

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]]>  I’m honored to be joined by Gregory Newson, an accomplished artist, writer, and historian with a background that gives him a unique perspective on life!


I love the idea he puts forth—that it’s time to drop victimhood! And how to escape from political correctness and tribal politics. Yes please!


He embraced the Black Panther Party looking for role models. If you make your home a safe haven, your kids will look to you as the role model.


2:40: Toxic Parents, peer pressure, sound bites of hate from my community.

6:10: The Black Panthers as role models as so-called leadership.

8:03: Analyze yourself and talk to your child like you’d talk kindly to yourself, correct yourself—in a civilized way.  

10:50: Stop being surface readers! Skin color doesn’t matter to the intelligent person who knows that what lies beneath the surface matters most.


Contact Gregory at: newsonpublishing.com

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]]> Transform the Burden of a Secret, Part 2 Transform the Burden of a Secret, Part 2 Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:01:48 GMT 9:29 61f207444f57d60012d9a1e7 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/transform-the-burden-of-a-secret-part-2 61f207444f57d60012d9a1e7 615443a6bd740600176937d0 transform-the-burden-of-a-secret-part-2 Dissolve The Stress Around Secrets Without Telling The Secret full 17 Title: Transform the Burden of a Secret, Part 2

Subtitle: Dissolve The Stress Around Secrets Without Telling The Secret


Show Notes


I’m back with Gina Nelson—an artist, writer, Energy Healing Therapist and Body Mind Counselor but most importantly, she is a mother of a 13-year-old son. 


When Gina was experiencing some of her most debilitating and hidden experiences, she saw her need to become the Secret Keeper. Gina’s role is to educate and empower others to defuse and transform the energy of secrets so that each person has more energy and permission for their much-deserved joy seeking. 


She hopes concepts shared during this podcast can create more self-compassion for parents and offer fun, useful tools for their children. Together we can teach ourselves and our loved ones to move away from shame and isolation and towards connection. 


Gina offers us simple, but profound ways to dissolve the stressful energy around secrets. Please listen to the last podcast to learn what the S,E,C,R, and E mean in the word Secrets!


T: in the word Secret, the letter ‘t’ is to ‘tend to’.

S: Support system (great strategy for kids to learn who is part of them team—with a note by their bed!).


Gina’s upcoming book is called The Energy of Secrets, Ease the Burden of Your Secrets Without Having To Share Them.


Gina has also illustrated a book: We have created a picture book that is entertaining, teaches children how to express and deal with negative feelings, and demonstrates to parents how to assist their children in this process. A Garbage Can Day is the story of a boy who has a very bad day and thinks that he'll be sad forever. Playing the Garbage Can Day Game is the way he learns that he can choose another way. You can too! Come along on Jake's journey as he discovers the amazing power he has to recognize, share and learn how to change his emotions. One unexpected reaction from most adults with whom we have shared this story is that it seems to touch the child within and evoke memories long forgotten and often, unresolved. Many expressed that they wished a book like this had been available to them as children. We hope our story touches your heart.


Contact Gina at:


www.nurture3healing.com

gina.nurture3healing@gmail.com


Look for Gina’s SECRETS on her website: it’s a useful tool to discover healthier secret keeping for yourself and use to teach others.

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]]> Title: Transform the Burden of a Secret, Part 2

Subtitle: Dissolve The Stress Around Secrets Without Telling The Secret


Show Notes


I’m back with Gina Nelson—an artist, writer, Energy Healing Therapist and Body Mind Counselor but most importantly, she is a mother of a 13-year-old son. 


When Gina was experiencing some of her most debilitating and hidden experiences, she saw her need to become the Secret Keeper. Gina’s role is to educate and empower others to defuse and transform the energy of secrets so that each person has more energy and permission for their much-deserved joy seeking. 


She hopes concepts shared during this podcast can create more self-compassion for parents and offer fun, useful tools for their children. Together we can teach ourselves and our loved ones to move away from shame and isolation and towards connection. 


Gina offers us simple, but profound ways to dissolve the stressful energy around secrets. Please listen to the last podcast to learn what the S,E,C,R, and E mean in the word Secrets!


T: in the word Secret, the letter ‘t’ is to ‘tend to’.

S: Support system (great strategy for kids to learn who is part of them team—with a note by their bed!).


Gina’s upcoming book is called The Energy of Secrets, Ease the Burden of Your Secrets Without Having To Share Them.


Gina has also illustrated a book: We have created a picture book that is entertaining, teaches children how to express and deal with negative feelings, and demonstrates to parents how to assist their children in this process. A Garbage Can Day is the story of a boy who has a very bad day and thinks that he'll be sad forever. Playing the Garbage Can Day Game is the way he learns that he can choose another way. You can too! Come along on Jake's journey as he discovers the amazing power he has to recognize, share and learn how to change his emotions. One unexpected reaction from most adults with whom we have shared this story is that it seems to touch the child within and evoke memories long forgotten and often, unresolved. Many expressed that they wished a book like this had been available to them as children. We hope our story touches your heart.


Contact Gina at:


www.nurture3healing.com

gina.nurture3healing@gmail.com


Look for Gina’s SECRETS on her website: it’s a useful tool to discover healthier secret keeping for yourself and use to teach others.

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]]> Transform the Burden of a Secret, Part 1 Transform the Burden of a Secret, Part 1 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:01:25 GMT 12:30 61f20307a2725d00125bca91 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/transform-the-burden-of-a-secret-part-1 61f20307a2725d00125bca91 615443a6bd740600176937d0 transform-the-burden-of-a-secret-part-1 Secrets Don’t Need To Make You Feel Bad full 16 Today I’m pleased to introduce to you, Gina Nelson—an artist, writer, Energy Healing Therapist and Body Mind Counselor but most importantly, she is a mother of a 13-year-old son. 


When Gina was experiencing some of her most debilitating and hidden experiences, she saw her need to become the Secret Keeper. Gina’s role is to educate and empower others to defuse and transform the energy of secrets so that each person has more energy and permission for their much-deserved joy seeking. 


She hopes concepts shared during this and the second part of the podcast can create more self-compassion for parents and offer fun, useful tools for their children. Together we can teach ourselves and our loved ones to move away from shame and isolation and towards connection. 


There are other things to do with secrets besides suffer! Gina offers us simple, but profound ways to dissolve the stressful energy around secrets.


4:20: S is for self-compassion.

5:50: E is for everybody has secrets—we can normalize it.

5:31: C is for connecting (with your own children to teach them it’s okay to have a secret and they don’t have to tell it).

7:40: R is for relationship to secrets (things you can do in that relationship to help yourself).

10:03: E is for energy feeling (starting to feel it).


Listen to next week’s podcast to learn more about dissolving the stress around secrets!


Gina’s upcoming book is called The Energy of Secrets, Ease the Burden of Your Secrets Without Having To Share Them.


Gina has also illustrated a book: We have created a picture book that is entertaining, teaches children how to express and deal with negative feelings, and demonstrates to parents how to assist their children in this process. A Garbage Can Day is the story of a boy who has a very bad day and thinks that he'll be sad forever. Playing the Garbage Can Day Game is the way he learns that he can choose another way. You can too! Come along on Jake's journey as he discovers the amazing power he has to recognize, share and learn how to change his emotions. One unexpected reaction from most adults with whom we have shared this story is that it seems to touch the child within and evoke memories long forgotten and often, unresolved. Many expressed that they wished a book like this had been available to them as children. We hope our story touches your heart.


Contact Gina at:


www.nurture3healing.com

gina.nurture3healing@gmail.com


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]]> Today I’m pleased to introduce to you, Gina Nelson—an artist, writer, Energy Healing Therapist and Body Mind Counselor but most importantly, she is a mother of a 13-year-old son. 


When Gina was experiencing some of her most debilitating and hidden experiences, she saw her need to become the Secret Keeper. Gina’s role is to educate and empower others to defuse and transform the energy of secrets so that each person has more energy and permission for their much-deserved joy seeking. 


She hopes concepts shared during this and the second part of the podcast can create more self-compassion for parents and offer fun, useful tools for their children. Together we can teach ourselves and our loved ones to move away from shame and isolation and towards connection. 


There are other things to do with secrets besides suffer! Gina offers us simple, but profound ways to dissolve the stressful energy around secrets.


4:20: S is for self-compassion.

5:50: E is for everybody has secrets—we can normalize it.

5:31: C is for connecting (with your own children to teach them it’s okay to have a secret and they don’t have to tell it).

7:40: R is for relationship to secrets (things you can do in that relationship to help yourself).

10:03: E is for energy feeling (starting to feel it).


Listen to next week’s podcast to learn more about dissolving the stress around secrets!


Gina’s upcoming book is called The Energy of Secrets, Ease the Burden of Your Secrets Without Having To Share Them.


Gina has also illustrated a book: We have created a picture book that is entertaining, teaches children how to express and deal with negative feelings, and demonstrates to parents how to assist their children in this process. A Garbage Can Day is the story of a boy who has a very bad day and thinks that he'll be sad forever. Playing the Garbage Can Day Game is the way he learns that he can choose another way. You can too! Come along on Jake's journey as he discovers the amazing power he has to recognize, share and learn how to change his emotions. One unexpected reaction from most adults with whom we have shared this story is that it seems to touch the child within and evoke memories long forgotten and often, unresolved. Many expressed that they wished a book like this had been available to them as children. We hope our story touches your heart.


Contact Gina at:


www.nurture3healing.com

gina.nurture3healing@gmail.com


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]]> How To Help Yourself So You Can Help Your Kids How To Help Yourself So You Can Help Your Kids Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:01:42 GMT 14:11 61e5ed6e23c40d0013e9b107 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/how-to-help-yourself-so-you-can-help-your-kids 61e5ed6e23c40d0013e9b107 615443a6bd740600176937d0 how-to-help-yourself-so-you-can-help-your-kids Time Out for Parents full 15  Today I’m here with Janna Glassman, a Kid Code teacher, and Franklin Method Instructor, and she’s going to share with us how to help yourself in an upset, so you can help your kids.


What to do when your kids are freaking out and there is nothing to do that will help them? Take a gentle ‘parent time out’. Listen to Janna to learn how!


2:35: Take a time out when your kids are freaking out.

4:17: Can’t always get a child to self-regulate, but we can always self-regulate back to our nature.

7:03: Going out the door and the upset happens (not time for a parent time out) regulate breath or do The Turnaround to disrupt where your mind is going.

9:09: Use all the strategies to get calm yourself.

10:28: I need a moment (Suzi Lula, self-care expert).

11:47: Self-regulation feels so much better than punishing.

12:57: I don’t have to get mad (in the middle of a kid’s madness).

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]]>  Today I’m here with Janna Glassman, a Kid Code teacher, and Franklin Method Instructor, and she’s going to share with us how to help yourself in an upset, so you can help your kids.


What to do when your kids are freaking out and there is nothing to do that will help them? Take a gentle ‘parent time out’. Listen to Janna to learn how!


2:35: Take a time out when your kids are freaking out.

4:17: Can’t always get a child to self-regulate, but we can always self-regulate back to our nature.

7:03: Going out the door and the upset happens (not time for a parent time out) regulate breath or do The Turnaround to disrupt where your mind is going.

9:09: Use all the strategies to get calm yourself.

10:28: I need a moment (Suzi Lula, self-care expert).

11:47: Self-regulation feels so much better than punishing.

12:57: I don’t have to get mad (in the middle of a kid’s madness).

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]]> Get The Kind of Attention You Want Get The Kind of Attention You Want Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:01:03 GMT 12:09 61df94e0915bad00125873bb false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/get-the-kind-of-attention-you-want 61df94e0915bad00125873bb 615443a6bd740600176937d0 get-the-kind-of-attention-you-want “Be yourself, everyone else is taken” Oscar Wilde full 14 Do your kids have boundary issues, get a bit manic or cave to peer pressure? Here’s how to help them stay in a calm, clear state of mind.


Amanda Miller, my daughter, has been studying and practicing health and well-being for the better part of her life. She is intrigued by the complexities of human behaviour and loves working with stressed out parents to uncover the psychological contributors that are causing parents to feel out of control and disappointed in their parenting experience. 


Amanda shares with you how to get your kids to get the attention they really want using the strategy in the book called Am I Being Me?


3:05 When kid’s behaviors aren’t getting them the attention they want.

5:35 What do you need and is there a better way to get it?

6:45 Do you feel natural, like yourself.

8:00 Taking it too far…peer pressure.

9:17 As parents do we really need any attention or if we are in our nature do we have everything we need.

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]]> Do your kids have boundary issues, get a bit manic or cave to peer pressure? Here’s how to help them stay in a calm, clear state of mind.


Amanda Miller, my daughter, has been studying and practicing health and well-being for the better part of her life. She is intrigued by the complexities of human behaviour and loves working with stressed out parents to uncover the psychological contributors that are causing parents to feel out of control and disappointed in their parenting experience. 


Amanda shares with you how to get your kids to get the attention they really want using the strategy in the book called Am I Being Me?


3:05 When kid’s behaviors aren’t getting them the attention they want.

5:35 What do you need and is there a better way to get it?

6:45 Do you feel natural, like yourself.

8:00 Taking it too far…peer pressure.

9:17 As parents do we really need any attention or if we are in our nature do we have everything we need.

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]]> The Wealth of Health with Chef Dr. Mike The Wealth of Health with Chef Dr. Mike Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:01:04 GMT 12:02 61d8c5ad3a030a0012a02545 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/the-wealth-of-health-with-chef-dr-mike 61d8c5ad3a030a0012a02545 615443a6bd740600176937d0 the-wealth-of-health-with-chef-dr-mike Our Attention is Like a Pizza! full 12 For your health & dining pleasure, we bring you Chef Dr. Mike. He is a board-certified interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.


Learn simple changes that include:


  • having your kids help you in the kitchen
  • check for non-GMO labels
  • put the package back on the shelf if it has more than 5 ingredients
  • and—why our attention is like a pizza!


3:17: be proud of this, instead!

4:35: when kids cook, they reap benefits into their adulthood

5:22: 4 simple things to remember

7:47: attention is like a pizza

8:14: shift from mindless eating to focus and give a moment of thanks: the attitude of gratitude—shifts us from reward center to a center of love and that reduces inflammation!! Be there (with every bite) for the whole pizza!


To help your heart burst with flavor, and much more, you can find out more information at www.ChefDrMike.com

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]]> For your health & dining pleasure, we bring you Chef Dr. Mike. He is a board-certified interventional cardiologist, professional chef, and Professor of Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.


Learn simple changes that include:


  • having your kids help you in the kitchen
  • check for non-GMO labels
  • put the package back on the shelf if it has more than 5 ingredients
  • and—why our attention is like a pizza!


3:17: be proud of this, instead!

4:35: when kids cook, they reap benefits into their adulthood

5:22: 4 simple things to remember

7:47: attention is like a pizza

8:14: shift from mindless eating to focus and give a moment of thanks: the attitude of gratitude—shifts us from reward center to a center of love and that reduces inflammation!! Be there (with every bite) for the whole pizza!


To help your heart burst with flavor, and much more, you can find out more information at www.ChefDrMike.com

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]]> I Am That I Am That Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:01:35 GMT 11:27 61b8e1c04ce2a70018496e63 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/i-am-that 61b8e1c04ce2a70018496e63 615443a6bd740600176937d0 i-am-that full 12 Please welcome Naomi Barr, wife, mom and Kid Code Teacher and she’s here today to talk about a strategy called ‘I am That’.


Nobody wants negative emotions, and they don’t have to have them (for long). Naomi explains how to stop kids from fighting and accusing each other in order to restore peace in your home in seconds!


You’re invited to take a class on this subject with Naomi on the kid code website—strategies that work for busy parents because you can learn one in the time it takes to have a coffee break. www.thekidcode.ca


What is I Am That: 1:40

Kids Accusing Each Other: 2:05

Kids Have Compassion For Each Other: 6:45

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]]> Please welcome Naomi Barr, wife, mom and Kid Code Teacher and she’s here today to talk about a strategy called ‘I am That’.


Nobody wants negative emotions, and they don’t have to have them (for long). Naomi explains how to stop kids from fighting and accusing each other in order to restore peace in your home in seconds!


You’re invited to take a class on this subject with Naomi on the kid code website—strategies that work for busy parents because you can learn one in the time it takes to have a coffee break. www.thekidcode.ca


What is I Am That: 1:40

Kids Accusing Each Other: 2:05

Kids Have Compassion For Each Other: 6:45

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]]> Let Your Fingers Do the Walking Let Your Fingers Do the Walking Tue, 28 Dec 2021 08:01:45 GMT 15:06 61b8e1036036aa0012ff6b63 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/let-your-fingers-do-the-walking 61b8e1036036aa0012ff6b63 615443a6bd740600176937d0 let-your-fingers-do-the-walking Acupressure—Relief…in Seconds! full 11 Deborah Myers is the founder of Health at Your Fingertip. She graduated as a certified acupressurist from the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, California. She then pursued training under well-respected Jyutsu masters, and you’ll soon see how she’s committed to share what she has learned to help you.


Deborah shares how to use these fingertips we’ve come equipped with to connect with our energy and help it move us to calmness, clarity and all those other states we love.


Learn that a simple self-hug helps lungs, breath, heart and—how that gives a message to your body that you are taking care of it. When you give yourself love and compassion, that’s what it will give back to you!


Acupressure de-stresses and re-patterns your body so it doesn’t automatically jump to the stress response unnecessarily. Yes, please.


Are your kids listening? Invite them to follow along!


Deborah has three books to help, parents, kids, and teachers—available on Amazon:


Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Kids and Parents:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TJ5WPS/


Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Students and Teachers:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TG3QT7/


Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Grown-Ups:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TGL9ZG/


School program information: 

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/productive-mindfulness-school-program/


More information about the self-help video and her books (links to Amazon for the books):

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/easyselfhelpacupressur


Her upcoming Workshop information:        

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/presentations_workshops/


Blog:

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/2021/10/


And if you want direct links to the following --

Daily Clean Your House Flow animated video sign-up… 

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/easyselfhelpacupressure/

Click on the "Stay in Touch" button at the bottom of the page & enjoy a 6+/- minute video you can do anytime! 


The Highlights


The Body You Walk Around in Is Your House: 3:45

Teachers Can Teach Their Students (from her 6-minute animated video): 5:45

1st Step (Acupressure ‘hug’): 6:30

Jumper Cables to ‘Jump Start’ the mind and body: lose worry, fear, anger, sadness, and trying (letting go of it): 8:20

Projects Instead of Problems: 12:29

How to Get a Good Sleep: 12:40

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]]> Deborah Myers is the founder of Health at Your Fingertip. She graduated as a certified acupressurist from the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, California. She then pursued training under well-respected Jyutsu masters, and you’ll soon see how she’s committed to share what she has learned to help you.


Deborah shares how to use these fingertips we’ve come equipped with to connect with our energy and help it move us to calmness, clarity and all those other states we love.


Learn that a simple self-hug helps lungs, breath, heart and—how that gives a message to your body that you are taking care of it. When you give yourself love and compassion, that’s what it will give back to you!


Acupressure de-stresses and re-patterns your body so it doesn’t automatically jump to the stress response unnecessarily. Yes, please.


Are your kids listening? Invite them to follow along!


Deborah has three books to help, parents, kids, and teachers—available on Amazon:


Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Kids and Parents:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TJ5WPS/


Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Students and Teachers:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TG3QT7/


Easy Self-Help Acupressure for Grown-Ups:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077TGL9ZG/


School program information: 

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/productive-mindfulness-school-program/


More information about the self-help video and her books (links to Amazon for the books):

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/easyselfhelpacupressur


Her upcoming Workshop information:        

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/presentations_workshops/


Blog:

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/2021/10/


And if you want direct links to the following --

Daily Clean Your House Flow animated video sign-up… 

https://www.deborahmyerswellness.com/easyselfhelpacupressure/

Click on the "Stay in Touch" button at the bottom of the page & enjoy a 6+/- minute video you can do anytime! 


The Highlights


The Body You Walk Around in Is Your House: 3:45

Teachers Can Teach Their Students (from her 6-minute animated video): 5:45

1st Step (Acupressure ‘hug’): 6:30

Jumper Cables to ‘Jump Start’ the mind and body: lose worry, fear, anger, sadness, and trying (letting go of it): 8:20

Projects Instead of Problems: 12:29

How to Get a Good Sleep: 12:40

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]]> Dissolving Yourself to Other’s Problems Dissolving Yourself to Other’s Problems Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:01:28 GMT 10:08 61b8e073fc0e3f00162957b5 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/dissolving-yourself-to-others-problems 61b8e073fc0e3f00162957b5 615443a6bd740600176937d0 dissolving-yourself-to-others-problems full 10 Naomi Barr teaches a simple strategy, taught by Guy Finley, a spiritual teacher, that only takes a few seconds to dissolve the stress you feel come up in you when you think about someone else’s problem. The bonus with this one is that you lose the stress and gain connection to the other while the problem recedes to the background, sometimes leaving space for a solution to pop to mind!


How To Use The Strategy: 1:45

Example of Using it: 5:08

Yup! You Can Use It to Dissolve Stress About the Dishwasher: 6:12

No More Replaying Upsetting Events: 8:35

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]]> Naomi Barr teaches a simple strategy, taught by Guy Finley, a spiritual teacher, that only takes a few seconds to dissolve the stress you feel come up in you when you think about someone else’s problem. The bonus with this one is that you lose the stress and gain connection to the other while the problem recedes to the background, sometimes leaving space for a solution to pop to mind!


How To Use The Strategy: 1:45

Example of Using it: 5:08

Yup! You Can Use It to Dissolve Stress About the Dishwasher: 6:12

No More Replaying Upsetting Events: 8:35

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]]> Give Your Kids ‘The Floor’ Give Your Kids ‘The Floor’ Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:01:37 GMT 12:00 61b10d97d3de6d0013aaab00 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/give-your-kids-the-floor 61b10d97d3de6d0013aaab00 615443a6bd740600176937d0 give-your-kids-the-floor Shut. Up. full 9  Louise Sevigny is an entrepreneur, mom, wife, Reiki Master, and Kid Code Teacher who is here to share a strategy called ‘Give the Kids the Floor’.


Guy Finley teaches the two most spiritual words you’ll ever hear, Shut. Up. Louise explains why and what happens when you get this little secret!


Louise teaches (in the time it takes to have a coffee break) pre-recorded classes to help parents achieve their goal of being a peaceful positive parent on www.thekidcode.ca


Give The Kids The Floor: 2:05

Two Most Important Words You Can Ever Say To Yourself: 2:38

Result of Those Words: 4:50

Drop Into Your Heart: 5:23

I Gave Ruby the Floor: 6:35

Step Back, Learn & Hear: 9:05

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]]>  Louise Sevigny is an entrepreneur, mom, wife, Reiki Master, and Kid Code Teacher who is here to share a strategy called ‘Give the Kids the Floor’.


Guy Finley teaches the two most spiritual words you’ll ever hear, Shut. Up. Louise explains why and what happens when you get this little secret!


Louise teaches (in the time it takes to have a coffee break) pre-recorded classes to help parents achieve their goal of being a peaceful positive parent on www.thekidcode.ca


Give The Kids The Floor: 2:05

Two Most Important Words You Can Ever Say To Yourself: 2:38

Result of Those Words: 4:50

Drop Into Your Heart: 5:23

I Gave Ruby the Floor: 6:35

Step Back, Learn & Hear: 9:05

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]]> Love Is Patient Love Is Patient Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:01:41 GMT 15:06 61a65a4d0572a00019f720ac false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/love-is-patient 61a65a4d0572a00019f720ac 615443a6bd740600176937d0 love-is-patient Yes, But—How To Do That? full 8 Kim Sorrelle is an entrepreneur, director of a non-profit organization, breast cancer survivor, author, mother, grandmother, and a lover of all people. While working in Haiti, she dedicated a full year to figure out the true meaning of love. A daunting, sometimes scary, sometimes funny task that she writes about in her book, "Love Is."


Kim shares how to use ‘love is patient’ by noticing that if impatience shows up, we need to just take the moment to practice ‘love is patient’.


“The more we do it better, the more we’ll want to do it better, the better we’ll become at it.”


“Should you be angry with yourself. Impatient with yourself. How much energy do you want to give that?” None—thank you, Kim.

See below for her book link and how to contact her.


2:17 Love is Freedom

2:55 Love is Patient

5:05 Pulling on Apron Strings

6:05 Getting Out The Door On Time

7:15 Frustration Isn’t Love

9:50 This Isn’t Love

11:05 Turning Love is Patient To You


Love Is Amazon. Also available at most other booksellers.

Cry Until You Laugh - on Amazon. Also available at most booksellers.


Kim Sorrelle, kim@kimsorrelle.com  kimsorrelle.com

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]]> Kim Sorrelle is an entrepreneur, director of a non-profit organization, breast cancer survivor, author, mother, grandmother, and a lover of all people. While working in Haiti, she dedicated a full year to figure out the true meaning of love. A daunting, sometimes scary, sometimes funny task that she writes about in her book, "Love Is."


Kim shares how to use ‘love is patient’ by noticing that if impatience shows up, we need to just take the moment to practice ‘love is patient’.


“The more we do it better, the more we’ll want to do it better, the better we’ll become at it.”


“Should you be angry with yourself. Impatient with yourself. How much energy do you want to give that?” None—thank you, Kim.

See below for her book link and how to contact her.


2:17 Love is Freedom

2:55 Love is Patient

5:05 Pulling on Apron Strings

6:05 Getting Out The Door On Time

7:15 Frustration Isn’t Love

9:50 This Isn’t Love

11:05 Turning Love is Patient To You


Love Is Amazon. Also available at most other booksellers.

Cry Until You Laugh - on Amazon. Also available at most booksellers.


Kim Sorrelle, kim@kimsorrelle.com  kimsorrelle.com

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]]> <![CDATA[Bird Poop & Gratitude?]]> Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:16:20 GMT 14:33 619ec7be786c680012f4a00f false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/bird-poop-gratitude 619ec7be786c680012f4a00f 615443a6bd740600176937d0 bird-poop-gratitude Grumpy or Grateful, Pick One! full 7  Gopi Nair is a Gratitude Practitioner (have you ever heard of anything so wonderful?)—and teaches the seven virtues of gratitude. Learn a simple but powerful 30 second gratitude prayer that even a five-year-old child can do to make your day better and help you sleep better when you do it just before bed.


Gopi says that gratitude is a celebration of life and irons out the negativity, judgment and blame in us. Once you start celebrating your life, nothing will bother you. Yes, please!!


Importance of Gratitude: 2:13

Daily Gratitude Practice: 3:10

Negativity: 5:24

Ego is Contained with Gratitude: 7:32

Entitlement and Bird Poop: 9:01

Respect: 11:27


Gopi’s Gratitude Journal to learn the 7 virtues of gratitude, and start your journal, is available on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Gopis-Gratitude-Journal-Gopi-Nair/dp/1641336536/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=gopi%27s+gratitude+journal&qid=1636657259&sr=8-2


Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gopis-gratitude-journal-gopi-nair/1140142989


You can contact Gopi at gopi132@yahoo.com

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]]>  Gopi Nair is a Gratitude Practitioner (have you ever heard of anything so wonderful?)—and teaches the seven virtues of gratitude. Learn a simple but powerful 30 second gratitude prayer that even a five-year-old child can do to make your day better and help you sleep better when you do it just before bed.


Gopi says that gratitude is a celebration of life and irons out the negativity, judgment and blame in us. Once you start celebrating your life, nothing will bother you. Yes, please!!


Importance of Gratitude: 2:13

Daily Gratitude Practice: 3:10

Negativity: 5:24

Ego is Contained with Gratitude: 7:32

Entitlement and Bird Poop: 9:01

Respect: 11:27


Gopi’s Gratitude Journal to learn the 7 virtues of gratitude, and start your journal, is available on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Gopis-Gratitude-Journal-Gopi-Nair/dp/1641336536/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=gopi%27s+gratitude+journal&qid=1636657259&sr=8-2


Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gopis-gratitude-journal-gopi-nair/1140142989


You can contact Gopi at gopi132@yahoo.com

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]]> <![CDATA[Kids CAN Self-Regulate Out of Crazy & Into Calm!]]> Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:01:16 GMT 12:24 619407cf9344ef0012cb9dcf false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/kids-can-self-regulate-out-of-crazy-into-calm 619407cf9344ef0012cb9dcf 615443a6bd740600176937d0 kids-can-self-regulate-out-of-crazy-into-calm Teaching Kids to Take ‘Happy Street’ full 6  Louise Sevigny is an entrepreneur, mom, wife, Reiki Master, and Kid Code Teacher who is here to share a strategy taught by Guy Finley, Spiritual Teacher, called “The Y”.


She shares how she uses this simple strategy to bring anyone into calmness when an upset arises. This strategy is especially good for helping our kids self-regulate—which creates connection and reduces stress for them and us!


Louise teaches pre-recorded classes to help parents achieve their goal of being a peaceful positive parent on www.thekidcode.ca


What is “The Y”: (3:11)

Support Our Kids in Their Own Wellbeing: (5:25)

Parent/Child Relationship: (6:00)

Happy Street or Mad Street: (7:49)

How To Use “The Why”: (10:24)

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]]>  Louise Sevigny is an entrepreneur, mom, wife, Reiki Master, and Kid Code Teacher who is here to share a strategy taught by Guy Finley, Spiritual Teacher, called “The Y”.


She shares how she uses this simple strategy to bring anyone into calmness when an upset arises. This strategy is especially good for helping our kids self-regulate—which creates connection and reduces stress for them and us!


Louise teaches pre-recorded classes to help parents achieve their goal of being a peaceful positive parent on www.thekidcode.ca


What is “The Y”: (3:11)

Support Our Kids in Their Own Wellbeing: (5:25)

Parent/Child Relationship: (6:00)

Happy Street or Mad Street: (7:49)

How To Use “The Why”: (10:24)

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]]> Taking a “Mommy Minute” in a Power Struggle Taking a “Mommy Minute” in a Power Struggle Tue, 16 Nov 2021 08:01:31 GMT 13:48 618ad72251dc5f00151994dc false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/taking-a-mommy-minute-in-a-power-struggle 618ad72251dc5f00151994dc 615443a6bd740600176937d0 taking-a-mommy-minute-in-a-power-struggle Putting the Swords Down full Julie Veresh, Founder of Innate Dynamics, Intuitive Coach & Kid Code Teacher enlightens us about how to put our swords down during a power struggle with our kids so we can take a ‘mommy minute’ and self-regulate back to sanity—and bring that serenity back to the conversation with a child.


The Strategy: Power Struggles: (2:45)

Rising Above Tension: (3:39)

The Dunce: (4:05)

The Mommy Minute: (5:35)

Swords are Down: (6:35)

Time Out & Time In: (8:45)

Behavior: That’s Not You: (10:35)

Why Do We Want Control Over Someone: (11:05)

True Power is Peaceful: (11:40)

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]]> Julie Veresh, Founder of Innate Dynamics, Intuitive Coach & Kid Code Teacher enlightens us about how to put our swords down during a power struggle with our kids so we can take a ‘mommy minute’ and self-regulate back to sanity—and bring that serenity back to the conversation with a child.


The Strategy: Power Struggles: (2:45)

Rising Above Tension: (3:39)

The Dunce: (4:05)

The Mommy Minute: (5:35)

Swords are Down: (6:35)

Time Out & Time In: (8:45)

Behavior: That’s Not You: (10:35)

Why Do We Want Control Over Someone: (11:05)

True Power is Peaceful: (11:40)

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]]> Life is Like a Vending Machine Life is Like a Vending Machine Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:00:06 GMT 12:25 618456edd6b8ca0012c9c7b6 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/life-is-like-a-vending-machine 618456edd6b8ca0012c9c7b6 615443a6bd740600176937d0 life-is-like-a-vending-machine Grumpy or Grateful full 4 In this interview with Lasha Watson, Kid Code Instructor/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Mom & Wife, you can learn how to use the strategy called ‘Attitude or Gratitude’ in The Kid Code.


Life is like a vending machine—what you put in; you get out. If you put in attitude, you get misery out. If you put in gratitude, you get joy out.


Lasha shares how their family re-wires, reframes and dissolves tension when attitude arises by naming three things they are grateful for. To encourage the kids to participate, she often shares with her kids, what she’s grateful for in her kids. The exercise skips blaming and jumps right into joy—the place we all want to be!


Because our work is about well-being, it’s good to ask kids how they want to feel when they’re done a fun activity—do they want to feel the same way when they’re done the activity as they felt when they started it (like watching TV). This helps them realize that they can self-regulate back to their nature and can skip the painful step of having a hissy fit!


To take Lasha’s Kid Code courses online—in the time it takes to have a coffee break—www.thekidcode.ca


Intro: (1:04)

How Lasha uses the strategy with her teens when attitude arises: (2:10)

Kids watching tv: self-regulating back to their nature: (5:31)

Use gratitude every morning to initiate your day: (9:04)

Dissolve the tension attitude creates by using this strategy: (9:58)

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]]> In this interview with Lasha Watson, Kid Code Instructor/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Mom & Wife, you can learn how to use the strategy called ‘Attitude or Gratitude’ in The Kid Code.


Life is like a vending machine—what you put in; you get out. If you put in attitude, you get misery out. If you put in gratitude, you get joy out.


Lasha shares how their family re-wires, reframes and dissolves tension when attitude arises by naming three things they are grateful for. To encourage the kids to participate, she often shares with her kids, what she’s grateful for in her kids. The exercise skips blaming and jumps right into joy—the place we all want to be!


Because our work is about well-being, it’s good to ask kids how they want to feel when they’re done a fun activity—do they want to feel the same way when they’re done the activity as they felt when they started it (like watching TV). This helps them realize that they can self-regulate back to their nature and can skip the painful step of having a hissy fit!


To take Lasha’s Kid Code courses online—in the time it takes to have a coffee break—www.thekidcode.ca


Intro: (1:04)

How Lasha uses the strategy with her teens when attitude arises: (2:10)

Kids watching tv: self-regulating back to their nature: (5:31)

Use gratitude every morning to initiate your day: (9:04)

Dissolve the tension attitude creates by using this strategy: (9:58)

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]]> Pandemic Pandemonium to Peace Pandemic Pandemonium to Peace Tue, 02 Nov 2021 21:21:16 GMT 15:34 6179b2ab190d5f0013fed23a false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/pandemic-pandemonium-to-peace 6179b2ab190d5f0013fed23a 615443a6bd740600176937d0 pandemic-pandemonium-to-peace full 3 :In this podcast you will hear a heart-opening reminder of how you want to send your kids out into the world.


I also share one simple life-altering strategy that helps calm the pandemonium in the pandemic. This strategy works on everyone in the house to bring them back to calmness.


(1:04) Echoes of Love

(9:45) Solitude as a solution

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]]> :In this podcast you will hear a heart-opening reminder of how you want to send your kids out into the world.


I also share one simple life-altering strategy that helps calm the pandemonium in the pandemic. This strategy works on everyone in the house to bring them back to calmness.


(1:04) Echoes of Love

(9:45) Solitude as a solution

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]]> Instant Evolution Out of An Upset Instant Evolution Out of An Upset Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:00:24 GMT 13:37 61743c335fe2410014a935ac false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/instant-evolution-out-of-an-upset 61743c335fe2410014a935ac 615443a6bd740600176937d0 instant-evolution-out-of-an-upset Why Stay Upset? full 2 In this podcast, there is a recap the connection-creating, stress-reducing Kid Code strategy called Blessing Mistakes with more ideas for Post It Notes around the house to reduce stress when a mistake happens.


There are so many good reasons to intervene with a peace-keeping strategy any time a stressful or negative state appears: one study shows that if kids had a wish, they’d wish their parents were less tired and stressed. Another shows that 1.6 million kids have behavioral problems. If there is a way of out stress the moment it appears, why wouldn’t we take it? If we stay stressed out, we’re no good to ourselves or our kids. It fractures relationships.


Everyone knows about the breath as a strategy to bring about calmness, but did you know that many Yogi’s say if you slow down and deepen your breath, you live longer? And when you get curious about what’s going on inside of you in an upset and ignore the outer world for a minute, and then add gratitude for the breath (we’re alive!), problems disappear, and solutions appear.


Recap Blessing Mistakes: (2:13)

Post It Notes around your house: (2:42)

Stress is optional: (3:25)

Coherence: (5:24)

Ellen Galinsky, kids wish about parents: (6:00)

Dr. Joe Dispenza: (6:37)

Behavioral disorders: (7:38)

A strategy to bring about calmness: (10:45)


Connect with Brenda Miller:

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]]> In this podcast, there is a recap the connection-creating, stress-reducing Kid Code strategy called Blessing Mistakes with more ideas for Post It Notes around the house to reduce stress when a mistake happens.


There are so many good reasons to intervene with a peace-keeping strategy any time a stressful or negative state appears: one study shows that if kids had a wish, they’d wish their parents were less tired and stressed. Another shows that 1.6 million kids have behavioral problems. If there is a way of out stress the moment it appears, why wouldn’t we take it? If we stay stressed out, we’re no good to ourselves or our kids. It fractures relationships.


Everyone knows about the breath as a strategy to bring about calmness, but did you know that many Yogi’s say if you slow down and deepen your breath, you live longer? And when you get curious about what’s going on inside of you in an upset and ignore the outer world for a minute, and then add gratitude for the breath (we’re alive!), problems disappear, and solutions appear.


Recap Blessing Mistakes: (2:13)

Post It Notes around your house: (2:42)

Stress is optional: (3:25)

Coherence: (5:24)

Ellen Galinsky, kids wish about parents: (6:00)

Dr. Joe Dispenza: (6:37)

Behavioral disorders: (7:38)

A strategy to bring about calmness: (10:45)


Connect with Brenda Miller:

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]]> From Kid Chaos to Peaceful Parenting From Kid Chaos to Peaceful Parenting Tue, 19 Oct 2021 04:00:10 GMT 13:14 616dc57739e9f00012d4d326 false https://shows.acast.com/the-kid-code-playground/episodes/from-kid-chaos-to-peaceful-parenting 616dc57739e9f00012d4d326 615443a6bd740600176937d0 from-kid-chaos-to-peaceful-parenting full 1 Kids make a lot of mistakes and regularly push our buttons—but it doesn’t need to lead to chaos!

 

As a parent, you have two options—you can either use a peace-keeping strategy in these situations to get ‘right now relief’ in an upset with your child or you can get sucked into the stressful chaos that drains your energy and fractures one of the most important relationships we have, the one with our kids. We all want positive parenting because we know it provides the biggest opportunity for us to guide, listen, and love.

 

My name is Brenda Miller and I welcome you to this first episode of the Kid Code Playground podcast where you’ll hear some simple strategies to help you achieve a peaceful parenting experience by dissolving stress every time an upset arises. I’ll share with you some important parenting tips that will help you on the journey to achieving harmony-filled relationships—and I’ll invite you to consider something few people know—the true cause of, and the guaranteed cure for stress! 

 

Tune in and join me on the journey to peaceful parenting!

 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • Why you should give others Grace and not grief when a mistake is made (04:45)
  • The two states that operate human beings (05:13)
  • Why stress is optional (07:06)
  • A feel-good strategy to dissolve stress the moment it arises (08:50)

 

Connect with Brenda Miller:

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]]> Kids make a lot of mistakes and regularly push our buttons—but it doesn’t need to lead to chaos!

 

As a parent, you have two options—you can either use a peace-keeping strategy in these situations to get ‘right now relief’ in an upset with your child or you can get sucked into the stressful chaos that drains your energy and fractures one of the most important relationships we have, the one with our kids. We all want positive parenting because we know it provides the biggest opportunity for us to guide, listen, and love.

 

My name is Brenda Miller and I welcome you to this first episode of the Kid Code Playground podcast where you’ll hear some simple strategies to help you achieve a peaceful parenting experience by dissolving stress every time an upset arises. I’ll share with you some important parenting tips that will help you on the journey to achieving harmony-filled relationships—and I’ll invite you to consider something few people know—the true cause of, and the guaranteed cure for stress! 

 

Tune in and join me on the journey to peaceful parenting!

 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • Why you should give others Grace and not grief when a mistake is made (04:45)
  • The two states that operate human beings (05:13)
  • Why stress is optional (07:06)
  • A feel-good strategy to dissolve stress the moment it arises (08:50)

 

Connect with Brenda Miller:

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