With so much research out there around tech and teens, how do you decipher what to listen to? And how do you make healthy choices for your family, and teach your kids screen regulation in fear-free ways? Join Kaylee and I on the podcast this week as we converse all about what the research is saying and how not to get bogged down by all the information but to use it to empower yourself and your children. Kaylee is an imperfect Mom striving to parent with intention. With a background in nursing, she has always loved learning about the human mind and body. As a new Mom, her study shifted to parenting strategies and child development. With four school aged kids, Kaylee’s most recent focus has been on the effects of screens and technology on children and families. After a ten-year break from social media, she now spends some of her free time sharing information about this topic. Her hope is to spread more awareness in her community about the potential dangers of societal digitization– and resources and ideas for parenting with technology in a healthy way.In this episode: Kaylee’s story about cellphones and kids as her son started asking for a cellphone in middle schoolWhat current research shows about kids, tech and social media and what is happening in their brainsHow to make healthy and fear-free boundaries around tech and kids, and not get overwhelmed by all the information and research out thereTaking small steps to change things in your home Links: @book_cramIntentionalwithtech@gmail.com--Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Every home holds energy- just like our own bodies do. If we want to create a healthy home environment, our physical space makes a big difference. Feng Shui can help build romance in relationships, help kids stop fighting, and create more harmony and peace in your home. Join me and Patricia Lohan from Powerhouse Feng Shui on the podcast today. Patricia has helped thousands of people across the globe embrace Feng Shui and create lasting changes in their businesses, homes, and lives. Patricia has seen first-hand the power of the mind, surroundings, and inner healing, clearing and aligning everything so it works holistically. What we talk about this episode:What Feng Shui is and how it can affect your homeHow our kid’s relationships can change as we change the energy of our homesWhere to get started with feng shui in the home when trying to promote healthy family relationshipsHow to create a healthy space in your neurodiverse kids’ room to help them thriveWhat elements to include, and not include, for a romantic and restful atmosphere in your own bedroomMore about Patricia:Patricia Lohan is a Feng Shui expert, manifesting magnet, alchemist, healer and real-life Irish Celtic Shaman. Some people call her the “Mary Poppins of Prosperity.”She is the creator of PowerHouse Feng Shui and Author of The Happy Home: A Guide to Creating a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Life and Become a Business Powerhouse Using Feng Shui. She helps entrepreneurs make their homes & businesses magnetic to money, luck, and blessings. She shows you what they don’t teach in business school, what lies between the lines, your top-secret tool for success. She has helped thousands of people across the globe embrace Feng Shui and creates lasting changes in their businesses, homes, and lives. Patricia has seen first-hand the power of the mind, surroundings and inner healing, clearing and aligning everything so it works holistically. She loves entrepreneurship with 15 years of experience running and growing three successful start-ups of her own.Patricia has been featured in media around the world including The New York Time, CNN, Fox, Forbes, The New York Post, She Knows, Essence, Mind Body Green, USA Today and Elephant Journal.Links:WebsiteFacebook GroupInstagramYoutube--Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Are you supporting someone you love with dyslexia? Or have you wondered if you or your child might have dyslexia? It’s more common than you think! Understanding and treating dyslexia in our home, without shame, is key to creating lifelong readers, writers and learners. On today’s episode we talk all about this with expert, Melia Keeton-Digby. Melia is an author and speech-language pathologist specializing in dyslexia. She is the founder and creator of The Nest, a sacred gathering space in Georgia, USA, where she first birthed her mother-daughter and mother-son empowerment circles, on which her books are based. She works in private practice, offering dyslexia evaluations, intervention, and advocacy. Melia is the author of The Heroines Club: A Mother-Daughter Empowerment Circle (Womancraft Publishing, 2014) and The Hero's Heart: A Coming of Age Circle for Boys and the Mothers Who Love Them ( Womancraft Publishing, 2016). Melia is passionate about supporting parents in raising confident and connected children.In this week’s episode you’ll learn: What warning signs to look out for if you think your child might have dyslexia (key: intuition!)How kids with dyslexia are often highly creative and intelligent, and how you can foster that, while teaching them reading and writingUn-shaming dyslexiaWhat supports there are for your children in helping them learn to read and writeThe heroine’s and hero’s journey and how you can support your family and communityLinks:InstagramBooks on AmazonBooks through Publisher Here and HereFacebook Here and Here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caFaith-Based Parenting HERE

I LOVE all things personality- and finding more about ME and who I am has helped me feel permission to be even MORE me. Human Design has been a deep dive into learning more about my energy and how I best work. In this conversation we dig into how to harness the knowledge of your children’s human design to parent them in their own unique way. Intuition, trust and belief in your child are key to connection in parenting. After teaching special education in New York City Public Schools for 15 years, Geralyn took time off when her two children were born.  After becoming a parent, she started questioning the status quo which led her on a journey of self-discovery, healing, and realignment.  After discovering Human Design, she dove deep into learning how she could use this tool to empower herself and others to reach their full potential.  Geralyn is a Human Design reader and coach who helps people come home to their most radically authentic selves.In this episode: How Geralyn learned more about her unique kids and used that knowledge (and intuition) to parent them differentlyHow belief and trust in your kids builds their own self-trust (this is THE best!) What Human Design is and how to helps you to understand yourself moreHow to use Human Design to understand your children and parenting them uniquely Links: You can find more information about Human Design and her offerings by following along on Instagram @geralyn_brennan or going to her website www.geralynbrennan.com---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caFaith-Based Parenting HERE

Did you feel like your parents gave you a healthy and comprehensive sex education as a child and teen? Or did you find that most of your learning (or lack of it) came from friends or other less helpful resources? Join this conversation with me and Carlie, The Christian Sex Educator to learn more about how to teach your kids about sex, shame-free. Carlie Palmer-Webb is a gender and sexuality researcher, data-nerd, enthusiastic Jesus-lover, new mama, and The Christian Sex Educator. She has made it her life mission to provide shame-free sex education for Christians in every life stage. In this discussion: You’ll hear about Carlie’s own story, her lack of helpful sex-ed, and how that led her on a journey as an adult to learn more (and share what she learned)How we can change the paradigm in our home and teach our children about sexuality, while we teach them our values too.What shame-free sex education looks like, and how it’s never too late to start (even if you’re 70!)Carlie shares about her un-shaming journey and what books and resources helped herLinks and resources: Come As You Are by Dr. Emily NagoskiThe Great Sex Rescue by Sheila GregoireA Better Way to Teach Kids about Sex by Laura Padilla-Walker and colleaguesTeaching Kids about Sex—The Parent Guidebook (ages 0-9) by Carlie InstagramAll podcast episodes referenced can be found here: www.coachcrystal.ca/blog---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caFaith-Based Parenting HERE

What do you do when your kids and teens are dealing with unwanted porn use? And how do you support yourself or your partner through the same thing? It can feel scary and overwhelming to deal with things like porn and sexuality, especially if you were raised in a conservative Christian home. On the podcast today we hear from Sara Brewer, a life coach who helps people quit porn. She’s the host of the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast, the fastest-growing podcast around quitting porn. She helps hundreds of people in her program and thousands in her podcast Overcome Pornography for Good.What we cover in this episode:How purity culture can produce shame around sexuality, and how to start fresh when teaching our kids about sexuality Shame-free sex-ed is the best way to prevent pornography use in kids and teens How to support yourself or your partner when dealing with unwanted pornography useWhat to do when you find your kids viewing pornography (in a supportive and emotionally healthy way)Links:www.sarabrewer.comFree MasterclassOvercome Pornography for Good - PodcastFollow on InstagramFind us on Facebook---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Why is no one talking about perimenopause? And how can we support ourselves through it in healthy ways? How do our hormones and cycles connect to our food and lifestyle choices? We dig into all of this and more with Ashlee on the podcast today. Ashlee is a certified menstrual and hormone coach for women. Her experience with PMS, debilitating period pain, and perimenopause symptoms ultimately led her to learn more about how food and lifestyle affect hormone health. She has helped countless women ease uncomfortable symptoms of hormone imbalance and embrace their feminine energy. Ashlee is passionate about teaching women about the power of the menstrual cycle and the cyclical superpowers that come with being a hormonal woman.What we cover in this episode: Ashlee’s story of heavy periods, endometriosis and difficult cyclesHow endometriosis affected her cycles and life, and what she found that helpedCycles, hormone health and how our lifestyle and food can impact our hormones in huge waysSigns of perimenopause and what to look out forWhat to do to support yourself with healthy boundaries as you prepare your body for perimenopause and menopauseLinks:A Bit Better Every Day podcastInstagram: @heyashleenoelCourses---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Danielle is the author of a new book, The Cyclone Mom Method. Today we talk about her own path into life coaching, and how one conversation with a coach changed things in her home (no more cooking!) and how much joy and satisfaction she feels now. Danielle discusses her new book with us, and how we can use the tools in her book to enjoy our own motherhood more. Danielle Thienel is a certified life coach who supports faith-filled moms helping them balance their busy lives. Through her coaching program, books, speaking engagements and podcast, Danielle's mission is to have moms maximize their full potential, have more peace and joy in their mom-life and become the mom God created us to be. What we talk about this episode: How to transition in a healthy way when your kids start collegeHow your life can change completely through one conversation (coaching and therapy)Going from overwhelmed and burnt-out to joyful and satisfied in your motherhoodDanielle’s new book and what “being the calm center” means in a cycloneLinks:The Cyclone Mom Method BookPodcast: The Peaceful Mind Podcast for Busy MomsInstagram or Facebook: @daniellethienelcoachingWebsite---oaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Sex in partnerships is often an overlooked subject- but something that affects every other aspect of our relationship too. How do we move past sexual shame and have a vibrant and healthy sex life? What steps can we take if we’re struggling with intimacy, low-desire/high-desire in sex or to make things fresh and new if we’ve been together for several years? We dig into all of this and more on today’s interview with Amanda Louder. Amanda Louder is a Certified Sex & Marriage Coach who helps Christian men & women overcome their obstacles to create a more emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and physically intimate relationship.  She is also the host of the Sex for Saints Podcast which has over 1.2 million downloads.In addition to being a coach, Amanda is also a wife to Kevin, and mom and stepmom to 5 kids, ranging in ages from 14-23.  In her spare time, she enjoys reading, watching her kids play sports, fishing, and camping.What we talk about today: What’s keeping us stuck from a healthy sexual relationshipHow to deal with sexual shame so we can have the kind of relationship we desireLow-desire and higher-desire partnersHelping women achieve orgasmHow to have a shame-free environment in your home so you can teach your kids sexuality in a healthy way What steps we can take right now to create better sex and healthier intimacy in partnershipsConnect with Amanda: WebsiteSocial media InstagramSex for Saints Podcast---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Why don’t we talk about anger and rage in parenting more? The less we talk about it, the more we shame it. This episode is all about creating a safe space to talk about anger and rage, and where it comes from (typically) and what to do about it in your own life. I’ll also share my own rage story, and how I went from a rage-mom space to (almost) no yelling. In today’s episode you’ll hear:The common causes of mom rage and what you can do about itHow shame and rage are interconnected, and how to un-shame your angerMy own story with rage and other postpartum issuesWhat healing modalities can help with anger and rageHow our history and childhood can trigger anger/big emotions in our own parentingWhere my anger is at now, and how different my life is from doing the healing necessary ---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.ca

Trying to parent in a different way than you were modeled, while trying to heal your own past trauma can be tricky. Therapist Maggie Nick (Parenting With Perspectacles) shares her story of parenting through trauma, and how she was able to notice shame in herself and her parenting, and what she did to change. Tune into this episode to hear all about shame-free parenting and how it leads to more emotionally intelligent and resilient children. In our conversation: Maggie opens up about her own childhood and how being the “good” kid had a huge negative emotional impact on her as an adultHow shame gets into our parenting and is so often the root of emotional issues What re-parenting looks like, even if you aren’t supported by your parents right now (she helps clients navigate adult estrangement) More about Maggie: Maggie Nick is a Recovering people pleasing, perfectionist “good” kid turned Therapist. With her revolutionary insights, she is a Thought Leader in healing low self-worth, shame and parenting. She’s the Founder of Parenting With Perspectacles, a parenting AND reparenting framework to help parents of toddlers to teens find their way through the hardest, most triggering moments of parenting with the tools and insight to help both their child AND their inner child feel seen and loved.She shares relatable insights as a Cycle Breaking Mom, childhood trauma survivor and Therapist, helping people worldwide to heal, release the shame of feeling not good enough + learn to believe they deserve love without conditions.Maggie is the Co-Founder of The Parenting With Trauma Project, which supports parents showing up to heal their own trauma while breaking generational cycles of trauma for their children. She is also the Co-Founder of The Estrangement Project, which helps those healing The Motherwound and navigating estrangement from their mothers.Connect with Maggie: Parenting with Trauma Project Waitlist HEREWebsite HEREInstagram HEREWork with Crystal: Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERE---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

Today I interview Dr. Finlayson-Fife as she shares several valuable insights and strategies around raising tech-savvy and well-balanced teens. We delve into the important (and sometimes tricky) topic of pornography prevention in teens and fostering healthy screen habits (for ourselves and for our kids). Join us as we discuss effective approaches to guide your teens toward a more responsible relationship with their digital consumption. Tune into this conversation with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife and me. She is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping LDS individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.In this episode you will:Understand the impact of pornography, social media and screen use on the developing brain, future relationships and self-esteemBetter understand the importance of open and honest communication where we create a safe space to have sexual discussions and teaching, even if your childhood home was very different than the atmosphere you are trying to create nowUnderstand the importance of balancing boundaries and education without leaning too far into the fear and shame that can so often accompany these conversationsHow to discuss healthy sexuality in a shame-free and sex-positive way by starting with unpacking your own beliefs about sexualityConnect with Jennifer:In addition to her private practice, Dr. Finlayson-Fife has created five empowering and highly-reviewed online courses. Each course was designed to give LDS individuals and couples the tools requisite to creating healthier lives and stronger intimate relationships. Dr. Finlayson-Fife also offers many workshops and retreats where she teaches these life-changing principles in person.Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a frequent guest on LDS-themed podcasts on the subjects of sexuality, relationships, mental health, and faith. She is also the creator and host of Room for Two, a popular sex and intimacy coaching podcast.Learn more about Dr. Finlayson-FIfe and her work by clicking HERE. Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

Stress in our marriages/partnerships can bring strain into our parenting, and vice versa. Typically, if we’re struggling with one, it’ll affect the other. How do we start to change the dance of marriage that we have been in for so long, and create a healthier partnership (even when our partners aren’t on board with changing with us)? Join Dr Jennifer Finlayson-Fyfe and I as we dig into healthy partnerships and leave you with tools that can start changing things today. Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is an LDS relationship and sexuality coach with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. Her teaching and coaching focus on helping LDS individuals and couples achieve greater satisfaction and passion in their emotional and sexual relationships.What we talk about this episode: 3 tips to help us in our marriages that don’t have anything to do with changing our partnerHow gratitude can change the way we view things within our marriage.What resentment is trying to teach us, and how to use it to build a more equal partnershipWhat to do when you’re not on the same page with your partner (in parenting, about partnership, sexuality etc.) How seeking for validation from our partner affects our partnershipWe touch on how to teach heathy sexuality to our children (and pornography prevention) and will be bringing another conversation around this (and teens and screens) to the podcast next week!! Connect with Jennifer: In addition to her private practice, Dr. Finlayson-Fife has created five empowering and highly-reviewed online courses. Each course was designed to give LDS individuals and couples the tools requisite to creating healthier lives and stronger intimate relationships. Dr. Finlayson-Fife also offers many workshops and retreats where she teaches these life-changing principles in person.Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a frequent guest on LDS-themed podcasts on the subjects of sexuality, relationships, mental health, and faith. She is also the creator and host of Room for Two, a popular sex and intimacy coaching podcast.Learn more about Dr. Finlayson-FIfe and her work by clicking HERE.  Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

Sharing our stories is vulnerable- it can be scary, hard and confusing… but I also believe that it adds to understanding, compassion and a better world when we do. Here’s my story- in its vulnerable entirety. I hope it adds light and hope to your own journey- and that through my story you’ll have the courage to write your own- just for you.In this episode: Mental Health Journaling (or mindful journaling) and how it can help you healQuestions that you can ask yourself to use as journal prompts when writingMy story with my neurodiverse childThe heaviness of how I felt years ago, and what helped in my parentingWhat changes we’ve made over the past 5 years, and how I notice myself respond from a totally different energy than I used to The 3 biggest take-aways I notice looking back on my journey and how you can use those tools to support your parenting right nowWork with me:Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERE|Sign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the Parenting Mindset Journal HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

My past relationship with God was full of subconscious beliefs that actually kept me separated from Him, His goodness and His light. Shame, fear and control crept into my parenting, without me even knowing it (and definitely without me wanting it). I was stuck in the same patterns of generational parenting that had been passed down to me- and had no idea how much of a difference changing my relationship with God would heal this. Healed, loved, aligned and full of light (aka a more regulated nervous system, time for rest and stillness, and listening to my own desires and ideas more)- my life and my parenting is completely different. In this episode you’ll hear: How my childhood changed my views of God and I didn’t even noticeSpreading shame, fear and control in subconscious ways through how we relate to GodWhat my relationship with God used to look and sound like, and what it looks like nowResearch studies done on how we learn about God, and how it affects usChanging our relationship with our kids through subconscious workEmotionally healing IS God-workArticle from this episode: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580497/Work with me:Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the Parenting Mindset Journal HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

Creating space is the first step. You can’t pour more water into a cup that is already overflowing. What are you spending your time on? What are you choosing to do with “your one precious life?” Are you happy with how you spend your time? If you want new growth and change, that hasn’t happened before- creating space comes first. Tune in as we talk about why this is a struggle for us and how we can start small. In this episode: How my life was go-go-go and didn’t leave space for anything new, like healing and changeHow stopping the fast pace of my life felt like running a marathon How to do a time audit, and start creating change in how we spend our time How our own childhood, and past traumas affect us nowCreating time and space for stillness is integral to healing Work with me:Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HERE|Get the Parenting Mindset Journal HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

5 years ago, I found myself with a door slammed in my face and a child screaming at me on the other side. Big emotions, big reactions, and not knowing how to respond to all of this “big-ness”. Shifts were slow and happened over time… and it all started with this: MINDSET. I didn’t realize how the way that I was thinking about myself, my parenting and my child was creating the current relationship I had with them- and keeping us stuck in this habitual thinking/feeling/doing pattern that I couldn’t seem to change. Mindset changed it all. Fast-forward 6 years and I have a LOT more stories about how mindset has changed things- resentment in my marriage, my kiddos dealing with anxiety and teens endlessly watching YouTube. It’s one of the quickest and simplest ways to change things in your life, and your kids. In this episode you’ll hear: A little glimpse into my life 6 years ago attempting to parent a neurodiverse child with connection and love, but not being able to actually DO itHow mindset entered my journey “after the fact”, and how it changed so much in our relationship (he changed too!)Everything is created in consciousness first- how our mindset shapes our realityMindset and parenting around teens YouTube/screen use and anxiety in kidsHow mindset healed my resentment in marriage and how everything has changed since thenThought Dumps daily can help you access your thinking, gain awareness throughout the day and increase your response time during tough challenges that come up during the dayWork with me:Faith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the Parenting Mindset Journal HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

One of the top things I get asked is this: Crystal, please help my kids stop fighting! And today, you finally get the FULL answer. Learn more about what’s really going on- what fighting boils down to- and what can be good about it. We’ll also dig into 3 practical tools that you can use TODAY to lower fighting TODAY. They work in a sustainable way, not just as a temporary solution. You’ll love this episode! Make sure to like, share, subscribe and share it with a friend. In today’s episode we dig into: How fighting really boils down to emotional self-regulation (and communication skills)How we can teach our children self-regulation, and lower fighting in our homeHow to teach healthy and effective communication skills (it’s probably different than you’d think) The changes that have happened in my home with fighting and how you can start to make those same changes right nowPause, Breathe, Feel: get the custom feelings wheel HEREFaith-Based Parenting** CLICK HEREParent School: CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Download the feelings wheel HEREGet the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

What do gentle parenting and permanent weight loss have to do with each other? More than you’d think! Weight-loss is the by-product of self-love and true discipline (not what you might think discipline is). Through this process of simplifying, listening to my body more, learning and loving my body more… I’ve lost weight SO much easier and simpler than before, in a sustainable and permanent way. Dropping diet culture, shame, and the focus on “skinny” and leaning into LOVE, connection and relationship with ME. My friend Laura Conley joins us for this conversation and shares her story and insights with us. Laura Conley is a Certified Life + Weight Loss Coach. Laura helps mamas who have been painfully struggling with diet drama (who have tried EVERYTHING) to lose weight for the last time and free themselves from food forever. She is on a maniacal mission to do this so that her clients can pass down a beautiful legacy to their children around food and bodies, weigh what they want, and live the life they have always dreamed of without the weight in the way. She does this through coaching her clients on how to balance their hunger hormones, rewire their brains, handle emotions, accountability and becoming their own bestie.What we talk about: what the diet culture/industry has wrongwhy beating yourself up doesn’t actually workteaching our own kids to love their own body’s and accept themselvesthe role of acceptance, love and discipline in both parenting and weight loss Connect with Laura here: website: lauraconley.comIG: @lauraconleycoachingFree feelings wheel download: www.coachcrystal.ca/wheelFaith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for. Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here

Conscious parenting comes from our own inner healing, NOT from changing our kids, or focusing on their behaviours. Conscious means being intentional and aware. When I started on my own healing journey, I noticed that my children’s behaviour changed hugely… like it was mirroring my own healing journey. What I haven’t talked about until today is how much this change came from my shifting relationship with God… how I viewed God and how I viewed myself as well. Everything is interconnected and we dive into it in this episode.In today’s episode:How my parenting shifted as I turned inwards (and how their meltdowns decreased, and behaviour improved as I stopped trying to change them)Tapping into the Truth that is already inside of youHow the growth within myself and my children also mirrored my growth and change in my relationship with the DivineHow everything is connected: God, parenting, us and our kids… and where to start the changeMy brand-NEW program to guide you through this change as well (click HERE for more info)Free Download: feelings wheelFaith-Based Parenting** CLICK HERESign up for the next retreat** click here---Coaching has changed my own life, and the lives of my clients. More connection, more healing, more harmony, and peace in our most important relationships. It increases confidence in any parenting challenges and helps you be the guide to teach your children the family values that are important to you- in clear ways. If you feel called to integrate this work in a deeper way and become a parenting expert, that’s what I’m here for.Get the BOOK HERE: www.coachcrystal.ca/shopJoin the next round of PARENT SCHOOL: www.coachcrystal.ca/groupFind Your Parenting Personality: Quiz HereIG: @the.parenting.coachEmail me at crystal@coachcrystal.caInformation about the retreat: click here