It was my honor and pleasure to be a guest on one of my favorite podcasts–Joyful Courage with friend and colleague Casey O’Roarty. Click here to listen to the episode
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- How positive discipline impacts other relationships in our lives
- Positive discipline as a theory and the reality of implementation
- Mistakes as opportunities to learn and navigating shame
- Solutions oriented problem solving versus consequences
- Dealing with your own emotional stuff when encountering challenging behaviour
- The role of regular family meetings
- The importance of apologies
- Making amends after we make mistakes
- What to do when you “lose it”
- Post-conflict communication and rebuilding closeness
- Managing triggers and being called out on your stuff
- Learning and growing as a family in positive discipline
- Assumptions & consequences – 3 R’s & 1 H
- Brain development and consequences
- Genuine curiosity and asking curious questions to improve communication
- Curiosity as a way of being
- Shedding ego to engage in a meaningful way
- Connecting early to keep the lines of communication open for adolescence
- Treating your children as friends – a positive discipline perspective