Parenting In The Thick Of It With Louise Clarke

The gift of hindsight is such a great thing isn't it! Oh to have had all you know now back when your kids were little. Over the years I have collected a whole load of ADHD wisdom gems from some of the moms I have worked with who have children with ADHD and shared their nuggets here with you in this "I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now ADHD series. Tune into part 3 of what many of the moms I have worked with have learned over the years and wish they had known when their children were younger… Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Medium: https:/

The un-minded mind is a lethal weapon to you and to those around you. The un-minded mind lashes out in unconsciousness. The un-minded mind says things it doesn’t mean, it lectures, criticizes, judges and thinks it’s superior than. So how do you know when your mind is “unminded”? When it is “unmanned”! Tune in as I share with you how you can mind your mind… Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Spoti

If you’re raising a strong-willed and controlling child, you likely experience so many emotions, daily: you love your kid. You want the world for them. It’s just that their out-of-control behavior can be so overwhelming and frustrating. You simultaneously want to connect with your child and dread your time together.  (It’s ok.  I promise!). In this episode I share with you details of what’s going to be an AMAZING SUMMIT on Raising Your Strong-Willed Child. I am one of the experts presenting on it and I’d love for you to join me. Please find the link below and sign up for FREE, it starts on Sunday 12th May. Look forward to seeing you there. Tune in… You can sign up via this link NOW: https://rebrand.ly/Louise-Clarke  Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.yout

How do you feel when you hear your child shout "I hate math" or "I hate my socials teacher" or "I hate my tennis lessons, it's so hard"? It can be a tough position to find ourselves in and I know that when this happens to me I can find it quite scary! What do I do? Why does it evoke fear in me? In this episode I share with you what I do and it's not what you think! I used to go off on a rant about the fact that HATE is a strong word and miss the real lesson. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouisecl

This episode was prompted by an excerpt from ‘The One World School House - Education Reimagined’ by Salman Khan the founder of the Khan Academy.  A survey concluded that the single strongest predictor of better achievement scores and fewer behavioral problems was not time spent on homework, but rather the frequency and duration of family meals. Curious? Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id135

Over the last two weeks I have aired episodes where I share with you a 2 minute guided meditation and a 5 minute meditation. In today’s episode, I am doing a 10 minuted guided meditation for you. With that in mind (provided you are not driving) please join me for this 10 minute guided meditation where you can use tapping into stillness and solitude to nourish yourself and switch off from the doing and access a state of being. Before you start, if you can find a place where you can start this meditation outside and looking up into the sky, even from beneath a tree, it would be amazing. If not, you can still participate. Curious? Join me. Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/group

The gift of hindsight is such a great thing isn't it! Oh to have had all you know now back when your kids were little. Over the years I have collected a whole load of ADHD wisdom gems from some of the moms I have worked with who have children with ADHD and shared their nuggets here with you in this "I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now ADHD series. There is so much wisdom and learning that I have enough for 3 episodes so make sure you don't miss them. What they have learned over the years and wish they had known when their children were younger Part 2 is now available here. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Website: https://yourparentingpartner.com/ Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com

The way in which we react to our child's mistakes, spills, mess ups and accidents can either make them feel bad about themselves or teach them the vital life skills they need to learn. Sometimes it is incredibly hard to get it "right" in the heat of the moment but in the story I recall here, one Dad hit the jackpot. Tune in to find out exactly what he did when the slushy his 6-year-old  was drinking spilled EVERYWHERE... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: https://me

During times of conflict with our kids, find out how you being able to reframe "won't" to "can't" can have a dramatically different outcome for preserving the connection you have with your child. Doing this has a profound effect on our mindset, the view we have of our child, our subsequent thought patterns, our response and most importantly our child's experience. Curious? Tune in... Thank you @kwienset62 for inspiring this episode. Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: htt

Last Monday I posted a 2 minute guided meditation for you and promised that I would post a slightly longer one here for you this week. So, with that in mind (provided you are not driving) why  not join me for this 5 minute guided meditation where you can use gratitude to fill you up and nature to tap into your being. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-i

The gift of hindsight is such a great thing isn't it! Oh to have had all you know now back when your kids were little. Well, I have collected a whole load of ADHD wisdom gems from some of the moms I have worked with who have children with ADHD and shared their nuggets here with you in part 1 of this "I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now ADHD series. There is so much wisdom and learning that I have enough for 3 episodes so make sure you don't miss them. What they have learned over the years and wish they had known when their children were younger you can now access. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in

Good question and one that is often over-looked when we "give" our child an allowance and are in effect giving them control of their spending. It can be so hard to watch your child blow all their savings or, try to convince them not to spend it all when it is actually "theirs" to spend. What "should" we do? We can find ourselves caught up in it, fighting over it all and severing our connection with them. One brave mom recently reached out to me with just this conundrum when her kids wanted to buy online video games and candy. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id

On one hand we want to raise children who believe it is okay to feel their feelings and believe that all feelings are okay but on the other, we wish they wouldn't have such HUGE emotional outbursts! Other people's big emotions can be scary and we are often at a loose end as to what to do with our child in the heat of their emotional moment. In this episode, I discuss some ways in which you can support your child's emotions and also look beneath the surface to try and get to the root cause of them. Where are they coming from? Might they even be coming from you? Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-th

No matter what you do you find yourself up against your kids and their screen diet? It's a HUGE problem and one that almost every parent faces today. Why is it such a challenge? In this episode, I share with you some reasons and some ideas for getting more buy in around what's deemed enough for them and how to deal with the pushback. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-th

If you find it hard to find the time to meditate why not start small and with me in this 2-minute guided meditation. If you take the kids to school, maybe you could do it in the car before you leave the school parking lot or in the same place for two minutes at the end of the day right before pick up. If your kids get themselves to school, then maybe you could take a seat for 2 minutes the minute they are out the door in the mornings or in the 2 minutes before they are due back home in the afternoon. It will help you more than you could ever imagine - you just have to do it. Tune in and join me... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com

It can be highly frustrating to watch your child drift off task over and over again. What do you do? What can you do? In this episode, I share with you some ideas that I have found to be useful in helping my son learn to stay more focused and on task. However, to do this you have to make sure that you first meet your own needs. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thic

If you are a regular listener of my podcast you will know that I am dead against parents doing things for their children that they are perfectly capable of doing for themselves. The negative effects of doing so are far reaching and disastrous for our children and we are seeing this play out in the young adults "we" have collectively, from over-parenting,  "created". Tune in and take note so you don't rob your kids of the capacity to develop the life skills and competencies they need and you desperately want them to have.  The Price Of Privilege by Madeline Levine can be found here: https://amzn.to/2P3lATj How To Raise An Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims can be found here: https://amzn.to/2UtGEZe Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Paren

What is your definition of success? And what is your definition of success in the context of your children? Madeline Levine, a well known Psychologist and NY times best selling author believes that the modern day definition of success is skewed and that the pressures of this skewed definition are wreaking havoc on the mental health of our children.  She says that "parents have to face the incongruity between their experience and their attitude". Very few of us achieved "success" by going from A, to B, to C in a straight line yet our definition of success for our children demands that they have to. Tune in... The Price Of Privilege by Madeline Levine can be found here: https://amzn.to/2P3lATj How To Raise An Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims can be found here: https://amzn.to/2UtGEZe Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YP

In this episode I share with you a story involving my son, team selections, his emotions and how he and I dealt with them and the situation. Throughout it all I kept saying to myself "How can I help him learn from this?" and it was through me doing this, remaining compassionate and curious, and being aware of when I was slipping into fear that we got through it in the best way possible. Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTune

Are you MindFULL or Mindful? The benefits of mindfulness are vast: curiosity, forgiving mistakes, gratitude & grace, practicing compassion, deepening connection, trusting ourselves, embracing vulnerability and the ability to accept the as is of each moment. Can you imagine just what this could do for your children? Tune in... Follow Me Online Here: Instagram: https://instagram.com/louiseclarke.ypp Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/louiseclarkeyourparentingpartn/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourparentingpartner/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/YPPartner You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqdQ1_fC72bKutwr5EfavQA FB Parent Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentingInTheThickOfIt/ Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-with-louise-clarke/id1358492950 Parenting In The Thick Of It Family Organizer: https://parentinginthethickofit.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@mlouiseclarke iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-in-the-thick-of-it-w