Welcome to the Joyful Courage Podcast - a place where parents of tweens and teens come to find inspiration, information and encouragement in the messy terrain of adolescence
This season of parenting is no joke - and while the details of what we are all moving through might be slightly different, we are having a collective experience.
This is a space where we center building relationship, nurturing life skills, and leaning into our own personal growth.
My name is Casey O’Roarty, I am a parent coach, Positive Discipline LEad Trainer, and captain of the adolescent ship over at Sproutable. I am also a speaker and published author. I have been working with parents and families for over 20 years and continue to navigate being a mom with my own two young adult kids.
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Eps 677: Out-of-Control Teenagers with Scott Sells.
If your house doesn't look like the ones in the parenting posts, this one's for you. Dr. Scott Sells has spent 30 years with families parenting an out of control teenager. We talk about where typical teen behavior ends and extreme begins, and how we can unknowingly feed our kiddo's anxiety. Scott walks us through his 30-day positive teen report and why he has parents do dress rehearsals. We cover when it's time to call in a professional.
Guest bio
Dr. Scott Sells is the founder of two evidence-based treatment models, Parenting with Love and Limits and Family Systems Trauma, used by therapists across the U.S. and Europe. He holds a PhD and an MSW from Florida State, has taught social work at the university level, and is the author of three books, including Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager, which has sold more than 100,000 copies and is now out in a revised edition. He has spent 30 years with families at the hardest end of this work. He lives in Montana with his wife and twin sons. Find him at https://extremeteen.com/.
Find more info and show notes at https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/eps-677-out-of-control-teenager/
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13 Oct 2026
Eps 676: Amber Traina, Positive Discipline Today
Positive Discipline has been the book so many of us reach for since 1981, and now there’s a new edition. My guest Amber Traina, granddaughter of Dr. Jane Nelsen, worked alongside Jane on the revision and the new chapter on technology. We talk about why kind and firm sits at the heart of it and the difference between niceness and kindness. Amber shares the tech audit and why connection is what brings our teens to us when they mess up.
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6 Oct 2026
Eps 675: When Your Teens Grades Start Slipping
It's that time of year... The grade portal shows a pile of missing assignments, and taking the phone away feels like the only leverage you have. In this solo show I start in that moment with a teen who's behind in school, then work outward through the intentional ecosystem. We look at how your house runs and how connected you and your teen are, then at what you make those grades mean. I cover mistaken goals, executive functioning, natural consequences, and when to get help.
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Dr Traci Baxley
Ann Garcia
Dr Robyn Koslowitz
Natalia Aiza
Kate Moryoussef
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