Parenting Without Power Struggles
Hosted by Susan and Susan Stiffelman · Susan Stiffelman
4.7from 315 ratings
- 182
- Episodes
- 52
- Transcribed
- 315
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 64K
- YouTube views
About Parenting Without Power Struggles
Susan Stiffelman is a family therapist, parent coach, and one of the country's premiere parenting experts, and the author of Parenting Without Power Struggles and Parenting With Presence (an Eckhart Tolle edition.) Susan's podcasts feature conversations with guests including Dr. Dan Siegel, Janet Lansbury, Dr. Kristen Neff, Dr. Mona Delahooke, Glennon Doyle, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jack Kornfield, Martha Beck, and many others.
- Publisher
- Susan Stiffelman
- Category
- health & fitness · kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
52 of 182 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
4:8 Being Present with Disappointment: an IFS Perspective
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
4:7 After the Anger: An IFS Look at Repair
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
4:6 An IFS Look at Power Struggles: Captain, Lawyer, or Dictator?
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4:8 Being Present with Disappointment: an IFS Perspective
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Trust me, kids are built to survive disappointment. We all are. We have so much capacity to ride the waves, the rough waves. It's preloaded in us. Now, again, if you have a child with some significant health issues or has gone through a lot of trauma or stress recently, it's a different picture. We try and soften things for them. But in general, just sitting through our child's disappointment can be enough. I hope that this is landing for you. I know that some of this flies in the face of some of our instincts. Love fixes things. Sometimes when you love someone, you try and fix things for them. […]
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- Tina Payne Bryson
- Laura Markham
- Martha Beck
- Lisa Spiegel
- Ned Hallowell
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 64,138
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 278 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 37 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 89 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Parenting Without Power Struggles?
Susan and Susan Stiffelman host the show. Published by Susan Stiffelman.
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Does Parenting Without Power Struggles take guests?
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