How do I get my teens to do what I want them to do?
Wouldn't it just be so.much.easier if our teenagers just listened to us the first time and did what we asked them to do? In this episode, learn how to shift from the "language of compliance" to creating "conditions for cooperation" to have more productive communication and build a better relationship with your teenagers.
6 Mar 2023
Do I need to get involved?
How do parents of teenagers decide when they need to step in - or step out - to help their teenagers solve problems? In this episode, I offer four questions that you can ask yourself to help you decide if you need to get involved.
23 Feb 2023
Want to keep the conversation with your teenager going? Set these three things aside.
Now that you're listening, are you setting aside these three things? You'll keep lines of communication open and strengthen your relationship if you do. Listen to find out more1
5 Jan 2023
Are you listening?
If your teenager has ever said, "You're not listening!" this is the episode for you. Learn three tips that will help you be a better listener, both inside and outside the home.
8 Dec 2022
Are you available? If not, it could be another reason your teenager doesn't talk to you.
Does your teenager think that you're too busy for them? If so, they might be hesitant to try to connect with you. In this episode, I share three tips you can try at home to demonstrate that you are never too busy for them.
1 Dec 2022
Are you judgy? It could be the reason your teenager isn't talking to you.
Is there a Cosmo quiz, "Are you judgmental?" If not, let's make one up to see if you are judgy and if you are, it might be one of the reasons your teenager isn't talking to you. In this episode, I encourage you to check in with your own behavior to see what you might be modeling at home.
3 Feb 2022
Ask Me Anything!
In the final episode of season 2, I host an "AMA" where I answer four questions from my dedicated listeners. Love you all!
27 Jan 2022
Listen In: A Coaching Session with a Tween
It's time to see how some of these coaching strategies work in a real-life coaching conversation. Listen in to a dialogue between me and my almost 13-year old to hear how a coaching conversation can go.
20 Jan 2022
Coaching Move #3: The Personal Story
Tips for using a personal story during coaching - when, how, and why. Finally you get to talk about yourself.
13 Jan 2022
Role play and rehearsal - settle down, it's not what you think
Role playing and rehearsal are powerful coaching strategies I use with clients and they work really well with kids. In this episode, I share some tips for how I engage kids in role play/rehearsal.
6 Jan 2022
My kid is willing to talk with me - now what?
You've moved into the "coaching" phase in a problem-solving conversation. Here's one strategy you can use to keep your child thinking and the conversation going.
16 Dec 2021
Three tips for asking questions that won't get you shut down
The final episode in Season 1 of Try This at Home has it all - three tips on asking questions to keep the conversation going with your tween/teen and the ending to the Lisa and Ollie story.
9 Dec 2021
What I'm getting from you: doubling down on paraphrasing, plus a one-minute cameo from a real-life teenager
Demonstrating empathy and validating your kid's feelings is essential to start the coaching (aka problem-solving) conversation. Listen to tips on how you can do so in this episode. Also, a teen herself joins us to help showcase the power of paraphrasing.
2 Dec 2021
What to do when you're listening...but no one is talking
Tweens and teens are not known for being forthcoming with information. This episode explores three powerful P's in coaching - proximity, pausing, and paraphrasing - as ways to open up the conversation with your kid.
18 Nov 2021
Three things you can do to be a better listener
Are you a good listener? In general, people struggle with truly listening. In this podcast, I share three "listening set-asides" that will help you be a better listener and build trust with your kids.
11 Nov 2021
Advice - why it doesn't work and what to do instead
Welcome to Try This at Home, where I open up my Executive Coach's playbook and share tips and techniques I use with my clients so that you can use them at home with your kids.
Today's podcast is about advice - why it doesn't work and what to do instead.
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