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Parenting is often lived in the extremes. It's either Great Joy or chaotic overwhelmed. In one moment you’re nailing it and the next you're losing your cool I want to help you find your way to the messy middle, to a place of balance. You see, balance is a verb not a state of being. it is a thing you do not a thing you are. it is an action a process a series of micro-corrections each and every day to keep ourselves feeling centered. We are never truly balanced. We are engaged in the process of balancing.

Hello, I’m Dr. Laura Froyen and this is the Balanced Parent podcast, where overwhelmed stressed out and disconnected parents go to find tools, mindset shifts and practices to help them stop yelling at the people they love and start connecting on a deeper level, all delivered with heaping doses of grace and compassion. Join me in conversations that will help you get clear on your goals and values and start showing up in your parenting, your relationships, YOUR LIFE, with open-hearted authenticity and balance. Let’s go!

In this episode we explore the power that acceptance can bring to our lives.

You may have heard the famous saying by Carl Jung: "What we resist, persists." but what does that mean for parents in our every day lives, or what about during times that are legitimately hard?

In this episode you will learn what acceptance is, what it is NOT, and how to apply it to the pieces of your life where you are stuck in "should" and are suffering as a result.

I also read a powerful poem by psychologist Steven Taylor, which you can read here.

If that poem speaks to you, I highly recommend that you record yourself reading it and then listen to it as a form of meditation or affirmation. Listening to these new ways of thinking spoken aloud in your own voice can help you in the process of re-scripting your automatic thinking and default scripts.

Want more? Check out this week’s Balanced Bite, where I share weekly take home messages and real life examples. In this one I share four common family scenarios that can be smoothed and soothed with acceptance:

Laura Froyen, PhD

Laura Froyen, PhD

Balanced Parent Podcast

Laura Froyen, PhD

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Episode 6: The Power of Acceptance