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Jessica Zodicoff

I'm a Parent with Anxiety. These 4 Steps are my Lifeline.

How do we navigate parenting anxiety while living in modern isolation? This tool works in a matter of seconds during in-the-trenches parenting.

Jul 29 22 | 3 - 32 min read

5 Ways To Handle Your Child's Challenging Behaviors

Sometimes, we can’t help but want to pull away from our children when they are challenging to be around, because our children often ask for love in th
Jul 29 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Taming Bad Attitudes

Our kids sometimes have bad attitudes because they are... well... human. Here are five tools to tame your child's disrespect.

Jul 28 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Don't Be On Behavior Patrol; Parent The Whole Child

With lots of positive interactions, a love-based mindset, and a positive approach to changing behavior, you can keep your connection with your kids st
Jul 28 22 | 3 - 32 min read

We Are More Than Moms

Do you ever feel like a piece of you gets lost in Motherhood? It's not that you don't feel grateful for the gifts of your children and love them immen
Jul 28 22 | 2 - 22 min read

7 Ways to Stop Disrespectful Behavior

Disrespectful behavior is a normal response for an underdeveloped, reactive brain. Our response to this normal behavior, however, will determine wheth
Jul 26 22 | 2 - 22 min read

How to Handle Meltdowns, Not Listening, and Backtalk

When it comes to parenting little ones, there seem to be three common parenting struggles: meltdowns, not listening, and talking back. This is a guide
Jul 25 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Why Mothers Can't Ignore Their Baby's Cries

Have you ever been advised to let your child cry? There is a reason it feels impossible.

Jul 22 22 | 2 - 22 min read

14 Common Parenting Phrases: When We Say That, Our Kids Hear This

Here are common parenting phrases, what kids hear, and what we can say instead to get on the same page.
Jul 22 22 | 3 - 32 min read

The Adults We Become Are Influenced By The Children We Had To Be

It can be easy to write ourselves or another parent off as a "bad" parent, but maybe what we need, and have always needed, is for someone to tell us t
Jul 22 22 | 3 - 32 min read

How To Celebrate Being An Imperfect Mom

As parents, we will make mistakes and yet our blunders don't define us. The way we choose to love and embrace our whole, vibrant selves (even the mess
Jul 22 22 | 3 - 32 min read

The Connecting Magic of Family Traditions and Rituals

We are living in times where parents are working longer, kids are schooling longer, and everyone is glued to their devices when not working or schooli
Jul 19 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Punching Pillows Isn’t a Good Calming Strategy for Kids (Here’s What Is)

When it comes to calming strategies for kids, the internet has provided a vast array to choose from, but not all of them are backed by research. In fa
Jul 14 22 | 3 - 32 min read

10 Effective Tools For Your Child's Back-To-School Anxiety

Moving from summer break to back to school is a transition, and transitions are tricky for kids, which means they are also tricky for parents. But you
Jul 14 22 | 3 - 32 min read

How About a Little Less Guilt This Summer

The memes are swirling again. “Your children are only little once” and “enjoy every second.” But when you’re struggling, these well-meaning sentiment
Jul 14 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Calming Your Child's Fears On Their First Day of Kindergarten

If you notice that your child is having some fear and worry about the first day of Kindergarten, there are five things you can do to help calm their a
Jul 13 22 | 3 - 32 min read

You're Not Meant To Be Perfect, And Neither Is Your Child

5 tools to help your inner child overcome the fear of failure so that you and your kids can embrace a growth mindset!
Jul 11 22 | 3 - 32 min read

A Simple Way to Raise Compassionate Kids

One of our most prominent roles as parents is to teach our children to think, examine, analyze, and eventually, live beyond their automatic reactions.
Jul 7 22 | 3 - 32 min read

When Your Child's Meltdowns Are Too Much To Handle

Sometimes we are running on empty ourselves, and we don’t have the emotional capacity to be with our child’s big emotions. Here are some preventative

Jul 5 22 | 3 - 32 min read

The Emotional Wounding Of The Perfect Parent

When we learn at a young age that our parents' love isn't reliable, we become hypervigilant to their moods and rescue them by becoming whoever they ne
Jul 5 22 | 3 - 32 min read

How to Give Your Child More Autonomy

Want to decrease power struggles in your home? Give your child more autonomy using this tool.

Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

5 Simple Tools To Create A Meaningful Relationship With Your Child

Looking to make it through the day without yelling, power struggles or the dreaded parenting guilt? Stop what you're doing and check out these 5 simpl
Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

A Guide to Building Relationships with Our Teens

When our children are young, they do most of the bidding for connection. As they grow older and there is more peer influence, we often find roles reve
Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Why Do Parents Spank?

To advocate for the children who fall subject to corporal punishment, perhaps we must witness the inner child of the punisher. Here are 4 reasons why

Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

We Often Think Our Kids Are Manipulating Us But Are We Manipulating Them?

We often feel like our children are manipulating us yet research shows that willful manipulation is a function of higher brain regions that are still

Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

4 Reasons Your Child Can't Regulate Alone

While it is often a hot topic and a buzzword, it turns out there are many misconceptions about self-regulation. Here are four.
Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

3 Ways To Meet Your Child's Needs For Attachment And Authenticity

When a parent habitually removes affection or acceptance from a child as a means of coercing compliance, the child is forced into codependency or rebe
Jun 30 22 | 3 - 32 min read

12 Parenting Principles To Live By

Parenthood is the ultimate journey - not only in getting to know our children but in growing (and testing) ourselves, too. Here are 12 parenting princ
Jun 29 22 | 3 - 32 min read

3 Tools For Parenting A Strong-Willed Child

Learning to decode your fierce child’s behavior is key to reducing power struggles and increasing connection. Here are 3 tools for parenting a strong-
Jun 28 22 | 3 - 32 min read

What To Say To A Parent Who Just Lost A Child

The unfortunate truth is that the majority of women feel shame, self-blame, and guilt after a pregnancy loss. While you cannot take away the pain, you
Jun 28 22 | 3 - 32 min read

6 Simple Ways To Diffuse Power Struggles With Your Toddler

We cannot raise independent, assertive, and strong-willed adults if we force them to be passive, pliable, and obedient children. Here are 6 connection
Jun 26 22 | 3 - 32 min read

I Sent Myself To The Calming Corner And My Child Learned To Regulate Emotions

Time-Ins are an opportunity for us adults to re-connect with our inner child and learn the skills of emotional regulation so that we can then model an
Jun 26 22 | 3 - 32 min read

What To Do When Positive Parenting Isn't Working

Sometimes parents say that positive parenting “isn’t working” for them, and when that is the case, it’s important to explore why before giving up. Her
Jun 21 22 | 3 - 32 min read

7 Parts Of The Parenting Pie

At its core, parenting is about relationships, and in our search for the perfect discipline tricks, we've lost sight of that. Here are 7 pieces to the
Jun 21 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Two Words That Soothe A Child’s Heart

Our connection matters. Our children feel it. They need it. They need to know that, no matter what transpired today, no matter what was said, no matte
Jun 21 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Parenting as an Introvert is Hard. Here's One Thing That Keeps Me Sane.

When you can't create more time alone for yourself, supercharge your time to bask in your internal refuge with this tool.

Jun 20 22 | 3 - 32 min read

3 Simple Tools To Gain Cooperation From Your Child

When it comes to getting your child to listen, tricks and bribes only go so far. Eventually, your kids will wise up to them, and because these tactics
Jun 19 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Helping Your Kids Process Tragic News

In different ways, we will have conversations with our children about the tragedy that took place in Uvalde. As we do so, we can follow some of these

Jun 15 22 | 5 - 52 min read

The Effects of Spanking on the Spanker

8 ways spanking affects the parent or person giving the spanking

Jun 14 22 | 3 - 32 min read

A Guide For Gentle Parents: When Family Is Disrespectful To Your Child

Jun 7 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Do You Have the Courage to Imperfect?

Embracing your imperfect self, your imperfect children, and your imperfect life is an uncomfortable, vulnerable step to take. Here are some tips for m
Jun 7 22 | 3 - 32 min read

How to Become a Cycle-Breaking Parent in 4 Steps

Unlike many of our parents who repressed, denied, ignored, or shamed their own feelings, resulting in abusive explosions and emotional neglect, becomi
Jun 7 22 | 3 - 32 min read

Stop Saying, "He's Mean To You Because He Likes You"

"He's mean to you because he likes you" is a harmful message that perpetuates the cycle of bullying and program
Mar 21 22 | 3 - 32 min read

10 Magical Outcomes to Dropping Your Expectations

We subconsciously believe that if our children are misbehaving, then we did

Mar 20 22 | 3 - 32 min read

3 Effective Ways to Create a Peaceful Home Life

Want to create a home with less yelling, power struggles, and chaos - a home that has more peace? Then these are your three ingredients.
Feb 28 22

Want Your Child to Sleep Better? Do this.

A new study concluded that almost half of children in the United States don’t get the recommended nine hours, and their lack of sleep is negatively im
Sep 20 21 | 3 - 32 min read

Raising Emotionally Healthy Boys

Forcing boys to repress their emotions is quite literally killing them, leaving lasting mental and physical health implications. Here are 4 thin
May 12 21 | 3 - 32 min read

Social worker and mom uses yoga and positive affirmations to heal herself and her family

One mom shares how she uses her training in social work and yoga to heal herself, her family, and her community.
Aug 10 20 | 3 - 32 min read

Foster Families Are Making It Safe For Kids to Feel

One foster family shares how they are managing emotions on a daily basis in raising their five children.
Jul 29 19 | 3 - 32 min read

What Two Young Boys Taught Their Grandma About Anger

I gave SnuggleBuddies to my grandsons while they were visiting for Christmas to help them learn about feelings, but what happened next surprised me.

Mar 2 19
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