The Healthy Family Connections Podcast Episode 210 · Duration: 00:16:12 We’ll talk about this and a whole lot more on this week’s podcast, Will Someone Please Help Our Family!! Today we’re hearing from Joelle from Sacramento, CA and Joelle writes: Dear Neil, We’ve been struggling with our daughter (15) for several years. She’s been diagnosed with […]
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My Shy Wonderful Son, Is Living In His Bed
In this episode Neil responds to a Mom concerned that her shy 16 year old son is spending all his time in bed playing video games. Dad has checked out and Mom is wondering what to do. Neil shows Mom how to reengage her currently disengaged family and along the way, shows Mom how powerful she truly is.
Continue readingIntroducing the Empowered Teen Parenting Course
Are you dealing with a difficult kid as they enter adolescence? Are you feeling overwhelmed with the risk, responsibility and frustration of raising your teen? Are you tired of trying to manage the way technology is affecting your family? Hi, I’m Neil D Brown and I’m training parents just like you to create a healthy system […]
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Shame & Self-Doubt Are a Family Affair
Shame and self-doubt are a family affair. We get it from our parents, like they got it from theirs, and we pass it on to our kids. But we can end it.
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Is Your Family “Pond” Healthy?
Families are social ecologies, and just like biological ones, they resist change both outside and within. And we call this resistance to change homeostasis.
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What Causes Good Students to Fall Behind & Play Catch-Up
Many kids start school strong only to fall behind and have to play catch-up, often with a big push at the end of the semester… basically, right around now.
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What to Do When Your Great Kid Displays Dark Depression
Meet Emma. Emma began avoiding social activities, dropped piano lessons, and started producing dark art and poetry. Her parents weren’t sure what to do next.
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How’s a Parent to Know if a Power Struggle Is Normal?
How is a parent to know when the power struggle they’re having with their teen is normal, and when it’s truly become a serious problem?
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How Our Kids Help Us Find and Heal Our Own Issues
If you notice a familiar pattern in your teen, ask yourself, “What’s my issue?” The answer to this question could create a healing opportunity for you both.
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What Is the Parent-Child or Parent-Teen Control Battle?
Control Battles use up the emotional resources in a family. And the longer it goes on, the more serious the impact will be on your teen’s development.
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