How to Break Negative Parenting Patterns
I am thrilled to be a guest on The D Shift, Mardi Winder-Adams’ podcast on how to navigate divorce. Most of the parents I work with are divorced or in blended families, making coparenting challenging. HOWEVER, you can still practice conscious parenting and positive parenting, even if the other parent is not fully on board. It […]
Read this if you are co-parenting with a narcissist
It’s a situation in which many of us find ourselves. Your partner or ex-partner may not even be a narcissist, but perhaps exhibits toxic traits. You are worried about how your children are affected, especially when you are not physically present. However, there is HELP. As we learn more about childhood development and attachment, we realize […]
Healing from Toxicity: A Journey to Conscious Parenting
I am thrilled to appear on Tiffany Ghrist’s podcast Sassy and SELF Employed! Tiffany is an authenticity and alignment coach and a fellow narcissistic abuse survivor. We talk about reparenting ourselves while becoming conscious parents. We talk about: *How to take responsibility for your relationship with your children *Why RADICAL HONESTY is crucial to a […]
How to be a Gentle Parent
I recently welcomed parenting coach and RTT therapist Stefanie Fernandes to the channel! Stefanie and I talk about complex trauma and how kids are negatively affected when they grow up in a post-war world, where parents are still focused on surviving rather than thriving. Remember that well-being is much more than just surviving! Stefanie and […]
How to be a Radically Authentic Parent after Narcissistic Abuse
I interviewed authenticity coach, Mom, and fellow narcissistic abuse survivor Tiffany Ghrist! Click the image below for the full video! Tiffany talks to us about how to begin the healing and reparenting process from narcissistic abuse, which I have undertaken myself. It is hard work and so worth it! Here are some of the highlights […]
Legal Help for Indie Authors: Copyright, Limited Liability, and Defamation
Author Mindy McGinnis was kind enough to interview me on her podcast Writer Writer Pants on Fire about my recently released book, Legal Issues Authors must Consider. We talked about how to protect copyright of your own work, how to get copyright permission to use other works, how to protect your business, and how to […]
How to have great relationships with our older kids
I had the pleasure of giving an interview on The Happiness Workshop podcast, hosted by happiness expert Pascale Cook-Fernandes. We talked about cultivating healthy relationships with our adolescent, teen, and young adult children. When kids get older, they strive for more independence and exhibit more of what we call “counterwill.” This is all developmentally normal and should […]
Nurturing your child’s creativity and COLLEGE ESSAY help!
I had the pleasure of interviewing writing coach and college essay editor Jessie Rothwell on my YouTube channel. Jessie helps children and teens find their own voices in their writing. I LOVE our discussion about giving kids a voice and impressing upon them that they have important things to say. Too often, adults discount children’s […]
Conscious Parenting through Astrology
I had the pleasure of speaking with Tonya Dee on her podcast, Musings with Tonya Dee. Tonya is a holistic sha’ medium, and we had plenty to talk about! Topics include: Connect with Tonya Dee: Connect with Maria: Get my FREE, weekly positive parenting with astrology content on my YouTube channel here!
How to Parent (and Reparent) the Triple Scorpio Child
In this video I talk about how to parent the TRIPLE SCORPIO child (and how to reparent the Triple Scorpio adult). When a child’s sun, moon, and rising sign are ALL in the sign of Scorpio, you get an intense, directed, unfiltered concentration of Scorpio energy. Click on the video below to find out all […]