Welcome to the introductory episode of the Raising Resilience Podcast! Join me with certified master parent coach, Connie Miller, as we explore effective parenting strategies to manage stress, improve communication, and create a balanced home. Learn about responsive parenting and how to raise confident, resilient kids. 

Tune in to discover how to turn parenting challenges into joyful experiences and build stronger family connections. Perfect for overwhelmed parents seeking practical advice and support.

Connie Miller: As our kids get older, we can retain the conversations and the depth and the connection that we have with them to enjoy those more challenging developmental stages the caveat to this too is that it's never too late I've coached grandparents on rebuilding relationships with their grown children that they wanted to repair once they became grandparents or just in reflecting back on some of their life choices. Once a parent, always a parent and even if you're not a parent you're parented so we really can reach everyone where they are set them up with the tools that they need to feel successful 


From managing emotional overwhelm and redefining parenting roles to finding the perfect work life balance, we've got you covered. Hit subscribe now and embark on this enriching journey with us. Now here's your host, Connie Miller. 


Richard Matthews: Hello and welcome to the very first episode of the Raising Resilience podcast. and I'm excited to be here with Connie. I am doing just a special co host with you today, Connie. And what I wanted to start off with for this podcast is why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself and your business, your clients, what it is that you do for them so we can get a good sort of feel for what this podcast is going to be about going forward. 


This creates a more balanced home environment guiding these parents away from the traditional reactive parenting style to what I like to call responsive [00:03:00] parenting. And therefore they raise resilient children. 


Richard Matthews: I love that. And I know when you first brought this podcast to us and we started talking about it, I was pretty excited about it because, you know, I'm in this similar situation, right? I've got four children. We travel full time. So we have a crazy life. And my wife's got her degree in early childhood education and counseling and stuff like that. 


So we have some pretty good like, background in this. And we get questions all the time from our community. They're like, how do you raise your kids to be like that? And I didn't even know there were words to describe the way that we parented until you and I started talking, right? Like the responsive parenting and those kinds of things. 


And we get asked all the time. And I'm like, I don't know what the resources are, or even that there are resources for parents. And so it is. to hear what 


So we also offer things above or not above and beyond, but in, tandem to private coaching. We do group coaching. I do webinars. I do in person workshops provide a ever growing list of online resources. And also I've just started publishing my own journals and books. So there's a spot in there for everyone to find something that meets them where they are and start expanding their thoughts on parenting and re imagining it to be exactly what they wanted it to be 


And like, you get to enjoy your relationship with your children all the way through the stages, right? And it's like, I know one of the things that I know you and I have talked about a little bit is like, you know, I got a one teenager and all the way down to like five year olds and people all the time. 


They're like, like, I'll worry about the teenagers. The teenagers are coming. I'm like, my teenager is excellent, right? I love, I love hanging out with them. And you don't have to have those, I don't know those like negative sort of like, the stuff that comes from the community about how parenting, you know, is going to be right. 


It can actually be excellent all the way through. And that's what you teach. You teach people how to do that. 


As our kids get older, we can retain the conversations and the depth and the connection that we have with them to enjoy those more challenging developmental stages. And the caveat to this too, is that it's never too late. I've coached grandparents on rebuilding relationships with their grown children that they wanted to repair once they became grandparents or just in reflecting back on some of their life choices. 


Richard Matthews: even more than more than that, you probably have Children in your life and there's that whole community parenting aspect that comes into just showing up for the kids that are in your life, whether you're a teacher or your neighbors have kids or your nephews or your whatever, nephews and nieces are as the human experience. You will interact with children and these skills go across the board. 


Richard Matthews: So that gives a really good sort of overview of what you do at happiness coaching, but what I want to talk about is what's your vision for raising resilience as a podcast. So what are you hoping to see this become as a resource for your community? 


Connie Miller: My vision for raising resilience is to be the go-to resource for practical parenting advice and support, but kind of from the lens of your best friend. So, you know, there's no shame, there's no blame. It's a safe space, an honest space. where you can come to think about things, reflect on things and move forward with intention. 


it's just kind of like having a chat with your best friend who just happens to have a ton of expert knowledge. So each episode I hope to pack with not only content but inspiring stories, interviews all delivered with a little bit of sense of humility and relatability. 


Not just five year olds, but 15, 35, 40, 50. [00:10:00] 45, whatever, whatever age your children are. 


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Connie Miller: Yeah. Yeah. And, and we, feel those stresses and in our, you know, most triggered moments or, you know, when we're feeling the most depleted, we oftentimes revert back to either ways that we were parented or something we read. We don't always have that moment of intention. And so my goal is to help steward forth that idea of being responsive and we are intentionally doing and creating situations where we are trying to learning effective communication strategies, effective stress management strategies that, you can use in a moment, not going for a four hour run, though that's great also. 


Richard Matthews: I know this is something, because I've heard you talk about this, and I know this is important for parents to just sort of hear, but you're not looking to teach people how to be perfect parents. Right. And so like, I know one of the ways, like my wife and I talk about this all the time is like, we want to be like, we want to be doing pretty good 80 of the time and then know how to apologize and fix it when we F it up the other 20%. Yeah, and forgive yourself, too. That's a whole other piece, the forgiving yourself and not, you know, worrying so much about some, a misstep that we might have had. Maybe, you know, do the repair, but repair with yourself, too, so you can move forward, and you don't get stuck, you know, playing that back, in the back of your mind at every corner until you Kind of find something else to play in the back of your mind. Create your own depression. That's what that does. 


Connie Miller: Yeah. Yeah, 


Connie Miller: you know I've been going around and around about it, but a lot of it I think I just want to bust some myths right out of the gate You know so we can really figure out how we're having conversations about parenting and happiness and on raising resilience and What are the words and terms we're using? around parenting and relationship building with our kids and setting goals and moving towards those goals. And so, you know, not only am I going to have experts on here to kind of banter back and forth about, you know, current events and in parenting theory and strategies but dieticians nutritionists, pediatricians. Teachers coming in and talking about, you know, what you might see if your kid needs to be on a 504 or an IEP. But so just kind of getting into all the people, like you said, the community that, that participates in parenting our [00:14:00] kids and have it all right here. Their go to resource for all the latest and greatest, you know, And you know, real time. So if, there's a historical event that comes about current event, you know, how we could talk about how to talk about it to your kid, depending on their age and stage of development. So, you know, I, I even want to get my kids on here sometime and I'll let them bust me up a little bit too. So, 


Richard Matthews: That should be fun and exciting. So let's talk for a minute about getting the people who are listening to this actually into the show. I know. So like, we were just talking about what the show is going to be about. Let's talk real briefly about what your release schedule is going to be and where you plan on releasing all this stuff and then like the website is. People can go and subscribe. 


Richard Matthews: So if you're watching this now and you have children that you interact with in your life as a parent, or, you know, as anyone in the community, it definitely take the time to subscribe to raising resilience. And again, that's happy nest. So any ST happy nest coaching. com forward slash podcast. And we'll have links to all the major platforms there. So if you Apple podcast, watcher, or Spotify user or YouTube user, all the links will be there. So you can click onto your favorite platform. And if you are watching this, take the time to give Connie a review on this. That has going to really help push this forward. And the more, you help support this show, the more that she can help. Get more of these resources out into the community. So again, Connie, thank you so much for coming on and putting this resource together for the community. I think it's going to be a really a beneficial podcast just all around. 


Richard Matthews: So if you're watching this, hit that like subscribe button and we'll see you on episode one where the real content will start to come in. Connie, thank you so much for being here today and we'll see you guys later. 


Connie Miller: Thank you. Can't wait to miss those boss. Boss those myths. 


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