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That's Good Parenting: Expert Tips to Reduce Parenting StressAuthor: Dori Durbin
Parenting stress, child development, confident kids, and strong family relationships all start with effective parent-child communication, emotional support, and practical tools to treduce overwhelm, anxiety, and frustration.Thats Good Parenting is your trusted family resource for simple, expert-backed strategies that help busy parents navigate the challenges of raising resilient, happy children while building deeper connection and harmony at home. Whether youre dealing with exhaustion, guilt, or feeling stuck, youll find guidance from family experts, proven methods for fostering growth and resiliency, and actionable steps to create more good parent moments so you can confidently guide your kids and nurture a thriving family environment.Join host Dori Durbin - children's book illustrator, book coach, ghostwriter, former high school teacher, and happily married Christian mom of two young adults- as she searches alongside you to find practical parenting tools and guidance that create confident and resilient kids without losing yourself in the process. Through expert interviews with hundreds of family professionals, authors, and experienced parents, Dori delivers fast and effective parenting solutions tailored to your particular family challenges.Every Tuesday, you'll discover simple steps, tools, and resources from trusted family experts who have your family's best interests at heart. Whether you're dealing with parenting stress, seeking better communication with your children, or wanting support for your child's growth and development, these interviews provide the practical help and guidance busy parents need.We discuss tools and strategies to help with: PARENTING STRESS & OVERWHELMHow can I reduce parenting stress and overwhelm while raising happy kids?What parenting tools can help me manage frustration and anxiety?What are simple steps to feel less exhausted and more confident as a parent?PARENT-CHILD COMMUNICATION & CONNECTIONHow can I improve par Language: en-us Genres: Education, Kids & Family, Parenting Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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How to Work with Your Child's Personality Instead of Fighting It, with Karen Wagnon, EP 144
Episode 144
Monday, 16 March, 2026
Send a textWhat if the behavior that frustrates you most is actually telling you about an important gap?In this episode of That’s Good Parenting, Dori talks with Karen Wagnon, human behavior specialist, parent coach, and creator of the Parenting Blueprint, about how understanding your child’s personality can reduce conflict and help you reconnect.Karen shares how the DISC personality model transformed her own parenting and explains why so many parents get stuck trying to use the same approach with every child. Learn about what’s really underneath the defiance, shutdowns, emotional overwhelm, and parent-child tension.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why behavior is often communication, not just disobedienceHow unmet emotional needs shape a child’s reactionsWhy one-size-fits-all parenting often increases conflictHow to parent with more curiosity, collaboration, and calmWhat it can look like to repair a strained relationship with your childThis episode is especially helpful for parents of tweens and teens, or for any parent who feels deeply connected to one child and completely puzzled by another.About Karen Wagnon:Karen Wagnon is a human behavior specialist, parent coach, and creator of the Parenting Blueprint. She helps parents of tweens and teens understand their child’s personality so they can communicate better, reduce conflict, and feel close again. Karen’s work is rooted in real-life parenting experience and personality-based behavior science.Connect with Karen Wagnon: Website: www.teachingouryouth.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kwagnon/?hl=en Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pbdwithkaren LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-wagnon-35813732/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RealTalkwithTheCoachesAbout Dori DurbinDori Durbin is a children’s book illustrator, book coach, ghostwriter, and parenting podcast host who helps therapists, educators, and family-focused professionals transform their expertise into children’s books that support emotional regulation, shared language, and connection.Website: https://www.doridurbin.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dori_durbinEmail: hello@doridurbin.comWant to help shape future children’s books created by experts?Join the That’s Good Parenting Club for behind-the-scenes access to upcoming manuscripts, early feedback opportunities, and community support:https://club.thatsgoodparenting.com/clubIntro for TDP (version 2)
