How My Messy Teen Is Helping Me Heal #183

This week I share a story of how my messy teen helped me discover some deeply unhealed parts of myself. Learning to parent our children in a completely different way than we were parented can be so exhausting, confusing, and difficult.

I discuss:

- my relationship with constant, high stress

- the book I am reading that is helping me change my brain

- how journaling opened my understanding

- why messes trigger me so bad

- the importance of setting boundaries

- the incredible conversation we had with our teen

- how I am learning to balance the things I "see"

- my advice to other parents who want to break the unhealthy parenting cycle and write their own story