Allison and Jenie sit down with Anita Ervin (host of the Lift and Love non-binary parenting support groups) and how to council with your children in the uncomfortable moments.

When we don't get a vote but we still want to be a voice in our children's decisions. For instance, if your transgender child wants to seek medical affirming care but you might not agree with the decision. How do you best help your child?

1. Create emotional distance when possible (i.e. make sure I'm not speaking from a place of fear)
2. Focus on the underlying questions rather than the specific situation. For example:

• Resolving relationship conflict
• Addressing relationship expectations
• Finding trustworthy medical and psychological care
• Making wise medical decisions

• Reliable medical sources
• Trusted professionals
• Knowledgeable friends (when appropriate)
• Books (use with caution)
• Informative podcasts, especially those with guests who are open about their personal experiences
• Support groups

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey you can work 1:1 with Jenie at www.jeniehuntercoaching.com

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

Every parent wants to raise a healthy child, no matter what their sexuality is.

When your child comes out this is one of the biggest fears that parents of LGBTQ children have.

Will they be healthy emotionally and spiritually?

In this episode Allison and Jenie talk about how they handled it with their sons and what they have learned helping 100's of families help their child

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey you can work 1:1 with Jenie at www.jeniehuntercoaching.com

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

Have you ever listened to a talk that everybody seems to love and you are left with feeling less hope and more fear?

Allison and Jenie recently experienced this and they discuss in this episode how to process and find peace.

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey than the Lifted Together Community is the place for you. For details on how to join go to www.liftandlove.org/community

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

We are back! Jenie and Allison talk about the behind the Gathering Conference. Sharing their experience, behind the scenes moments and what they have learned.

To listen to the Gathering Speakers go to Gathering Speakers Youtube

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey than the Lifted Together Community is the place for you. For details on how to join go to www.liftandlove.org/community

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

Most parent's have great fear on what is going to happen with their testimony when their child comes out. Can they stay in the church and support their LGBTQ child? Anita Irvin, Allison and Jenie talk about how they have managed this path and share what they needed to do to protect their testimony and how they grew their faith of Jesus Christ

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey than the Lifted Together Community is the place for you. For details on how to join go to www.liftandlove.org/community

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

Worry is a sneaky emotion. It feels useful and necessary. But that is a lie. When we create worry about our LGBTQ child we are using up our valuable emotional energy in unproductive ways. Taking action from worry is not where we want to parent from.

This episode Allison and Jenie talk about how to handle your worry, what result your worry is creating and how to thrive and not just survive.

Link for the Pope's quoteshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250221/at-general-audience-pope-francis-urges-parents-never-condemn-a-child

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey than the Lift and Love Community is the place for you. For details on how to join go to www.liftandlove.org/community

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

This episode we are sharing the conversation I recorded with Heather Rackman from Latter Day Life Coach Podcast

We talk about how to you as the mom can be the touchpoint for your LGBTQ child.

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey than the Lift and Love Community is the place for you. For details on how to join go to www.liftandlove.org/community

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching

In this episode Jenie and Allison talk with Julie Spilsbury who serves as a Councilmember for the city of Mesa. Julie shared with us her story on how supporting the controversial non-discrimination ordinance effected her relationships and her standing in the community.

Julie was elected to the Mesa City Council in August of 2020, Councilmember Julie Spilsbury began her first term defending her vote on Mesa’s controversial Non-Discrimination Ordinance – passed March 1 2021.

Julie and her husband Jeremy ran a small tree care company for more than 20 years. They have lived in Mesa for almost their entire 24 years of marriage and have six children, five girls and one boy. She attended Brigham Young University.

To contact Councilmember Spilsbury you can reach her on Facebook or her melissa.hollenbeck@mesaaz.gov.

If you are looking to learn the tools and to get the coaching that will help your LGBTQ family thrive while gaining access to other families on this journey than the Lift and Love Community is the place for you. For details on how to join go to www.liftandlove.org/community

Join us for any of our free monthly Lift+Love Support Groups - link sign up at Lift+Love Support .

For additional support and help please reach out to us on our IG accounts at Lift+Love and Jenie Hunter Coaching