Dana Baker is a mother of two who started Parenting In Real Life, a platform where she shares her experience and expertise to help other parents navigate challenges related to ADHD, anxiety, and depression in their children. Having gone through similar struggles with her daughter, Dana felt overwhelmed and alone without a guide to effective parenting. She then decided to learn tips and tricks to help her child with emotional dysregulation, panic attacks, and executive functioning, which she now shares with other parents and children. Dana's mission is to help families find calm in chaos and connect with their children, leading to effective parenting and fewer struggles.

Through Parenting In Real Life, Dana aims to provide an outside perspective that can help families with executive function and emotional regulation, which can be difficult to manage within the family dynamic. Dana believes that bringing one's whole self, personality, sense of humor, and heart, to the table is essential to thriving in today's world, and she brings this philosophy to her work as a parenting coach.

Find Dana at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/parentinginreallife/

https://twitter.com/Danaparenting

https://www.parentinginreallife.org/

https://www.facebook.com/parentinginreallife/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvs2cPAbw0lXZLkm33p_N6Q

https://www.instagram.com/parentinreallife/?hl=en

https://grownandflown.com/author/danabaker/

https://www.additudemag.com/author/dana-baker-williams/

Debbie Ausburn is a social worker turned lawyer who has been working with traumatized children for over 40 years. Her experience in this field started when she was a preteen helping her parents with their summer camp and church ministries.

Throughout her career, she has served in various roles, including juvenile court probation officer/social worker, group home parent, criminal prosecutor, non-profit volunteer, and Board member, and attorney defending youth-serving organizations.

Her most important roles, however, have been as a foster parent and stepparent, through which she has managed to collect seven children and ten grandchildren. Debbie has learned important life lessons from her experiences with her foster children, stepchildren, and grandchildren, and she now enjoys sharing about how to build strong relationships as their Plan B parent.

She has appeared on numerous podcasts, radio shows, and television broadcasts and is a frequently requested speaker for foster parent associations, camping programs, childcare center associations, private school conferences, and child—service organizations. My book, Raising Other People’s Children: What Foster Parenting Taught Me about Bringing Together a Blended Family, outlines many of those lessons. I also blog about parenting topics at RaisingOtherPeoplesChildren.blog

Find her at:

https://www.debbieausburn.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahausburn/

https://www.instagram.com/debbieausburn/

https://www.facebook.com/OtherPeoplesChildrenLLC/

Gina and Don Grothoff,(Grodoff) are parents and founders of Focused Healthy Family. Despite their qualifications as occupational therapists, child-led learning coaches, EFT practitioners, and mindset coaches, One might think with all those qualifications and the fact Donald and Gina are the proud parents of three children who are now 25, 21, and 14 that they were prepared for any parenting challenges.

But along with the joys and challenges of everyday parenting, the Grothoff family has experienced issues with mental illness, extreme personality and behavior changes raising three kids two of whom suffer from severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder,

Gina and Donald understand the joys and challenges of everyday parenting and believe that communication and emotional stability are crucial for a healthy, happy family. They are passionate about helping other families, particularly those in the "Sandwich Generation" who are raising kids while caring for aging parents, find their way through similar challenges. Their non-traditional paths of life and learning have led them to follow their passions and use their experiences to assist others.

They share their unique journey and experiences, with an emphasis on parenting, on their podcast, the Focused Healthy Family Podcast and have spoken to groups including National Alliance of Mental Illness, National Association of Women Business Owners, National American Holistic Nurses, Rotary clubs, Holistic Health Network

Find them here:

https://www.focusedhealthyfamily.com/index

https://www.autismspeaks.org/provider/focused-healthy-family

http://ginaanddon.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldgrothoff/

https://www.instagram.com/donaldgrothoff/

https://www.boomplay.com/podcasts/29458

AJ Coleman is the author of Keep Those Feet Moving — A Widower’s 8-Step Guide to Coping With Grief and Thriving Against All Odds.

Throughout AJ’s life, he has had to overcome tremendous challenges.

As a child, AJ was frequently bullied for his hearing impairment. Instead of letting social challenges define him, AJ strived to overcome them.

In 2009, AJ faced the most painful challenge of all—losing his wife Cory to brain cancer—when their daughter was just one-year-old.

AJ started the Keep Those Feet Moving blog in 2013 to share his advice, experiences, and philosophical wisdom with the world. He was inspired to write by the encouragement of close friends and family members, who were all astonished by how AJ was able to stay strong after losing Cory.

Today, AJ lives in a suburb of Chicago. He is remarried with a blended family and focuses his time on raising his family and helping others overcome challenges. AJ is an avid Florida Gator fan who enjoys traveling, learning languages, and playing soccer. When he isn't writing, he always looks for opportunities to self-educate.

AJ’s story is truly an inspiration for all of us to Keep Those Feet Moving, no matter how difficult it may seem at the time. And He is back to talk to us about how he started dating after losing his wife.

Find AJ at:

https://keepthosefeetmoving.com/our-story

This weeks guest is a lawyer who is now a full-time divorce coach, Parent Coordinator, author, and mother who supports single parents to do better for themselves and their children with co-parenting skills

She has an approach that combines logical reasoning with empathy and compromise to achieve successful results in conflict resolution. Cherie believes that each decision made during a divorce should be carefully analyzed for its long-term consequences, especially when children are involved, and that a divorce coach can help provide an objective perspective.

Cherie is convinced that acting as one's best self is the best way to serve the best interests of children during a divorce, inspiring flexibility and resilience in them.

As part of a blended family with four children of her own and one from her partner, Cherie understands the challenges and rewards of navigating complex family dynamics. Along with her work with Dear Divorce Coach, Cherie also offers parent coordination and coaching sessions for individuals and couples going through divorce or other life transitions.

Find Cherie at

https://deardivorcecoach.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DearDivorceCoach/

https://twitter.com/DearDivorceTeam

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morrischerie/

https://www.instagram.com/deardivorcecoach/

https://www.pinterest.ph/DearDivorceTeam/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJMAXn_j7fwszBM6-Zh8EQ/featured

https://www.tiktok.com/@deardivorcecoach?

This week's guest was a successful business entrepreneur who grew up with divorced parents whose styles were very different, leading to confusion regarding his adolescent needs for support, security, and safety. And then a few years ago, he struggled with his daughter as she faced anxiety and depression as a teenager.

Both experiences were challenging and heart-wrenching. He wondered what his parents or he could have done differently. In hindsight, after much learning and reflection, he realized a lot could have been done to make these far more positive experiences.

As a result, he has made it his mission to help parents like find smoother and more productive paths, to better communicate and connect

Andy Goldstrom is the founder of Parents Journey Coaching, he coaches and helps parents better navigate the challenges of raising children today. Deepening your knowledge about your situation, your parenting style, and what works and doesn’t by leveraging your strengths and helping you develop your own solutions.

Find Andy at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andygoldstrom/

https://parentsjourneycoaching.net/podcast/

https://oplm.com/speaker/andy-goldstrom/

https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fgoldstrom_andy

https://www.allkindsoftherapy.com/experts/expert/parents-journey-coaching

This week's guest was born in Cleveland Ohio to a very Sicilian family. Her father played jazz trumpet and infused the arts into all of her experiences and was blessed to explore all aspects of creative expressive art forms.

She has been personally touched by addiction, adoption, and complex trauma and as an athlete overcame extraordinary obstacles.

With over 30 years of experience in the consulting and coaching field. She has worked with individuals, couples, and families and in various roles for example at the maximum security prison in North Carolina. managing the psychiatric in-patient unit, assessed custody levels, and provided services to death row inmates.

Another role she was part of the team contracted by the U.S. Army in Ft. Bragg, as health coaches and team members partnered with soldiers preparing for deployment.

Now as the executive director of The Vecchio Group, Art for the Heart, Kathryn's unique take on using all art forms to tap into the client’s creativity is brilliant. She is using art to encourage creativity to gain access to different perspectives on any given issue.

Find Kathryn at:

http://www.artfortheheartfoundation.org

This week we have 2 guests.

One Momma firefox is a mental health advocate and part-time live show host/podcaster/content creator and variety gamer with a full-time job on top of all that. This superstar mum is raising her two kids as a single mom! She has a 9 year old who has Tourette Syndrome and a 16 year old who is transgender and struggles with anxiety.

The second guest is Jax Momma Firefox’s is 16, who’s biggest challenge he has faced since coming out as transgender has been communicating with his parents. Conversely, he has found a lot of joy in interactions with complete strangers when they affirm his gender even unknowingly. He enjoys gaming with his friends, spending time with his girlfriend, playing with his little brother and pets, chilling with family, "art stuff" and listening to music.

They both live in Texas and together they just do their collective best to get by with all the politics and real dangers that come along with being *different* these days.

All they want to do is help others feel less alone and encourage people to seek help when it feels the hardest but they need it most.

Find Momma at:

https://www.twitch.tv/mommafoxfire/about

https://www.instagram.com/mommafoxfire/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/MommaFoxFire/about

https://www.tacosfallapart.com/about