3 Ways to Break Childhood Patterns & Reparent Yourself #456 "I hadn’t realized the degree to which so many of my adult choices—my spouse, my career, my friendships, my daily life—have been dictated by the patterns I learned as a child." Kirk gives you scripts and practical action steps to heal those childhood wounds, reparent yourself, and break those old patterns. Take advantage of the Black Friday Sale in March at https://celebratecalm.com/black-friday/ We are extending our Black Friday in Mar...
Mar 09, 2025•27 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Tough Discipline Your Kids Will Respect (Without Being Mean) #455 What can you do if your kids aren’t listening to you or taking you seriously? What if your kids are late, defy you, won’t do their chores, or get off screens? How can you be tough without being mean or making it personal? Kirk gives you actual scripts to use in the toughest situations. Get dozens of scripts and an action plan with our Black Friday Sale in March at https://celebratecalm.com/black-friday/ For Kirk's Birthday, we are...
Mar 05, 2025•26 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Jr. Attorney, Cop & Judge At Home? 5 Responses to Arguing #454 Do you have a relentless arguer at home? A child who can prosecute everyone else, but is immune to rules? Who has a strong sense of justice and fairness? Your strong-willed kids ARE going to argue. Kirk provides 5 different responses/scripts, including an emotional one at the end. Listen to this one twice! For Kirk's Birthday, we are bringing back our Black Friday Sale for one week on the Get Everything Package. Visit https://celebra...
Mar 02, 2025•28 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Kids Anxious, Smashing Toys, Calling You Stupid, Refusing to Eat, AM Routine? #453 I love this podcast. I recorded this while tired so I'd be more vulnerable and direct without filters. It's packed with practical strategies and insights for tough situations when natural consequences don't work. Get scripts for what to do when kids smash toys and break things, refuse to eat or go to a new activity, call you "stupid" and struggle with morning routine. This is the FINAL week of our Winter Sale on t...
Feb 26, 2025•26 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast FAFO Parenting Will NOT Work With Strong-Willed Children #452 "F* Around & Find Out" is the classic idea that you allow your child to learn from the natural consequences of their actions. It makes sense in theory. But it will NOT work with our kids. This approach can backfire badly and cause more damage than you think. It is critical to understand your child's very nature so you don't create more power struggles. This is the FINAL week of our Winter Sale on the Get Everything Package. Begin 2025...
Feb 23, 2025•26 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Millennial Moms & Dads: Becoming the Parent You Never Had #451 Millennial parents face unique challenges raising their kids. How do you forge that close connection with your kids while still being the trusted leader? How do you become the parent you never had? I was thrilled to discuss this process with very practical tips on Kellie Berst's awesome podcast, Thrive Where You Are. Kellie is a mom to two young kids and an ER Nurse so she brings a unique perspective. I think you'll find this very he...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Are You Excusing Behavior...Or Changing It? A Challenge! #450 Your toddler finds scissors and mangles her bangs, your boys ruin your good pillows fighting outside, your tween/teen procrastinates until 2am to complete an assignment. You would be justified and right to lecture and give them consequences. But this week, I am challenging you to do something very different when your child misbehaves....that will actually change their behavior more quickly. Our Winter Sale on the Get Everything Packag...
Feb 19, 2025•25 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Pt. 2: How to Shut Up & Stop Lecturing (So Kids Actually Listen To You) #449 Do you lecture because you feel like you’re letting your kids get away with misbehavior if you don’t say anything? How do you handle the teen who doesn’t say anything?! Is talking how you process or let off steam? Do you ever feel offended when it feels like your kids aren’t listening to you…because no one listened to you as a child? In Part II of this series, Kirk gives you practical ways to handle these situations and...
Feb 16, 2025•30 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Eating, Sleeping & Potty Training Challenges? Get Real Help! #448 Do your kids resist bedtime, get up 15 times, stay up too late? Siblings wind each other up right before bed?Tired of making extra meals for a picky eater? Have kids with gut issues or anxiety that cause them to crave simple carbs? Toddler regressing with potty training? Kirk gives you 10+ creative, practical strategies for the toughest situations we all face. Get The NEW Help With Food, Potty Training & Sleep Issues Program FREE ...
Feb 13, 2025•25 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Pt. 1: How to Shut Up & Stop Lecturing (So Kids Actually Listen To You) #447 Do you feel compelled to lecture your kids? Do you have a hard time stopping? Do you feel like you’re being permissive if you don’t? Do you go on and on hoping your kids will finally “get it” and change their behavior? Do you lecture because you weren’t heard as a kid? You’re not alone! Kirk gives you practical tools to stop lecturing and start getting kids to listen to you! Our Winter Sale on the Get Everything Package...
Feb 09, 2025•28 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast ADHD or ND Kids? 8 Ways to Build Resilience, Confidence & Self-Control #446 What are practical ways to foster emotional resilience and confidence, help kids with anxiety, and challenge social stigmas with ADHD or ND kids? How can we calm emotionally dysregulated kids? I absolutely loved this discussion with therapist Holly Moses on her Autism ADHD Podcast. I think you will find this enlightening and incredibly helpful. Learn more about Holly Blanc Moses and her fantastic podcast at https://www.h...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Your Child’s Next Meltdown Is A Huge Opportunity #445 Your child’s face is red, eyes on fire, mouth spitting venomous words. He or she is no longer rational anymore, screaming at you. Time-outs and talking make it worse. But I don’t want you to dread it. I want you to look forward to this as a huge opportunity to hear your child screaming TO you, desperate for your help to learn how to control their own emotions. Kirk gives you specific scripts and action steps to turn meltdowns into bonding opp...
Feb 05, 2025•26 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Morning Madness & Tough Transitions: 12 Creative Ideas #444 Do you have kids that are tough to get to bed and then get out of bed the next morning?! What about kids who struggle with transitions or who are late? This podcast is packed with ideas to help you get your kids moving--without the battles--even if they struggle with ADHD or anxiety. Our Winter Sale on the Get Everything Package continues this week. Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-wille...
Feb 02, 2025•26 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Why Kids Say 'No' Instantly (You Won’t Like My Response!) #443 So you ask your child to do something, even something simple. Put your shoes on, Take the trash out. Brush your teeth. Put your dishes in the sink. It’s not hard to do. If they just did what you asked them to do, they’d be done in like 20 seconds! Instead, they react with a sigh, a groan, muttering something like “that’s dumb,” or “I don’t want to.” I want to show you a different way to respond so your kids actually do what you say…w...
Jan 29, 2025•26 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A: Social Skills, ADHD, Impulsivity, Physically Explosive, Testing, Refusal, Anxiety Do you have a child who struggles with focus, impulse control, social skills, or anxiety? Does your child ever become physically explosive? Should we get testing done? What should we focus on in the teen years? What about kids who refuse to do things or go places? This Q&A is packed with insights and strategies for toddlers, teens, and everyone in between. Take advantage of our Winter Sale and begin 2025 with ...
Jan 26, 2025•28 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Scripts For Kids Who Talk Back, Refuse to Go Places or Listen #441 Do your kids talk back to you or use a disrespectful tone? Struggle with anxiety and lash out when asked to go to new activities or school? You’re not alone! Which parenting approach works best in each situation? Kirk gives you specific scripts, different options, and practical action steps that work. This is a must listen! Take advantage of our Winter Sale and begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work wit...
Jan 22, 2025•29 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast How to Discipline Intense Kids Without Giving In Or Escalating You are going to second-guess yourself when disciplining a strong-willed child with intense emotions. Are we being too soft? If we don’t address this, what message does that send to siblings? If we used the tougher approach like our family insists, would our child be acting out this way? Kirk gives you practical steps to connect AND discipline effectively. Take advantage of our Winter Sale and begin 2025 with hundreds of practical st...
Jan 19, 2025•30 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Want to Podcast, Write A Book, Help People? 10 Important Lessons Want to start your own podcast, write a book, or help others using your unique gifts? I hope I can inspire you and save you time and money with hard-fought lessons I've learned over the past 25 years. Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/calm-2025/ to take advantage of our New Year's Sale and make 2025 DIFFERENT. AG1 AG1 is offering new subsc...
Jan 17, 2025•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Consequences for Defiance, Disrespect & Lying? Your toddler yells, "I hate you, Mommy!" Your child lies right to your face or responds in a disrespectful tone to test boundaries. Teens and tweens roll their eyes at you or begin drinking/vaping against your rules. What are appropriate consequences? What works even better than consequences?! Kirk gives you scripts and actions steps for kids of all ages. Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids....
Jan 15, 2025•27 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Why Won’t My Kids Just Do What I Ask?! It's not like you are asking your kids to do anything unreasonable or hard! And yet they resist you. How can we get our kids to actually be responsible for themselves without the power struggles? Kirk shows you exactly how with some powerful scripts that may change your relationship with your strong-willed child…and their behavior. Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids. Visit https://celebratecalm.com...
Jan 12, 2025•30 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Meltdowns Over Meaningless Things? Kids Won’t Let You Correct Them? You have a child who lashes out and screams disrespectful things at you over something seemingly insignificant…and then later acts LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. When you try to talk to your kids about their behavior, they laugh or won’t even listen. This is a very powerful podcast with deep insights, scripts and practical action steps. Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids. Visit...
Jan 08, 2025•28 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Are Kids Rejecting Your Authority…Or Your Anxiety? We can very quickly stop 80% of power struggles with our kids. And it has nothing to do with controlling their behavior—only our own anxiety. Our anxiety compels us to lecture and micromanage…and that causes kids to resist you even more! Kirk gives you 6 practical action steps to stop this dynamic now! Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/calm-2025/ to tak...
Jan 05, 2025•28 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Change Behavior ASAP At Home & School: 3 Quick Tips You're out of sync, tired, overwhelmed and secretly can't wait for your kids to go back to school after a long holiday break! So how can we get some positive momentum to begin 2025? Kirk gives you three concrete strategies and scripts that change behavior at home AND in the classroom. Begin 2025 with hundreds of practical strategies that really work with your strong-willed kids. Visit https://celebratecalm.com/calm-2025/ to take advantage of ou...
Jan 01, 2025•27 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 5 Quick Tips To De-Escalate Meltdowns & Sibling Fights During Chaotic Holiday Break You have tired, irritable kids who are bored, out of their routine, and bugging each other. You’ll be tempted to double down on consequences in the moment—which spiral into huge meltdowns (and fights between spouses!). So how can you de-escalate tense standoffs and sibling fights, in the moment, instead of ruining entire days?! Kirk gives you tons of strategies and scripts in less than 20 minutes! We have extende...
Dec 27, 2024•23 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast What Your Kids Will Remember & What They Will Forget What if there isn’t really anything wrong with your strong-willed child? What if these irritating traits will serve them well in life? What if instead of trying to change their nature, you need to change? Kirk shares the powerful story of what finally compelled him to change and saved his relationship with his son. This is the final week of our Christmas Sale! Visit https://celebratecalm.com/calm-christmas/ to purchase the Get Everything Packa...
Dec 24, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast When To Say No & Yes (Bored, Unhappy, Tattling and Fighting Siblings) So how do you respond when your kids are bored or don’t like their gifts? When siblings tattle or fight…or your grown siblings create drama during family get-togethers? When holiday plans go awry, family judges you? Kirk gives you scripts to use in these tough holiday situations. Our Christmas Sale is here! Visit https://celebratecalm.com/calm-christmas/ to purchase the Get Everything Package at the lowest prices of the year. ...
Dec 21, 2024•25 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Stop Power Struggles with Toddlers, Teens & In-Between If you have a strong-willed child, you WILL have power struggles (no matter their age!). You’ll likely second-guess yourself, feel frustrated, and disagree with your spouse. So what are appropriate expectations at various stages of kids’ development? What should you focus on and what should you let go, from the toddler through the teenage years? Kirk gives you specifics that will help stop these power struggles. Take advantage of our Christm...
Dec 18, 2024•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast Self-Centered Child? Unfair With Siblings, Does Minimal Work & No Chores Your strong-willed kids are NOT going to do things your way. You are NOT going to change their nature. They will choose the harder path and touch the hot stove. It will make you uncomfortable and siblings will say it’s unfair. Kirk gives you scripts and actions steps to stop the battles and motivate your kids. This is the FINAL week of our Christmas Sale! Visit https://celebratecalm.com/calm-christmas/ to purchase the Get E...
Dec 15, 2024•30 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Expert Button-Pusher Who Argues & Negotiates? 5 Scripts & Action Steps to Help. Do you have a child who is an expert button pusher? Just so naturally gifted at arguing, negotiating, and wearing you down? It provokes you, your spouse or siblings and then spirals your home out of control. How do you respond without escalating the situation OR letting your kids get away with disrespect? Kirk shares 5 concrete action steps with scripts for kids of all ages. Our Christmas Sale is here! Visit https://...
Dec 11, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Q&A: Picky Eater Picks on Siblings, Entitled Kids & Tantrums, Won’t Show Math Work, Bad Manners What should we do with a picky child who creates stress at meal times and won’t show his math work, a sibling who picks on her younger brother, or a child who doesn’t exhibit good manners? How we do reset after we’ve created kids who feel entitled to get take-out, etc? What should we think about before giving an iPhone for Christmas? How can I not take my stress out on my kids? Kirk provides concise, ...
Dec 07, 2024•25 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast 
