Parenting Buie

Today, Elise is chatting all about gratitude. Learning to be grateful is such a powerful thing, especially for children.

Today, Elise is joined by Kristin Little, a licensed medical health therapist and a writer with two published books. They tackle and focus on topics around your child's behavior, the anxiety (and excitement) in parenting while trying to foster positive habits, and so much more.

All aboard as Elise and Doug dive into the Fair Play card deck to talk about their cards: Pets (Doug) and Glitch in the Matrix (Elise). The two discuss how the cards work and just how many cards there are in the deck, can you believe there are a total of 100?! Take a listen to hear how you can discuss your Minimum Standard of Care in a way that is caring and helpful, from a way of curiosity, and find out why Elise feels so strongly about bringing these cards into the home for your children to see.

You've thought about it, you've read books about it, and you've decided that you want a divorce. I wanted to share my personal story about divorce and parenting, what it means to you, your soon to be ex, your children, and what your future looks like after the divorce.

Sara and Elise get together and talk about motherhood, reframing the stories you tell, making mistakes, and creating a safe space in your family. They also talk about the importance of reclaiming time for yourself, how motherhood comes with innate leadership and how we are on a mission to inspire women and moms to live bigger, bolder, braver!

Co-captains, Elise and Doug are back for another fun adventure! If you have not heard of Eve Rodsky's Fair Play cards, you are in for a treat today as they navigate through the deck... of cards that is. There is a lot of work that goes into a family, especially if you have children, but much is what some call invisible - that is, it is never explicitly talked about. With Eve's cards, they talk all about the workload it takes to go into a home and a family and how these cards can help aid communication, especially for those who are taking on a lot of the invisible workload.

This past year and a half has been a doozy, and we are not talking about sea sickness! COVID has been a hot topic and has caused many debates, especially among parents - we all have been navigating a pandemic together!  As a parent, we are expected to put our child's best interest front and center, so that is exactly what I am suggesting here today. Sit down with your partner, talk about the issues, and come to the best decision with your whole family in mind.

Today, Elise is so excited to welcome her favorite co-parenting ninja, Karen Bonnell to the podcast. Karen has over 30 years of experience working with couples and families facing transition, loss, growth and change - perfect in navigating uncharted waters of parenting! As Elise and Karen dive into the episode, they turn to the holidays, as they are quickly approaching. A common anchor that the duo discuss throughout the episode is practicing generosity, whether you are ready to or not because as a parent, your children need to come first.

Today, Elise is introducing us to the co-captain of the Parenting Buie ship, and her husband, Doug Russell. In their discussion, they share how they navigate the uncharted waters of their blended family - Elise bringing four children and Doug bringing two, to their relationship. We hear a bit about Doug's parenting journey and how the duo merged their lives together in Seattle.

Welcome to Parenting Buie! Parenting Buie is a podcast created to help you navigate the unpredicatble waters of parenting, because we all know parenting can be tough. Elise welcomes us and dives in chatting about what she intends to bring to the podcast, guests, resources, and many conversations that we need to have around all the issues related to parenting such as education, the mean voice in our head, parent-guilt and so much more! Grab your cup of coffee (or favorite beverage) and get ready to listen as you wait in the school pick-up line, because these episodes are going to be good.