Confessions of a Parent Coach

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Why You Keep Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids (And Why the Yelling Isn't the Real Problem)

Why You Keep Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids (And Why the Yelling Isn't the Real Problem)2 sept45 min

If you keep snapping, yelling, controlling, or shutting down with your kids, it's tempting to focus on the behavior you want to stop.

But that moment is usually the last domino, not the first.

In this episode, Ann breaks down what's happening underneath those reactions — and why actually feeling your emotions is very different from analyzing them, explaining them, or acting on them.

Using a powerful coaching conversation, the Enneagram's three centers, and one extremely memorable jalapeño-related confession, Ann explores what it really means to stay present with uncomfortable feelings instead of immediately trying to escape or fix them.

In This Episode: Why losing your temper is often the end of a much longer emotional chain

The difference between thinking about, acting on, and actually feeling your emotions

How the head, heart, and body centers respond differently to discomfort

Why analyzing your feelings can still be a form of avoidance

How emotional presence can change the way you show up with your kids

Why feeling something doesn't require a lesson, solution, or next step

The Big Takeaway: You don't always need to figure out what your feelings mean.

Sometimes you just need to let yourself feel them.