Ep #153 The Cost of Waiting (Or: How I Had to Call Myself Out So Now I'm Calling You Out Too)

Connect Method Parenting I Conscious Parenting, Positive Parenting, Gentle Parenting, Connective Parenting, Peaceful Parenting, Slow Parenting, Parenting Teens, Single Parenting, Joyful Parenting, Positive Discipline, ADHD Parenting

I NEEDED to record this episode because I keep having these conversations with parents living in Procrastination Purgatory, and I'm like "HELLO, I SEE YOU BECAUSE I WAS YOU!"

Remember promising yourself you'd stop yelling "tomorrow"? And tomorrow came and went?

So I'm diving into why our brains sabotage our parenting goals. There's actual science behind the "yell now, feel guilty later" cycle. (It's called delay discounting.)

🧠 Your Brain on Parenting: We have a toddler with a megaphone living in our heads. There's neuroscience and everything. Dr. Kahneman won a Nobel Prize for figuring this out.

💔 The Vulnerable Part: My own epic fail saga - "The Boundary Testing Olympics." Picture me, yelling about... shoes? Teeth? Bedtime? All of it?

What waiting cost me:

• Connection (gone!)
• Trust (eroding like patience at 5pm)
• My sanity
• Time I'll never get back

🤯 Three Brain-Breaking Questions:

1. "How much longer will you pay this price?"
2. "What will this look like in 5 years?" (NO THANK YOU)
3. "If you couldn't fail, what would you change today?"

🎯 Reality Check: Parenting for your future 25-year-old vs surviving Tuesday. Plus the "Perfect Time" myth (spoiler: it's not coming).

☀️ NO YELL SUMMER WORKSHOP - May 28th, noon EST $7. Less than your fancy coffee or the therapy you'll need after another yelling summer.

What we're doing: ✨ Why you're actually yelling ✨ 3 realistic goals ✨ Your Summer Parent Identity ✨ A plan for your ACTUAL life

😭 The Ending: A mom waited THREE YEARS to change. That's 1,095 bedtimes of guilt.

"The cost of waiting is compound interest on regret."

Your Homework: Pick ONE tiny thing to change TODAY. Not tomorrow. TODAY.

While you're waiting for the perfect moment, your kid is forming memories of you RIGHT NOW.

Stop waiting. Your future self (and kids) will thank you. Come to my workshop or don't, but either way - start today.

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