Published: July 10, 2023, 9 a.m.
Episode Highlights With Sam
- Why she gave away almost everything she owned and became a nomad for a year
- The reason words matter so much and how to get better about the words we use
- Why parents should get the word \u201ccareful\u201d out of our vocabularies with our kids
- Words that, as parents, we should USE and words we should LOSE
- A simple exercise to shift your words in parenting
- Replace stop with start in parenting
- Capable instead of careful
- Replace "No" with "Yes you can" as soon as
- Why to replace the word should with next time or from now on
- We can\u2019t motivate anyone to do better by making them feel bad
- How to be a pattern interrupt
- Replace \u201cnothing\u2019 and \u201cno way\u201d with \u201cThere\u2019s something\u201d and \u201cI wish\u201d
- Language to use when kids are sad, upset, or mad
- When we think we are comforting and we are actually contradicting them and how to paraphrase and understand instead
- Why not to explain when people complain and what to do instead (agree, apologize, and act)
- Two words that can put grievances and grudges in the past
- Replace finding fault with finding solutions
- Four words that help us keep our cool even when other people aren\u2019t
- In influencing others, example is not the main thing\u2026 it is the only thing
Resources We Mention