A Little Easier

Wild Peace for Parents

Parenting is hard, especially when our kids struggle. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed and exhausted, relief is here. Host Kendra Wilde, an advocate and mom, created this show because she needed it herself. It brings together insights from leading experts and parents who ‘get it’ to give us all a lift.

  1. EPISODE 1

    What about us? To care for kids, we need to care for the parents

    Nobody can do this alone. Welcome to Episode 1 of this 12-part series created to bolster parents and caregivers. Whether it’s anxiety, ADHD, autism, or allergies, if your child struggles, so will you. We need more help. Navigating life as a family can be overwhelming, and the complex medical maze and school systems make it even harder.   This episode we’ll grab your elbow and ask – how are you holding up? Kendra talks to Dr Nicole Beurkens about why diagnostic labels sometimes aren’t helpful, and we’ll meet Devon, a single mom stretched to the brink trying to support her son.  Your Micro Action Moment this week Click here to listen to Lara Wilson, mom and founder of Be Well Here, share a most simple mindfulness practice to help you ground yourself.   For more, visit alittleeasier.org Resources Mentioned in this Episode Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children by Rita Eichenstein, PhD Life Will Get Better: Simple Solutions for Parents of Children with Attention, Anxiety, Mood, and Behavior Challenges by Nicole Buerkens, PhD No Letting Go – A dramatic, independent feature film based on the real-life story of producer and co-writer Randi Silverman and her family. The Youth Mental Health Project – A grassroots nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate, empower, and support families and communities to better understand and care for the mental health of our youth

    32 min
  2. EPISODE 2

    Secret Feelings: Opening ourselves to the tough emotions of parenthood

    Episode 2: Secret Feelings: Opening ourselves to the tough emotions of parenthood We can harness our feelings to transform our lives. Welcome to Episode 2 of this 12-part series created to bolster parents and caregivers. As parents, we all have feelings we don’t like to admit to ourselves – let alone share. In this episode, we’re bringing those feelings into the daylight and figuring out what to do with them. Disappointment, annoyance, guilt, exhaustion… sometimes you just want to run away. Yale University expert Dr. Marc Brackett shows us how to become “emotion scientists,” and give ourselves permission to feel. Author and therapist Merriam Saunders shares the feelings she had to process as she learned about her kids’ anxiety, ADHD, autism and learning differences; and mom Jackie opens up about her childrens’ struggles with mental health and how she held it together. Your Micro Action Moment this week Click here to listen to learn about a breathing exercise originally from ‘the father of mindfulness,' Thich Nhat Hanh.    For more, visit alittleeasier.org Resources Mentioned in this Episode  Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett, PhD Not What I Expected: Help and Hope for Parents of Atypical Children by Rita Eichenstein, PhD Mindfulness Meditations for ADHD by Merriam Sarcia Saunders My Whirling Twirling Motor by Merriam Sarcia Saunders Get our emails For more mindful parenting tips and episode alerts! Sign up here

    38 min
4.9
out of 5
50 Ratings

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Parenting is hard, especially when our kids struggle. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed and exhausted, relief is here. Host Kendra Wilde, an advocate and mom, created this show because she needed it herself. It brings together insights from leading experts and parents who ‘get it’ to give us all a lift.