The Reflective Parent: Parenting Strategies to Improve Communication And Build a Strong Relationship With Your Teen and Family

For parents who feel exhausted trying to reconnect with their child but are feeling stuck. Nothing you do seems to be working and you’re ready to dive deep, get vulnerable, and take on a different approach.

Here, on the “The Reflective Parent” podcast, we start by looking at ourselves and begin to make small shifts for change. When we better understand ourselves, we are better equipped to engage with the family and its unique dynamics. Small changes in your own behavior and way of thinking will have a big impact on your family dynamics, your relationship with your partner, and even the behavior of your teen or pre-teen. When you change, they change, and you’ll see them adopt better strategies that align with your family value system.

I’m your host, parent coach Jason Denham. With nearly 20 years of experience in family dynamics, including 14 years living with adolescents and 2 years managing sober living for adults, I’ve worked with diverse personalities and diagnoses in families across the globe. My background spans wilderness therapy, residential treatment, transitional living, foster care, and sober living. Since 2021, I’ve been a parent coach and continue to support families, drawing from my own experiences with recovery, ADHD, and epilepsy. These insights help me provide practical tips and actionable parenting strategies for those families facing similar challenges.

“The Reflective Parent” podcast is a place where parents like you can come to seek community, connection, confidence and competence in deepening your family relationships, increasing your peace, feeling less exhausted, and more motivated to teach.

In this podcast, you can expect to learn about topics like:

• Building a strong relationship with your family;
• Setting boundaries and limits;
• Showing up to teach and guide;
• Screen hygiene or screen misuse;
• How to deal with a lying or disrespectful teen;
• Improving communication with your teen and family;
• Teen drug and screen addiction;
• Teens struggling with Autism, ASD, ODD, or ADHD;
• Teen mental health issues;
• And much more.

Bring your most challenging questions and your most courageous, vulnerable self as you learn with other parents, because together is better and you are not alone.

To learn more about my work as a parent coach, visit www.awakenedshadow.com