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Parenting is hard and messy, but help is here. With videos and teachings enjoyed by many millions, Sean Donohue - the world-famous Family Coach & viral social media sensation - has helped countless parents for 25 years transform their parenting and build connected, healthy homes...and raise amazing adults.Filled with edgy story-telling, intense scenarios and Positive Parenting tools to fill your toolbox, enjoy unfiltered coaching from the man himself. Go Deeper with Sean at SaveMyFamily.us
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Most parents are trying harder than they’ve ever tried—and still feel like they’re falling short.
Sean delivers the reminders, reframes, and truth every overwhelmed parent needs but rarely hears, cutting through guilt, comparison, and unrealistic expectations.
This message recenters parents on what actually matters and how to lead their family with clarity, confidence, and calm.
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Love often breaks down not because people don’t care, but because they don’t know how to give and receive it well.
Sean unpacks the patterns that block connection and the simple shifts that help love land, grow, and feel safe on both sides.
This teaching helps parents and partners move from frustration and loneliness toward deeper connection and mutual understanding.
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Getting your spouse on the same page can feel harder than parenting the kids themselves.
Sean breaks down why partners resist, shut down, or criticize—and how to invite support without nagging, lecturing, or blowing things up.
This conversation offers practical mindset shifts and communication tools to move from tension and resentment toward teamwork and shared leadership at home.
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Discipline gets confusing when a child is intense, defiant, or emotionally explosive—and many parents swing between being too harsh or giving up altogether.
Sean reframes discipline as training, leadership, and emotional coaching rather than punishment, showing how to guide challenging children without damaging connection.
This teaching breaks down how to stay firm and calm at the same time, set boundaries that actually work, and help strong-willed kids develop self-control, responsibility, and emotional maturity.
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Parenting doesn’t happen in calm, quiet moments—it happens in the middle of exhaustion, big emotions, pressure, and the everyday grind.
This conversation speaks to parents who feel overwhelmed by their child’s emotions and their own, and want to respond with wisdom instead of regret.
Sean breaks down how to stay grounded, emotionally regulated, and connected when life feels nonstop and messy, offering practical shifts that help parents lead their homes with clarity, calm, and confidence—even on the hardest days.
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Video games can quietly become more than entertainment for boys—they can shape identity, motivation, and emotional development in ways many parents don’t see coming.
Sean and Jordan explore why boys are especially vulnerable to building purpose, confidence, and belonging inside virtual worlds, and how this can impact real-life growth, relationships, and resilience.
This important episode helps parents recognize warning signs, understand what boys are really searching for, and lead them toward healthy identity, discipline, and meaning beyond the screen.
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Most kids don’t respond to lectures, consequences, or raised voices—
and parents end up feeling stuck, frustrated, and out of tools.
Sean breaks down the exact phrases that help tough, resistant, or emotionally intense kids feel seen, lower their defenses, and actually listen without power struggles.
This conversation gives parents language they can use in real moments to build connection, increase cooperation, and lead with calm authority instead of control.
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Parenting comes with emotional whiplash—
love, guilt, anger, joy, fear, sometimes all in the same hour.
Sean breaks down why these intense emotions are normal, how parents get hijacked by them, and what it actually looks like to stay grounded and lead well in the middle of the chaos.
This conversation helps parents stop shaming themselves for big feelings and start using emotional awareness as a strength instead of a liability.
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Sean's clients and VIP Members reach out to him when their child is acting out, consistently struggling and the home life is quietly falling apart—
and they need help, tools and direction.
This "Ask Sean" conversation breaks down how to tell the difference between normal struggles and red flags, what not to do when fear takes over, and how to show up as a steady, emotionally intelligent leader when your child needs you most.
It’s a practical, grounding guide for parents who feel overwhelmed, worried, and desperate to help without making things worse.
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Parenting feels impossible when you keep trying to solve emotional problems with logic. Kids don’t melt down because your argument wasn’t strong enough. Teens don’t shut down because you didn’t explain yourself clearly. Families struggle because emotions don’t follow rules, timelines, or reason.
In this conversation, Sean breaks down why parenting is so frustrating for thoughtful, intelligent adults—and why the very skills that make someone successful at work often fail at home.
He explains the difference between logical thinking and emotional leadership, how fear hijacks both parents and kids, and what actually helps de-escalate chaos instead of making it worse.
This episode helps parents stop asking, “Why doesn’t this make sense?” and start learning how to lead emotionally, regulate themselves, and respond in ways that actually work—especially in the heat of the moment.
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Being firm doesn’t mean being harsh. Being kind doesn’t mean being permissive. The real challenge is knowing how to hold boundaries and stay connected—especially when emotions are high.
Sean breaks down what firm and kind actually looks like in real life, why so many parents swing between being too soft and too reactive, and how fear, guilt, and exhaustion quietly sabotage good intentions.
He explains how to lead with calm authority, respond instead of react, and create boundaries that teach rather than punish.
This episode gives parents a practical framework for becoming the steady, emotionally intelligent leader their kids need—without yelling, lecturing, or giving in.
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Identity isn’t built by accident. It’s built through repetition, responsibility, and the messages kids absorb every single day.
Sean and Jordan break down how parents unknowingly hand identity over to peers, screens, and culture—and how to reclaim that role with intention.
Words, routines, expectations, and repair moments either strengthen a child’s sense of self or quietly erode it.
This episode gives parents a clear, no-fluff roadmap for building resilient identity rooted in character, belonging, and purpose—especially during the teen years.
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Parenting doesn’t have to feel like a daily grind.
Listen in as Sean shows parents how small shifts in mindset, communication, and leadership can make family life lighter, smoother, and far more enjoyable.
He breaks down the patterns that drain parents—and the simple tools that bring more laughter, calm, confidence, and connection back into the home.
This is a roadmap for parents who want to lead with strength and enjoy their kids again.
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This is Sean's first podcast eposode ever where he felt he needed to add an E!
No, he doesn't swear but...it's a juicy one.
Parents know their kids need more than rules, reminders, and lectures—they need guidance on the deep stuff:
intimate topics like sexuality, French kisses, making out, dancing very, very close at middle school dances, porn, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, bases, and beyond...
In this episode, Sean unpacks how to speak to your children about intimate, private things.
Things that every child and teen needs to know to thrive.
He breaks down what to say, how to model it, and how to turn everyday moments into powerful lessons they’ll carry forever.
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So many parents hit a wall.
They get overwhelmed, burnt out, stuck in old patterns, and suddenly the home feels chaotic, reactive, and disconnected.
In this episode, Sean and Jordan break down why parents spiral into these ruts—and give practical, doable steps to help families hit the reset button.
This conversation is real, honest, and full of tools that help parents regain their strength, reset their patterns, and rebuild a calmer, more connected home.
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Sean breaks down one of the most common traps parents fall into:
Taking things way too personally.
He explains why we parents get so reactive, why small comments feel like giant attacks, and how emotional flooding turns everyday parenting moments into battles.
Sean teaches a simple, powerful framework to help parents stay grounded, interpret their child’s behavior accurately, and stop making their child responsible for their emotional world.
This episode gives parents the tools to stay calm, lead with clarity, and respond like the wise, emotionally intelligent adults their kids desperately need.
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In this special episode, Sean and Jordan speak directly to kids and teens—not parents.
That's right - listen to this episode with your kids!
It's an interactive episode that will get kids and parents talking together.
They break down five simple, life-changing tips that help young people ages 6–18 grow into strong, confident, emotionally healthy young adults.
Sean and Jordan coach kids on how to obey their parents, manage screens, handle big feelings, build real confidence, develop self-control, navigate friendships, and make choices that lead to success and happiness.
It’s practical, relatable guidance for the next generation from two people who have spent years helping families thrive.
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Connection doesn’t happen by accident—it’s built through the words we use every day.
In this episode, Sean shares powerful phrases and scripts that help parents build emotional safety, trust, and closeness with their kids.
You’ll learn what to say (and what not to say) when your child is upset, distant, or defensive—and how small shifts in your language can create big changes in your relationship.
These are the tools that turn tension into connection and help you become the calm, loving leader your kids want to be close to.
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Your child’s having a full-blown meltdown in public—or your teen is acting up and disrespecting you -
eyes are on you, your stress is rising, and you just want to disappear.
What do you do?
In this episode, Sean and Jordan share powerful tools to handle those embarrassing, high-pressure moments with confidence and calm.
Learn how to regulate your emotions, protect your child’s dignity, and turn a public breakdown into a private moment of connection and teaching.
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Every parent wants their child to feel genuine remorse—not fake apologies or surface-level “I’m sorrys,” but true understanding and change.
In this episode, Sean Donohue, The Family Coach, breaks down how to guide your child from defensiveness to empathy, from guilt to growth.
You’ll learn why shame blocks real change, how to model emotional accountability, and what to say when your child hurts someone and just doesn’t seem to care.
Sean shares powerful scripts, emotional intelligence tools, and insights that help parents raise kids who take ownership, repair relationships, and grow into kind, responsible humans.
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