Forget being the unshakeable parent. Your kids don’t need perfection — they need to see recovery in real time.

Because when layoffs hit, routines collapse, or rejection stings… your response becomes their blueprint for resilience.

Every career setback is a parenting masterclass — if you let it be.

Cost of silence: a generation that confuses failure with danger.

Cost of honesty: courage passed down in motion.

In this episode, parenting coach and educator Alyssa Smith joins Loren Greiff to talk about what happens when career chaos collides with home life — and how to turn breakdowns into the best lessons your kids will ever see.

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  Why protecting your kids from every hard moment teaches fear, not safety

  
  


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  How to “name the hard, model the hope” when life hits sideways

  
  


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  The one line every parent crosses — and how to replace guilt with ownership

  
  


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  What happens when your kids see courage in motion

  
  


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  The quiet power of modeling self-care, boundaries, and bounce-back

  
  

From breakdown to breakthrough:

Alyssa shares how years in Montessori classrooms — and a string of personal losses — reshaped her idea of what real strength looks like. Today, she helps parents trade chaos for calm and power struggles for connection, even when life (and work) don’t go as planned.

Because what your child remembers isn’t your job title.

It’s how you rise when things fall apart.

Mic Drop: Courage isn’t static — it moves. Show them how.

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Learn more about Alyssa’s upcoming masterclass, The Pushback Paradox, and The Parent Reset: Love Your Kid Louder and follow her on LinkedIn

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