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  June 8, 2018Organization

  Facebook Live: Summer Intentionality [Video]

  This summer, we're alternating new podcast episodes with live conversations on the Edit Your Life Facebook page. Here, we’re talking about summer and how to put intentionality around it. [Watch the video]

• February 22, 2018Communication, Guest Interview, Parenting, Relationships

  How To Talk About Gender Identity (with Casey Brown)

  Language evolves over time; we need to evolve with it. Christine interviews Casey Brown about gender identity, language, and parenting. They talk about Casey’s gender identity journey over the last 17 years, the importance of giving kids room around gender identity, how kids are often more comfortable than adults when talking about gender, “pronouns 101,” and how compassionately communicating with other human beings boils down to some really, really simple universals and actions.

• September 14, 2017Communication, Parenting

  Helping Kids Handle Disappointment

  We all know intellectually that kids learn from challenges, and they grow stronger and have more self-confidence when they learn to navigate those challenges. But when you’re actually going through it it’s hard, as a parent, to watch your kid struggle. It’s also hard to identify where the line is between reasonable struggle and a real need for help. Christine and Asha share 8 tips for how parents can help kids handle disappointment while not hovering.

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  May 26, 2017Work

  Edit Your Life Wins Podcast of the Year at the Iris Awards!

  Friends, we are remiss (but still just as grateful!) in sharing that Edit Your Life won Podcast of the Year at the Iris Awards at Mom 2.0 Summit a couple […]

• April 27, 2017Food, Parenting

  How To Teach Kids To Cook

  Cooking = essential life skill. Christine and Asha talk about 10 tips for teaching kids to find inspiration in the kitchen and get cooking -- notably, in a low stress way spanning toddler through teens. Because hello, move-out skills.

• April 6, 2017Parenting

  Our Parenting Do-Overs Wish List

  Parenting is all about trial and error. You make the best decisions you can in the moment and often times don’t know how things will play out. Also, some things you think are a huge deal end up not being a big deal, while other things you didn’t notice or pay much attention to turn out to be really important. Christine and Asha talk about 8 lessons they have learned (and do-overs they wish they could have!) over their years parenting kids who now range in ages from 6 to 17.