The 12 Steps Facilitate Conscious Parenting
In the conscious parenting movement, many of us are re-parenting ourselves as we raise our children. We identify our triggers, often leading to inner child work, we identify enmeshments and become capable of taking personal responsibility for our own thoughts, actions...
Is this you? Take the Parent Codependence Quiz!
What is codependence anyway? The Mirriam-Webster Dictionary defines codependency as, a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person manifesting low self-esteem and a strong desire for approval has an unhealthy attachment to another person and places the...
Reparenting Ourselves and Our Teens: Survival Roles in Alcoholic and High Stress Families
Many adults on their own re-parenting and consciousness journey identify with some or part of these roles because their unique voices were not heard as children. Sometimes it’s helpful to look deeper in our family of origin to define tendencies that block us...
How to Turn Generational Trauma into Recovery for Lifetime Transformation
I am incredibly grateful that my family found recovery, but like many of you, I sought to break the generational cycle of alcoholism in my family. Many children of alcoholics and high stress families, say, “It will never happen to me. I even got a degree in...
The Top Three Things Parents Can Do to Prevent Teen Substance Abuse
Here’s what I know as a substance abuse counselor, recovering alcoholic with 21 years of sobriety, sociologist, youth development researcher, parent and teen communication coach and mother of two awesome, powerful young adults who have navigated their way clear of...Laura Lyles Reagan, MS
For more than 30 years, Sociologist Laura Lyles Reagan has worked in youth development and parent education. Her approach, called co-creation, helps teens and parents grow the skills they need for positive relationships. Seen here with Dr. Shefali Tsabary, author of The Conscious Parent and Oprah’s “favorite parenting expert,” who invited her to her annual event, Evolve.