Holidays can be stressful for many of us - traveling, weather, cooking, in-laws, extended family, expectations, trauma, and so much more. For me, I let fear dictate my holidays for years... and it shifted how I showed up for my kids.

Join me for this powerfully personal episode.

About your host, Angie Grandt – Generational Healing Specialist

Angie Grandt is a parent coach, on a mission to break cycles of trauma. She is also a Quantum Human DesignTM Specialist, Quantum Alignment System certified, Certified Family & Relationship Coach & an early intervention speech therapist with extensive training and experience in trauma, attachment, and autism. As a bio parent, adoptive parent, and former foster parent, Angie has been in your shoes – through the good, and the scary. Angie is on a mission to help parents who are overwhelmed, frustrated, and questioning their ability to parent their most challenging child. She helps parents with practical tools to connect, enjoy, and even like their child again.

Angie is also the founder of Connected Parents with Angie - a coaching program designed for you - the loving and capable parent who can't figure out why raising your child is so frustrating, so overwhelming, and causing you to question your ability to parent. Using her unique approach of trauma-focused mindset lesson and coaching tools, Angie helps her clients get back to a life they love - creating cherished memories, feeling fulfilled in relationships, and letting go of frustration, resent, and overwhelm. Angie uses a Human Design based parenting plan – the most POWERFUL way to stop losing your cool with your children, and start connecting with them on a deep, energetic level!

Grab your personalized Human Design Chart here: https://www.angiegrandt.com/

If you'd like to see if coaching is the solution for you, check out this mini-podcast series Angie made for you: https://connectedparentswithangie.kit.com/theparentingreset

And when you've decided you're ready to take the leap for your family, book a free consult - Angie will help you decide if coaching is right for you: https://www.angiegrandt.com/sessions

If you are looking to better understand you – your unique challenges, gifts, and your purpose in life – book a Human Design reading! You'll leave with an action plan to tackle your most important relationships, as well as some key insights about your next steps towards your goals! Book here: https://www.angiegrandt.com/choose-your-path

Learn more about working with Angie here: www.angiegrandt.com

And follow Angie: https://www.instagram.com/connectedparentswithangie/

https://www.facebook.com/connectedparentswithangie

❤ Angie Grandt, Generational Healing Specialist

Gratitude is easy when life is flowing.
But what about when it's not?
When your kid is melting down (again).
When your co-parent drops the ball (again).
When your nervous system is fried, your coffee is cold, and you're questioning everything?

In this honest episode, Angie peels back the curtain on what it really looks like to find gratitude when things feel hard—without bypassing the mess, sugar-coating the struggle, or pretending everything is fine when it's not.

You'll learn how true gratitude isn't about ignoring pain—it's about holding it with perspective. And how using your Human Design authority (especially emotional authority!) can guide you back to center when your brain just wants to spiral.

This is an episode about:

• Why gratitude isn't toxic positivity (and how to spot the difference)

• How to find something real to be thankful for—even in the hard moments

• A personal story of finding gratitude in the midst of behavior struggles

• How Human Design authority can guide your emotional clarity and help you shift from reaction to presence

• What happens when we pause long enough to choose how we see things

Whether you're in a tough season or just had a tough morning, this episode will help you reframe, reconnect, and maybe even breathe a little deeper.

Links + Resources:

• Book a Connection Clarity Call

• Learn about your Human Design authority

• Try an EFT session for parenting stress

About your host, Angie Grandt – Generational Healing Specialist

Angie Grandt is a Generational Healing Specialist and parent coach helping overwhelmed parents break generational cycles and reconnect with their kids. She's a Quantum Human Design™ Specialist, trauma-informed family coach, early intervention speech therapist, and a bio, adoptive, and former foster parent who gets the real-life struggles families face.

Angie blends Human Design, trauma-aware tools, mindset work, and practical coaching to help parents stop reacting, start connecting, and feel confident again—especially with kids who are "more."

Follow Angie: @connectedparentswithangie

Sometimes, the loudest wounds come from what's not said. In this episode of Sometimes Love Isn't Enough, Angie shares a deeply personal reflection on her own go-to parenting pattern: silence.

If you grew up learning to keep the peace or "freeze out" conflict, you may recognize yourself here. Angie unpacks the energetic imprint of going silent on your child—not as punishment, but as self-protection. And she reveals how this well-worn path shaped her relationship with her son, despite her best intentions.

This isn't just about yelling vs. not yelling. It's about energetic withdrawal. Emotional disconnection. The unspoken message kids receive when we pull away instead of leaning in.

Drawing from her own journey, the 59/6 channel in Human Design, and the deeper roots of trauma responses, Angie opens a vulnerable and powerful conversation about:

• Why silence isn't always golden—especially in parenting

• How kids interpret emotional withdrawal

• The internal stories that fuel our need to shut down

• What it looked like to finally break the cycle and reconnect

• The path to safe expression, emotional repair, and conscious connection

If you've ever found yourself freezing up, going quiet, or emotionally checking out when things get hard—this episode will hit home in all the right ways.

Because the truth is: silence might feel safe to us... but to our kids, it often feels like abandonment.

✨ The healing starts with awareness. The reconnection starts with us.

About your host, Angie Grandt – Generational Healing Specialist

Angie Grandt is a Generational Healing Specialist and parent coach helping overwhelmed parents break generational cycles and reconnect with their kids. She's a Quantum Human Design™ Specialist, trauma-informed family coach, early intervention speech therapist, and a bio, adoptive, and former foster parent who gets the real-life struggles families face.

Angie blends Human Design, trauma-aware tools, mindset work, and practical coaching to help parents stop reacting, start connecting, and feel confident again—especially with kids who are "more."

Learn more or book a session: angiegrandt.com
Follow Angie: @connectedparentswithangie

In this passionate and perspective-shifting solo episode, Angie pulls back the curtain on one of parenting's biggest misunderstandings: the belief that punishment changes behavior. With deep insight from her experience in behavior management and emotional healing, she walks listeners through 12 powerful reasons to rethink spanking, yelling, and punitive discipline altogether.

This isn't just a list—it's a wake-up call for every parent who's trying to do the right thing but feels stuck in reactive patterns. Angie shares how these strategies affect a child's self-worth, nervous system, and sense of identity, and what it means to truly steward a child's energy instead of managing their behavior.

✨ In this episode:

• Why even "good parents" may still be missing the mark

• How punishment distorts a child's view of love, safety, and self-worth

• The connection between Human Design and how kids process discipline

• Why your child needs emotional safety—not control

• A better path forward rooted in connection, clarity, and conscious parenting

This episode will empower you to break cycles, trust your intuition, and shift from fear-based parenting into alignment with who your child really is.

About your host, Angie Grandt – Generational Healing Specialist

Angie Grandt is a parent coach, on a mission to break cycles of trauma. She is also a Quantum Human DesignTM Specialist, Quantum Alignment System certified, Certified Family & Relationship Coach & an early intervention speech therapist with extensive training and experience in trauma, attachment, and autism. As a bio parent, adoptive parent, and former foster parent, Angie has been in your shoes – through the good, and the scary. Angie is on a mission to help parents who are overwhelmed, frustrated, and questioning their ability to parent their most challenging child. She helps parents with practical tools to connect, enjoy, and even like their child again.

Angie is also the founder of Connected Parents with Angie - a coaching program designed for you - the loving and capable parent who can't figure out why raising your child is so frustrating, so overwhelming, and causing you to question your ability to parent. Using her unique approach of trauma-focused mindset lesson and coaching tools, Angie helps her clients get back to a life they love - creating cherished memories, feeling fulfilled in relationships, and letting go of frustration, resent, and overwhelm. Angie uses a Human Design based parenting plan – the most POWERFUL way to stop losing your cool with your children, and start connecting with them on a deep, energetic level!

Grab your personalized Human Design Chart here: https://www.angiegrandt.com/

If you'd like to see if coaching is the solution for you, check out this mini-podcast series Angie made for you: https://connectedparentswithangie.kit.com/theparentingreset

And when you've decided you're ready to take the leap for your family, book a free consult - Angie will help you decide if coaching is right for you: https://www.angiegrandt.com/sessions

If you are looking to better understand you – your unique challenges, gifts, and your purpose in life – book a Human Design reading! You'll leave with an action plan to tackle your most important relationships, as well as some key insights about your next steps towards your goals! Book here: https://www.angiegrandt.com/choose-your-path

Learn more about working with Angie here: www.angiegrandt.com

And follow Angie: https://www.instagram.com/connectedparentswithangie/

https://www.facebook.com/connectedparentswithangie

❤ Angie Grandt, Generational Healing Specialist

In this refreshingly honest episode, Angie Grandt breaks down a pattern so many parents fall into: the endless search for more parenting strategies, hacks, and expert advice. Sound familiar?

But what if the real breakthrough doesn't come from learning more… but from shifting how we feel and what we believe?

Angie pulls back the curtain on what's really keeping parents stuck—even when they know all the "right" things to do—and shares why mindset, energy, and emotional regulation matter far more than another sticker chart or consequence plan.

Whether you're navigating tantrums, teen attitudes, or your own emotional rollercoaster, this episode is a call to come back home to yourself—because your alignment is your child's greatest anchor.

🔑 Topics Covered:

• Why parenting hacks aren't the magic fix we think they are

• How mindset and self-awareness drive your parenting results

• The invisible weight of guilt and what it's really telling you

• What happens when we shift from "fixing the kid" to regulating ourselves

• How Angie helps parents build emotional resiliency (hint: it starts with you)

🎧 Tune in and find the permission you didn't know you needed to stop searching and start aligning.

🔗 Learn more or book a session: www.angiegrandt.com
🎙️ Explore The Parenting Reset podcast: connectedparentswithangie.kit.com/theparentingreset

Host: Angie Grandt

Episode Summary
In this heartfelt episode, Angie shares her personal journey and hard-earned wisdom around the messy, beautiful, and often frustrating world of co-parenting. Drawing from her own experience navigating divorce, blended family dynamics, and emotional healing, she offers parents a grounded, compassionate lens to reframe their co-parenting challenges.

You'll hear how prioritizing your child's sense of safety and emotional security—rather than trying to "win" at parenting—can shift everything. Angie breaks down the trap of blaming the other parent and instead invites you to take radical responsibility for your own emotional world, your reactions, and your side of the parent-child relationship.

Using insights from her trauma-informed practice, Human Design, and the 9 Resiliency Keys, Angie outlines real-life strategies for staying calm, connected, and constructive—even when your co-parent drives you nuts.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:

• Why your child's nervous system needs you regulated, not "right"

• How to step into neutral energy (even when your co-parent won't)

• What not to say when your kid comes home venting about "the other house"

• Tools like "I" messages, family meetings, and even bird-nesting that support your child's sense of belonging

• How to empower your child to express their needs without putting them in the middle

Quote to Remember:
"You don't have to like your co-parent to love your child well."

• Learn about healing your 9 Resiliency Keys in a Connection Clarity Call: www/angiegrandt.com/sessions