Episode 226: You are the Secret Ingredient

Stop Looking for Something or Someone to Come Save You

A lot of parents believe that there’s some special, secret, missing ingredient that they’re missing when it comes to parenting teens, and that if they only had the special ingredient, then their parenting woes would be over.

A lot of parents believe that they need someone else, like an outside source of expertise, to tell them what to do and how to fix their parenting.

We’ve be Conditioned to Be Disempowered

If you think about it, it actually makes sense that parents would think that there’s a secret missing ingredient to parenting because in today’s world with all experts and gurus, that’s what we’re being taught. 

For example, anytime we have a health issue, we’re encouraged to go see a doctor. For financial issues, we’re taught to go see the bank for permission. Students in school are always told to ask the teacher or some other adult.

We Love a Good Story about Someone Becoming the Hero

But if you think about it, we secretly love the story of overcoming the need for external help and finding the “secret ingredient” within ourselves. For example, we love when Luke Skywalker found that HE had the power to wield the force, when Harry Potter learned that HE and his courage and loyalty made HIM special, and when Poe from Kung Fu Panda learned that HE was the secret ingredient.

YOU Are The Secret Ingredient

The truth is, you’ve been taught to rely on others. Fortunately though, there’s a better way. 

You don’t have to wait for anyone to come save you because YOU are the secret ingredient to parenting your teen. 

You have the answers inside of you. You have the discernment and power to do what you are meant to do.

Recently a mom told me that she always hears me in her head. She said that in “tough” parenting moments, she hears me in her head, giving her “the best advice ever.”

Here’s the secret. 

That’s not me in her head. That’s her own inner wisdom, coming to offer insight and support, but because she’s looking for external help, her inner wisdom has masked itself as me, so that she’ll listen. 

The truth is, SHE is the secret ingredient in her parenting. SHE has the wisdom to know what to do in “tough” parenting situations. 

And, YOU are the secret ingredient in your parenting. 

Practice trusting yourself.

Inside my membership, I have a training specifically for helping parents just like you to tap into their inner wisdom and start tapping into their parenting super powers.

Do You Want to Be The Hero of YOUR Story?

So, do you want to keep looking for the secret ingredient that will fix all of your problems, or do you want to embrace YOURSELF as the secret, superpower that you’ve been looking for?

Do you want to keep hoping that someone else will come save you, or do you want to simply save yourself.