The Reflective Parent: Parenting Strategies to Improve Communication And Build a Strong Relationship With Your Teen and Family
For parents who feel exhausted trying to reconnect with their child & feeling stuck. Nothing you do seems to be working and you’re ready to dive deep, get vulnerable, and take on a different approach.
Here, on the “The Reflective Parent” podcast, we start by looking at ourselves and begin to make small shifts for change. When we better understand ourselves, we are better equipped to engage with the family and its unique dynamics. Small changes in your own behavior and way of thinking will have a big impact on your family dynamics, your relationship with your partner, and even the behavior of your teen or pre-teen. When you change, they change, and you’ll see them adopt better strategies that align with your family value system.
I’m your host, parent coach Jason Denham. With nearly 20 years of experience in family dynamics, including 14 years living with adolescents and 2 years managing sober living for adults, I’ve worked with diverse personalities and diagnoses in families across the globe. My background spans wilderness therapy, residential treatment, transitional living, foster care, and sober living. Since 2021, I’ve been a parent coach and continue to support families, drawing from my own experiences with recovery, ADHD, and epilepsy. These insights help me provide practical tips and actionable parenting strategies for those families facing similar challenges.
“The Reflective Parent” podcast is a place where parents like you can come to seek community, connection, confidence and competence in deepening your family relationships, increasing your peace, feeling less exhausted, and more motivated to teach.
In this podcast, you can expect to learn about topics like:
- Building a strong relationship with your family;
- Setting boundaries and limits;
- Showing up to teach and guide;
- Screen hygiene or screen misuse;
- How to deal with a lying or disrespectful teen;
- Improving communication with your teen and family;
- Teen drug and screen addiction;
- Teens struggling with Autism, ASD, ODD, or ADHD;
- Teen mental health issues;
- And much more.
Bring your most challenging questions and your most courageous, vulnerable self as you learn with other parents, because together is better and you are not alone.
To learn more about my work as a parent coach, visit www.awakenedshadow.com
Episodes
7 episodes
Trust, Fear, and the Cheater Economy
There's an app called Cheater Buster. It promises to tell you whether your partner is cheating. Hundreds of thousands of people use it.This week on The Reflective Parent Podcast I want to walk through it with you. I think there is a patt...
“The Cost of Silence” Season 2 ep 1
Season 1 was about how to show up for your kids. Season 2 asks a harder question: what's getting in the way? This season, we slow down and look at the content, the technology, and the silence that quietly erode connection — and what it's cos...
TRP Ep4 What's going on with Me, My Teen, Screens and what do I do about it_
Alright, I'm going to be straight with you. I've been watching this unfold for almost 20 years now, and I wanted to come in gently. I wanted to be cautious. But the time for that is done. It's time to raise the alarm about what smartphones and ...
3. Parenting Strategies For When Your Teen Pushes Back
Ever found yourself in a heated exchange with your teen, feeling the tension build, your voice rising, and your body bracing for battle? What if I told you that there’s a way to dial back, find your calm, and show up as your best se...
2. How Struggles Shape You and Your Teen, And How They Shaped Me
Struggle can be a powerful catalyst for growth. I’ve witnessed this truth not only in my own life but also in the lives of countless teens while working in wilderness therapy, residential treatment, and transitional and sober living. <...
1. The Story Behind My Passion for Helping Families
“After a lot of attempts and a lot of failure, I did it.” - Jason DenhamIn this first episode, I’m peeling back the layers of my own journey—sharing the twists, turns, and tough moments that have shaped me into the person I am t...