Big Stuff With Danielle Colley
You know who's going through BIG STUFF? Literally everyone. But it's how you handle it that makes the difference.
Award-winning author and life coach Danielle Colley gets real about the relentless expectations we put on ourselves, the comparison trap, and the gap between how life looks and how it actually feels.
For ambitious women who may be crushing their goals but are feeling crushed by them. Conversations that matter. A little advice, a little inspiration, and a lot of humanness. No toxic positivity - just raw honesty about what it really takes to thrive.
If you're burnt out from achieving everything or tired of pretending it's all fine, this is for you. Because life should feel GOOD to live.
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Big Stuff With Danielle Colley
Your kid isn't the problem. You are - with family therapist, Lisa Taylor
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Have you ever completely lost your cool with your kid and then spent the next hour feeling like the worst parent alive? Family therapist and author of The Perfect Parent Trap, Lisa Taylor, has spent 25 years sitting across from families in crisis — and what she'll tell you is that in almost every single case, the child is not the problem. In this deeply honest conversation, Danielle and Lisa get into the real reason the teenage years can feel less like raising a family and more like surviving one, and what you can do about it.
Lisa introduces her concept of "Heartprints" — the invisible imprints from our own childhood that quietly drive our reactions under stress. When your teenager slams a door or goes into full shutdown, the heat you feel rising in your chest? That's rarely about them. This conversation is warm, practical, and full of the kind of insights that will make you stop mid-scroll and think: oh, that's me.
In this episode:
- 0:00 Introduction
- 4:30 Why parenting feels unsolvable
- 9:00 Behaviour is information, not a problem to fix
- 12:00 What's happening in your teenager's brain
- 17:00 Heartprints: how your childhood drives your reactions
- 24:00 Does the inner work ever end?
- 29:00 When your kid completely shuts down
- 34:30 Parenting from fear vs love
- 39:00 Why taking things away doesn't work
- 43:30 Screens and the technology experiment
- 49:00 Spicy brains, blended families and unmet needs
- 53:00 Protecting your relationship through the teen years
- 57:00 Why repair is more powerful than perfection
- 1:01:00 The five fundamentals
- 1:04:30 Danielle's thinking points
Resources mentioned: The Perfect Parent Trap by Lisa Taylor — available at Amber Press, Amazon, Booktopia and good bookstores
Lisa's website: strengtheningfamiliesaustralia.com.au
Lisa on Instagram: @lisataylor.au
Connect with Danielle:
IG- @iamdaniellecolley