Parenting is hard. I speak from firsthand experience as I have two kids of my own. When you add sports into the equation, parenting can get even more stressful. As elite performers, parents must have their own strategies for maintaining calm, focused confidence to best serve their young athletes.\
My guest, Rachel Duffy, is a Certified Conscious Parenting Coach. With over two decades of combined experience as a family lawyer and parenting coach, Rachel has spent her entire adult life in the trenches with families.
Rachel helps families create lasting change by helping them to identify and address the root causes of family relationship issues.
In Episode 51, Rachel shares her thoughts on how to build stronger connections with our children to withstand the emotional roller coaster that is youth sports.
So, what’s your biggest takeaway from my conversation with Rachel Duffy?
My biggest takeaway is that connecting with our children unconditionally can be really difficult. Kids can perceive parents’ sports participation as a form of conditional love and it’s our job as parents to alleviate that as much as possible.
My suggestion to parents is to explore why we feel the way we do about our kids’ sports experiences. Often, our discomfort is not about them, it’s about us.
I want to thank Rachel for her kind generosity and the wisdom she shared with The Freshman Foundation Community.
You can check out Rachel’s Unscrew You Podcast at https://unscrewyoupodcast.com and on Instagram @rachelduffyhere.
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Thank you for listening. We’ll see you back soon for Episode 52!