Welcome to the 3D Parent Podcast!
My goal is to provide you with tools that help inform, empower and boost your confidence as a parent so you can make the best decisions possible for you and your family. Parenting is challenging, but you don’t have to do it alone. I am here to guide you through the 3D Parent approach to parenting, so you can stop struggling and start celebrating all of the time you have with your children.
"My topic for today is how to prepare for your child's coming out. In honor of Pride Month, it seemed like a good time to record this topic. And obviously, if you're listening to this and...
“This may have not been the summer you or your kids had envisioned for yourselves, but that does not mean it needs to be terrible. Make it a summer to remember for you and your...
“It's okay to make mistakes when you're advocating or speaking out. And not everyone’s going to welcome your participation. That's okay. That's the price we pay for our privilege. Just...
“I want to invite you to see this as an opportunity to help your child develop a capacity to be resilient. If you get in the way, you might be keeping your child from being able to develop...
“Crying and tears helped both of us deal with what was such a difficult day and a difficult process. It was a perfect illustration of how tears can be so helpful when a child can access those...
"You do not need to see the invisible string. People who love each other are always connected by a very special string made of love. ‘But if you can't see it, how do you know it's...
“This information I'm going to share was inspired and informed through a few courses that I've taken over the last couple of years from the Gordon Neufeld Institute. One of the courses...
"Self-care, honestly, is not my strength. It is something that I am still actively working on. I'm still trying to take care of my mind, body, spirit, my heart. I am the type that tends to kind of...
"I wanted to shift gears today and talk about something different because my brain just needed a change, and you probably are sick of hearing it too. So let's take a journey together in a...
“My topic today is going to be relevant while we are in the midst of the stay-at-home orders during this pandemic. Right now, we have a lot of time for sibling togetherness and...
“This is kind of a reality podcast where you're hearing exactly what I'm talking about, happening all around me. So this is the topic, and of course, it's a very pressing one...
“Now, the ways in which different people are approaching home learning is really varying. It varies state by state and school by school. Some schools have full-fledged remote learning up and...
“We are going through some really unchartered territory right now all over the world. For me, specifically in Seattle with the Coronavirus outbreak in my area being so heavily impacted. It is...
“I have many different varieties of orchids in my own household. From the very rare and exotic 100% highly-sensitive orchid child to children who are more dandelion-like, but have a...
"It's probably been going on for the past two, maybe two and a half years. As I said, my son is six and a half years old and any time we're in a social gathering, social setting, he goes into a...
"All of us have experienced at one time or another, our children lying when they're young. It can be kind of cute, they're not very good at lying (but) as they get older, it can become a more...
“Sometimes kids get into trouble in restaurants because we're not really focused on them. We kind of turn our attention off to our kids and instead maybe we're engaging in...
“Kids who have the opportunity to do this open ended play, these children grow up into really confident older children, teens, tweens and adults, because they have this kind of ability to...
“… you're completely right. When we address it in the moment, it doesn't have the same impact because then all those defenses are up. So we have to address it and have this...
“Give them jobs and engage them in the process to keep them interested, keep them from running around and find their own ways to entertain them. If they're engaged in the process, less...
About Your Host
I’m Beaven Walters, your host and guide on this crazy and fulfilling journey as a parent.
As a certified parent coach, parent educator and mom of 4 children, I am passionate about helping parents navigate the tough stuff while maintaining dignity, direction and deep connection in your family relationships. I have spent over 10 years teaching in a variety of educational settings with multiple age groups, and now I am delighted to bring those experiences to you at home. Throughout this podcast, we will cover topics such as tantrums, sibling conflict, screen time overload and transitioning into the teenage years.
My goal is to provide you with tools that help inform, empower and boost your confidence as a parent so you can make the best decisions possible for you and your family. Parenting is challenging, but you don’t have to do it alone.
I am here to guide you through the 3D Parent approach to parenting, so you can stop struggling and start celebrating all of the time you have with your children.