#163: The Magic of Empathy with Kim Stuart
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Do you frequent the parenting shame cycle? Could you use tips on how to genuinely engage with teenagers? How can you help your children choose quality friendships? Kimberly Stuart grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, where she learned to be snobbish about corn on the cob and good storytelling. She earned degrees at St. Olaf College and the University of Iowa, both fine institutions that did very little to prepare her for the lethal cocktail of parenting and writing. Kim is the author of eight novels, including the Heidi Elliott series and her most recent book, Heart Land. She has a passion to write chemistry-driven, smart, romance that requires a reader neither to leave her brain at the door nor to visit a confessional after turning the last page. Kim has made her home in Minneapolis, Houston, Chicago, Costa Rica, Nebraska, and Iowa, where she now lives with her brave husband and three wily children. What we chat about: how to help your kids when they’re choosing friends using empathy to help create a safe space for your kids how to extend grace to yourself when you’ve said way too much weird things we’ve done when we’ve met famous people super niche documentaries Links mentioned: Pucker UpHeart LandI’ll Be Your Blue Sky Binnie’s Butter Connect with Kim Stuart: website | instagram | facebook Connect with Emily: website I instagram I facebook I patreon Episode Sponsors: Natural Red: get 15% off your order with code SWP Prep Dish: get a free 2 week trial at prepdish.com/swp Canvas People: get an 11x14 canvas free + shipping by texting “SWP” to 484848 Brooklinen: get $20 off + free shipping with code SWP Support the show: Patreon | Amazon Share the Struggle! If you've been encouraged, share this episode with a friend. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Do you love the Struggle Well Project? Please leave a review here!
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| 0:00.0 | What would you pick if you could choose a superpower? |
| 0:02.0 | I wish that you could like pinch somebody with your eyes. |
| 0:07.0 | Like a voodoo doll? |
| 0:09.0 | Yeah, like I wish I could voodoo doll people. |
| 0:12.0 | Like I don't want to hurt them them but I would like them to have |
| 0:15.0 | pain for just a second when they do something that's wrong like a pinch like an electric shock |
| 0:21.9 | okay great like Voldemort like a Harry Potter scar. |
| 0:26.0 | Yes, that's what I want. |
| 0:27.4 | I want to be Voldemort. |
| 0:29.5 | Okay, that's a good mom scale. And that's kind of what it is, like when they roll their eyes at me, I just want to be like, |
| 0:36.0 | your eye lightning scar hurts. |
| 0:39.0 | I knew you were talking about your kids and got it out of you. |
| 0:43.0 | I mean, and again, it's not long-term pain, there's no bruising, more psychological. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm doing psychological warfare. |
| 0:52.0 | Okay, it's what the mom glance should do. |
| 0:56.0 | But mine doesn't work. |
| 0:57.6 | Mom's works. |
| 0:58.8 | That's right. |
| 0:59.8 | It does. |
| 1:00.6 | It still works. |
| 1:01.8 | It still works. And mine is just impotent. |
| 1:04.7 | Broken. |
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