AP 047: Ralphie Jacobs || Rediscovering Hope in Parenting through the Growth Mindset

About Progress

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Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 27 September 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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"What it means “to grow” is to practice something—one thing really deliberately—and do it over and over again. And then when you make a mistake, you look back and you close that loop really quickly by recognizing what went well and what didn’t go well, and then you practice it again." Ralphie Jacobs admits that she was born with an innate love for children and a natural gift of caring for them. But even she was surprised as a young mom by how her well-informed, highly educated patience could "vanish." Recognizing this capacity in herself, Ralphie decided to deliberately change how she was parenting, to grow her skill set as a mother just as she would with any other talent, skill, or expertise that requires growth and practice. Now, Ralphie is a parenting expert who passes on the incredible (and I'd say LIFE-CHANGING) things she has learned over the years about how to grow purposefully within your job as a parent. And she makes it clear: the answers are actually quite simple. Ralphie shares how she became a parenting expert, what it looks like to use the growth mindset as a parent, how to increase your knowledge of what's out there BUT also rely on your instinct, how to reinforce good behavior in your children as a way to rid them of the "junk behavior," and what is the number one thing she wants every parent to know. For your use, here are the four main jobs we have as a parent that I took away from my discussion with Ralphie: 1) Teaching 2) Modeling Happiness 3) Being Purposeful Through Reflection and Redirection 4) Looking for the Good in Your Children Show Notes: Ralphie's Instagram, Facebook, and Resources Books Recommended: No Drama Discipline, Simplicity Parenting, Boundaries, Parenting with Love and Logic Referenced podcast interview with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife Last week's episode with the founders of BRAVERY MAGAZINE SURVEY!!!! (It takes less than a minute to fill out--thank you!) Monica's Facebook and Instagram Contact Monica Free Audiobook through Audible! (Affiliate link) More Podcasts from About Progress Song Credit: "Sweet Promise" by Nicolai Heidlas Ralphie has a special message for you parents who are reallllly in the trenches with parenting, for one reason or another. You will leave this podcast armed with tools--yes--but, even better, with hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Seeking the Truth Never Gets Old.
0:03.0	Introducing June's Journey, the free-to-play mobile game that will immerse you in a thrilling murder mystery.
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0:46.4	Download June's Journey Now on your Android or iOS device or play on PC through Facebook games. Welcome to About Progress, a podcast devoted to ordinary people who are striving to improve themselves, overcome obstacles, and make something special of their lives, all my maintaining a healthy balance. In short, people who know life is about progress, not perfection.
0:57.6	Thank you so much for joining me today and every Wednesday as we share more interviews with amazing people.
1:07.0	If you didn't catch last week's episode with the ladies of Bravery magazine, I highly recommend it. I've linked to that
1:14.4	episode in my show notes which you can find on my website about progress.com.
1:20.0	Last week I shared how it is now time for us to get sponsors, but how I want to do it in my own time and way and with the right people, that I would rather work with smaller businesses at a smaller cost than sell out.
1:37.0	So if you want to know more about that, I also refer you to the past episode of last week. And you can also email me if you are a small business or
1:46.7	know someone who might be interested. My email is Packer Progress at gmail.com. I have some short announcements for you at the end of this
1:56.9	interview I'm sharing today and if you want to learn more about me you can always
2:01.7	find me on Instagram and Facebook at
2:04.2	about progress and I talk about more than just podcast stuff on both of those
2:09.6	including the writing that I've been doing on my website.
2:13.0	Now I would like to introduce you to today's guest.
2:16.0	Ralphie Jacobs is an amazing parenting expert.
2:21.0	She recently began sharing her knowledge online through her Instagram simply on purpose, and it's taken off in a huge way.
2:29.0	Ralphie has totally changed my parenting the past few months and I know she has changed so many of yours.
2:37.0	She is going to speak about some of the favorite things she loves to teach about parenting today.
2:43.8	Our biggest goal in this interview was to reach those parents who are in the trenches of
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