Better, Not Perfect- Podcast #717
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Todd and Cathy discuss the difficult, but also transformational quality of change and how it teaches us to grow and trust life’s patterns. They answer a listener question about how to view their daughter’s outbursts and challenging behavior, and they share and process three quotes from Season 2 of The Bear – starting with Richie’s thought-provoking quote, “I’m not like this because I’m in Van Halen. I’m in Van Halen because I’m like this… For the full show notes, visit zenpopparenting.com
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(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:02:00) Three things
(00:18:18) Ask me anything question about adolescent daughter who has outbursts of anger
(00:33:00) Three quotes- I’m not like this b/c I’m in Van Halen…
(00:42:02) I’ve learned to be better, and not perfect.
(00:50:30) …because it’s been really inspired
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| 0:00.0 | Here we go. My name's Todd. This is Kathy. Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio. |
| 0:08.8 | It's podcast number 717. Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio? Because you'll feel outstanding. |
| 0:14.7 | And always remember our motto, which is the best predictor of a child's well-being, is a parent's self-understanding. |
| 0:20.2 | Today we're going to talk about hypervigilance. |
| 0:22.0 | No. |
| 0:22.5 | Remember, I sent you a text and I said, we have three quotes. |
| 0:25.7 | Oh, so it's not about hypervigilance anymore? |
| 0:27.4 | No, we did a show about hypervigilance. |
| 0:29.2 | I can't say it. |
| 0:30.1 | Hypervigilance a couple months ago. |
| 0:31.8 | Oh. |
| 0:32.2 | I sent you a text. |
| 0:33.1 | I said, scratch that, we've already done a show about it. That's too bad because I had even a definition lined up for three quotes. |
| 0:39.5 | I have three quotes instead. |
| 0:41.3 | All right. |
| 0:41.9 | Yes. |
| 0:42.7 | So do you want to know what they're about, though? |
| 0:44.7 | Sure. |
| 0:45.0 | Just to kind of set the tone. |
| 0:46.6 | Well, all three of them are from a show that we're watching called The Bear, which I hope |
| 0:50.7 | everybody's watching it. I am not going to do anything like it. People are still watching it, |
| 0:55.2 | meaning the season two just came out |
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