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Here we go.

My name's Todd.

This is Kathy.

Welcome back to another episode of Zen Parenting Radio.

This is podcast number 561.

Why listen to Zen Parenting Radio?

Because you'll feel outstanding.

And I always remember Armada, which is the best predictor of a child's well being, is a parent's

self-understanding. On today's show,

we're going to talk about how to motivate our kids. We're going to have a quick piece about

back-to-school stuff. Might play a clip from a documentary. My sweetie and I just watched last night

called The Weight of Gold. And so that's it. But first, Zen Talk number 99 took place last week.

We talked about giving a school pep talk.

I don't remember if that was something we shared or a question that came up.

Yeah, one of the moms said, how do I get my kids up?

Remember Millie asked that question?

Basically, she asked how do I get them motivated, which we're going to talk about right now,

to go back to school. How do I, what language do I use to begin this school year?

And how do we reframe it because the spring experience wasn't good for one of her sons?

Yeah. So anyways. And then the other question we answered was a six- old son refused to get in the car. So that was interesting. So regarding team Zen, something I posted on social networking this weekend was, you know, basically if you are, because I think sometimes we talk about Team Zen so much it kind of goes over everybody's head. Like that's just something you guys do and that doesn't

you know that's not part of what I do maybe is what you're thinking team Zen is a virtual community and the

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