The Parent Pivot Podcast

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast: Pivoting to Being a Partner Means - Get a Life!

The kids are gone and a new season has arrived.  You and your spouse suddenly have all this time on your hands.  Now what? 
On this "Best of" episode of "The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia open up about ways they have been able to pivot and share them with you as you enter this next season of life with your adult children. 
Contact Steve & Julia at:
parentpivotpodcast@gmail.com
www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com
www.bringingkingdom.org

Be a Disrupter!

The Cambridge Dictionary defines the word "disrupter" as:
"A person or thing that prevents something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected."
Buckle up, Parent Pivoters! On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia Cummings show us how we can be that "disrupter" with our adult kids - in a non-aggressive way, of course!
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Child" by Steve and Julia Cummings

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast - "The Secret to a Deeper Relationship with Your Adult Child"

We all do it.  We mask up to protect our hearts from shame, judgment and criticism and it's all based on fear.  The Enemy wins because we don't want anyone to know the real me.
Guess what?  That one dynamic prevents us from having a deeper relationship with our adult children.
On this "Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast," Steve and Julia openly share how being authentic about our lives with our adult kids builds a stronger, deeper tie that will last a lifetime.  Trust us - it's worth the 26min length of this podcast to listen.  Give it a shot!
Resources mentioned on the podcast:
"The Heart of a Warrior: Before You Can Become a Warrior, You Must Become the Beloved Son" by Michael Thompson. Get a copy here
Contact Steve and Julia on all social media platfoms @ParentPivotPodcast, or via email at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.comFor speaking engagements on marriage, parenting, men's and women's identity issues, contact Julia at: www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com and Steve at: www.bringingkingdom.org
 

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast: "When Your Adult Child is Hurting: What NOT to Do"

Football season is in full swing and you've likely seen a runner get stopped at the line of scrimmage and gang tackled to the ground.  Five or six guys against one all piling on.
What does that have to do with pivoting from a parent to a partner, you ask?
On today's edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, we are re-airing this subject as Steve and Julia bring us some sound counsel on what to do when we find our adult child - no matter the age - is struggling with life. 
What's a PARTNER to do?  Find out on today's podcast.
Contact Steve and Julia on all social media, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok  @Parent Pivot Podcast
Email at: parentpivotpodcast@gmail.comFor speaking engagements on marriage, parenting, men's and women's identity issues, contact Julia at: www.meadowbrookcounselingga.com and Steve at: www.bringingkingdom.org
For a copy of Steve and Julia's new book, "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Child" - get a copy on Amazon.
 

"Broken to Blessed" - Interview with Dr. John Trent and Kari Trent Stageberg

If you have a prodigal son or daughter who is not talking to you and you're wondering, "God, where are You?" . . . there is hope.
On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia interview Kari Trent Stageberg and her dad, Dr. John Trent, author of the book, "The Blessing." "Broken to be Blessed" is the story of a prodigal daughter and her redemptive story - and pivoting parents who spoke truth and blessing into her life.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. "The Blessing" by Dr. Gary Smalley, Dr. John Trent, and Kari Trent           Stageberg. 
2. "Your Journey from Broken to Blessed: Finding the Love You Didn’t Receive." By Dr. John Trent and Kari Trent Stageberg.
3. StrongFamlies.com
4. KariTrentStageberg.com

How Do We Get Through a Holiday Without Our Kids?

Whether it's Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas or the 4th of July - pivoting parents can be left alone on the holiday. How do we navigate that when we yearn to be with our kids and grandkids?
On today's Parent Pivot Podcast - Julia openly walks through her recent 4th of July weekend and how she and Steve were able to manage the loneliness of being away from their kids with authenticity and vulnerability.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. "13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Children" by Steve & Julia Cummings 
2. If you love Fellowship of Christian Athletes - you're invited to make a monthly donation to our son in Reno, NV, Campbell Cummings.

Pivoting Well Requires Short Memories, Giving Grace & Believing the Best

Doing life with your adult children can bring up issues from the past that now affect your relationship as a pivoting parent to partner. Left unaware of how to take the necessary steps toward healthy relationships will make life with your adult kids more difficult. 
On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Julia and Steve openly share their own struggles they experienced and how they used those mistakes to move to a place of healthy relationship with their four adult kids.
 
Technical note: We apologize for the low audio (Turn your volume up). We record in our sunroom and had to turn on the floor AC unit.
Resources mentioned on today's podcast:
1. "Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better"           by Brant Hansen
2. "The Parent Pivot: 13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Child" by Steve and Julia Cummings
3. IdentityExchange.com

"Therefore . . . "

According to AI: "'Therefore'" is an adverb that means 'for that reason' or 'consequently.' It indicates a logical conclusion based on a preceding statement or situation. In essence, it signals a cause-and-effect relationship."
Parents of adult children: There is a "cause-and-effect relationship you have with your adult kids.
On today's Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia provide the biggest "Therefore" there is to pivot well to becoming a loving "Partner" to your adult children.
WARNING: It will require a humble heart, a short memory, and a constant willingness to forgive.
Resources mentioned on today's podcast:
1.  "Doing Life with Your Adult Children" by Jim Burns
2,  "Empty Nest, Full Life." by Jill Savage
3. "13 Principles for Building Stronger Relationships with Your Adult Children" by Steve and Julia Cummings

Best of The Parent Pivot Podcast - "Pivoting with Your In-Law Kids: Interview with Ashleigh Cummings

Your son or daughter has just gotten married, or is about to.  What does it look like to pivot from parent to partner with your new in-law kids?
On this episode of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia sit down with their daughter-in-law, Ashleigh Cummings, for a transparent and insightful interview from her perspective on marrying into a different family than the one she was raised in. 
You'll hear from her heart as she shares about what she needs from her in-laws, especially around having kids, and how we can become healthy partners for our adult in-law kids.  

What a Week with Our Kids and Grandkids Taught Us

Summer is here and family vacations are in full swing!
On this edition of The Parent Pivot Podcast, Steve and Julia reflect on their week hosting their oldest son and his family of 3 kids and what they learned about themselves during those 7 days.
Resources mentioned on this podcast:
1. Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer.
2. The One Minute Pause App
 3. "13 Principles for Building Healthy Relationships with Your Adult Children" by Steve and Julia Cummings