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Tag Archives: family encouragement

A Case for FAMILY Dinners

April 3, 2021

You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …

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Never let a good crisis go to waste!

October 9, 2020

In my line of work coaching parents, teens and young adults, not a week goes by that a client doesn’t …

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Play Your Way to Better Connections

July 15, 2013

As I listen around to families, one thing seems to be common to many: most of our communication is task-oriented. …

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Boy, Are Dads Important

November 11, 2012

Sometimes I think I must sound like a broken record but Dads are REALLY important in teens’ lives. I was …

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Adventures of Nimby, Part 8: A Stick in the Mud? or A Wrench in the Works?

April 2, 2012

It was quite a while before Nimby was road-worthy…that is, could even be driven. But in anticipation of that long-awaited …

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Looks like, sounds like, feels like. . .

March 20, 2012

I was coaching with a really great mom recently and we were talking about how she is going to help …

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Teaching a chicken to play baseball?

February 1, 2012

As our boys grow up, we need to increasingly treat them as young men. Do they always get it right? …

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Building the Team

January 12, 2012

I was invited for Sunday lunch to the home of a family with eight kids…the perfect “yours,” “mine” and “ours” …

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never let a good crisis go to waste!

August 9, 2011

Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste In my line of work coaching parents, teens and young adults, not …

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Kathleen Fischer

Kathleen is a popular speaker in corporate, church, and community settings as well as a sought after family/parenting coach for individuals and groups.

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  • A REAL Gift for This Holiday
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  • A Tool Kit for Life
  • Mrs. Mohrs . . .with gratitude
  • Stuffing In a Bit of Gratitude
  • Person-praise or Process-praise? Fixed? Or Growth?
  • Conflict is Inevitable; Combat, Maybe NOT
  • Wish I had a quarter. . . .
  • A Perverse Measure of LOVE?
  • A New Way to Respond in a Crisis: Check Your Tone, Check Your Face
  • Never let a good crisis go to waste!
  • Would You Like to Do a Better Job of Connecting With Your Teen?

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