Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

Welcome to the Joyful Courage Podcast - a place where parents of tweens and teens come to find inspiration, information and encouragement in the messy terrain of adolescence


This season of parenting is no joke - and while the details of what we are all moving through might be slightly different, we are having a collective experience.


This is a space where we center building relationship, nurturing life skills, and leaning into our own personal growth.


My name is Casey O’Roarty, I am a parent coach, Positive Discipline LEad Trainer, and captain of the adolescent ship over at Sproutable. I am also a speaker and published author. I have been working with parents and families for over 20 years and continue to navigate being a mom with my own two young adult kids.


I am honored that you are here… Please give back to the pod by sharing it with friends, or on social media, and rate and review on Apple or Spotify - work of mouth is how we grow!


Thanks - enjoy the show!

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Eps 163: Solo show about raising boys, healthy ...
::: Solo Show this week! First – continues thanks for all of the feedback around the last solo show, where I shared about navigating my daughters mental health issues. It means the world to me to know that the content of the show is landing for you,...
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Eps 162: Exploring our Energetic Connection Wit...
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Eps 161: Solo Show About Navigating Depression ...
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Eps 160: Debrena Jackson Gandy supports moms in...
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Eps 159: Solo show exploring the power and mess...
::: Returning to the practice What Positive Discipline is to me…. Belong significance Iceberg Encouragement Kind and firm Presence/seeing/listening  What I have learned over time My own beliefs get in the way Fear manifests as control and...
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Eps 158: Kimberly Muench talks about the tight ...
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Eps 157: SOLO SHOW - Back to school musings wit...
:::  SOLO SHOW!! Woohoo – how is YOUR back to school? This episode acknowledges what we are all going through as we support our kids and ourselves in coming back to a back to school routine. I know, it is hard to shake off the summer. But that...
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Eps 156: Heather Chauvin Finds Herself Through ...
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Eps 155: SOLO SHOW! Casey is on Deep Diving int...
::: SOLO SHOW – woohoo Let’s talk about intuition today…. Well, I am going to J Connecting dots with interview The ability to sift through the experience you’re having and everything that is calling inside of you – and create space to show...
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Eps 154: Dr. Dan Siegel Discussing the Science ...
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Eps 153: Yoga as a Parenting Tool With Naomi Go...
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Eps 152: No More Mean Girls With Katie Hurley
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Eps 151: Bias, Privilege and How White Women Ca...
::: Become a Joyful Courage PATRON! You can now find Joyful Courage at and make a contribution to the show that you love! This is a opportunity for you to sign up to make a monthly financial commitment and support the sustainability of the podcast....
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Eps 150: Solo Show! Getting Real About Transiti...
::: SOLO SHOW!! I am on speaking directly from the tranches…. Feeling the stretch and pull of raising adolescent kids. Kind and firm, yes, and IT’S HARD!!  Moving into summer and thinking about routines and agreements. Enjoy! ::: Become a...
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Eps 149: Lindsay McCarthy Teaches Us How to Bri...
::::: Become a Joyful Courage PATRON! You can now find Joyful Courage at and make a contribution to the show that you love! This is a opportunity for you to sign up to make a monthly financial commitment and support the sustainability of the podcast....
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Eps 148: Solo Show - Teasing Apart the External...
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Eps 147: Empowered Stepmothering (and mothering...
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Eps 146: Solo Show - Supporting the Village
::::: Become a Joyful Courage PATRON! You can now find Joyful Courage at and make a contribution to the show that you love! This is a opportunity for you to sign up to make a monthly financial gift to the show :)  Solo show: Here we are – a...
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Eps 145: Deborah Reber is on Talking About Rais...
::::: Today’s guest is Deborah Reber, mother of an autistic son, founder of Tilt Parenting to help parents find more peace, joy and support along the way while parenting an atypical child in a conventional world. We are discussing her new book. Join...
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Eps 144: Solo Show - is Positive Discipline per...
::::: SOLO SHOW!! Teacher posted about a difficult class… Response about “parenting style” naming “gentle parenting” and followed up with a post about “helicopter parenting, mom and dad are friends, no discipline or...
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Eps 143: Mary Nelsen-Tamborski Talks About Maki...
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Eps 142: Collective impact and moving past my w...
::::: Thank you community!  You are all so amazing. TOGETHER we are making an impact on the world. Today is a solo show…. I am getting vulnerable once again and shedding light on an area that I am not so proud of AND see as an opportunity for...
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Eps 141: Local Teen and her Mom on to Talk Abou...
::::: So thrilled to have Aubrey and Becky Springer on today to talk about how to take small steps to make a big difference. We all hope that our children will be in service to the world, that they will WANT to make a difference, to make the world a...
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Eps 140: Documentary Filmmaker, Delaney Ruston,...
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Eps 139: Solo Show About Authenticity, Choosing...
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