Angie Grandt
109 episodes
Sometimes Love Isn't Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast - A practical yet heartfelt podcast for parents who are overwhelmed by unique challenges in parenting. Join Angie Grandt – Generational Healing Specialist – as she leads you on a journey to rebuild a relationship with your child – you know – the one who you promised to love unconditionally, but who keeps pushing you away and displaying such unsettling behaviors, and now you find you are so easily triggered by all their behaviors and can't seem to find joy in your relationship? Yeah, that relationship. I know right where you are because I've been there to...
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · August 2026
A reflective parenting show for listeners trying to replace punishment with curiosity, emotional safety, and steadier adult leadership.
Sometimes Love Isn't Enough sits in the tougher corner of Kids & Family, where parenting is less about tidy advice and more about what happens when a child's behavior wears adults down or leaves them unsure what to do next.
You want parenting help that starts with your nervous system, not the naughty chair.
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A calm case for replacing punishment with curiosity and teaching.
Angie Grant makes a clear, steady case for dropping punishment and paying closer attention to what a child’s behavior may be saying. She draws on her own background in behavior management, including 20 years in an autism clinic, to question how often adults reach for tools…
A calm, alignment-first conversation about resilience, identity, and parenting through hard seasons.
Sometimes Love Isn’t Enough: The Parenting Through Challenges Podcast stays close and unhurried, treating parenting as something still being worked out rather than neatly solved.
A useful reminder that family leadership starts with observing, going first, and modeling steadiness.
The episode frames family leadership as something steadied by observation before action. Angie Grant and Cassandra Quick move through familiar scenes - adults absorbed in phones while children wait for attention, a toddler given choices that sit well beyond toddler judgment - to…
A calm, concrete argument for teaching kids skills instead of just punishing the behavior.
Katie Jones makes a calm, practical case for treating big feelings as something children can learn to handle, not just something adults need to stop.
Angie Grandt interviews Dina, a human design coach, about her journey from trauma and overachieving to healing and parenting.
The host reflects on the podcast's evolution from an adoption-focused show to exploring why love alone isn't sufficient for deep connections, sharing personal struggles with her son.
This episode explores the underlying causes of children's disengagement and laziness, contrasting it with more overt behavioral issues in parenting.
The host shares a story about using human design to intuitively sense a friend's pain and conduct a reading to uncover her strengths and challenges.
This episode explores the idea that struggle in parenting and daily life may not be a problem to fix but a sign of something bigger, suggesting it can be outgrown through growth and change.
The host reflects on how she used to hate the holidays, contrasting past stress with her daughter's easy enjoyment and the impact of adopting her son.
The host discusses the concept of perfectionism in parenting, reflecting on her personal journey and how high standards and conditioning can hold parents back.
This episode segment introduces the concept of being a highly sensitive parent, distinguishing it from reactivity and exploring its potential gifts and challenges.
The host discusses the concept of gratitude, its prevalence as a buzzword, and its application in parenting and daily life, especially around Thanksgiving.
Angie Grant discusses 12 reasons to avoid punishment in parenting, arguing that methods like spanking or yelling harm children's emotional safety, self-worth, and trust.
Angie Grant explains why parents who understand effective behavior strategies may still react from older beliefs during conflicts such as children fighting over a toy.
Angie Grant welcomes Cassandra Quick and opens a conversation about leadership inside the family.
Angie Grandt interviews Katie Jones, a daycare owner and Conscious Discipline practitioner, about her journey from rock bottom during COVID to transforming her parenting approach.
Angie Grant says parenting feels harder now because families are living through "a huge energetic shift" away from external authority and toward internal authority and self-trust.
Angie Grant opens by calling out the “I-because-I-told-you-so era” and argues that the parenting hierarchy many adults inherited was built for safety, structure, and survival.
Host Angie Grant reflects on a masterclass concept about growth and evolution, applying it to parenting and client work.
Angie Grant uses Sometimes Love Isn't Enough to argue that co-parenting becomes more damaging when parents try to be the “better parent” instead of centering the child.
Host Angie Grandt discusses parenting children with exceptional behavioral and emotional challenges, sharing personal stories and strategies, with a trigger warning about suicide.
A parenting podcast host interviews a trauma specialist about his journey from childhood trauma to becoming a psychologist and helping others.
Host Angie Grandt interviews Chris Madrigal about her journey from corporate leader to personal development coach, focusing on parenting challenges and reclaiming identity.
A parenting podcast host interviews a guest about balancing career aspirations and family without burnout.
The host discusses how to love someone with a different human design type, using it as a lens for understanding and connecting with children who have experienced trauma.
An adoptive mom discusses how love alone isn't enough for parenting children with trauma and introduces practical tools for healing.