
Episode #309
Are You Trying Too Hard to Keep Everyone Happy? How to Create Real Connection with Your Kids
Do you feel responsible for keeping everyone in your family happy? Do you find yourself trying to fix your kids’ hard feelings, keep the peace, or make everything okay? What if deeper connection with your kids actually starts with learning how to connect with yourself ? In today’s episode of The Secrets of Supermom Show , Lori talks with Diane Sorensen , certified Transformational Coach and host of the Chaos to Connection podcast, about breaking generational patterns, understanding our emotional triggers, and creating stronger relationships with our children. Diane shares how her daughter’s mental health crisis and her own divorce forced her to look at patterns of perfectionism, people-pleasing, emotional suppression, and approval-seeking that she had unknowingly carried into motherhood. Together, Lori and Diane discuss: Why connection with your children starts with connection to yourself How to recognize your emotional triggers—and what they can teach you Why trying to keep everyone happy can actually hurt connection The difference between feeling an emotion and knowing how to be with an emotion How perfectionism and “good girl” conditioning can show up in motherhood Why your child’s emotions are not yours to manage How to be okay when your kids are not okay Why connection isn’t about spending more time or money on your kids How to listen to your children without immediately fixing, reframing, or teaching A simple practice you can use today to start building more emotional awareness and connection One of Diane’s most powerful reminders? The secret to being a Supermom isn’t never struggling—it’s learning how to navigate the struggle while staying connected to yourself. If you’ve ever worried that you’re doing motherhood wrong, felt responsible for everyone else’s emotions, or struggled with mom guilt when your kids are having a hard time, this conversation will give you a completely different way to think about connection. Connect with Diane Sorensen: Website: dianesorensen.net Instagram: @dianesorensen.bb Podcast: Chaos to Connection Free Resource: Drama to Empowerment — Learn how to move out of reactive patterns and into greater awareness, connection, and empowerment. Listen now and discover how doing the inner work can transform the relationships around you. Text us your feedback or questions! Stay connected! Join us in The Supermom Society! Get all the details at thesupermomsociety.com ! Get all our show notes, buy the book Secrets of Supermom, and more at our website: www.secretsofsupermom.com Secrets of Supermom on Facebook Secrets of Supermom on Instagram

