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#25 Just Be Present With the Child You Have — Dr. Lasha Crowell Seaman on Co-Parenting, Letting Go & Choosing Connection

#25 Just Be Present With the Child You Have — Dr. Lasha Crowell Seaman on Co-Parenting, Letting Go & Choosing Connection

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#25 Just Be Present With the Child You Have — Dr. Lasha Crowell Seaman on Co-Parenting, Letting Go & Choosing Connection
Everyday Conversations with Amin Mombani
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She raised her own kids while finishing her doctorate. Herfamily opened its doors to 18 foreign exchange students. And through all of it, she landed on one belief that now guides everything she teaches.

 

In this episode of Everyday Conversations, Amin sits downwith Dr. Lasha Crowell Seaman — founder of Bridges & Roots Family Services — for a conversation about co-parenting, letting go of control, and what it actually takes to keep showing up for your family when life doesn't go the way you planned.

 

🎙️ In this episode:

- Why connection beats perfection — and correction — everytime

- The exchange student she almost wasn't allowed to host,and the Swedish daughter and grandchildren it gave her

- What it actually feels like, as a parent, to let go of anexpectation your child never agreed to

- The biggest myth about families going through supervisedvisitation and court-ordered co-parenting

- Why 3,000 kids a year in Northern Colorado alone are goingthrough divorce or custody situations — and how to access her classes from anywhere

- What repair actually looks like inside her own house,including when her kids call her out on it

 

💬 "Just be presentwith the child that you have." — Lasha

💬 "You can getthrough anything." — Lasha

💬 "Your familydoesn't need you to be perfect — it needs you to keep showing up." — Amin

 

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open

01:30 What Dr. Lasha actually does

02:07 Why this generation is struggling with parenting

04:11 Which chapter of her expanding life taught her themost

05:09 The Swedish exchange daughter and two grandchildren

08:54 The biggest myth about supervised visitation families

09:48 3,000 kids a year, just in Northern Colorado

11:27 Accountability vs. blame

13:42 Letting go of control — her oldest son's education

20:35 How exchange students changed her own family

21:09 What repair actually looks like in her house

22:18 If you're in the messy middle right now

22:53 Wildcard: hangers, handwriting, and her youngest son

 

Contact Details for Guest — Dr. Lasha Crowell Seaman

Website: brfamilies.org

Social media: Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram,Alignable — search "Lasha Crowell Seaman" or "Dr. Lasha S.Crowell"

Organization: Bridges & Roots Family Services

 

Contact Details for Host

Amin Mombani - Host

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://aminmombani.podview.com

Youtube Link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoXPESGBAlhpbeWg_E7Hrw

Spotify Link:https://open.spotify.com/show/033CGyVtUGh2KFJ0MJypEZ

Apple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-conversations-with-amin-mombani/id6782858287

CastBox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id7284639?country=us

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amin-mombani-29979721/

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