The Art of Letting Go: Alyssa Smith on Parenting with Love and Trust

Watching a ten-year-old make breakfast while her mom meditates sounds like the beginning of either a parenting disaster or pure genius.

Turns out, it’s genius. And it couldn’t have come at a better time, because Alyssa Smith, Alyssa Smith, my repeat guest who just helped us celebrate something pretty amazing on The Conversations podcast. We hit episode 100, and honestly, I'm still pinching myself. Almost a full year of bringing you conversations that prove you're so much more than your scattered thoughts and worried mind.

Alyssa dropped some serious wisdom bombs about conscious parenting that had me scribbling notes like crazy. She talked about how we accidentally teach kids to ignore their inner voice by always jumping in with answers. Think about it - when a kid asks "what should I do?" and we immediately tell them, we're basically saying "don't trust yourself, trust me instead."

No wonder so many adults feel lost and disconnected from their own wisdom. We never learned to listen inward because someone was always ready with the "right" answer. Alyssa's approach flips this completely. Instead of giving answers, she teaches parents to ask better questions. Instead of fixing everything, she shows them how to sit beside their kids and say "what are we gonna do about this?"

The result? Kids who actually trust themselves. Kids who can feel emotions in their bodies and know what to do about it. Kids who don't need external validation for every single decision because they've practiced listening to their own inner guidance system.

Here's what really got me excited though. Everything Alyssa teaches about kids trusting their inner voice mirrors exactly what happens when you step into your Vibrant Soul. That same inner wisdom that knows whether to quit soccer or stick with it? It also knows how to heal your body and release chronic illness.

After 38 years of being trapped in my own head with sickness, I discovered that healing wisdom was always there - I just needed to get quiet enough to hear it. Now I teach others in the Vibrant Soul Society how to access that same inner healer that transformed my life completely.

Vibrant Soul Society - The Conversations has become this beautiful space where we explore all the ways you can move beyond the mental chatter and connect with who you really are.

Episode 100 proved we're just getting started.