
Welcome to Distracted with Angela Lockwood.
Practical brain-boosting strategies, expert insights, and real-life stories to help busy brains thrive in the age of distraction.
Welcome to 'Distracted with Angela Lockwood', the podcast where practical meets purposeful in the pursuit of focus mastery.
Distracted is the newly released podcast by Angela Lockwood a renowned occupational therapist and author.
Angela invites you to join her to explore brain-boosting strategies, gain insights from experts, and be inspired by real-life stories of people who navigate a noisy world. Whether you are a busy executive, business owner, parent or student, distraction stops us from living the life we choose.
It’s time to explore the age of distraction and learn the art of focus with Angela and her guest experts.
Ready to reclaim your focus? Visit www.angelalockwood.com.au to connect with Angela and learn how you can thrive in the age of distraction.

78: Parenting with Connection
In this episode, Angela Lockwood interviews Michelle Mitchell, a leading expert in supporting children and families, Educator and Author of "Tweens". They discuss parenting in the modern age and how to make connection with kids in the midst of the many distractions of life. Michelle shares how parents can build resilience in children and through leading by example our kids can learn the ways to navigate the complexities of teen life and parent and child relationships. This is an important conversation if you are a busy parent looking for ways to connect with your child and build your confidence as a parent to focus on the things that matter to you and to your child.
✨Parenting in the modern age requires strategies to balance work and family life and ensure kids are not overly influenced by online and social media.
✨Helping children find their strengths and passions is important for their development and future success.
✨Building a strong connection with kids is crucial, and parents should make an effort to be interesting and engaged in their own lives.
✨Parents should set boundaries and limits around technology use, and find ways to connect with their kids in the online world.
✨Resilience is about helping kids tolerate discomfort and adversity, and parents should be their resilience coaches, supporting them through challenges.
✔️Website: Michelle Mitchell
✔️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michellemitchellspeaker/
✔️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellemitchell.author/
✔️Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-mitchell-34b72118a/
✔️Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/yxl1000