SELLEST OSAST
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: Mombanipodcast@gmail.com
Website: https://aminmombani.podview.com
Youtube Link:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIoXPESGBAlhpbeWg_E7Hrw
Spotify Link:https://open.spotify.com/show/033CGyVtUGh2KFJ0MJypEZ
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