In this powerful and heartfelt conversation, Angie sits down with Katie Jones—longtime childcare provider, Conscious Discipline–trained parent educator, and the creator behind Katie's Kids Childcare in Oregon, WI and BU Daily Tools for Transformation.

Katie shares her deeply personal journey from burnout and "rock bottom" to becoming the grounded, emotionally present caregiver and parent she is today. Her story of awakening, self‑reflection, and reparenting herself is not only inspiring—it's a masterclass in what conscious, connected parenting really looks like in practice.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• Katie's spiritual and personal awakening that started during the pandemic

• Why changing who we are matters far more than finding the "right" parenting strategy

• How Conscious Discipline helped her shift from reacting to responding

• The three brain states (survival, emotional, executive) — and why you must regulate first

• What children's "misbehavior" is actually communicating

• Practical examples for handling tough toddler moments (sibling conflict, hitting, cat‑tail pulling…)

• How to coach kids through conflict without punishment or shame

• Why emotional safety is the core of all behavior change

• How Katie used these tools to support her child through identity exploration with compassion and grace

• The power of empathy: letting kids feel what they feel without trying to "happy them up"

• What it really means to create a felt sense of safety in your presence

This episode is full of real-life tools and beautifully human reminders that the work we do on ourselves is the work that transforms our families.

About Katie Katie Jones is a wife, mother of three children ages 15, 13, and 10, and business owner. Katie has always had a passion for children and knew from a young age that she wanted to be a teacher. High school dealt her some difficult life challenges, so Katie decided to not go on to college and rather pursue her teaching passion in a daycare and nanny setting. She started babysitting neighbor's kids when she was around 10 years old and did tons of babysitting throughout high school and into her adult years. As a senior in High School, she went to school in the morning and then worked at a daycare center in the afternoon, for high school credit. Post high school she worked in two different daycare centers, was a nanny for five years, and then started her own in-home daycare once she started having children of her own. Katie has run a very successful in-home daycare in Oregon, Wisconsin for almost 15 years. She currently specializes in care of children 1 to 4 years old and runs on a teacher's schedule following the Oregon School District. In 2020, Katie started going through a spiritual awakening and as she reparented her inner child and learned how to love herself unconditionally, she started questioning everything she knew about how we raise children. Over the past 5 years she has read many parenting books, listened to parenting podcasts, attended multiple Conscious Discipline trainings, and taught Conscious Discipline classes in her community. She has completely changed her parenting and child rearing style. In addition to Katie's in home daycare, she is currently in the process of creating a new business, Be You! Daily Tools for Transformation. This business was born out of intuitive excitement and passion for making the world a better place and will sell affirmation cards, journals, and guided meditations/visualizations to help people reprogram their subconscious beliefs and step into the person they were always meant to be. Website: www.katieskidschildcare.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@katieskidsllc8307?si=-CutWR5_tC9gc1Rx https://youtube.com/@beyoudailytools?si=GiI2JHy69o2gAUyN TikTok: @ktgurly Instagram: @katieskidsllc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katieskidschildcare If You Loved This Episode…

You're going to love where this conversation leads. Katie will be back for a follow-up episode diving deeper into how conscious discipline and Human Design intersect—because the parallels are wild and so, so powerful.

And if you're ready to shift your parenting from reactive to aligned, grounded, and connected…

👉 Book a free Connection Clarity Call at angiegrandt.com/sessions Let's transform the generational story together.