Many people avoid, suppress negative emotions. They distract themselves from feeling those painful feelings. How comfortable are you with your uncomfortable feelings? Do you feel your emotions? Emotions are not bad behavior. Do you remember yourself at age 10? Do you think children are born authentic? How do you cultivate authenticity in your children? How has […]
Childhood Trauma: Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
What is authenticity? What does it mean to live an authentic life? How do traumatic childhood experiences impact the trajectory of our life? Imagine being a 10 year old and silently suffering a bullying… In this episode: -what is trauma -early childhood experiences and their impact on our life and parenting in particular -why […]
How To Stop Yelling [Archive]
In this episode we are talking about practicing mindfulness with your children. Carla shares with us her own definition of mindfulness which I love. -how she integrated mindfulness into her family – how it has changed her life from being less reactive to yelling less…and much more -we talk about mindful listening -an exercise you […]
From Punishments To Gentle Parenting: Raising 6 Kids In South Africa [Archive]
In today’s episode I am talking to my lovely friend, gentle parenting advocate Lelia Wes Schott. She is from South African and mom of 6 children. Lelia raised all her children with attachment parenting-a common practice in South Africa. But attachment parenting doesn’t mean gentle discipline. Lelia also shares her story of transformation moving from […]
Logging Out: 7 rules to less distraction, productivity and well being [Archive]
Are you addicted to your device? Do you keep checking your phone for no reason? Did you know that the more we check our email the less happy we feel? Are you always busy but not often productive and what that really means anyways? Do you have sleep issues? I share a personal experience. As […]
Push The Reset Button [Archive]
Here is an episode from the podcast’s archives. We are talking about overwhelm and frustration and how to push that reset button and become less stressed out and calmer parent. Christina shares her 4 step formula to pushing the reset button. I am talking with my lovely guest Christina Fletcher. She shares her journey of […]