About my guest Judith Orloff, MD is the New York Times best-selling author of The Empath’s Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People. Her new book Thriving as an Empath offers daily self-care tools for sensitive people along with its companion The Empath’s Empowerment Journal. Dr. Orloff is a psychiatrist, an empath, and is on the UCLA Psychiatric Clinical Faculty. She synthesizes the […]
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The Mindful Mother’s Way: From Burnout to Self-Care
Mommy burnout is something we can ALL relate to, weather people are saying it or not, no one has got it all figured out! Social media lets us “see behind the curtain” into others lives and parenting, which can be so helpful for support…. and it can also make you feel less than, like you’re […]
What Does Self-Care REALLY Mean?
In this solo episode I talk about why you might be feeling overwhelmed, less energized, negative and tired all the time. I share one of my client’s story. What is stress? How does it undermine your parenting? Do you know where your stress comes from? How large is your stress container and what is a […]
Use the Secret of Improv Comedy in Everyday Parenting
This episode is an interview with Nacia Walsh, a doula and mom of four. She shares important lessons that she learned during her parenting journey, the most important being to take care of yourself. She believes that as a parent, you must be selfish at times, because making sure that you are happy, energetic, and […]
How To Cultivate Self-Compassion
Marion Rose, PhD talks about what self-compassion is, how it has helped her, common myths about it and how you can cultivate a self-compassion practice. We also talk about what makes parenting hard. What does she mean when she asks: are you hitting yourself with emotional sticks? Prior to becoming a mother she had done a lot […]