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How Meditation Can Save Your Life With Brooke Snow Sep 14, 2020

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Small daily practices often compound into large scale change in our lives. As parents we tell ourselves we "don't have time". Our conversation with Brooke Snow today will challenge that belief. Of all the life changing habits in the world, meditation is right at the top of the list for us at Find the Magic. In this episode, we have an inspiring conversation with author, meditation instructor and advocate Brooke Snow. We also discuss how meditation can help improve all aspects of your life, from your ability to parent with patience, to your ability to handle what life throws at you.

Brooke initially discovered the life-saving power of meditation unintentionally while struggling to breathe with blood clots in her lungs in a life-flight helicopter. It wasn’t until later, while living with the PTSD (that can accompany near death experiences) and simultaneously raising her young children, that she truly began to understand what meditation could do.

Brooke gives us some wonderful tips on how to incorporate visualization into our practice, as well as how to use the floors and ceilings technique to truly dial in meditation as an easy non-negotiable habit.

Find more about Brooke at:

Her book // Living in Your True Identity

Brooke Snow Podcast

Brookesnow.com

@iambrookesnow

Our Related Episodes:

Our Daily Meditation: this is the meditation that Taralyn does every morning. You simply push play and she walks you through it. It’s an easy way to get yourself into the habit.

Make Your Morning Routine Happen!

Morning Routines for a 30 Day Transformation with Taralyn

Hone Your Morning Routine with Felica

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Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)

Our Website: https://www.findthemagic.co (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books)

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p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

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Systems and Values for Easier Days and Stronger Family Connections (Entitlement Trap by Linda Eyre and Richard Eyre) Sep 07, 2020

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Have you ever driven in a city that isn’t well planned? The roads are often too narrow for the amount of traffic, and the flow of streets seem to have no discernible pattern. Navigating in such a place can be tricky and chaotic. In contrast, a city that has planned ahead of time what they want long term often has wide, orderly streets, and the initial time and thought investment pays back tenfold as their city runs much smoother as it grows. In this episode, we talk about using this theory of infrastructure in our own families. It takes some time upfront, but in the long run, it makes our family run sooo much more smoothly and makes parenting easier, while intentionally aligning it with our values.
We discuss the systems that we have tried out in our own homes over the years that have proven themselves to be priceless.
Books we mentioned:
The Entitlement Trap
Secrets of a Happy Family
Hold on to Your Kids
Miracle Morning
Links We Promised
Serendipity Parenting Episode from Linda an Richard Eyre
Related Episodes
Discovering Your Life Essentials
How To: Create Pockets of Peace
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Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)
Our Website: (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books)
https://www.findthemagic.co
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast : https://www.instagram.com/findthemagicpodcast
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
For more information on Dr Mary Wildes course go here- https://compassionparenting.com
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Saving Our Kids & Ourselves from Screens & Social Media with Collin Kartchner Aug 31, 2020

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Collin Kartchner is a social activist and champion of giving childhood back to our children. The research is coming in fast about the giant social experiment of putting the pocket-sized computers into the hands of young children and teens, and the results are…alarming, to say the least. Collin helps us to understand the direness of the situation concerning kids and their internet consumption, specifically social media and online gaming. These platforms are designed specifically to give our minds dopamine hits providing the false sense of connection that kids are craving. This can create a vacuum in their minds that may lead to depression and lack of connection to people around them. Although this information at first paints a bleak picture for childhood, we discuss the beautiful antidote that is at all of our fingertips: connection. REAL connection with actual humans in our lives.

Collin offers concrete advice about trying out a family screen detox, and gives us lots of inspiring suggestions on how to increase the connection in our own home with the people we love. He will truly inspire you to make a difference in your child’s life (and model freedom from screen dependence yourself!

Books We Mentioned

Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction is Hijacking our Kids—and How to Break the Trance // Nicholas Kardaras

Good Pictures Bad Pictures: Porn-Proofing Today’s Young Kids // Kristen A. Jensen

Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr.: A Simple Plan to Protect Young Minds // Kristen A. Jensen

Digital Minimalism // Cal Newport

Collin uses a Gabb phone with his kids. Here is their website.

Related Episodes

Curbing Your Screen Attachment

Finding Solitude Through Digital Minimalism

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We LOVE reading your words and your kindness often brings us to tears! Thank you!

Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)

Our Website: (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books)

https://www.findthemagic.co

Find us on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/findthemagicpodcast

p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

The amazing parenting program by Dr Mary Wilde (Listen to her episode with us here) can be found here - https://compassionparenting.com/membership To learn more about Dr. Mary Wilde: https://drmarywilde.com

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The Art of Acceptance, Self Discovery, and Homeschooling with Erin Loechner Aug 24, 2020

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In her book, Chasing Slow, Erin Loechner describes how sometimes, in our search for more, we add things to our lives. We buy more things, add more tasks, take on more. However, often, what we need is actually less. In this episode, she shares with us her insights on living with the lion inside of us, the one who always is whispering to us that we must do more, have more, BE more. What do we do with this voice when we are different phases of life? Some phases require more stillness, and others have space for more goal reaching, and there is beauty in all of these phases.

This embracing of each phase of life that Erin embodies led her to search for and then create, along with child development professionals and educators, a beautiful homeschool curriculum called Other Goose. It is built on these three pillars of education: connection through nature, community through stories, creativity through play. It offers flexibility to parents of younger children and is a wonderful resource for any of you out there who are considering homeschooling this year.

Erin Loechner has been an online educator, homeschool advocate, and author for over 10 years. Her all-in-one homeschooling plan for the early years, Other Goose, has been used by over 25,000 students worldwide, and includes daily literature, creativity, foundations, outdoors, relationships, language, math, rhythms, logic, and habit lessons for kids ages 2-7.

To find out more about Other Goose and take the assessment go here.

Chasing Slow is her fabulous book and you can find it here.

Other Goose on Instagram: instagram.com/othergoose

Erin on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erinloechner/

Her blog is https://designformankind.com/

Related Episodes

Episode 44: Making Education Awesome

Episode 85 Homeschooling and Trusting Your Ability to Teach with Jen Lumanlan

We would love for you to share our episode with your friends and family. Also, thank you so much for your kind reviews! We are so honored have such wonderful listeners.

How to leave a review on iTunes:

Open podcast app

Search for Find the Magic

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Tap the stars to rate us and then write us some feedback:)

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We LOVE reading your words and your kindness often brings us to tears! Thank you!

Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)

Our Website: (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books)

https://www.findthemagic.co

Find us on instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/findthemagicpodcast

p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alwaysfelicia.substack.com/subscribe

Why Your Desires Matter and How to Define Them with Heather Chauvin Aug 17, 2020

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Sometimes, it takes facing death to really help us realize what we truly want out of living. In this episode, author and entrepreneur Heather Chauvin shares her story of how her experience with stage 4 cancer did just that. We found our conversation with her to be truly liberating in so many ways.

Heather debunks the unconscious belief that so many parents have that exhaustion is simply a defining aspect of parenthood. What??? Doesn’t that just give you energy, knowing that you don’t HAVE to be drained all the time? She challenges us to look at our own life, really tap into what we truly desire, and then go after that feeling. She gives step by step instructions on how to create the life we want, NOT by doing it all, but by distilling down to doing the things that matter.

You can find our more about Heather at her website, http://heatherchauvin.com/media, and watch her inspiring Ted Talk here:)

Books we mention:

The Desire Map // Danielle Laporte

Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)

Our Website: (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books): https://www.findthemagic.co

Find us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findthemagicpodcast

p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alwaysfelicia.substack.com/subscribe

HOW TO Parent Less and Love it More Aug 10, 2020

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We are so excited to dive into wholehearted and respectful parenting and what it means with Minimalist Moms Host Diane Boden. This discussion will help you get to the heart of a wholehearted parenting approach by simplifying what you DO to get to the relationship you hope to have with your kid. We discuss how to both acknowledge parental emotions and needs and your child's emotions/needs and meet in the middle in a peaceful place.
This episode is a combination of two separate conversations we had with Diane. In these discussions, we give a breakdown of our favorite tips on discipline as well and how to create an environment of teaching over punishment and reward. We touch on creating rhythms and routines, setting calm boundaries and responding to sibling conflicts. In true minimal fashion we also discuss how to PARENT and talk less and get more results.
If you enjoyed today’s episode we would love for you to share it with your friends and leave a review! Spreading the word helps more parents find us and helps us grow so we can bring you amazing guests and topics!
Books we mentioned:
Simplicity Parenting // Kim John Payne
Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys // Noel Janis-Norton
Elevating Childcare // Janet Lansbury
Raising Lions // Joe Newman
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)
To find out more about Diane or listen to her podcast find her here - https://www.minimalistmomspodcast.com/
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
https://www.findthemagic.co
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https://www.instagram.com/findthemagicpodcast
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) Our podcast logo was designed by https://instagram.com/mrstaylordoyle?igshid=wxljtnhf9r1b
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Homeschooling and Trusting Your Ability to Teach with Jen Lumanlan Aug 03, 2020

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So many of us are facing a big decision this Fall, will we be teaching our kids at home? Or maybe we have no choice at all. So many of us are being thrown into the role as teacher and parent. This week Felica is interviewing Jen Lumanlan of Your Parenting Mojo. Jen Lumanlan holds an M.S. in Psychology (Child Development) and an M.Ed., and hosts the Your Parenting Mojo podcast which is a reference guide for parents of toddlers and preschoolers based on scientific researchers and the principles of respectful parenting. In each episode she examines a topic related to parenting and child development from all sides to help parents understand how to make decisions about raising their children. She lives in California with her husband and daughter. Jen brings us wisdom backed with immense research (her specialty!) on why we should trust our ability to teach, our child’s ability to learn (and lead their own education through their own interests!) and the process of homeschooling.

We touch on why we can let go of the perfect curriculum, standardized tests, and we discuss the value of play in education, socialization and explore the concept of pandemic pods. We hope that this wide ranging conversation helps any of you choosing (or maybe without the choice) about your child’s education this Fall feel more confident.

If you would like to learn more about Jen you can find her on her website https://yourparentingmojo.com/

If you would like to learn more about Jen you can find her here.

You can listen to her podcast here.

Here is her blog post on socialization in schools and her blog post on schemas is here, and she has some wonderful information on the Pandemic Pods 'in a box' course here. You can find is Jen’s course to help you decide if you’re ready to homeschool here.

Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):

https://www.findthemagic.co

Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):

Find us on Instagram @findthemagicpodcast

p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alwaysfelicia.substack.com/subscribe

How GOOD Apologies Change Every Relationship (Even the one with ourselves) - based on work by Harriet Lerner Jul 27, 2020

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We ALL make mistakes. Every single one of us. Sometimes, even with the best of intentions, we hurt people. Although many of us are over apologizers for unnecessary things, we often become non-apologizers when it comes time to truly say we are sorry. We buffer it with defensiveness or ego, and our attempts at apologies fall flat. Our relationships suffer when this happens.

In this episode, we address how over apologizing is unhelpful and give tips on how to avoid it, and then we delve deep into what makes a true apology, and how to get out of the way of our ego enough to truly make amends in our relationships.

This topic is so beautiful because it really gives us space in our relationships to admit when we do wrong, listen without defensiveness, and truly heal.

Articles and authors that inspired us:

Harriet Lerner // Why Won’t You Apologize

Maja Jovanovic // Sorry to bother you, but do you say “sorry” too much? What to say instead.

Interview with Harriet Lerner on Elle

Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):

Find us on instagram:

Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/

Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/

Katelin: https://instagram.com/katiejeangabriel?igshid=10enisvpit8u

p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alwaysfelicia.substack.com/subscribe

Finding Wisdom in Chaos Jul 20, 2020

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In this special episode, we welcome a new host onto our show! Katelin is Taralyn’s sister and Felica’s sister-in-law, and we are so excited for you all to get to know her better.
For many of us, this is a time when our current reality does not match our expectation of it. Even without a pandemic, sometimes our career, our relationships, or our health doesn’t line up with what we think it should be. In this episode, we talk about the wisdom from authors that we are personally leaning on during this time, and which books are really helping us the most.
We have found comfort in the wisdom that has transcended time from the philosophers of the past such as Socrates and Plato, and modern thought leaders such as Ryan Holiday and Eckhart Tolle. As we talk about these different philosophies, we explore the idea that when we feel like we are losing ourselves because the outer circumstances that we have learned to define ourselves with change or disappear all together, it is actually an opportunity to truly find ourselves. We are more than our circumstances; we are not our thoughts. It is a quite liberating realization!
Books or authors we mentioned:
Stillness is Key // Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle is the Way // Ryan Holiday
A New Earth // Eckhart Tolle
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books): findthemagic.co
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
Katelin: https://instagram.com/katiejeangabriel
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alwaysfelicia.substack.com/subscribe

Coaching Yourself Through Any Problem with Robin Davis Jul 13, 2020

Show notes

What do you do when you find in a circumstance that you don’t like? Do your thoughts make your situation feel better or worse? The concept that I have control over my thoughts and feelings, and therefore my actions and results was a mind blowing philosophy when I was first introduced to it years ago, and I have found this philosophy help me in so many situations since.

This week, I had the chance to interview Robin Davis, a Certified Life Coach from The Life Coach School. I have LOVED using the model they teach there for years, and have used it in self coaching with a lot of success. In this episode, Robin breaks down the model to apply to any situation in your life, and then takes the time to coach me with a personal dilemma I have been having.

Happy listening!

Love, Taralyn

More Info:

If you’d like to have a free coaching session with Robin, call or text her at 801.529.5885

Robin is certified through the Life Coach School, founded by Brooke Castillo. Here is the website for that organization.

Books or authors we mentioned:

Loving What Is // Byron Katie

Law of Attraction // Esther and Jerry Hicks

Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself // Joe Dispenza

Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):

https://www.findthemagic.co

Find us on instagram:

Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/

Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/

p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alwaysfelicia.substack.com/subscribe

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