Stay ConnectedListen for coaching on how to care for yourself while mothering. You ARE the right mom for your kids. Motherhood is too important to do alone and too serious to be so serious all the time. You deserve self-care that isn’t hygiene every day. You are a world changer. I am so glad you’re here on Earth.
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You are exactly the right mom for your kids. I am so glad to know you. --CT
339. Break the Taboo About Pelvic Floor Julie Demers is an experienced holistic pelvic floor therapist. She is on a mission to stop the silent struggle many women experience with symptoms like urine leaks or organ descent. She is the creator of the holistic program "Pelvic Floor Simplified" to help women regain lasting control down there with simple daily actions.Julie Demers Pelvic Floor Connection | Facebook
Self-Care: Breathing Exercises! Breathing helps your pelvic floor. Reconnect to your whole body and get out of your head.
Family Fun: Julie and her family enjoy hikes and camping. They are an outdoorsy family that enjoys a connection with nature.
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Are you holding your breath? Let's pause for a moment and check in with our bodies together and practice a new thought.
The grass is greener where I water it.
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You are exactly the right mom for your kids. I am so glad to know you.
338. Choose Your Mother's Day
Let's have a short chat about how to choose your own Mother's Day.
1) Stay off of Social Media
2) Collect the Evidence You Want
Thought-- Feeling-- Words we Speak-- Actions
If Mother's Day is complicated for you, please check out the poem book by Bunmi Laditan, The Honest Toddler.
https://www.bunmiladitan.com/product-page/mother-s-day-blues-ebook
Self-Care: Journal. Read Poems
Family Fun: Take Photos with your Kids.
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I am exactly the right mom for my kids.
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You are exactly the right mom for your kids. I am so glad to know you.
337. An Enough is Enough Story with Stef Tousigant of Parent Differently with Gratitude.
This is a two-part episode, part one aired on Stef's podcast. You can listen out of order; just make sure you listen to both.
Stef Tousignant is a parenting expert and gratitude nerd. A former professional nanny for two decades and the author of the award-winning bedtime book The Middle of the Night Book, burned-out parents everywhere rely on her mindfulness tools and honest blog posts. Head to ParentDifferently.com to join her monthly Gratitude Circle for mothers.
Patience is something you grow with mindfulness.
Self-Care: Stef takes one night off a week. That includes the bedtime routine. Sometimes she even sits in the car so she has space.
Family Fun: A lot of forced hikes. Gratitude Prompts at dinner.
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I am a vessel of love.
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335. Connecting with Kids with Trevor Romain
https://www.comfortcrew.org/militaryheroes.html
For more than 30 years, Trevor Romain has been entertaining, educating, and inspiring both children and adults with his best-selling books, award-winning animation series, as a keynote speaker, and an incredible storyteller. Being South African born and American by choice, Trevor has written over 50 books that have sold more than a million copies worldwide and published in 24 different languages. Thousands of educators have used Trevor's materials to help kids that are facing some difficult situations such as bullying, divorce, deployment, grief/trauma, homework to name a few. As the Washington Post has said, "His rapport with kids is a stunning thing to watch." He has traveled to schools, hospitals, orphanages, refugee camps, and military bases worldwide, delivering his unique heartfelt self-messages of resilience, compassion and the ability for kids to safely express themselves.
Self-Care: Trevor uses daily affirmations to help guide him. He shared four of them during the episode. He also goes on runs.
Family Fun: Draw with your kids. Let them know you are terrible at it and do it anyways.
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Today let's try a Breathe With Me. Let's be mindful and just stand.
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You are exactly the right mom for your kids. I am so glad to know you.
335. Partners in Promise// Military Kids and Special Education
Partners in PROMISE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the rights of military children in special education and the military's Exceptional Family Member Program. Jennifer Barnhill is the Chief Operating Officer and Lead Researcher for Partners in PROMISE. In addition to her role at Partners in PROMISE, Jennifer is a freelance reporter and researcher who writes a monthly column covering military family policy issues for military.com. Michelle Norman is the founder and Executive Director for PIP. She is a Navy spouse of over 25 years and mother of a 18-year-old daughter with cerebral palsy and many other medical diagnoses. After years of successfully advocating and winning multiple legal cases to ensure her daughter receives the minimum education required by law, Michelle observed that military children with special needs and their families were in need of an advocate. She founded PIP along with four other military mothers to help close this gap.Self-Care: Michelle suggests taking respite care if it's available to you. Go to Target in your PJs and wander the aisles. Go on date nights. Take time for yourself. Jennifer suggests taking time away from your spouse for things you love. She also uses habit stacking to build routines that fill her cup all day long.
Family Fun: Michelle's family loves watching TV shows together, eating dinner most nights, and taking family vacations. Jeniffer's family enjoys cheering on each other in baseball and softball games. Go team!
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Are you holding your breath? Let's pause for a moment and check in with our bodies together.
Today let's try a Breathe With Me. Let's be mindful. Today we're going to offer to sit with our teen or our inner teenager and practice finding peace.
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