Mindful As A Mother

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S3e17; ADHD and Motivation Murderers May 24, 2023

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This week, Paige and Lindsay dive deep into motivation when you have ADHD. They each provide real examples of how they've created not the best habits lining emotionality and motivation to get all the things done. Whether we're murdering out motivation through anger, procrastination, anxiety, or avoidance we're sharing all our favorite tips and tricks to support ourselves in mustering motivation in even the most difficult times. Be sure to tune in next week to hear how we can use similar tips and tricks, but tweaked, for our kids and teens.

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Podcast Sprint Day 5: How to Create a Supportive Routine May 19, 2023

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DAY 5! WE DID IT! You have now learned how to map your nervous system, evaluated basic needs, learned and practiced new skills, and practiced them with your children. Next, we learn how to use all of this information to create a supportive routine. We have a toolbox that we're filling and we need a wide variety of tools. Just like you can't build an entire house with just a hammer, not every skill is appropriate for every situation. We want you to list your tools and the things you've been practicing. Then, go through and look at your map from day one (yours and your child) identifying your main triggers. Now, weave your skills and meeting basic needs into the days/times of your routine for nervous system support. Listen to the entire podcast sprint day 5 to get a clearer picture of how to create a supportive routine for yourself and your children.

If you're looking for more information on nervous system support and skills for you and your children, check out our Calm Mom, Happy Kids class here: https://candid-truth-726.myflodesk.com/

Podcast Sprint Day 4: How To Do It Together May 18, 2023

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You've got the foundation, your basic needs are met, you've selected and practiced new skills, and NOW is learning to do it together. "How do I teach my kids to manage their emotions?" Well, we have to take it back to co-regulating. Co-regulating is when we use our nervous system to help support our child's nervous system and enter a calm state. Basically, your ability to manage your emotions will make a HUGE impact on your child's ability to manage their emotions. We have good news for you, it's never too late to start teaching your kids how to co-regulate. Here are some examples of what we discuss in this podcast sprint: our experience learning how to manage our emotions later in life (30's), narrating our child's experience using feelings words, modeling the use of skills to manage our emotions, modeling of the labeling our emotional experience and physical sensations with each emotion, modeling and practicing new skills by ourselves and with our children.

Find out more about co-regulating and co-regulation skills with our Calm Mom, Happy Kids class here: https://candid-truth-726.myflodesk.com/

Podcast Sprint Day 3: Attempting New Skills May 17, 2023

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Step Three! This is where most parents and people get off track. Did you know that if you attempt too much change too quickly you're actually making it harder on yourself? Often, we want to start here, jumping in to use all the skills. "What do I do at the moment?!" "What are the skills?!" If you haven't, go back to day one to make sure you have a solid foundation of understanding of how to support your nervous system before attempting new skills. Start with finding things you're already interested in and find ways to incorporate them into your daily routine. We talk through habit stacking and some of our favorite skills. Specifically, we emphasize practicing skills while already calm so your brain will have access to them at the moment you need them to support your nervous system. Here are a handful of names of skills we discuss: patterned breathing, diaphragmatic breathing, taking a pause (utilizing STOP), progressive muscle relaxation, sensory cocooning, cold exposure, and ways to tailor skills specific to your child.

Find out more about these skills from our Calm Mom, Happy Kids class here: https://candid-truth-726.myflodesk.com/

Podcast Sprint Day 2: Basic Needs May 16, 2023

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Welcome back to the podcast sprint! We've mapped our nervous system, or maybe your child's nervous system. Now, we need to ensure that our basic needs are being met. "Am I optimizing myself at the level I am capable of?" For the purpose of this podcast sprint and nervous system regulation, our basic needs include rest, sunlight, movement, play, nourishment, connection, shelter, and safety. Once we are able to find our patterns of dysregulation within our nervous system, we are able to evaluate if we're meeting our body's basic needs. What do you notice when you're dysregulated? Are you often tired or hungry? Does your body need movement? You will also learn how to apply this to your child. We're basically just complicated houseplants.

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Podcast Sprint Day 1: Nervous System Mapping May 14, 2023

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Get the down and dirty on the what, why, and how of mapping your nervous system and the nervous system of your child. Nervous system regulation is the core of understanding our responses as adults and tantrums and meltdowns for our kids. Often, we try and jump in immediately with skills to help, but if we don't understand how and why the meltdowns happen, it's harder to problem solve. This is truly step one. Enjoy!

You can find more information on mapping your and your child's nervous system here: https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother/p/get-the-bundle-now-

S3e16; ADHD Adults and Their Monsters May 10, 2023

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Yes, monsters. Monsters under the bed AND in our head. Tune into this week of the podcast where Paige and Lindsay talk about the things that keep us from achieving our best lives as an ADHD individual, how you can identify your own monsters, and tips for what skills, or monster spray, you can use to keep them at bay.

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S3e15; Grace Koelma with Future.ADHD May 03, 2023

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Please join us in welcoming Grace Koelma, CEO of Future. ADHD! Grace is an educator, mindfulness and breathwork educator, and an ADHD Mom raising an ADHD kid. This week, we're deep diving into why traditional planners and thought patterns can actually make it harder for those of us with ADHD to get out lives together. Lindsay shares about her planner graveyard while Grace shares how her planners are science-backed, reward-based, and tailored specifically to the underserved ADHD population. Tune in to learn more about why this is a Paige&Lindsay-approved product and how Grace is busting the ceiling for ADHD entrepreneurs.

Nervous System/Regulation 101: https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother/p/mindful-parenting-and-nervous-system-101

S3e14 Q&A Apr 26, 2023

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This week, we're throwing back to spooky season and some of our favorite, most asked, and most answered questions. No, you didn't time travel, it's barely spring, but we couldn't resist bringing back this old favorite, most requested Q&A. Audience questions are answered with a dash of personal stories and applicable examples. Get answers to some of your burning questions including tackling complicated teen behaviors, managing mom guilt, and how to make rules and boundaries functional for YOU as an ADHD parent. To find out more about us and all that we have to offer, check out our Stan Store: https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother

S3e13; Wildly Creative: The Power and Pitfalls of the ADHD brain PT 1 Apr 19, 2023

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What do we know about ADHD? That's it makes us WILDLY creative: adults and, especially, children. In this episode, we talk through how being wildly creative can also be a pitfall as we get lost in the "monsters" of our mind. Part one talks about how we see monsters show up for our neurodivergent kids and how we can support them in taming those monsters. Stay tuned! Next week we're talking about how adults have monsters too and what to do. Nervous System 101/Regulation 101 for Moms: https://stan.store/Mindfulasamother/p/mindful-parenting-and-nervous-system-101

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