On The Hard Days

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Ep.24 Mom Alessandra Rosa on the Lack of Support for Out-Of-The-Box Preschoolers May 31, 2021

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Does your out-of-the-box child feel misunderstood at school? Listen to the story of Alesssandra Rosa, whose son was kicked out of MULTIPLE preschools and has led her on a mission of advocating for the education of not only her own child, but of asynchronous kids everywhere. This one may just hit home!
-Support the show (and get bonus content like exclusive episodes and Zoom calls with me!) by going to patreon.com/ontheharddays.
-Be showcased as a "Mom of the Week" through my weekly newsletter "Mothers Together", which also features resources for raising out-of-the-box kids and a personal blog post. Sign up at ontheharddays.com!
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Ep.23 Mom Jasmine Turner on Trusting Your Mother's Intuition and Discovering Your Inner Voice May 24, 2021

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What does your inner voice tell you about yourself as a mother? In this episode, the wonderful Jasmine Turner discusses the power that mothers have, the importance of tapping into the true "you", and trusting your gut. It was such a powerful episode that I continued to think about it for days after we recorded! I hope it does the same for you!
-Support the show (and get bonus content like exclusive episodes and Zoom calls with me!) by going to patreon.com/ontheharddays.
-Be showcased as a "Mom of the Week" through my weekly newsletter "Mothers Together", which also features resources for raising out-of-the-box kids and a personal blog post. Sign up at ontheharddays.com!
-Subscribe to On The Hard Days via Apple, Spotify, or however you get your podcasts. Be sure to leave a review to spread the word to other moms around the world!

Ep.22 Mom Jennifer Hepton on Understanding Yourself to Better Understand Your Kids May 17, 2021

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*Trigger Warning*: The first 16 minutes of this episode discuss the topics of infertility and pregnancy loss.
"It's shifting from that old paradigm of that harsh discipline, of like, the child is an extension of us, and the fixing, and the behavior-based, and the time-outs, and the rules, and the achievement-based - it's more like just that processing it together, living it together. It's needs-based, it's about listening. It's no shaming, no fixing."
Why do you parent the way that you do? In this episode, the amazing Jennifer Hepton, Conscious Parenting Coach, walks you through the process of 1) understanding your triggers and where they came from, and 2) forgiving yourself for them. In this, she focuses on meeting your children where they are without the need to shame or "fix" them. It's truly a life-giving episode and cannot be missed!
-Support the show (and get bonus content like exclusive episodes and Zoom calls with me!) by going to patreon.com/ontheharddays.
-Be showcased as a "Mom of the Week" through my weekly newsletter "Mothers Together", which also features resources for raising out-of-the-box kids and a personal blog post. Sign up at ontheharddays.com!
-Subscribe to On The Hard Days via Apple, Spotify, or however you get your podcasts. Be sure to leave a review to spread the word to other moms around the world!

Ep.21 Mom Sandra Mikulic on Overcoming Self-Doubt and Limited Thinking by Putting Mental Health First May 10, 2021

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*Warning: There is swearing in this episode. Do not listen with kids around!*
"We talk about mental health being important, but what's important is being open to what you have, and being open to the fact that it's gonna be a journey to heal. And actually, what's crazy? What's crazy is the journey never ends."

Ep.20 Mom Kelly van Rooyen on Holding Space for Your Kids Despite Challenging Behavior May 03, 2021

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"Respecting that your child's emotions are different to yours, and giving them space to have them - and a safe space. Giving them the knowledge that, no matter how you feel, 'I love you, my love is unconditional, I don't love you more when you're quiet or well-behaved or listening to me. I love you all the time. So much so, that you are screaming at me right now but I'm going to sit with you and love you through it.'"

Ep.19 Mom Meredith Redmon on Letting Go of Perfectionism and High Expectations Apr 26, 2021

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"But I think when you have this idea of how things are gonna go, and they don't meet those expectations, it can be really difficult as a mother....When I started seeing [rage], I had no idea that could be a symptom of anxiety. I thought I was just mean now. And that makes me so sad to say! Am I just not a nice person anymore? Do I have no patience, no tolerance? But it's anxiety because everything around you feels out of your control."

Ep. 18 Mom Lina Forrestal on Identifying Intrusive Thoughts and When To Seek Help Apr 19, 2021

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"I played out a whole scene in my head. Those are intrusive thoughts and I didn't know this at the time, I thought this was normal. I knew I was a worrier, but that's all I knew." "So that's not normal?" "That's anxiety. That is anxiety. I don't even like the word 'normal'. What is normal? It's not that it's not normal. But it is anxiety."

Ep. 17 Mom Ashley Powers on Finding Yourself Down the Long Road of Self-Acceptance Apr 12, 2021

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"I fell in love with changing people's lives. It fills my cup. It makes me happy. You know, being a stay-at-home mom, you're in this constant rut of doing the same things every day. You're doing dishes, you're doing laundry, you're cleaning, you're vacuuming, it's everything constantly. You're doing all their needs, which is great and I love them, but I wasn't fulfilling something that was empty within me."

Ep. 16 Mom Kelsey Brown on Meeting Highly Sensitive Kids' Needs With Sensory Play Apr 05, 2021

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"In my experience, what I've found is more of a gentle parenting, respectful parenting approach seems to work best. And really helping them build that feeling vocabulary, and helping them manage their emotions through the use of strategies. So really ultimately what we want is these kiddos to be able to get to a place of internally managing their emotions like we do as adults, but of course, developmentally appropriate."

Ep. 15 Mom Cadie Grayson on Postpartum Rage, Anxiety, and Normalizing Medication Mar 29, 2021

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"And it's like, 'Give me a SECOND. I need to go to the bathroom. What part of that do you not understand?' And it goes into this like, 'Who Am I?' Like, I cannot recognize who this person is speaking and it's like I'm standing outside of my body, staring at this person yelling, being like, 'What are you doing?' But I have zero control over it."

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