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True You Summit Day 5: Mind and Body May 10, 2019

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This is the audio file from the Facebook live from The Modern Mom Society Facebook group discussing the content from Day 4 of the True You Summit where I give an overview of the day's speakers and a little about my "why" around the experts and topics that I chose for today.

True You Mind & Body explores food, exercise, and the mind/body connection to health and wellness and how to connect to your intuition for guidance on taking care of your body the way it was meant to be cared for.

Today's theme and summit speakers:

Katie Garces, Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner - Intuitive Eating and how to live Spiritual, Sexy & Sane
Allison Tenney, Health & Fitness Coach - Building a healthy relationship with your body and finding the right exercise for you and your busy schedule
Faith Shevlin, Mind-Body Coach, Holistic Nutritionist and Spiritual/Intuitive Mentor, IMperfectly Healthy - The seven core issues at the root of health, body, and food challenges and mind/body approaches to healing

To access today's summit interviews, you can sign up at: https://trueyou.themodernmomsociety.com

True You Summit Day 4: Spirit May 09, 2019

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True You Spirit helps remove the obstacles that are in the way of us connecting to our divine self and what God, Jesus, the universe (or whatever you want to call it) and your soul truly wants for you while you're on this planet.

Today's theme and summit speakers:

Lola Wright, CEO & Spiritual Director, Bodhi Chicago - How discontent can serve our higher good and what to do about it
Shannon Jamail, Mind Body Complete - Surrender and how it gets you closer to your true you
Josefa Lan, Shaman & Intuitive Coach - Spiritual healing and how to uncover our true selves

To access today's summit interviews, you can sign up at: https://trueyou.themodernmomsociety.com

True You Summit Day 3: Authenticity May 08, 2019

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This is the audio file from the Facebook live from The Modern Mom Society Facebook group discussing the content from Day 3 of the True You Summit where I give an overview of the day's speakers and a little about my "why" around the experts and topics that I chose for today.

Today's theme and summit speakers:

True You Authenticity is all about living in alignment with your true self. Finding your purpose and pursuing it, setting boundaries to keep you on your true path, and knowing you are perfect exactly as you are.

Sarah Talbert, Life Coach - Finding your purpose and why it's important to pursue it
Steph Sterner - How to stop the people pleasing and learn to set and hold healthy boundaries
Kim Foster Carlson, Broadcast Journalist & Author - How perfectionism keeps you from being your true you

To access today's summit interviews, you can sign up at: https://trueyou.themodernmomsociety.com

True You Summit Day 2: Mom Life May 07, 2019

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This is the audio file from the Facebook live from The Modern Mom Society Facebook group discussing the content from Day 2 of the True You Summit where I give an overview of the day's speakers and a little about my "why" around the experts and topics that I chose for today.

Today's theme and summit speakers:

True You Mom Life dives into the areas of being your true self that come along with being a mom. The mom guilt, the clutter, the comparisions, and why you should put yourself first to get to your true you.

Sunit Suchdev from High Vibe Life - Why putting yourself first is important to being your true you, why it's great for the whole family, and how to actually make it happen!
Sarah Hembree from Nest Happy - How clutter affects our true you and tips for getting started decluttering
Angie Martin, Certified Life Purpose Coach - How to ditch mom guilt and stop comparing yourself to have a happier, more joy-filled mom life

To access today's summit interviews, you can sign up at: https://trueyou.themodernmomsociety.com

True You Summit Day 1: Parenting May 06, 2019

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This is the audio file from the Facebook live from The Modern Mom Society Facebook group discussing the content from Day 1 of the True You Summit where I give an overview of the day's speakers and a little about my "why" around the experts and topics that I chose for today.

Today's theme and summit speakers:

True You Parenting explores all the areas in which we can learn to parent from our true self and be the parent we want to be, as well as learn and grow ourselves through parenting our children.

Marcilie Smith Boyle of Working Parenting: Developing your parenting intuition
Casey O'Roarty from Joyful Courage: How parenting our children help us grow as people and into our true selves
Christina Fletcher from Spiritually Aware Parenting: How to connect to your inner wisdom and parent from a space of calm centeredness

To access today's summit interviews, you can sign up at: https://trueyou.themodernmomsociety.com

Other links:

Calmer Happier Easier Parenting book

Introducing the True You Summit! May 03, 2019

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I'm back with a quick hello and to introduce you to the project I've been working on since I signed off from season 1 of the podcast back in the fall. I'll tell you a little about the background of how I came to create the True You Summit and I also have the audio from a Facebook live that I did with my friend Heather Carney, the moderator and hostess with the mostess at the Holistically Green Village Facebook group where we talk about #momlife and introduce the topics of the True You Summit.

Here are the links I mentioned in this podcast episode:

True You Summit Registration

The Modern Mom Society Facebook Group

Holistically Green Village Facebook Group

Join me and 15 experts in the True You Summit where the goal is to give you the tools and resources you need to live a life in alignment with what your body, mind, and soul desires; to help you uncover and achieve what you really want out of life, remove obstacles that keep you stuck in unfulfilling circumstances, and create time to pursue your passions and things that bring you joy above and beyond your role as a mother. We'll explore connecting to your True You as it relates to 5 different areas of your life: Parenting, Mom Life, Authenticity, Spirit, and Mind & Body. Hope to see you there!

Season 1 Finale with host Carrie Rubin Sep 12, 2018

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In this episode, I discuss my reasons for closing out season one and share the blog post I wrote with you in mind: What I want for you, mama.

Thanks for listening to Season 1 of the Modern Mom Society Podcast! Please reach out to me via Facebook, Instagram, or on The Modern Mom Society website. I'd love to hear about what your favorite episodes from season 1 were, what you learned, what you're still struggling with... I'm here to help you on your journey!

Rebecca Scritchfield discusses body kindness and how to ditch diets for good Aug 29, 2018

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In Rebecca Scritchfield's interview we discuss:

Rebecca's story of body kindness for herself
Her recommendations on how to ditch diets for good and feel good about the food choices you are making
The difference between guilt and shame as it relates to your relationship with food and making healthy food choices
Rebecca's concept of spiraling up rather than spiraling down
Tuning into your body and determining what it really wants versus turning to diet philosophies and others as experts on what you should be eating
The importance of having fun in your life and how it relates to body kindness
How to fit more fun into your daily life
Cultural messages about getting your body back post baby and being at peace with your body at all ages and stages of your mom life

For show notes and other episode details visit: themodernmomsociety.com/episode39/

Pediatrician & Parent Coach Sharon Somekh discusses the secret to our childrens' happiness Aug 15, 2018

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In Sharon Somekh's interview we discuss:

Things that we think make our kids happy but actually don't in the long run
Giving your kids everything they want (even when you know it's not in their best interest) and how it sets them up for unrealistic expectations and difficulty handling disappointment
How to coach your child through handling disappointment
What to do with tantrums
Being your child's parent versus being their friend
Sharon's example of how she handled her sixth grader asking for a laptop as a parent and not a friend to her daughter
Implementing the rules in a kind yet firm manner
Younger children thriving on the idea that you there to guide them
Remembering the reasons you make your parenting decisions as a way of helping you stick to those decisions
Changing your mind when you make a parenting decision
The importance of not changing your mind while your child is in the midst of a tantrum
Building skills of indepence in our children as a key to happiness
Celebrating the effort and progress of your child working toward a goal
Letting go of some our fears as a parent and giving your children more responsibility and freedom

Sharon has a great free gift for the Modern Mom Society listeners! It's her guide, Top 5 Ways to Create A Healthy, Lifelong Relationship with Your Child. Get a link to that as well as the episode show notes at www.themodernmomsociety.com/episode38

Sex therapist Jessa Zimmerman discusses how to navigate differences in sexual desire Aug 01, 2018

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In Jessa Zimmerman's interview we discuss:

How Jessa came to be a sex therapist
Sex therapy as grief and loss work
Differences in sexual desire and how it can affect a relationship and what couples can do to work through that discrepancy
How the difference in sexual desire should not be taken personally by the person who wants sex more often
The importance of determining the reasons the lower desire partner has for not wanting sex, and how to address those issues
The work that the higher desire partner has to do
Two ways of having sexual desire: proactive and reactive
Being open to sexual experiences that don't necessarily lead to sex
Bringing the spark back to long term relationships
Exploring our own eroticism as a way of bringing sexy back
What working with a sex therapist looks like
Who should consider going to sex therapy, and who shouldn't
Jessa's online course and book

For show notes and a link to Jessa's free 'How Healthy is Your Sex Life?" Quiz visit www.themodernmomsociety.com/episode37

Jessa Zimmeman is a licensed sex therapist and couples' counselor. She specializes in helping couples who have a good relationship but who are avoiding sex because it's become stressful, negative, disappointing, or pressured. Jessa educates, coaches, and supports people as they go through her 9-phase experiential process that allows them real world practice in changing their relationship and their sex life. She does this work through in person therapy in her office in Seattle, online therapy for Washington residents, her Better Sex podcast, and soon to be published book, Sex Without Stress.

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