We Nurture: Waldorf Inspired Parenting

How to Support your Blossoming 3 Year Old Oct 26, 2021

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Today on Blossoming Tuesday, we focus on the three-year-old’s language development and developing imagination, as well as their inner desire to play with other children and have friends. We provide insight into how you can guide them in their play interactions, and support them as they develop social skills. This is an extremely formative time that comes with many challenges. Your three-year-old is experiencing “the emergence of self” for the very first time, and is acting from a place of sympathy and antipathy. Join us for an enlightening discussion on the fundamental developments of the three-year-old, and what you can do to provide your child with the safe anchor that they need, as they continue to blossom.

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Stories for Children Podcast

Creating a Weekly Rhythm and the Mood of Each Day Oct 25, 2021

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Today on Mindful Monday, I’ll be talking about the mood and energy of each day and how harmonizing with it supports your daily and weekly rhythms. Have you noticed that on some days it’s harder to get certain things done while on other days everything goes so much smoother? If you’ve experienced this, then you might just find that having awareness of and working with each day’s mood and energy to be helpful. Tune in today to learn more about working with each day's energy to create a smoother weekly rhythm!

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Discovering Joy in Parenting: The First Seven Years

Must Have Parenting Books and Advice for Discipline in the Early Years Oct 22, 2021

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Welcome to We Nurture Podcast’s Q&A Friday, where each week we answer questions that you submit to our Instagram page or website. This week we answer the question “What parenting books or authors do you recommend, for discipline and the early years?”. Tune in to hear the top seven books Chinyelu recommends, and which chapters in each most resonated with her. Chinyelu also breaks down why discipline and the early years cannot be separated, and the importance of paying attention to your child’s daily experiences. Join us as we dive into how discipline affects both the child and the parent, and what you can do to ensure you discipline your child in the most nurturing way. Find out how your self-discipline and your upbringing can both affect the way you discipline your child. Finally, remember that you are your child’s first teacher! Don’t miss out on this information-packed episode.

Heaven on Earth: A Handbook for Parents of Young Children

With Stars in Their Eyes: Brain Science and Your Child’s Journey toward the Self

Beyond Discipline: From Compliance to Community

The Soul of Discipline: The Simplicity Parenting Approach to Warm, Firm, and Calm Guidance- Toddler to Teen

Stress-Free Parenting in 12 Steps

Beyond the Rainbow Bridge: Nurturing Our Children from Birth to Seven

Mothering, Coziness and Warmth in Autumn Oct 21, 2021

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As we move into autumn, with longer shadows and colder mornings, we become more naturally inclined towards coziness. Let this be a pathway for your love and connection with your little one to grow deeper and warmer too. In today’s Seasonal Thursday episode, we are looking at mothering, coziness, and warmth in autumn! There are many things you can do to create a feeling of warmth in your home, from physical actions and words, to delicious sensory vegetables and food experiences. You can also invite a nourishing connection to the earth by creating a dedicated nature corner in your home, and share the magic of tending to this corner together. We also dive into mothering your little one’s physical warmth, why their growing bodies scientifically need us to care for their temperature, and the importance of practical morning layers. There are tons of cozy suggestions and wonderful ideas for you to try, so begin your autumn adventure and snuggle into the love by listening in today!

To help you get started with creating your family’s nature corner, we have a limited selection of nature dyed silks to get you started. You’ll find them on the website linked below.

How to Parent with Confidence Oct 20, 2021

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We all want to parent our child with consciously and intentionally, but this is so much easier said than done. Today's episode on this Inspirational Wednesday is the elusive but crucial topic of confident parenting. We start with some reflective questions about what parenting style you learned from in your upbringing, and move into some specific qualities that we can use to help us strengthen our parenting style to one which feels safe for and child. Next, we explore ideas around what it means to own your role as the parent, how to have clarity and security around decisions, and how insecurity can cause anxiety that the child might act out in other ways. I share my favorite quote from Scott Noelle, who gives some extraordinary and very sound advice on the concept of not asking questions when we know the answer. This is a very important topic and I'm so glad you could join me today. Press play and let's dive in!

How to Help your 2 Year Old Blossom Oct 19, 2021

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Today on Blossoming Tuesday, we speak about two-year-olds and highlight some of their developmental leaps and challenges. We discuss a few of the different ways in which your child is developing and how you can support them during this time of really big change. In this episode, you’ll find some wonderful insight into your child’s needs, and how creating rhythms will help to make this a time of joy for both you and your child. Coming to understand your two-year-old better, you’ll love seeing how they blossom, and you’ll look forward to what each day reveals about who they are becoming.

Season 4 Episode 4: “How do Develop Healthy Sleep Rhythms for your Child”

Why Your Words and Actions Matter Oct 18, 2021

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Self-discipline is such a powerful tool because disciplining your children begins with disciplining ourselves, which is why today’s Mindful Monday topic is self-discipline and why your words and actions matter. We open with the comforting truth that we need to forgive ourselves as we strive to do and be better parents and you’ll learn how to shift your focus to yourself because learning begins at home. Mindfulness allows us to be less caught up in our own thoughts, and by giving your child your presence, you can be present with yourself. During this episode, you’ll find out how to move towards this in order to offer the appropriate response to each moment, discover the tools to help you to nurture self-discipline and tune into yourself, and how to invite self-observation into your daily life in order to develop this. Listen in today!

Rituals for Better Family Mealtimes Oct 15, 2021

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Welcome to Q&A Friday! Today’s question comes from a mom of a six-year-old and a two-year-old who is struggling to create a calm experience around the table. Family mealtimes can be challenging and chaotic while your children are young. During today’s episode, Chinyelu shares insightful, actionable tips on how to create an intentional ritual around the dinner table to facilitate boundaries, teach manners, and create engagement and connection between all the members of the family. Most importantly, setting the tone for a meaningful, calm experience rests on your words, actions, and gestures. We hope you join us today to hear more.

Festivals, Family and Food

A Gentle Transition into Autumn Oct 14, 2021

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Autumn is an important time of year, signaling the period when we start to bring the harvest in from our gardens and shift our thoughts and plans towards cosiness and warmth. Connecting with nature deepens our relationship with the seasons and, when we bring nature into our lives and homes, it enlivens not only our own but also our little ones’ experience of the seasons. Today, on Seasonal Thursday, we discuss the transition into autumn and some of the ways you can bring this special season into your home. From collecting leaves and flowers to reciting verses together and including your children in the meaningful work of caring for the home, there are many gentle ways to help young children cope with this transition and create rituals that feed their soul life with joy. Tune in today to learn more!