Episodios
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Sharon Love, Speaker Trainer and Coach, discusses how superheroes can influence our kids to be more violent, and what techniques can be used to help our children (and us!) control our anger instead. This is the meditation alone (from the previous episode, MOMTELLECTUAL 019).
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Feel burnt out, but stuck in the idea that you need lots of time or you can't fit self care into your life? Laneic to the rescue! She shows you how to fit self care into 10 minute chunks and offers lots of specific self care ideas. Not only that, but Laneic has figured out ways to make self care fit into real mom life when you have to do it with your kid still in the room.
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Are you a mom struggling to fit kid time, work time, sleep, and maybe even a little time with your partner into a day that just doesn't have enough hours? If you're willing to consider different kinds of work, Marianne currently has 3 different careers (!) and she reveals the good, the bad, and even some of the ugly about regular 9-5 in a corporate job, entrepreneurship, and direct sales work.
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Hate your mom bod? Having a baby (or 2 or 3!) brings HUGE changes to our body, and not just in our size. It's horrible, but most of us didn't even love our bodies BEFORE we had kids! With all the bodily changes that happen postpartum, and starting from a place of hate or disgust, it's an enormous challenge to get to a point where we can accept, and even love, our bodies. Amanda specializes in getting women more comfortable with their bodies, and she shares her wisdom with us to get us to connect with ourselves and the many things that beauty can mean.
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Hate your mom bod? Having a baby (or 2 or 3!) brings HUGE changes to our body, and not just in our size. It's horrible, but most of us didn't even love our bodies BEFORE we had kids! With all the bodily changes that happen postpartum, and starting from a place of hate or disgust, it's an enormous challenge to get to a point where we can accept, and even love, our bodies. Amanda specializes in getting women more comfortable with their bodies, and she shares her wisdom with us to get us to connect with ourselves and the many things that beauty can mean.
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Why is it so difficult for most moms to ask for help? Krista Rizzo, life coach, and Tamsen discuss this phenomenon, how moms can learn to ask for help, and why they should.
In this episode, Krista and Tamsen ponder why it can be so hard to give up control and delegate.
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Why is it so difficult for most moms to ask for help? Krista Rizzo, life coach, and Tamsen discuss this phenomenon, how moms can learn to ask for help, and why they should.
In this episode, Krista discusses the personal crisis that led her to be able to ask for help.
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If you have trouble getting your kids to do what you want and need them to do, this episode is for you! Susan McVea specializes in sales strategies where everyone wins, whether at work or home. In this part of the interview, we discuss how to get additional buy-in from our kids, and also how to equip them to make decisions on their own.
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If you have trouble getting your kids to do what you want and need them to do, this episode is for you! Susan McVea specializes in sales strategies where everyone wins, whether at work or home.
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You probably have experienced the feeling that you're supposed to be doing more than you're actually doing... Yet you're busy all the time and barely sleep! Louise Edu and Dr. Tamsen Taylor discuss whether this thing called "work life balance" even exists - and how you might find something like it for you and your family.
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If you sometimes feel paralyzed, overwhelmed, and dissatisfied, that's the new normal. We're supposed to be grateful that we have more options than our mothers and grandmothers when choosing "what to do with our lives", but it's bitten us in the (you know what). Are you surprised if I tell you that research shows having more options actually leads to us feeling less satisfied and fulfilled? Maura and I dig into this unexpected result of more freedom, and Maura offers awesome tips about how to make decisions in a confusing and challenging world by knowing yourself and your values.
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If you sometimes feel paralyzed, overwhelmed, and dissatisfied, that's the new normal. We're supposed to be grateful that we have more options than our mothers and grandmothers when choosing "what to do with our lives", but it's bitten us in the (you know what). Are you surprised if I tell you that research shows having more options actually leads to us feeling less satisfied and fulfilled? Maura and I dig into this unexpected result of more freedom, and Maura offers awesome tips about how to make decisions in a confusing and challenging world by knowing yourself and your values.
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Dr. Tamsen Taylor and Susanne Hemet, leadership coach and business consultant, discuss how effectively groups can help people make life changes and find the support they need.
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Creativity is more than artistic ability. In the simplest terms, creativity is the ability to see more options in a situation. It is an "umbrella skill" that helps you do everything else better.
Theresa Czajkowski is an expert at nurturing kids and their creativity, and helping parents understand how to reach educational goals with their kids while encouraging creativity through play. This is a must-listen episode if you want to understand why creativity is a vital skill for today's world.
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Grief is a natural reaction to emotional loss. In this episode, Grief Recovery Specialist Tammy Adams and Tamsen challenge the idea that grief has no place in motherhood if you have a healthy child. For many, motherhood and grief are intimately intertwined, with many new moms experiencing grief at the loss of the freedom of their old life. Because we love our children dearly, we are often hesitant to admit our feelings of grief, and if we are brave enough to do so we are often shamed or otherwise told our feelings don't matter.
Let's change that.
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Grief is a natural reaction to emotional loss. In this episode, Grief Recovery Specialist Tammy Adams and Tamsen challenge the idea that grief has no place in motherhood if you have a healthy child. For many, motherhood and grief are intimately intertwined, with many new moms experiencing grief at the loss of the freedom of their old life. Because we love our children dearly, we are often hesitant to admit our feelings of grief, and if we are brave enough to do so we are often shamed or otherwise told our feelings don't matter.
Let's change that.
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Research shows that punishing your kids is like dieting - you might see some quick results, but things are sure to get worse in the long run!
Parenting coach Jessica Felix provides concrete ways out of the trap of "but my kids will be out of control if I don't punish them!" - you don't have to do what you've always done, especially since it doesn't work.
Jessica and Tamsen also discuss the slippery slope of wanting your kids to be happy, and the inadvertent damage you can do when you communicate that to your kids. Jessica shows you how to guide your children's emotional development without sending your kids the message that only certain emotions are ok, and that other emotions are too scary to deal with.
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You want your kids to be happy, right? But how do you actually go about teaching your kids about happiness when you aren't always happy yourself?
Parenting Coach Jessica Felix will teach you how to interact with your child so you are BOTH happier, and she even shows you the simple attitude shift that will help you understand your children better so that you actually find it DIFFICULT to get angry with them!
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Postpartum Mood Disorder sends about 1 in 4 new moms into either a gaping hole of misery or a gray fog that seems to have no end. Christine McCormack (Registered Psychotherapist) and Dr. Tamsen Taylor (Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology) discuss how new moms can figure out when they're sliding into PPMD before they get too stuck, and also how they can find the support they need so that they can find their way out again.
