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Raise your thumb if you feel STRESS on a normal day! We busy moms (and dads) tend to experience stress and feel it right down to our breathing and heart rate, and it affects the way we parent, our productivity, and our own mental AND physical health. Today I’m so excited to use my stress […]
Episode 013: Stress Busting for Moms: One Simple Habit to Use Every Day! Read More »
Ryan Pink is a survivor. Like many of us, he’s faced some hard things, and has come out the other side swinging. In this episode, we dive pretty deeply into trauma – what it is and isn’t, and how we can protect our kids from trauma digging too deeply into them. Ryan walks through his
Episode 012: Hope for Healing: Childhood Trauma and Resilience with Ryan Pink Read More »
How does a mom get time for herself to dream? She uses a system! My guest today founded Mom University to give moms the training, tools, and support for the most important job they will ever do. In this episode, she’ll teach us about a proven method for figuring out what that “thing” is outside
Episode 011: Balancing Motherhood and Self-Care by Simplifying with Chanelle Neilson Read More »
Kids MORE than picky? They might have a sensory processing issue, and I cannot tell you how much I learned from Dr. Nicole Beurkens, PhD in this interview about helping kids eat healthy no matter their sensory limitations! These practical tips are amazing for kids who only eat 20 foods or less (but also apply
Episode 010: Sensory Processing Disorder & How to Get Kids to Eat Healthy Anyway Read More »
Dr. Kay Toomey, PhD is a Pediatric Psychologist who focuses on picky eaters and problem feeders. Plenty of parents complain about their kids being “so darn picky!” (including me, even though I know I shouldn’t use that word!). But what IS a picky eater, really? Did you know: Only about 1/3 of kids are actually
Picky eating has always been a tricky challenge for parents, but did you know it’s been getting worse in the last few decades and particularly since the stress of the pandemic? Parents are frustrated and not sure what to do, partly because the root cause of picky eating is often not even in the food
Episode 008: Frequently Asked Questions about Picky Eating with an Expert (…Me!) Read More »
I realized during this interview (and never before) that my own husband had a tic off and on for years in our early marriage and before. Seriously! He was always told it was either neurological/anxiety or that he should see an eye doctor (who didn’t know what to do). For years we tried to figure
Six million kids in America are diagnosed with ADHD – at least, that was the number in Fall 2021, but by the time this episode goes live, and by the time you’re listening – it may have gone up. ADHD expert and health practitioner Dana Kay asks a very important question about that number: How
Episode 006: An ADHD Diagnosis Doesn’t Have to Mean Medication with Dana Kay Read More »
Our interview guest today has been a journalist and writer for many years and earned herself the title of “Worst Mom in America.” I’m so proud to interview her because she earned that title when she let her 9-year-old ride the subway alone and wasn’t afraid to write about it in a major publication. 🙂
I am a better person, a better parent, every single time I listen to Amy McCready’s coaching. There’s a good reason she is a TODAY Show parenting expert, my goodness – the way she explains why consequences aren’t the answer, how rewards set our kids up for massive problems (blew my mind!!) and gives us
