Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer! Last week I talked about taking care of your physical health and getting your butt to the doctor. Today I want to talk about physically resting. Whether you are struggling with something physically, mentally, cycling or just plain tired listen to your freaking self! Why is it that we can’t just tune in and hear our bodies yelling at us to slow down?...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 37 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: physical self care!To physically take care of yourself there are several things you should doEat healthy foodsDrink waterWork outGo to the dr….Yes I said it! When is the last time you went to the dr? The dentist? Your yearly obgyn apt?The eye dr? Got a mammogram? Saw the dermatologist? When we get ...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!We all have moments when we catch ourselves comparing our lives to others. We may compare our careers, our cars, our bodies or our families to others. There are times as a single parent that I struggle because it is incredibly hard not to compare. For example when I take my son to his activities like football or baseball and there are dads everywhere. Ther...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 35 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: 5 Tips to RegroupI have been attending a training series for supervisors/ leaders and we have been talking about improving a skill or an area that we struggle with. The area that I have been working on (trying to work on is patience) I find that patience is something that I struggle with not ...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!We are approaching the last quarter of the year and if you take a look back at those goals that you set in January you might realize that you are not exactly where you want to be. Or maybe you are and you are already starting to look forward to next year. If you have heard of my girl Rachel Hollis and the last 90 days then this is the time to start planning for next year.&n...

Episode 33: 5 Tips for Better Communication Sometimes we spend time worrying about how we will say something to someone who is important to us. We worry about what we will say, our delivery and we even prepare for their reactions. We may even try to find the perfect moment to say something. There is never the perfect time to say something, good or bad… that only happens on tv. There are a few cardinal rules for communicating that we should all be mindful of: Have face to ...

Episode 32: Football and Life….Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!Don’t turn this episode off if you don’t feel like or know a lot about football because you don’t actually need to know a lot about football to follow along with me on this episode. Life is messy sometimes just like football. You get yourself all prepared just like the players do when the lineup anticipating the game to start…. Then the g...

Hello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 31 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about: RelationshipsStop looking for the perfect relationshipShowing up for each otherKnowing your limitsInvest timeCommunication Listen for all the details!If you have a friend or even a family member that would love to hear this podcast please share this podcast with them and encourage them to join us!C...

Episode 30: Back to School… A New BeginningEverywhere you look right now it is back to school time. I have spent the last few days in the throes of back to school shopping. But guess what? I love it! I am in no way ready for the school year to start. School is really hard in our house. So I have enjoyed every bit of the ease of getting ready for summer camp compared to school. We also thrive when my little camper gets home and has had a day full of energy burning fun! Bedtime during the...

Episode 29: Overcoming Mom GuiltHello and Welcome to the podcast; Adventures of a New YouI am your host, Jen Parke a social worker and fellow adventurer!This is Episode 29 of the podcast and today we are going to chat about overcoming mom guiltMom guilt is this nagging feeling that you are not good enough, you are not doing enough, that you have not been the best parent that you could be…Be intentional with your time - If I haven’t gotten this point across yet then I’m not sure what is happen...