Balance Shared

Motherhood, Differently with Irene McKenna. In this episode, we sit down with Irene McKenna who is a parenting coach and founder of Irene McKenna Coaching. She aims her message towards moms ready to experience empowered motherhood.

Irene McKenna is an empowerment coach for moms, founder Irene McKenna LLC, the Empowered Mom Project, and organizes the Facebook community Thrive Motherhood all while being a mom herself.

She uses her experience to help mothers not lose themselves in their roles of "mom". Helping mothers learn how to use their unique experiences to be the best mom they can be. Pulling from personal experience as well as the wealth of information available and being forgiving to yourself when it doesn't turn out how those books promised it would.

She stresses the importance of moms showing up for themselves to be present for their family the way they are needed. Establishing a belief that moms deserve to be supported and the importance of self-care as a path to building a different kind of motherhood than the one we've been taught.

"The way we get to something different [in motherhood], competently, is a long drawn-out process of implementation [of gathered knowledge]"

"Stop focusing on the problems of what we don't have. We need to shift our mindset and outlook to what we desire in a way that we expect that it's inevitable if we do the work versus continuing to stand in the 'want want want' but seeing all the problems of why we don't get to have them."

"When we believe and trust in ourselves we find the best way to get there for us."

For more information about Irene McKenna go to Irene Mckenna Coaching, Thrive Motherhood Facebook community and her Thrive In Motherhood Podcast.

For musings on motherhood, here are some writings from over the years.

• The Complicated Lives of Mothers and Children
• SAHM to PSAHM to Not a SAHM
• The Price of Motherhood
• Wrapping up the Price of Motherhood

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. Our producer is Matthew Hunter.

Karen Schopoff shows us how finding balance in all things is about creating boundaries, managing expectations, and recognizing and addressing stress.

Karen Schopoff Rooff is a health and fitness coach and nationally recognized public speaker, entrepreneur, wife, and mom of 3 kids. She is considered a Women's Wellness Warrior, founded Balance Personal Fitness, and runs the blog Well Balanced Women.

We talk about creating balance between the most important aspects of our lives- from fitness to family to personal time. Using balance to even the load of our responsibility and level off the peaks and valleys. As well as setting boundaries and letting go of expectations to make sure we can free time for ourselves.

We also touch on how modern life forces us out of sync with our physiology. How society's demands of delayed child rearing misaligns with hormonal changes in the body and how we can use those boundaries and managing expectations to address the "Life Laundry".

"...if we don't have boundaries we are spending our lives... we're spending our energy, our vitality on what other people want."

"One of the beautiful things of being human is we are all different. So, what I hate to do, someone else loves to do. If you can find that match, everybody wins."

For more information about Karen Schopoff Rooff go to Well Balanced Women and Balance Physical Fitness Training.

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. Our producer is Matthew Hunter.

Misha Bartlett dives into strategies and outlooks to build success as a female business leader or sales professional.

Misha Bartlett is an entrepreneur, certified coach, and founder of Misha Tamiko. She's spent 12 years in B2B tech and working with startups. Her focus is working with female-founded startup businesses and female sales professionals. Specifically, breaking down blockers and reaching sales goals.

We discuss a range of struggles in the world of business and sales including what success should look like, managing trigger points, perceiving value, harnessing your energy for positive outcomes, and keeping a sense of humanity in your outlook. We also touch on strategies for building a mindset for success in the face of uncertainty.

For more information about Misha Bartlett and her sales coaching go to mishatamiko.com.

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. Our producer is Matthew Hunter.

Litha, Summer's Celebration. We have come off of May Day for those who ceremonially celebrate. Our school years have ended. We are now basking in the warmth of the sun, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. The grass is green. The promise of a harvest is on its way. It's summer! Celebrate the solstice by wearing pale yellow, blue, green, and/or white. Invite essentials such as Roman Chamomile, Lemon, Lavender, and Thyme into your diffuser. Consider rituals and prayers of gratitude and abundance. 

Kyira Wackett walks us through recognizing and naming trauma Informed Narrativesby referencing her own experiences and techniques.

Kyira Wackett is a therapist and new (mother/parent). We talk about recognizing and naming trauma narratives and the shame-based thinking that comes with it. She frames this in her own experiences that include being a new mother in the middle of a pandemic.

She discusses the effects of trauma on the body, the difference between big T and little t trauma, and techniques on being able to talk about, externalize, and make space for these traumas to begin the process of acceptance.

For more information about Kyria Wackett and Adversity Rising go to adversityrising.com.

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. Our producer is Matthew Hunter.

Introduction to Episode

Mom of five, Kamini Wood, interrupted her perfectionism to live her authentic self. As a high achiever, she is called to help others live in their authenticity.

Podcast Episode Summary

Kaimini Wood, a coach and mom, residing in North Carolina, talked about all the way ways we can move towards living in our authentic self. 

Quotables

“… [A\s we get older, we end up being very reactive, right? We're not coming from a generative place. And so I have said routinely, that awareness is the doorway to change. So when you finally become aware, I'm being reactive and not generative. That means that you're ready to step through that doorway of change.”

“…I anchor myself in is that life is a journey that is happening for us, and not to us.”

Recommended Resources

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. 

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Introduction to Episode

Dr. Alice Kerby teaches us that somatic simply means of the body, and she shares with us her journey to using the somatic experience to heal trauma.

Podcast Episode Summary

So many aspects of our lives bring us out of the body and we can turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Dr. Alice Kerby works with sober and sober curious women to help them be in their body. 

Dr. Alice started as a massage therapist, then she became a doctor of physical therapy. Now, she is working on earning her Somatic Experiencing certification through SETI. In this episode, we discuss using the somatic experience to heal trauma. We discuss Bg T and little t trauma and how the body responds to it. We discuss a little about new brain research and how that has affected our knowing about how trauma lives in the body. And, later, Dr. Alice walks us through a guided technique to get back in the body.

Quotables

“I want to be moving.” [reflecting why the somatic path]

“Looking through external things to make us feel better.” [on one way somatic experiences can support us in our journey]

“I can walk around present in my body.” [a result of living the somatic experience]

Trauma Tips - first have a practitioner to work with! 

1. Build your awareness
2. Recognize it’s hard to be the observer 
3. Learn to know when you do feel good in your body 

Recommended Resources

• See Dr. Alice’s work at kerbymethodconsulting.com. 
• Here’s the Facebook live we did last year https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1596804017144650. 
• Here’s a link to Janine Wirth’s episode on Trauma: https://michellelasley.com/captivate-podcast/the-trauma-whisperer-janine-wirth-talks-about-trauma 
• Find out more about Dr. Peter Levine here.
• Rick Hanson, Being Well (podcast) https://www.rickhanson.net/being-well-podcast/
• SEI Somatic Experiencing International: https://traumahealing.org 
• Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps Score, https://www.besselvanderkolk.com. 

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. 

This is your sign to do your calling, invites Katie Thompson of Modern Darling Media. Do the thing you love, but do it in a smart way.

Katie Thompson is your marketing expert. She is also the one to look to when you want to start your next new thing. Katie believes that we can work towards harmony in life, rather than balance. She wants to take back the word hustle to mean flow in doing the things we love.

Katie wants all of us to know that we have something on our hearts this is your sign to do your calling. And, she invites us to start now. 

Katie’s tips on being your own boss and disturbing myths.

• Transition to being a boss takes a mindset shift.
• Set your boundaries so you serve yourself first then your clients.
• Bust the myth of the 8-hour workday, there are other ways to be productive.
• You are in charge of how you think, how you act.
• Go follow your dreams, but do it in a smart way. 
• If it’s on your heart, just do it. 

See Katie on the web. Be sure to check out all the resources in her education tab, and don’t forget to visit her podcast, Hustlenomics.

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com. 

Liz Renee (Carlin) continuously works on debunking the stigma of CBD. In this podcast, we discuss many facets of CBD and why you’d want to use it.

Liz and I discuss our mutual desire to live a whole life - meaning, we turn to natural solutions first to solve any of the issues that come our way. Liz reminded me that there have been no home health laws since 1938. She shared that there are more than 12,000 chemicals that can be considered “fragrant”. She also reminded me that the European Union has banned over 1,300 of those chemicals, whereas the U.S. has only banned 30. 

Tips for moving to a wellness lifestyle: 

• Be patient with the process
• Start with what you know
• Start slow
• Your body needs to adjust 

Two main points for moving to CBD

1. Get quality products 
2. Have patience and take the time to figure out the right dose

• Ted Talk https://youtu.be/nQzOHAwCfXs
• Lizzy’s Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingbynaturenow 
• Lizzy’s Website: https://lizzyrenee.com 
• Get Lizzie’s Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/52-Tips-Using-Health-Wellness/dp/0997601876 

For more information about Michelle, Balance Shared, events, and projects, please visit www.michellelasley.com.