Confident, Energized and Sexy Mama Show - Health & Mindset Coaching, Cycle Syncing, Flow Living for Working Moms

Confident, Energized and Sexy Mama Show - Health & Mindset Coaching, Cycle Syncing, Flow Living for Working Moms

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Confident, Energized and Sexy Mama Show - Health & Mindset Coaching, Cycle Syncing, Flow Living for Working Moms episodes

  • Ep 58 - Do You Hate Cooking? Here’s What You Can Do To Change That

    The road to better health is actually not long and can be easy. 


    But, there's one roadblock that I hear my mom-clients complain about all the time. 


    COOKING! 


    How do you feel about cooking?


    Do you enjoy cooking? 


    Do you feel like cooking is a waste of time?


    Is this an activity you do easily or do you feel like it's a hassle and instead you prefer to grab food from restaurants?


    Do you have that knowing inside that cooking is an important skill but you never actually get yourself into the kitchen and do it?


    Today on the podcast we are talking all about cooking and how to shift our mindset around from "I hate cooking", or "cooking is a hassle" to "It is fun, it is pleasurable, it is sacred, it is an opportunity for connection". 


    My guest, Rama Ginde, is a personal chef and a mama of three and she shared so many wonderful tips and tricks that I loved and I think you will too. 


    Show Notes: 


    http://healthbeginswithmom.com/ep-58/

    45 min
  • Ep 57 - What Does Putting Yourself First Look Like In A Life of a Busy Mom?
    Today I want to share with you some of my own examples of how I take care of myself and why it matters to the bigger picture of what I'm creating in my life, my family and my marriage.
     
    "there is nothing that stands in the way more to a woman's desire than the sense of caretaking. If I have to think about everybody else I can't think about me. If I can't think of me I cannot have any access to my sexual desire"
    "if the only role you play is of a mother, then there is no room for sexuality to reemerge because the sexuality doesn't emerge in the space of mother, it exists in the space of woman and lover."
    Both quotes are by Esther Perel 
     
    You can find the show notes for today's show over at my website: www.healthbeginswithmom.com/ep-57
    29 min
  • Ep 56 - Getting Through Rough Times As a Mother With Love, Grace and Mindfulness with Guest Marla Sacks
    How to get through rough times as a mother with love, grace, and mindfulness?
     
    Today I am chatting Marla Sacks who is a highly trained Yoga Instructor and founder of the Conscious Connections Course for recently certified Yoga Instructors. She trains the new or floundering yoga teacher on how to create thriving, conscious businesses using a formula to master abundance with their newfound yogic wisdom.
     
    Marla teaches gentle yoga classes to restore body balance, energy Hatha / vinyasa yoga flow classes for all level students of life and Kundalini (the ultimate yoga of awareness) and meditation classes. She offers High-Level yoga workshops that speak to a myriad of topics such as "how to transition your body and mind from seasonal mood swings" to practices on "self-love” and how to release negative energy with a positive mind.
     
    She specializes in mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques, yoga for therapeutics, angel yoga for children, and in hands-on or off Reiki and Sat Nam (in truth) ancient arts of healing modalities. Marla’s mantra for medicine and kriya (cleanse the mind of toxic thoughts) based approach as a"Yogi Whisperer" offers a nurturing style that brings comfort, support, inner peace and compassion to her teachings. Her gloom to bloom in three2five minutes is at the forefront of her passion to bring more conscious light into the world.
     
    Show Notes
    marlasacks.com
    Conscious Connections Facebook group
    Join my private Fabecook Group 'Busy Moms Get Healthy'
    55 min
  • Ep 55 - 3 Things To Help You Redefine Mother's Day!
    How do you celebrate mother's day?
    Are you treated as a queen for that day? Do you get a breakfast in bed? Do you order in and skip the mess of eating at home? Do you spend time in nature? Do you spend the day with kids or your own mom or grandmother?
    Or,
    Do you give yourself a day free from chores?
    Do you give yourself permission to do less stuff and just take in and savor what you've created?
    Notice how in the last two sentences I've used the term "give yourself" instead of "get".
    Because you don't get anything from life. Nothing is free. And I don't say this to discourage you, I say this to empower you and encourage you to take back control over your life. In life, you set intentions, ask for what you want, declare it to the universe, do what is required to get it, and then wait for it to come. And it will come, I promise.
    Because at the end of the day, even your Mother's Day will go the way you decide, you intent and you request.
    Remember this - you are the one teaching people how to treat you.
    If you just expect people to do or give to you without asking for it or setting an example for it, in most cases you will end up feeling disappointed, full or resentment, and unappreciated. I know, I know, you may be thinking "but I like to be surprised", well then it is up to you to make sure the people you love know and are clear about the fact that you like to be surprised. Don't expect them to guess it, and don't trust their goodwill. This is not to say that people are mean, absolutely not! What this means is that people are busy, overscheduled and self-absorbed. This is true especially with regards to children, who don't yet have the capacity to see someone other than themselves.
    So, as wise women, someone I like to refer to as divas or goddesses, it's up to us to set the stage and make it a success. At the end of the day, Mother's Day is not really about them celebrating you, but rather, you celebrating yourself, your status as a mother. Build the environment for yourself to make this a special day, which will hopefully have a lasting effect beyond just one day. I want you and me to live like this every day.
    So what should you do instead?
    I want to give you three suggestions to try for this Mother's Day so that you have an example, even if it's just for one day, of what's possible. I want you to see for yourself how it feels to THRIVE in your body when you set the right grounds for yourself.
    First thing I recommend you to do is start the day before everyone else gets up. Give yourself the permission to wake up in peace, quiet, and serenity. Forgo the phone and news. That can wait.Breathe deeply.Strech. Look up some short yoga videos on YouTube, even if it's for 10 minutes.Have that shower you are craving but never have the time for.Write in your journal. If you don't have a habit of journalling yet, start by writing what you are grateful for today.Drink a cup of warm water with lemon following your favorite cup of coffee.Make an agreement with yourself that you will finish that cup, and will not drink it cold!This is not so much about the coffee as it is about an act of self-love and self-honoring. Again, don't expect your family members to understand this, just male a point of it. I actually say this to my daughters, "as an act of self-love I am going to finish my cup of coffee (or tea) and right after I will do/help/give you" whatever it is they need.
    Start your day with a delicious and nourishing breakfast! If you can get your husband and/or kids to bring it to your bed, go for it! I go by the principle of PFF - protein, fat, and fiber in the morning which is designed to support your nervous system and your sensitive hormonal system. Some ideas could be a sprouted whole grain toast with 1/2 an avocado and cod liver or sardines. This is my go to as far as breakfast. It is quick, easy to put together and I find that it is extremely soothing and calming for the nervous system. Other ideas would be a chia pudding wh
    21 min
  • Ep 55 - 3 Things To Help You Redefine Mother’s Day!

    How do you celebrate mother's day?


    Are you treated as a queen for that day? Do you get a breakfast in bed? Do you order in and skip the mess of eating at home? Do you spend time in nature? Do you spend the day with kids or your own mom or grandmother?


    Or,


    Do you give yourself a day free from chores?


    Do you give yourself permission to do less stuff and just take in and savor what you've created?


    Notice how in the last two sentences I've used the term "give yourself" instead of "get".


    Because you don't get anything from life. Nothing is free. And I don't say this to discourage you, I say this to empower you and encourage you to take back control over your life. In life, you set intentions, ask for what you want, declare it to the universe, do what is required to get it, and then wait for it to come. And it will come, I promise.


    Because at the end of the day, even your Mother's Day will go the way you decide, you intent and you request.


    Remember this - you are the one teaching people how to treat you.


    If you just expect people to do or give to you without asking for it or setting an example for it, in most cases you will end up feeling disappointed, full or resentment, and unappreciated. I know, I know, you may be thinking "but I like to be surprised", well then it is up to you to make sure the people you love know and are clear about the fact that you like to be surprised. Don't expect them to guess it, and don't trust their goodwill. This is not to say that people are mean, absolutely not! What this means is that people are busy, overscheduled and self-absorbed. This is true especially with regards to children, who don't yet have the capacity to see someone other than themselves.


    So, as wise women, someone I like to refer to as divas or goddesses, it's up to us to set the stage and make it a success. At the end of the day, Mother's Day is not really about them celebrating you, but rather, you celebrating yourself, your status as a mother. Build the environment for yourself to make this a special day, which will hopefully have a lasting effect beyond just one day. I want you and me to live like this every day.


    So what should you do instead?

    I want to give you three suggestions to try for this Mother's Day so that you have an example, even if it's just for one day, of what's possible. I want you to see for yourself how it feels to THRIVE in your body when you set the right grounds for yourself.


    1. First thing I recommend you to do is start the day before everyone else gets up. Give yourself the permission to wake up in peace, quiet, and serenity. Forgo the phone and news. That can wait.
      Breathe deeply.
      Strech. Look up some short yoga videos on YouTube, even if it's for 10 minutes.
      Have that shower you are craving but never have the time for.
      Write in your journal. If you don't have a habit of journalling yet, start by writing what you are grateful for today.
      Drink a cup of warm water with lemon following your favorite cup of coffee.
      Make an agreement with yourself that you will finish that cup, and will not drink it cold!
      This is not so much about the coffee as it is about an act of self-love and self-honoring. Again, don't expect your family members to understand this, just male a point of it. I actually say this to my daughters, "as an act of self-love I am going to finish my cup of coffee (or tea) and right after I will do/help/give you" whatever it is they need.

  • Start your day with a delicious and nourishing breakfast! If you can get your husband and/or kids to bring it to your bed, go for it! I go by the principle of PFF - protein, fat, and fiber in the morning which is designed to support your nervous system and your sensitive hormonal system. Some ideas could be a sprouted whole grain toast with 1/2 an avocado and
    • 21 min
  • Ep 54 - Feeding Picky Eaters with guest Jenny McGlothlin
    Do you struggle with feeding your child, is he/she a picky eater? Whether you are raising a toddler or a teen who struggles with food, you are going to LOVE today's episode!
    I am chatting with Jenny McGlothlin who is a certified speech-language pathologist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of feeding disorders for children from birth through the teen years. She developed the STEPS feeding program at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she works with families on a daily basis to foster feeding skills that will serve a child for a lifetime. Her passion is teaching children how to eat when they just can’t figure it out on their own and has been inducted into the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Hall of Fame for her work in the field. Jenny has spent many years teaching graduate-level courses on feeding as well as early child development. She frequently provides feeding workshops for parents and continuing education seminars and webinars for therapists, and co-wrote the book "Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating: A Step-by-Step Guide for Overcoming Selective Eating, Food Aversion, and Feeding Disorders". As a mother of three young children, Jenny makes family meals a priority, and enjoys reading and spending time with her friends.
    Show Notes
    extremepickyeatinghelp.com
    extremepickyeating.com
    Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating: A Step-by-Step Guide for Overcoming Selective Eating, Food Aversion, and Feeding Disorders
    Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults
    49 min
  • Ep 53 - You are NOT your mom!
    The Mother-Daughter relationship is the backbone of my health coaching practice because I believe that this cross-generational relationship affects all of us in very subtle and not so subtle ways. Whether it is your relationship with your mother or your relationship with your daughter. The common ground is you.
    In my coaching calls with women, who are themselves mothers I hear an ache. I hear a voice that is sometimes extremely difficult for them to express since it is a taboo to speak badly or badmouth your mom. After all, this is the person who has given me life, how can I say something bad about her??
    When I work with clients I walk them through a process called "healing the mother wound" which is basically healing, getting over, being at peace with or breaking free from any pain (physical or emotional) which was inflicted on you or perceived by you, by your mom.
    Now, I want to be clear here. This is not about hating or stopping getting advice from your mom! Absolutely not! My mom and I are super close, I can't imagine my life without her. What I am suggesting is to be OK with thinking differently than her. Being OK with doing life differently than her, choosing a different path for yourself and writing a different story with a different ending for yourself and your own daughter, if you are raising a girl.
    A few years ago I struggled immensely with my own mother-wound. I love my mom so much but didn't agree with how she does things (whether in her marriage with my dad, with regards to parenting and especially with regards to career choices or life's work).
    I remember myself as a little girl, constantly correcting and telling her that she is wrong. I have always been a talkative and an opinionated girl (I guess you can say I was a coach in the making) and that led me through a very dark hole of fearing that I will end up like my mom.
    All this personal growth work that I do doesn't mean anything because at the end of the day I am conditioned to be just like her. I have always been irritated by her thinking small, fear and lack of confidence. That's how I perceived it through my limited lense. I constantly found myself literally "parenting" my own mom. Constantly fixing, correcting and teaching her how to do life. It was so inappropriate and also disrespectful. It became even worse as I became a mom myself, I was judgmental of how she looked after my kids, or how she raised us, felt like it's her fault and she screwed me up. Long story short, it was nasty and a huge waste of my energy!
    Bless my mom and her wisdom, she never gave me pushbacks, she merely allowed me to have my tantrum, be done with it and come back to her newer, wiser and with a new perspective.
    This process had allowed me to connect with my own life's purpose which I know now is to serve mothers and help them heal so that they can do the work that they are destined to do in a way that feels sustainable and nourishing to them. I raise mothers, that is my life's purpose. Instead, I felt like I had to raise, fix, or parent my own mom. I guess that was a part of the process.
    The salvation came to me after I've hired a coach who has taught me that it is not my job to parent my mom. That I have to learn to let go of forcing her to be who she's not. Stop judging her, stop correcting her actions, stop expecting her to show in a way she can't, stop feeling like I'm smarter than her. And instead, trust. Trust that as a woman she also has her own inner wisdom and guidance system that is leading her through her life.
    We are all different, and even if she's my mom, it doesn't mean I have to be, think, act or choose like her. This is called separating or individuating from your mom, and that is a necessary step in becoming a healthy adult. I talk a lot about the process of adulting on this podcast, and I believe that in order to safely transition into adulthood, we must first heal our childhood wounds and love cracks. This doesn't mean that we blame our parents,
    20 min
  • Ep 52 - Raising Children To Love Themselves
    How to raise children to love themselves?
    Learn techniques on how to help your children transform negative self-talk, self-doubt, self-criticism, comparison, and perfectionism using the power of self-love.
    The School Of Self Love is inviting parents to learn and teach their children about self-love: how to trust, respect, value, be compassionate and stay true to themselves intangible, simple, powerful and fun ways.
    “This is about doing our job to make sure our children know who they are at their core and know their innate worth, not because of a grade or likes on Instagram, but because of who they are inside,” says Director and Teacher of The Path of Self Love School Stacey Hoffer.
    The course is starting on May 1st, 2018 and is called "Raising Children to Love Themselves" for those who are feeling called to learn the foundational tools every parent needs to help their children create a strong inner foundation of courage, compassion, clarity, and confidence that empowers them to be healthy, resilient, and successful.
    During this 6 part course, you will be guided to discover and practice simple, powerful, fun ways to teach your children how to successfully navigate today’s world – to grow strong from the inside out – so they can live their amazing potential while staying true to themselves and experiencing deep fulfillment and genuine happiness.
    A lack of self-love is at the root of almost every challenge our children face in their lives. And many of us don't even know what self-love is. Our children cannot thrive in this world if they are filled with self-doubt, disconnected from their hearts, overstressed, filled with negative self-talk, and suffering from body hate.
    We all wish the world today was different, but the fact is that our children face pressures we never had to deal with. Social media, the internet, bullying and gun violence in schools, and academic and athletic pressure have increased stress in children. They live in a world of social media and cultural systems that pressure them to conform and perform.
    During this course parents will learn:
    The 10 kinds of self-love every child needs to create a strong inner foundation.
    How to teach children to transform negative self-talk - and have the inner strength tosay no to peer pressure.
    Tangible tools to guide children to cultivate the courage to follow their inner wisdomand move past their fears of being seen, what other's think, and not doing thingsperfectly.
    How to teach children inner resilience and self-compassion when things don't goaccording to plan or hard stuff happens.
    Best practices for helping children feel good about themselves and stay true tothemselves… no matter what is happening in the outside world.
    To register and for more information, please visit: www.TeachChildrenSelfLove.comFollow Stacey and the Path of Self Love on Instagram at @pathofselflove
    For more information on Path of Self Love School, contact Stacey at [email protected]
    The Path of Self Love School is a social impact organization committed to making the practice, path, and tools of self-love accessible to all people, so that within three generations... we can create a world in which all children are born connected to love and stay connected to that love, no matter what they face, because they know how to source love from within. We offer classes, intensives, and retreats both online and virtually, that have reached over 35,000 people worldwide.We also have trained Self Love Guides on 6 continents through our training and certification program for those who desire to use our self-love processes, assessments, and techniques in their work, as well as in their families and for themselves.
    The self-love techniques, tools, processes, and skills we teach have been tested across age, race and socio-economic background and has been used in therapy, colleges, grade schools, spiritual centers, prison systems, families, corporations, and health & wellness practices as well as
    53 min
  • Ep 51 - Are you waiting for your symptoms to just go away?
    Physical symptoms are a language. Are. You. Listening?
    Are you taking the time to pause, slow down and pay attention to the cues your body is sending you?
    Do you have hormonal imbalances such as PSOC, PMS, painful periods, migraines, acne, fatigue, low energy, depression, thyroid issues, high blood pressure, inability to concentrate, low libido, yo-yo weight, joint pain?
    Your body is wise and intelligent, and it wants to thrive and its only way to communicate with you is through symptoms.
    Do you suffer from hormonal imbalances but wait for them to just go away?
    Do you resist asking for help?
    Do you take your health for granted?
    Today on the show I am talking about the mindset most of us, women, have around asking for help related to our own health. Please don't wait around for your symptoms to just go away on their own. Unless you are willing to address the core and the source of these hormonal imbalances you won't be able to thrive. You won't be able to feel good, energized and excited about your current season of life. I'm sorry to tell you this, but the reality is that no one is coming to heal you, save you, help you. You are on your own. It is your job to take responsibility for your health and life and do the work that is required. Otherwise, nothing is going to change.
    "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expect different results" Albert Einstein.
    You want to be able to show up for your child, play with him/her, go with him/her places, laugh with them and just to be present and soak in every single minute of every single day. You can't do that when physically you feel sick, heavy, bloated and just unwell. That physical feeling sips into your emotional health as well, as you end up feeling unmotivated, uninspired, getting through the day, barely surviving.
    I want you to THRIVE.
    I want you to feel good in your body!
    I want you to be able to show up for your kids the way you want to.
    You deserve it. Heck, you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your kids.
    I am working on putting together a program for women who want to take back control of their health, rebalance their hormones and thrive in their female body's so that they can have the energy they need to feel alive again, mental clarity to raise good human beings, nurture their marriage and build beautiful homes.
    I still have a few more windows in my calendar open for chatting with you, just send me an email to [email protected] and let's connect!
    Xoxo,
    Dorit
    24 min
  • Ep 50 - How to Date Your Partner and Keep Your Marriage Alive with guest Jenny McDaniels
    Today on the show I am chatting with Jenny McDaniels about strengthening marriages one date at a time.
    Jenny is a part of the Facebook Team at TheDatingDivas.com. She is a stay-at-home wife and mom of the most adorable three littles. She LOVEs spending time with her family and friends! She views Disney as a way of life. Most of all, she loves to laugh. Life without laughter would be a boring existence!
    "WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO" - A Note from the Founder, Tara Carson
    We began this lil’ venture of dating our spouses, just like anyone else…..waaay back before we said, “I Do” - back when dates were the most important element of our life and held a high status over all else. {WINK} With the focus of dating being at the top of our lists, it helped us fall MADLY in love with the men we now call our DEAR husbands. Since those dating years some of us have had children, finished school, started careers, and quite simply have embarked on what we know now as, “The Married Life.” We all know that marriage can become TOO comfortable {a.k.a. routine} and dating your amazing spouse - the way you did when first falling in love - is the sure-fire way to keep that SPARK in marriage! We are sharing with you the SECRETS of our success! We hope that you will find ideas that keep your marriage healthy, happy, and full of love!
    In a nutshell, each Monday the Divas will offer an awesome date already completely planned for your upcoming weekend! {Aw geez… you’re totally welcome!} Throughout the rest of the week we’ll also post quick & easy ideas to serve your spouse, unforgettable family outings and activities with the kids, intimate moment ideas to spice things up in that room, and fun “romance” crafts to boot! There is definitely something for every couple! {Don’t forget to check out our archives for dates you may have missed!}
    Show Notes 
    The Dating Divas Homepage 
    The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman 
    Year of Dates: Original Binder Set
    Year of Dates: Around the World
    A Year of Family Date Night Activities
    A bundle with 365 text messages to your spouse 
    Sexy Sticky Note Pack
    26 min

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