How do we raise boys in this fabulously challenging time? In this episode, we revisit our very favorite pieces of knowledge on the subject by combining our two most popular discussions about it. We address issues like how to cultivate respectful, strong, and kind boys by channeling their natural strengths (as opposed to simply suppressing all of their tendencies and making them feel like they are terrible all the time). We explore some fascinating psychology and hopefully help all of us raise boys who become men who are whole, respectful, humans who make this world a better place:).

We also review the four pillars of connection, getting outside, sleep, and nutrition, and we tackle the challenges and opportunities that boys face at school and learning. We address the research on screen time and boys’ brains, and give you all sorts of tips to make screen time a pleasant activity with boundaries instead of an unlimited source of distraction and dependency. We have such an AMAZING opportunity as parents to really create a community where they can thrive with their own natural strengths, and we can help create a world where boys are taught to have emotional intelligence and access their internal world with confidence and love. Thanks for joining us for this conversation!

Original Air Date: 2.2.2020

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Books that inspired us:

Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys // Noel Janis-Norton

Boys Adrift // Leonard Sax

Wild Things // Stephen James and David Thomas

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EPISODE SPONSORS:

Organifi

This weeks sponsor Organifi is loved here at Find the Magic for their whole food based supplements for that extra boost when your daily diet isn’t up to speed! Felica loves mixing their “GLOW” collagen raspberry lemonade with their “Red Juice” for an energizing summer drink. Head to organifi.com/findthemagic for 20% off your entire order!”

We are midway through the Summer, our kids are all home and life looks a little different. At Find the Magic we think seasons are a beautiful time to reflect and find insight and renewal. In this Magic Moment Felica will talk about being off social media and what awareness this has cultivated for her and how she is using this slower Summer schedule to do some inner work and see her children as a "garden" to tend to with love. She will also offer you some opportunities for pairing down your mind chatter and reducing the "rebound" of the outside world to find a little more clarity and creativity in your ventures. 

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We are in the planning phases for the next year of Find the Magic and we need your feedback! You can leave questions in a review(it helps us and hopefully we can help you!) or you can email us at [email protected] 

EPISODE SPONSORS:

Organifi

This weeks sponsor Organifi is loved here at Find the Magic for their whole food based supplements for that extra boost when your daily diet isn’t up to speed! Felica loves mixing their “GLOW” collagen raspberry lemonade with their “Red Juice” for an energizing summer drink. Head to organifi.com/findthemagic for 20% off your entire order!”

Control is a tricky thing. We sometimes want control everything when things are going wrong, and that becomes problematic when it involves other people. (Spoiler alert, we can’t control other people:). In this episode, we talk about how to balance having limits and healthy boundaries, while still allowing others, including our children, an appropriate amount of independence and autonomy.

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BOOKS AND LINKS WE MENTIONED

The Awakened Family // Shefali Tsabury

The Conscious Parent // Shelfali Tsabury

Letting Go Meditation // Tara Brach

EPISODE SPONSORS:

Chamonix Skincare:

This amazing skincare line is clean, comfortable, and produces wonderful results. What makes them different from other skincare product lines?

Organifi

This weeks sponsor Organifi is loved here at Find the Magic for their whole food based supplements for that extra boost when your daily diet isn’t up to speed! Felica loves mixing their “GLOW” collagen raspberry lemonade with their “Red Juice” for an energizing summer drink. Head to organifi.com/findthemagic for 20% off your entire order!”

Our bodies are our conduits for experiencing this life. It makes sense that caring for them from a place of love is a worthy investment for us. Self care is part of wholehearted living for both our body and our soul. Sometimes, when people talk about self care, they mention expensive hair products and elaborate pedicures. At Find the Magic, we are big fans of the kind of soul filling self care that is more about true fulfillment (think meditation, time with God, feeding our intellect, etc.). So, when it comes to our bodies, it makes sense that we like the idea of going beyond image based self care and going deeper into truly nourishing our body with foods and love. In this episode, Ali Essig, a plant-based holistic nutritionist and educator, gives us lots of priceless information on how vegetables and fruit are a beautiful, accessible form of self care. She gives practical tips on how to incorporate more of these life improving ingredients into our family’s eating habits in a really simple and reachable way.

You can find more from Ali at www.Plantwhys.com and on instagram @plantwhys

She offers  a $37 mini course and our listeners can get 20% off with the code: EATFORLONGEVITY

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BOOKS AND LINKS WE MENTIONED

The Blue Zones: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest // Dan Buettner

EPISODE SPONSORS:

Chamonix Skincare

This amazing skincare line is clean, comfortable, and produces wonderful results. What makes them different from other skincare product lines?

Visit them at https://betterskintoday.com and try their money back guarantee:)

Organifi

This weeks sponsor Organifi is loved here at Find the Magic for their whole food based supplements for that extra boost when your daily diet isn’t up to speed! Felica loves mixing their “GLOW” collagen raspberry lemonade with their “Red Juice” for an energizing summer drink. Head to organifi.com/findthemagic for 20% off your entire order!”

Thank you for the kind reviews! We appreciate them so much. 

Review of the week from kkaian:

FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE A BETTER PARENT

I look forward to this podcast every week. (and honestly wish it was more like a daily thing!) [They] are warm and welcoming. They really inspire me to be a better, more thoughtful mother. And they have helped me figure out how to ease a lot of the stress and overwhelm that can come with being a stay at home mom. I have listened and relistened to every episode. I truly feel like this podcast is a gift! So Grateful for all the life changing wisdom and ideas they share. Thank you!!!

Here at Find the Magic, we like to go deep. In fact, we love it. In this episode, we go way deep discussing Gary Zukav’s book, The Seat of the Soul.  We can see why Oprah loves his work so much.

We explore how the personality is different from the soul, but “when the personality comes fully to serve the energy of its soul, that is authentic empowerment.” It takes practice and awareness to differentiate between the workings of our own personality and the growth of our soul. The tools we can use for this process are choosing intentions, adding clarity, practicing forgiveness, and distinguishing true needs from false ones.

The umbrella that covers all of these topics is love. “An authentically powered person lives in love. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love.”

― Gary Zukav

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THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED US:

The Seat of the Soul // Gary Zukav

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Chamonix Skincare:

This amazing skincare line is clean, comfortable, and produces wonderful results. What makes them different from other skincare product lines?

Visit them at https://betterskintoday.com and try their money back guarantee:)

Review of the week from AK Lonski:

OB-SESSED

I am so happy I found this podcast at exactly the right time in my life! Thank you so much for creating exactly what I needed! 🧡

Parenting strategies sound great when things are going well, but what about when the train comes off the tracks and your kids are seriously acting out? Kimball Lewis is the CEO of Empowering Parents, the home of the Total Transformation Program. He uses his experience with kids and teens who are acting out in really frustrating ways to give us lots of simple tips on how to help us gain back connection in our relationship with our children. The beautiful goal of these tips is to have a relationship with our kids where we not only love them, but we also LIKE them and enjoy being with them.

You can find more from Kimball at:

https://www.empoweringparents.com

Authoritative Parenting / Arguably the most EFFECTIVE Parenting Style 

Holding Boundaries / Discipline Pt. 1

Systems and Values for Easier Days and Stronger Family Connections

Parenting with Unconditional Love 

Having trouble paying attention? We all are. In this episode, we discuss Johann Hari’s book, Stolen Focus, and outline the 12 things that are stealing our ability to focus in our modern lives. It ISN’T a matter of discipline for which we need to constantly beat ourselves up for. There are huge systemic forces that are targeting our attention spans. The good news is: we can get it back. We can restore our attention spans individually and as a society. This episode has lots of eye opening research and ideas to come back to life and start living it instead of rushing around in our minds and in our tech.

Saving Our Kids and Ourselves from Screens & Social Media with Collin Kartchner 

Finding Solitude Through Digital Minimalism

Curbing Your Screen Attachment

How to WAKE UP to Your Life

LINKS WE MENTIONED

Stolen Focus // Johann Hari

Are you questioning yourself or simply not listening to what your heart, soul and body are telling you? Are each of your buckets so full that one drop would overflow any area of your life? Often we bypass our intuition and listen instead to outside inputs or numb out completely. Heather Chauvin is a podcaster, author and mother who brings personal empowerment and intuitive guidance to woman across the globe. We adore her and her message--one that will inspire you to listen to your own inklings on what your body and heart need to live a simple and joy filled life. 

We talk about "balance," finding personal empowerment within motherhood, breaking generational patters and getting emotionally uncomfortable which is the first step to finding our true joy. 

We have interviewed Heather before! To find that episode click HERE 

To find more from Heather click HERE 

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Review of the week from Nikkie!

Awe is an emotion that we don’t typically think about as an emotion but it turns out that this emotion could be a key to unlock fulfillment and a greater sense of meaning in our lives. Why? Because when we feel that sense of awe, we see that we are part of something bigger and greater than ourselves, and that in turn inspires us to do good, be better, and ultimately feel more alive. Listen in to learn how to cultivate more awe and wonder into your life.

Articles & Links mentioned:

https://www.oprah.com/health/the-science-of-awe-and-fulfillment/all

https://www.outsideonline.com/podcast/science-of-awe-nature-mental-health/

Strollers filled with supplies at at the Polish border for Ukrainian refugees 

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The habit of meditation is such a beneficial one that we talk about so much in this podcast. It is something that can be such a game changer. It allows us to find clarity in our lives as we move towards balance and as we analyze the guilt we feel as parents. In this episode, Felica talks with Kelly Smith from Meditation Mamas Podcast and the Mindful in Minutes Meditations Podcast. She delves into how she makes her meditation practice actually happen while still being a parent.

YOU CAN FIND MORE FROM KELLY SMITH HERE:

Meditation Mama Podcast

Mindful in Minutes Meditations

Listen Notes:)

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Our Daily Meditation: this is the meditation that Taralyn does every morning. You simply push play and she walks you through it. It’s an easy way to get yourself into the habit.

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The Artist’s Way // Julia Cameron

YOU CAN FIND MORE FROM KELLY SMITH HERE:

Meditation Mama Podcast

Mindful in Minutes Meditations

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Review of the Week from Nikkiex0

I love this podcast and I appreciate the hard work that goes into every episode. I just can’t imagine life as a parent without any guidance, and I feel like the hosts are my weekly guides. I’m blown away with how many valuable resources I find in each episode.

As mentioned in the intro, they literally do all of the hard research on parenting and distill the information through the podcast. I’m a mother of a 4 and 6 year old and I wouldn tfeel as confident and grounded in my motherhood journey if it wasn't for the resources provided by you ladies.

I love this podcast so much I often find myself craving a second episode each week.

Thank you,

Xoxo