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From Doing to Being: Finding Harmony in Parenthood and Life

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In the last couple of years there have been lots of spaces and people emphasizing the 'being' before 'doing'. But what does this actually mean? How does it relate to parenthood or life with a newborn?


Jen and I have a casual convo about this topic inspired from her own personal life navigations. We touch on the doing/being balance both in parenthood and in life in general, give some examples and laugh about the paradox of 'doing' something to get to the 'being'.


As always thank you for BEING an amazing pod listener... enjoy this fun convo. 💬 🍵


Some of the topics we explore in this episode include:

  • doing all the things but nothing is working
    • the dance of doing and being and how these are woven together
      • releasing the outcome and how when you ground in 'being' it is easier to release the outcome in your 'doing'
        • intention behind what you are doing - tuning into what is in alignment for YOU in the moment
          • what exactly is doing and being - how do you define it
            • parenting advice and when do we act from the noise of advice vs. our inner guidance
              • reaction vs. response and how this relates to doing vs. being
                • relating the 'doing' and 'being' to labor and how life phases are like birth cycles
                  • "who do I want to be and what's my intention in doing this"
                    • the act of self-care as doing


                      • Resources:

                      1. our intentions workbook and intentions meditation recording - sign up on this page to get these for free
                      2. Kathrine Zenkina's podcast episode that had the quote we mentioned + is a great follow-up episode to this on when to take action and doing/being balance -- her quote "I always laugh at that question whenever someone asks me what they need to do to be. If there is a doing that leads to a being when they have to be a being... so there is no doing to the being, it's just the being."
                      3. our episode on parent rest and sleep (we talk about taking the edgy actions to BE a person that prioritizes self care)
                      4. our episode about unsolicited advice (also can lead to 'doing' first)


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                        Just ThisBy Amanda Scharpf and Jennifer Renee