Every change of season brings with it lots of opportunities for us to be intentional about what kind of life we want to create. As we shift from summer to fall this year, we discuss our very favorite tips on how to capitalize on these opportunities. Our children’s education, however that looks, whether in the home or out of the home, affects the rhythm of the whole family. With it, we have the chance to help our kids fly while still creating a beautiful grounding nest for them to connect with the heartbeat of the home.

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Discovering YOUR Life Essentials

Essentialism / How to Do Less But Better

Finding Joy and Enthusiasm in Every Day

Staying Open to the Present 

Make Your Morning Routine Happen!

Finding Motivation to Claim Your Personal Power Hour

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REVIEW OF THE WEEK from taybniebs

I’m only one episode in and I have to leave a review. This podcast is the magic! It is the magic that I found! I am so impressed by the concept from the episode about acceptance, joy and enthusiasm. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it and I really feel enriched and fulfilled by these concepts! I’m excited to try these ideas out the next time I wash dishes. Ha ha. Thank you ladies for your enthusiasm and passion in the process of providing this content for us! Such an undertaking is supposedly what life is all about. :)

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Remember what it was like to be a teenager? Do you remember the insecurity around discovering yourself? Now, imagine your teenage self with not only a school full of peers to compare yourself to, but with an entire internet full of people to measure up to, to compete with for likes, and pictures of parties you weren’t invited to. Can you imagine how hard that would be? Well many of our kids are experiencing just that. They are floundering in the deep end of a virtual pool before their brains are developed enough to metaphorically swim.

The research is coming in fast about the giant social experiment of putting the pocket-sized computers into the hands of young children and teens, and the results are…alarming, to say the least. In this episode, we are thrilled to discuss this important subject with social activist and champion of giving back our children a healthy childhood, the late Collin Kartchner. We are devastated at his passing but want his legacy and his message to live on.

Collin helps us to understand the direness of the situation concerning kids and their internet consumption, specifically social media and online gaming. These platforms are designed specifically to give our minds dopamine hits, which can to dependence, and provides the false sense of connection that kids are craving. This can create a vacuum in their minds that may lead to depression and lack of connection to people around them.

Although this information at first paints a bleak picture for childhood, we discuss the beautiful antidote that is at all of our fingertips: connection. REAL connection with actual humans in our lives. Collin offers concrete advice about trying out a family screen detox, and gives us lots of inspiring suggestions on how to increase the connection in our own home with the people we love. His rallying cry to #savethekids will truly inspire you and leave you hopeful that you can truly make a difference in your child’s life (and how to model freedom from screen dependence yourself:)!

Original Air Date: 8.31.2020

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Finding Solitude Through Digital Minimalism

Curbing Your Screen Attachment

How to WAKE UP to Your Life

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!”

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Setting aside time to feed our souls is important, and it’s no secret that one of our core habits to get this time is our morning routine. This habit has literally been the biggest game changer in our own fulfillment and wholeness, and so we really can’t say enough good about it. This subject remains one of our most frequently asked listener questions, so in this episode, we delve deep into some tricks to really help cement this routine into a long term, non-negotiable habit. We also introduce you to a really accessible form of meditation and will give you tools to get you started on this life changing habit, or give you ideas to improve what you already have going.

Make Your Morning Routine Happen!

Creating a Morning Routine with Young Kids with Lindsay & Mike McCarthy

Morning Routines for a 30 Day Transformation with Taralyn

Hone Your Morning Routine with Felica

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.

Breathwork Exercises for Daily Habit Building with Taralyn 

BOOKS THAT INSPIRED US:

The Miracle Morning // Hal Elrod

The Miracle Morning for Parents and Families // Mike and Lindsay McCarthy and Hal Elrod

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Katie Jo 555, 07/25/2022
The best
I don’t have much to say other than that I love this podcast and recommend it to everyone and can’t even believe I haven’t taken the time to write a review before! Every episode leaves me feeling refreshed & ready to take on another day of motherhood - rather than feeling guilty for all of the ways I’m failing like some other parenting resources can make me feel. FTM has been with me through my best seasons of motherhood, and my hardest. I always always come back for more & I hope y’all never stop! Thank you so much for all of the heart, wisdom, and encouragement you share here. I’m a better mama & a better ME because of you!

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Gabb Wireless

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Have you ever been in the rut of the everyday? It can feel like a slog at times moving from one mundane task to the next. This shows up magnified in parenting when we are stuck on the treadmill of cleaning up spills, changing diapers, driving carpool, planning meals only to fall asleep exhausted and enter the next day that way! We easily catch ourselves living for our next date night, weekend away or perhaps even that day when “life will be easier, our kids will be older, we will have more money” etc. This episode we want to challenge that status quo. We want to share a concept with you that can awaken you to each of these moments and help you find the acceptance, joy and perhaps even enthusiasm in all of the parts of this life, small and big.

Original Air Date: 9.23.19

RELATED EPISODES:

Escaping the Trance of Unworthiness & Finding Self Acceptance Within

Finding Joy and Enthusiasm in Every Day

Staying Open to the Present 

Tapping Into the Abundance Inside Us

Seeing Ourselves Clearly in the Role of Mother

THE BOOKS AND LINKS THAT INSPIRED US:

A New Earth // Eckhart Tolle

Oprah’s Interview with Eckhart

Find us on our website: findthemagic.co

EPISODE SPONSORS:

Gabb Wireless 

Offer your kids freedom and give yourself peace of mind with Gabb Wireless! Their beautiful mission is to protect kids from cyberbullying, sex crimes, explicit content and screen overuse while offering a solution to keep in contact with parents! Use code FINDTHEMAGIC for $50 OFF ANY DEVICE! gabbwireless.com/promo/findthemagic

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!”

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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

Find us on our website: findthemagic.co

Books that inspired us:

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

Boys Adrift // Leonard Sax

Wild Things // Stephen James and David Thomas

RELATED EPISODES

Four Pillars of Wholehearted Parenting We Apply to Any Problem 

Systems and Values for Easier Days and Stronger Family Connections (Entitlement Trap by Linda and Richard Eyre) 

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!”

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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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Letting the Wave of Spring Carry Us Into a Joyful New Season

Seeing Situations Clearly

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] 

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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!”

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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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Authoritative Parenting / Arguably the most EFFECTIVE Parenting Style

Finding Joy Again When You Aren't Loving Parenting with Rachel Nielson From 3 in 30 Podcast

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?

• They use no mineral oil, petroleum by-products, pharmaceutical preservatives, coloring agents or other harmful ingredients commonly found in skin care products, and they never test on animals.


• They use only pure ingredients, including a variety of potent antioxidants, in synergistic combinations that reinforce the positive skin care effects of each ingredient.


• Their anti-aging skin care products, developed by a pharmacist, are proven to work, and are endorsed by numerous physicians.

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. Here is how to leave a review for us  on iTunes:
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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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French Kids Eat Everything (and So Can Yours!)

HOW TO Eat With Intuition

Making Dinner Meaningful and Uncomplicated With Claire Tansey

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?

• They use no mineral oil, petroleum by-products, pharmaceutical preservatives, coloring agents or other harmful ingredients commonly found in skin care products, and they never test on animals.


• They use only pure ingredients, including a variety of potent antioxidants, in synergistic combinations that reinforce the positive skin care effects of each ingredient.


• Their anti-aging skin care products, developed by a pharmacist, are proven to work, and are endorsed by numerous physicians.

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!!!

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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

RELATED EPISODES

Finding Joy and Enthusiasm in Every Day

THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED US:

The Seat of the Soul // Gary Zukav

EPISODE SPONSOR:

Chamonix Skincare:

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

• They use no mineral oil, petroleum by-products, pharmaceutical preservatives, coloring agents or other harmful ingredients commonly found in skin care products, and they never test on animals.


• They use only pure ingredients, including a variety of potent antioxidants, in synergistic combinations that reinforce the positive skin care effects of each ingredient.


• Their anti-aging skin care products, developed by a pharmacist, are proven to work, and are endorsed by numerous physicians.

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

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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! 🧡

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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:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParentingAdvice

Instagram: @empowering_parents

Twitter: @Emp_Parents

https://www.empoweringparents.com

RELATED EPISODES

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 

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Review of the week from Cass McCaffree!
Really beneficial to my motherhood
…they have beautiful tips and insights about motherhood that I really appreciate. On top of that, I implemented a lot of tips from the magic morning on waking up early and I’ve really enjoyed doing that so far! I’d recommend this podcast to any mother who just wants to do the best they can.

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