In this episode, I talk about something that we usually miss doing...and it can get us into depletion and overwhelm really quickly. When anything changes in our lives - school ends or begins, holidays end or begin, schedules shift for anyone in the family, work gets added or taken away, any transition happens - we need to re-evaluate what we need and want and design our NEW life. When we forget to do this and just expect that we will be able to ride the ups and downs without any conscious planning or re-adjusting, it can hit us like a ton of bricks. And that ain't pretty, folks!

I just kinda want to let the episode title speak for this one...except to say we talk what rising means, finding your Queen's crown, setting a ceiling for your family and what happens in your body when you put a crown on. BOOM.

This is a question that I've played with before and twice over the last 2 days so IT'S A SIGN!!! This is both one of the most powerful and most annoying questions to ask inside a place of stuck, paralysis and swampiness...it can be a way of turning 180 degrees away from where we are (which, for me, is old stories, destructive mindsets and ego holding on for dear life) and CHANGE everything towards where we want to go (freedom, connection, ease, love...) Good luck!

In this episode, I talk about my current itchy rash which comes when I am stressed. I talk about my "old" story of what undeniable signs of stress meant to me, what it means now, the reason that context is important, how being stressed isn't a sign of failure but a sign of what's happening and also of our lusty appetites. And what to do now...

In this episode, I share things I've experienced and learned by being vulnerable in relationships and some BIG ideas around the WHY, WHEN and HOW of being vulnerable. To all my mamas out there who have tenderly protected hearts, you are so so okay.

I am so interested in the power of words and how we use language. What happens to us when we delete "woman" from our biography and become "mother" or "wife"? What limbs must we sever from our "woman" to fit her into the motherhood box? Powerful stuff, babes. Enjoy.

In this episode, I talk about 3 commitments I made to myself at the beginning of my self-rescue from depletion, exhaustion and resentment. They involve pleasure, making the effort, making it about me, where my "yes" ended and my "no" began and more. I also talk about a process I shared on my private Facebook group called "Epic Self-Care for Moms" about how to both honour what is hard and our struggles and then move towards what is juicy and our desires. It's good stuff! Enjoy.

What is the moment when we know we must save ourselves and find our way out or wither away? In this episode, I talk about when I decided that my destiny was all up to me  and that I had to decide to rescue myself. I talk about the superpowers I had/have that helped me through, became my entourage (including my gift for self-centering) and my meeting up with the exotic and impossible land of pink boas through Mama Gena.

In this episode, I talk about what it felt like to hit the wall of overwhelm, depletion, resentment and hopelessness of early motherhood and domesticity. I talk about the "hidden stories"; the stories that I never told...or partly told...that spoke of my deep truth around motherhood. I also add in a thought about deciding vs choosing that kinda blew my mind. Enjoy!

Even in my committed feminist body, there was an ache to be rescued during early motherhood. (And maybe other times, too, let's be honest.) It felt like so much work to rescue myself. And unfair as hell. So, before I made the decision that I was going to rescue myself (which meant, at that time, pull myself out of depletion, resentment, overwhelm and rage), I had a grief period. I felt such a loss at not having anyone to rescue me. Has this happened to you?