This week we wanted to open the conversation up to you. I (Holly) am always getting questions revolving around parenting and how we’re raising Opal. People are often times most interested in her being vegan, but also things like traveling, work/life balance, breastfeeding, free play and others. So I wanted to take this episode to answer all the questions you have with Shane too. We very much believe in cultivating a free space for Opal to express herself creativity, emotionally, physically and mentally. We never set expectations or boundaries on her. We let her grow on her own. Just as a flower would in the wild. So enjoy this weeks episode and thank you to everyone who asked questions.

We touch on many topics this week including:

• Ways to incorporate kids into workouts (people use kids as an excuse not to workout)

• Are we planning on teaching Opal to juggle? (Anyone in the family a master juggler)

• How do we keep our marriage healthy with a business and child?

• What are Opals go to meals or snacks?

• Does Opal take supplements?

• Are we hard on yourselves as parents? How do we overcome that?

• How we react to her falling and are teaching her not to be fearful

• Being a leader and a mother what does Holly find most difficult to balance?

• Baby talk? Why we’re not about it at all

• Does Opal sleep through the night? What did you do?

• Do people criticize us for raising her vegan/ how do we deal with family that thinks the baby needs animal products to be healthy?

• What’s our parenting philosophy?

• What’s it like traveling with Opal, tips or tricks for a mama who’s about to travel with a baby.

• && so much more . . .

Thank you so much for tuning in. If you enjoyed this weeks episode please be sure to share on social media, rate and review.

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