Patricia Walsh-Collins is the founder and Director of Earth School.  Patricia is a certified professional educator whose career spans nearly thirty years. Patricia has a passion for cross curricular integration. It brings deeper meaning and connection to each subject. Patricia has presented many of her unique curriculums, at state, national, and international education conferences, and continue to do so.

Earth School is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to nurturing and facilitating a child's connection to their inner wisdom and spiritual life, through a living relationship with the Natural World. Through direct and indirect teachings, Earth School facilitates a remembrance of, and a connection to our original relationship and wisdom of the Earth. Earth School is a blend of the physical and metaphysical aspects of the Natural World and thus, include spiritual teachings (not religion) Earth studies, art, and lots of hands-on exploration! We work with singing bowls, meditation, tadpoles, forests, streams, silence, and so much more.

Check out the website!

In this Episode:

• Humans as Cognitive and Spiritual beings.
• Why Education should incorporate a blend of technology and natural world learning.
• Connect to your innate inner knowing.
• Let go of time 
• Follow the Joy!
• A spiritual thread is woven
• Meditation, yoga, singing bowls, silence & more
• Deep hands-on exploration of Nature
• Mixed ages ( young reach up, older nurture)

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Get motivated to move with your kids! Create a culture in your home where exercise is FUN! 

Listen in as Yvonne and I talk about the importance of mindset and movement in your home!

Get that notebook ready! So many creative ideas ahead!!

Yvonne Kusters, fondly called YOYO, inspires kids to make their muscles and minds strong during her interactive GO with YOYO live events and playful workout videos for families at home. 

YOYO is the creator of fitness, yoga and mindfulness videos, owner of the internationally used LET'S PLAY TODAY® fitness training program for kids, co-author of the interactive kids book MOVE!, kids musician and silly song writer, and mom to two very energetic kids! 

Her fitness profession started over 20 years ago as a certified national fitness trainer, group exercise instructor and wellness professional.  YoYo has traveled nationally and performs in front of thousands of children and families every year during her high energy shows that blend live music, fitness fun and interactive play.  

Other fun workout video projects I've worked on and have been a part of:

- Kids Fitness Trainer and Ambassador for GoZone+ Walmart Canada's newest fitness app

- Created original content for youth sports app MOJO  and exclusive workouts for Sensical by Common Sense Media

- Go with YoYo Videos can be found on the Epic app for kids in schools and on Amazon or GO WITH YOYO YOUTUBE for at home, active healthy screen time. 

- YoYo got to play and dance on the PBS Sprout show!  

Social: Youtube / IG / FB  @gowithyoyo
GO with YOYO | Let's Play Today

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Amy Ward Brimmer, owner of Way Opens Wellness, highlights Alexander technique, mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, constructive rest, and much more!

The Alexander Technique is about being mindful in your movements. addressing the Body-Mind Connection with "Whatever you think, your body picks it up."

• How do we interfere with our body?
• Learn to align with how our body is designed.
• How can the Alexander Technique can be applied to prevent chronic injury, illness, and disconnect?

Amy Ward Brimmer has been investigating mindfulness and self-expression since childhood. She is the owner of Way Opens Wellness in Yardley, PA, where she offers Alexander Technique, Somatic Release bodywork, Qigong, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Compassionate Listening, and Insight meditation instruction. Amy created Way Opens to bring together people interested in learning and teaching body mind methods of awakening. She has taught at Yale, Villanova, Brooklyn College, and along the banks of the Delaware Canal, among many other places.

Website - https://wayopenswellness.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WayOpensWellness

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amywardbrimmer/

YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI5zS7rr9rfBgXN3QATNY0g

SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/amy-ward-brimmer

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As a parent or caregiver, it is easy to question whether your child is on track developmentally for speech and language.

It is not fun to be unsure, so don't " wait and see!" Get access to speech and language development resources and strategies TODAY!

Check out this episode and get started with Club Small Talk!

At Small Talk, we are speech language pathologists with extensive experience in childhood development. We strive to empower and educate caregivers to provide a language enriching environment in their own home. We provide individual home-based speech services and playgroups, using a child-led and play based model for all of our therapy sessions! We use a neurodiversity affirming approach within our sessions with a strong focus on connection over compliance.

Follow along on instagram: Small Talk | Speech Therapy (@clubsmalltalk) • Instagram photos and videos

Check out their website (www.smalltalktherapeutics.com) to schedule a free consultation.

In this episode: 

2:05 Meet Bridget, Allison, and Sylwia

2:50 What is Club Small Talk?

4:24 Autistic person and identity affirming language

5:24 Neurodiversity: Connection over compliance

7:32 What are the common reasons for parents to come see you

9:18 What are you looking for in "late talkers"

10:47  A resource for parents who don't want to "Wait and See"

11:24 Play groups for all children in this developmental phase!

12:40 Signs for language milestones

14:00 The playgroup model: Child-led play

14:59 Example of strategies for at-home practice

17:46 How important it is to be pushy at home to correct their speech?

19:06 How important is it to use a variety of speech therapists or to advocate for the one specific therapist that is the best fit.

21:58 The future of Club Small Talk

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Parenting can be SO FRUSTRATING. Big emotions such as anxiety and anger in our children can create difficult moments that frustrate the child and the parent. 

In this episode, 

Learn the 3 R’s on how to diffuse those big moments where emotions are high!!

Regulate | Relate | Reason

Nicole Hall provides advice and tips to teach parents and KIDS coping skills to regulate in those moments.

Nicole has spent the last 12 years working in the mental health/trauma informed education field for Lakeside. For the last 40 years Lakeside has supported thousands of youth through their trauma informed, brain friendly, therapeutic school environments. Lakeside also trains professionals across the country and world in the brain-friendly, trauma-informed approaches they use. Her passion is finding ways to help adults better understand and relate to the kids in their lives. Nicole is a mom to two wonderful, spunky, enlightening kids (11 and 7).

Check out Lakeside - Trauma Training and Therapeutic Schools

Follow on Instagram Nicole's recommended parenting accounts: @unconditional_parenting
@flourishinghomesandfamilies
@traumainformedparent

2:23 Meet Nicole Hall

6:54 Connect with kids when you don't like them

9:20 Post Pandemic World: The need and importance to be there for children and their mental health

11:00 Distinguish between anxiety, anger, and worry

14:50 Buzzword: Anxiety

19:27 How can the parent help their child when they are anxious or anger?

22:21 Where do we feel anxiety?

24:33 "You are safe and I am here."

24:53 Mirror Neurons

28:38 Parent Tool: Regulate, Relate, Reason

31:09 Actions to trick the brain to flip the switch out of the anxious or anger emotion

39:47 Get your kids involved!

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What is Sensory Processing Disorder and Anxiety?

How do I know if my child's tantrums are "normal" or not?

What is the process for diagnosing a child with Sensory Processing Disorder?

What are some tips inside and outside the home to help a child adapt to a world that makes them feel uncomfortable at times?

Laura, owner of Virtual Play and Life Skills, has passion for assisting families with children with special needs.  Her experiences and education behind working with families and children with special needs helped her develop her company, but what she didn't anticipate was how her company would serve her own children.

 Laura is going to give some really good insight on how to navigate if you feel like your child is experiencing some reactions that are similar to what she will explain.  She will also give you some coping skills and ways to help navigate the day to day with major tantrums and helping your child feel comfortable and safe in their environment.

Check out Laura's company and reach out to her: Virtual Play and Life Skills
Virtual Play and Life Skills (@virtualplayandlifeskills) • Instagram photos and videos

Resources:
Wilbarger Brushing
"The Out of Sync Child" book by Carol Stock Kranowitz

3:33 What is Sensory Processing Disorder?

6:50 As a parent of a child with Sensory Processing Disorder, what difficulties arise?

8:06 Difference between Tantrum and Meltdown

12:02 Signs that the child is uncomfortable

14:38 If you want to get your child evaluated, where to begin?

21:02 What is a sensory diet?

30:14 Virtual Play and Life Skills: resource to help create comfortable and safe environments

33:31 Self-Care for overwhelmed parents

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Paul McLaughlin, a Marine Corps Veteran, Husband, and Father to 4, joins me on this episode to share his story of tranistion from military to civilian life. He had to find an outlet to fill social voids and build community that was lost when he left the Marine Corps.

Paul shares how he learned the value of community when he felt that loss after the built-in community the military life provides. He turned to hunting as a way to reconnect with himself, his friends, and family. 

It's time to recognize that men have social needs too!

Listen in and see how Paul's journey in the civilian life led to new relationships with community, food, nature, and his wife!

1:13 Meet Paul

3:17 Transitioning from a Military community to Civilian community life

9:16 Hunting: reconnect with family and friends

14:00 Solitude

18:05 How to make hunting a year-round activity

22:17 Kids, Hunting, and their relationship with food and nature

23:49 Connect with Nature

24:43 Understanding Conservation when hunting

26:42 Supporting your spouse's need for social time

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Women, we are not meant to do motherhood alone!

Two sisters-in-law, Tyler and Gabrielle Sylk, came together during the pandemic in 2019 to solve a social problem in their life. When their community was not allowed in person connection, they created this app to reach out, connect, and celebrate life events. This passion project led to this providing a place and resource for all women in the motherhood phase to never feel alone. 

The isolation during the pandemic forced us to rely on technology to stay in touch with our friends and family. The BumpDate App does just this. It uses technology to connect with our friends and family and stay updated on pregnancy milestones, parent/child birthdays, registries, parent recommendations and resources.

This episode highlights Gabrielle's and Tyler's pregnancy stories during the pandemic. The isolation and the social void created by the pandemic is what created their passion for community and connection. Listen in as they share their journey and how this App is how they want to support women now and forever, so that they will never feel alone!

Connect with Gabrielle Sylk and Tyler Sylk!
gabrielle iorio sylk (@gabriellesylk) • Instagram photos and videos
Tyler Anne (@tylersylk) • Instagram photos and videos

Check out the instagram for Bumpdate App:
Bumpdate — Private Social Pregnancy App (@bumpdateapp) • Instagram photos and videos

Download the Bumpdate App
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1:43 Meet Tyler and Gabrielle Sylk

3:00 Bumpdate App: The story of how it came to be

6:57 How does it work? Who can use it?

10:37 Your friends are your biggest influencers.

14:11 Dial in on high quality recommendations .

15:17 We rely on the advice of the parents who have already lived the experiences

16:43 Pregnancy during the Pandemic

19:23 Reach out, social support, building connections

23:11 Be the friend that remembers and the importance of sending that text, reaching out, and supportin

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Listen to this episode as Heather McGinniss, a licensed acupuncturist, explains it all about acupuncture! Check out Heather McGinniss' Bio on her website: https://www.thewaveacupuncture.net/about
Or find Heather on her instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/thewaveacupuncture/

First 25 minutes of the Episode focus on: 
What is Acupuncture? 
How can acupuncture aid in your healing? 
What is East Asian medicine? 
What are the common misconceptions?

Second 25 minutes focus on: Listeners! Your questions are finally answered about Acupuncture and fertility, chronic pain, mental health, sleep, allergies, and kids!

1:20 Meet Heather McGinnis (Licensed Acupuncturist)

7:20 Acupuncture defined and how it works?

9:20 How far do the needles go into your skin?

10:42 Chinese medicine, Integrative medicine, Holistic medicine- are they one in the same?

13:31 What are the differences between East Asian medicine and conventional Western medicine?

16:52 Are ailments exacerbated because our lifestyles have pulled us indoors and on screens?

19:17 Common misconceptions about Acupuncture debunked!!

23:38 "We are the primary healers in our life" mindset

25:27 Listener questions answered!

25:27 Is Acupuncture covered by insurance?

27:48 Anxiety and depression: How Acupuncture treats mental illness

28:57 Empirical Points

30:32 Acupuncture and Fertility

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Let's get talking about Birth Control, Women's Health, our Bodies, and our Hormones!

In this episode:

Birth Control Pills defined- how does it work?

What else do synthetic hormones do in our bodies besides prevent prgnancy?

"Risk vs. Benefit" Birth Control Checklist 

Check-in questions for a woman on the pill

How to advocate for a provider that serves and informs you!

Resource for comparing Birth Control options: Bedsider.org  

I am not here on an agenda about birth control. My agenda is on advocating for more conversations on Women's health, bodies, and hormones. We have the right to feel informed and empowered when it comes to our bodies. I provide information from books and podcasts of Physicians explaining birth control, bio individuality, sex hormones, and more! Check these resources out!

Books:

 “This Is Your Brain on Birth Control.” Sarah E. Hill, PhD

“Beyond the Pill.” Dr. Jolene Brighten 

Podcasts: 

HoneyDew Me: Birth Control 101 Know your Options and Ditch the Myths: Dr. Jennifer Lincoln 

Science Vs: Birth Control the Biggest myths 

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