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Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply guides parents on how to keep up their children's reading skills during the pandemic.

Episode 131: Quarantine Parenting: Simple Ways to Keep Up Our Children's Reading Skills by Adina Soclof

A certified Speech Pathologist, Adina received her Master's degree from Hunter College in New York in Communication Sciences. Adina worked in preschools for the developmentally disabled in the New York area before staying home full time with her family.

In 2010, she launched Parenting Simply as a community to help parents connect with their children and learn simple, practical and easy to implement skills to create a peaceful home. Parenting Simply's mission is to reduce the stress that parents and children feel by giving parents communication and organizational tips that can help parents maintain a loving and calm home.

The original post is located here: https://parentingsimply.com/quarantine-parenting-simple-ways-to-keep-up-our-childrens-reading-skills/ 

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Dr. Ashleigh Louis with The Gottman Institute encourages parents to teach their children the value of self-care

Episode 130: Teach Your Kids the Value of Self-Care by Creating Healthy Habits by Dr. Ashleigh Louis

The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.

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Tynan issues a thank you to his loving parents.

Episode 129: Thanks, Mom and Dad by Tynan

Tynan was named as one of the top 25 best bloggers in 2013 by Time Magazine. He believes in making deliberate decisions and breaking away from the herd mentality. He likes learning new things, building habits, exposing the world, connecting with awesome people, and creating good work. The New York Times Bestseller “The Game” featured him as one of the main characters, as he was one of the most famous pickup artists in the world. In 2008, he sold everything he owned and went on an extended world trip, becoming a fervent minimalist.

Fun facts: he's a college dropout, was a professional poker player, Courtney Love was his roommate for 9 months, and he once built a swimming pool in his living room.

The original post is located here: https://tynan.com/parents 

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Evan Marc Katz questions if the bar is too low on being a good father.

Episode 128: Is the Bar Too Low on Being a Good Father by Evan Marc Katz

Dating coach Evan Marc Katz has been billed as a “personal trainer for smart, strong, successful women,” helping singles find love since 2003. Thousands of his clients have fallen in love, gotten married, started families, and found happiness, after only a few months of coaching.

It's an unlikely career for a man–much less a man who was called a “serial dater” by CNN–yet that's what makes Katz such a unique coach. By helping women understand men–what they think, how they act, and what they really want–he empowers them to make healthy, informed choices in love.

The original post is located here: https://www.evanmarckatz.com/blog/marriage/is-the-bar-too-low-on-being-a-good-father 

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Alana Carvalho with Highly Sensitive Refuge helps us overcome the challenge of parenting a highly sensitive child.

Episode 127: Parenting a Sensitive Child Ain’t Easy. Here’s How to Do It Right by Alana Carvalho

Co-founders Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo's mission is to prove that high sensitivity can be strong. It's okay to be a highly sensitive person (HSP). In fact, the world could use a little more of what HSPs have.

They are the voices of Highly Sensitive Refuge, a community where HSPs can be themselves, take a break from the harshness of the world, and feel understood. Our founders are Jenn Granneman and Andre Sólo.

The original post is located here: https://highlysensitiverefuge.com/parenting-a-sensitive-child-aint-easy/

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Hilary Barnett of Whole Motherhood shares two short posts to help mothers become more assertive and empowered.

Episode 126: Because I Said So AND For the People Pleasing Mom by Hilary Barnett

Hilary Barnett is an author, wife, entrepreneur and mother of two. She lives in Nashville and is the founder of Savvee, a boutique marketing agency that helps organizations define and create meaningful online content.

You can usually find her walking the tightrope between the practical and the ideal, what is and what could be. Hilary believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear.

The original posts are located here: https://wholemotherhood.co/because-i-said-so-on-justifying-our-choices-as-mothers/ & https://wholemotherhood.co/for-the-people-pleasing-mom/ 

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Shawna Scafe of Simple On Purpose shares some sanity saving tips for moms.

Episode 125: Mom Sanity Savers by Shawna Scafe

Shawna Scafe is a mom of three small kids who started blogging after her first son was born. She wanted to share her c-section story in order to help herself work through the disappointment she felt about it. She read a book on minimalism that changed how she viewed her life. She started asking questions about why we have so much, do so much, work so much and we feel so restless and overwhelmed. Shawna is trying to live life on purpose, set dreams and goals for herself as a mom, wife and woman and she is trying to share it openly with everyone.

The original post is located here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/mom-sanity-savers/ 

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Jaclyn Desforges with Introvert, Dear talks about the fear of raising an introverted child that may get shamed or bullied.

Episode 124: I'm Scared My Kid Will Get ‘Introvert Shamed' by Jaclyn Desforges

Jenn Granneman is the founder of Introvert, Dear and author of The Secret Lives of Introverts. She started Introvert, Dear in 2013 as her personal blog. She was living with an extroverted roommate, dating an extroverted guy, and working an extroverted job (teaching 4th grade). Jenn wanted to write about what it was like being an introvert living in an extrovert's world.

In true introvert form, she wrote her blog anonymously for almost two years. Jenn had no desire to be in the spotlight. And she had no idea her little blog would become this! Now, with the help of quiet ones around the world, she is on a mission: to let introverts everywhere know it's okay to be who they are.

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Jay Harrington of Life and Whim encourages us to regain the proper perspective about sports in our kid's lives. This is part 2 of 2.

Episode 123: [Part 2] Let’s Regain the Proper Perspective About Sports in Our Kids’ Lives by Jay Harrington

Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life.

The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/perspective-about-sports-in-our-kids-lives

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Jay Harrington of Life and Whim encourages us to regain the proper perspective about sports in our kid's lives. This is part 1 of 2.

Episode 122: [Part 1] Let’s Regain the Proper Perspective About Sports in Our Kids’ Lives by Jay Harrington

Jay and Heather Harrington are the husband and wife team behind Life and Whim. They started Life and Whim after moving their family to Traverse City, a small town on the shores of Lake Michigan, to break the script of their life and reimagine what's possible. They live in pursuit of a purposeful, meaningful, active, and simple life.

The original post is located here: https://www.lifeandwhim.com/first-moments-blog/perspective-about-sports-in-our-kids-lives

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