“Every spiritual journey is totally unique….Parents need to be comfortable with the fact that their kid's spirituality might look different from theirs.”

–Trace Bell

On this episode of the PlanSimple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Trace Bell about parenting and your kids’ spirituality. Trace is the son of renowned spiritual teacher and speaker, Rob Bell, who wrote Love Wins. Trace talks about the freedom he had to explore his own spirituality even when his father was a pastor and founder of a megachurch. 

Trace was never interested in organized religion, and never considered himself a Christian. His parents let him explore his own path and his own doorways into spirituality. He asked a lot of questions about infinity and his consciousness, and his parents encouraged his curiosity. 

He finds that a lot of parents are in a hard place: they don’t want to hand down the religion and religious structure they were given, but they do want to instill a deeper sense of spirituality in their kids. Some worry that if they don’t give kids the framework that their kids will go astray. His work helps parents figure it out. 

We talk about: 

• Teaching kids spirituality through your own way of being and letting kids find their own doorways (even if that’s scary to you)
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• Ways to explore this process if you are part of a church or organized religion yourself
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• How pushing spirituality on kids out of obligation or something inauthentic can turn kids off
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• Rituals, meditation, and creating body-spirit connection
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• Taking a new look at time
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BIO

Trace Bell is a spiritual teacher and consciousness guide. He is the son of author and teacher Rob Bell. Trace graduated from UCLA a year ago with a degree in political science and has spent the last year teaching with his father and working with people on their own spiritual journeys and personal evolution. On the Robcast Trace has talked about time, awareness, spiral dynamics and much more. Trace works with parents on how they can talk to their kids about spirituality in new ways and how they can parent from a spiritual perspective. Trace uses the psychological development model spiral dynamics to help people live a more whole, integrated and aligned life. It's been an incredible first year out of college for him and he is having so much fun getting to work with incredible people on their spirituality and development.

LINKS

• https://www.tracebelll.com/
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• https://robbell.com/podcast/
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Doable Changes from this episode:

• KNOW YOUR OWN SPIRITUALITY. To teach your kids spirituality, start with what works for you. Where do you find your spirituality most open to you? Is it in a church or synagogue? Is it outside in nature? In a place where you are helping people? Show your kids what fills you with wonder or curiosity. Be open about where you are uncertain or struggle or have questions. Maybe journal on your concerns. What are you really worried about if you don’t pass on a framework that doesn’t feel authentic to you?
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• ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH QUESTIONS. Instead of trying to have all the answers, try answering questions with questions. Acknowledge that a lot of the things kids may be curious about are things that humankind has grappled with for centuries. Not having all the answers is a way of nurturing curiosity and allowing kids to find their own doorways.                                         
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• CREATE ONE RITUAL. Rituals are part of many spiritual traditions. It can be as simple as lighting a candle to create a sacred space or turning off all technology for a sabbath space for your family. Think about what is meaningful to you, what you want to share (not force on your kids, but share). Can you create a ritual together or invite your kids to join you in one you have created for yourself (without attachment to them loving it)?
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“Easeful Motherhood is a practice of providing  peace, so that our ‘children can become themselves.’” – by Mia, based on Sil’s definition of mothering

Motherhood wasn’t meant to be a juggling act, yet many of us moms have had “too many balls in the air” since the day our kid was born —  and then came the pandemic.

The pandemic made a few things about mothering better, and a few things way harder. 

Whether or not you experienced it as a good break or the hardest stretch of mothering yet, it changed us.

This fall is different from any other fall. 

Our kids are different people after living through the past 18 months.

We are different, and maybe a bit weary.

And with all the “different,” there is a huge  opportunity to show up and support our kids, and ourselves, in a new way.

This fall, as our kids head back to school and we navigate work and home, I would love to invite you into a new way to show up in your role as mom.

This episode is a letter from me to you, mama — really from Sil and I to you.

The short story is that you are invited to lean into a more easeful way for 6-weeks this fall with me and the AMAZING Sil Reynolds — who I literally think is the wisest mother mentor around.

If you feel like you are always juggling…

If you are feeling depleted or frustrated in your role as mama…

If you are not sure if you are doing the mothering thing any differently than your mom, and you want to…

If you have a kid who is REALLY struggling or going through a big life change…

If you just want motherhood to be more easeful and a whole lot less stressful…

If even ONE of these things is true, then you’ll want to read more or

listen in above ....

Learn more and join us for Easeful Motherhood »

“We actually need grounded adults who have our back, no matter what.” 

–Eliza Reynolds

On this episode of the PlanSimple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Eliza Reynolds, who co-wrote Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years with her mom Sil, who has also been on the podcast. Eliza has been coaching preteen and teen girls for 15 years and offers an amazing perspective to moms. 

Let’s start by talking about the preteen/teen period. So many of us are taught to dread it, to expect it to be awful, but Eliza flips that script, calling it the brilliant, fun, ferocious, intense pre-teen, and teenage years. And she thinks parents and kids need and deserve true, nonjudgmental support.

We dig into peer-culture and toxic mean girls. You’ve probably learned that kids pull away from parents now, that they want to interact more with their peers, but there is a lot of toxic peer culture. Preteens and teens need you to hang in there with them — and they need to be part of communities with healthy peer culture. 

We talk about: 

• Intentionally building community based on shared values and finding mentors for yourself as a parent
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• Helping kids build relationships with other adults and getting involved with intergenerational mentorship
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• Dealing with things that come up from your own preteen/teen years
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• Why resistance does not mean rejection 
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• Holding limits and boundaries and teaching kids how to take care of themselves
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BIO

Eliza Reynolds is the professional daughter with the inside scoop and a champion for preteen and teenage girls living full lives. An expert on mother-daughter relationships, she’s been coaching preteen and teen girls to connect with their mothers, and with themselves, since she was a teen herself.

Together with her own mother, Sil, Eliza is the co-author of Mothering and Daughtering: Keeping Your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years, (she wrote the sassy side) and the co-host of We Thrive TV. The mother-daughter duo have taught sold-out workshops nation-wide for thousands of mothers and their preteen and teen daughters for the past 10 years.

On her own, Eliza has her undergraduate degree from Brown University, was trained as a sex educator for Planned Parenthood, and was a consultant for Eve Ensler, (“Vagina Monologues,”) on her book for teenage girls: I Am an Emotional Creature. 

LINKS FOR BADASS GIRLS ACADEMY

• PARENT FREE Resource FROM ELIZA » 
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• BADASS ACADEMY APPLICATION »  
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• BADASS ACADEMY INFORMATION SESSION » 
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OTHER LINKS FROM PODCAST

• Mothering and Daughtering Audio Book
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• Mothering with Sil Reynolds (Plan Simple Episode)
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• EASEFUL MOTHERHOOD EXPERIENCE WITH SIL + MIA
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Doable Changes from this episode:

• GET CLEAR ON YOUR VALUES. Getting clear on your values matters for a couple of reasons. One, you’ll share your values with your kids based on what you say and do. But also, if you are looking to intentionally create community, you’re going to look for people who share those. So start by listing your values, what they mean, and how those show up in your life. You might start with some of the ideas here: https://plansimple.com/family-brand/
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• SEEK MENTORS FOR YOUR PRETEENS & TEENS. Helping your kids connect with adults of different ages in your community is one way to do that. Think about who they already have connections with or people they might like to know. Make space to nurture those bridges. Or choose Badass Girls Academy and the mentors there. (See links above.)
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• GET MORE REAL. What would change in your life if you were more real? Eliza asks this question of the preteens and teens she works with, but it works for parents too. Get quiet and ask yourself this question. Or get together with a group of moms and all answer it. Our kids don’t need perfect parents, they need real ones. What would change if you were more real?
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TK.

—Mia Moran

This is one of three episodes of the PlanSimple Podcast about rethinking time. I’m continuing to explore my own ideas about time and sharing exercises that resonate with me and my FLOW 365 group about different aspects of time. 

You can catch up on the first episode about planning and the freedom it gives us (and the dreaming exercise I gave). 

You can catch up the second episode about realization time lives within us and a way to get grounded in time right now. 

In this, the third episode about time, we focus in on today. We’ve identified our big 5–10 year dream. We’ve looked at the remaining five months of the year. And now we’re zooming in even more. 

I talk about: 

• How looking closely had time helps us loosen our grip on time and finding middle ground between being a prisoner to our schedule and detaching from time
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Doable Change from this episode:

• FOCUS ON TODAY. For this exercise you need the Today sheet, linked above. This sheet, from the FLOW planner is a daily practice of acknowledging both the creative lists piece of planning and how that exists in time. 
• The left side of the sheet is full of questions and lists. The right side is grounded in time from 6 AM to 11 PM
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• List three things that will move you toward that intention. (This is about impact not about how much time it fills up.)
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• USE A POST IT. A Post-it is a great way to simplify your Today process. Write what you are grateful for, write 3 things you are committed to doing, and what’s for dinner (because food nourishes us to accomplish the things that matter—and writing it down takes way a lot of the overthinking). 
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• SHARE. What’s on your Today sheet? Share your intention or your three things or your gratitude here or if you’re ready to share, but not with everyone, you can message me there
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FLOW 365 is a time to lean into your best life, to dream, to plan, to do and find flow. And you may make big shifts in thinking—like some of the ideas I’ve been sharing about time—we get really practical. Our plans take into account what’s happen in our lives, what we want, and the steps we need to take. 

Here’s what a week in FLOW looks like:

Monday calls—Everyone gets a chance to share your three big rocks—the most important things, the things that are moving you toward your 5–10 year vision. They may not be the most time consuming things, but they are the things you need to be intentional about. 

Fridays we have a big group planning call. I lead with a reflection about time or what’s been coming up over the week. We get grounded in gratitude. And we plan our week. 

In addition there are learning opportunities, like how to plan a morning or evening routine the move you toward your best life, or digging deeper into meal planning. Sometimes we dive into different categories of goals—food goals, lifestyle goals, work goals, spiritual goals. We choose a 21-day focus to change a habit. We also have get it done sessions where you show up and do the work you need to do. 

For all of this, you choose what to show up for, you choose what you need to live your best life. 

And every 90 days we have a retreat where we get grounded in our goals. The next retreat is the last week in August. Sign up now, so you can be part of this community and the life-changing practice

This is the last time I anticipate running a 90-day session of FLOW and the last time I run it at this price. Are you ready to get in FLOW, ready to move your dream forward, ready for deep support and community?

“We do not live within time, time lives within us.”

— Rob Bell

This is two of three episodes of the PlanSimple Podcast about rethinking time. I’m doing my own deep exploration of time and working through it in FLOW365 and sharing my thoughts here even as they evolved. 

You can catch up on the first episode about planning and the freedom it gives us (and the dreaming exercise I gave) here.  

In this, the second episode about time, we focus on the idea that we do not live within time, time lives within us. We continue to loosen the grip time has on us—in our whole lives or in some aspect of our life. And we have to remember that we can’t bring the past or future into the present except by the stories we tell ourselves. 

I lead with the exercise (see below) and talk about: 

• How time feels different right now and a way to start grounding in time (without getting stuck in it)
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• Noticing the urge to do everything all at once right now, look at where things should actually happen based on the energy of each month
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• Moving back and forth between a creative list and time
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• How mapping our dreams helps us avoid panicking about time — instead of OMG there are only five months left in 2015, we can relax into those five months
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LINKS

• https://robbell.podbean.com/e/time-in-us/
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Exercise

• LANDING IN TIME. For this exercise you need a month at a glance calendar for the rest of the months of 2021 (August–December) and some colored pens. You can use a paper one if you have one or print one from online. Lay out the months in front of you on the floor or a table. Ask what does August mean to me? What does September mean? Do this for all the months. 
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• Open up your planner or digital calendar, scan through your emails… What do you have coming up? Kids going back to school, holidays, business launches … just start to mentally gather it.
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• SHARE YOUR AHAS. What did you learn about time? Where do you feel like you’ve landed?  Share here or if you’re ready to share, but not with everyone, you can message me there or send an email.
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FLOW365 is a time to lean into your life, to dream, to plan, to do and find flow. We work with the different cycles and seasons of our lives and move with intention toward big dreams. It’s amazing work to do in a community of committed women. 

This is the last time I anticipate running a 90-day session of FLOW and the last time I run it at this price. Are you ready to get in FLOW, ready to move your dream forward, ready for deep support and community?

“Planning is a gift from our past self to our future self so that we can receive the gift in the now — and BE in the now.”

– Mia

I have been thinking a lot about time the past few months — in an effort to understand why time felt different during the at-home phase of the pandemic and how we can keep the good parts going — with my journal, in the early mornings, at the beach, and between client calls. 

I pressed the record button on three episodes last week. This is not “perfectly” flushed out content, BUT it is very relevant as we head out of the rhythm of the last 18 months and into the rhythm of fall (and the different kind of uncertainty it brings). Each episode has some ideas —they are a weaving of the FLOW planning process as you may have come to know it mixed with some new ideas that are an updated way for me to talk about time while also older than you and I — and each episode has a planning exercise to move you forward.

In this first episode, I talk about being in the now. I have found that obsessing about the future and wallowing in the past can muddy the “now moment.” 

My antidote to this is a plan. 

Planning creates a container for us to land in our dreams and helps us loosen our grasp on time. So in a way planning gives us freedom. — even though it may seem like the opposite. 

When we try to hold time too tight, we can’t move forward... and this stuckness leads to the feeling of overwhelm.

Right now many of us are holding on to time very tightly — well because we may feel like we just lost a year and then some.

Right now many women are experiencing more overwhelm than ever.

Side note. There are reasons to process the past and dream of the future, in fact that’s what this episode is about, we just don’t want to get stuck there in an effort to avoid the present.

Listen in to hear all the nuggets and then do the exercise below (also explained on the episode).

EXERCISE

CREATE A VISION. Make time and space to dream and to write down your dream. Don’t get locked into how things are supposed to be, the pandemic, the kids' ages, your current living arrangement, or the fact you need more money. Just ask yourself, “How do I want my life to feel? What does that look like with work, home, vacations, health, energy, relationships?

Keep it simple and find small chunks of time to do this exercise. Schedule three 15 minute dream sessions. I love doing this right before bed or first thing in the morning.

Create the physical space to dream. Light a candle to create an intentional space, play music that brings you joy, and find a notebook or paper that feels special. Or clean off your bedside table and put a notebook, favorite pen, and some special objects by your bed. Ask the question “What am I trying to create in my life?” before you go to bed. 

If you get stuck… Focus on a time 5–10 years from now, enough you get out of whatever is making you feel stuck right now. Free yourself of all limiting beliefs by casting a dream that has possibility because it is in  10 years.

SHARE YOUR VISION. Tell us what your vision is! Share here or if you’re ready to share, but not with everyone, you can DM me there too or just send an email!

GET READY FOR STEP 2. This is the first episode of three about time. First make time to dream, then come back to find out what’s next.

You are invited into FLOW365 if bringing this dream into reality is something you would love some structure and support with.

FLOW365 is all about bringing our dreams to reality, through planning, leaning into one thing, and creating flow between different areas of our life. During our FLOW365 Retreat at the end of August, we’ll get really clear on our 90-day goals for the next season, whether you think of that as fall or this period of your life, where you are in your business, your marriage, with your kids or with your parents … We’ll work through the season and move into in with intention. 

This is the last time I anticipate running a 90-day session of FLOW and the last time I run it at this price. Are you ready to get in FLOW, ready to move your dream forward, ready for deep support and community? 

Enrollment is open August 12 – August 20. The first 5 to sign up, and pay in full, get a BONUS half day VIP session to build out a specific plan — business launch, healthy meals, parenting, you name it, a plan can respond to it!

LINKS

Planning with Purpose – Your 5–10 Year Plan

FLOW365

I love the consent of anti-racism because it's not just choices, but it's action.

–Brandyn Campbell

On this episode of the PlanSimple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Brandyn Campbell, a consultant who helps companies build and articulate their commitment to racial justice. That means building inclusive environments and fleshing out their values and how those can align with being anti-racist. 

This is not an easy conversation. I’ve realized over the past year ways that I am not anti-racist, ways I am not inclusive. There is a part of me that worries I could make a mistake, say the wrong thing to Brandyn in this conversation, or others. I know I am not alone in this fear, but it’s really important to have these conversations as part of change. 

We talk about putting this into practice in our businesses. Brandyn says it can be easier for small business or solopreneurs because there are fewer layers of politics to navigate. It starts with identifying core values. 

We talk about: 

• How to handle making mistakes and how to use them to move forward
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• Aspirational values and steps we take that move us further into alignment with our values (we talk specifically about being inclusive as a value) 
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• Little steps you can take, like buying books from a Black-owned independent bookstore instead of Amazon
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• Remembering that actions, like pointing out to an event organizer that their panel should be more diverse, don’t have to be a big controversy
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BIO

Brandyn Campbell combines her passions for communications and diversity to help businesses build and articulate their commitment to racial justice. The founder of Brandyn Campbell Communications, she draws on 15 years of experience providing training and strategy on multiculturalism and cultural competence. Brandyn has worked with clients around the world to provide actionable solutions to infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout their communications and cultures. Brandyn lives in suburban Philadelphia and loves reading, laughing, music, hiking, and going on adventures with her two children.

LINKS

• www.brandyncampbell.com
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• PRACTICE MAKING MISTAKES. Making mistakes is part of learning and change. Practice not getting defensive when you get called out or called in. Practice saying, “I didn’t know that. Thank you for telling me.”
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• PICK ONE SMALL WAY TO LIVE YOUR VALUES. We discussed some of the ways we can live our values. It can be as simple as buying the books that we would buy anyway from a Black-owned independent bookseller instead of Amazon. Or sending a message to an event organizer pointing out a lack of diversity in their panel or making an effort to bring different perspectives to our own panels or podcasts. Pick one way and lean into that for the next month.
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If you can turn and look at any spot in your home and feel good about yourself, then your home is giving you good feedback. 

–Moni Castaneda

On this episode of the PlanSimple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Moni Castaneda, about Feng Shui and how to set up our homes so that we can be more relaxed, more productive and get along with others better. If you do a lot of tidying and decluttering, we’re going to take a step back here to what comes before that — and the beauty and energy of it!

We talk about the two things we avoid: the things we really should be doing but don’t want to do and the things we would love to do but deprive ourselves from doing because of the thing we think we should do. So we talk about permission and what we learn and what we do for others. 

Moni shares some of the nine principles of transformations people need to go through and then connects those to things we can do in the home to make change. 

We talk about: 

• Pouring a lot of love and energy into our kids and how to shift that as they grow or have even moved out on their own
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• Harmonizing the elements of your life
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• Changing the language you use to bring about change
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• How windows, mirrors, and artwork reflect our relationships 
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• The way changes in the home support the transformation of us as people
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BIO

Moni Castaneda is a Feng Shui Consultant, Speaker and Author. Feng Shui is the ancient Asian art that teaches us how to live in harmony with our surroundings. Moni has integrated modern Western architecture (for which she trained) with ancient Feng Shui knowledge to create the Nine Steps to Feng Shui® System, a step-by-step method to study and practice this art. With this method, Moni helps clients turn their current homes into dream homes, where they may live happy lives and realize their full potential.

LINKS

• https://www.ninestepstofengshui.com/
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• FIND YOUR BEAUTY. Moni says that it’s amazing how beauty transforms clutter. So start with beauty. She gives the example of having a beautiful couch that is always covered with stuff so you can’t see it. Clear the stuff. Look around your house for things that are already beautiful. How can you make the beauty shine? It might mean putting things away or clearing things or changing things (maybe using a basket instead of a plastic bin)? But instead of looking at the clutter, look at bringing out the beauty of one thing. 
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• CHANGE YOUR WORDS. Our words have power, and when we keep using negative language it impacts our lives. Start by noticing your negative language, things like I’m so disorganized or I’m a terrible mother because the toys aren’t picked up. Start eliminating negative language or bringing in more positive language. 
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Listen to the rest of my talk with Moni, including her Feng shui tips and ideas for transforming your home to transform your life (along with so much other wisdom and goodness) at CAMP! 

http://plansimple.com/camp

“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.”  ― Michelle Obama

The past year was no joke. We became teachers that were never trained to teach, were asked to get the same quantity of work completed with more consistent interruption, and many of us were simultaneously surrounded by kids, family and community members in crisis. 

We rolled up our sleeves and we got to work. There may have been pieces of our new normal that almost seemed better — way less driving, less transitions, a slower calmer pace, Zoom calls with grandmas and aunties, a clarity of what matters most. But there were also pieces that were really hard — being far away from loved ones, kids bouncing off walls, masks, no alone time, so much cooking, stressful and time-consuming grocery runs, sickness, tight money. It was a bit different for each one of us, but it was easy for no mom.

And now, as the world opens back up and we release kids back into their worlds of elementary school, middle school, high school or even college, I am hoping we can all slow down enough to remember who we have become.

Camp covers 5 themes — body, presence, money, motherhood and play

Camp offers us some tools, some practice, some community to navigate these areas. 

It is virtual, but designed to be more than you stuck in front of a computer. 

You will move, plan and take action.

You will rest, reset and flow — which is what we need now more than ever!

If you upgrade, we also will give you audios, so you can listen from your phone for the rest of summer and into fall… It’s all content that you will want to dive into.

My dream would be for you to gather a group of friends and do this together!

Here is a listing of the CAMP offerings!

Monday, July 12 – Friday, July 16

Live classes will be so FUN live, but will also be posted as the finish, and the recording will be up for 24 hours….

Monday: BODY

10 AM ET— Meal Planning for Your Week with Mia

1 PM ET — Amazing Salads with Tess Masters

3 PM ET — Q and A with Tara

You schedule your time…

• All About Hormones with Dr. Anna Cabeca
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• Navigating the Healthcare Sysytem with Kyana Brathwaite
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• Cravings with with Jennifer Philips
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• Pilates with Tara Frederickson
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• JourneyDance with Toni Bergins
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• A Meditation with Heather Dressel
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• Kitchen Tools with Mary Lummerding
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Tuesday: PRESENCE

10 AM ET— Sacred Circle with Julie Hannon

12 PM ET— JourneyDance  with Toni Bergins 

3 PM ET — 90-Minute Get-Something-Done Session with Mia

You schedule your time…

• The Enneagram with Christina Granahan
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• Being Present in Your Home with Moni Castaneda
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• Intention and Candles with Prsha Calmers
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• Writing your spiritual stories with Becky Sims and Shuana’h Fuegan
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Wednesday: MONEY

10 AM ET — Create Two Weeks of Social Media with Christine McShane

12 PM ET  — Your Money Vibe with Jackie Woodside

4 PM ET — Create a Budget with Shay McMillan

You schedule your time…

• VisionMaker Process with Jennifer Zweibel
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• Get Systems Set Up So Taxes Are Easier with LuSundra Gass Everett
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• Tapping with Jill Wener
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• Radical Self-Care: Confronting Your Online Order History with Kristin Ivey
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• Be Anti-Racist with Your Money with Brandyn Campbell
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Thursday: MOTHERHOOD

1 PM ET— Easeful Motherhood with Sil Reynolds

2 PM ET — Moving your Nervous System from Surviving into Thriving with Kelly Lubeck

You schedule your time…

• How to Raise Happy Humans with Jenny Warner
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• Who Are the Women Who Came Before You? with Dana Jones
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• The Gift of Alternative Adventures with Evelyn Castro
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Friday: PLAY

10 AM — Playing with Manifesting with Jen Mazer

2 PM — Self: Nurturing: Permission to Play with Kelley Grimes

4 PM — Q and A about the Enneagram and Oracle

You schedule your time…

• Astrology 101 with Wanica, aka Ms Astrology
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• Fun with Oracle Cards with Heather Dressel
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• Collage with Jody Camarra
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Sign up and stay tuned for info on how to schedule your sessions. Fit what resonates most into your week, or upgrade and spread it out over a month. 

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Tapping gives a regimented way to process negative emotions. And then you feel amazing afterwards. 

–Jill Wener

On this episode of the PlanSimple Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Jill Wener, the meditating doctor. Facing stress and burnout herself, Jill found mediation. She overcame her initial skepticism and learned the science behind Conscious Health Mediation. In 2017, she learned another technique—Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as EFT or tapping—that helped her overcome limiting beliefs.

We talk about really feeling your emotions and giving ourselves permission to have more positive feelings. Along with this Jill talks about reframing thoughts, so that we are focusing on what we want to grow. Tapping becomes a modality for processing your emotions. 

Jill briefly explains how tapping works: You say things out loud as you tap on different points on your face and chest. And then you can embody that feeling and sit in it and allow it and embrace it. Then you allow it to pass and to integrate and shift. Then there is a cognitive shift. And you feel amazing after. 

We talk about: 

• How flexible and adaptive tapping is — and how easy it is to start
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• Learning tools that you can use on your own (they may take time and practice, but you can get ongoing benefits on your own)
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• Meditation and how it perks you up better than Starbucks
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• Mediation being more preventative, while tapping is more like a spot cleaner
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• Seeing negative emotions as a gift
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• Tapping with your kids
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Tapping is one of those tools that can bend time, but making you feel amazing in a short time and helping you release negative thoughts and emotions getting in your way. Jill will walk us through tapping during CAMP! 

Are you signed up yet? Do that now so you have time to plan your amazing week. https://plansimple.com/camp

BIO

After 10+ years practicing Internal Medicine in a busy urban hospital, Jill knows firsthand what severe stress and burnout feel like. In the midst of her own emotional turmoil, she was introduced to Conscious Health Meditation, and it had a profound effect on her well-being. Due to her medical background, Jill was initially skeptical of spiritual practices. However, as she learned the science behind Conscious Health Meditation, she embraced the training and marveled at the results of her efforts. The only Conscious Health (also known as Vedic) Meditation instructor in Georgia, Jill completed her training in Rishikesh, India in April, 2016. 

Jill strongly believes that there is no 'quick fix'; no singular technique can address all of the physical and emotional challenges of today's society. When she discovered the evidence-based technique of tapping (also called the Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT) at a conference for women physicians in 2017 and began using it herself, she was amazed at how well it complemented her meditation practice and helped her to let go of long-held limiting beliefs. She became a tapping practitioner in 2019, and finds tremendous joy facilitating incredible growth and benefits with her tapping clients. 

A nationally-renowned expert in physician wellness, Jill has published several articles on KevinMD, led physician wellness programs around the country, and lectured at the national level on stress and the benefits of meditation and tapping. She has been interviewed on multiple TV and radio shows as well as podcasts (in the medical community and beyond). In addition to her online and in-person meditation and tapping programs, Jill leads meditation retreats all over the world and is the co-founder and Chief Wellness Officer of the TransforMD Mastery Retreat for Women Physicians. An (always aspiring) anti-racist, Jill is the creator of the Conscious Anti-Racism curriculum, in which she (along with her business partner Dr. Maiysha Clairborne) combines her insights as a white woman on her own anti-racism journey with her mind-body expertise and her 10 years of experience practicing medicine. Jill is also the host of the Conscious Anti-Racism podcast, and she is also the author of the Conscious Anti-Racism book with Dr. Clairborne. 

LINKS

• www.jillwener.com
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• https://www.instagram.com/jillwenermd/
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Doable Changes from this episode:

• NOTICE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS. Most of us were taught that emotions like anger and sadness were bad, but learning to feel and process all emotions is important. Start by simply noticing your emotions without judgement. Name how you are feeling.
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• TRY MEDITATION. Jill notes that meditation is preventative. It’s a practice that over time makes a difference—just like all of our doable changes. Start by doing a very short meditation. If you think mediation isn’t for you, try Conscious Health Mediation, a specific modality that Jill teaches.
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• EXPLORE TAPPING. Learn more about Tapping on Jill’s site—or come to CAMP—to learn tapping from Jill! This technique is simple to learn, and you can get something out of it whenever you do it, even if you don’t practice regularly.
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