Progressive Parenting

The second installment of my real life attempt at getting unstuck. Christy Farr  is my life coach. This is week two and our second session together. My life up till now has been me doing the same stuff over and over getting the same results.

After years of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results I have finally decided to call in an expert. 30 self help books later I am still not the person I want to be. I feel like I am stuck and I want out! So I called Christy Farr, she is a life coach who I have featured on my radio show Progressive Parenting. So here I am at the beginning of a new Journey for me. This first step has been so hard to make. I HATE asking for help. I HATE admitting I may need help, with anything including; lifting furniture, opening jars, or even breastfeeding! 

But I've made that first step. Maybe it was hard to make because I knew if I did it I would have to share it. How can I go around telling parents they aren't alone and not share this journey of change with my readers/listeners? So I will be doing this under a magnifying glass, but I have made peace with that (gulp). Tonight will be my first show. Feel free to call in and cheer me on or share your thoughts.

Our guest tonight will be Dr Barbara Morrison. We will discuss what happens in hospitals and how it is not natural, it puts all births at higher risk. A woman's body can function very well on its own if left alone.  How important it is for kangaroo care and breastfeeding to start immediately after birth.  Check out her site at http://www.drbarbcnm.com/

Did you know...

…90% of all childhood sexual abuse occurs by someone with whom the child knows and has a trusted, established relationship, not by a stranger.

…According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, statistics show that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys are sexually exploited before they reach adulthood, yet less than 35% of those assaults are reported to the authorities.

…Childhood sexual abuse occurs among ALL socioeconomic, educational, racial, and cultural groups in the United States and in the world.

…In the majority of cases of childhood sexual abuse, most predators gain access to their victims by enticement and deception, seldom by using force.

Pattie Fitzgerald of the Safely Ever After Program will be joining us and discussing ways to protect our children from sexual predators.

The Other Baby Book guides new and expecting mamas on a journey past “shoulds” and “musts,” back to the heart of true joy and connection. Massaro and Katz throw off the shackles of profit-driven companies and popular yet potentially harmful baby-rearing practices, and offer moms simple but profound ways to support the mother-baby relationship.

Marcy Axness, PhD—Author of Parenting for Peace: Raising the Next Generation of Peacemakers and a member of Mothering magazine’s online expert panel, Dr. Axness is a leading authority in the fields of early child development, adoption, prenatal and perinatal psychology and the neurobiology of attachment. She is a popular international speaker, has a private practice coaching parents-in-progress, and provides training for professionals about the latest human development research. She feels that one of her most important credentials is being mother to Ian, 24, and Eve, 21. Learn more at www.ParentingForPeace.com.

We will be discussing her book Parenting for Peace and the Trust Birth Conference.

My guest tonight will birth consultant and author of Unassisted Childbirth, Laura Shanley. She joins me to discuss unassisted birth, orgasmic birth and the Trust Birth Conference. We also invite women who have experienced the power of orgasm while birthing to share their experience.

To find out more information check her webpage.

http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com

Tonight we get caught up on Nirvana Jennette, she was our guest on the Silent Ban on Breastfeeding show . Then she was telling us about her church and how she had been asked to leave because she was nursing her baby in church! She has since been excommunicated from said church and is now working hard to change legislation in Georgia regarding a mothers right to nurse her baby wherever she has the right to be. 

The Nurse-In is this Monday March the 5th at 10am in Atlanta Georgia.

Does the STRESS of parenting ever get you 

to the end of your rope?

Are you ready to transform that stress into SUCCESS?

My guest is Kathy Whitham, RN, Behavior Parenting Coach, draws her expertise from 30 years of raising three children, combined with a comprehensive range of experience in both traditional maternal-child nursing and holistic practice. Kathy specializes in helping parents feel calm and confident in the face of challenging behaviors in order to restore peace at home and build relationships that rock!

Kathy believes children thrive in families where they feel safe, loved and are given a voice – no matter what their family looks like! You can find out more at:www.parentingbeyondwords.com

Get your parenting questions together and join us live!

Tonight my guest is Dayna Martin. Dayna Martin has been at the forefront of the unschooling movement for the past decade. Author of, Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun, she’s been featured on Dr. Phil, CNN, Nightline, and Fox News several times. She was even used as an informational resource for Unschooling stories on the Discovery Channel, The Today Show and Our America on the OWN Network. She travels the world as the UnNanny, and is a featured speaker at the major unschooling conferences worldwide.

Find out just what unschooling is, how it works and WHY you might want to do it yourself