On-air Coaching Call time! We love these episodes because they are real-life and unscripted. Today I am chatting with Megan and her main question initially was "How do I react when my daughter does something that's really unacceptable?"...but the real question was "How do I regulate my emotions enough to do what I know I should be doing?"

In this episode you'll find:

• How to respond to toddlers who are doing their work (biting, kicking, etc).
• How to respond to our kids when they have done something (like break a television) that they don't understand fully.
• A REAL LIFE PARENTING MOMENT that illustrates exactly what we talked about above - and then we unpack it.
• Why we sometimes regulate and sometimes we can't...and what to do about it.

Here is a link to the IG Video that shows some fun breathing exercises: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18097717303157364/

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Shannon is an RN by trade who became a SAHM to 4 kids and entrepreneur with an ecommerce business to  encourage other moms to live with courage in whole body wellness.  

What we discuss in this episode:

• Shannon shares her journey from being an RN to being a Mama of four who chose to stay home with her children but also wanted to honor who she is.
• The issue with defining motherhood with the "doing" rather than the "being".
• What Whole Body Wellness is and why we should be paying attention to it.
• Shannon's journey and experience with Postpartum Anxiety.
• How our Happy Mama Wellness Community monthly workbook highlights the wheel of life and if one spoke is broken, the wheel doesn't work.
• Lynn shares part of her journey with Postpartum Anxiety and how it came back in full force during COVID.
• How COVID added an extra layer of stress and anxiety and how that made asking for help and having support even more important.
• Shannon shares several of her go-to tools for addressing whole body wellness (from her "25 Whole Body Wellness Hacks for Busy Moms" linked below).

Resources and Links:

• Website: https://msha.ke/shanwright/
• Instagram: @shanwright56
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shannon.wright.355
• Shop: https://modere.co/3rKwa52
•  "25 Whole Body Wellness Hacks for Busy Moms" Free Download
•  Black Friday Deal - Use Referral Code 3667346 

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Amelia Kriss is a Drama Therapist and Certified Coach in private practice in the Bay Area, California, where she lives with her husband and two powerhouse daughters. She works primarily with recovering people-pleasers and "Nice" girls who are ready to deconstruct self-shrinking patterns, and find more ease & joy.

 Amelia is also deeply committed to Birth Story Medicine work; helping birthing parents integrate, and move forward from, unresolved issues connected to the experience of giving birth. She believes that supporting parents through birthing as a rite of passage is an important (and too often missing) piece of creating healthier & happier families.

 Amelia is also a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator and a director for therapeutic theatre. She is deeply interested in the connection between our personal healing journeys and our collective liberation.

 What we discuss in this episode:

• Amelia shares her own postpartum journey and the moment her husband asked her how she was. Her answer surprised her and helps to frame her transition into motherhood.
• What it really means when we get the message after a birth that says "Mom and Baby are healthy and happy."
• Why it is so important to prepare birthing people for the psychological and spiritual identity changes that come with the physical experience of birth. 
• Why the information preparing families have access to leans towards one of two extremes and why both sides are just not complete. "Most of us hold both sides; fear AND trust."
• Growing humans is a bad-ass thing and we are strong enough to think about, and prepare for, all potential outcomes.
• What it means to be "empowered" as a parent. You have life experiences you can draw on as you prepare for birth. And how birth is like going on a hike.
• Amelia shares about her Group Coaching program - how she designed and it and how it will help expectant parents.
• How society steers us wrong in birth and motherhood and why Redefining Motherhood exists. How motherhood is not a role or an archetype but an experience.
• Lynn shares the experience that jolted her out of "survival mode" in motherhood.
• Amelia connects for us that there is a level of death/change/rebirth that takes place in the transition into motherhood. How it is mixed and messy and dynamic. How there is a ying and yang. 

Resources and Links:

• Website: https://ameliakriss.com/
• Instagram: @akcollaborative
• Uncharted: Anchoring Yourself in the Wild Terrain of Giving Birth Group Program: www.birthingforreal.com 
• To book a Birth Story Medicine session with Amelia: https://ameliakriss.com/birth-story-medicine
• Newsletter for Pregnant People called Soft Cheese: https://ameliakriss.com/soft-cheese

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The truth of matrescence, or the transition to motherhood, is that it's messy. It's overwhelming. It's a period of intense transition where you your mind, body and spirit feel out of control and you don't recognize the person in the mirror. You lose your confidence. You're caught between two worlds. You're stumbling to figure out who this new person is. What she likes. What she fears. What she needs. When you listen to your inner voice and go against the grain, you get Mom-Shamed and bullied...by other people going through the same thing you are. So when we say motherhood is hard. This is what we mean.

And it's also beautiful. Mixed in with the exhaustion, the ambivalence, the guilt are moments of pure elation. Gratitude. Inspiration. Awe as you watch your child grow. You are on separate journeys of discovery...but you get to do it together and that is an incredible gift.

So far all the Mamas out there who feel like they're failing. Who feel numb. Who feel burnt out and overwhelmed. Who feel alone. Who feel drained. Who feel deceived by society's narrative of motherhood, this episode is for you. These are the five things I wish I'd been told about motherhood before I began matrescence.

Mamaste, Lynn 

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Dr Orlena trained as a pediatric doctor. She now works as a health coach, teaching busy women to lead their most healthy life in a way they love. So they can feel amazing, lead a long life and teach their kids healthy living habits.

What we discuss in this episode:

• Dr. Orlena shares her journey about how she wasn't showing up like she wanted to for her kids and in life and what she did to change that.
• How parenting is hard, but when we show up for ourselves first then we can show up for our kids.
• If we don't learn emotional wellness for ourselves, we can't model it for/teach it to our kids.
• Why self care is not a luxury, it's an integral part in keeping us healthy and well...also what can happen if we don't take care of ourselves.
• Dr. Orlena's Four Pillars: Healthy Eating, Movement That Lights You Up, Sleep and Managing Stress.
• It's not just about health, it's about your energy, enjoying life to the fullest and truly living...and it all starts with self care.
• Tools for managing the big emotions and high hormones of the postpartum period.
• What mirror neurons are and how can understanding them help us gain emotional wellness.
• Inspiration to help us make the changes we need to make in order to be well and prioritize ourselves.

Resources and Links:

• Website: https://www.drorlena.com
• FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthydrorlena

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After spending 20 years in Corporate America helping Fortune 500 companies manage multi-million dollar growth strategies, Jennie left her partnership in a global consulting firm to launch her own company. Besides her role as CEO, she also serves as a professional speaker, an Adjunct Professor in Strategy, a Board member, and the author of Corporate Rehab: Ditch the Hustle Culture and Thrive Again.

Her coaching and speaking business focuses on female executives looking to reach the next level of leadership without losing themselves in the process and on companies interested in building human-centered cultures. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband, two kids and Labrador puppy, and is trying to enjoy this chance to rewrite the next chapter of her career and life by running 10 milers, learning poetry, and joining an adult ice hockey league.

 What we discuss in this episode:

• Jennie shares her story and explains what the "hustle culture" is and what the recovery process looks like when you reconnect with who you are and what you want rather than falling under the spell of Supermom/Hustle Culture.
• "A woman's value is so often defined by how much she gives to other people". We discuss why this statement is so detrimental and how we can change our mindset and find the value in who we are as human beings.
• Cues that help us know we're stuck in the hustle culture and how we can get ourselves out of it.
• Jennie shares two stories from her book.
• The REHAB framework for overcoming hustle culture: Recognize, Evaluate, Heal, Arise, Build
• Anybody have mom-guilt when you take time for yourself? We chat about the importance of self-care and ignoring the "crazy lady in the attic".
• Not sure where to start? Become aware of your thoughts, limiting beliefs and language that you're using with yourself.

 Resources and Links:

• www.corporate-rehab.com to order Jennie's book or attend any of her workshops/events.
• Connect with Jennie on instagram @corporaterehab  

 Connect with Lynn on instagram @HappyMamaWellness. Looking for more support with parenting and motherhood? Get your first month in the Happy Mama Wellness Community here!

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Final week of the Ripple Effect Workshop replay. This week we pull it all together with some mindset shifts.

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All about keeping our cups full...for ourselves and our kids.

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All about triggers.

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I know this a sensitive topic and I might lose some of you, but please hear me out. I am sharing this IG Live replay in hopes that:

- If you are FOR upholding Roe v. Wade and feeling defeated, saddened, enraged right now...I hope this can bring things back into perspective that the MAJORITY of this country are rational human beings that we can have positive and productive discourse with

- If you are AGAINST Roe v. Wade being upheld and are celebrating right now, I hope that this helps you to understand why so many of us are not Ok.

Part of Redefining Supermom is to live our authentic self and model what that looks like for our children. This episode is me living my authentic life and I hope it helps you do the same.

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