Raising Myself

Today I talk about how I am creating a calmer Christmas. We are often under a lot of stress at Christmas time to do certain things and fill our schedules with too much and then wonder why our children are missing behaving. I talk about taking away the pressure and expectations of what Christmas 'should be' and give my suggestions on some changes you cab make to try and create a calmer day. I hope you enjoy it. As always leave a comment and let me know what you thought.

In this episode I am joined by Maria and Young and Learning. We talk about the the benefits of open ended toys. What an open ended toy might be and how to suppet tour child when playing with open ended toys. You can follow maria in all the social media channels with the name young n learning. As always let me know what you thought and share with your friends. (I apologise for the audio, I accidental recorded in the wrong mode)

In this episode I talk to Charlie from your time to grow. She is a careers coach. Great if you're on parental leave and want to change career, but not sure what to.

We talk about self acceptance. What that actually means and why we benefit from accepting ourselves.

We talk about how we can make any attribute positive or negative and to reframe the language we use about ourselves.

We talk about ways to change behaviours you dont accept but to accept that it's a journey and not to expect it to be changed/gone within a day.

Charlie's is taking to me whilst her little one sleeps on her lap and so you hear her sniffles in the background a few times.

If you want to find out more about what Charlie does or follow the inspiration ahe gives, you can find her at 'your time to grow' on social media. Or her website. www.yourtimetogrow.com

Its such a great listen, I hope you like it, as always leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Short podcast I recorded at the start of term when I first felt different for my parenting choices. I was struggling with mixed feeling about not wanting to send Lana to school but feeling like we were so different from others. My message today is to not compare yourself with others. Do what is right for your family and do it intentionally. As always follow me on Instagram and leave a comment to let me know what you think and message me if you'd like to be a guest on a future podcast. Thank you for listening.

In today's episode I am joined my Kelly Mitchell, the motherhood mentor. We talk about why self care is so important. What self care actually looks like and that it's not about having time on your own, why mothers find it so difficult to prioritise themselves and how we can encourage parents to take it more seriously. I really enjoyed recording this one and I hope you enjoy listening to it. As always head over to Instagram to tell me what you thought and if you want to find out more of what Kelly is up to you cab find her at www.motherhoodmentoring.com or the motherhoodmentor in social media.

In today's episode I talk about why role play is so beneficial to our children, yet I hate doing it. And how I am often stuck between not wanting to play but wanting Lana to gain from the experience of Play. So I talk about how I have put certain techniques in place to make sure Lana still gets those opportunities but I don't have to spend my whole day playing. I hope you enjoy it. And as always please find my Instagram page, 'raising myself' and follow more of my journey there.

An introduction to me. Where the name has come from and how ivw come to raise myself. I also talk about what to expect in future podcasts. Please come and follow me on my instagram page Raising_Myself and let me know what you think and if there's anything you'd like to come and chat to me about in a future episode. Thank you for listening