Raising Successful Kids Podcast

Barbara Chandler came from a primary school educator background, and has seen first-hand, the problems that children can have in the mainstream curriculum. These problems all seem to be rooted in the “why” of educating; such as demonstrating from an early age the importance of learning mathematics, literacy and creative pursuits.

Ultra offers a different route, having built a business on inspiring your people through entrepreneurial educational programmes, offering 7 - 18 year-olds exciting and challenging courses of education.

Barbara joins Irene today to discuss the many benefits of the Ultra programme, as well as how you can become involved in shaping the minds of tomorrow.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Ultra have successfully run pilot franchise operations and are now looking for business-minded people who have a strong empathy with children, to take Ultra education into new areas.
• Ultra allows the child to discover their own passions and interests, and allows them to realise the importance of certain education paths upon their own destinies.
• When you’re aiming for anything in life, it’s always best to plan so that you can check your progress, and see your future before you.
• One of Barbara’s core principles is to bring out the teacher in everyone. As she puts it, “no one is an empty vessel”. Everyone is the sum of their experiences, and is already part way through life’s journey. And so everyone has something to teach others.
• The costs involved in setting up your Ultra franchise include marketing and training. The training is an investment in yourself, and adds to your personal development in myriad ways.
• The secret to success is taking an idea and turning into reality. It means achieving your goals and dreams, and surrounding yourself with those who want you to do well.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Ultra combines education and business at the same time’

‘I see Ultra as a fantastic tool for carrying education into their business’

‘Being a teacher is sharing what you know’

‘It’s an investment in yourself'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Raising Successful Kids Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/raising-successful-kids-podcast/id1378597983

Ultra Education - https://ultra.education/franchise/

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success

CONTACT METHOD

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Irene is speaking with serial entrepreneur Fredrik Sandvall who shares his experiences of life and the ways it has shaped his parenting.

They discuss the importance of deep curiosity and how parents influence the development of this in their kids.

Fredrik talks about the importance of being an individual, finding out about the world and learning as a tool to leapfrog to further success.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I have a huge curiosity and drive to find things out.
• The biggest transformation for me was moving from leading around twenty to leading upwards of one hundred.
• Instead of knowing everything you have to trust others to do it in their own way.
• If you learn to trust others until they give you cause to think otherwise then you can leverage to move forward.
• I want my kids to be competitive and have a winning approach, in many European countries there is an attitude of entitlement but kids need have a level of hardship in order for them to develop a winning approach.
• We have used sports as a way of developing competitive attitudes in our children
• Our kids get very different things from my wife and myself, this is great for our kids.
• There is a great balance between us and it benefits our children.
• Money is a taboo subject but if we don’t talk about money how will we learn about it. In our family, I am always explaining how the business works to educate them.
• To have a successful mindset it is  fundamental that you understand how money works as both a positive and negative
• Education plays an important role in our family and we have a shared view on its importance in life.
• I would ideally like them to follow a route personal development enabling them to access accelerated learning.
• Kids must ultimately be able to find their own way and make their own mistakes.

BEST MOMENTS

‘When you travel you get perspective  and appreciate what you have ‘

‘To let go and not have everything your own way is a good skill to have’

‘My wife and I are polar opposites to each other’

‘My dad is very unselfish in the way he parents me’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Raising Successful Kids Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success.

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/

https://twitter.com/irenetwin1

In this very personal episode, Irene reflects her experiences and observations of teenagers saying ‘no’ and the importance of seizing the moment when they say ‘yes’ to doing something together. 

Childhood is brief in the journey of life and teenagers say ‘no’ most of the time but when you are lucky and get a ‘yes’ then it should be seized and used to create memories and celebrate the incredible people they are becoming. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• In these challenging teenage years, they will say no most of the time because that’s what they are supposed to do. 
• In saying ‘no’ because they want to be with their friends, forge new pathways or figure out who they are meant to be they are preparing themselves for their future and us for our new world, a place where we are no longer the centre of their universe. 
• Sometimes when we are lucky we get a ‘yes’ and we must make the most of it. 

• The time we have with the young people in our lives is incredibly precious. 
• When we are teaching them how to be successful, to think in diverse ways and consider different alternatives we need to also think about just spending time with them and allowing them to be just kids. 
• It’s about creating memories and spending time together building bridges and strengthening the relationship you have. 
• In that time when they are teenagers, when they are finding their feet and trying to work out who they are when they say yes we should grab the opportunity with both hands and relish it. 
• It's important to just spend time with them celebrating the people they are growing up to be. 

BEST MOMENTS 

‘There is much magic to be had with the growing kids in our lives’ 

‘We’ve had fourteen summers now since he arrived, and it’s really not that much at all’ 

‘When they are young you can't imagine that they are going to grow up’ 

‘The time will come much more quickly than you realise when they won’t yearn to hold your hand’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

Raising Successful Kids Podcast 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success. 

CONTACT METHOD 

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/ 

https://twitter.com/irenetwin1 

Erica Lester, Mother and Rapid Transformation Coach talks to Irene about her journey which began with the realisation she had created a great life on the outside but was miserable on the inside. 

Now she is passionate about working on the ‘internal game’ with others helping them to understand their many layers and transform their lives. 

Irene and Erica discuss the journey of transformation and how being intentional and living your life with purpose impacts positively on everyone’s lives. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• The process is not always pretty so being committed to your starting point is vital. 
• I had a lovely life but was miserable, I have completed a long journey to find and live a life that was as good on the inside as it looked on the outside. 

• It's transformational  to take time every day as see what feelings you experience, get to know  yourself 
• Emotions,  traumas and past experiences are stored in our physical body as we move through life. 
• Relieving the physical tension from your body can help to break building emotional tension 
• Teenagers are amazing people, growing into who they will be 
• All we are really doing is holding space for them to find themselves and become the person they already are. 

• Recognise they are not going anywhere you are still their parent. It’s just a different stage in life. 
• You have to be a consistent person in their lives, so they come back to you 
• We have skewed perceptions of ourselves and a mentor can show you what they see. 
• The reflection helps you to bring balance to who you really are. 
• Your mentor must be someone you can build a rapport with and take advice from. 

• Live life on purpose - You must make a decision in every moment, as often as you can, about what you are doing or experiencing be intentional about the type of life you want to live and what you want to leave behind when you leave the planet. 
• Getting connected to who you are can help clarify your vision and what it is your business is here to do in the world, what lights you up? 
• We think that business is outside of us but it’s really about being passionate and doing what you love. 
• If you don’t have joy in your business you will not be able to sustain it or drive forward. 
• In the teenage years, grounding can be important to help individuals relax and begin to spend time for themselves. 

• Moving from being invisible to visible was the realisation that if I wanted to help people I would have to move forward and be visible.  
• The concept of being visible is about letting people see you for who you really are and that it may be messy and it's ok to not be perfect. 

BEST MOMENTS 

‘Being available to offer support, but recognising I am not the driver of their lives’ 

‘It's coming to a point where you recognise you don’t feel the way you want to feel or desire the life you have and are ready for more’ 

‘It's transformational  to take time every day as see what feelings you experience, get to know  yourself’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

Raising Successful Kids Podcast 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success. 

CONTACT METHOD 

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/ 

https://twitter.com/irenetwin1 

In the second part of the conversation with Julian Hall from Ultra Education, the focus is on young entrepreneurs who are combining education and running a business. Irene and Julian discuss how both parents and kids can navigate this complex area not become overwhelmed as they pursue new things,  listen in now to hear this invaluable advice. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• We see kids who have a business and are in school, they are passionate about their business and then we see others who are overwhelmed by it. 
• Young entrepreneurs are doing something different, something the ordinary person would not do.   
• If you continually remind the school that your child is also running a business they will come to a point of understanding. 
• If they are trying at lots of new things they need time to reflect, to internalise, to digest, to work out what to do next. 

• Give them the tools and capability to respond to change and to keep themselves focused on the things they enjoy most. 
• If they enjoy it they’ll do it better and that will have enough value to give them remuneration. 
• The fourth industrial revolution requires kids to have ideas and navigate new ways of thinking and feeling about things. 
• Our job is to give them a new set of skills that will enable them to do new things to be creative, innovate and think about the things they really want to do and believe that it's possible. 
• This new era is ushering in opportunity and the belief it is possible. 

• Entrepreneurs solve problems so when it's solved we either build on that or move to something new. 
• There is support for the Arts there should be support for kids wanting to learn about entrepreneurship and business. 

BEST MOMENTS 

‘A business is often about doing what you love’ 

‘Its ok to take a breather’ 

‘There are learning opportunities that are lost’ 

‘It requires that the parent doesn’t discount what is happening in the world today’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

Raising Successful Kids Podcast 

ABOUT THE HOST 

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success. 

CONTACT METHOD 

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/ 
https://twitter.com/irenetwin1  

‘If you want to your kids to grow then you have to be there as a support system’

Julian from Ultra Education joins Irene to talk about the exam season and the challenges children face during these times.

If you take an aerial view it wouldn’t be out of place to recognise that league tables drive behaviour and exams remain a key element of the education system.

In this episode, you can hear about how to deal with overwhelm and the underpinning strategies and thought processes that operate in the context of exams.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

What can we do about overwhelm?

Finding the source of overwhelm is key. If you understand where it is coming from whether it is your or your child’s overwhelm then it goes a long way to making it manageable.

When exams arrive, everyone can be overwhelmed and it’s about managing this. If the child is in a stressful environment they will also become more stressed.

Exams are one of the first points where children face overwhelm, we can ask whether it can be turned around to be a point of growth as for the entrepreneurial child it can become growth.

What can you do when they begin to check out and disengage?

You need to review why they are becoming disengaged. The ability to teach and coach becomes vital when they begin to check out.

Find more engaging ways for them to learn the topic this may involve looking for learning beyond the classroom and increases the stake and involvement of the parent.

Kids only understand their context at that time they have no understanding of the frameworks of life. This means they cannot understand the potential impact and pathway of a particular action and context.

Kids are far more informed and know when it’s not working for them

The challenge is to provide perspective and apply what you have learnt.

As parents we have to be prepared to hear things we don’t want to hear in order to support them.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Why should my primary child face the stress of these exams?’

‘Entrepreneurs often don’t like school they often see it as too restrictive’

‘They use it as a way of growing and stepping forward’

Giving them opportunities that convention doesn’t currently’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Raising Successful Kids Podcast

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success.

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/

https://twitter.com/irenetwin1

‘Their wellness is made from every mouthful you feed them’

In this podcast, Irene and Carey continue to discuss the importance of the foods we eat and how we can change and upgrade to ensure we are eating the foods that are the best fuel for us.

Carey shares her expertise and practical tips on how you can ensure you and your children are eating well, listen in now.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Fluids are incredibly important, as humans we are able to go without food but not water.
• You need to have alternatives that taste better, and smoothies can be an important way of disguising vegetables for children.
• When coaching it’s all about the client there is no judgement and I have no preconceptions.
• In the coaching process, the client is setting their own destination.
• I wouldn’t impose my priorities on anyone else.
• It is a spectrum and people are joining the journey at different points.
• I want people to eat well and be as healthy as possible I can help them to do that and upgrade foods for them.
• There is lots of information available and it's about sorting the information effectively.
• If I’m asked I am happy to offer an opinion but that is entirely driven by the clients.
• At the end of the initial 12 weeks, I am often able to move into a pure coaching position to support other areas for the client.
• This process will make you want to know what is in your food
• Stop and question - is this a forward or backward food for me?
• It will gradually permeate your thinking and you will always want to know what is in the foods you are eating.
• Shopping by colour is a good way to ensure you are buying fruit and vegetables that are good for you.
• The pressure on teenagers is enormous but it is at this point as parents we have less control and the food choices they make can radically affect all aspects of their lives.
• Food - Universally it’s the way we connect.

BEST MOMENTS

‘When its appealing they are going to want it’

‘100% organic if you can. It’s all about how well you are going to be’

‘It’s about setting your environment up so that you can move forward successfully’

‘You have to start somewhere; you trust in your client to know where they want to go’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Raising Successful Kids Podcast

Eat, Nourish, Flourish Carey Davis-Munro LinkedIn 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Carey Davis-Munro

Helping overstretched, brilliant mums achieve a healthier & beneficial relationship with food for themselves and their family. From overwhelm to confidence around healthy eating. Motivational speaker. Are you a brilliant but frazzled mum, juggling commitments like crazy & feeling the guilt that comes with the territory?

I have over 20 yrs. experience in Health, Nutrition,& Wellbeing. CIPD qualified, a Learning & Development expert. Above all, I am a busy mum of 3 children who has walked the walk starting from a point of illness so that you can benefit from my experience.

CONTACT METHODS

Eat, Nourish, Flourish Carey Davis-Munro LinkedIn

https://www.eatnourishflourish.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success.

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/

https://twitter.com/irenetwin1

‘I made it my quest to introduce the things I needed, take away those foods that were damaging and create the most delicious and nutritious food to reward myself’

Irene is in discussion Carey Davis-Munro who coaches individuals in changing their relationships with food forever.

This episode provides an enlightening opportunity to consider the importance of parenting in relation to food, explores our own experiences of food and the changes we need to make, listen in to find out more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I work with people as a food coach to optimise food and nutrition for individuals.
• As an athlete I was not aware of the importance of food and continued to ignore what I was fuelling myself with over a period of years. This resulted in several injuries and feeling continually exhausted.
• When I sought advice, I discovered that I needed to make a complete change to my diet and food intake in order to make myself well.
• Following my visit to a nutritionalist I was able to put into practice what was required. I work with people who lack confidence, are dealing with other things, don’t have the time or feel they lack the knowledge to be able to implement the changes.
• What I do is different from a dietitian, different from a nutritionalist but much of my knowledge is similar.
• I work with people in a practical way, coaching them to achieve the changes successfully.
• My clients are centre stage. They set their own goals and are central to the coaching process understanding the thought process and connecting to the why.
• It’s a lovely process because it is entirely client led. It’s about changing the relationship with food for ever and being able to sustain it.
• You can parent food in the same way you parent anything else.
• A treat is something that is truly nourishing. Parents often give children foods that they think they want but usually these foods offer no nutrition for physical or mental health and do not contribute towards positive relationships.
• The basis of everything is the food we eat. It’s about integration and understanding yourself.
• It’s vital to be consistent and explain why something is bad and why the alternative is better for them.
• Identifying and understanding why you are making changes will help you to develop a new interest in food.
• Set up your environment for success with the ingredients for several go-to meals and your feelings of food overwhelm will subside.
• Food has to be the passion of the day  and you must find recipes that really inspire you.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We get food weary; we can suffer with food overwhelm’

‘It’s upgraded very slowly and very sustainably’

‘Integrate different things into your routine to upgrade’

‘It’s about changing mindset and being a parent in relation to food’

‘We educate them about stranger danger but the most significant danger to them is food’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Raising Successful Kids Podcast

ABOUT THE GUEST

Carey Davis-Munro

Helping overstretched, brilliant mums achieve a healthier & beneficial relationship with food for themselves and their family. From overwhelm to confidence around healthy eating. Motivational speaker. Are you a brilliant but frazzled mum, juggling commitments like crazy & feeling the guilt that comes with the territory?

I have over 20 yrs. experience in Health, Nutrition,& Wellbeing. CIPD qualified, a Learning & Development expert. Above all, I am a busy mum of 3 children who has walked the walk starting from a point of illness so that you can benefit from my experience.

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success.

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/

https://twitter.com/irenetwin1

Time is precious. We’ve heard this a hundred times before, and it still holds so much truth.

Time is a resource that we all have, but it runs out. So, in this episode of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene talks about the importance of time and how you can instil them to your kids.

Time management should be taught as early as possible. It’s one of the essential skills that can lead to success. Teach them also, as cliché as it may sound, how to treasure every moment and be grateful of the people they’re with. For sure, success and happiness will just be around the corner if they learn the value of time, so start tuning in to know more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Time is measurable and at the same time, immeasurable. We can easily count it by increments of seconds to days to decades, but there is always the feeling that it’s too fast or too slow, depending on where we use it on.
• Teach your kids the value of time. Teach them how to use it for the benefit of others and themselves.
• Be punctual. It’s very advantageous to have this attitude if they want to excel in what they do. Teach your child to be respectful of the schedule and priorities of others. No one ever commends tardiness especially in school and in the work place.
• Celebrate the wins and treasure each moment you spend with your loved ones. Don’t put any time to waste just by sulking or regretting on an unexpected outcome.

BEST MOMENTS

• "The most important thing that we have and we can never get enough of but all of us want more of is time.”
• “None of us can escape the passing of time.”
• “Being on time and being aware of what time is shows that we are taking responsibility.”

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success.

CONTACT METHOD

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In today’s episode of Raising Successful Kids Podcast, Irene discusses key points that you need to know to put together your own podcast that your audience with always love to listen to and never get bored of. Irene shares with you tips on content creation, securing guests, advertising your podcast and much more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

How to put a podcast together.

• Content. There are lots of podcasts out there that talk about content. There's lots of marketing podcast that talk about content for your podcasts. You can look on Google and spend hours searching and reading and you'd have loads and loads of information on how you would put together topics to cover for your podcast, but it can be quite daunting when you're thinking what you are going to talk about.

• Ask the right questions. Whoever you have on your podcast whether they're influential people or not doesn't really matter to be perfectly honest. Just think about how you're going to structure your questions to them. Don't ask the obvious questions all the time, especially if it's somebody who has been on lots of different podcasts. Think about different questions, ask either some searching questions or questions that nobody else has asked.

• Do research. It is also a good idea if you can think about whatever your topic is, whatever your niche is and do some research about that. Read the recent study and then talk about it.

• Talk about pain points that your audience might be experiencing. Pain points can be hard to talk about but they are really great to address and people really like hearing how you're managing to deal with a particular situation, whatever it might be in your niche. Don’t be scared to address the tough topics, be sensitive to them, be sensitive to your audience but don't shy away from doing it because you're putting your podcast out there to serve people and it might be that that is what you need to talk about a particular given moment because there is somebody who is going to benefit very, very much from what you're saying.

• If you're looking to have somebody else on your podcast as well as a guest, think about having, rather than a question and answer session, maybe think about having a debate, think about how you can have a topic and you could put that out to a community that you're maybe part of or involved with and say that you're thinking about having a debate on your podcast, might not necessarily be just one session, you can have it may be over two or three podcasts. Ask them what they would like debated and see how you can make that into a successful podcast.

BEST MOMENTS

• “Think about what you're going to say to your guests and how you're going to have that conversation so that whoever's listening to your podcast is completely engaged in what you're talking about.”
• “Do not be boring by being repetitive because if you are not boring, it becomes a good way of engaging people into listening to your podcast.”
• “Don’t be scared to share personal stories or experiences, but the level of personal is up to you.”
• “It's really important, to be honest, and real and truthful because if it's something that could affect your audience then and help them grow, then that's only going to be fantastic for you and your podcast.”
• “Enjoy putting your message out there.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

• www.facebook/raisingsuccessfulkidscommunity.com

ABOUT THE HOST

Irene Santineer is a working mum of an entrepreneurial child and shares a passion with her husband to see him succeed. She’s the creator and host of the Raising Successful Kids Podcast which aims to help parents, educators and mentors effectively guide children towards success.

CONTACT METHOD

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Irene-Santineer-1827282224265825/