Trigger warning: Suicide ideation mentioned briefly.

Aizah Ashraf is a US Certified Conscious Parenting & Mindset Master Coach with several years of corporate & neuroscience based coaching experience. As the Beta Mama, she has helped parents and educators gain valuable self-awareness, heal from trauma and become emotionally-safe individuals and caregivers.

Listen to Learn:

• how Aizah overcame a dark place • parenting is for parents, THEN kids • what is Khud Agahi? • on being a Muslim parenting coach • Aizah's one piece of advice •

Discussion Timecode:

00:00 - Introduction

00:58 - Aizah's origin story

02:41 - She felt alone and had thoughts of suicide

04:34 - Looking for a better connection with God

06:56 - Better parenting is for the parents first, and then the kids

07:50 - What is the concept of Khud Agahi?

15:30 - On being a Muslim parenting coach

18:00 - Why Aizah is so passionate about what she does

22:07 - Aizah's process of parenting coaching

26:54 - Aizah's one piece of advice to parents

28:31 - Goodbye

#khudagahi #betamama #emotionalsafety #iseeme #selfawareness #healing #ibelongtome #childhoodwounds #authenticself #selfhealing #mindsetcoach #itstopswithme #cyclebreaker #generationalpatterns #trauma #neuroscience #attachmentscience #brainscience #childhoodtrauma #emotionalwellbeing #feelings #permissiontofeel #emotionaltrauma #motherwound #attachmenttrauma #belonging #empathy #selfregulation #emotionalregulation #consciousparenting #mindfulparenting #peacefulparenting #yesican #consciousparent #parentcoach #empoweredparenting #holisticparenting #awakenedparent #emotions #coregulation #brainscience #breakingpatterns #mindfulness #consciousness #perspectiveshift

Tonia Cordi has been helping people transform their lives for the past 20 years. Not only does she help people organize their stuff, in her process she also helps people realize the true value of their lives along with their stuff.

Listen to Learn:

• Tonia's origin story • why people can't organize their lives • figuring out why you do what you do • working with families •power, passion and purpose • Tonia's advice •

Discussion Timecode:

00:00 - Introduction

00:35 - Tonia's origin story, from therapist to teaching to life alignment coaching

02:11 - Getting to the root of why people can't organize their lives

05:37 - Evolving your life in a fun, playful way

08:04 - Tonia's process: figuring out why you do what you do

12:46 - Fitting the process in with the rest of the family

15:55 - It takes as long as it takes

20:51 - Power, passion and purpose

22:47 - Tonia's parting advice for parents

24:43 - Goodbye

Website (https://toniacordi.com/)

Monthly Membership Info (https://toniacordi.com/memberships/)

Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpTZIp__oIycjAiKPzmL5Q)

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tonialifealignment/)

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonia-cordi-68941461/)

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/timeandspacesolutions)

#sherryyuanhunter #sandwichparenting #parenting #organizingyourlife #healingfromtrauma #childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #moneymatters #lifealignment #toniacordi #powerpassionpurpose

Angela Tam is on a quest to help people turn intergenerational trauma into intergenerational wealth-building. Sherry talks with her about her life journey, her challenging of pathologies as a Mental Health Therapist, her work helping people remove mental barriers to financial success, and her ultimate hope to change what people use as metrics of success.

Listen to learn:

• how Angela's parents fled Vietnam and built a new life • kids being a catalyst of real change in your life • the issues with modern mental health diagnosis • how personal mental health affects your professional life • angela's last piece of advice •

Discussion Timecode:

00:00 - Intro

00:49 - Angela Tam's origin story: her parents trauma bonding over the Vietnam War

03:52 - Angela Tam's origin story: growing up with parents dealing with deep trauma

10:10 - Family converting from Buddhism to evangelical Christianity

12:59 - Having kids being the catalyst for Angela's changing life journey

15:28 - Modern medicine pathologizing people over systemic oppression and trauma

17:43 - The medical DSM as systemically racist

19:38 - Angela and the Embodied Entrepreneur Program: your personal struggles = your financial struggles

21:09 - Personal is professional and professional is personal

25:49 - Angela's one piece of advice to people

27:36 - Goodbye

#parenting #angelatam #embodiedentrepreneur #reparenting #healingfromtrauma #childhoodtrauma #mentalhealth #moneymatters #wealthbuilding #financialfreedom

Stephanie Chan is the founder and owner of two companies in the senior living industry, and she has a passion around helping seniors and family caregivers. Her first company Home to Home helps seniors and families with caregiving, health care, navigation transitions and care management. And her other company, myCareBase, helps families find and hire prescreened professional caregivers and then provides tools for the family caregivers to manage that care remotely. This is a topic that isn't really top of mind... until it is (has to be) and can be extremely triggering to deal with. Stephanie gives some practical advice based on her experience with her clients.

Listen to learn:

• Stephanie's origin story • biggest challenges for caretakers of the elderly • caretaker self-care • tips for caregivers • elder care modelling for your own kids • Stephanie's last piece of advice •

Discussion timecode:

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Stephanie Chan's origin story

03:36 - Stephanie relates the biggest challenges faced by caretakers of aging parents

06:23 - Caretaker self-care: take care of yourself as you care for others

08:46 - Don't be scared to reach out for help

11:03 - Navigating the reality of role reversal in caring for your parents

12:28 - Stephanie's tips for caregivers

14:08 - Remember that your own kids are watching as you care for your parents

17:42 - Advice when kids live far from their parents

20:00 - Respect and help the sibling(s) local to your parents

21:47 - Stephanie's one last piece of advice

22:22 - Goodbye

Stephanie's company links:

https://www.home-to-home.ca

https://www.mycarebase.com

#eldercare #homecare  #seniorcare   #careplanning  #advancecareplanning  #familycaregivers

Iben Sandahl, the best-selling author of The Danish Way of Parenting, has 20 years of experience in child psychology. I talk to her today about her phenomenal book, and what makes Danish families so darn happy!

Listen to learn:

• the Danish way of parenting • what is hygge? • the inner work parents need to do • how teens are unfairly labeled • fluid boundaries of children • importance of critical thinking skills • Iben's final piece of advice

Your Moments:

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - What is the Danish way of parenting?

05:07 - What is hygge and why is it so important to Danes?

08:02 - The inner work that every parent should do

13:40 - How teens are unfairly labeled

18:31 - The fluid boundaries of children

21:24 - The vital importance of teaching our kids critical thinking skills

24:04 - The benefits of being a full member of Iben's support group

29:06 - Iben's one piece of advice to parents

29:48 - Goodbye

Iben's website: The Danish Parenting Club: https://ibensandahl.com/

Find Iben's book at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-danish-way-of-parenting-what-the-happiest-people-in-the-world-know-about-raising-confident-capable-kids-jessica-joelle-alexander/11712589?ean=9780143111719

#hygge #danishwayofparenting #danishparenting #parenting #childrearing #childpsychology #psychology #happykids #family #innerwork #dothework #criticalthinking #danishparenting #danishparentingclub

This episode features Candice Colgan, aka the Hurt Recovery Coach. She has moved from assault survivor to criminal lawyer to political activism to becoming a trauma recovery coach. She also has navigated the tricky world of moving to different cultures and dealing with a multi-cultural family! All that, and publishing the best-selling book Creating Impact.

Highlights to watch for:

0:00 - Intro

3:19 - The Candice Colgan origin story

7:32 - Deciding to work in trauma recovery

10:17 - Having hope while recovering from trauma

11:12 - Candice's amazing journey: from the Philippines to Australia to England

15:07 - The uniqueness of multicultural kids

16:23 - Candice's upbringing and how she is raising her kids

21:03 - The perils of always being obedient and compliant

25:05 - Stephen Porges and the Polyvagal Theory

28:39 - Candice has another definition of Sandwich Parenting

30:34 - Cultural differences example: co-sleeping with children

34:07 - Candice's one piece of advice for parents

34:57 - Goodbye

#intergenerationaltrauma #assaulttrauma #survivingtrauma #traumarecovery #multiculturalism #polyvagaltheory

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with good friend and fellow trauma recovery coach Achara Tarfa.

Achara is a survivor of child sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, domestic violence, miscarriage, high conflict divorce, co-parenting with a narcissist, and nonparent expected (NPE). She believes in fierce self-compassion and has dedicated her life to the healing of trauma. Achara is also a Supervisor with the International Association of Trauma Recovery Coaching.

Connect with Achara at:

#healingparentsapproach #reparenting #spanishspeakingparentingcoach #childabuseawareness #childhoodtrauma #domesticviolence #narcissisticabuse #miscarriage #divorcerecovery #selfcare #trauma #mentalhealth

In this episode of Sandwich Parenting, Sherry Yuan Hunter has a conversation with Anna Yen. Anna is a money coach that runs FamilyFI, a personal finance community dedicated to empowering families to develop a positive money mindset. She also runs a Chinese learning podcast with her daughter!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

● 00:18 Guest introduction

● 00:55 Origin story

● 09:50 The way Anna chooses to parent

● 16:22 Money and finances themes

● 18:13 Prioritizing yourself too

● 20:42 Money tied to goals, values, and emotions

● 27:51 Teaching Chinese podcast with daughter

● 37:21 One piece of advice to other parents

● 40:13 Thank You

#annayen #money #moneymatters #FamilyFI #finance #wealth #success #personalfinance #financialfreedom #chinese #chineseculture

Kelly Wilson is a certified trauma recovery coach, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who has channeled her experiences in trauma recover via the comedy modality. Not the usual way, but an effective and accessible way.

A former elementary school teacher, Kelly was beloved for her deadpan sarcasm, which led her to pursue standup comedy, quit her job, and navigate a three year long identity crisis.

Kelly started the PTSD Parent podcast for parents dealing with trauma, and currently offers trauma remediation to lessen triggers, grief recovery, and healing through humor as part of her work in trauma recovery coaching on MapYourHealing.com

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:

TUNE IN TO HEAR:

● 0:25: Guest introduction

● 1:08: Origin Story

● 3:38: Identity Crisis at 40

● 6:00: Combining mental health speaking and comedy

● 8:22: Humor as a survival mechanism

● 11:28: PTSD Parent Podcast

● 14:03: One piece of advice for parents dealing with trauma

● 19:54: Kelly’s work and getting in touch

● 22:07: Grief recovery

● 26:31: Thank you

#healinglaughter #humour #PTSDparenting #sexualabuse #teaching #triggers #relationships #couples #healingfromcomplextrauma