Soul Path Parenting

Yes, meditation is important.  But easy?  Not so much!  (Not for me, at least!)  I would love nothing more than to build my own practice AND introduce mindfulness to my kids.  And today's guest, Angela Wolf, has the inspiration and answers for how to do just that!  She's the founder of Meditot, a Children's Mindfulness and Meditation Academy.  If you think your go-go-go kids are the furthest thing from meditation-ready, listen on! 

This episode also includes a special "gift" for parents.  Angela is writing a book on mantras & mindfulness exercises for parents.  She'll coach you through two of them you can immediately use in your own life.  I choose calm... I am calm.....  (let's do this....)

Episode links:
Meditot Children's Meditation & Mindfulness Academy
Genius Dad Stops Baby's Crying with Om Chant in Seconds (YouTube)
"Popular Myths About Children's Meditation (Part 1)"
"Popular Myths About Children's Meditation (Part 2)"
"Children May Be More Natural Meditators Than Adults"
Calm (Meditation App)
Headspace (Meditation App)
Cosmic Kids Yoga (YouTube Channel)

This week we’re talking with Tamara Ross, an inspiring leader in the field of personal development...and a personal friend of mine!  I have never met someone so committed to having other people have lives they love.  She has made a difference for me personally, and I believe she will for you too.  There is so much goodness packed into this episode!  I made a list of the inspiring ideas from this interview.  Here are my top fifteen!:

1. What manifestation is and how you’re already manifesting your life - whether or not you’re trying
2. How thoughts, feelings and actions create your energy field — and why just “mindset” or “action” isn’t enough
3. An experiment you can do to see manifestation show up in your life
4. The power of the question “if you could have it all your way, what would life look like?” and how the “either/or” paradigm most people live in prevents them from creating it
5. That “paradigm of momming” is dense - and how to create freedom instead
6. A window into how flipping the mom & dad parenting roles can look and one of the keys to making it work
7. One of the keys to managing your energy — and how to coach kids (and ourselves!) through doing it
8. How acceptance can create massive shifts even when you can’t get to gratitude
9. How asking your kids questions when they kids hurt themselves can shift the upset to from drama to just a thing that happened so limitations don’t get created
10. What it means to raise our kids to know themselves as limitless beings and what happens when we align to labels (like “she’s shy”) instead of our kids’ infiniteness
11. What a “limitless being” is — and that Jesus was here to show us what is possible, the mastery that is within all of us
12. That the divine feminine is raising on the planet, while and the older patriarchal paradigm is being destroyed.  The breakdown of political, economic and educational structures that we see today is making way for the next paradigm in which people step into their own power
13. Why your children chose you in order to fulfill their soul path
14. How mastering your own energy can transform your relationships with others - without them needing to do anything 
15. A simple and beautiful explanation of what happens when we die 

Links:
My Life My Design
E-Squared (Amazon)
The Basics of Nonviolent Communication with Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. (YouTube)

This week kicks off the holidays...and with the holidays come family festivities and lots of... food!  For those of us not inclined to have a family meal every night of the week (or week of the month...) the holidays are a time when we can slow down and enjoy the fun of cooking for our family AND with our family. 

In this week's episode we'll talk with Lilly Steirer, a passionate gardener and chef who now teaches kids to cook locally, seasonally and by tasting their way through food.  Through her playful approach to cooking with kids you'll find ways that you can embrace the process and create magic with your kids in the kitchen. 

Episode Links:
Pumpkin Muffins
Creamy Cauliflower Green Bean Casserole
Brussels Sprouts
Cooking from the Garden program through Slow Food Denver 

This week we talk with Erin Breeze, the strategist and guide behind Happy Home: Life After Divorce and...my sister!  Erin will share her experience helping moms tune in to themselves to powerfully navigate life's "divine disruptions" so that they can shine bright for themselves and their kids.  We'll also talk about:

• Divorce is not a failure - and the two tired, old archetypes of divorced women we can throw out
• The myth that a happy life is free of struggle
• What it means for our kids and us to live our best lives
• Powerful "Divorce Advantages" (that married people can also tap into if they're aware!)
• Finding purpose & pursuing passions

Links:
Erin Breeze's Website
Facebook Group - Happy Home: Life After Divorce 

Also, referenced in the episode:
"Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning," NPR, Nov. 12, 2012

Today’s show is about intuition.  Intuition is one of the keys to living a fulfilling life; it’s our window into our soul’s desires.  We were born with it... but with so many voices - our parents, society, our teachers - many of us stop listening to our inner voice.  The good news is, we all have it.  It's just a matter of tuning in!

Today we’ll be talking with someone who has intuition as her superpower.  Willow Bradner is a psychic and business medium…and a mom.  She’ll be sharing with us:

• How we find our intuition and how we cultivate it in our kids
• The no-BS answer to how to find your purpose
• A definition of self-care that will inspire you
• What parents can do to set their kids up to live their full, authentic lives
• Helpful tips for parents with highly sensitive kids
• A fantastic tip for people who struggle to sit and meditate
• A surprising solution for how to get that thing we all want more of…time

Links:
Willow Bradner's Website
The Clarity Cure Program

Have you ever wondered, how do I raise my kids to live their best lives?  How do I raise my kids to be spiritually connected without religion...or in addition to our faith's teachings?  Or have you thought, I know I want to raise my kids differently than how I was raised, but what does that look like?  

This is the show for you!  In this episode, I'll share the inspired story of our beginnings as well as a game changing insight for how you both CREATE in your own life and PLAY with your kids that I learned from a leading thinker in conscious parenting.