B Wie Berlin is a set of beautifully illustrated learning cards, customised for kids learn their ABCs about places in Berlin. Listen to this funny, exciting and heartwarming episode with the creator, Alissa. She and I talked about her entrepreneurship journey during the Covid lockdown and how it’s evolved since then, her international upbringing, life as a mother of (now) three wonderful children in Berlin and so much more. 

See her other work and buy your cards here: https://www.bwieberlin.com/

Get your idea to business guide here: https://elopage.com/s/theconfusedmother/from-idea-to-dream-create-your-business-today 

Women often struggle with grieving their old lives when they become mothers. But we don't allow ourselves to go through the grieving process. Our abilities suffer because we forget to take care of ourselves in our busy parenting lives.

Annie Xystouris is a health coach for mothers. She shared some invaluable tips on how to take care of ourselves as mothers because we matter too.

The resources she mentions:

Respectful parenting, Janet Lansbury: https://www.janetlansbury.com/2012/09/respectful-parenting-is-not-permissive-parenting/

Learn about her work here: www.anniex-healthcoaching.com/

Buy my tutorials here: www.theconfusedmother.com

Ofri Paz’s son was recently diagnosed with autism. It is estimated that almost 1% of the world’s population has been diagnosed with autism. Despite this large number, there is very little awareness, even within the medical community, about what autism is, how it can be diagnosed and how to work with autistic people. 

Ofri and I talked about what that means, how it impacted their family and the support available to parents of autistic children in Germany. As she rightly points out, autism is a spectrum, so there are a lot of different ways in which it presents itself. And having an autistic child is not a bad thing. It is not taboo. Or at least it should not be. 

She mentions a few resources during our chat which I wanted to offer you here as well: 

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Women go through so many changes when they become mothers. Then they have to go back to work as if they didn’t have the added responsibilities. Parents need more support in their daily lives from family members, friends and also a lot of understanding and flexibility from their employers.

The BeAlice App is the first App release from YouParents. The App provides snackable Personal Development courses for mothers at low cost. All courses are automated, interactive and focused on the reality of a Mother’s Day to day life.

Caro and I spoke about a holistic approach to self-care and our journeys as women and transition into motherhood. She talks about how her personal journey has impacted the work she does and shares a lot of things she has learned in the process, like the importance of checking in with yourself and disconnecting from negativity.

Listen to this inspiring conversation with founder, doula, business mentor and mother, Caro von Michaelis. You can find her on Instagram as @carovonmichaelis and @calmbase.

You can find details of her upcoming festival here: https://www.artofbeingwoman.de/event-details/art-being-woman-days-online-festival-conscious-beauty

If you want to get information on our upcoming mother's circles, don't forget to follow me on Instagram @theconfusedmother. 

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Jana Prosinger is a feminist mother of two boys. She heads the Global Unit for Feminism and Gender Democracy, an international office by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, in Sarajevo. We talked about the importance of feminism while raising children and in a family. Parents always try to create a better world for their children and the best way to do that is to start at home.

Here are the English and German resources she recommends for learning about feminism and for teaching your children about feminism:

I also mention Good night stories for rebel girls by Favilli, Elena and Cavallo, Francesca

You can read more about the debate about The Little Mermaid here: https://www.thegryphon.co.uk/2023/01/13/halle-bailey-as-ariel-outdated-debate-over-casting-of-the-the-little-mermaid/