In today’s episode we welcome back Jenny to share with us her journey in writing her book, Blissful Balance: A Family’s Guide to Mindfulness.

We discuss:

· What the Noble Eightfold path of Buddhism is

· The benefits of mindful parenting for our children and importantly, for ourselves

· For those listeners who are aspiring authors, the road to publication of non-fiction books

· How we can begin parenting more mindfully right now, in this moment

As always, share your takeaways with us by posting or tagging us both in your stories!

Find Jenny here:

Instagram: @broken.better

Rewrite Your Life (Journal): broken-better.com/rewrite-your-life

Enlightenedhood Book Circle: enlightenedhood.com/book-circle/

Tantrums, meltdowns, outbursts, hitting, screaming, door slamming, rude comments – these intense moments show up when our children are experiencing big feelings!

It can be confusing to know what to do and what to say, especially when these trigger some intense feelings within us too.

In this ep we talk about:

· What’s really happening beneath the surface

· What to do

· What you can say

Come join us on Instragram @michelle.diasinos and michellediasinos.com

“Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.”
@brenebrown

In our first episode of the #parenthoodconfessions series I share with you struggles that I’ve had in the past and still work through.

The point is not to be perfect. The point is to keep showing up and keep doing the work. For ourselves, our children, our community and the generations beyond.

What is your #parenthoodconfession? Head over to @michelle.diasinos on Instagram and let me know in the comments.

After an unexpected hiatus, we are back with our 14th Story of Motherhood!

In this episode we meet Rachel Tomlinson, mother, wife, dog mum, psychologist and author of Teaching Kids To Be Kind. She shares with us:

· Her passion for wellbeing, mental health and family health, and helping others navigate the different roles and pressures we have in life

· The duality in her work of being a psychologist and becoming a mother

· “Mum shaming” and the pressure of perfection in motherhood

· What our children learn when they see us owning our flaws, our humanness and when we meet our own needs first

· The question Rachel is asked the most by parents she works with and how this led to the birth of her book

· Impactful way that we can start teaching our kids to be kind (and can be easily weaved into our days)

· Rachel shares with us the now not-so-secret secrets of her next chapter!

Find Rachel:

Towardwellbeing.com

Instagram: @towardwellbeing

Today we chat with Steph Pinto, Emotional Intelligence Coach Specialist. We learn:

· What EQ is exactly

· Why it’s important for our kids to raise their EQ

· How important it is for us as adults to work on OUR EQ

· One simple but powerful way that we can start facilitating an EQ culture in our families today

· Why our response to our children’s ‘big feelings’ are more about us, the parent, than our child

Find Steph here:
stephaniepinto.com
FB group: Let’s Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids

And join us at the Emotionally Intelligent Parent Sydney Meet Up now being held ONLINE on Wednesday April 8th, 7-9pm AEST. Get your free tickets here: https://www.meetup.com/Emotionallyintelligentparentssydney/

In our 13th story of Motherhood we meet Gaayathri - lawyer and compliance manager, mum of 3 and founder of Baby Peppers, a sustainable heirloom bedding textiles company and social enterprise committed to global change. She shares with us:

· How her business that was born from a personal need evolved into a greater mission to support women through fairtrade artisan workshops

· How motherhood invited Gaayathri to stop climbing the corporate ladder and shift her focus to being with her children and giving back to the community

· Honouring that our paths are all unique, releasing comparisonitis and taking time out to realign and recalibrate

· What our children learn and absorb when they witness us living in our fullest expression

· We share our musings on guiding our kids to listen to their intuition, look to their inner compass and trust their instincts in a noisy world

· Fears, challenges, grief and guilt experienced through imperfect parenting

· Presence in parenthood and the deep joy of evolving alongside our children

· Disrupting our belief systems and release beliefs that don’t align with our authentic self to cultivate our own motherhood story

· Stepping into motherhood as a rebirth of self and lessons on what empowerment really means

Find Gaayathri:

IG: @gaayathri.periasami

Website: www.babypeppers.com.au/

Monica Vallero migrated to the U.S. 10 years ago with $1k in her pocket and not knowing how to speak English. Join us as she shares her journey from being an actress and comedian to becoming a speaker, transformational coach and hypnotherapist. She tells us:

· Her struggle with identity and her realisation that our identities are the ones we create

· Discovering her true purpose to help mothers heal themselves, manifest their version of success and feel deeply fulfilled within while being kickass mums!

· The difference between knowing about and applying self-development tools, and how combining spirituality with science was transformative

· How a single hypnotherapy session had the most powerful impact on the trajectory of her life and motherhood

· Balancing early motherhood, spiritual practices when you are an entrepreneur

· The beautiful gift that Monica is creating for her daughter

· Balancing Law of Action with Law of Attraction and how hypnotherapy and forgiveness can allow you to liberate yourself and be the catalysts for manifesting your desires

Find Monica:

IG: @breakfree3d

FB: @monica.vallero

FB group: Mamas in Charge

Website: monicavallero3d.com

Attention: You may not want to play Episode 14 while your children are listening. We share our thoughts on Elf on the Shelf and Santa Claus in this ep!

Today we meet Nicolette Lonjers, mother of 4 and Coach for Creative Entrepreneurs. We discuss:

How her recent diagnosis of ADHD impacted her understanding her self

How managing expectations and setting better boundaries has helped her navigate a constantly shifting family landscape

Mindset shifts and reframes around failure and success

How constant awareness, choice and simplifying IS her self care

Releasing the pressure of perfectionism and letting go of “shoulds”

The shifting family dynamics and needs of our children as they grow into their teenage years

Accepting that our identity as ever-evolving

Real talk about fairness in parenting

Find Niki:

IG: @nicolettelonjers

FB: @nicolettelonjers and Niki Lonjers

FB page: Dream Builders with Nicolette Lonjers, Community for Creative Entrepreneurs

I got the chills listening back to this episode with Jenny Bell: mother, healer, founder of Broken Better and author of Blissful Balance, a book about mindful parenting. In our 10th story of Motherhood, we discuss:

· Jenny’s welcome to becoming a parent and her “motherhood by fire”

· Journalling as a powerful tool for transformation

· Being a mother of a girl and empowering our daughters

· The healing experience of the arrival of her second child

· How Jenny balances the combination of introvert and ‘high connector’ energies in her home

· The clues in Jenny’s soul searching that helped her journey back home and realise her calling to help and heal in today’s world

· Our musings on the use of technology, screens and exposure to media for children

· The power of self-forgiveness and apology in parenthood

Find Jenny:

You can journal with Jenny for free this year in a self-transformational process she is calling “Rewrite Your Life” on broken-better.com as well as Instagram @broken.better

In our 9th story of Motherhood we meet Tania Jane Moraes-Vaz: wife, mom of a spirited and intuitive little boy, best-selling author, PCOS Empowerment Coach, Found of The Holistic Warrior Life Co & Warrior Life Creative Co, and host of The Holistic Warrior Life Podcast. She shares with us:

· How to figure out your true purpose and calling (even when you are multi-passionate!)

· Why having the feeling that you’ve just scratched the surface is actually a good thing

· The two deciding factors that tell her when she needs to “take the leap”

· How inaction and fear from her past conditioning held her back for 2 years in fully expressing herself

· How children are our biggest teachers (if we let them)

· Using human design to understand and relate to our families

· How we can use our cycles and energy to guide our business and personal schedules

· Why asking ‘what can I give?’ rather than ‘what can I get?’ shifts our reality

· The one thing we can do today to start living in our fullest expression

Find Tania:

FB: Tania Jane Moraes-Vaz

IG: @theholisticwarriorlife + @warriorlifecreativeco

Theholisticwarriorlife.com

The Holistic Warrior Life Podcast