Today Steph Sackerman shares with us her journey to a mindful motherhood. Steph is an educator, Certified Wellness Coach, Certified Teacher of Mindfulness and Founder of LiveLoveBeWell, where she supports mothers to live in the moment, be the mum they want to be and enjoy their motherhood.

This conversation was like a big warm hug for my soul! We discuss:

· How motherhood was a catalyst for change in Steph’s life

· Why she is thankful for her experience of post-partum anxiety

· How regret and “mum guilt” steal our energy and time away from us (and what we can do instead)

· Following our own inner knowing as a new mother

· Self-care and emotional labour

· Mindful practices Steph implements every day to nourish herself

· How to fit mindful practices into a full life

· Why knowing yourself is so crucial in living a mindful and fulfilling motherhood

· A powerful strategy to invite more joy and re-establish our identity in motherhood

· What can happen when we move past the discomfort of being present

Find Steph:
LLBWC.com
IG: @livelovebewell
FB: @stephanie.sack.31

In today’s episode we meet Carmen Ventrucci: coach, entrepreneur, corporate dropout, author, investor, wife and parent to 6 kids. Yep, she is one badass mother! Carmen shares with us:

· What the Finnish word “sisu” means and why this is at the heart of her brand, her businesses and the way she lives her life

· Exactly how Carmen cares for six children, manages a home and owns two businesses without burning out

· Why letting our children make mistakes and experiment with choice is imperative

· The one small shift you can make in your language that will have a huge impact on your professional and personal outcomes

· Listen to Carmen’s ideas on caring for ourselves and leading a well-balanced life

· Carmen leads us through a powerful exercise to help you take the next step in designing your true sisu life

Find Carmen:

FB Group: MAP to Successful Life Design
truesisulife.com

Ep 9: Trina’s Story (#6/100 stories of Motherhood)

We spend our energy complaining about the perils of the internet age, but here’s a conversation that highlights the magic that can happen when we get intentional and are open to possibilities.

In today’s episode we connect with Trina, mum of 2 and Co-Founder of Mama Mindset Village. She shares with us:

· How witnessing presence and gratitude on her travels inspired her to learn more about what makes a fulfilling life

· How listening to her intuition helped her find her calling

· How being open, vulnerable and expressing herself has served her in motherhood and in life

· The amazing things that can happen when we stop competing with others and start rising together

· Why it’s so crucial for us to let our boys (and girls) sit in their uncomfortable feelings

· How her loss of identity, guilt and changing relationships have been her biggest struggles in motherhood

· The small daily habits and rituals that are creating massive impact in Trina’s reality (and the details of how she manages to fit it all in with two under 3)

· Why pivots and failures are actually a good thing

We also discover our shared appreciation of motivational quotes!

Find Trina:

IG: mama_mindset_village
FB: @mindsetmamavillage

In this beautiful conversation, Manon shares with us her unique story of motherhood. We learn about:

· How unresolved traumas are related to our children “pushing our buttons”

· Why working with only the rational part of the brain isn’t enough to heal holistically

· Why crying is actually good for our children and for us

· How to find our own answers within ourselves and trust our own gut as a parent

· Rituals for selfcare

· The powerful tool that helped her step into her vision

· Manon’s message for those who have a big dream and how they can step into it now

· Manon reveals (for the first time!) her secret project and massive vision for supporting mothers and fathers in raising our future citizens

Find Manon:
FB: @MamaManonAwP
IG: @mama_manon_
mamamanon.com

In this solo ep I share with you my views on:

· Why ‘discipline’ is not a useful term or tool

· Why setting boundaries is more effective in the long term

· What we can do when we are met with a ‘challenging behaviour’ from our child

Today we meet Leena Lemos, the founder of the Enlightenedhood movement that is raising our collective consciousness through the educational platform built by and for mindful, spiritual mamas. We chat about:

· How Leena’s loneliness and isolation in early motherhood inspired her to build and lead a community of women that is shifting the dialogue around motherhood

· The current shallow rhetoric around being a parent not reflecting the multifaceted nature of motherhood and how the birth of a child is also the birth of a mother

· How things earlier in our life that made us feel “less than” are actually what is empowering us now

· Leena’s struggle with being present and her one tip for what we can do when we are feeling our energy being pulled in different directions

· Leena’s powerful tip for how to start living in our fullest expression today

· Also… lots of laughter!

Find Leena here:

IG: @leenalemos and @enlightenedhood
FB: @enlightenedhood
Enlightenedhood.com
Podcast: https://enlightenedhood.com/podcast/

In today’s episode we chat with Lois Stanley. We learn about:

· How mothering from our intuition enables us to release fear-based responses (punishments, rewards & shaming) from our repertoire of parenting tools

· How honouring our and our children’s wholeness allows us to connect more deeply with them

· Why subscribing to a belief system of DOING rather than BEING is causing us to doubt ourselves as mothers

· How letting go is so pivotal to living to our fullest expression

· Why coaching may not be the right fit for you right now

· Why healing ourselves is the most powerful thing we can do for our children

· Why a daily non-negotiable self care practice is the starting point to parenting more consciously

· How to gain free access to a womb meditation, Lois’ gift to us!

Find Lois here:

FB & IG: @loisstanley

FB group: Mother Goddess Movement by Mother Lois

Michelle introduces you to Steph Pinto and they discuss:

+ Steph’s passion for EQ and the challenges she faces in her mission of getting the word out

+ The key to creating an EQ family culture

+ Why it’s okay to be imperfect people and parents

+ Why removing obstacles for our kids may actually be detrimental to their development

+ Judgement and comparisonitis in parenting

+ Modelling vs explicit instruction when teaching our children

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

Michelle introduces you to Susie Gow. They discuss:

· How working through limiting beliefs and stories from childhood helped Susie journey towards the fullest expression of herself

· Why we never really feel whole on this journey (and why that’s ok)

· The power of play

· What inner work, trust and surrender has to do with business AND motherhood

· Using the be, do, have model to embody our next level self

Find Susie here:
IG: @susiegow and @encampment_
FB: @susiegowcoaching and @encampment.com.au
FB Group: The Business Encampment by Susie

In this episode Michelle shares with you:

· Why inspiring stories are so important

· What the 100 stories has to do with conscious parenting

· Why the sound quality won’t be stellar for the first 4 stories (and why this won’t deter you from listening!)