The Moms I Know Podcast

Inspiration and ideas for creating intentional moments to build a family culture that will support your child's development of both roots and wings.

"A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing." - Bill Crawford

If the goal is to raise children who are confident and secure enough to go out into the world and find success in their lives, we first need to help them establish secure family roots.

In this episode we offer inspiration and ideas for designing intentional moments that will create fertile soil for your children to root themselves and thrive.

Overtime these intentional moments become a family culture in which your children can always find comfort and security for a lifetime that will allow them the confidence to spread their wings and soar.

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Have you struggled as a parent, to understand your child's needs or perspective? This episode is all about how Astrology can be used as a powerful parenting tool to better understand and support your child.

"Childhood is destiny." - Carl Gustav Jung

As parents we know that our children do not come into this world as blank slates, instead they come with their personalities fully formed, ready to take on the world. But how do we get to know this little person that just arrived in our family? How do we understand them and help guide them to grow and thrive and be their best selves?

Astrology can be such a useful lens through which we can get to know our child's uniqueness - and our own uniqueness, too. We can examine and better understand the ways that we are similar and the ways that we are different, and to sigh with relief when we see that they simply experience the world differently than we do.

In this episode, we are joined by Magali Morales, spiritual counselor, shamanic healer, and astrologer, to discuss the value of evolutionary astrology and specifically that of child astrology as a tool for modern parenting.

Resources From This Episode:

Magali Morales - www.magalimorales.com

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About Magali Morales: Magali Morales lives and practices in Santa Cruz, CA. She has spent the last eighteen years helping hundreds of people heal, discover just how resilient they are, and tap into their innate navigational abilities using the tools of Astrology, Shamanic Healing, and Spiritual Counseling. About Evolutionary Astrology: Evolutionary Astrology is astrology for the intelligent, awake people of our time. Respectful of free will, cognizant of the difference between fate and destiny, Evolutionary Astrology is a powerful tool to help you get to know yourself at the deepest level, understand and embrace your life purpose, remove judgement, and guide you to be the best version of you.

We hope you enjoy this candid conversation about the challenges and triumphs of moving our families out of the places where we had put down our roots and into brand new spacious beginnings.

"To our children we give two things - one is roots and the other is wings." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For this episode, we sit down together to discuss the many ways in which moving has been both challenging and rewarding and how we've been able to preserve and recreate that sacred feeling of rootedness inside our new homes.

We discuss everything from the initial decision making process, to what was left behind, how we're coping with the big changes, and what lies ahead for our families.

We hope you'll join us and be open to exploring what things have helped you to create your sense of rootedness within your home and how you can allow for the expansion and changes that may come in your own life as well.

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Yes, you can have it all, just not all at once. Our special guest for this episode embodies that with such grace. We hope you will enjoy this episode with our dear friend, Schena Kinyon.

"You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are set forth." - Kahlil Gibran

Meet Schena Kinyon. Schena was born in India, has lived in 3 different countries, was raised by a single mother, has been a single mother herself, and is now married and raising her 3 children in California. Now, at 53, after years of supporting her husband with his mission of teaching empathic communication, she is beginning a new professional project that is all her own.

Listen in to hear her inspiring story, the lessons she's learned along the way, and her insight into living and growing into your purpose.

From independence to vulnerability through lessons learned from personal and professional challenges, Schena truly embodies having it all, just not all at once, and the ability to embrace the unfolding and timing of your life.

Resources From This Episode:

Schena Kinyon: https://chaiwithschena.com/

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Join us as we kick-off our 4th Season of The Moms I Know Podcast! We are so excited to be continuing this journey with you and have lots of exciting things planned for this season!

"You could not step twice into the same rivers for other waters are ever flowing onto you." - Heraclitus

As we head into 2021, we are increasingly aware that, no matter our differences, stories are truly what connect us. As we listen to one another we gain an understanding of our similarities and cultivate empathy and compassion for others. We broaden our world view and begin to replace misconceptions with truth. We begin to begin to fear less and love more.

So for this season of the podcast, our focus will be on sharing stories and celebrating that which unites us. We'll be inviting women from all walks of life onto our show to give us a peak into their struggles, their accomplishments, their journey with motherhood, and their goals and dreams for the future.

We hope that you will join us on this journey of listening with open hearts and open minds as we seek to give others a time, a place, and a platform to share their stories with the world.

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In the face of external stresses and pressures, as parents it's especially important that we preserve a sense of joyfulness for our children during the holidays. This episode is full of ideas to inspire you to find creative ways to infuse your family values, excitement, and wonder into this holiday season.

"Intentional living means making choices for your life based on your greatest values, not the habits of others."

If you asked us in March if we thought that this holiday season would be anything but gathering together with family to celebrate and enjoy our traditions, we would have answered like anyone else... Yet, here we are.

In the face of so many global events, we are embarking on our holiday season. So it's with this in mind that we sat down to brainstorm some inspiring ideas for you, to help you infuse some intention into your holiday season and find more family joy during this non-traditional holiday experience.

Our goal for this episode is to inspire you to set intentions, to think outside the box, and to focus on your values this holiday. There are so many fun and unique ways that we can bring the holiday spirit and sense of wonder into our hearts and homes this year. We hope this episode will inspire and uplift you today.

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With the holidays around the corner and all the stresses and challenges we are all still facing, this episode offers some creative ways to create meaningful experiences this holiday season.

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that happiness is gratitude doubled by wonder." - G.K. Chesterton

This special episode comes to you from the heart. With the holiday season quickly approaching, we've heard so many parents express their sadness that traditional activities will not be possible this year. We urge you to not give up hope.

We are reaching out in response with this episode, to expand on this discussion and offer some inspiration and ideas for ways we can hold each other up, move forward through all that we are facing, and still manage to create meaningful experiences and joyful celebrations this holiday season.

As parents it is so important that we maintain our children's sense of wonder and truly become the guardians of their childhood. If we take a creative approach with an open mind, we can find ways to make this holiday season even more meaningful and magical for them and for ourselves.

Let this holiday season be a time where we can simplify, sharpen the focus on our values, and raise our collective spirits so that we can enter the coming year re-charged and ready to take on whatever 2021 may bring.

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If you are curious about healthy movement or want to gain a better understanding of how to use space and movement to cultivate healthy relationships, then this episode all about Spacial Dynamics® is one you won't want to miss!

"Space provides the possibility for connection." - Jaimen McMillan

If you've ever experienced the ability to project your attention into another place or to shift our focus from the physical space you occupy to a place where you feel truly connected with another person, then you've already had a taste of what Spacial Dynamics® teaches us.

Perhaps now more than ever, this education and ability to really connect across great distance is becoming most valuable to our health and wellness as a society.

In this episode, we connect over Zoom with Heather Chappellet Lanier, a Spacial Dynamics® international trainer and Registered Somatic Movement Therapist who shares with us how the teachings of Spacial Dynamics® can impact our relationships and activities of daily living.

Resources From This Episode:

The Spacial Dynamics Institute: https://www.spacialdynamics.com/

Spacial Dynamics Women's Wellness: https://www.spacialdynamicswomenswellness.com/

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About Heather Chappellet Lanier: Heather is an international trainer in Spacial Dynamics® and a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist. She leads workshops and provides private consultations and coaching utilizing the movement discipline of Spacial Dynamics®. The thoughtful approach of Spacial Dynamics® is effective in enhancing personal and professional lives and relationships, and is featured in the landmark books The Fourfold Path to Healing, and Still Moving. Heather has been leading retreats from her home on Hill of the Hawk Farm for many years.

About Spacial Dynamics®: Spacial Dynamics® is a body of movement philosophy that teaches movement techniques for all ages. It carries the understanding that the space we occupy includes not only the space our physical body requires, but also the space around us and the places where we focus our attention. > Learn More About Spacial Dynamics

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As our third season is coming to a close, we are overwhelmed by all that has transpired over the past 8 or 9 months.

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu

From Covid-19, to the murder of George Floyd, and now to the wildfires that are spreading throughout California, we've clung to community, discovered how deep our resilience runs, and we've been reminded of the preciousness of life and what truly matters most.

This short episode is a message of hope for you as we continue to move through these unprecedented and most challenging times.

We want to remind you that we are here to support you in various ways.

Please visit our websites, https://www.themomsiknow.com, https://www.thefutureoffamily.com, and https://www.purplebeetfamily.com to learn more.

We will be taking a brief pause from the podcast, but we are still here for you!

Please contact us if you are looking for support!

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In the past, a lot of focus was put on being "color blind," but now that we know better, we want our children to have "color-full" experiences, and this includes what they find on their bookshelves and reading lists.

Classic literature tends to have a very Euro-centric attitude and we've often struggled with how to curate a more diverse reading library for our families that celebrates both the classics and diversity. Amber O'Neal Johnston has done this exact thing beautifully.

For this episode, Amber shares candidly from her family's own experience from being inspired by Charlotte Mason to navigating her children's experience with race and what she's been able to do for them by thoughtfully and purposefully curating their bookshelves.

This episode is full of great ideas and resources to help you find great books for your family that celebrate both classic literature and diversity. You won't want to miss it!

Resources From This Episode:

Amber O'Neal Johnston: https://heritagemom.com/ and @heritagemomblog on Instagram

Amber's Heritage Packs: https://heritagemom.com/index.php/2020/07/09/heritage-packs-adding-color-to-your-curriculum/

Living Books for All Peoples Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1959045184365402/

Parallel Narrative Website https://www.theparallelnarrative.com/about

Charlotte Mason City Living https://charlottemasoncityliving.com/

Reshelving Alexandria https://reshelvingalexandria.com/

Brown Sugar and Spice Bookstore https://brownssbooks.com/

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About Amber O'Neal Johnston:

Amber O'Neal Johnston fell in love with the principles of Charlotte Mason when her oldest was a preschooler. After wholeheartedly committing to follow Mason's philosophy, she became disheartened when months went by with little mention, if any, of the stories and accomplishments of black people in her school room. The literary quality of the books was better, but she found that the cultural emptiness she experienced as a schoolgirl was being perpetuated within the walls of her own home.

Committed to bridging the gap for her 4 children, Amber has embarked on a journey of uniquely merging living books with life-giving books to ensure that their education is not a legalistic venture in Charlotte Mason but an honest experience that honors the Truth while helping her children to see the imago Dei in themselves and others.

Amber speaks, writes, and shares her observations on home education, culture, books, global travel, and more, and when asked about her path she likes to smile and say, "In my house, Charlotte Mason has an afro."

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