The Moms I Know Podcast

Sheila and Maria share all the details of their exciting offerings for 2019.

"We can raise a generation of children that is vibrant, that is resilient, that is coming from a place of fullness. These are children who know how to work through their own challenges as they watch their parents work through theirs." - The Moms I Know

Maria shares all the details about her upcoming program, Parenting with Intention & Joy, which is a 4-month online support program for moms all over the world offering inspiration and diverse content on key family issues as well as support and encouragement for the journey.

Sheila shares about her program The Mom Map, which is a unique membership community designed to simplify and nourish motherhood with foundations in nutrition, education, and family culture.

Special offers are available for podcast listeners! Contact us for more information!

Resources from This Episode:

Our Offerings: https://www.themomsiknow.com/our-offerings

Parenting with Intention & Joy: http://www.soquelessentials.com/parenting-program

The Mom Map: https://www.themommap.com

Contact Us: https://www.themomsiknow.com/contact/

Sheila and Maria offer practical strategies to support your family's wellness during the winter months and throughout the year.

"Physical touch makes you healthier. Hugs, massages, and holding hands reduce stress while boosting your immune system." - Unknown

Our immune systems can take quite a hit during the holidays as stress levels and commitments rise, we struggle to get enough sleep, and the weather can discourage us from spending time outdoors In this episode, Sheila shares nutritional tips to boost and support your immune system and reduce your use of medications, and Maria shares suggestions for simplifying the holidays, strengthening your family values, and practicing joy as part of your wellness. Resources From This Episode: Sheila's Fire Cider Recipe: https://www.purplebeetnutrition.com/blog/it-s-that-time-of-year-again-fire-cider Sheila's Top 10 Things I Do To Support My Family's Health: https://www.purplebeetnutrition.com/blog/the-top-ten-things-i-do-to-support-my-family-s-health The Magic School Bus; "Inside Ralphie": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXIRkV8puVk

Traveling with children can mean that there will be additional challenges, but there can also be additional joys. With a little extra mindfulness and preparation, the whole family can enjoy happy and safe adventures wherever your travels take you.

"We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey." - John Hope Franklin

It is common to think of all the extra added discomforts that can accompany traveling with children, but there are also many amazing possibilities for seeing the world through different activities and explorations when you have children along for the journey.

In this episode, Sheila and Maria share their tips and tricks for family travels as well as offer some inspiration for the amazing possibilities that await your family wherever your travels take you.

Resources From This Episode:

Nan Jeffrey, Adventuring with Children

Rescue Remedy: https://www.rescueremedy.com/en-us

Ciao Bambino - Custom European Travel Planning for Families with Children: https://ciaobambino.com/

Judith Waite Allee & Melissa L. Morgan, Educational Travel on a Shoe String

Sheila and Maria invite you to explore the purpose and challenges of setting and living with boundaries as well as what we teach our young children when we establish boundaries for them and how they learn from those boundaries as they grow.

"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today." - Barbara Johnson

In this life, there are many forms of boundaries, both physical and social, and it's important as parents that we introduce our young children to the idea of boundaries so that they can learn to understand them and when and how to appropriately challenge them. These decisions are complex and our goal is to help you make conscious decisions when navigating this difficult topic.

In this episode, we share with you from our decades of experience as children, parents, and teachers the various parenting styles and approaches to boundaries we've seen and the results we have observed throughout the years. We welcome you to participate with us in this conversation and to share with us from your own life experiences, successes, and challenges as well.

Resources From This Episode:

Non-Violent Communication: https://www.cnvc.org/

Attachment Parenting: http://www.attachmentparenting.org/

Positive Discipline: https://www.positivediscipline.com/

Kahlil Gibran, On Children: https://www.themomsiknow.com/kahlil-gibran

Sheila and Maria share their experiences with celebrating rites of passage within their families, how it has affected their family relationships and a bit about the cultures that have given us these traditions.

"Every positive change, every jump to a higher level of energy and awareness, involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of personal evolution, we must go through a period of discomfort, of initiation, I have never found an exception." - Dan Millman, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Throughout our lives, as we learn and grow, we pass through many milestones. The ability to have these milestones witnessed and our accomplishments celebrated together by our families and communities is important to our growth and development as individuals.

In this episode, we share examples of how we've brought some of the great traditions from other cultures into our families as well as the effects we've seen them have on ourselves and our children.

Resources From This Episode:

Dan Millman, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: http://www.peacefulwarrior.com/way-of-the-peaceful-warrior/

Persephone Rising Rituals: https://www.facebook.com/persephonerisingrituals/

The Blessing Way: https://nativeamericanconcepts.wordpress.com/the-blessing-way/

Nols: https://www.nols.edu/en/

Outward Bound: https://www.outwardbound.org/

Sheila and Maria have an invitation for you - the invitation to bravely cultivate your practice of vulnerability in life and in parenthood. In the midst of the many struggles we face as individuals, within our communities, and as humans, the act of boldly allowing yourself to be visible is a powerful tool for building and maintaining connection.

"...I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments."

- Oriah Mountain Dreamer, "The Invitation"

In this episode, Maria and Sheila practice their own vulnerability. By sharing their own stories, they demonstrate how conscious vulnerability has a positive impact on our family systems and communities.

Showing our true selves, allows us to feel seen and be seen, and as parents, consistently practicing vulnerability allows us to cultivate strong family relationships built on honesty, trust, and respect. It is this type of foundation that our children need in order to go out into the world confident in who they are, bold enough to be themselves, and brave enough to stand for what they believe in.

Resources From This Episode:

Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Invitation: http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/

Carol Dweck, Mindset: https://mindsetonline.com/

Brené Brown, Daring Greatly, Braving the Wilderness, Dare to Lead: https://brenebrown.com/

Glennon Doyle: https://momastery.com/blog/about-glennon/

Jen Hatmaker: http://jenhatmaker.com/

Fantastic Factology: http://fantastic-factology.com/

EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: http://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/

Sheila and Maria welcome special guest, Aromatherapist, Kaysi Contreras. This episode reveals the science and evidence behind the practice of aromatherapy and offers practical tips for your own use essential oils at home.

"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived." - Hellen Keller

In this episode, The Moms I Know welcome a mom they know, Aromatherapist extraordinaire, Kaysi Contreras, to talk all things aromatherapy.

Kaysi shares her own personal, aromatherapy discovery story that led to her pursuit of scientific knowledge and understanding of essential oils.

This episode is packed with tips for beginning oils users as well as little known facts about the oils and how they work for more the more advanced.

Learn what to pack in your oil essentials kit and how to assure the quality of your oils! Grab a pen and paper - you might want to take notes!

Resources from This Episode:

Kaysi Contreras, Aromatherapist: [email protected]

Sheila and Maria raise awareness on the topic of shifting the family mindset to focus on efforts over achievements. Harnessing the value of perseverance to raise children who thrive on challenges and are excited by learning opportunities.

"The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort and keep on learning."

- Carol Dweck, author of Mindset

This episode is grounded in the belief that "if we want to change the world, we have to change the way we raise our children" (Marianne Williamson).

Praising our children for things that come easy to them, teaches them to expect and need extrinsic praise and rewards. We believe that we can raise children who are able to try hard, embrace challenges, and fail fearlessly by shifting our focus from praising their achievements to praising their efforts.

This episode is packed full of resources, support, and encouragement for parents of young children and older children alike, to help shift your parenting mindset and raise innovative, independent humans who are ready for life's challenges.

Resources From This Episode

Carol Dweck, Mindset: https://mindsetonline.com/

Pema Chodron, Fail, Fail Again Better: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25509916-fail-fail-again-fail-better

Dr. Shefali, The Conscious Parent: https://drshefali.com/the-conscious-parent/

Dr. Shefali, The Awakened Family: https://drshefali.com/the-awakened-family/

Big Life Journal: https://biglifejournal.com/

Sheila and Maria dive into the topic of consumerism, to share their purchasing perspectives and suggest ways to bring consciousness to the decisions we make around consumerism, especially during the holidays.

"It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life." - Christopher Lasch.

The choices we each make as consumers affect not only our daily lives and our wallets, but they also have a lasting impact on the environment, our children, and ourselves. If we desire to raise the next generation to be good custodians of mother earth, we need to make conscious daily choices that reflect those values we want to instill.

In this episode, we offer lots of ideas and resources to inspire you to keep your holiday traditions rich and exciting while minimizing the effects of consumerism. We want to excite and empower you to make mindful choices for your family during this holiday season and throughout the year.

Resources From This Episode:

Tasha Tudor, A Time to Keep: https://www.tashatudorandfamily.com/shop/books/product/time-to-keep

Sheila and Maria share their experiences, education, and perspectives on the topic of non-toxic living including ways to be economical while making healthful choices for your family.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

In this episode, we dive into the conversation about environmental toxins and what we as adults and parents can do to minimize the harmful effects of chemicals on our bodies.

There are lots of options to explore and it up to each of us to decide what is most important and possible in our lives. In this episode, we offer you experience, evidence, and options that we hope will serve you and guide you toward making conscious choices for your family's wellness.

Resources From This Episode

Books:

Raleigh Brigs, Make Your Place: https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/2333

Leah Segedie, Green Enough: https://www.mamavation.com/green-enough

Websites:

Environmental Working Group: https://www.ewg.org/

The Radical Homemaker: http://theradicalhomemaker.net/

Mamavation: https://www.mamavation.com/

The Non Tox Shop: http://thenontoxshop.com/

Products:

BeautyCounter: https://www.beautycounter.com/sheilawalsh-dunton

doTERRA Essential Oils: https://www.doterra.com/US/en/site/purplebeet

Documentary:

STINK!: https://stinkmovie.com/