The Momtellectual Podcast

Theresa Czajkowski, the Creative Solutions Creator and Professional Mess Maker joins me again - this time to talk about confidence.

In part 1 of 3, we introduce the idea that confidence is at least 5 things, providing insight on why many attempts to build confidence fail.

Note that this was actually recorded as the middle part of the interview, so my traditional start with a celebration will be in part 2.

Shawna Percy is a Suicide Intervention Specialist, and in part 2 of our interview she and I discuss why we should talk to our kids about suicide, and some of the risk factors for suicide in kids 14 years old and younger.

You can find safety planning worksheets and other resources on Shawna's website, www.lifevoice.ca

Shawna is in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but the workshops she teaches are widely available. You can find information about these suicide intervention and awareness workshops through www.livingworks.net

Suicide Intervention Specialist Shawna Percy and I discuss the impacts of suicide, some tools for intervening when someone is thinking about ending their life, and Shawna shares her own story about what motivated her to do this work.

As mentioned in part 2 of her interview (episode 068, to be aired March 25), you can find safety planning worksheets and other resources on her website, www.lifevoice.ca

Shawna is in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but the workshops she teaches are widely available. You can find information about these suicide intervention and awareness workshops through www.livingworks.net

The "Get it Done Facilitator", Mary Strachan, and I talk about our kids who "colour outside the lines", and how we've had to adjust our parenting in response.

As Mary says, it's always a work in progress as a parent, and we chat about our expectations and how they can work against us appreciating who our kids actually are.

In this episode Mary Strachan, the "Get it Done Facilitator" and I discuss fear. It's natural to avoid things we're afraid of, yet we get the message that to succeed you should "face your fear and do it anyway!"
Mary and I discuss fear we should push through, why sometimes fear is giving us a valuable clue that we really shouldn't do something, and some ways to tell the difference.

Welcome to the second part of my interview with Sophia Jacob. She's been a single mom for 24 years, and she's sharing some of her best advice about how to make single motherhood work, including some tips for young people about how to succeed in business.

Welcome to the first part of my interview with Sophia Jacob. She's been a single mom for 24 years, and she's sharing some of her best advice about how to make single motherhood work.

This is the third part of my interview with Mom Strategist, Mom Motivator, and the creator of the 28 Day Stress Free Family System, Madeleine Davis. We're talking about the tendency many of us have to swoop in to save the day, and how it can backfire (with both our kids and other people too!).

This is the second part of my interview with Madeleine Davis, Mom Strategist, Mom Motivator, and the creator of the 28 Day Stress Free Family System. Today we're talking about how hard it can be to let our kids feel their uncomfortable feelings, without trying to fix things for them.

Madeleine Davis is a mom strategist, mom motivator, and the creator of the Stress Free Family System. In part 1 of our conversation, we're talking about what "successful" motherhood is, and how dangerous it can be to use our kids' behaviour as a measurement of our own performance.