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.

You can find safety planning worksheets and other resources on Shawna's website, www.lifevoice.ca. If you are not in the Guelph area, you can find information about 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.

Robyn Murray is a Registered Physiotherapist with a specialty in pelvic health. We're talking about all of the common (and often embarrassing!) problems that can be helped, like incontinence with sneezing and laughing.

Note that this is for entertainment and educational purposes, and we're not trying to diagnose, treat, or otherwise substitute for seeing a medical professional.

For the video clip that goes along with this episode (Robyn is discussing prolapse) you can visit us at www.momtellectual.com

Robyn Murray is a Registered Physiotherapist, and she's here to share the new guidelines about exercise in pregnancy.

Note that this is for entertainment and educational purposes, and we're not trying to diagnose, treat, or otherwise substitute for seeing a medical professional.

For the video clip that goes along with this episode (Robyn is showing us a diagram of the pelvic floor) visit the podcast website at www.momtellectual.com