In today’s episode, I sit down with the brilliant and grounding Erin Walsh (author of "It's Their World Teens, Screens and the Science of Adolescence" and co-founder of the Spark and Stitch Institute) to talk about something every parent I know is secretly panicking about: raising humans in a digital world that evolves faster than our nervous systems can blink.

Erin and I go way beyond the usual “screen-time limits” conversation. We get into the real, nuanced, evidence-based, actually-helpful stuff—like how our kids’ tech behaviors are so often a mirror of our own emotional regulation, why shared family tech rituals matter more than the perfect set of rules, and what boys are learning (or not learning) about their emotions from the online spaces they inhabit.

We talk about how the digital world is designed to hijack attention, how masculinity is being shaped in comment sections, and why secure attachment is still the number-one “parental control” we have access to. We explore the importance of boredom (yes, boredom—the thing our kids act like is fatal), co-regulation, and crowding out screens not with shame but with shared experiences that actually feel good to everyone.

This conversation is honest, compassionate, and genuinely relieving. It names what so many of us feel but don’t say out loud: it’s hard to raise kids right now. The landscape is unfamiliar, the stakes feel high, and none of us grew up with the tools we’re expected to have. Erin offers practical, grounded wisdom—and together, we remind you that you don’t have to navigate any of this alone, and you don’t have to do it perfectly for your kids to thrive.

Takeaways

• The digital landscape poses unique and unprecedented challenges for families.

• Understanding how screen time affects development helps us guide—not control—our kids.

• Secure attachment is the most powerful buffer against tech-related overwhelm.

• Parents play an essential role in helping children navigate online content and culture.

• Boys often learn emotional expression from peers and online role models—many of whom are not emotionally mature.

• Boredom is not a crisis; it’s a crucible for creativity and regulation.

• Shared family tech experiences build connection and restore balance.

• Emotional regulation means feeling feelings without causing harm to self or others.

• Healthy media habits require replacement strategies—not just restrictions.

• We need community, patience, and open dialogue to raise emotionally resilient kids in a digital age.

Enjoy the episode, and I highly recommend Erin's book and work! https://sparkandstitchinstitute.com/about/erin-walsh/

Calling all Recovering Golden Children! I know you are my peeps!

This week, I sat down with Lauren Smallcomb, author of Golden Child—a beautiful book encapsulating and illuminating the journey from Golden Child to Scapegoat to Real Free Human. In this episode, we talk about what it means to grow up in a dysfunctional family system and how so many of us were quietly cast as the “good one,” the responsible one, the golden child—and the invisible cost of slowly disappearing from ourselves.

Lauren shares her journey through chronic illness, brain retraining, and the slow return to her body’s wisdom. We talk about how trauma hides in our cells, how survival can look like perfection, and how healing requires both grief and radical self-permission. This conversation moves through the deep waters of generational trauma, the tenderness of parenting teens, and the sacred practice of becoming who we really are—after years of pretending everything was fine. And we end the episode with a beautiful inter-generational prayer that one of the Safe Inside Mamas shared, so moving and powerful!

Lauren is such a wise, steady, empathic guide, and this was one of my favorite most nourishing conversations I've had in a long time.

You can find Lauren, her book and her work on IG: @goldenchildbook

This week I sat down with our new best friend and community-building-sherpa, Dominica Ruta for one of my favorite episodes to date. Dominica is a fellow cyclebraker, Mama, and writer of the recent novel "All the Mothers," where she explores blending families based on shared motherhood, co-carrying the load, de-shaming our shiitake and love transcending the forms we were told it comes in.

We gushed about the invisible oxygen that keeps so many of us alive: connection, female friendship, being witnessed, and low-lift hangs that transform us from the inside out.

I share more than I ever have about my journey from nuclear family into intimacy with other women, and we address how mothers can have both, deep intimate nourishing connection with other women without leaving their marriages.

We explored how relational needs drive so much of our behavior (yes, even the things we judge ourselves for), why safe community is not a luxury but a survival strategy, and how healing often happens not in a therapist’s office, but sitting cross-legged on a friend’s rug watching "Real Housewives."

Domenica and I also wandered into the land of men—how they too need spaces that allow emotional safety, and why building emotionally intelligent communities shouldn’t be a female-only burden. We talked about how Gen Z is calling BS on emotional repression (bless them), how motherhood can become a portal to deeper self-love, and why storytelling is the medicine our publishing world still doesn’t always know how to package.

We celebrated the kind of joy that happens when women drop the performance and find each other again in the dark. We honored the ache of needing village, the courage of saying “I can’t do this alone,” and the quiet radicalism of showing up vulnerable—on purpose.

If you’re craving community, tired of pretending you’re fine, curious about how motherhood changes not just your schedule but your soul, or longing to feel less alone in your need for others—this conversation is a hand extended.

And go buy this book! It'll entertain and change you. https://bookshop.org/p/books/all-the-mothers-a-novel-domenica-ruta/aba4844fa4b548f1?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pmax&utm_campaign=16243454879&utm_content=&utm_term={searchterm}&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16243514117&gbraid=0AAAAACfld43lNpqlWjLTp-Kvy2yTgbV_g&gclid=CjwKCAjwgeLHBhBuEiwAL5gNEbfo1wIhBLXfewCQVz3vX5tW0npvV0hr4sLzZWHb3nTMmCgIO00cZxoCqCMQAvD_BwE

I had the joy of speaking with 66-year-old therapist and fellow mother (who’s been practicing about as long as Taylor Swift has been alive), Maureen Motley about these times we're living in, how capitalism divides the generations, and what it feels like to watch her adult child navigating a very different world than the one she came up in. Maureen is wise and deeply joyful, and her love and wisdom feel like such an uplifting balm at this very moment, right when we need it.

We wandered through topics like the illusion of control in uncertain times, the circle of control vs. the circle of concern, the grief of watching systems fail our own families, and the beauty of aging into greater self-acceptance. She spoke about how every generation faces its own “becoming,” and how vital it is that we stay connected through it all—sharing wisdom, laughter, and responsibility across the years. And she names so beautifully what we can all do "with our one drop."

This episode is really about the long arc of healing—how each of us, no matter our age or role, contributes to collective change simply by doing the work in front of us, together. Enjoy!

Today I sit down with my dear friend and powerhouse healer Dula Josephine to talk about something that lights us both up: the collective side of healing. Josephine shares her own journey from deep burnout to a life filled with creativity, community, and pleasure, that was very much sparked by her involvement with my Group Coaching container Nurtured Mama.

Together we trace how group work, inner-child tending, and the simple act of letting support in become the doorway to nervous-system safety and lasting change.

We also wander into the fun places healing can take us—from fashion as somatic expression to the surprising ways technology can hold space for real emotional growth. This conversation is a love letter to every woman who’s tired of doing it all alone and ready to remember that desire and connection are medicine.

What you’ll hear inside:

• Why group work is one of the fastest tracks to transformation

• How relational safety rewires our stress responses

• The hidden link between burnout and the inability to receive

• Inner child practices that open space for joy and freedom

• Why honoring emotions (instead of stuffing them) changes relationships

• Creative, even stylish, ways to embody healing in daily life

If you’ve been craving a safe, vibrant community—or just need permission to rest and be held—this episode is for you. And! Fall Group work is open, Embodied Boundaries starts 9/25, Safe Inside starts 10/8 and we will have another cohort of Nurtured Mamas in the Winter, stay tuned.

I had the privilege of sitting down with viral poet and author David Gate to talk about his recent beautiful book Rebellion of Care—a straight-from-the-heart exploration of how self-care and mutual care are radical and urgent in a culture that prizes productivity over people. We looked at how trauma shapes our relationships, why friendship and community are survival skills, and how language and art help us say the things our bodies already know.

David read several of his beautiful poems, and touched something so deeply in me he made me cry. Felt good. Highly recommend.

I am so grateful to bring forward this practical, honest conversation about what it takes to stay connected to ourselves and each other when the world keeps pulling us apart. It has never felt more necessary, and I am so grateful for wise people like David, gently showing us the way.

Please connect with David and his work, on his website: https://www.davidgatepoet.com/

In this conversation with spiritual teacher, channeler, and one of my biggest mentors Paige Turlitzi, I felt like we were tracing the invisible threads that weave healing and consciousness together. We wandered through the Akashic Records, the Hawkins scale, and that brave journey from victim to creator consciousness. BTW, The Hawkins scale, developed by Dr. David R. Hawkins, is a map of human consciousness that ranges from low-vibration states like shame and fear up through courage, love, joy, and peace. It helps us see how our emotional states literally shift the energy we live in.

We talked about how our bodies have to come along for the ride—because there’s no true awakening if the nervous system is left behind. We also explored something I’m endlessly fascinated by: the way compassionate witnessing softens everything. From codependency to sovereignty. From 3D to 5D. From old survival wiring to the felt sense of freedom.

This episode is for anyone ready to remember their own higher self and the magic that happens when you stop outsourcing your worth and start living as the creator of your life.

And so FUN, at the end of the episode Page taps in to my own level of consciousness and the consciousness of this community.....

You can connect with Page and her incredible work on September 30th at 11am in a workshop for Paid Subscribers to my Substack, where she'll teach on “Mapping Consciousness: The Hawkins Scale as a Tool for Healing and Growth.”

And you can connect with her and all the facets of her work on IG: @nomadicpriestess

I got to sit down with writer, mother and woman-in-a-body Ruthie Ackerman to talk about her powerful memoir The Mother Code—and let me tell you, this one cracked something open in me. Ruthie is re-imagining what motherhood even means, beyond the scripts and myths we inherited. We went deep into the messy truths: maternal ambivalence (yes, it’s normal), the weight of cultural expectations, and the way writing can become a radical act of self-discovery and freedom.

What I love about this conversation is how Ruthie makes space for the many ways motherhood can look and feel. Success isn’t a performance—it’s caretaking, community, and emotional health. And for those of us rewriting our own mother code, this dialogue is a reminder that we don’t have to do it alone. We get to choose the stories we carry forward, and we get to make them fit the families and lives we’re actually living.

This is one of those episodes that will stay with you—especially if you’ve ever questioned the old rules of what a “good mother” is supposed to be.

You can access more of Ruthie's work here: https://www.ruthieackerman.com/

Enjoy the episode!

In this episode, I sit down with Psychedelic Somatic Therapist Christian Snuffer for a conversation about attunement—what it really means to be in touch with ourselves and each other, and why it’s at the heart of healing.

We talk about the nervous system (of course), and about how somatic awareness—paying attention to what’s happening in our bodies—isn’t just a side practice, but the actual doorway to healing. We explore how joy can sometimes feel just as threatening as pain when our bodies are wired for survival, and how dissociation shows up as a protective reflex when emotions feel too overwhelming.

Christian brings such wisdom about the power of language, the pull of community, and the way nature herself teaches us how to return to regulation. Together, we explore why healing isn’t a “problem to solve” but a process of becoming more fully human.

If you’ve ever wondered why you avoid your feelings, why you can’t quite let joy land, or why regulating yourself as a parent feels impossible some days—you’re not broken. You’re in the process of remembering.

We also share about Christian’s new Attunement Collective, a free space for people ready to deepen their somatic and relational practices with support.

This one is tender, grounding, and full of those “aha” reframes that make you exhale. So good.

You can connect with Christian and his work on his IG page @_attunement, and find access to his many offerings!

Vanessa Kroll Bennett is one half of the So Awkward brand and co-author (with pediatrician Cara Natterson) of the hit book "This is So Awkward" that’s making puberty conversations a little less cringey and a lot more human.

In this laugh-out-loud, deeply relatable conversation, we toss out the stiff lectures and lean into humor, personal stories, and the messy truth—because puberty isn’t just something our kids go through. Their changes stir up our own memories of middle school awkwardness, body confusion, and the tender places we still carry.

Together, we unpack:

• How humor can melt the awkwardness out of puberty talks

• Why sibling relationships shape how we understand and talk about bodies

• The surprising ways personal history impacts how we teach our kids

• How technology changes the timing and feel of puberty

• Why early puberty is on the rise—and what that means for parenting

• The importance of treating kids by their actual age, not their appearance

• How to build trust that survives eye-rolls and slammed doors

• Why making mistakes is not just okay—it’s essential

• How listening to your child opens the door to connection

By the end, you might just see puberty—yours and theirs—not as an awkward stage to survive, but as an ongoing, surprisingly sacred conversation that maybe, is so unavoidable because it's essential.

And, you'll just love Vanessa and her wit and warmth. You can access the "So Awkward Universe," the book, the podcast, and all of the million other things Cara and Vanessa are doing at their website: https://lessawkward.com/