Work-Life Flow

In today’s episode, my guest Katie Kimball and I explore our role to recognize when our kids are ready for new skills and then to offer opportunities to practice these new skills. We explore the concept of age-appropriate versus developmentally ready and how to recognize when your kids are a different new skill. We also talk about why the kitchen is a great place to start not only by teaching life skills that build confidence but also lead to healthier eating habits. 

I share how her course has helped my family teach these kitchen skills and how you could outsource teaching cooking skills through her course if you’re not well versed in the kitchen yourself.

Lastly, we examine the importance of giving our children agency in their life and how to create these opportunities in our family life.

 4 Must-Have Checklists so Your Kids can Get Ready on Their Own and Feel Empowered (While you Sit Back and Relax)

What we’re talking about…

• That having agency is the key determining factor whether or not a child will be happy (from The self-driven Child by Ned Johnson and William Stixrud Ph.D.)
• That only one third (⅓) of college students know how to boil an egg
• How kitchen skills build competence and confidence in children
• Why it is important to involve your kids in the kitchen
• How to create better-eating habits
• That time in the kitchen together builds memorable moments
• When not invite your kids into the kitchen
• Why curiosity in the kitchen leads to better eating habits
• That we parents have to observe when our kids are ready for new skills
  
  

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Free knife skills course 

Homeschool curriculum

Kitchen Stewardship eBooks

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In today’s episode, my guest Claire shares her view on the foundations of running a business. Interestingly, we concurred that even for our family life, we benefit immensely from declaring our vision and values. As Claire shares, it becomes our Northstar and we can measure whether or not our actions are bringing us closer or not. We also chat about intentional planning and how it can free us up for the holiday season.
Lastly, we talk about strategies for productivity and a better work-life balance.
 
 4 Must-Have Checklists so Your Kids can Get Ready on Their Own and Feel Empowered (While you Sit Back and Relax)

What we’re talking about…

• Why you need to understand your mission, vision, and values 
• That we need to be able to measure progress
• How boundaries can be opportunities
• The importance of self-awareness in business and life
• Why we should make our homeschool more meaningful 
• How can we think outside the box, so there’s less friction happening
• Learning about self and how to be in the world that works for me
• How to choose a curriculum to match your vision
• Why it is important to support the strengths in neurodivergent people
• How egg timers can propel our productivity
  
  

LINKS MENTIONED

FREE Mission, Vision, & Values Workbook

Claire Crum Website

Claire Crum LinkedIn

In today’s episode, my guest Katy shares her journey to becoming debt-free and how she now helps families become sustainably debt-free. She explains that getting clear on a near-term and long-term vision for their finances is the first step to becoming debt-free. The next step would be to simplify your accounts and cards.
 
We explore how our money stories inform our financial decisions and how to recognize our spending habits so that we can create the money future we want. When working with families her focus is on open and honest communication.

 4 Must-Have Checklists so Your Kids can Get Ready on Their Own and Feel Empowered (While you Sit Back and Relax)

What we’re talking about…

• Why paying off debt is not the main focus
• How to make sure on where your money goes
• That the major causes for being in debt in the US are student loans or medical bills
• That when one person in the relationship models new money-related behaviors it can inspire the partner/spouse
• What to do when you keep accumulation debt
• Why it is a good thing to simplify your finances
• How to make better buying decisions

LINKS MENTIONED

The Simplified Budget Facebook Group
Katy Instagram
Katy Facebook
Katy Website

In today’s episode, my guest Laura Froyen and I explore the world of positive parenting and self-compassion. The more we talked, the more parallels with emotional intelligence and leadership qualities we could identify. 

We explored how we need to really let our emotions wash over ourselves, and not stuff them down. We also talked about how we need to stop beating ourselves up when we make a mistake and what to do when it happens.

We talked about how we need to let everyone in the family figure out their own relationship and avoid getting into the “triangle”. Laura shares how to remove ourselves from a triad when it happens and how to redirect to have your child and dad talk it out.

4 Must-Have Checklists to Empower Your Kids to They Get Ready on Their Own, while You Sit Back and Relax 

What we’re talking about…

• That we are deserving of kind and gentle treatment in of itself
• How to build resilient relationships 
• That we need more self-compassion in our parenting 
• Why the buttons our children push are really opportunities to connect with yourself and your healing
• How to get your partner to commit to positive parenting
• That we as parents can be each other's accountability partners
• How family visioning can help define daily actions to achieving our goals

LINKS MENTIONED

Laura Website

Laura Facebook

Laura Instagram

In today’s episode, my guest Nicole Lupushansky and I explore the world of respectful co-parenting after divorce and why it is important for the child’s overall well-being. In our conversation, we realized that even in ongoing partnerships or marriages, the same friction points can arise when two parents have a different view on parenting. We dive into why we need to learn to step back and let our children and their fathers build and define their own relationships.

4 Must-Have Checklists for Kids to Get Ready on Their Own, So You Can Sit Back and Relax (and Your Kids Feel Empowered).

What we’re talking about…

• That we need to learn to let go of control over the other parent’s choices
• How to recognize when your child is struggling with mental health
• Why we need to strive for a healthy co-parenting relationship 
• That criticizing the co-parent’s choices indirectly tell our children that part of them is not lovable
• How one person can improve an unhealthy co-parenting relationship and create a ripple effect

Nicole's Website
Nicole's FB group
Nicole on Instagram
Two Homes, One Happy Childhood Podcast

In today’s episode my guest Julie Bogart and I talk about the importance of getting to know your children and letting them explore their interests even if it doesn’t look like “learning”.
We chat about our roles as guides (leaders) and how to make their dreams a reality. In anything they do, we will be able to identify learning that’s happening if we dare to look.
Julie shares stories of her children’s vastly different interests and they have become her fondest memories of their childhood. Julie shares that when she needed time to grief her divorce, she needed to put homeschooling on pause and send her children back to school.

Take the Lead Bootcamp

4 Must-Have Checklists for kids so you can cross stress off your list (and empower your kids through life skills)

What we’re talking about…

• That writing doesn’t start on paper but in the mind
• That adaptive tools are not cheating
• Why we need to create the space to let our children explore and fail
• How to guide them through their learning and life
• Why the happiness of your child is an indicator or meaningful learning 
• That homeschool is life and how we can help them figure out
• That it is ok to take a break when you feel that it is too much
• Why it is important to be vulnerable with your children
• How to support your children’s dreams even if money is tight

In today’s episode, Renee shares her story of how a skincare product she had created for dry skin grew into an online business that could retire her husband and support her family. Out of necessity, her husband took over homeschooling and soon realized that he liked to dive into projects with them that eventually led them to become specialists in these areas. This approach to fostering their interest and helping them identify marketable skills has led them to their new venture “Parent Their Passion” where they coach parents on the process of recognizing important skills in their children’s interest.

Sit back and relax while the kids get ready on their own! With my 4 Must-Have Checklists for Your Kids (So they feel empowered and you feel calm)

What we’re talking about...

• Why listening to our kids is important for them to take risks
• That even interests that don’t look important to us can lead our children to find their passion
• How we parents can become our children’s guides and role models
• Why do we moms should work towards goals and let our kids into our world of work
• Renee challenges us to find real-world applications to our children’s interests
• Why we should say YES more
• How your children's seemingly irrelevant hobby can lead to finding their profession

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LINKS MENTIONED

MadeOn Skin Care Facebook

MadeOn Skin Care Store

Hardlotion Instagram

parenttheirpassion Instagram

Parent Their Passion Facebook

Parent Their Passion Website

In today’s episode, my guest Dr. Michelle Deering shares how we moms are daughters first. We explore relationship dynamics and patterns we could have learned from our moms and might be unintentionally teaching our daughters.

4 Must-Have Checklists for Kids, so You Can Cross Stress off Your List (and They Feel Empowered)

What we’re talking about…

• That we are daughters first.
• What motherhood is supposed to look like
• Why we often fall into patterns unintentionally
• The relationship queues that influence our role as moms
• How parents are the leaders of the home and as such create the family culture
• The red flags in our mother-daughter relationship and when to seek support
• How burnout had her rethink work-life integration

LINKS MENTIONED

Mother Daughter Connections Facebook Group
Dr. Michelle Deering Facebook 
Dr. Michelle Deering Instagram
Dr. Michelle Deering Website

In today’s episode, Candice and I are discussing all things bullying. We define what bullying is, explore the roots of bullying and its shocking effects. Candice is determined to stop the bullying culture by helping kids and teens with social-emotional skills and teaching leadership to them. And finally, she’s giving us some tools to stop bullying and intervene when we observe it happen.

4 Must-Have Checklists for Kids, So you Can Cross Stress off Your List (and Empower Your Kids)

What we’re talking about…

• How to recognize bullying
• That bullying happens as early as elementary school
• Why do we need to keep a close eye on internet use with our kids
• The ARP of bullying - Is it aggressive, repetitive, and a power-imbalance?
• Why we never should engage with a bully
• How to resolve a situation when bullying is happening

LINKS MENTIONED

Bullied Broken Redeemed Leadership
Candice on Instagram

In today’s episode let’s talk about how art can influence our mental health and wellbeing. Miriam, who grew up surrounded by art, shares how art has always fueled her. She shares her journey from feeling the need to express herself through art and how the energy and passion that she puts into her abstract paintings can elevate your home into a one-of-a-kind oasis, by raising the vibe in your home.

4 Must-Have Checklists for Your Kids, so You can Cross Stress off Your List (And Empower your Kids) 

What we’re talking about…

• How burnout brought Miriam to take up painting again
• That you are the first soul to take care of
• The Importance of self-care as a mother looking after a family
• The impact of arts in our home and mental well being
• That it is okay to spend money on things that will uplift you every single day

LINKS MENTIONED

Miriam Gitlin Website
Miriam Gitlin Palette Giveaway
Miriam Gitlin Instagram
Miriam Gitlin Facebook