Voices of Your Village

384- How to Deal With Your Stuff So Your Kids Don’t Have To, with Eli Harwood

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re getting into something that doesn’t get talked about enough in parenting:

What happens when our stuff shows up in how we raise our kids.

In this episode, I’m joined by Eli Harwood, and honestly, this one felt like part conversation, part therapy session. We’re talking about what it looks like when your child is wired differently than you… and how easy it is to project your own fears, needs, and past experiences onto them without even realizing it.

We get into mismatch, anxiety, and those moments where you find yourself thinking, “They need this,” when really… it’s something you needed.

Eli breaks down what it actually means to be a secure base for your kids. Not perfect, but steady. Being able to hold their emotions without needing to fix them. And how the real work of parenting is learning how to tolerate our own feelings so we don’t hand them off to our children.

If you’ve ever wondered, “Am I messing them up?” or felt that pull between wanting to protect your child and needing to let them be who they are… this episode is for you.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Eli:

Instagram: @attachmentnerd

Website: https://www.attachmentnerd.com/

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383- What Happens When We Stop Trying to Control Behavior, with Polina Shkadron, SLP

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re talking about the kids who often get missed. The ones who look fine on the outside, hold it together at school, and then unravel at home. The kids whose feeding struggles, big reactions, sensory needs, or shutdowns can get mistaken for defiance when what’s really happening is so much more nuanced.

In this episode, I’m joined by Polina Shkadron, and we’re digging into what it looks like to truly support neurodivergent kids through the lens of relationship, regulation, and trust. We talk about feeding challenges, masking, sensory differences, executive functioning, and why believing the child’s experience changes everything.

This conversation hit home for me as a parent, because so much of this is about shifting out of “How do I make this behavior stop?” and into “What is this child telling me about their experience?” And that shift matters at home, in classrooms, and in every relationship we have with kids.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Polina:

Instagram: @playtolearnconsulting

Website: playtolearnconsulting.com

Newsletter: https://playtolearnconsulting.com/resources/

PESI webinars mentioned:

The “Not So Picky” Picky Eater

Executive Functioning in Children and Adolescents

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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382- What Kids Need Most When Parents Divorce, with Michelle Dempsey-Multack, MSEd

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re talking about one of the hardest family transitions to navigate with kids: divorce.

In this episode, I’m joined by Michelle Dempsey-Multack, and we’re digging into what it really looks like to take a child-first approach when parents separate. We talk about how to tell kids about divorce in a way that is honest, clear, and age-appropriate, what kids actually need in those early conversations, and how to support them without putting them in the middle.

We also get into the long game of co-parenting: how to stay grounded when emotions are high, how to avoid making kids the messengers or collateral, and what it means to build a childhood your kids won’t have to recover from later.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Michelle:

Instagram:@michelledempsey, @michellemultack

Website: https://michelledempsey.com/

Order the book: Moms Moving On: Real-Life Advice on Conquering Divorce, Co-Parenting Through Conflict, and Becoming Your Best Self

Podcast: The Moving On Podcast

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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381- Parenting Autism, Anxiety, and Overwhelm Without Losing Ourselves, with Lisa Candera

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes discussion of childhood mental health struggles and discusses suicidal ideation and self harm. Please take care while listening.

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re talking about something that so many autism parents know in their bones but don’t always hear said out loud: sometimes what looks like defiance, aggression, or “too much” is actually overwhelm, burnout, anxiety, and a nervous system that cannot keep carrying what the world is asking of it.

In this episode, I’m joined by Lisa Candera of The Autism Mom Coach, and we talk honestly about parenting an autistic child through anxiety, OCD, burnout, and big behaviors. We get into the difference between can’t and won’t, what it looks like when the strategies that used to work stop working, how our own nervous systems shape what happens next, and why support for the parent matters just as much as support for the child.

This conversation felt especially powerful to me as the mom of an autistic child, because there is so much nuance here. There is grief, love, exhaustion, advocacy, and so much invisible labor. Lisa brings both lived experience and deep compassion to this conversation, and I think so many parents are going to feel less alone in it.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Lisa:

Instagram: @theautismmomcoach

Website: https://theautismmomcoach.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-candera-949b3175/

Podcast: The Autism Mom Coach

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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380- Screens Aren’t the Enemy: What Kids Actually Need From Us, with Brynn Putnam and Ash Brandin, EdS

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re talking about screens, because my feed has been feeling so black-and-white lately. Screens are bad. Screens disconnect us. Avoid them at all costs. And I just don’t think that’s true, and I also don’t think it’s helpful.

So we’re having a real conversation about what it looks like to raise kids in the world we’re actually living in, not the one we miss from when we were growing up. Screens are morally neutral. The question is what we do with them, what our kids are getting from them, and how we can use them as a tool for connection, instead of a source of tension.

I’m joined by Ash Brandin, aka The Gamer Educator and author of Power On, and Brynn Putnam, the creator of Board, a face-to-face game console that blends the tactile pieces of board games with a digital screen so families can play together in a way that fuels connection. We talk about digital play being real play, why leisure doesn’t have to be productive, and how to build trust now so kids come to you later, when tech gets more complicated and has higher stakes.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Brynn:

Instagram: @board.fun

X: @brynnputnam

Website: https://board.fun/

Connect with Ash:

Instagram: @thegamereducator

Website: https://thegamereducator.com/

Order the book: Power On: Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family

Substack: https://thegamereducator.substack.com/

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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379- Repair 101: What Kids Need to See After Conflict, with Aly Bullock, MFT

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re talking about something most of us were never actually taught how to do: healthy conflict.

In this episode, I’m joined by Aly Bullock, a licensed marriage and family therapist, communication coach, and mom of three, and we’re getting honest about what happens when one partner leans into conflict and the other shuts down. We unpack why silence can feel just as loud as yelling, how to name tension in front of kids without making them responsible for it, and what real repair actually sounds like beyond a quick “sorry about yesterday.”

We also dig into “accountability” and why what we’re really asking for, from kids and from partners, is the ability to understand impact. That shift changes everything-- at home, and out in the world.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Aly:

Instagram: @relationshipswithaly, @pairedapp

Website: paired.com, relationshipswithaly.com

Free trial & 25% off paired app: paired.com/alypodcast

Aly's TALK Blueprint Course: https://www.relationshipswithaly.com/talk-blueprint

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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378- The Conversations Every Parent & Teacher Needs Right Now, with Eli Harwood, Dr. KC Rickerd, Dr. Destiny Huff and more

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and I cannot wait for you to hear this episode. You’re about to get a preview of what’s coming in hot at our 2026 Seed Teacher Summit, happening March 10th through 12th. Each year, this summit is custom built with one goal in mind: to Transform Early Childhood and Elementary Education by supporting the adults who support kids. This year’s conversations feel especially timely-- and bonus, they're completely free.
In this episode, you’ll hear short clips from several summit interviews that touch on topics like supporting anxious kids in school, how to manage disruptive behaviors, and why CRAWLING (yes crawling) matters for kids down the road, in kindergarten and beyond. These are just small glimpses of much deeper conversations you’ll have access to FOR FREE during the Summit. I hope you’ll join us and help this reach the people who need it most. Share it with your child’s teachers, fellow parents, school leaders, and caregivers who are craving practical, research-backed tools they can actually use in real life. If someone in your world could use support, clarity, or a reminder that they’re not failing and they’re not alone, this might be exactly what they need. You can register now at seedandsew.org/summit.
Alright folks, let’s dive in.

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Seed Teacher Summit- March 10-12! https://www.seedandsew.org/summit

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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377- What It Really Takes to Support Teachers Well, with Alex Loos and Kiley Linnell

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we're going behind the scenes with two powerhouse early childhood educators who are working to shift school culture from the inside out. Kiley Linnell is the assistant director at one of Little Sprouts’ newest schools, and Alexandra Loos oversees systems-wide implementation across 41 programs. Together, we talk about what it really looks like to support teachers in real time—not just with one-off trainings, but with ongoing coaching and real tools that meet them in the moment.

We explore how to help educators regulate their own nervous systems so they can show up for kids with patience and connection, and what happens when programs actually have a village behind them. If you're in early childhood or school leadership, this one is packed with takeaways to build a stronger, more sustainable culture.

If this conversation sparks something for you, make sure to tell your kids' teachers about the Seed Teacher Summit, going live March 10th to 12th. It’s a free virtual event created to give educators the kind of ongoing support we talk about in this episode—tools to help them regulate, connect with kids, and feel less alone in the work. We’ll be featuring 18 incredible speakers who share our commitment to building schools where everyone—kids and adults—can thrive. You can learn more at seedandsew.org/summit.

Alright folks, Lets dive in.

Connect with Alex and Kiley:

Website: https://littlesprouts.com/

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Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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376- Kids Do Well If They Can; Then Why Are So Many Struggling in School? With Dr. Ross Greene, PhD

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: the breakdown of this episode includes a discussion of sexual assault, and briefly mentions the Epstein Files. Please take care while listening.

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today’s episode is one that hits close to home for so many of us—whether you’re parenting a kid who’s struggling in school, teaching in a classroom where big behaviors are on the rise, or simply wondering why it feels like more kids aren’t okay right now. I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Dr. Ross Greene, clinical psychologist and author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School, and now his newest book, The Kids Who Aren’t Okay: The Urgent Case for Reimagining Support, Belonging, and Hope in Schools. If you’ve ever heard the phrase “kids do well if they can,” you’ve already been impacted by Dr. Greene’s work. In this conversation, we dig into what it really means to meet kids where they are—and what gets in the way of actually doing that in so many systems. We talk about why behavior isn’t the whole story, why diagnoses alone can’t capture the full picture, and how to shift from reactive discipline to proactive, collaborative support. If you’ve been feeling the weight of trying to support kids who are struggling, this episode offers both validation and real, hopeful direction.

And— if this conversation sparks something for you, make sure to spread the word about the Seed Teacher Summit, going live March 10th to 12th. It’s a free virtual event created to give educators the kind of ongoing support we talk about in this episode—tools to help them regulate, connect with kids, and feel less alone in the work. We’ll be featuring 18 incredible speakers who share our commitment to building schools where everyone—kids and adults—can thrive. You can learn more at seedandsew.org/summit.
Alright folks, Lets dive in.

Connect with Dr. Ross Greene:

Instagram: @livesinthebalance

Website: www.livesinthebalance.org

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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375- Parenting a Spicy One: Raising Big Personalities with Compassion and Boundaries, with Mary Van Geffen

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re talking about those spicy ones. The kids who are big in personality, big in emotion, and big in challenging parents. Maybe you're raising one—or maybe you were one. I’m joined by parenting coach and author Mary Van Geffen, whose book Parenting a Spicy One is part memoir, part survival guide, and completely validating for the parents who feel like they’re doing everything “right” and still getting steamrolled by meltdowns, back talk, and constant negotiating.

We talk about what it actually looks like to parent a strong-willed child, why traditional discipline often backfires, and how to stay connected even when your kid is pushing all your buttons. Mary brings humor, honesty, and so many practical tools to this conversation—and I think it’s one that so many of us need right now. Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Mary:

Instagram: @maryvangeffen

Website: https://www.maryvangeffen.com/

Order the book: Parenting a Spicy One

Or, Preorder here to access Mary’s Affirmations Masterclass and the Meltdown Meditations for Moms: https://www.maryvangeffen.com/parentingaspicyonebook

Are you a spicy one quiz: Here

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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374- The Lifelong Impact of Having Been a “Good Kid”, with Maggie Nick, LCSW

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today’s episode is for the good kids—and the adults they became.

I got to sit down with Maggie Nick, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, therapist and founder of Camp Lovable, whose new book, Good Kids: Why You Suffered in Silence and How to Break the Cycle, dives into what it really means to be a “good kid”—and how that label can come with a cost.

We explored the nervous system responses behind compliance, how shame shows up for people-pleasers, and what happens when kids feel like they can’t have needs. Maggie brings such warmth and clarity to topics like fawning, neuroception, boundaries, and the grief that can come with realizing how early we learned to silence ourselves.

We also talk about raising our own kids in this awareness—how to stand beside them, not against them when they struggle—and what it looks like to break the cycle while still parenting with boundaries.

If you’ve ever been the “easy one,” or you’re raising a kid who gets praised for never rocking the boat… this one’s for you.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Maggie:

Instagram: @maggiewithperspectacles

Website: maggienick.com

Order the book: Good Kids: Why You Suffered in Silence, and How to Break the Cycle

Podcast: Coming Summer 2026!

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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373- “But I’m Bored!”: Rethinking Independent Play with Lizzie Assa, M.Ed.

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re diving into something that might just change your day-to-day parenting rhythm: independent play. If you’ve ever heard, “But I’m boooored…” and felt that mix of annoyance, guilt and overwhelm rise in your chest, this episode is for you. I got to sit down with Lizzie Assa, founder of The Workspace for Children and author of the new book But I’m Bored!: Discover the Power of Independent Play to Raise Confident, Resilient Kids.

This is not a “just send them to the playroom” kind of conversation. Lizzie shares what independent play actually looks like at different ages, why it’s a key ingredient in raising confident, creative humans, and how to build it into your life—even if you feel like there’s no time and your kid never plays alone. We talk about quiet time, toy rotation, those tiny treasures your kid insists on keeping, and how to shift the energy around play in your home—without needing to overhaul your life.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Lizzie:

Instagram: @TheWorkspaceForChildren

Website: WorkspaceForChildren.com

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Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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372- Parenting Kids Through Mental Health Struggles, with Kristina Kuzmic

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: This episode includes a discussion of childhood mental health struggles and discusses suicidal ideation and self harm. Please take care while listening.

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village and today we’re talking about one of the hardest realities of parenting—what it’s like when your child is struggling with their mental health and you can’t fix it.

I’m joined by Kristina Kuzmič, author, speaker, and mom, for a powerful conversation about parenting through childhood depression, suicidal ideation, and the quiet moments that often get missed when kids look “fine” on the outside.

We talk about the difference between sadness and depression, why so many kids struggle silently, and how our instinct to control—while deeply human—can sometimes push connection further away. Kristina shares what it looked like to shift from trying to fix her son’s pain to becoming a steady, safe presence instead.

This episode is about letting go of perfection, building trust through curiosity, and creating a home where kids know they can say, “Something is wrong,” just as easily as they’d say they have a stomachache.

If you’ve ever felt scared, helpless, or unsure how to show up when your child is hurting, this conversation is for you.

Connect with Kristina:

Instagram: @kristinakuzmic

Website: https://kristinakuzmic.com/

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371- Helping Kids Build Real Body Confidence Dr. Whitney Casares, MD

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, and I'm so grateful to be sharing this conversation with you. If you’re raising bigger kids, those school-age humans navigating a world full of messages about what they should look like, eat, wear, or do with their bodies—this episode is for you.
Today, I’m joined by Dr. Whitney Casares, pediatrician, author, and mom of two, to talk about real body confidence—not the “just love yourself!” kind, but the kind rooted in science, self-awareness, and actual conversations we can have with our kids.
We dive into the difference between body literacy and body positivity, how to talk to kids about food without shame, and why it matters to meet every body with understanding.
This is a conversation about equipping kids with tools and support, and helping them feel at home in the bodies they live in— whether they’re dealing with unexpected body changes, hurtful schoolyard comments, or the rising pressure to fit a mold, that, let's be honest, isn't realistic for most of us.
Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Dr. Whitney:

Instagram: @modernmommydoc, @raising.body.confident.kids

Website: www.raisingbodyconfidentkids.com

Order the book: My One-of-a-Kind Body: The Ultimate Guide to Caring for Me

Podcast: The Modern Mommy Doc Podcast

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370- Post-Holiday Meltdowns and School Refusal with The OT Butterfly, Laura Petix

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today’s episode is one so many of you have asked for: how to navigate the rocky transition back to school after the holidays. And not just for our kids, but for ourselves, too.
I’m joined by my friend Laura Petix, also known as The OT Butterfly. She’s a pediatric occupational therapist, a neurodivergent mom raising a neurodivergent kid, and the author of A Kid’s Book About Neurodiversity. This convo is a mix of validation, strategy, and "yep, me too" moments you’re going to want to come back to.
We talk about how to actually support regulation in those first weeks back, whether your kid is a sensory seeker or sensory sensitive, and how to lower demands, build in support, and reset your own expectations. We also get into the emotional side of school refusal, those brutal morning meltdowns, and why some kids just need a longer runway to get going again. Plus, Laura shares her brilliant nervous system budget analogy, which I think you're going to love.
This one’s for anyone starting the year already feeling tapped out, and trying to figure out how to make re-entry just a little softer.
Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Laura:

Instagram: @theotbutterfly

Website: www.theotbutterfly.com

Order the book: A Kids Book About Neurodiversity

Podcast: The Sensory W.I.S.E Solutions Podcast

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369- Start Here: Get to Know Your Nervous System

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And honestly, if you're gonna listen to one episode of this podcast ever, I hope it's this one. This is so key to understanding self-care, to understanding self-regulation, to understanding how your child regulates and what's regulating versus dysregulating for them, for you. You get to hear the beginning of one of my workshops and it's really gonna break down the nervous system and how you can understand yours and the humans around you. And then Rach and I have a discussion at the end in the breakdown all about this jazz. Please share this episode with a friend, share it with your child's teacher in school. Let's help everyone understand how the unique nervous system works because it is a game changer for moving through the world with more intention and less reaction, more response, and overall more regulation or access to it. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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368- Self-Reg with Dr. Stuart Shanker: Round 2

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we are rebroadcasting one of my all time favorite episodes. I got to sit down with someone I deeply admire—Dr. Stuart Shanker. His book Self-Reg was a game changer for me when I was teaching infants and toddlers, and honestly, it shaped so much of how I approach emotional development today.
In this episode, we talk about what self-regulation really means, how it differs from self-control, and why so many behaviors we label as “bad” are actually stress responses. Stuart shares powerful stories and practical insights—from what’s going on in a newborn’s nervous system to what to do when your teenager melts down over the wrong hoodie.
We explore the idea that all behavior is communication, how adults can become “stress detectives,” and why regulating ourselves is the first step in helping kids thrive. This conversation is packed with gems, and I’m so thrilled to share it with you.
Alright folks, Let’s dive in.

Connect with Dr. Shanker:

Instagram: @self_reg

Website: https://self-reg.ca/

Order the book: Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life

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Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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367- Morning Routines and Mom Rage, with Shelly Robinson

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re diving into one of the most requested topics: what to do when rage takes over. I’m joined by parent coach Shelly Robinson to talk about what’s really happening when we lose it on our kids, why it feels so hard to stay calm during everyday routines like getting out the door, and how we can show up with more intention—even when our capacity is low. We also unpack what it looks like to raise multiple kids with completely different nervous systems, and how to co-create routines that actually reduce conflict. If you’re someone who feels like you’re snapping more than you’d like—or you’re navigating sibling tension, sensory mismatches, or that gnawing sense that you’re failing—you’re in the right place.

Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Shelly:

Instagram: @raising_yourself

Website: shellyrobinson.com

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Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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366- When Doing It All Leaves You Empty, with Leslie Forde

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to chat with Leslie Forde about the unrealistic expectations of modern parenthood. Leslie’s work is such a gift for those of us trying to do it all—and slowly realizing that “it all” was never sustainable in the first place. We talk about how burnout shows up, why moms in particular are feeling crushed under the weight of impossible schedules, and how to find moments of restoration that are actually doable in real life. We explore what it means to reclaim rest, joy, and self-trust—and why giving ourselves permission to stop striving for perfection isn’t indulgent, it’s necessary. Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Leslie:

Instagram: @moms_heirarchy_of_needs

Website: https://momshierarchyofneeds.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/momshierarchyofneeds/

Order the book: Repair with Self-Care: Your Guide to the Mom's Hierarchy of Needs

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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365- When Does Parenting Actually Begin? With Kate Littlefield

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re diving into a question that has so many layers: When does parenting actually begin?
In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Littlefield—a therapist, mom of twins, and all-around incredible human, to explore how parenting starts long before birth. We talk about how our own histories, our inner child work, and our nervous systems all shape the way we show up in the caregiving experience. From navigating different needs in a family of unique humans, to figuring out how to parent intentionally in a way that’s true to you, this conversation is about letting go of one-size-fits-all parenting advice and embracing the idea that thoughtful, connected parenting can look different for every family.
Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Kate:

Instagram: @throughtothrive

Website: www.throughtothrive.org

Order the books: The First Year: A Workbook for Parents of Newborns, and Prep for Post: A Workbook for Expecting Parents

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Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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364- How to Respond to Triggering Phrases Like, “I Hate You” with Rachel and Alyssa (Rebroadcast)

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we're bringing you a special rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes. The village keeps coming back to this one, and for good reason. In this episode, Rachel and I dive into those moments when kids say things that feel rude, hurtful, or even shocking. We unpack why these behaviors often come from a place of dysregulation, what might be going on beneath the surface, and how to respond in a way that builds connection instead of shame. We also talk about what it looks like to model emotional regulation and healthy repair, even when we're triggered ourselves, and why it's okay to be a work in progress. These are themes we go even deeper into in our book Big Kids, Bigger Feelings, which is out now and full of tools to help you navigate these moments with more confidence and compassion. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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363- Helping Tweens Feel Secure in Their Changing Bodies with Dr. Hina Talib, MD

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re diving into a conversation that so many parents are craving—but often don’t know how to start. I got to sit down with Dr. Hina Talib to talk about body image and development in the pre-teen years—those ages nine to twelve when so much is changing, inside and out. We explored how to navigate this stage with empathy, how to foster open communication with kids around their bodies, and how to create a home environment where curiosity and big feelings are welcomed—not shut down. We also talked about the impact of societal pressures, how to model healthy relationships with food and body image, and when it might be time to bring in expert support. This episode is an invitation to show up with compassion—for yourself, and for your growing-not-so-little one—as they move through this pivotal season of development. Alright folks, let’s dive in.

VOYV Podcast Episodes Mentioned:

⁠How (and When) to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett ⁠

⁠Setting the Stage for Shame-Free Puberty with Melissa Pintor Carnagey ⁠

⁠How To Make Puberty and Sex Talks Less Awkward with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

Connect with Dr Hina:

Full bio: here

Instagram: @teenhealthdoc

Website: https://www.drhinatalib.com/

https://www.atria.org/

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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362- Holiday Meltdowns, Gift Disasters & When ‘Thank You’ Doesn’t Happen with Rachel and Alyssa

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re getting into something that hits deep for so many of us, especially around the holidays.
You plan something special—a magical outing, a thoughtful gift—and you’re met with “Is that it?” or “What are we doing next?” It can feel like a gut punch. In this episode, we’re unpacking what’s really going on when kids seem to crave more—more stuff, more stimulation, more everything—and why it can be so triggering for us as adults.
We’ll explore the post-gift letdown, the impact of dopamine on kids’ brains, and the tension between gratitude and instant gratification in a world that moves fast. We’re also diving into the real-life challenges: navigating over-gifting from family, helping siblings through comparison, and what to say when a well-meaning grandparent crosses a boundary.
This episode is full of practical strategies and gentle reminders that parenting during the holidays doesn’t have to feel like a performance. We talk about how to make space for both joy and disappointment, and why letting kids fully experience the moment—even if it’s messy—is actually the magic.
Alright folks, let’s dive in.

VOYV Episodes on Sensory Regulation:

315- When Your Nervous System is Overwhelmed by Your Child's Sensory Needs with OT Larissa Geleris: Round Two

316- Sensory Regulation for High Energy Kids with OT Julia Ieslin: Round Two

306-Sensory Need or Behavioral Challenge? With Madeha Ayub, OT

298- Update: After School Dysregulation with Lori Goodrich, OT

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

Seed and Sew's NEW Regulation Questionnaire: Take the Quiz

Order Big Kids, Bigger Feelings now!

Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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361- Let the Kids Read: What Judy Blume Taught Us About Truth-Telling, with Rachelle Bergstein

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes discussion of masturbation, sex and other adult topics.

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today's episode is such a treat. I got to sit down with Rachelle Bergstein to talk about her work on the incredible Judy Blume, and the impact her stories have had across generations. We talk about censorship, the importance of letting kids ask big questions, and what it means to create space for children to explore who they are without shame. We dig into the nuances of parenting and what it looks like to support individuality while staying deeply connected. Don't forget to check out Rachelle's book, The Genius of Judy Blume. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Rachelle:

Instagram: @rachellewb

Website: https://www.rachellebergstein.com/

Order the book: The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us

Podcast Episodes Mentioned:

How (and When) to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

Setting the Stage for Shame-Free Puberty with Melissa Pintor Carnagey

How To Make Puberty and Sex Talks Less Awkward with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

Seed and Sew's NEW Regulation Questionnaire: Take the Quiz

Order Big Kids, Bigger Feelings now!

Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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360- The Invisible Load of In-Law Dynamics That No One Talks About, with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to voices of your village. And today I'm joined by my incredible friend Dr. Tracy. She is a clinical psychologist, couples therapist, and author of the new book, You, Your Husband and His Mother. This was such a fun conversation. We got honest and had just compassionate conversation about what it looks like to show up as both a partner and a parent, while also navigating those tricky extended family dynamics. We dug into the challenges so many of us face with in-laws, with our own parents, and how setting boundaries can actually create more connection, not less. We talked about the pressure to be everything to everyone, and how tuning in to your own needs and voice is a game changer for your relationship, your parenting, and your peace. I loved getting to connect with Tracy, not just as a professional, but as two humans sharing this season of life. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Dr. Tracy:

Instagram: @DrTracyD

Website: drtracyd.com

Order the book: You, Your Husband, and His Mother: Create a Healthy Relationship with Your Mother-in-Law--and Your Spouse--in Five Simple Steps

Podcast: Dear Dr. Tracy

Alyssa's episodes on Dear Dr. Tracy:

Big Kids Bigger Feelings: Parenting Through the Ages 5-12 Shift with Alyssa Blask Campbell

Emotional Intelligence: Fostering it in Our Children

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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359- Toddlers Aren’t Terrible: Understanding the Why Behind Big Behaviors with Devon Kuntzman

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I’m joined by Devon Kuntzman, toddler expert and author of Transforming Toddlerhood.
Devon and I dig into the beautiful chaos of the toddler years—what’s developmentally normal, what we often mislabel as “bad behavior,” and how we can meet kids where they are, not where we wish they were. We talk about boundaries, temperament, and why embracing imperfection might just be your parenting superpower.
Whether you’re deep in the toddler trenches or supporting someone who is, this conversation is full of permission, perspective, and practical tools.
Alright folks, let’s dive in.

Connect with Devon:

Instagram: @transformingtoddlerhood

Website: www.transformingtoddlerhood.com

Order the book: Transforming Toddlerhood: How to Handle Tantrums, End Power Struggles, and Raise Resilient Kids---Without Losing Your Mind

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Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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358- Parenting Tweens & Teens: Boundaries, Repair, and Real Connection with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices Of Your Village, and today I'm joined by someone I deeply respect. Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, clinical psychologist and author of the brand new book Love the Teen You Have. In this episode, we dive into the often messy world of parenting tweens and teens. Dr. Lockhart and I explore how connection, not control, is the foundation for healthy, respectful relationships with our kids as they grow. We talk about how to navigate conflict, what it means to truly see your child, and why boundaries and belonging aren't opposites. This conversation is packed with real tools and grounded wisdom for anyone parenting through the big feelings and growing independence of adolescence. Alright, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart:

Instagram: @dr.annlouise.lockhart

Website: www.anewdaysa.com and www.drannlouiselockhart.com

Order the book: Love the Teen You Have: A Practical Guide to Transforming Conflict into Connection

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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357- The Emotional Work of Everyday Parenting with Jennie Monness

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to sit down with my friend Jennie Monness, founder of the We Didn't Turn Out OK Podcast and fellow parent navigating the messy, meaningful work of raising tiny humans. In this conversation, Jennie and I talk about the dissonance so many of us feel between the parent we thought we'd be and the one we actually are. We explore what it means to show up with self-awareness, to build visual routines that support our kids through transitions, and to lean into repair when things don't go as planned. We both share some real life stories, moments when we got it right-- and moments when we didn't. This episode is an invitation to let go of perfection and embrace the learning curve together. All right, folks. Let's dive in.

Connect with Jennie:

Instagram: @jenniemonness

Website: https://www.jenniemonness.com/

Charmspring: https://charmspring.com/

Springboard Visual Routine

Podcast: We Didn’t Turn Out OK with Jennie Monness

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Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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356- Your Kid’s Struggling. Now What? With Kelly Fradin, MD

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and I am so jazzed to share this episode with you because if you've ever worried about your child falling behind, wondered whether a diagnosis would help or hurt or felt overwhelmed by navigating learning differences, this one's for you. I got to sit down with Dr. Kelly Fradin, pediatrician and author of Advanced Parenting to unpack how we can support our kids when they're struggling, not just academically, but emotionally and socially too. Kelly has this whole child approach that I just adore. We dove into how to talk to kids about brain and body differences in a way that builds identity and confidence, how to manage the big emotions that come up for us as parents when something feels off, and how to advocate for your kid while keeping their mental health front and center. This episode is rich with practical tools and so much compassion. I'm excited to bring it to you, and after the conversation, stick around for the breakdown with Rachel, my co-author of Big Kids, Bigger Feelings where we reflect on what this looks like in real life. All right, let's dive in.

Connect with Kelly:

Instagram: @adviceigivemyfriends

Website: https://drkellyfradin.com/

Order the book: Advanced Parenting: Advice for Helping Kids Through Diagnoses, Differences, and Mental Health Challenges

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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355- When You Don’t Know What to Say: Talking to Kids About Hard Stuff with Melinda Wenner Moyer

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with science journalist and author Melinda Wenner Moyer to talk about something that so many of us wrestle with-- how to talk to our kids about the hard stuff. From climate change to inequality, to violence in the news, it can feel overwhelming to know what to say, when to say it, or even if we should say anything at all. Melissa's book, How to Raise Kids who Aren't Assholes, gave so many parents tools for raising kind, thoughtful humans. And her new book, Hello, Cruel World! continues that work by helping us navigate these tricky conversations with clarity, honesty, and compassion. In this episode, we dive into how to avoid toxic positivity without overwhelming our kids, how to model emotional regulation while still being real, and how to raise resilient humans in a world that doesn't always make it easy. All right folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Melinda:

Instagram: @melindawmoyer

Facebook: facebook.com/melindawennermoyer

X: @lindy2350

Website: melindawennermoyer.com

Order the book: Hello, Cruel World!

Substack: Now What

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

Seed and Sew's NEW Regulation Questionnaire: Take the Quiz

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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354- Chaos, Connection and Accidental F-Bombs with Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I'm joined by someone who brings humor, heart, and a whole lot of real talk to the parenting space. Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting is hanging out with us today. Caitlin's known for her brutally honest and hilarious take on motherhood. And in this episode, we get into what it actually looks like to treat our kids like the whole humans they are, while still navigating the reality that they don't have fully developed brains. We talk about the mental load, the pressure to do it all right, and how to show up with authenticity, accidental F-bombs and all. This one is raw, relatable, and full of belly laughs and truth bombs. All right folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Caitlin:

Instagram: @bigtimeadulting

Videobook: Violet Archer

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Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

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Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/Editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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353- Sex, Power and Consent: Raising Caring, Connected Boys with Joanna Schroeder and Christopher Pepper

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today's conversation is one I've been looking forward to for a long time. If you are raising boys or teaching boys, or frankly just care about the humans they're becoming, this episode is for you. I'm joined by Joanna Schroeder and Christopher Pepper, authors of the new book Talk to your Boys. We dig into how boys are being shaped by the culture around them, including what they're exposed to online, what they're learning or not learning about emotions and connection, and how we as adults can show up in powerful, empathetic ways. This is such a rich, important conversation about masculinity, care, vulnerability, and how to raise boys who grow into connected, kind, emotionally healthy men. All right, folks. Let's dive in.

Connect with Joanna and Christopher:

Joanna: https://www.instagram.com/byjoannaschroeder/

Christopher: https://www.instagram.com/mrhealthteacher/

Talk To Your Boys Book: https://www.instagram.com/talktoyourboysbook

Website: https://www.talktoyourboys.com/

Connect with us:

Instagram and TikTok: @seed.and.sew

Seed and Sew's NEW Regulation Questionnaire: Take the Quiz

Pre-order Big Kids, Bigger Feelings now!

Website: seedandsew.org

Credits:

Host: Alyssa Blask Campbell

Co-host: Rachel Lounder

Production/editing: Kristin Mork-McVeigh

Graphics: Kayla Kurkland-Davis/ Beki Rohrig

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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352- Not Just a Phase: Getting to the Root of School Refusal with Eli Harwood

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You are listening to Voices of Your Village, and today's episode is such a grounding one. I got to sit down with my dear friend, Eli Harwood, who you may know as @attachmentnerd over on Instagram, to dive into a topic that comes up so often, school refusal. If you've ever had a kid clinging to the doorframe or break down in tears before drop off, or you've wondered when to push and when to pause, this one's for you. Eli brings her therapist lens and lived experience to this conversation with so much empathy and wisdom and humor. We talk about what's really going on beneath school refusal, how to meet our kids with connection and structure, and why scaffolding their nervous system matters more than forcing compliance. This episode is full of practical strategies and those aha moments that help us show up differently for our kids and ourselves.

Y'all, we are so close to Big Kids, Bigger Feelings- my next book publishing. I'm so jazzed for it to get into your hands. We have a couple pre-order bonuses, so if you head over right now to seedandsew.org/book before September 16th, and order that bad boy and pop your order number in, we will send you some bonuses.

Alright folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Eli:

Instagram: @attachmentnerd

Website: https://attachmentnerd.com/

Order the book: Raising Securely Attached Kids: Using Connection-Focused Parenting to Create Confidence, Empathy, and Resilience

Podcast: https://attachmentnerd.com/podcast

Connect with us:

Instagram: @seed.and.sew

TikTok: @seedandsew

Seed and Sew's NEW Regulation Questionnaire: Take the Quiz

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Order Tiny Humans, Big Emotions

Website: seedandsew.org

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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351- Not Another Screen Time Lecture—A Real Conversation About Kids + Tech with The Gamer Educator, Ash Brandin

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today's episode is such a treat. I get to sit down with my friend, Ash Brandin, educator, researcher, author of the new book, Power On, to talk all things screen time, video games, and what it really means to raise emotionally regulated kids in a digital world. Ash brings so much nuance and compassion to this conversation. We go beyond the usual screen time debates and dig into what screens are doing for our kids, how we can shift power struggles into collaboration, and how regulation-- not restriction is the key. Ash is phenomenal, and I highly recommend following them over on Instagram at the Gamer Educator. They're my go-to for all things screens and their new book Power On is a beautiful roundup of all this information. This episode is for anyone who's ever wondered, is this too much or How do I actually teach balance. Spoiler alert-- it's not about shame or rigid rules. It's about relationship. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Ash:

Instagram: @thegamereducator

Website: https://thegamereducator.com/

Order the book: Power On: Managing Screen Time to Benefit the Whole Family

Substack: https://thegamereducator.substack.com/

Connect with us:

Instagram: @seed.and.sew

TikTok: @seedandsew

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Order Tiny Humans, Big Emotions

Website: seedandsew.org

Music by: Ruby Adams and Bensound

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350- More Than a Diagnosis: Finding the Magic in Neurodivergence, with Lake Bell

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to share a truly special conversation with someone I admire deeply—Lake Bell. You might know her as an actor, director, and creator, but in this episode, we connect as two parents navigating the beautiful, messy work of raising humans—especially kids who don’t always fit the mold.

Lake and I dive into what it looks like to parent neurodivergent kids with curiosity and compassion. We talk about the emotional rollercoaster of receiving a diagnosis, the grief and the gifts, and how we can shift from focusing on what’s “wrong” to seeing what’s wonderfully different. It’s raw, it’s real, and it’s one of those conversations that reminds me why we do this work—why connection matters more than perfection, and how embracing the whole child, just as they are, can change everything.

Lake also has a beautiful children’s book out called All About Brains—and y’all, it’s become one of our favorites on the bookshelf. I love how she illustrates what it looks like to empower kids to understand their brains and bodies and to advocate for themselves with confidence and clarity.

All right, village—let’s dive in.

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349- How (and When) to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: This episode includes detailed discussions of sex, porn and a brief mention of sexual assault. Please take care while listening.

You’re listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we’re tackling a topic that honestly makes me uncomfortable to even think about discussing with my kids. I’m joined by Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett to talk about how and when to talk to your kids about porn.

Dr. Natterson is a pediatrician and New York Times bestselling author of The Care and Keeping of You series, and Vanessa is a bestselling author and puberty educator. Together, they co-authored This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained and host the This Is So Awkward podcast.

They are trusted experts on puberty, sex, and navigating those awkward conversations. They’ve developed a groundbreaking health and sex ed curriculum for schools and products like Less Awkward, plus a membership for parents to get their questions answered.

What I love about Cara and Vanessa is their mix of science and humor, making tough topics like sex and puberty relatable and approachable. Raising six teens between them, they know this space inside and out, and their honest, practical approach is exactly what we need.

Alright folks, Let’s dive in.

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Instagram: @less.awkward

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348- Want to Raise Grateful, Curious Kids? Here's Where to Start-- with Deborah Farmer Kris

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Deborah Farmer Kris, who is a child development expert and the author of Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive, the I See You board book series, and the All The Time picture book series. Her bylines include CNN, PBS Kids, NPR's Mind Shift, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe magazine, and Oprah Daily. She's currently an expert advisor for the PBS kids show Carl the Collector and spent 20 plus years as a K to 12 educator. Mostly she loves sharing nuggets of practical wisdom that can make the parenting journey a little easier. I loved hanging out with Deborah and it's such a rich conversation because awe is something that I don't think we talk enough about. The power of awe for us is huge for our mental health, and we can do so many things in the every day to find awe, and to raise tiny humans who are awe seekers. All right, folks. Let's dive in.

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Instagram: @parenthood365

Website: https://www.parenthood365.com/

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347- Seed and Sew Village Q&A with Rachel And Alyssa

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and this episode was such a blast. We posted in stories on Instagram @seed.and.sew asking for your questions for Rach and I, pulled some questions directly from you to answer, and it was a blast, so we're for sure gonna do that again. Make sure you're following along @seed.and.sew. Also, if you're not following on your podcast app, make sure you hit follow, and if you can, do us a favor and share this podcast with whomever in your life might benefit from it. Share it with a friend. Share it with a teacher. Share it with a fellow parent, share it with a co-parent or a grandparent. Share it over on social media because as you share, we get to support more people. And y'all, I have a big sign next to me here and all it says is impact. That is what I'm here for, to impact and support as many humans as we can, and your shares allow us to do that. Thank you so much for being a part of this village.

Before we dive in, I want to remind you that Big Kids, Bigger Feelings is publishing soon! Rachel and I co-authored that bad boy. Head to seedandsew.org/book to snag your copy. If you get it in pre-order season, you can get a signed copy from me and support a local bookstore at the same time. If you go to seedandsew.org/book, you'll find that link there. All right folks, let's dive in.

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346- Car Seat Confidence with Michelle Pratt from Safe in the Seat

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes discussion of severe car accident injuries. Please take care while listening.

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to chat about Car Seat Confidence with Michelle Pratt from Safe in the Seat. I have followed Michelle for so long and she has been so helpful for me in my journey as a parent. Safe in the Seat is every overwhelmed and anxious parents' go-to resource for Car Seat Safety. As a mom and nationally certified child passenger safety technician, Michelle's judgment-free approach is helping her turn car seat confusion into straight up confidence, and I am here for it. They have a free car seat finder tool, which is incredible, online courses, helpful videos, personalized consults, and daily doses of safety tips and tricks over on the 'gram. I'm so stoked for y'all to have access to this convo and to hopefully get some of those questions answered, like, when do we turn them around? When do we switch to what seat, what matters, and what doesn't. All right, folks. Let's dive in.

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Instagram: @safeintheseat

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345- Decrease Stress and Increase Gratitude With This One Accessible Thing, with Kelly Corrigan and Claire Lichty

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to chat about decreasing stress and increasing gratitude with this one accessible thing. I got to hang out with mother/daughter duo, Kelly Corrigan and her daughter Claire. Kelly is a New York Times bestselling author of four books about family life, the host of her own PBS show and a top 1% podcast called Kelly Corrigan Wonders. Like Claire, she can't stop making— books, paintings, TV shows, podcasts, meals, mistakes. And Claire just graduated from the University at Virginia where she is probably the school's only double major in computer science and drama. Making is her life: Computer programs, standup routines, screenplays, code songs, algorithms, pizzas. During her last semester, she was interning at a machine learning company as well as a Hollywood production studio, and this mother-daughter duo teamed up to write Marianne The Maker. This is a children's book all about the power of making and really makes a case for how we can tap into creativity to decrease stress and increase gratitude. I love how they expand beyond the arts and how making can show up in so many different ways. Super stoked for y'all to dive into this one and add this book to your shelf.

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Instagram: @kellycorrigan

Website: www.kellycorrigan.com, www.mariannethemaker.com

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344- When Kids Feel Like They’re Not Enough: Imposter Syndrome in Childhood with Dr. Richard Orbé-Austin

Thu, 10 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today we get to hang out with Dr. Richard Orbé- Austin. He's a licensed psychologist, executive coach, and consultant. He works with executives and mid-career professionals to overcome imposter syndrome, identify their best fit career options, and strengthen their leadership skills. He also regularly consults with academic institutions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations on issues related to leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and burnout prevention. He has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Thrive Global, a Diversity Executive, the Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, in the Handbook of Racial Cultural Counseling and Psychology. His new book is out now called Your Child’s Greatness: A Parent's Guide to Raising Children without Impostor Syndrome. He is a dad to two daughters living in New York City, and we get to talk about the real, real– what does this look like as a parent, as well as a professional. All right folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @smartparentingstrategies

Website: www.dynamictransitionsllp.com

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343- When Friendships Change: Life After Kids with Lindsey Simcik

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and in this episode, I got to hang out with my friend Lindsey Simcik.—creative force, co-founder of the Almost 30 Podcast , and co-author of the incredible book Almost 30.

We dove into what happens when friendships shift, especially after becoming a parent. This convo was incredible—our podcast editor even messaged me mid-edit to say, “Wow, this is so powerful.”

Lindsey shared something she’s never shared before, and so did I. It felt like sitting in a cozy, safe space together, talking honestly about identity, motherhood, and change.

If you've ever gone through a life shift—or know one is coming—Almost 30 is for you. It’s raw, beautiful, and real. 10/10 recommend snagging Almost 30..

All right folks, let’s dive in.

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Instagram: @almost30podcast

Website: https://almost30.com/

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342- Navigating the Emotional Roots of Money Stress with Shang Saavedra

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I got to hang out with Shang Saavedra and we got to chat about the emotional roots of money stress. Let's get real– money comes with so much emotion and I love how she breaks down the root causes of money issues and how to navigate them. We all come to the table with different stories about money and I love how Shang talks about what it looks like not just to address finances, but to look at the emotional lens of finances in order to long-term address this and create a comprehensive plan for ourselves. I also loved getting to chat with Rach in the breakdown about this and what it looks like in our partnerships and our marriages, and also what it looks like to teach our kids. I'm so stoked for you to dive into this episode and learn more about navigating the emotional roots of money stress. All right folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram:@savemycents

Website: https://savemycents.com/

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@savemycents

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341- Breaking Cycles from our Childhood with Dr. Mariel Buqué: Round Two

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we are sharing an episode that we recorded a little while ago with Dr. Mariel Buqué about breaking cycles from our childhood. Let's get real. This can be a doozy and her book slays at teaching us how to do this. It's called Break the Cycle. It's a book that focuses on healing wounds of intergenerational trauma. We all come to adulthood with different things from our childhood that we might wanna pass on to our kids and carry forward, and some things that we don't wanna pass on or carry forward. She helps us navigate what this looks like in practice. She's brilliant and I'm so jazzed to share this episode again, and then get to share the breakdown afterward with Rach. Stay tuned for the breakdown at the end. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.marielbuque/

Website: https://www.drmarielbuque.com/

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340- Accepting, Regulating, and Tolerating Emotions with Dr. Alissa Jerud

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: the breakdown of this episode includes a brief discussion of sexual assault. Please take care while listening.

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Dr. Alissa Jerud. She wrote the book Emotion-Savvy Parenting. I loved getting to chat with her specifically about anxiety and what it looks like to experience anxiety without being consumed by it and had to parent a child who is experiencing anxiety. Alissa Jerud has a PhD and is a mom of two kids. She's a licensed clinical psychologist, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Emotion-Savvy Parenting, which is a compassionate science informed guide for relating more skillfully to painful, unwanted emotions in her private practice. Dr. Jerud specializes in highly effective exposure based treatment for anxiety related disorders, including OCD, PTSD, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific phobias and generalized anxiety disorder. Additionally, she specializes in DBT, dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training, and particularly enjoys helping other parents learn research back strategies for accepting, regulating, and tolerating their emotions as well as their children's. Dr. Jerud also trains other clinicians in exposure based treatments and frequently gives workshops on anxiety, stress, mental health, parenting, and social support to companies large and small. Alright folks, let's dive in.

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339- Navigating Toddlerhood with Confidence with Dr. Cathryn Tobin

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Dr. Cathryn to chat about some of my favorite humans. We got to dive into toddlers. Dr. Cathryn has over 35 years of experience as a pediatrician and mother of four, and the founder of Healthiest Baby with 1.2 million followers over on Instagram. Dr. Cathryn has dedicated her career to raising emotionally strong and happy kids. She's the author of three parenting books and the host of Toddlers Made Easy Podcast where she shares big hearted insights and strategies to simplify parenting. Dr. Cathryn has chosen to specialize in toddlers because this crucial, informative period is often misunderstood. Her mission is to demystify toddlerhood for parents everywhere, providing the tools and knowledge to navigate these years calmly and confidently. Check out her book. Toddlers Made Easy to dive deeper into this and in the breakdown with Rach, I shared about a resource that is totally free. Head on over to seed quiz.com to take our free questionnaire and learn more about your child's unique nervous system. Bonus points for learning more about yours too. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @healthiest_baby

Website: https://www.healthiest-baby.com/

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338- The Danish Approach to Parenting & Screen Time with Jessica Joelle Alexander

Thu, 29 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. Today I got to hang out with Jessica Joelle Alexander. She's the bestselling author, cultural researcher, parenting expert, and co-founder of Raising Digital Citizens. Jessica's work around emotional wellbeing and positive digital habits has been featured everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to BBC World News, and her book, The Danish Way of Parenting, is one of my all time favorites. It's no wonder it's been translated into over 33 languages. In this episode, we dive into the Danish approach to parenting and screen time, exploring how we can foster healthier, more connected relationships with technology for both ourselves and our kids. I love Jessica's work. It is truly life-changing for me. I've taken so many bits and pieces into my everyday life. I've learned so much from her, and I'm so grateful for this and am jazzed for her new book The Danish Way Everyday. Remember to stay tuned for the breakdown with Rach at the end. This one is full of goodness today. Alright folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @jessicajoellealexander @raisingdigitalcitizens

Websites: www.raisingdigitalcitizens.com , https://thedanishway.com/

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337- Unspoken and Unshared: The Hidden Cost of Staying Quiet with Jessica Zucker, PhD

Thu, 22 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes a discussion of miscarriage, pregnancy loss and also discusses sexual assault. Please take care while listening.

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Jessica Zucker. She's an LA based psychologist specializing in reproductive health and the author of the award-winning book I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement. Jessica's the creator of the viral hashtag #IHadaMiscarriage campaign. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Mag, Vogue, Harvard Business Review, among others. She's also been featured on casual things like NPR, CNN, the Today Show, Good Morning America. She earned her advanced degrees from NYU and Harvard, and her second book is out now: Normalize It: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women's Lives. I found Jessica when I was deep in my miscarriage journey, and her account was such a light for me. It was truly an honor to get to dive into this conversation with her and talk about what this looks like and why are we living in shame and in silence and secrecy, and what does it look like to raise kids who don't have to do that? How can we lead the way? What are conversations we can be having now? Oh, I love this episode so much and I'm so excited for y'all to tune in and to snag your copy of Normalize It. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @ihadamiscarriage

Website: drjessicazucker.com

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336- Helping Kids Navigate Punishment/Reward-Based Environments with Jon Fogel

Thu, 15 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes a discussion of sexual assault. Please take care while listening.

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and in this episode, I got to hang out with my pal, Jon Fogel, to chat about helping kids navigate punishment, reward based environments, even if that's not what you have in your household. That what if they go to school and that's what they're exposed to or out into the world, how do we help them navigate that? Jon is a parenting influencer, a husband and a dad of four who knows that parenting is not about perfection. He has a following of over 1.5 million by making neuroscience and psychology research practical and applicable. Jon's the author of Punishment-Free Parenting: The Brain-Based Way to Raise Kids Without Raising Your Voice. He is the host of The Whole Parent Podcast and founder of The Whole Parent Academy where he helps thousands of parents from all over the world ditch the power struggles and build relationships that actually work. Jon and I got into some nuance that you don't generally see on social media. I love that about him. Sometimes we dance on some topics and often find that we have the shared values at the root of each topic. Thank you, Jon, for joining us for this conversation. I'm super jazzed for y'all to tune in. Come on over to the gram. You can snap a screenshot of you tuning in and tag Jon @wholeparent. Tag us @seed.and.sew, and let's continue the conversation over there. I wanna hear what your biggest takeaway is after you tune in. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram:@wholeparent

Website: wholeparentacademy.com

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335- Embracing the Unexpected in Family Life With Rebecca Thompson, MD

Thu, 08 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes discussion of miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Please take care while listening.

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson. She's a family medicine and public health physician who specializes in women's and children's health, and she's the author of Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love. She's joining us today to talk about the experience of going through pregnancy complications and losses as a doctor herself, and the many ways that family building challenges can shape our identities and how exploring the unexpected in family life led her to a decade-long collaborative storytelling project with her patients, friends and medical colleagues. We had a really vulnerable conversation here, and we talked about a lot of different things and what that journey to motherhood looked like for me, what the messy middle looked like when I was navigating miscarriages and challenges in getting pregnant. And I'm so grateful for Becca for having these conversations so vulnerably with so many humans and hope that this feels as validating as it did for me and really would've in those seasons before I was able to enter into motherhood. When you are snagging her book Held Together, you can go through the website, we're gonna link it below, and if you order through an indie or from the Amazon link on the website, it supports Postpartum Support International. I just absolutely adore that. All right, folks, let's dive in. I just absolutely adore that. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Website: www.rebeccanthompson.com

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334- Setting the Stage for Shame-Free Puberty with Melissa Pintor Carnagey

Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:00 -0000

Before we dive in: this episode includes a discussion of sexual assault. Please take care while listening. You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with my friend Melissa Pintor Carnagey. Melissa's newest book Growing Into You is so phenomenal. Melissa's a renowned sexuality educator, bestselling author, and leading national voice for sex positive education in youth and families. Her work has been featured in the Huffington Post Parents magazine, CNN, New York Times, Buzzfeed and reaches thousands of families around the globe via an engaged social media following and monthly live workshops through their Growing Into You virtual puberty education programming. Growing Into You is a book that is currently just like living in my house because I feel like, and you'll hear it in this interview, I just have so much learning to do in this space. It's something I did not grow up with. It's something that often feels uncomfortable for me. I find myself often having more questions than answers, where I don't know how to respond to this thing that my child just said and I need resources and support on it. And Melissa is my very first place I turn for that and has been for such a long time. I followed them on Instagram for years and it was so nice to get to sit down and ask these questions and dive into this with them. I'm super excited to share this episode on Setting the Stage for Shame-Free Puberty with Melissa. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Melissa:

Instagram: @sexpositive_families

Website: sexpositivefamilies.com

Order the book: Growing into You!: An Inclusive, Shame-Busting, Get-Real Guide to Your Changing Body and Mind

Books Melissa Recommends:

Your Whole Body: From Your Head to Your Toes, and Everything in Between by Lizzie DeYoung Charbonneau

My Body! What I Say Goes! by Jayneen Sanders

Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept by Jayneen Sanders

What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg

The Science of Babies

It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn

Browse more great resources by topic, age, and type at sexpositivefamilies.com/resources

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333- Why Kids Swear (and How to Handle It Without Shame) with Rachel and Alyssa

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and in this episode I got to hang out with Rach and chat about why kids swear and how to handle it without shame. I am obsessed with this topic because there's so much nuance to it. I had seen a post on social media recently, and it was so black and white about it. As with a lot of things on social media, I wanted to dive into the nuance of what did you grow up experiencing? What's your culture around this and what are you afraid of? I'm not a human that you like meet and I'm like, oh my gosh, let's talk about the weather.

I'm a human that you meet and I'm like, let's talk about your deepest fears. And so that is what we got to kinda dive into here, as well as how to respond to our kids, how to raise children who are gonna have the social skills to thrive and know what it looks like to be out in the world, communicating with others, not knowing what their cultural context is gonna be around different verbiage.

I can't wait to hear your follow-up questions, your takeaways, all that jazz. Head on over to seed dot and so on Instagram, and let's keep the conversation going. All right folks, let's dive in.

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332- Reclaiming Self-Esteem in Motherhood with Libby Ward: Round Two

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we're bringing back a conversation that resonated with so many of you. In this episode, I'm hanging out with Libby Ward. You might know her as Diary of an Honest Mom. Libby is a digital creator, speaker, and mental health advocate with a deep commitment to changing the motherhood narrative. She's been featured on Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, BBC, and more. Truly a thought leader when it comes to navigating the complex mental health experiences that so many moms face today. What I love so much about Libby is how genuinely she shows up. We hear the word authenticity quite a bit these days, but Libby truly embodies it. She talks openly about the reality struggles and challenges of motherhood while allowing space for all feelings. In this episode, we dive into self -esteem and motherhood, and one of my favorite parts of our chat was exploring the difference between shame and accountability, plus breaking down what guilt can really mean. Follow Libby at Diary of an Honest Mom for honest, relatable content about motherhood and mental health that will leave you feeling seen and supported. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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331- Beyond the 9-to-5: Rethinking Work and Parenthood with Neha Ruch

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Neha Ruch. Neha is the founder of Mother Untitled, the leading platform for ambitious women embracing family life. As a thought leader, influencer, and sought -after speaker, Neha's work is shifting the narrative around stay -at -home motherhood, empowering women to find confidence and purpose in their parenting journey. Her book, The Power Pause: How To Plan A Career Break After Kids - And Come Back Stronger Than Ever offers powerful insights for those navigating career pauses and identity shifts. I loved chatting with Neha so much because I find myself often living in the gray area in life. Things aren't very black and white in my brain and Neha really embraces that gray. It's not you work 40 plus hours a week or you stay at home. It's not this or that or forever and always. It's really looking at what's feasible in this season, what feels right in this season. And I have passed this book along to so many humans in my life who are finding themselves in that black and white and really looking for the gray. This is not just for folks who want to be a stay -at -home parent and leave the workforce or have been a stay -at -home parent and want to re -enter the workforce. It's for anyone who's a parent because it opens up our mind to so many things that we might have shoulds or should nots built in and biases around. I'm so stoked for y'all to get to tune in to this beautiful human and this conversation. All right. Let's dive in.

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330- Practical Tools to Help Kids Manage Anxiety With Anna Housley Juster, PhD

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Dr. Anna Housley Juster. Anna brings over 25 years of experience supporting children and families as a mental health clinician, education consultant, award -winning author, and parent. Anna specializes in early childhood trauma, anxiety, and behavioral challenges, blending her expertise in child development and mental health to support families, teachers, and social workers. She's also the author of How to Train Your Amygdala, a powerful tool for helping kids understand and manage big emotions. Anna's approach is informed by evidence -based therapies like TF -CBT, play therapy, and SPACE parent guidance. She's passionate about equipping caregivers with practical strategies to nurture emotional well -being. It was so rad to get to chat with Anna because I love her kids book, How to Train Your Amygdala, and how applicable her information is. I'm obsessed with talking to kids about their bodies and really teaching them how they work and not shying away from terms like amygdala because they feel really big and sciencey and foreign for a lot of us, and really leaning into that. I so dig that about Anna. I'm stoked for y 'all to dive into this episode and can't wait to hear your thoughts and feedback over on the gram. Come follow us at seed.and.sew on Instagram and let's chat more about this bad boy. All right, let's dive in.

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329- When Trying to Be a “Good” Mom Leads to Bad Mental Health With Nancy Reddy

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I get to hang out with Nancy Reddy. She's the author of The Good Mother Myth. Her previous books include the poetry collections Pocket Universe and Double Jinx, a winner of the National Poetry Series. I think we need to be screaming this from the rooftops that when we're trying to be a good mom, it actually leads to bad mental health and that there isn't this spot where we're like, okay, check, we're a great mom now. We're going to drop the ball and we're going to make mistakes. And what it means for us as individuals to feel like we're doing enough and being enough is so personalized. I loved this breakdown with Rach after where we got to dive into what this looks like in everyday life for us and how it shows up personally. I'm super stoked to share this episode with you. I think it's a message that so many of us need on repeat. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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328- How To Make Puberty and Sex Talks Less Awkward with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Dr. Cara Natterson and Vanessa Kroll Bennett to chat about how to make puberty and sex talks less awkward. Our editor, Kristin, for the podcast and Rach both were like, oh my gosh, this episode is gold. I love how approachable Cara and Vanessa are and how much they let me be me in this and share about how little I was spoken to about puberty and sex and how awkward it is now when my kids do things like ask if they can invite me to their penis party. Fear not, Dr. Cara Natterson is a pediatrician and New York Times best -selling author of 10 books including the Care and Keeping of You series and Vanessa Kroll Bennett is a best -selling author and puberty educator. Together, they're two of the most trusted voices on puberty, co -authoring the national bestseller, This Is So Awkward: Modern Puberty Explained, and co -hosting This is So Awkward, the podcast. Cara and Vanessa run Less Awkward, the first company aimed at making puberty more comfortable with a membership for parents, an innovative health and sex ed curriculum for schools, and game -changing products. Cara and Vanessa speak to audiences across the country using science and humor to encourage open, albeit awkward, conversations. A relatable, reliable approach to help keep kids safe and healthy. They don't just hand out this advice, they live it. Between them, they are raising six teenagers. Y 'all, I'm so stoked for you to dive into this episode and to tune in to This is So Awkward, the podcast, and snag their book, This Is So Awkward. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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327- How Our Coping Mechanisms in Childhood Show Up in Our Parenthood with Dr. Gabor Mate: Round Two

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today we are sharing an episode we've aired before with Gabor Maté. It's been two years since the air date and it's still one of our most popular episodes because it absolutely slays. I adore him. He's a renowned speaker and bestselling author. Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. He's written several bestselling books, I love The Myth of Normal, there are so many more here, Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No, Exploring the Stress -Disease Connection, and Scattered Minds: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It. He has also co -authored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More than Peers. He is so profound and I learn from him every time I get to hear him talk. I'm so excited to dive into this episode with you again because I learn new things every time I listen. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabormatemd/

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326- Sneak Peek: 2025 Seed Teacher Summit

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I'm so jazzed to share today's special episode with you. It's a sneak peek into our 2025 Seed Teacher Summit coming at you March 11th to the 13th. We're so grateful to have a brand new batch of incredible speakers this year and so many essential topics like Connecting with Kids who Challenge You, How to Handle Weapon Play at School, and Resilience for Educators. This is going to be a compilation episode with little snippets from a handful of the interviews just to give you a taste of what's to come and see if it's right for you. The Summit is free, F -R -E -E, to watch, so please share it with any educators, administrators, or fellow caregivers in your life who would benefit from learning more about supporting teachers and kids with the resources they need to thrive. We're all in this thing together, my friends, and it fills my cup to be able to hand over high -quality professional development and learning opportunities completely for free. Head on over to seedandsew.org/summit. That's seedandsew.org/summit to register. That's seedandsew.org/summit. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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325- Learning to Parent in the Language of Play with Georgie Wisen-Vincent, LMFT

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today we get to talk about a topic that I really need consistently just around me in my space. We got to dive into learning to parent in the language of play with Georgie Wisen -Vincent. She co -authored with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, one of my favorite parenting authors, their new book, The Way of Play. Georgie is the founder and director of the PlayStrong Institute, a center devoted to the study, research, and practice of play therapy through a neurodevelopment lens, along with Dr. Bryson, the founder and executive director of the Center for Connection, a multidisciplinary clinical practice in Southern California. These are two powerhouses in the field of child development, and I'm so jazzed about this book. It's a phenomenal resource, and you get to hear the real talk with Rach and I at the end in the breakdown. Head on out and snag The Way of Play if playing with the tiny humans doesn't come naturally to you either. I feel ya, my friends. Alright, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @georgiewisenvincent

Website: https://playstronginstitute.com/the-way-of-play

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324- Parenting Through Cancer with Rachel Lounder

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I am hanging out with our very own Rachel Lounder. We got to chat about what it was like for her receiving stage four cancer diagnosis when Nora was just about to turn two, and parenting through it, and even now today, seven and a half years later, eight years later, what it looks like and how it shows up for her. If you know anyone who has received a cancer diagnosis, if you have received a cancer diagnosis, I hope this is helpful. We talk about things that were helpful for her, things that weren't helpful for her, and how her journey on the emotional side of this has ebbed and flowed and evolved. I'm so grateful that Rach is now cancer -free and count every day as a blessing that we get to have her. She is also the co -author of my upcoming book, Big Kids, Bigger Feelings, publishing in September. I'm so excited to get to do life with her and to share this conversation with y 'all. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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323- Navigating Learning To Read with a Wiggly Kid with Stefanie Hohl, M.Ed

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today I get to hang out with Stefanie Hohl, who has a master's in education and has been teaching children to read for years. She holds advanced degrees in both children's literature and early education, and she has experience running preschool, homeschool, and local storytime programs. Stefanie developed the ABC: See, Hear, Do, Learn to Read method to make early reading fun and easy for kids and their parents. Stefanie lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, five children, and two very silly dogs. I really enjoyed this conversation because I don't know a lot about teaching kids to read. And I do know that what doesn't feel good for me is being like, sit down, do this worksheet. I know that my son who loves movement doesn't retain information this way. So I was really excited to learn from Stefanie and have personally purchased some of her materials because I'm really enjoying them. I love how she incorporates movement with reading. And I feel like I just get the best bang for my buck in terms of the time spent with my tiny human working on these skills. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @abcseeheardo, @stefaniehohl

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322- Embracing Imperfection in Parenthood with Kate Hamilton

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Kate Hamilton. She is married to Charlie since 2000 and is a mother of two young adult men who are independent, confident, and productive college students. Some might say she's an unlikely writer because of her dyslexia, yet her life experiences compelled her to write The Imperfect Parent: A Nonjudgmental Guide to Raising Children in the Modern World. She earned an MBA in international business and is a former corporate executive turned mother and entrepreneur. When Kate is not coaching parents and their children, you'll find her volunteering with Lemonade Day, a youth entrepreneur program, planning the next family adventure, or working with Charlie in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was fun to chat with Kate because we know that perfection is not the goal. I also really enjoyed this breakdown with Rach, and you get to hear some of my real -time takeaways where Rach was helping me understand some guilt that I've been experiencing as a parent and really diving into like what's coming up for me there. I also just always feel so seen in how Rach responds to me in the moment. So I hope you enjoy the breakdown of this bad boy as well. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @katehamiltonpr, @theimperfectparentbook

Website: www.kate-hamilton.com

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321- How to Respond to Triggering Phrases Like, “I Hate You” with Rachel and Alyssa

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and in this episode, Rach and I chatted all about when kids are saying like rude things to you, those hurtful phrases that really dig deep, things like, you're stupid and all that jazz, you're the worst mom in the world. We also have way more about this in our book, Big Kids, Bigger Feelings, publishing in the fall of 2025. Snag that bad boy wherever books are sold. It is going to be packed full of stuff for navigating the elementary years that like kindergarten to fifth grade range, where we know a lot of these phrases. You're like, where did my sweet little human go? And why are they saying these rude things now? We've got your back. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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320- Community and Identity: Engaging Children in Conversation with Dr. Patrick Makokoro

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to share a friend of mine with you. Dr. Patrick Makokoro is a social entrepreneur, an early childhood development practitioner, an educational researcher with extensive experience working in community and international development. I got to meet Patrick when we were both presenting at the World Forum for Early Childhood Education. I met him in Panama, and then we both bound up seeing each other again. We were selected as experts for UNESCO, for United Nations Education Congress, and there were nine experts selected globally, and he and I were each there and just ran into each other. He is a human who I love learning from and just being in conversation with. He's done such incredible work. I'm so jazzed to get to share about it with y 'all today and chat about what it looks like to navigate community and identity and how to engage children in conversation around this. The work that he's carried out includes early child education development program implementation in Africa and the US. He is the principal consultant at the HuUbuntu Consulting. It's a specialized consulting firm bringing strength -based philosophies to business and not -for -profits to manage strategic planning, influence grant making and philanthropy, team wellness, culture development, and building accountability. He's published various books, including a memoir called Nhaka Yenyu: Your Inheritance, a children's book series called Hu- Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are, and some academic books. Y'all, soak this human up. enjoy this conversation as much as I did. All right, let's dive in.

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Website: huubuntuconsulting.com

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319- Rethinking Intelligence: Moving Beyond Standardized Tests with Pepper Stetler

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I got to hang out with Pepper Stetler. She is the author of A Measure of Intelligence: One Mother's Reckoning with the IQ Test. She writes extensively on issues facing people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Slate, the Progressive. Pepper is a professor of art history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she lives with her husband and daughter, Louisa. I love this conversation because it is not just about folks with intellectual disabilities. We talked about school systems and how they are not set up systemically to support all of our children. And this is not at the fault of teachers. Teachers are incredible and slaying, and we need to shift the systems in which they work in order to better serve the classroom as a whole, and we got to dive into what that looks like and talk about some of those things. I shared my biggest dreams for what tests look like and how we're utilizing them. I would love to hear your thoughts on this. Come on over to Instagram @seed.and.sew and share your thoughts with us. We'll have a post up about this episode, and I want to hear your takeaways and your thoughts and feedback and whether or not your kid might benefit from some of the things that we toss up in this episode. And if you're a teacher, come share your challenges and grievances and what you would love to see change as well. I want to hear from all of you. I want to continue this conversation. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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318- The Crucial Missing Component to Fixing the Childcare System with Jamee Herbert

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I got a little fired up on this episode. We get to talk about the crucial missing component to fixing child care systems. I got to hang out with Jamee Herbert. She's the CEO and co -founder of BridgeCare, which is a woman -led software company that helps government agencies and nonprofit organizations manage their early care and education ecosystems. BridgeCare is driven by the mission to make high quality early childhood education accessible and affordable for everyone, especially low -income families and communities of color who often face the most barriers to access. Jamee is a member of the United WE National Commission on Child Care and Women's Entrepreneurship, an organization advancing research and policy solutions to reduce red tape in child care licensing and address the childcare crisis for women entrepreneurs. She holds a certificate in early education leadership from Harvard Graduate School, and when she isn't working, you can find her parenting alongside her husband in the Berkshires. Jamee and I got into this bad boy, and this is not just for you if you work in childcare, if you're a part of the early ed system. It's for you if you want to see a boost in the economy, if you want women to have access to the workforce, if you want sustainable solutions for childcare so that we can support kids' development now in these early years, which means down the road, we end up paying so much less for people. So from a financial perspective, it is for everyone and buckle up because I got a little fired up in this bad boy. All right, let's Let's dive in.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameeherbert/

Website: https://getbridgecare.com/

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317- Why Time in Nature Matters for Kids with Pediatricians Dr. Tandon and Dr. Glassy

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I got to hang out with two pediatricians to chat about why time in nature matters for kids and how do you overcome those barriers to outdoor time. I hung out with Pooja Tandon and Danette Glassy, both doctors who work with children and have done research in this space. Dr. Tandon is a general pediatrician and researcher at the Seattle Children's Hospital, an Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and the Director of Health at the Trust for Public Land. She has published widely on the importance of physical activity, outdoor time, and nature contact for health. And she lives in the Seattle area with her husband and two kids. And Dr. Glassy is a Primary Care Pediatrician and Child Advocate. She's the Co -Founder and Board President of the nonprofit Best Start Washington and leads its Project Nature initiative, a program to support pediatric medical professionals as they encourage children to spend time in nature. She is the co -editor of Caring for Our Children. Dr. Glassy lives in the Seattle area and enjoys exploring nature in the Pacific Northwest with her two grandchildren. And what was so relieving about this episode is that, you know, I am not, I would not call myself one with nature. I like to be outside, like that's fun, but I'm like more outsidey than outdoorsy. And I feel like they make this so accessible, whether you're living in a city or you're living in a rural space, whether you love to hike a mountain or you want to like chill in your backyard with your kids. It just felt so much more accessible for me than a lot of the messaging around like getting outside or the 1000 hours outside or whatever can feel so overwhelming. So thank you to Dr. Tandon and Dr. Glassy for this and let's dive in.

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Dr. Tandon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja-s-tandon-md-mph-672040299/

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Website: https://www.projectnaturewa.com/naturebooks/

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316- Sensory Regulation for High Energy Kids with OT Julia Ieslin: Round Two

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to share an episode that I love. I think it's just really timely right now. This is a rebroadcast of our episode with Julia Ieslin on sensory regulation for high energy kids. We're going to round to this bad boy and run it back because we're getting so many questions on this topic. It feels like it could be really helpful right now, especially in the like colder months when it's like, oh my gosh, what do we do? How do we support our high energy kids? I got you. Julia is an occupational therapist and is awesome. And then Rachel and I have a breakdown at the end of this episode as well. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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315- When Your Nervous System is Overwhelmed by Your Child's Sensory Needs with OT Larissa Geleris: Round Two

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village and today is a rebroadcast of an episode with Larissa Geleris and we got to dive into when your nervous system is overwhelmed by your child's sensory needs. I, for one, have this at my household. I have a sensory mismatch with one of my children and my husband has a sensory mismatch with our other child and so we're constantly navigating this in real life. And at the end of this episode, Rach and I came together for a breakdown of what this looks like in real life in our households. I hope this one is hitting you at a good time, y 'all. It's a reminder I think we all need. All right, let's dive in.

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314- Why Autism Goes Undiagnosed with Dr. Taylor Day, PhD

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today I got to hang out with Dr. Taylor Day to chat about masking in autism. We dove into what high masking is and how it shows up outside of the autistic community as well. Oh man, it is such a bonkers idea to me that we are still so focused on eliciting certain behaviors when we know that behavior is the communication of a need. We get to dive into all that jazz in this episode. And whether you have a child who is autistic, you're autistic, or you know somebody or not, this episode's for you because you have a nervous system. Every human has a nervous system, and there's so much packed into this conversation that will apply for you and your kids as well. Dr. Taylor Day is a licensed psychologist specializing in neuroaffirming care for autistic children and their families, including very early diagnosis and early intervention. She has a PhD in clinical psychology and is the CEO and founder of Dr. Tay Concierge Clinical Care. Her practice integrates the whole family approach, a process she created utilizing evidence -informed principles after seeing a gap in autism care. Her passion for child psychology and her focus on autism is in many ways tied to her own personal experience growing up with a brother who was diagnosed at 23 months of age. Y 'all, this episode is full of goodness. I am so jazzed for you to dive in. And at the end of the episode, Rach and I break down what masking looks like for our sensory sensitive kiddos, and go into more detail about neurotypical vs neurodivergent masking and its impacts. All right, without further ado, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @the.dr.tay

Website: drtaylorday.com

Podcast: EVOLVE with Dr. Tay | the podcast for parents of autistic kids

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313- Teaching Our Kids How to “Bounce Back” From Bullying with Dr. Michele Borba, Ed.D

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to chat about teaching our kids how to bounce back from bullying with Dr. Michele Borba. Dr. Michele Borba is an internationally -renowned educator, award -winning author, and parenting, child and bullying expert recognized for her solution -based strategies to strengthen children's empathy, character, and reduce bullying. She's an NBC contributor who has appeared over 150 times on the Today Show and featured on countless shows, including Dr. Phil, Dateline, The View, and CNN. Her 24 books have been translated in 20 languages, including End Peer Cruelty: Build Empathy, Building Moral Intelligence, Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed and Are All About Me World, and her latest book is Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and others shine. She offers realistic, research -based advice culled from a career of working with over 1 million parents and educators worldwide. I got to dive into this topic with her, and then Rach and I also went deeper into what this looks like as a parent and on that personal note in the breakdown. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @drmicheleborba

Website: https://micheleborba.com/

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312- Decluttering Holiday "Shoulds" with Rachel Nielson: Round Two

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we are sharing one of my favorite episodes that I've done that just feels so appropriate in this season, where we get to talk about decluttering your holiday shoulds. We aired this last year with Rachel Nielsen from 3 and 30 Takeaways for Moms podcast. I have been on her podcast before as well, if you wanna check that out. This episode, she joined me and we are re -airing it today and adding in the breakdown with Rach and I at the end. We have heard from so many of you that you're loving the breakdowns. They're so fun for us too, to take these conversations with experts and really look at what does it look like in day -to -day? I love getting to hang out with Rach and do those as well. So thank you for that feedback and I hope you enjoy our breakdown of this episode at the end. Alright, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @3in30podcast

Website: https://3in30podcast.com/

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Alyssa's episode on 3 in 30: #271: Why your kids meltdown after school and what to do about it

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311- Why Relationship is Key for Picky Eaters with Dr. Deborah MacNamara, PhD

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Dr. Deborah MacNamara. She is a dynamic speaker and best -selling author sought after for her expertise on human development, speaking at the United Nations and Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. She's the author of Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers and Nourished: Connection, Food, and Caring for Our Kids. Deborah is on the faculty at the Neufeld Institute and works alongside Gordon Neufeld to make sense of kids to the adults responsible for them. You might remember when we had Gordon on before and got to hang out and chat with him about connection and relationship and attachment. Dr. Deborah MacNamara's passion is to translate development through science and story, making it transferable to the home, classroom, and everyday experiences. She and I got to chat about why relationship is so key for picky eaters and how food is so much more than nutrients. Honestly, I left this conversation feeling restored and seen and like I was doing enough. You know, those conversations are so life -giving. Remember to stay tuned for the breakdown at the end with Rach where she and I dive into what this looks like in our real lives, taking the science and nerdiness and looking at practical application with a couple of parents in everyday life. Alright folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @drdeborahmacnamara

Website: https://macnamara.ca/

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310- Helping “Livewire” Babies Sleep with Macall Gordon

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Macall Gordon to talk about helping "livewire" babies sleep. Macall has a master's degree in applied psychology with a research -based specialization in infant mental health, sleep advice, and parenting culture. She also has a BS in human biology from Stanford University. She's a senior lecturer in the graduate counseling psychology program at Antioch University. She has conducted and presented her own research on temperament, sleep, and parenting advice at infinite child development conferences around the world. She has been a featured speaker at national sleep conferences and has led webinar -based advanced training for sleep coaches, mental health providers, and others on the impact of temperament on sleep. She is a certified gentle sleep coach trained by Kim West and a featured provider on the women's telehealth platform, Maven Clinic. She comes to this work because she had two sensitive, alert, intense children, and she didn't sleep for 18 years. Her new book, Why Won't You Sleep? A Game -Changing Approach for Exhausted Parents of Non -Stop, Super Alert, Big Feeling Kids is out November 19th. Snag that bad boy, y 'all. Sleep is so real. It was so nice to chat with Macall, and I am in it with a 3 1/2 year old and a 10 1/2 month old that are just so different. And Rach and I also go deep into that in the breakdown and talking about what this looks like in real life. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @littlelivewires

Website: www.macallgordon.com

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309- Boy Culture and How it Affects Development with Dr. Niobe Way

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to dive into boy culture and how it affects development with Dr. Niobe Way. For nearly 40 years, NYU developmental psychologist Dr. Niobe Way has been conducting groundbreaking research with teenagers, particularly boys and young men from diverse backgrounds. She's the author of more than 100 peer -reviewed research papers and is a go -to expert for media and the social science community on friendships, loneliness, teenagers, gender stereotypes, masculinity, and the roots of violence. Her work, which focuses on social and emotional development and how cultural ideologies shape child development, has broad appeal and resulted in everything from changes to APA policies and an Oscar -nominated film. Dr. Niobe Way is the author of two books, Deep Secrets and Rebels with a Cause. And this topic that we got to dive into about boy culture and what this means and what it looks like, it feels so dear to my heart as a mom raising a boy and also looking at what we can do to support the boys and men in our culture so that they're allowed to do things like feel sad, and that they aren't suppressing emotions that then come out in sometimes terrifying ways. I am so jazzed for y 'all to get to dive into this conversation. If this podcast is serving you, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us serve more folks with free content so that they can build their toolbox right alongside us. Thank you. You are the bomb. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niobe-way-75270534

Website: https://niobewaylab.squarespace.com/partners

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308- Rethinking Weapon Play with Kisa Marx and Samuel Broaden

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and I'm so stoked about this episode. We get to chat about rethinking weapon play. This is a hot topic. It's one with a lot of opinions, and I really wanted to dive into the child development aspect of this. I got to hang out with Kisa Marx and Samuel Broaden to have this conversation. Kisa is an author, a child advocate, and a champion of early educators. With over two decades in the field, she spent 15 years running her self -affirming play in nature focused family home childcare in Oak Park, Illinois. Recently, she switched to a nonprofit model to offer high quality childcare to families who would otherwise be denied access. Kisa's advocacy, pedagogy, and ethos are anchored in three pillars: childhood is sacred, nature is restorative, and play is revolutionary. When she's not in the field with her crew or advocating with fellow childhood champions, Kisa can be found with her partner of 26 years tending to their garden of adult children, pets, and plants. Samuel is an early childhood advocate and author who believes in the power of childhood and showing children the power they have within themselves. He has worked in the early education field for 20 years, from a teacher to administration to quality coach to author and speaker. He believes in the importance of creating safe spaces for all children to discover who they are and be celebrated for that. He's the author of Gender Expression and Inclusivity in Early Childhood, A Teacher's Guide to Queering the Classroom, and their new book, Rethinking Weapon Play in Early Childhood, How to Encourage Imagination, Kindness, and Consent in Your Classroom, is out now from Kisa and Samuel. I'm super stoked for y 'all to get your hands on that bad boy. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @iam_still_learning

Website: https://theplaylabnfpoakpark.org/

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Instagram:@honoringchildhood

Website: https://www.honoringchildhood.org/

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307- How To Gain Cooperation Without Resorting to Threats with Ralphie Jacobs

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to bring a special guest to you, someone I have followed online for a long time, and it was lovely to get to chat with. We get to hang out with Ralphie Jacobs from Simply on Purpose. Ralphie lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and their four daughters. As an early childhood education expert, Ralphie quickly learned that the best way to impact a child's life for good is to teach parents. She founded Simply on Purpose where she's built a community of over 650 ,000 families and writes about parenting, family culture, and living with purpose. She and I got to chat about how to gain cooperation without resorting to threats, something that can come so quickly, right, where we're like, oh, if you don't do this right now, then you're not going to be able to watch TV or you're not going to be able to have dessert. I think for so many of us, we grew up with that and so it's so ingrained and being able to pivot away from that can feel really challenging. I'm so glad I got to dive in with Ralphie and I'm super jazzed to share this episode with you. If you are finding value in this podcast, if it's helping you, if it's serving you, please take a moment to rate and review it. It helps other folks find our podcast so they can have access to free support on this journey as well. You're the bomb. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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306- Sensory Need or Behavioral Challenge? With Madeha Ayub, OT

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and I got to hang out with an OT that I adore, Madeha Ayub. We got to dive into what the roots of behaviors can be and how our nervous system and our sensory systems can play a role. Madeha was born and raised in the heart of New York City. She's currently residing in Central New Jersey with her husband and two adventurous little humans, both under the age of four. She gets it, she's in it with us. She's been working as a pediatric OT for about eight years and the first five years primarily in school settings before switching to home health OT. She understands the need to identify and support sensory challenges in the school systems and home environment. She works primarily with children with autism and ADHD where the prevalence of sensory processing challenges is more than 90%. With the increase of sensory processing support from her clientele and having a child who has sensory sensitivities herself, Madeha has dedicated her social media to support parents, teachers, and other pediatric therapists to understanding and supporting sensory needs of children to optimize their performance in daily activities. I don't think we give enough credit to how much our sensory systems affect our ability to engage in life, whether it's, I don't have the same amount of patience for or something at certain times of day because my sensory systems are overwhelmed. Maybe there's been a lot of noise or you walk into space with a lot of clutter and your nervous system starts ticking and saying, woo, I need some support. And then all of a sudden you're yelling at your two -year -old when it really wasn't about the two -year -old. Madeha is also the author of sensory support children's books. Be on the lookout for her new book, Before The Brave Bite, launching at the end of this year. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @seedsforspecialneeds

Website: https://seedsforspecialneeds.com/

Keep an eye out for Madeha’s new book, launching at the end of 2024: Before the Brave Bite

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305- Codependency and Creating Healthy Emotional Boundaries with Alyssa Zander, M.Ed

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to dive into codependency and what it looks like to create healthy emotional boundaries with Alyssa Zander. Alyssa is a codependency and relationship coach supporting women in stepping into their authenticity and joy through shadow work and healing codependency in the mother wound. She is the creator of Codependency Alchemy, a podcast and membership that's designed to support you in feeling seen and supported while breaking through the generational cycles that are keeping you from standing in your power. Codependency is something that all of us wade in and out of, and for some of us, it's so hard to break that we feel like we're breaking when someone else is having a hard time, when you can feel that energy in the room and your nervous system is responding to it. It is palpable and being able to regulate your nervous system even when someone else is dysregulated is a challenge. I loved getting to dive into this and dance with Alyssa on some of this here and there. Don't miss the breakdown with Rach at the end where she shares a HILARIOUS story , and we chat about how different all this feels when parenting, than it does when in partnership only. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @alyssaaazander

Website: https://alyssaaazander.substack.com

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Podcast episode on tabling a conversation: What to do when you and your partner are not on the same page

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304- How to Talk about Food and Bodies for Eating Disorder Prevention with Colleen Reichmann, PsyD

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Dr. Colleen Reichmann. We dove into eating disorders and how to prevent them, how to talk about food and bodies so that we can work to have this healthy relationship with our bodies and with food. It is such a nuanced conversation. I deeply appreciate that for the podcast medium that we can have a little bit of the nuanced conversation here. And I want to let folks know that I believe there isn't a one size fits all in this conversation. We talk about that in here. If you're not in a space right now to tune into a conversation about food and bodies, take pause, listen to that, and know that it's okay. It's okay to say like, yeah, I'm not there right now. Dr. Colleen Reichmann is a licensed clinical psychologist who practices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She's the founder of a group eating disorder therapy practice, Wildflower Therapy. She's recovered from anorexia and this experience sparked her passion for her work. She is now an eating disorder specialist and has worked at various treatment facilities, including University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro Center for Eating Disorder Care and the Center for Eating Disorders at Shepherd Pratt. She is also a perinatal mental health specialist and loves working with women across the spectrum of motherhood, including those struggling with infertility and loss. She's an advocate for intersectional feminism, body liberation, and health at every size. Dr. Colleen Reichmann is the co -author of The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery: Advice from Two Therapists Who Have Been There. Alright, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @colleenreichmann

Website: www.wildflowertherapyllc.com

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Children’s Book Rec: Bodies Are Cool

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303- The Ever-Changing Parenting Game and the Allure of “The Best Choice” with Sophie Brickman

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and this episode I got to hang out with Sophie Brickman. She is a writer, reporter, and editor who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Elle, The Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, and other outlets. Her work has also appeared in The Best Food Writing and The Best American Science Writing anthologies. Her first book, Baby Unplugged, about the intersection of technology and parenting received a starred Publisher's Weekly review and landed her a spot on Good Morning America. Plays Well with Others is her first novel. Y 'all, I'm here for this. I just like felt so seen in it, all about like parenting and our parenting journey. And it's nominally about applying a child to kindergarten in New York City, but it's so much more than that. It's really a story about becoming a parent, specifically for us in like this age where we are so inundated with information and decisions. And it so beautifully navigated this conversation with humor. It's called Plays Well With Others by Sophie Brickman. Due to travel schedules, there is no breakdown with Rach at the end of this episode. We'll see you back next week. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Website: https://www.sophiebrickman.com/

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302- Thriving Through Grief with Brandi Sellerz-Jackson

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to chat about thriving through grief. I got to hang out with Brandi Sellerz-Jackson. She's a storyteller, birth and postpartum doula, and the creator of Not So Private Parts. Initially created as a women's lifestyle blog, Not So Private Parts has evolved into a resource removing the shame and stigma surrounding women's issues. Sellerz -Jackson is the co -founder of Moms In Color, a black mom collective centered around celebrating diversity in the motherhood space. She is also the senior manager of social media for Ergobaby, a leading brand in baby wearing and attachment parenting. She has been featured in Oprah Daily, USA Today, Essence, and Mother, among other outlets. Sellerz-Jackson lives in Pasadena, California with her husband John and and their three boys, Jax, Jedi, and Jupiter. I loved chatting with Brandi because we got to talk about the real real of like, what is this really like to move through grief, and how grief shows up at different stages in parenthood. I think we often think of grief only in certain times, like if we lose someone we love, but grief happens often. When we grieve the life we had before when we had a second kiddo or third or when we grieve the life we had before kids or when we grieve the different parenting stages of longing for those early days or as kids transition into high school or middle school or go to college. Grief shows up all the time for us and learning to move through it and parent through it is a necessary skillset for being able to show up. All right folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @bstereo

Website: http://notsoprivateparts.life/

Moms in Color: https://themomsincolor.com/

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301- Feed Swap: Mindful Parenting Podcast with Hunter Clarke-Fields

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today's a special episode because we're doing something a little bit different. I teamed up with my pal, Hunter Clarke-Fields, and we're doing a little podcast swap. So you get to hear an episode from her podcast, Mindful Parenting Podcast. I've been on it before. You may have tuned in then, but here's an episode from her podcast, Mindful Parenting Podcast, on what mindful parenting is. What makes mindful parenting different? How is it different from mindfulness for parents? In this very special reverse interview, Hunter answers questions posed by Lynn Weller, the Mindful Parenting Community Manager. You'll learn about why mindful parenting came about, Hunter's own struggles, and what's inside the groundbreaking course she developed. If you dig this episode, head on over and give her podcast a follow. You'll even be able to hear an episode from our podcast on her feed. Go check out which one I selected. Alright, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Hunter Clarke-Fields:

Instagram: @mindfulmamamentor

Website: www.mindfulmamamentor.com

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Hunter’s previous podcast episodes on Voices of Your Village:

How to Mindfully Raise Kind, Confident Kids

Alyssa’s previous podcast episodes on Mindful Parenting Podcast:

Navigate Tantrums, Meltdowns, and Defiance and Help Your Child Regulate Feelings

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300- Raising Confident Kids with Eli Harwood, MA, LPC

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and I'm so stoked about today's episode. I got to hang out again with my friend Eli Harwood of Attachment Nerd to chat about her latest book, Raising Securely Attached Kids. In this conversation today, we get to dive into how to raise confident kids. I have quoted her latest book, Raising Securely Attached Kids, in my upcoming book because it is just so good. And the way that she delivers information, it feels so accessible. Eli is a licensed therapist. She's the creator of Attachment Nerd. She's the author of the book Securely Attached and Raising Securely Attached Kids and has more than 17 years of clinical experience helping people process relational traumas and develop secure attachment relationships with their children and partners. I'm so jazzed to share this episode with you. I could hang out with Eli forever and I feel like I learn from her every single time I get to hang with her. Head out and snag her book right now, Raising Securely Attached Kids. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @attachmentnerd

Website: https://attachmentnerd.com/

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299- Navigating School Lunch with Feeding Littles’ Megan McNamee, MPH, RDN

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to dive into a topic that is just always on my mind. We get to chat about navigating school lunch with Feeding Littles co -founder Megan McNamee. She is a registered dietitian and nutritionist and co -founder of Feeding Littles, one of my favorite Instagram accounts. She specializes in pediatric nutrition and eating disorder prevention. Megan and her business partner Judy help parents feel confident feeding their babies, toddlers, and big kids through online courses and social media support. What I'm so stoked about is that they just launched their second book, Feeding Littles Lunches. It's a realistic lunchbox inspiration book. And let me tell you, I have a copy. It is gorgeous and so helpful. I sat down with Sage, my three and a half year old, and we went through the book and looked at the pictures and he found things that he wanted to try. And y 'all, he is a picky eater and sensory sensitive. And so finding lunches that work can be so challenging. And I feel like I just get stuck in the same thing over and over and just trying to find things that he will eat. And this book has been so, so helpful. Head on over and snag Feeding Littles Lunches. You will not regret it. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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298- Update: After School Dysregulation with Lori Goodrich, OT

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to dive into all of those big feelings that are coming up in this back -to -school time. We get to chat about something called restraint collapse, where kids restrain everything and kind of hold it in throughout the day, and then they collapse and let it all out with us. This is a doozy when they're navigating something new and hard, like back -to -school. It's like it's starting a new job or moving to a new house or any big life change where your brain is trying to figure out all the newness and what it means and it's exhausting. And so then we have these big meltdowns and feelings about things that typically they might not melt down about or that might not be a big deal for them. In this episode, we got to hang out with Lori Goodrich, an occupational therapist who walked us through different ways that you can support your kids after school to help regulate their nervous system. You can also head to seedquiz.com to understand your child's unique nervous system and get free tips and tricks for how to best support your unique child. All right folks, let's dive in.

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Website: https://www.thrivetogetherot.com/

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297- Empowering Kids with Social Justice Education with Dr. Shelby Kretz, Ph.D.

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to dive in with Dr. Shelby Kretz to chat about empowering kids with social justice education. Dr. Shelby Kretz is the creator of Little Justice Leaders, an organization that provides social justice education resources for educators and families. Little Justice Leaders offers a monthly subscription for parents and teachers that provides resources each month to learn about social justice. Little Justice Leaders has sent over 17 ,000 learning kits to parents and teachers around the world, and Shelby earned her Ph.D. in education from UCLA, and her dissertation explored social justice education at the elementary school level. Over the past decade, Shelby's worked with thousands of parents, teachers, and school leaders to bring social justice education to these children. It was such a rich discussion to get to hang with her, and I especially loved diving into of the breakdown with Rach at the end of what this looks like with our kids' IRL as parents and how it shows up. If this podcast is serving you, if you are finding value in it and it's helpful for you, please take a minute to rate and review the podcast. I love reading the reviews and when you rate it, it helps other folks find this podcast, which gives them free information and support on this journey of raising emotionally intelligent kids. Alright folks, let's dive in.

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296- How to Not Raise Narcissists: Entitlement vs. Self Worth with Dr. Mary Ann Little, PhD

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Dr. Mary Ann Little. She's a PhD and is a clinical psychologist who's been in private practice for over four decades. We got to dive into a juicy topic talking about childhood narcissism. Her latest book is Childhood Narcissism: Strategies to Raise Unselfish, Unentitled and Empathetic Children. She is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Southwestern medical center at Dallas, and has served as an adjunct professor in the departments of psychology and special education at the University of Texas at Dallas. It was a fun conversation. I feel like the word narcissism is such a triggering one. And I was excited to dive in with her on what does this really look like? What does it even mean? And what can we as parents be doing to support children so that we aren't looking at narcissistic adults down the road? How do we help them see outside themselves? In the second half, Rach and I dive into our fears around narcissism, how it relates to the need for external validation, and how our need for validation of our enough-ness shows up in real life. (Hint- we're still working on it)

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295- Raising Anti-Ableist Kids with Ashley Harris Whaley

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Ashley Harris Whaley to chat about raising anti -ableist kids. Ashley is a disabled woman, mother, author, speaker, speech language pathologist, disability educator, and activist. She leads adult programs and research for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and is the founder of Disability Reframed, an online platform focused on changing perspectives through education and conversation. Ashley is an experienced writer, consultant, and public speaker who delivers impactful messaging. Her writing has appeared in Refinery29 and TripAdvisor, and her debut children's book was published in May 2023. And I'm excited to share that her children's book, I Am, You Are, is out now. Go snag that bad boy. I Am, You Are. I have been learning from Ashley online for a long time and it was so rad to get to hang on the podcast and chat. I continue to learn from her all the time and I'm excited to share this one with y 'all. At the end of the episode, Rach and I chat about how this shows up in our real lives as parents, and how we can step up representation of disability for our kids. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @disabilityreframed

Website: https://www.ashleyharriswhaley.com/

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Other children's books Ashley recommends:

When Charlie Met Emma

Awesomely Emma

What Happened to You?

You’re so Amazing

Mama Car

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294- Taking Ownership of Our Feelings (So Our Children Can Have Their Own) with Heather Chauvin

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. Hello, everybody. Today, I got to hang out with Heather Chauvin of the Emotionally Uncomfortable podcast. And we had such a great conversation talking about how to take radical ownership of our own emotions and needs as adults so that we aren't laying that burden on our kids. We touch on codependency and co -parenting relationships and how so much of this work is the self -awareness of what's coming up for us underneath the way we're interacting with our kids and partners. Heather is a TEDx speaker, author of Dying To Be A Good Mother, and host of the highly loved podcast Emotionally Uncomfortable. Heather started her career as a social worker helping adults understand children's behavior, but it wasn't until 2013 when a stage 4 cancer diagnosis pushed her to take a deeper stand for change, uncovering how cultural expectations sabotage our dreams. She's been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Real Simple Magazine, MindBodyGreen, Google, and more. When Heather isn't working, you'll find her living out what she teaches, which may include kayaking Alaska, snowboarding, hiking, or anything else that challenges what she believes is possible for herself and inviting her children along the journey. Alright folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @heatherchauvin_

Website: https://www.heatherchauvin.com/

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293- Using Neuroscience to Support Your Baby’s Brain Development with Greer Kirshenbaum, PhD

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Greer Kirshenbaum. Greer's awesome. She is an author and a neuroscientist, a doula, infant and family sleep specialist, and a mom. She trained at the University of Toronto, Columbia University, New York University, and Yale. Greer has combined her academic training with her experience as a doula and a mother to lead the Nurture Revolution. It's a movement to nurture our baby's brains to revolutionize mental health and impact larger systems in our world. She wants families, professionals, and workplaces to understand how early caregiving experience can boost mental wellness and diminish depression, anxiety, and addiction in adulthood by shaping baby's brains through simple, intuitive, enriching experiences in pregnancy, birth, and infancy. Her book is called The Nurture Revolution: Grow Your Baby’s Brain and Transform Their Mental Health through the Art of Nurtured Parenting. She offers resources, workshops, and sessions on her website, nurture-neuroscience.com. Y 'all, learning how to communicate with babies and the importance of it is huge because it's the foundation for attachment, which y 'all know if you've read Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, is cornerstone to how we show up in the world. Dr. Greer Kirshenbaum is laying this out here for you in her book, The Nurture Revolution. It was so rad to get to chat with her about it, and at the end Rach and I break down what this looks like for us in real life, and some of the struggles we have experienced as parents, trying to support our kids' development while also navigating our own mental health. If this podcast is serving and supporting you, please take a minute to rate and review it. It is how we can reach more folks with free tools and support on this journey because we know it takes a village and we are not meant to do this alone. Thank you so much for being a part of this village. Y 'all are rad. All right, let's dive in.

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292- Improving Mental Health Outcomes Through Government Funding with Congresswoman Becca Balint

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to bring you such an incredible guest. I got to hang out with Congresswoman Becca Balint to chat about improving mental health outcomes through government funding. Representative Balint is a mom, a teacher, a progressive leader who comes to Washington ready to fight for working families. Becca's the first woman and openly LGBTQ plus person to represent her home state of Vermont. She's the daughter of a working class mother and immigrant father, and Becca is deeply committed to defending American democracy and protecting vulnerable communities. While the majority leader of the Vermont State Senate, Becca led the passage of the first gun safety laws in the state's history aimed at keeping Vermont children, communities, and survivors of abuse safe. She received her B .A. from Smith College in Northampton, Mass., graduating magna cum laude in Phi Beta Kappa. Becca earned her Master's in Education from Harvard University in 1995 and her Master's in History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2001. She's married to noted attorney and opera singer Elizabeth Wohl. Together they have two children, Abe and Sarah, who are 16 and 13, and an adorable dog named Wheelie. They live in Brattleboro, Vermont, and it was such a pleasure to get to hang out with the Congresswoman. She just gets it, like it's so real, and she cares about mental health. And we got to have such a rad discussion about that and what it looks like for there to be funding, and what that would mean for us as a nation if we funded mental health supports. We talk about early childhood education and the role that that plays in supporting mental health long -term. I am so grateful for those who dedicate their lives to trying to make our nation and our world for our tiny humans better. Thanks, Congresswoman. Stay tuned for the end when Rachel and I hang and chat about the episode, breaking it down for you in real life. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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291- The Black Side of Autism with Maria Davis-Pierre, LMHC

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today, I got to hang out with Maria Davis-Pierre to chat about Black families who are navigating autism diagnoses and what that Black side of autism looks like, both within the Black community and outside of the Black community. Maria graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Sociology and went on to obtain a Master's of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University. As a licensed mental health therapist, Maria primarily works with Black parents to provide support through education and advocacy training. Her passion for working in the field stems from her personal journey when her daughter received the diagnosis at a very early age. In addition to therapy, Maria dons many other titles, including coach, speaker, advocate, and author. Her first published work, a Self Care Affirmation Journal, is currently available for purchase on Amazon. Maria's unique approach to coaching and counseling exemplifies her drive and motivation toward greater acceptance and overcoming the barriers and personal struggles associated with raising a Black autistic child. I could have hung out with Maria for a long time. I love her. We got to chat about things that we need to be mindful of within our systems to support Black children across the board and especially our Black autistic children. I'm so grateful for her dedication to this work.

At the end of the episode, Rach and I chat about the ways we are working to advocate in our own lives and work, and we also have a rich conversation around the misunderstandings around what "sensory means".

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Instagram: @autisminblack

Website: https://www.autisminblack.org/

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290- Potty Accidents, Bedwetting, and Constipation with Dr. Steve Hodges

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and, boy, do I have an episode for you today. I have not stopped talking about this , and have had so many conversations with people in my real life after having recorded this episode. I got to hang out with Dr. Steve Hodges. He's a professor of pediatric urology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He's a leading authority on childhood toileting issues, and he's dedicated to debunking common myths surrounding daytime and bedtime wetting and poop accidents. He emphasizes that these issues are never a child's fault. Dr. Hodges, residing in Winston -Salem, North Carolina, with his family, has authored eight books for both parents and children, such as the M .O .P. Anthology and Bed Wetting and Accidents Aren't Your Fault. He shares valuable insights through his blog at bedwettingandaccidents.com. We got to chat about accidents and bedwetting and constipation and I literally was like, oh my gosh, mind blown. I'm so grateful to have Dr. Hodges' resources, and for his knowledge shared in this episode. I cannot wait to hear your thoughts and feelings and feedback about this episode. Also, if any of this is serving you, please take a minute to rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you're listening to. It helps us reach more folks with free information to navigate the challenges of raising tiny humans. We don't have to do this alone. Thank you so much for being in our village. You're the bomb. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Website: https://www.bedwettingandaccidents.com/

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289- Why Mental and Emotional Labor is Exhausting Modern Moms with Erica Djossa, MA

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. Today I get to share a conversation with you about why mental and emotional labor is exhausting modern moms. I got to hang out with my friend Erica Djossa. She's the CEO and founder of Momwell and a registered psychotherapist specializing in maternal mental health with over a decade of experience. As a mom of three rambunctious young boys, Erica understands first -hand the challenges of motherhood. Perfectionism, pressure, and loss of identity fueled her battle with postpartum depression, and she realized how difficult it is to seek care. She founded Momwell to set a standard of care for providers and has ensured mom -centered, specialized mental health support at any stage of motherhood. Erica has been featured in media publications including Time Magazine, USA Today, the Toronto star, Breakfast Television, and Scary Mommy. You can find more information about her company, Momwell, at momwell.com. Also, I highly recommend following them on Instagram, and she has a dope podcast that I am going to be on. Erica has an incredible book on this as well called Releasing the Mother Load, How to Carry Less and Enjoy Motherhood More. You can snag that bad boy wherever books are sold. It is out now. During the second half of the episode, Rachel and I break it down and share our real life experiences with our partners and kids, navigating the mental and emotional labor struggle. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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288- Pediatrician Dr. Mona Amin on The Impact of Focusing on Children's Weight

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I get to hang out with Dr. Mona Amin. She is a board -certified general pediatrician, a lactation educator, parenting coach, and a mom. She's been featured on Parents .com, Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News, Romper, Condé Nast Traveler, Very Well Family, and NBC News, and we got to chat on the impact of focusing focusing on children's weight. I felt this conversation so deeply, and it's been interesting, I noted this in the conversation but Mila was born an almost 10 pound baby, and it has been so interesting to like hear the way people talk about her body right now as a baby and like oh she's so healthy and what they mean is like she's got rolls she's a chunky little peanut. And then as you get older, how that shifts. And when we see humans who have fat on their bodies, there's this belief that it means they're unhealthy and just wild, like how early these conversations start. And Dr. Mona and I got to dive into that huge impact that it can have on kids, and ways that you can be an advocate for them at the pediatric office. If this podcast is serving you, if it has been helpful for you in any capacity, please take a minute to rate and review it. It helps other folks find this podcast so that they can have access to free information to guide them on their journey as well. I'm so grateful for y 'all. I love this village so much and I'm jazzed that I get to hang out with you and have these really important conversations and that we get to bring incredible experts in to have these convos. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @pedsdoctalk

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287- How to Raise Kids Who Participate in Taking Care of the Home with Lori Sugarman-Li

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And in this episode, I got to dive in with Lori Sugarman-Li about how to raise kids who participate in taking care of the home. It's something that's been a challenge for me-- really looking at taking care of the home, doing dishes, all that jazz versus playing with Sage and just hanging out and doing all of those things when he's asleep. We got to have a real honest conversation about it. Lori believes deeply in the power of families. She's passionate about her work and the culture shift aiming to articulate the value and visibility of unpaid work. Her career is a communication strategist combined with a decade devoted to full -time care of her family, community, and children's charities worldwide, served as the inspirational backdrop for her professional relaunch as a coach, speaker, and author. She's dedicated to fostering meaningful conversations within families, encouraging them to contemplate how they care for one another in their shared space. I am so curious to hear your takeaways and what comes up for you as you're diving into this, and if this hits home head on out and snag her book, Our Home, out now and ready for you to dive into. Will you do me a favor? If you are enjoying this podcast, if it's serving you, please take a minute to rate and review the podcast it helps other folks find these free episodes so that they can dive into this work with us. All right folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @ourhomeourpride

Website: https://ourhomeourpride.com/

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286- How to Raise a Socially Successful Child with Dr. Stephen Nowicki, PhD

Thu, 30 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I have such a special guest for you. I got to hang out with Dr. Stephen Nowicki. He is a professor of psychology at Emory University, and he has served as the director of clinical training, head of the psychological center, and head of the counseling center. Dr. Nowicki remains in active clinical practice as a diplomat in psychology, and let me tell you, he is a gem. His latest book, Raising a Socially Successful Child, teaching kids the non -verbal language they need to communicate, connect, and thrive, is so good, and we had such a rich discussion. Honestly, the only thing I wish I had was more time. I could have talked to him for so long, and he's one of those humans that makes you feel when you're with him like you're the only thing that matters in that moment, that he's so present. It was really cool to see him kind of put this into practice, the social skills here into practice that he's teaching us about. I had some hesitation going into this and brought up some things that just from the title of the book had stood out to me that I was nervous about, and he so beautifully engaged in conversation with me and delicately and mindfully, and I'm really excited to get this episode in your earbuds.

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Website: https://www.stephennowicki.com/

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285- Returning to Work Postpartum as a Nursing Parent with Lisa Myers

Thu, 23 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Lisa Myers. She's the inventor and founding mama of Ceres Chill, a breast milk storage company that replaces the 1970s bulky cooler technology that had been holding people back for decades. She got down to work inventing a solution to solve the problem simply, elegantly, and affordably. She filed for a patent and began working with an amazing team of friends to make Ceres Chill available to any parent in search of a better way to achieve their breastfeeding goals while continuing to be a great professional success. Now, Lisa dedicates herself and her company to innovating and advocating for pumping parents. Y 'all, I have the Ceres Chill, am a lover of the Ceres Chill, which is what led me to Lisa and am so jazzed to get to share this conversation with you because it's a genuinely a product that I wish I had known about for Sage and use so much for Mila. If this podcast is serving you, if you're feeling supported by it, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps other folks find Voices of Your Village so they can have access to free support on their journey as well. Thank you so much. I love being in your village and having you here. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @cereschill

Website: https://www.cereschill.com/

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Pumping resources:

Pumping survival tips and the Pump Act

How to talk to your employer about pumping at work

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284- Punishment-Free Parenting with Jon Fogel

Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today I get to dive into punishment -free parenting with Jon Fogel. He's a parenting educator and soon -to -be author who operates under the moniker Whole Parent on social media where he has over 1 million followers across multiple platforms. As Whole Parent, Jon offers a unique perspective on parenting grounded in evidence -based research in areas of child development, adolescent psychology, and basic neuroscience, which synthesizes strategies from the worlds of cognitive behavioral therapy, general counseling, and even contemplative meditation to help parents manage problematic behaviors and grow deeper in their relationship with their children, their partner, and themselves. You'll hear me dance a little bit with Jon in this episode. I gave a little pushback on some things, and we had such a fun, lively conversation. At the end, Rachel and I got pretty deep into what punishment-free parenting looks like in our homes, and how we navigate what to do, instead of punishing, and how to repair when we mess up. There's also a BIG announcement that we drop right at the end- don't miss it! If this podcast is serving you, please take a minute to rate the podcast and leave a review. It helps other folks find us so that we can continue to provide free support in an ongoing fashion for folks all around the globe who want to raise emotionally intelligent humans. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @wholeparent

Website: https://www.wholeparentacademy.com/

Podcast: Whole Parent Podcast

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283- How to Foster More Collaboration and Increase Academic Achievement with Dr. Jacqueline Harding

Thu, 09 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village and I got to hang out and chat about play. Ya'll, play is wildly important and underrated and we get to dive into why it's so important, what it does and also frankly, how it can make your life so much easier as a parent, as a teacher, as a caregiver. It's your classic win -win. I got to hang out with Dr. Jacqueline Harding. She is an international child development and education expert. She's recognized for her work advising government, practitioners, and parents. Dr. Harding is an honorary visiting research fellow at Middlesex University. Her qualifications include a PhD in child development, master's in education, and advanced studies in neurophysiology. She also represented the UK in developing essential digital criteria and establishing best practice for broadcasters, parents, and teachers across Europe. Her latest book is called The Brain That Loves to Play. It was so fun to get to hang out with her, to get to chat about play, and at the end of the episode, Rachel and I break it down and talk about the practical aspects of bringing this into our day to day parenting. Alright folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Dr. Jacqueline Harding:

Website: https://www.drjacquelineharding.com/

LinkedIn: Dr. Jaqueline Harding- Vallance

Instagram: DrJacqueline.harding

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282- What Parents of Disabled Children Wish That Other Parents Knew with Kelley Coleman

Thu, 02 May 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village! I got to hang out with Kelley Coleman. She is the author of Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child. Kelley is a feature film development executive turned author and a passionate advocate for parents and caregivers and individuals with disabilities. She is the parent of two amazing boys, one of whom has multiple disabilities, and her book, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child draws upon over a decade of advocacy with candor, humor, and relatability earned in her prior career of writing and developing talking animal movies. She was recently named best mom ever by her two discerning children and received a congratulatory mug. I had a blast hanging out and chatting with Kelley. There are a lot of nuances in the conversation and think that this is really key for all humans. Whether you are parenting a disabled child or not, there's so much learning for us all to do as a community about systems and support and the worth of every human on the planet. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Kelley:

Instagram: @hellokelleycoleman

Website: https://www.kelleycoleman.com/

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281- The Transition to Two Kids

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome to Voices of Your Village, and in this episode, I got to hang out with our very own Rachel Lounder to chat about transitioning from one to two kids. We chatted about our own personal journeys and different things we hear from the outside world about, oh, what second kids are supposed to be like and all that jazz. We talked about triggers, things that worked for us, things that didn't, and we had very different experiences. My second born has similar sensory systems to her first born, and then vice versa for her second born has similar sensory systems to my first born. And so we got to chat about what that looked like and how it showed up and how it affected our transitions from one to two. I would love to hear your stories and what your transitions have looked like, or what you're thinking about, maybe you're pregnant or in the process of transitioning from one to two kids or adding a child to your family. What are you nervous about? What are you excited about? What questions do you have? Come on over to Instagram and let's chat. We have a post that'll go up for this episode and I wanna continue the conversation there. So come on over to @seed.and.sew and let's chat. If you are finding value in this podcast, if it's helping you on your journey, please take a minute to rate and leave a review. I love reading the reviews. I love hearing like what resonates with you and how this is hitting home for you. And it's huge for the podcast world. It helps other folks find our podcast so that we can continue to serve more and more humans who would like to raise emotionally intelligent kids. And, there's an exciting announcement at the end of the episode- don't miss it! All right, folks, let's dive in.

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280- Learning How to Be a Mom While Grieving a Huge Loss with Taylor Wolfe

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to share one of the funniest humans on the internet with you, Taylor Wolfe. You might know her as The Daily Tay. We got to dive into what it looks like to learn how to be a mom while grieving a huge loss. Taylor shares so vulnerably and openly about losing her dog Harlow, who she was so connected to and attuned to and attached to, at the same time that she was entering into motherhood. And we got to look at what does it look like to incorporate grief as a part of our life and in all of these different moments and experiences. Taylor brings so much humor to her work all the time and is one of my favorite humans to follow on the internet. So if you're not already following, head on over to The Daily Tay and snag her book, Birdie and Harlow. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Taylor:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheDailyTay/

Order the book: Birdie & Harlow: Life, Loss, and Loving My Dog So Much I Didn't Want Kids (…Until I Did)

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279- How to Create Habits When You're Drained and Overwhelmed with Monica Packer

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village and today Monica Packer and I got to dive into how to create habits when you're drained and overwhelmed. For me, when it comes to habits, it can feel like, okay, I'm going to do this thing and then I go all in on something and then it feels really overwhelming and it doesn't continue. Or I look at it and I'm like, oh, that sounds great and I'm so spent or beyond my bandwidth that I cannot add another thing in. Even if my current system isn't working, that sometimes even accessing the bandwidth for change feels overwhelming and hard. I love that Monica has broken down specific steps, ways to form habits with little time, low support, limited energy, and how we can form supportive habits without being perfect at them. There was so much room in her approach for fluidity for it not to always look the same because we are in different seasons of life at different times and I love that it makes it feel accessible and achievable and really helps with the like perfection side to feel like okay don't have to be perfect at this for it to be helpful or effective. So without further ado, let's dive into how to create habits when you're drained and overwhelmed with Monica Packer. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Monica:

Instagram: instagram.com/aboutprogress

Website: https://aboutprogress.com/

Sticky Habit course: aboutprogress.com/stickyhabitmethod

Podcast: aboutprogress.com/podcast

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278- How to Balance Infant Feeding with Parental Mental Health with Victoria Facelli, IBCLC

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 13:55:00 -0000

Hello everyone and welcome back to Voices of Your Village. I get to hang out with Victoria Facelli. She's an IBCLC, is a graduate of the Global Breastfeeding Institute's Lactation Program, and not the kind of lactation consultant who hates formula, which I'm super jazzed about. Right in the intro she said, "this is a book about feeding babies, nothing more, nothing less. It's easy in the early days of parenthood to confuse feeding with parenting." And I love that because I think it's so true and there's so much tied to it. I think we see it with birth and we see it with feeding. And your book that we were just referencing, Feed the Baby: An Inclusive Guide to Nursing, Bottle-Feeding, and Everything In Between, gives families more tools to really be able to navigate this consciously and intentionally. Alright folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Victoria:

Instagram: @victoria.facelli.ibclc

Website: https://www.victoriafacelli.com/

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Learn more about Interoception: Podcast Episode with Kelly Mahler, OT

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277- The Key to Self Control with OT Kelly Mahler

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and I get to dive in with occupational therapist Kelly Mahler about interoception, which, I would say, is the key to navigating life from a well -being standpoint. Interoception is one of the sensory systems that I think is so often overlooked, and I think it's the cornerstone for mental wellness. It definitely is the cornerstone for accessing self -control. So often we want kids to control their words, control their actions, like, ask for things kindly, all that jazz, and the reality is they can't do that if they don't first have interoceptive awareness, if they aren't aware of what's happening inside their bodies. Kelly is a rad OT who works in this space. I got to pick her brain, and I am so jazzed to bring this to you because I think it also is huge for burnout and overwhelm and that exhaustion that we're often feeling in parenthood and in education. I think this is truly going to be a huge part of the conversation for so much of mental wellness in the next few years. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @kelly_mahler

Website: https://www.kelly-mahler.com/

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276- How to Navigate Big Feelings in Older Kids and Teens with Casey O’Roarty, M.Ed.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to bring you a much requested episode. We get to dive into what this work looks like with older kids and teens, and especially talking about teen anxiety. I got to hang out with one of my favorite humans, Casey O'Roarty. She hosts the Joyful Courage podcast, and her work really focuses on positive discipline in those adolescent years, and all the things that come up in that space. And she truly is a human that I'm like, I'm gonna need you on speed dial, my friend. I just find her approach to this so in alignment with ours with young humans, and that it really does come back to relationship and connection above all else. And when I look forward to those teen years and look ahead, what I really want is to be in relationship with my teenagers. And Casey does such a beautiful job of laying out what does this look like? What's the messiness of it all and how do we navigate it? I'm so jazzed to get to bring this episode to you. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Casey:

Instagram: @joyful_courage

Website: https://www.besproutable.com/teens/

Order the book: Joyful Courage: Calming the Drama and Taking Control of Your Parenting Journey

Podcast: Joyful Courage

Courses: Positive Discipline for Parents of Teens and Tweens

Facebook group: Joyful Courage for Parents of Teens

Podcast episode with Rowan: Here

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275- Why Kindness Matters with Claudia Hammond

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with Claudia Hammond to talk about why kindness matters and how do we teach it. One of the things I've been really into is this difference between being nice and being kind, and what is kindness? How does it play out, not just in early childhood, but then down the road? What effects does it have on our mental health and the longevity of our mental health? I was so enriched by her research that it was really exciting to get to chat with her. She has a book out called The Keys to Kindness, and we got to chat about what it looks like to be kind to toddlers, and how to support tiny humans in building skillsets for kindness. And how do we become kinder to ourselves, to one another? The data are pretty clear that kindness does really matter and so looking at how do we cultivate it and spread it is pretty key. I'm so jazzed to get to share this interview with you. Alright folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Claudia:

Instagram: @claudia_hammond_

Website: https://claudiahammond.com/

Order the book: The Keys to Kindness

Podcasts: All in the Mind (many others on her website!)

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274- Sneak Peek: Seed Teacher Summit

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Y 'all I am so jazzed to share today's special episode with you. It's a sneak peek from our 2024 Seed Teacher Summit coming at you March 12th to the 14th. We are so grateful to have a brand new batch of incredible speakers this year and so many essential topics like Playful Transitions, Why Play Matters for Neurodivergent Learners, and of course How to Manage a Classroom Full of Spitters. This is going to be a compilation episode with little snippets from a handful of the interviews just to give you a taste of what's to come. The summit is free, F-R-E-E, free to watch so please share it with any educators, administrators or fellow caregivers in your life who would benefit from learning more about supporting teachers and kids with the resources they need to thrive. We are all in this thing together and it fills my cup to be able to hand over high quality professional development and learning opportunities completely for free. Head on over to seedandsow.org/summit to register. That's seedandsow.org/summit. All right folks, Let's dive in.

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273- How to use Screen Time as a Tool for Regulation with Ash Brandin, Ed.S

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village! We heard you loud and clear after our last digital media podcast interview that you wanted more. So we are diving in with Ash Brandin, you might know them as the Gamer Educator over on Instagram. And today we get to chat about how to use screen time as a tool for regulation. I am stoked to share this and also know that for a lot of us, there's a lot of messaging around screen time as something that's only dysregulating for folks. We get to look at what's happening hormonally, and how do we use screen time with intention? All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @thegamereducator

Website: https://thegamereducator.com/

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272- Sharing Our Cultural Traditions Without Passing on Trauma with Ed Center

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and today I got to hang out with Ed Center to chat about sharing our cultural traditions without passing on trauma. There are so many things from our childhood that we might want to pass on, and so many that we might not, and sometimes these get muddled and mixed and we might wonder like how do we separate some parts of this? What does it look like to parent kids who are experiencing a lot of trauma or who have experienced trauma? We got to chat about so many things in this episode that were so rich. He's the founder of The Village Well Parenting, a community where parents come to learn skills that nurture the parent -child relationship, heal intergenerational wounds, and discover ancestral wisdom that allows parents to remain rooted in their own sacred cultures. Ed is doing such incredible work in this world, and it's a true gift to get to learn from him. I'm really jazzed to get to share this episode with you. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Ed:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/villagewellparenting/

Website: https://www.villagewellparenting.com/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queerbrowndad

Newsletter: Morning Cup of Calm

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271- Baby Talk, "Fake" Helplessness and Regressions with Caley Kukla, M.Ed.

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village and today we're diving into baby talk, "fake" helplessness, and regressions with Caley Kukla. I have been following Caley on Instagram for a long time and so it was no shock to me when it felt like we could have just hung out forever. It was such a fun conversation to get to have because I feel like these things are so triggering for so many of us. I know for myself, the like fake helplessness, the like, oh, I can't do it, I need help, in like that voice, oh gosh, it can like grate at my insides and it takes a lot for me to be able to respond with intention. So if you are in a season or you are triggered by baby talk or that fake helplessness or regressions, this episode is ready to rock for you. I hope you enjoy this hang with Caley Kukla as much as I did. All right, folks, let's dive in.

Connect with Caley:

Instagram: @caleykukla

Website: https://www.caleykukla.com/

Podcast: COR Parenting Conversations

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270- When Your Nervous System is Overwhelmed by your Child's Sensory Needs with OT Larissa Geleris

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. And today we get to dive into something that really hits home for me. We get to chat with Larissa Geleris about when your nervous system is overwhelmed by your child's sensory needs. Larissa is an occupational therapist and y 'all know how much I love an OT. It was really helpful because really right when Sage was pretty young, it became clear that he and I are a sensory mismatch. That what fuels me and is recharging for me is the opposite of what fuels him and is recharging for him and then vice versa. What fuels him and is recharging for him is the opposite for me. And so figuring out like, how do we navigate this? What does it look like for me to recharge my nervous system and take care of my sensory needs while also supporting his sensory needs when they're different? When my systems can get overwhelmed by what his systems need. I have a feeling that I'm not alone in this. I think figuring out how to help our bodies regulate while also helping our children is such a challenge sometimes, and is so crucial for doing the rest of any of this work, that we know that being in a regulated state is huge for being able to respond with intention, but getting to that regulated state, boy, can it be a doozy. I'm so excited to get to share this with you. All right, folks. Let's dive in.

Connect with Larissa:

Instagram: @steadyparents

Website: https://www.steadyparents.com/

Parent Sensory Support: www.steadyparents.com/sensingyourneeds

Child Sensory Support: https://learn.steadyparents.com/courses/parenting-with-peace

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269- The "Good Enough" Principle of Digital Parenting with Dr. Katie Davis

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today I got to hang out with Dr. Katie Davis. She wrote a book that I'm finding so helpful. It's called Technology's Child, Digital Media's Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up. One of the things as a parent that I truly like feel a little lost in is what this looks like when it comes to technology and social media and just like what they're consuming, because it's so different from how we were raised, right? When I was hanging out with Katie and having this conversation, it was so heartwarming because it felt achievable. She really focuses on this like good enough principle of digital parenting. The thing that I really felt so strongly about with this book was how accessible it feels and just the lack of like shame and judgment that Katie brings to this. I'm excited to hear what comes up for you. Take a screenshot of you tuning in and tag me at @seed.and.sew and come share on Instagram, or hit me in DM's. I would love to hear like what your takeaways are and what you want to dive deeper into on this topic.

Connect with Dr. Katie Davis:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiebda/

Website: https://katiedavisresearch.com/

Order the book: Technology's Child, Digital Media's Role in the Ages and Stages of Growing Up

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kedavis12/

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Bonus Episode: Mila's Birth Story with Alyssa and Zach

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

BONUS EPISODE: Mila's Birth Story! Today I get to hang with two special guests. I get to bring Zach, my husband, on today, and our little Mila Bean is snoozing in a carrier on me, while Zach and I recount Mila's Birth story to share with y'all. I look forward to hearing people's questions and if you have curiosities about our birth, but also just like home birth or anything like that. We'll put up a post on Instagram, so you can pop on over and ask any questions, or shoot me a DM if you'd rather do it that way and happy to chat. Alright, let's dive in!

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268- Navigating the Age of "High Pressure Parenting" with Dr. Aliza Pressman

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Today I got to hang out with someone I've adored for a while from afar, from her podcast, Dr. Aliza Pressman. She's a developmental psychologist with nearly two decades of experience working with families and the healthcare providers who care for them. Aliza is an assistant clinical professor in the Division of Behavioral Health Department of Pediatrics in the ICAN School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she is co -founding director of the Mount Sinai Parenting Center. Aliza is also the host of the award -winning podcast, Raising Good Humans. It is such a great podcast. I love it. I've been a long -time listener. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College, an MA in Risk Resilience and Prevention from the Department of Human Development at Teachers College, and her PhD is in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Science. Aliza also holds a teaching certificate in mindfulness and meditation from the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. Aliza is the mother of two teenagers and her first book is out right now. Y 'all, it is so good and I mean this. It is The 5 Principles of Parenting. And what I love so much about this, it lets you off the hook for like really what doesn't matter, and helps you focus in on what does, and it spans age ranges from like infancy to teenagers. There's different chapters and sections for you to dive into, so you can kind of use it as like a reference text. So go snag The 5 Principles of Parenting and let's dive in.

Connect with Dr. Aliza Pressman:

Instagram: @raisinggoodhumanspodcast

Website: https://draliza.com/

Order the book: The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans

Podcast: Raising Good Humans

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267- How to Reduce Overwhelm in a Time of Chronic Stress with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Today on Voices of Your Village I got to hang out with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar and y 'all, this is a conversation I feel like so many of us have been needing. Her book The Five Resets helps us dive into what it looks like to reduce stress and overwhelm so that we can show up as our best self. I love her work because it's so actionable and practical. I think it's especially key to look at how to reduce overwhelm in a time of chronic stress, where when we look at the past few years, we've had a lot of chronic stressors. And diving into some real tips and strategies around what this looks like and why it's important, and that not all stress is bad stress, I think is a game changer for us being able to live in healthy bodies, both physically and emotionally. I'm so excited to be going into the new year with this in mind and to have Dr. Aditi's book, The Five Resets, in my hand. All right, let's dive in.

Connect with Dr. Aditi:

Instagram: @draditinerurkar

Website: https://www.draditi.com/

Order the book: The Five Resets: Rewire Your Brain and Body for Less Stress and More Resilience

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266- Reclaiming Self-Esteem in Motherhood with Libby Ward

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with someone that I truly have such respect for and just adore on the internet, and then in real life, it turns out as well. I got to hang out with Libby Ward, Diary of an Honest Mom is her handle, if you're not following. What I love so much about how she shows up is that we throw the word authenticity around a lot, but I truly feel like she embodies that, where she talks about the realities and the struggles and the challenges and the allowing of all feelings. And we got to chat today about so many things related to like self -esteem and motherhood, and one of my favorite things we got to dive into was this idea of like shame versus accountability, and breaking down like this concept of guilt. She has an incredible guided journal for you, The Honest Mom Journal: The struggling moms guide to struggling less, that can help you navigate this work and dive into figuring out what it looks like for you. Find out more about Libby over at Diary of an Honest Mom. She's a digital creator, a speaker, mental health advocate with a deep commitment to changing the motherhood narrative. She's been featured on a number of publications and media, Good Morning America, Tamron Hall Show, BBC, et cetera, and is truly a thought leader in today's difficult and complex experiences of mental health. She's a gem, and I'm so excited to share this interview with you. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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265- Breaking Cycles from our Childhood with Dr. Mariel Buqué

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we get to chat about how to break these intergenerational cycles. I got to hang out with Dr. Mariel Buqué. She is a Columbia University trained psychologist and an intergenerational trauma expert and the author of her new book, Break the Cycle. It's out right now. I love that her framework really embodies both the nervous system regulation alongside the emotion processing and really diving into what is coming up for us from our childhood, from our social programming, from our experiences, but that we can really only lean into that work when we have tools for nervous system regulation first. I am so jazzed to get to share this episode with you. Run, don't walk, to snag her book, Break the Cycle, out now. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.marielbuque/

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264- Building Allyship for Plus Size Kids with Pam Luk

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. This is episode 264. I got to hang out with Pam Luk to chat about building allyship for plus size kids. We know that the world that we are living in today is so different from the world that so many of us grew up in, and we all are coming to the table with our childhood experiences and our cultural experiences, and that includes our body experiences, what we've experienced in our bodies, what we've heard about our bodies, what we've been exposed to in media and all around us. And we get to have a real, open, honest conversation about what it looks like to build allyship for plus size kids. I'm so jazzed about the work that Pam is doing, and I'm truly excited to see the world that our kids get to grow up in now. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @emberandace

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263- Sensory Regulation for High Energy Kids with Julia Ieslin

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. This is episode 263. Y 'all know I love hanging out with an OT, an Occupational Therapist, and today I got to hang out with OT Julia Ieslin to talk about high energy kiddos. We are diving into what it looks like to support those sensory seekers who have a lot of energy, and trying to meet those needs-- and what does that look like? How do we do that as an adult? How do we do that in families of multiples or in a classroom setting when you can't give one-to-one attention? It can be exhausting. I loved getting to team up with Julia for this episode and I'm so jazzed to get to bring it to you. I don't think this is a conversation that is happening and I think it's one that needs to be more prevalent. So, without further ado, let's dive in.

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Instagram: @ot_mama_of_twins

Website: Playmoveexplore.com

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262- How to Navigate Grief and Loss with Ashley LeMieux

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome to Voices of Your Village. This is episode 262. I got to hang out with Ashley Lemieux and chat about grief and loss and what it looks like to navigate those. I think this is an especially tricky time of year where a lot of grief can come up and we can almost be reliving loss. I have followed Ashley's journey for a long time, and have found bits and pieces of myself in her journey--sometimes mirroring the same timelines. And I want to let you know that there are a bunch of things in here as we're talking about grief and loss that might be triggering or hard to hear. And if you are not in a place for that, hit pause. Come on back when you're ready and know that this episode will be here for you, with you, when you want some tools to navigate that grief and loss. All right, folks. Let's dive in.

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Instagram: @ashleyklemieux

Podcast: Healing Her

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261- Transforming our Attachment Patterns with Eli Harwood

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and boy, do I have a banger of an episode for you today. I got to hang out with Eli Harwood. She is such a dreamboat. Her Instagram handle, @attachmentnerd, if you're not following already, is a gem. And she wrote the book, Securely Attached. Y 'all, attachment is at the root of how we show up in this world. There is a whole section in Tiny Humans, Big Emotions about it because we can't talk about how we interact with kids without talking about attachment, and Eli has an entire book on it and my favorite part of this is that it's a workbook. So she guides you through figuring out what your attachment style is and what's coming up for you, and how your childhood is showing up in your present day, and where do you go from there, what do you do with that. This episode was so fun to do and I'm so excited to put it out into the world. Press pause and go snag Securely Attached right now and then come on back and dive in. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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260 - How to create secure adult relationships with Dr. Nicole LePera

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I got to hang out with my friend, Dr. Nicole LaPera. We got to chat about her new book, "How to Be the Love You Seek". We're diving into how to create secure adult relationships, and y'all, buckle up, because it turns out it's about us. We get to chat about how our childhood impacts our current relationships, and what early childhood trauma can do, and the impact it can have on our mind and our body. And then where do we go from there? What does it look like to dive into that work and look at ourselves so that we can have secure adult relationships? I have had the privilege of connecting with Dr. Nicole for years now. She has been on the podcast. She has been on the podcast before and I absolutely love learning from and with her. I'm super jazzed that her book is ready to go for you right now, "How to Be the Love You Seek". Go snag it wherever books are sold!

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How To Be The Love You Seek

How To Meet Yourself

How To Do The Work

Website: theholisticphysologist.com

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259 - Decluttering Holiday "Shoulds" with Rachel Nielson

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Welcome to Voices of Your Village, so this is a selfish episode because I really needed it. This is about how to declutter the "shoulds" in the holiday season. One of my challenges is like, Oh I should be doing this. I should be baking cookies with my kids. I should be doing family photos and holiday cards and getting those sent out. But all of these "shoulds" add up for me. And ultimately, I end up showing up as a parent I don't wanna be when it's a lot of things that really don't matter to me or that I don't super care about, but I can end up in that land of "shoulds".

I got to hang out with Rachel Nielsen and talk about what it looks like. How do we declutter our shoulds? What does it look like to dive into what really matters to us? And then what about the guilt or the fear of missing out? Because boy, do I have that. This was such a rad episode and honestly, super helpful for me personally. I hope it's so helpful for you as well. And look forward to hearing your takeaways and what "shoulds" you are decluttering, what you are gonna let go of.

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258 - How to navigate rage as a parent with Kelly Smith

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today I get to hang out with Kelly Smith. Kelly is a certified yoga teacher and she's a meditation teacher. She's the host of a podcast called Mindful in Minutes. and she's the author of the book, Mindful in Minutes: Meditation for the Modern Family. We get to dive in in this conversation about my triggers around the words mindfulness, meditation, and how they, for a long time for me, felt like things that were for somebody else and things I did not have time for or understand how people really did and how, in actuality, figuring out what they really are and what it looks like in my social context, in my cultural context, what it looks like has really been transformative for me as a parent, as a person, as a partner in allowing myself to be with all emotions and not try to push them away. In moving from living a life with a lot of anxiety to living pretty anxiety-free and to allowing myself to allow my child to have hard emotions and to see beyond the behavior when he is having those hard emotions because they can often be triggering or inconvenient or at annoying times. And these two practices of mindfulness and meditation really, truly transformed how I live my life.

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257 - Preparing your partnership for postpartum (and parenting multiple kids) with Ashley Brichter

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. We're back to continue our conversation with Ashley Brichter, the educator, speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur behind Birth Smarter. Along with being a doula, birth educator and Fair Play facilitator, she is a loving mom who know's the postpartum game first hand. Postpartum is challenging after our first baby, but what about when we already have a toddler or kiddo who needs you? How do we make time for our first borns, our new babies, our partners and ourselves during the tricky season of postpartum. I hope you enjoy the second part of my conversation with Ashley Brichter, now let's dive in!

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Birth Smarter Homepage

Instagram: @BirthSmarter

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256 - Preparing Your Partnership for the Birth of a Sibling with Ashley Brichter

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. Today, I get to hang out with Ashley Brichter. She is an educator, speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur. Despite her experience with hundreds of families as a doula and birth educator, like so many, her birth did not, quote, go as planned. Better for it, she founded Birth Smarter in 2019, which provides unbiased, inclusive, and award-winning practical wisdom and guidance to the next generation of families. She's a certified Fair Play facilitator and sits on the board of Pronatal Fitness. I had the pleasure of meeting Ashley in real life. Ashley and I have a mutual friend, Jamie Jones. And now I've been diving into Birth Smarter, and I'm super jazzed to chat about it along with all her other wonderful tips in part one of this conversation. Join us next week where we'll hear about tips for navigating postpartum in partnership, especially once you have multiple kiddos! Let's dive in!

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255 - How to address relationship challenges with Dr.Tracy Dalgleish

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with Dr. Tracey Dalgleish. She and I got to dive into how to address relationship challenges. Y 'all, I don't know about you, but for me, and for us, entering into parenthood especially was this real shift in our relationship. What did it mean to prioritize us or even ourselves individually when we're trying to keep a tiny human alive, when there's someone else who always needs you, and all the things that come along with that that triggers all of it, you know? Dr. Tracey wrote the book, "I Didn't Sign Up For This", and I'm obsessed with it. I think it's so good, and I'm so excited to be able to chat about it here in this episode.

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254 - Bedtime stalling with Rachel Lounder

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today I get to hang out with one of my favorite humans, our first ever SEED employee, Rachel Lounder, to chat about bedtime stalling. This is something we've been talking about a lot over at the SEED team, behind the scenes, as all of our kids have gone through some bedtime stalling and pushback, and it is a doozy to navigate. So we get to dive into what it looks like, where it's coming from, and what you can do as you move through it. Remember, over at SEED, we are not a one -size -fits -all approach for anything, including sleep. We support folks who are sleeping in all different ways, and whatever works for your family, we help folks access safe sleep in a number of different ways, really focused on connection and emotional development, and really getting kids and families the sleep that they need to thrive. It's a cornerstone for regulation. I'm so glad that you're here and diving into this, and I hope it's helpful for you. I would love to hear your thoughts and more from you on what your big takeaways were, what resonated, and what you want to dive deeper into.

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253 - How to practice emotional regulation with kids with Dr. Tina Payne Bryson

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, and I got to hang out with one of my heroes, Dr. Tina Payne Bryson. She is the co-author of one of my favorite books, The Whole Brain Child, and has authored and co-authored many books beyond that that we dive into in this episode. We got to chat about risk management. And y'all, this is something I feel really passionate about because we get to teach kids what it looks like to listen to their inner voice, and to cultivate that, and to lean on it, to say like, do I feel safe in this situation, and how do I navigate risk? How do I make this call for myself to say, hey, I need help, or I'm gonna be brave, and I can take a risk here? Looking at how to help foster that voice and support it. I am so grateful for the opportunity to get to dive into this conversation with someone that I have so much respect and love for. Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is someone that I truly, like, we mention her in our book and quote her because her work has been so influential in the work that I get to do.

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Website: tinabryson.com

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252 - Tiny Humans, Big Emotions with Alyssa Blask Campbell

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

This is a very special episode of the Voices of Your Village, today your special guest is me! I got to be on the other side of the mic for this one where Rachel Lounder, one of our Seed team members interviewing me to ask me questions that you submitted about Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, my upcoming book. This was so fun to get to dive into, to give the backstory on the book, to talk about how it's different and why we wrote it.

I am so grateful for all of you pre-ordering the book right now. It's been incredible to see you snagging it and saying this is important to me to raise emotionally intelligent humans. So thank you for snagging Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, and we have some goodies coming your way. We have two free upcoming workshops for folks who have pre-ordered the book.

One is back to school workshop for teachers, and one is a back to school workshop for parents and caregivers, for family members. How do we navigate back to school in an emotionally supportive way? If you have already snagged the book, head to seedandsew.org/book and let us know so that we can send you all the information about the free goodies that you get, these live workshops and so much more.

Thank you so much for being in this village, for making this movement a global movement of humans doing this work. I'm forever, forever grateful to you. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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251 - How to have tough conversations with kids with Robyn Silverman

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today's episode is one of those where I was like, gosh, I need this at my fingertips at all times, because have you ever like been in one of those scenarios where your kid says something, and all of a sudden you're like, oh, yikes, how am I supposed to respond to this? We're in public, and they just said this thing that now I'm feeling really embarrassed, or I just truly had no roadmap, or how are we already here for this tough conversation? I love that we have a resource to turn to for this. Dr. Robyn Silverman wrote How to Talk to Kids About Anything, and it's full of scripts and guidance for how to do just that, how to have tough conversations with kids.

When you pre-order Dr. Robyn's book and Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, you get access to a live workshop with us and Q&A sesh where we get to chat about how to have tough conversations with kids. What does it look like to both provide those scripts and jumping off points, and navigate those conversations, and do so in an emotionally supportive way?

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Website: drrobynsilverman.com

Podcast: How to Talk to Kids About Anything

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250 - Mom burnout and alternatives to typical self care with Dr. Morgan Cutlip

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, and today we're talking about such a needed topic. I got to hang out with Dr. Morgan Cutlip to chat about burnout, in particular moms, and we got to dive into actual practical self-care and how it isn't prescriptive, and that what works for one person is going to be different than what works for someone else. I love this so much because I think so much of our burnout comes back to how we're taking care of ourselves, and what does that look like, and what are the narratives around it, what's the access to it. There's so much that's packed into this. I got to chat about comparison and how that comes up for me, or even our goals and how parenting expectations have shifted and what's working both for us as parents and for kids, and what isn't, and how we can take a good hard look at this so that we can truly show up with more energy and engagement and feeling like ourselves. Morgan wrote the book "Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself", and she's incredible. She's a psychotherapist, and it's packed full of incredible tips and strategies and really truly like practical and applicable. Head on over to wherever you get your books, Barnes and Noble, a local bookstore, Amazon, you name it, and snag "Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself" by Dr. Morgan Cutlip.

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At her website: https://drmorgancutlip.com/

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249 - A Roadmap for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids with Dayna Abraham

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village, have you ever found yourself looking at parenting advice or tips or accounts or things like that, and being like, okay, that sounds great, but my child would not respond to that. That wouldn't work for them. You know that I am not here for a one-size-fits-all approach, which is why Dayna Abraham's book, "Calm the Chaos, A Fail-Proof Roadmap for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids" is so darn helpful. We got to have this discussion around neurodivergence and really looking at what does that mean and what would it look like for us to really understand how our own nervous system works, how our kids' nervous systems work, and then what makes them tick, what fires them up, what helps them engage in certain things, what pulls them away and disconnects them from things, what puts them into fight mode, when we can understand these things, then we can respond with intention. One of her core messages that I just dig so much is that your child isn't broken, and she helps you really understand your unique child. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Dayna Abraham as much as I did! Connect with Dayna: Purchase "Calm the Chaos" nowFreebies and more!

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248 - Navigating social media privacy and reputation with kids and teens with Devorah Heitner

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And on this episode, I got to have a conversation that I personally have been wanting to have for a long time. I got to hang out with Dr. Devorah Heitner and chat about Growing Up In Public her latest book. I think it's huge because we are living in this world as parents that we didn't grow up in when it comes to screens and navigating privacy and reputation with kids and teens. Like, if a teen posts this photo, what does that mean for them now or in the long -term that people are losing their jobs over tweets or things that show up online? And so this is a conversation I personally have been very curious about. Like, what does it look like to parent in this world, to support kids with these tools that they need to thrive when it wasn't something we experienced when we were younger? Her book, Growing Up in Public, is a phenomenal resource for this. And it's one of those things where, for myself, I like to feel prepared and look at, like, how am I setting kids up for success down the road? So I personally am really interested in diving into things like this. Even though I don't have a teenager right now, I wanna look at how am I sharing about my tiny humans and what am I doing to serve or support them in that way? And really examining my role in this now to then look at how do I set them up for success down the road as well? You can snag her book, Growing Up in Public, wherever books are sold, and I, 10 out of 10, would recommend. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Substack https://devorahheitner.substack.com/

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247 - Raising kids differently than you were raised with Dr. Lynyetta Willis

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And in this episode, we get to talk about what it looks like in practice to raise children differently than we were raised. I got to hang out with one of my favorite people, Dr. Lynyetta Willis, to chat about this. In this episode, we really get to go down and dirty into like, what does this look like in practice? Because I don't know about you, but there are some things I want to pass on from my childhood and some things that I don't. And how do we do the 'some things I don't' part without completely swinging the pendulum to the other side? It's so hard. It's so hard to do what we haven't seen before. And we get to chat about that today.

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246 - After school dysregulation with Lori Goodrich

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. On this epidoe I got to hang out with Lori Goodrich. She's an occupational therapist that I love and have leaned on over the years for so many things. And we got to chat about restraint collapse. You know, when your kid comes home from school or childcare and they just melt for you, or maybe they've been with a grandparent and all of a sudden they break down for you. That is restraint collapse, where they've held it together all day long and then they collapse for you. We're gonna chat about what this is, what's happening for them, and then ways that you can support your unique child. I dive in depth into the nervous system and what's happening for them and how to figure out what is draining for your kid and what is regulating for your child and how to respond to your unique child in the moment outside of these afterschool times and really just across the board with emotions and regulation.

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions is your guide to raising emotionally intelligent humans and it's available for order right now. It publishes on October 10th and if you order right now at seedandsew.org/book, we will send you some free goodies, you get access to our Back to School workshop to reference to come back to and so much more as a little thanks for ordering ahead of time.

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245 - How to Navigate Busy Seasons with KC Davis

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. And today we get to chat with KC Davis, the author of How to Keep House While You're Drowning. I loved this conversation so much because I feel like I truly, truly needed it. Like, what do we do when it feels like there's 7 billion things that we're supposed to do or that we have to do that are vying for our attention? And it just feels like there's too much when you feel like you're drowning or overwhelmed by all the things. I'm so grateful for the timing of this episode with back to school, a season that often feels like there's so much going on and transitions are so hard, and it can feel really overwhelming. This is also an episode I feel like I will personally come back to.

I'm jazzed to let you know that we are starting to announce book tour locations. All locations can be found at www.seedandsew.org/booktour, ones that are currently available, for ticketing, ones that are coming soon. And then there's even a spot to be added if you want an email every time we add a new location. You can sign right on up and we'll send it over to you so that you can be the first to know and snag your tickets before they sell out. I'm so jazzed to get to be in person with you and dive into Tiny Humans, Big Emotions with you. Head to www.seedandsew.org/booktour to snag your ticket today.

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244 - Raising Emotionally Intelligent Humans with Lauren Stauble

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village and I have such a special episode today. I get to bring you Lauren Stauble. Lauren is the co creator of the Collaborative Emotion Processing method. And she's my co author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions. We got to dive into what the CEP Method is, why we don't believe in a one size fits all approach, and walk you through what does it look like? A little bit in practice, give you insight and really a sneak peek into the kind of stuff that you'll find in the book. We co created the collaborative emotion processing method and researched it across the US. Our research ended in 2018 and we've been working on putting together the data and a comprehensive guide to raising emotionally intelligent humans for you. And it is here.

We are publishing Tiny Humans Big Emotions on October 10 with Harvest Books, part of Harper Collins, and are so excited for it to come to you. I am reading the audiobook, so if you're an audiobook listener, it'll be your girl here reading to you and you can access the book and purchase it at seedandsew.org/book. You can reach out to your local library and ask them to carry it. You can connect with your child's childcare program and ask them to have a copy or share a copy with teachers. Feel free to share it with friends, with siblings, with anyone who is engaging with your tiny human.

If you order before our publication date, before October 10, we are going to send you free goodies. So you go right back there after you order and let us know your name, your email and your order number and we will send you some bonus things that you can dive into right away.

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243 - Back to school Q&A with Ellen Drolette

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. Today, I get to hang out with Ellen Drolette, and I get to be on the other side of the mic. Ellen got to ask me questions about back to school, and really, how can we support our kids? What can we do to prepare them for what's to come with a new classroom or new teachers or new school, new kids, new routine, all that jazz. There's so much that we can do now and to prepare and then also what it looks like to navigate this in the moment and beyond. I'm diving into a little bit of that here.

I wanted to let you know I have a free workshop, a live workshop coming for you next week. I'm doing two of them, one for teachers and one for parents to support you with this jazz for back to school. It is completely free for anyone who has pre-ordered my book, Tiny Humans, Big Emotions. Head on over to seedandsew.org/book to preorder the book, and then come join me for this workshop. Head to seedandsew.org to join me. All right, let's dive in.

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242 - How to mindfully raise kind, confident kids with Hunter Clark-Fields

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to another episode of Voices of Your Village. Today we get to chat about how to mindfully raise kind, confident kids. We get to hang out with my friend Hunter Clark-Fields. She is the author of Raising Good Humans: a Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids. And out now is her book Raising Good Humans Every Day. I am so obsessed with this book because it's super practical and you don't have to read the whole book in one. You can open it up and you're like, all right, I can take this one today. I can take this one today, just like, bit by bit. And I love that so much. Here's the thing, I can feel like I'm failing at this work of like, oh, my gosh, I am supposed to just be here and enjoy the moment. And I had this idea of what mindful parenting was and is and really had to do work around that word. And Hunter and I got to chat about it and break it down. And it was such a fun episode to get to hang out with her and talk about what is this really? And y'all, it's not perfection. It's not enjoying every moment. It's not even being present to every moment. I'm so jazzed to get to share this interview with you. All right, folks, let's dive in.

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Website: mindfulmamamentor.com

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241 - How to talk to kids about death with Child Life Specialist, Ali Waltien

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back villagers, today get to hang out with an old friend of mine. Ali Waltien, a licensed clinical psychologist and a certified child life specialist. Ali started her career in 2008 as a certified child life specialist here at UVM, our children's hospital. I reached out to Ali when I was writing Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, because I really wanted to talk about the emotional aspect, about how to help kids process death and the do's and don'ts, about talking about sickness and death. And it's one of those things that I think all of us grew up with different experiences around it, and it can come with a lot of feelings for us as the adult. So I turned to Ali. This episode is full of real life scripts and tips that anyone can implement.

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240 - Neurodiversity Affirming Practices with SLP’s Chris and Jessie

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. I got to hang out with Chris Wenger and Jesse Ginsburg. They are both speech language pathologists who really dive into Neurodiversity affirming practices and really how to celebrate and honor Neurodiversity. I love so much about this interview, but personally, I really love having conversations with SLPs Speech Language Pathologists who are trained in sensory integration and understand how sensory integration affects how we show up in everything, including our language and communication. This was such a fun one for me. Also, they're fantastic follows over on Instagram, so make sure you head on over there and follow them!

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239 - How to keep kids at the center of divorce - not in the middle of it with Sarah Lyman

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today I get to dive into a topic we get so many requests about. I got to hang out with Sarah Lyman the founder of Purpl Couch, and we got to chat about what it looks like to keep kids at the center of divorce, not in the middle of it. And we really got to chat about how do you really do this, what does it look like logistically? And there's so many things to figure out in the process of divorce, even outside of the adult feelings, just the logistics of it all and how do we do this while supporting children's emotional development? Sarah created Purpl Couch, and it is an incredible resource for folks navigating divorce. She has a flagship course there called Fresh Start, and if you are enjoying this conversation today, this is something that you want more on. We also have a section in my book, Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, that dives into this. We chat about some different ways to support kids when you're navigating divorce and how to help them with the emotion process processing work. You can head over to seedandsew.org/book to snag Tiny Humans, Big Emotions today. All right, folks, let's dive in

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238 - How to have healthy conversations about sex with Vanessa & Xander Marin

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Buckle up today, y'all, because we are diving in to the topic of sex. We get to hang out with Vanessa and Xander Marin. They are over at Vanessa and Xander on Instagram. They wrote an incredible book called, Sex Talks. And what I love about them is that their approach to sex is really about an approach to communication. How are we showing up in relationship with one another? How are we having conversations, especially ones that might feel awkward or new for us, like, if we didn't grow up having these conversations or witnessing them, what does it look like to have them? It is truly the sex education I wish existed for all humans. What does this look like postpartum? What does it look like to prioritize our relationships and really pour into one another? Or connect when our bandwidth is low, when we're pulled in 7000 directions, or you've had a baby on your body all day? I love how practical and applicable their tips in the book and then in this podcast episode are and I cant wait to share them with you.

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237 - Why parents need to matter more than peers with Gordon Neufeld

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:30:00 -0000

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. Today we get to chat about the difference between the peer relationship and the parent or caregiver relationship. We get a lot of questions about this and really what comes up there's and really looking at how do we separate that relationship? What's different about the relationship with peers or other humans in the world than our parents or caregivers? How does it show up? How does it affect us as humans, and how does that matter? What is our job as parents or caregivers in showing up for our tiny humans? This was such a rich discussion that I got to have with Gordon Neufeld, and I am excited to share it with you. Screenshot you tuning into this episode and tag me, and let's have a conversation. What jumps out at you? What do you want to dive further into? I love continuing the conversation over on the gram.

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236 - Busy Toddler’s Susie Allison on what Kindergarten readiness really looks like

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today we're gonna dive into what kindergarten readiness really looks like. I got to hang out with Susie Allison from Busy Toddler. If you're not following Busy Toddler already, it's an incredible follow over on on Instagram. We got to talk about the history of kindergarten and how we even got where we are and what it looked like to move forward and what really matters when we're looking at child development and short and long term outcomes. We got to break down some data and science and talk about what it does look like to be ready for kindergarten and how you can be supporting your tiny humans in getting there. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did, and I can't wait to hear your thoughts and feedback.

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235 - How to find balance as a working mom with Paula Faris

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today I got to hang out with Paula Faris. She is the author of You Don't Have to Carry It All. We know that historically, working mothers have been forced and expected to carry it all. And Paula dives into all this in her book. Where do we go from here? What do we do next? How do we shift this conversation and these narratives and frankly these practices? I think this is just such a needed topic to dive into the fact that we don't have to carry it all. We so often are. And this message is one that I think we need to not only have out into the world, but to continue the conversation going around. I loved hanging out with Paula, and I'm so excited to share this episode with you. Head out and snag her book.

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234 - How to build a relationship of trust around substances with Jess Lahey

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0000

This week I got to sit down with the author of the Addiction Innoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence, Jess Lahey. This is such and important book and conversation, Jess describes this book as the book she was truly meant to write and the story she was meant to share. She gives so many actionable tips for parents who want to start this conversation early with their kids. And she talks about how to do that in a way that is not only gentle, but builds in the small conversations with your children every day. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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233 - Navigating Adult Anxiety with Dr. Ellen Vora

Thu, 25 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

I got to hang out with Dr. Ellen Vora. Oh gosh, I love hanging out with Ellen. She is incredible. She wrote a beautiful book about adult anxiety. And let me tell you y'all like we know anxiety is on the rise and we need concrete tools for what to do with it. And when I first started reading her book, The Anatomy of Anxiety, it was one of those things where immediately I was like, yes, yes. Yep, so much yes to this. As a human who once lived with a lot of anxiety and has learned a lot of tools that I get to employ in the day to day to live with less anxiety, I felt like I just felt so seen in this book and it felt really validating. And Ellen and I get to really get into the down and dirty of what is anxiety and what she refers to as these two different components of anxiety, this false anxiety and true anxiety. And what do we do about both of them? How do we manage them? What does it look like to navigate them and how do we create systems that support our lifestyle? Ellen is one of those humans. I feel like I could hang out with forever and we just got to scratch the surface. So please snag her book, The Anatomy of Anxiety to dive deeper into this work. You wont regret it, I promise.

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232 - How to build a culture of inclusivity at home with Heather Avis

Thu, 18 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

You're listening to Voices of Your Village. And today we get to hang out with my pal Heather Avis from the Lucky Few Foundation. Maybe you follow The Lucky Few Official on Instagram. Fantastic follow. Heather wrote one of my absolute favorite children's books. It's called Everyone Belongs. And I honestly, I cannot read it without crying. It's so good. It's one of my favorite gifts to give at kids' birthday parties. And today we get to dive in with her on how to build a culture of inclusivity at home. I love Heather's approach and work and influence in this space. And it was truly a dream to get to sit down and chat with her and I'm so excited to bring this conversation to you.

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231 - Compassionate discipline with Wendy Snyder

Thu, 11 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today we get to dive in with Wendy Snyder of Fresh Start Families. I got to chat with Wendy all about compassionate discipline. I don't know about you, but I feel like this is one of those topics that is just a hot button one. Like, what is discipline? What's the difference between discipline and punishment? How do we navigate boundaries and discipline with compassion? How do we really connect with the human in front of us and be mindful of our triggers and aware of our like, especially for me, like, defiance is such a trigger. And so when it comes time for discipline, when there's been defiance, I can feel it all in my body. Like, my chest is tight. I can feel the rage building, and I'm triggered, right? And so it was so fun to get to dive in with Wendy on what this looks like, to truly be compassionate in this process. I'm so excited for you all to get to dive in to this one with me. My first book, Tiny Humans Big Emotions, is available for Preorder. Right now. You can head to seedandsew.org/book to preorder, and then after you do, come back to that same website, www.seedandsew.org/book, because you get to pop in your name and email, and I will send you some goodies. We are sending bonuses to all of our preorder community from now until the book publishes October 10 with Harper Collins, and I'm so excited for what's coming your way. Just some fun things will hit your inbox kind of at random times, but really the best times when you really need them. So head on over to seedandsew.org/book to order Tiny Humans. Big Emotions now.

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230 - Navigating the NICU, from NICU nurse, Zach Drolette

Thu, 04 May 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today I got to hang out with NICU nurse Zach Drolette and dive into what it can look like to experience a NICU stay and ways to advocate for yourself, for your family, for your tiny human or tiny humans and how to also practice self care in this often exhausting roller coaster of a season. We have a special little intro here for you as well where you get to hear from NICU parents who have walked that journey and can share their words of wisdom. I'm so excited to be able to share this episode with y'all, especially with these special guests.

I wanted to let you know that my first book, Tiny Humans, Big Emotions is available for preorder right now. And if you head over to www.seedandsew.org/book and preorder, it then come right back to that website www.seedandsew.org/book, pop in your name and email and preorder number and we will send you some bonus goodies. I'm so excited to get this book out into the world!

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229 - How to have and model hard, nuanced discussions for kids with Marie Beecham

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today I get to hang out with Marie Beecham. Marie is a diversity, equity, and inclusion advocate. She has empowered millions online by guiding them through the steps of becoming a change maker. Her life's work is helping people make a difference, and she teaches people to do just that on her podcast, The Change Maker. I think the key to moving forward together collectively is learning how to have conversations with people who don't already think like we do. It's very easy to get fired up and feel passion in a group of people who believe the same things you do. My challenge for all of us is to have more conversations with people who don't, and not to prove them wrong, not to prove our point, but to truly understand, to learn how to listen and engage thoughtfully. Marie is brilliant at this, and I'm so excited for you all to tune into this conversation that I got to have with her.

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228 - How to rewrite the inner critic narrative with Susan Verde

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

Today I get to hang out with Susan Verde. Susan is a New York Times Bestselling author and she's written a bunch of kids books that you might be familiar with. The I Am series, and she teaches yoga and works on social emotional awareness, which, you know, is our jam over here. But Susan coming in hot with an adult book. Say One Kind Thing. It is so needed today in a world where we can be so hard on ourselves at every turn.

Join me to talk to Susan about her amazing new book and get some hot tips on how to put this work into practice!

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227 - How Wonderschool is changing childcare systems with Chris Bennett

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

In this episode I get to hang out with the CEO of Wonderschool, Chris Bennett. Chris and I got to dive into how Wonderschool is changing childcare systems. Ya'll know I am not here for a Band-aid on a bullet hole. I love really taking a million steps back and looking at the whole picture, getting that bird's eye view and saying, how do we create systems change? Change that supports Early Childhood educators, that's best for families and for kids. What does this really look like and how do we afford to do it? What does it look like logistically? Wonderschool is a huge piece of that puzzle in doing this work, and really focusing on the tech aspect of how do we update antiquated systems? I loved getting to hang out with Chris and have had the privilege of being a partner with Wonderschool in a number of different ways. And I'm really excited for having such brilliant minds and incredible voices brainstorming at the table, of what does this really look like to create systems that serve everyone?

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226 - How to break cycles with Kobe Campbell

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0000

I got to hang out with Kobe Campbell to dive into her first book. "Why Am I Like This? How to Break Cycles, Heal from Trauma and Restore Your Faith. Y'all, this conversation, it was so fun to have and to dive into, really at the crux of doing this work, of raising emotionally intelligent humans is diving into our own work of who am I? What am I coming to the table with? What am I bringing from my childhood, and how do I build tools and awareness so that I can regulate and respond with intention? So many of us did not grow up with these tools for emotional intelligence, and we're trying to build a tiny human's toolbox alongside our own, and it's tough. Kobe and I dive into what this looks like in this episode. It is pure gold. Go snag her book right now. Why Am I Like This? How to Break Cycles, Heal from Trauma and Restore your Faith. I want to let you know that we have our Seed Teacher Virtual Summit starting on Monday, April 10th. It is April 10th, 11th and 12th. It is a free summit where you get to learn from experts in the field of Early Ed. There are 18 total workshops. They are straight fire. I had an absolute blast hanging out with these experts, and it's all coming to you for free. Head on over to seedandsew.org/summit to sign up now!

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225 - Diving into the Sensory System with OT Lori Goodrich

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0000

We hear that word sensory a lot, but what does that even mean? And spoiler alert, it's how we function in the world. It is the foundation for how we show up, for how we feel, for how we process emotions, for everything. This episode is pure gold, and I'm so excited to share it with you.

Since this episode was recorded, Lori has opened a small private practice called Thrive Together Occupational Therapy. You can find her new website at www.thrivetogetherot.com!

I also wanted to let you know that we have our Seed Teacher Summit, our first ever virtual summit. It is free April 10 to April 12. We have 18 workshops for professional development for Early Childhood educators. Head on over to www.seedandsew.org/summit to sign up right now for free.

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224 - The cost of childcare and what to do about it with Aly Richards

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0000

The cost of childcare we all know is outrageous, and our Early Childhood educators are making next to nothing. I got to hang out with Aly Richards, the CEO of Let's Grow Kids here in Vermont, who has dedicated her work at LGK to bringing high quality, affordable childcare to every Vermont family. In this episode, we got to dive into the cost of care and what to do about it on a state level. What does this investment look like? How much is it? Where do the funds come from? How do we truly change this system so that every single child has access to high quality care, so that teachers are paid to be teachers, so that we can have the workforce thriving with our childcare system in place?

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223 - Building resilience for Early Childhood Educators with Ellen Drolette

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000

We have another awesome episode for you all today! I got to sit down with Ellen Drolette, a family childcare provider with over three decades of experience in the field. She is so passionate about her work and it truly shines through. She is the author of “Overcoming Teacher Burnout in Early Childhood: Strategies for Change” has helped so many teachers and providers and she is an amazing voice for change in the field. She is the owner of Positive Spin VTLLC and also works for Seed supporting teachers in our S.E.E.D. Certification program. She is truly a wealth of knowledge and I love collaborating with her. Let’s dive into the topic of building resilience for Early Childhood Educators.

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222 - How our coping mechanisms in childhood show up in our parenthood with Dr. Gabor Mate

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to another episode, villagers! I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Gabor Mate, author of “The Myth of Normal.” We dive into his new book, and he shared his insights on the coping mechanisms that imprint on us in childhood and how that can affect our own parenting. We discuss what makes this culture toxic, why trauma is so wide spread and how best to support our tiny humans. He has so many wise words on this topic so I hope you get as much out of this conversation as I did!

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221 - How to discuss gender with kids with Wes Chernin

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to the podcast villagers! On today’s episode I got to sit down with Wes Chernin, who is a wealth of knowledge on many topics. Wes is an SLP which is how we first connected, you know how we love an SLP over here at Seed! But today our conversation centered around a topic that can feel uncomfortable for some people to talk about, and that is how to discuss gender with kids. When to talk about it, how to talk about it, and how to help answer kids questions in public when you feel like all eyes are on you! Join us for this important conversation.

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220 - How to connect with your child for conscious parenting with Dr Shefali part two

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000

Are you all ready for part two of our conversation with Dr. Shefali? I had so much fun last week chatting with her about the book, her strategies and getting into the first few stages of her method. You’re not going to want to miss the second half of this amazing conversation.

Dr. Shefali shares more tips on the “how” as we dive into the upcoming release of her newest parenting book, The Parenting Map: Step by Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship.

Pre order her book now before the February 28th release!

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219 - How to connect with your child for conscious parenting with Dr. Shefali pt 1

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back villagers! We’ve been working on some fantastic content during our break and we can’t wait to share it with you all.

This week we’re kicking it off with the first half of my conversation with Dr. Shefali. She is the author of "A Radical Awakening" and "The Conscious Parent." And her new book “The Parenting Map: Step by Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent Child Relationship” is coming out soon. Her previous two books are favorites regarding the “what” and “why” of conscious parenting. But in her new book, and in this conversation, we talk strategies as we explore the “how” in all of this.

Dr. Shefali will also be hosting a free three day summit from February 20th to February 23rd with some amazing guest speakers including myself! Sign up for free at summit.drshefali.com.

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218 - School and Childcare Transition Series: Episode 5

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

Welcome back villagers! It's that time of year again, time for back to school transitions, childcare transitions and tackling the big emotions that come with big changes. In this 5 episode mini series we will be diving into the tools you'll need as a parent, caregiver or teacher preparing to help a child with a fall transition.

In today's final episode we'll chat about the routines to put in place and what to expect once this is underway!

Thank you for joining us for this mini series! Pop on over to instagram and follow us for more tips, ask your follow up questions in the comments and tag us in your back to school posts! We'd love to be a part of your journey.

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217 - School and Childcare Transition Series: Episode 4

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

In today's episode we'll chat about you as the adult. How do we take care of our nervous systems as we guide our children through these big things. Stay tuned every day this week for a new episode!

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216 - School and Childcare Transition Series: Episode 3

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

In today's episode we'll chat about when to talk about all this. When should you start preparing your kiddo for the transition and how to handle any anxiety that may arise because of it. Stay tuned every day this week for a new episode!

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215 - School and Childcare Transition Series: Episode 2

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

In today's episode we'll chat about all the big emotions that come with transitions, how to validate and coregulate and build their toolbox for coping strategies they can use both leading up to the transition and into the new year. Stay tuned every day this week for a new episode!

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214 - School and Childcare Transition Series: Episode 1

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000

In today's episode we'll chat about how to prep your kiddos for the upcoming transition using visual aids and more. Stay tuned every day this week for a new episode!

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213 - Respectful Parenting IRL: Rewriting Patterns and Habits

Thu, 12 May 2022 09:00:00 -0000

Welcome back to our Respectful Parenting: In Real Life Series! On today’s episode I had the pleasure of sitting down with Joel Castillo. Joel is the husband of one of our Seed team members, and a father to three young kiddos. We all come to parenthood with patterns and habits that we formed when we were just children ourselves. Joel and I chat about how we can rewrite the deeply ingrained patterns and habits that can stand in our way.

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