Mommy Moments Ep. 13
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Announcement for Birthing Ourselves, Childbirth Preparation Groups on Zoom. We are born as parents in this time and the group includes broad ideas of transformation in addition to more standard need to know and do subjects. Give a listen and see if it is for you or a loved one. Then check it out after April 16, 2020 at
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Mommy Moments Ep. 12
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How many of you feel like your productivity is too low as a mom? Where is that pressure coming from? How do you deal with it, work with it, or overcome it? Here is my experience.
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Mommy Hero: Mary Alexandra Zuleta Ep. 11
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Tierra discusses healthcare and healing through the lens of femininity and all the qualities that can entail. She also shares many stories growing up and what qualities and values she wants to share with her daughter and all women.
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Mommy Hero: Nicole Tiffany Cruz Ep. 10
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We talk with "The Super Busy Mommy Coach" on how she stays present, focused, and motivated running her business and raising her 4-year-old. She has some gems on how she creates, takes care of herself, and prioritizes parenting through it all.
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Mommy Moments Ep. 09
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Tierra Owen discusses a real experience of domestic abuse in her life that set the stage for new beauty and growth to come. Yoda's saying comes to mind: "Do or do not. There is no Try."
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Mommy Moments Ep. 08
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This is the first of several shorter summer episodes of me riffing on some Mommy Stories. In this episode, I share the story of my new book, 52 Ways to Love Yourself Postpartum, and how it came to be. This was just a quick idea that I had that a few people encourage me along and I learned the value of having great people around that lift you up and ultimately the whole community is lifted with you.
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Mommy Hero: Kerena Saltzman Ep.07
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Kerena weaves us through a journey of creating a delicious life where we live from our values and have a little time for self-reflection in order to draw back and envision what we want as mother's, women, and wives. She also stresses the importance of the "circle of support:" people who are safe and encourage our confidence and growth.
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Mommy Hero: Paddy Easton Graves Ep. 06
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Listen in as Paddy discusses the emerging new paradigm for moms to be the bridge for our children to live in more light as we leave the darkness behind
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Mommy Hero: Ellie Hamner Ep. 05
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Ellie Hamner shares her secrets on creating an authentic life through vulnerability. She is a master memory maker and prides herself on a domesticity that is intentional and delicious...especially through her food preparation and meal presentation. She loves connecting with her children regularly and allowing them the freedom to be who they are.
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Mommy Hero: Gina Scott Ep. 04
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Nurse and post-Crossfit athlete, Gina Scott, shares her mommy story that is full of surprises, laughter, tears, and sweetness. Her experience at the bedside is informed by her life and, as she works to advance her nursing degree, she shows us all how to build the habits that keep us strong.
info_outlineThe awesome mom of 4 talks about how she has and is raising her kids amid her full life as a midwife, writer, teacher, and independent global health consultant.
We discuss:
- The continuum of working and self-care and the competing needs across time
- How women are conditioned to not ask for help and are hard on themselves and each other
- How being single works in her family situation
- How some of her best writing comes from “procrasti-writing.” Writing when she doesn’t want to do other things
- It’s good self-care to pay someone to do those things you don’t like doing.
- Structure vs. flexibility when working with a busy family schedule
- Being easy on yourself and not adhering to perfection around parenting
- The realities of having a baby and what you need at that time
- How common expectations of having a child are not correct and can create self-doubt in early parenting
- How age helps you figure out that things are not as important as experiences
- Internal splits are common for mothers with careers.
- How to ask for what you want unconditionally without feeling bad
- What helps her hold the flame or feel inspired
- Listening to and acting upon weird and random thoughts and impulses
- Hiking and trail running puts her in the zone
- How “Law of Attraction” works for her.
- Accepting set-backs and getting up again and moving forward
- Writing down goals helps to formalize them
- Telling someone your goals for accountability
- Opening to possibilities because we don’t know what we don’t know
- Her environment for success includes having the people around her that she trusts
- And those people tell her the honest, hard stuff too
- She has so many Mommy Heroes.
Resources and Mommy Heroes:
Christy Turlington Burns and https://everymothercounts.org/
Shannon Sedgwick Davis and To Stop a Warlord
Where to find Cindy: