What is Mindful Parenting?
A Mother's Story
In this episode, Telly is joined by Vanessa Gillis-Phelps of . They discuss what mindful parenting is, how they try to implement it, and why they do. Mindful parenting isn't parenting with no consequences or boundaries, but instead being proactive instead of reactive in our interactions with our children. Thank you for listening!
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Let's talk Divorce (again)
A Mother's Story
On this episode we dive deeper into the subject of Divorce. Bernadette comes from a divorced family and she shares what it was like to grow up in a household of divorced parents and how it affected her to this day. Hope you enjoy this episode! FB & INSTA: @mothersstorypodcast Support Group: @theartofmotherhoodrva
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Navigating Through Divorce with Andrea Leggett
A Mother's Story
In this episode, Andrea Leggett of Compassionate Conflict joins the podcast to share her thoughts and strategies on how parents can best handle going through a separation. She draws on her experience as a social worker to help guide parents through mindful ways to approach their divorce or separation. We chat about what those mindfulness practices look like, how to talk to children about divorce, how to introduce a new partner, and how parents can help their children through this big life change. Follow Andrea on Instagram: @compassionateconflict -- FB: @amothersstory Instagram:...
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Emotional Labor and the Mental Load
A Mother's Story
In this episode we talk about Emotional Labor and the Mental Load--the expectation of holding everyone's emotions with a smile, along with the never ending list of things to do. While it affects partnerships of all kinds, this is typically expected of and affects women based on social cues and generational responsibilities. It amplifies when we become moms, because now other people and their needs are added to the long list of people that expect you to be emotionally and mentally available.
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Talking to kids about Santa
A Mother's Story
In this episode we get in the holiday spirit and break down our opinions on Santa. We love the idea of Santa and the magic of the story, but there are certain aspects of mainstream Santa that don't align totally with the way we are raising our kids. Is playing along with Santa fun for kids, or can it have negative mental health effects? We don't have the answers. We just have opinions.
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Maternity Leave and the Motherhood Tax
A Mother's Story
In this episode we talk about "the motherhood tax" which is the barrier to workplace advancement for simply being a mother. We also discuss maternity leave in our country compared to maternity leave in other countries and how we can do a lot...lot..LOT better! Working moms need support and are, instead, growing increasingly burned out trying do it all.
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Queer Fertility Coaching with Vanessa Gillis-Phelps
A Mother's Story
I am solo hosting in this episode where I chat with a good friend of mine, Vanessa, who started Queer Fertility. She is a lesbian mama to 2 wonderful kids and her journey to pregnancy is what inspired her to start this work as a fertility coach. We talk about what she does, the concept of a spirit baby connection, and all about what her program is about. I really enjoyed learning about her process and her drive to help others is really amazing.
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Screen Time & Social Media
A Mother's Story
Today we get into a chat about screen time use and social media--two topics that are new to our generation of parenting. Are all screens bad? Is turning on the tv to get some time to yourself bad? We've all been there at some point. We share what works for us, and the skills we believe screens ARE teaching. We also dive in to what makes us feel guilty when it comes to screen time.
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WE'RE BACK--to school?!
A Mother's Story
A Mother's Story is back to releasing new episodes! In this new series, I am joined by my lovely co-host, Bernadette, and we will chat all things parenthood, motherhood, and all the joys and challenges that come with it.
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Unconventional Birth (IN A CAR!) and the pandemic
A Mother's Story
Today, my friend Bernadette joined me on the podcast to share her birth story where she gave birth in a car! I couldn't wait to hear the whole story, and am so glad she came on this podcast to share it. We also talk about how her transition has been with her family and her job throughout this whole pandemic.
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