Find The Magic
Helping you honor yourself, your children and your partner. Tips and strategies to create peace, authenticity and love within your family. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/support
When most of us think of our experiences with conflict in communication, we feel emotions ranging from mild discomfort to full fledged panic or dread. In this episode, we explore our approach to conflict with Clair Canfield, a brilliant professor on the subject of communication. He models what he teaches throughout this conversation and he offers us amazing tools to help us improve our relationships by holding space for others and changing our lens about what it means to connect with others. Clair's pillars of communication are nothing short of groundbreaking. and have changed our approach forever. Here they are:
1. Belief in the capacity to change
2. Belief in self determination ((people have the right and ability to choose. Advice giving is counterintuitive)
3. Everyone has dignity
4. Safety- do not cause harm
5. Ethic of care (benevolence)
You can watch Clair’s Tedx talk here, and his website is Canfieldconsulting.net. You can also find him on instagram @collaborativeconflict:)
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Dinner can be the most joyful part of our day but often the preparation and pressure of getting something on the table brings stress instead of enjoyment with our family. If you strive to meal plan, make homemade meals and enjoy dinner time tune in! In 2021 we are focusing on being essential, minimizing the extra energy expenditures that cause us friction and burnout. In this episode we have a wide ranging conversation about many tips that can bring you more joy in meal planning from ways to budget and buy in season to picky eaters and how we can include them in meal planning and prep. We touch on back pocket dinners (meals made from ingredients you already have on hand) like black beans, cheddar cheese and tortillas from the freezer! Or a simple parmesan pasta or tuna melts, this is your fail safe back up plan! As much as we want to meal plan our best intentions can be thwarted by time, expired ingredients or lack of energy. Back pocket dinners are your go to in these moments. We also discuss narrowing down our dinner favorites and add them to our reoccurring dinner list! Meal planning is a task that brings many of us stress, Claire helps us see that it doesn't need to. We can choose to find joy in meal planning! How we start is how we mean to go on. Let's find our groove together.
Related Episodes:
Cultivating Joyful Eating Habits / Deep Dive into Feeding our Kids
French Kids Eat Everything (and so can YOURS!)
You can find Claire’s books below:
Dinner, Uncomplicated: Fixing a Delicious Meal Every Night of the Week // Claire Tansey
Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress out of Home Cooking
You can also connect with Claire on Instagram @tanseyclaire and on her website
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportTodays episode is our first Magic Moment! A shorter episode with quick wisdom to start your day. Felica shares the feelings of overwhelm, burnout and anxiety she has been experiencing and ways she has found to allow space for these feelings. She dives into what little things she believes may be weighing on us as parents/ mothers specifically and how we can see them more clearly. As we clarify them and expose what is pushing us to feel overwhelmed and anxious we can take steps to find more peace in our days. Felica shares tips that have helped her become more present, grounded and creative as she creates space for the burnout.
Related Episodes:
Tapping Into the Abundance Inside Us
Feeling lost? How to Cultivate Meaning
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIn this rapid fire listener question episode, we address what to do when your kids have playmates who play in ways that you don’t approve of. We also delve into some options you have when your child seems to want to do everything you DON’T want him or her to do while still maintaining connection. We also share the specific affirmations we do with our children each day.
Related Episodes
Using Play to Diffuse Power Struggles and Connect with Your Child
Books and links we mentioned:
The Child Whisperer // Carol Tuttle
Think Like a Monk // Jay Shetty
Dad is Fat // Jim Gaffigan
Podcast: Hurry Slowly
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast
This episode’s sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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Being reactive and angry in our parenting is a feeling that weighs on many of us. There are times when your child does things that all children do like: expressing uncomfortable emotions, making big messes, wasting food, screaming/shouting LOUDLY, stalling endlessly while getting dressed, leaving the house, or getting ready for bed...and we lose our cool.
As we embark on this journey of authenticity and finding ourselves inside parenting, the anxiety of failing to respond in a way that is honoring to our kids and ourselves can threaten to break us. We often find ourselves trying to change our children, looking for strategies that will guide us in how we can get them to do or not do something. In this episode with Jen Lumalan of Your Parenting Mojo Podcast, Felica and Jen have a wide ranging conversation about how we can flip that perception and recognize our childhood trauma and how nurturing ourselves can help us better nurture our children. They flesh out common parenting triggers like respect and defiance and how we can recognize when our patience skin is worn thin! In that recognition, we can give ourselves grace and space between the trigger and our response to our children. A space where trust is created inside our relationship, where our child trusts that our response will be connecting and loving. We have all experienced circumstances that weaken our ability to respond to our kids with love and respect. Hopefully this episode will offer your resource, encouragement and insight into how you can see those triggers and soften the effect they have on your relationships.
Jen is offering a course for parents who would like more training on recognizing and taming our triggers. The course can be found here: https://yourparentingmojo.com/tamingyourtriggers/
Related Episode: Susan Stiffelman on Remaining Present While Parenting
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
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This episode’s sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIn this episode, we had the honor once again of discussing different aspects of intimacy with the incredible Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife. She uses her extensive knowledge and wisdom about the subject of sexuality to help us navigate many different situations, such as when partners differ greatly in their level of desire for each other, how to journey through betrayal trauma, and she even gives tips on how to have a healthy relationship with your own sexuality while you are single.
Related Episodes
How to Own Your Own Desires & the Art of Intimacy with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Putting Connection With Our Spouse First
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast
This episode’s sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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How do you handle expectations? Are you a rule follower? A rule breaker? Do you do better when someone else expects you to do something, or are you motivated by your own expectations? We draw from Gretchin Rubin’s Four Tendencies and use that information to help understand yourself and what motivates you. As you discover this, it allows you the freedom to know how to get the things you want in life. You can learn to stop fighting your own nature and instead learn to learn what works.
The book that inspired us:
The Four Tendencies // Gretchin Rubin
Related Episodes
Habits Deep Dive / Why Simple Changes Compound into Big Results
Four Pillars of Wholehearted Parenting We Apply to Any Problem
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast
This episode’s sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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We dive into a wide range of listener questions today! We start by exploring what the solitude of 2020 brought into our life, how to come to peace with our inner landscape and find connection where we can. We spend time on a deep dive into one of our most asked questions, dealing with our kids aggression and when they hurt other kids. We can remain calm, lean into emotions AND not become attached and let their emotions control ours. Our children's lives are intimately entwined in ours; this reveals itself in our third listener question about dealing with situations when our kids won't tell us their secret feelings or share their emotions. And finally we explore friendships in mothers, types of friends we need and how to deal with the loss of friendship that is no longer serving you or your child.
Related Episodes
Susan Stiffelman on Remaining Present While Parenting
Guidance for the Changing seasons of Motherhood
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast
This episode’s sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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Power is not finite, join us as we dismantle this perception with co-founder of Bravery Magazine Elyse Beard. In this episode she shares the stories of incredible women throughout history who have shown exceptional bravery, ingenuity, and intelligence. She offers tips to use the tapestry of history as a way to change the way we approach our own lives, and how to help our children face their own fears and follow their dreams.
You can find more about the Bravery Magazine below:
Instagram: @bravery_mag
Email: hello@braverymag.com
Related Episodes:
Teaching Our Daughters to Live Wholeheartedly
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p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
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Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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This week we explore the ideas of Lawrence Cohen. We often think of play as a secondary, optional activity. For kids, exploring the world through play is part of their healthy development. We dive deep into the science of play and discuss how to harness it for powerful connection.
Books that inspired us:
Playful Parenting // Lawrence Cohen
Raising Lions // Joe Newman
Related Episodes:
Authoritative Parenting / Arguably the most EFFECTIVE Parenting Style
Make Your Morning Routine Happen!
Finding Motivation to Claim Your Personal Power Hour
Discovering YOUR Life Essentials
Links We Promised:
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
This episode’s sponsor:
Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThere are so many jokes about New Year’s Resolutions. We have all seen how full gyms get for the first two weeks of January, only to empty again after that. So many of us choose goals and have big plans to revamp our lives on January first, only to make no lasting changes.
In this episode, we share our personal approach to the new year, and how we look at it from a place without overwhelm. We use January as a time of self reflection, and save our accomplishment goal setting for spring time, when the whole world is waking up:). We give you lots of easy tips to make the beginning of your year inspiring and introspective without being overwhelming.
Books that inspired us:
Atomic Habits // James Clear
The Miracle Morning // Hal Elrod
Related Episodes:
Make Your Morning Routine Happen!
Finding Motivation to Claim Your Personal Power Hour
Discovering YOUR Life Essentials
Links We Promised:
Rachel Hollis episode: This Daily Practice Changed My Life and Business
My Intent Bracelet Maker Kit: Taralyn uses this with her kids to let them make jewelry with the words they choose for the year.
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Our Sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
Most of us want to be respectful, gentle, loving parents. However, many parents are held back by the way they were raised. It can be difficult to break the mold of generations before you. In this episode, we talk about how to do just that—how to take unhealthy parenting habits we experienced as children and rewriting the script for our own parenting style. This includes getting new information, as well as being aware of the molds we have been operating with in order to be free of them.
Books that inspired us:
Elevating Child Care // Janet Lansbury
Gifts of Imperfection // Brene Brown
A New Earth // Eckhart Tolle
Related Episodes:
Feeling lost? How to Cultivate Meaning
Links We Promised:
You can find more about Tessa and her wonderful shop, Argilla by Lucia on Etsy and Instagram
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
Our Sponsor: Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money than if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. Check them out @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThere are many voices competing for our attention. People we know, books we read, the news we listen to all are voices that fill our heads as we navigate what to do with our lives. In this episode, we explore how to create space in our lives for listening to our own intuition first, and how that serves us. We all have access to this incredible tool, and it is an eye opening experience to learn how to really tap into the power of intuition. We offer tips on how to cultivate and trust the intuitive process.
Books we mentioned:
Conversations with God // Neale Donald Walsh
You Can Heal Your Life // Louise hay
Becoming Mrs. Lewis // Patti Callahan
The Artist’s Way // Julia Cameron
Happiness Project // Gretchin Rubin
Left to Tell // Immaculee Ilibagiza
Related Episodes:
Tapping Into the Abundance Inside Us
Feeling lost? How to Cultivate Meaning
Links We Promised:
Felica’s favorite kid shoes
The podcast episode with Joe Rogan and Matthew McConaughey
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
This episode’s sponsor:
Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportChildren have the capacity to be our greatest teachers. They allow us the opportunity to truly look inside of ourselves when we are triggered, and wake up to our own nature. In this episode, Felica had the incredible opportunity of discussing this topic with parenting expert and author, Susan Stiffelman, MFT. She explains how we can use the practice of being present to truly use this journey we have as parents to truly evolve ourselves as we face the daunting task of raising humans to do the same. Her books and her words are unbelievably inspiring and will help you as you navigate your own parenting experience.
You can learn more about Susan Stiffelman and her work and sign up for her newsletter on her website: https://susanstiffelman.com. She is offering a webinar you can join her in about coparenting with a narcissicist here.
Books we mentioned:
Parenting with Presence // Susan Stiffelman
Parenting without Power Struggles // Susan Stiffelman
Loving What Is // Byron Katie
Playful Parenting // Lawrence Cohen
Related Episodes:
Finding Joy and Enthusiasm in Every Day
The Martyr Effect. HOW TO Stop Offering Ourselves at the Altar of Parenting
Tapping Into the Abundance Inside Us
Janet Lansbury’s episode: The Best Way to Deal With Intense Tantrums
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
This episode’s sponsor:
Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWe all have to eat to survive--it’s part of life. Often, the task of feeding an entire family every single day is overwhelming. The sheer recurring quantity of the task can be daunting to the most ambitious of us, and yet, the task remains. How can we as parents create a dinner table that is both fulfilling for our families and doesn’t drain the life out of us as parents?
There is so much fascinating research out there about how eating family dinner together helps predict positive outcomes in children’s lives. We all know it’s something to strive for, yet we are often met with roadblocks to accomplishing such a task. Fortunately, in this episode, dinner expert and author Claire Tansey walks us through each roadblock to successful family dinners and gives amazing tips and strategies for overcoming them.
She shares incredibly practical advice about how to meal plan in a way that actually works for you, and gives lots of helpful information about how to make dinner preparation and the eating of food satisfying and enjoyable for everyone involved.
Related Episodes:
Cultivating Joyful Eating Habits / Deep Dive into Feeding our Kids
French Kids Eat Everything (and so can YOURS!)
You can find Claire’s books below:
Dinner, Uncomplicated: Fixing a Delicious Meal Every Night of the Week // Claire Tansey
Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress out of Home Cooking
You can also connect with Claire on Instagram @tanseyclaire and on her website
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
This episode’s sponsor:
Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
Thank you for your kind reviews! Just search Find the Magic on iTunes and scroll to the bottom of the page to leave one:)
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportRaising children in today’s society has lots of opportunities and challenges. In this episode, we explore the ones that are specific to raising girls. This is an exciting time to be a woman, and there are many things we can do as parents to help our girls truly embrace the gifts this time in history offers us while rejecting the limiting messages that are simultaneously given to girls.
We address topics like body image, power, and joy. We all have such an incredible opportunity for influence for the girls in our lives, and the ideas we delve into this episode will hopefully spark a dialogue for you. We can all do better.
Related Episodes:
Living Life Untamed and Releasing Others to do the Same
Seeing Ourselves Clearly in the Role of Mother
Books that inspired us:
Untamed // Glennon Doyle
Loving What Is // Byron Katie
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works // Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Love Warrior: A Memoir // Glennon Doyle
For the recipes we mentioned for banana pudding and acorn squash, visit our website, findthemagic.co, episode 101
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
This episode’s sponsor:
Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/support“Feelings are for feeling. All of them. Even the hard ones.” Glennon Doyle
This is our 100th episode! In this landmark episode, we explore what it means to step into our own power. There are lots of things we are told as we grow throughout childhood and into adulthood. Many of those things are wonderful and they serve us in creating a life that is true and beautiful. However, there are also things that we learn that simply don’t serve us. One of the joyful realities of adulthood is that we actually have the power to identify what we have learned and CHOOSE which things are true and beautiful, and which are not for us.
We discuss the work of Glennon Doyle in her new book, Untamed, and discuss the deep topics that she brings up. She challenges the way we look at ourselves, and truly helps us see what dialogues we are having with ourselves because of society’s pressures, and walks us through how to authentically connect with who we truly are. We cover topics like how we cannot selectively numb our feelings; to lean into one, you must learn to lean into them all.
Related Episodes:
How to Own Your Own Desires and The Art of Intimacy with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife
Books that inspired us:
Untamed // Glennon Doyle
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works // Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Love Warrior: A Memoir // Glennon Doyle
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Physical intimacy is an important aspect of our lives, and yet it is also an area that for many people, can be a space that is complicated, difficult, and even emotionally or physically unpleasant. In this episode, we have a conversation with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, a relationship and sexuality educator and coach, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, with a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology.
In this conversation, we discussed this important topic and specifically address how you as a woman can own your own desire in a positive and empowering way. We address how developing yourself as a whole person, making room for yourself, and belonging to your own desires instead of only belonging to others and sacrificing yourself for their desires and needs are all key components to owning your own sexuality (and your own life).
Intimacy takes courage. It means you are willing to be knowable--even the flaws and the scary parts. Sexuality is just a part of intimacy, and Dr. Finlayson-Fife beautifully addresses how we can bring our full selves unapologetically to our partners, and as we learn to do that, we can learn to fully bring ourselves unapologetically to the world. We can show up as a whole, flawed and glorious person in our own lives. As we acknowledge and validate our own desires, we are able to own them. Dr. Finlayson-Fife’s words are both empowering and inspiring.
You can learn more about Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife and her course offerings at her website, https://www.finlayson-fife.com
Related Episodes:
Putting Connection With Our Spouse First
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books, we use Audible as our library. They have a thorough collection of books, monthly credits and discounts on books so good it can’t be beat! We use a monthly subscription, you can learn more about it and start a FREE month trial HERE.
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
Find us on instagram @findthemagicpodcast, @katiejeangabriel, @taralyngriffin, and @felicaallen
This episode’s sponsor:
Utah House Doctors: Everyone knows that the market is hot right now and it is the perfect time to sell your home, but what you may not know is using a professional in this type of market will actually make you more money then if you try and sell your home yourself, or sell with a discount brokerage. We have experienced the service of Utah House Doctors, and they make buying and selling homes so easy and painless. You can find them at Instagram at @utahhousedoctors or on their website, http://www.utahhousedoctors.com.
--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportSo many of the life hacks that we use in our lives every day to make it easier came from other people sharing them. In this episode, we answer several listener questions, including our very favorite life hacks that are saving us right now, from laundry and cleaning life savers to hair and easy morning breakfast tricks.
We also address issues about helping toddlers adapt to quiet time (one of our most frequent questions asked), preparing your older children to welcome a new baby into the family, and we discuss the important difference between systems of earning and rewards, bribes and punishments.
Books we mentioned:
Entitlement Trap // Richard and Linda Eyre
Fairplay // Eve Rodsky
Links we promised:
Taralyn’s hair curlers that she and Katelin sleep in. She now likes the first link best started with these ones, which are fabulous as well.
Felica’s black socks she uses for her boys.
Taralyn uses the KB no show socks (she and her 4 kids wear all just wear the same size for simplicity. You can buy a big pack from costco or a smaller pack from Amazon).
For the overnight breakfast recipes Taralyn, go to our website, findthemagic.co, episode 98.
Related Episodes:
Running a Household Without Resentment
Systems and Values for Easier Days and Stronger Family Connections
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Society has often put the role of motherhood either on a pedestal or in a cage, and both are small spaces from which to thrive. Few roles combine such responsibility and power with such possibility for shame and unhelpful pressure. Because of this, the topic of seeing our own role as mother clearly and with curiosity is an important one.
Something that every single one of us have in common is the fact that we have a mother. Some of us know our mothers, while some of us have never met her. Our relationship with our mother might be simple, joyful, complicated, toxic, or countless adjectives in between. Every situation is different, and regardless of what that relationship looks like, we can find wisdom as we address that relationship.
In this episode, we discuss the fascinating work of Harriet Lerner and explore how it is possible to learn from the things our own mothers did or didn’t do with a combination of both clarity and grace. According to Lerner, addressing that relationship in our own mind and heart is something that is helpful to us as we approach our life and our own parenting. As we gain clarity with this relationship, we are able to see ourselves more clearly and truly learn to find the magic that we can access in this powerful role.
Books we mentioned:
Harriet Lerner on Mothers and Daughters: Breaking the Patterns that Keep You Stuck // Harriet Lerner https://amzn.to/2HzsGPI
Related Episodes:
Guidance for the Changing Seasons of Motherhood
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-the-magic/id1448424341?i=1000466525358
The Martyr Effect. HOW TO Stop Offering Ourselves at the Altar of Parenting
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-the-magic/id1448424341?i=1000471366626
Keeping Our Personal Identity While Parenting https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/find-the-magic/id1448424341?i=100045781826
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThe holiday season can feel overwhelming because we feel the need to do everything to make them exciting and special. However, the beauty of having our own families is that we can intentionally choose the holiday activities that serve us and let go of the ones that don’t. The magic of family traditions is that they help our children feel a sense of belonging and gives them roots, which helps them identify with the connection of the family instead of peer groups and can help with their behavior.
In this episode, we share the traditions that serve us with simplicity and joy and give you many options to try with your own family. We talk about how sometimes all it takes is to recognize the traditions we already have and capitalize on naming them and making them reoccurring and special.
From Halloween fun, ways to be grateful in November and loads of Christmas and winter traditions we hope that this episode inspires you to create new memories with your family and recognize your current traditions to turn them into magical ones that repeat every year!
Books we mentioned:
Hold on to Your Kids // Gabor Mate
The Entitlement Trap // Linda and Richard Eyre
Food Nanny Rescues Dinner // Liz Edmunds
The recipes we talked about are on our our website under Episode 96: www.findthemagic.co
Related Episodes:
Systems and Values for Easier Days and Stronger Family Connections
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A good night’s sleep is an elusive goal we simply dream about but rarely attain. We all know the benefits of quality sleep for us and our children, but we find ourselves at a loss for how to improve it. In this episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Andy Mant, founder of Blublox glasses. He shares loads of helpful research regarding how the light we expose ourselves to throughout the day and especially in the hours after the sun goes down impacts our sleep quality and overall health, including our brain focus power and maintaining a healthy weight. With only a few simple changes in our habits surrounding light, we can quickly reset our circadian rhythms to a healthy pattern.
He addresses how this light hygiene affects babies’ sleep cycles, children’s learning and behaviour, and even fertility. He gives an entire spectrum of ideas to help you circadian rhythm, from the simplicity of watching the sunrise, to the options for changing the EMF and light environment in your home.
To read more articles on this subject, or to try their amazing products, go to blublox.com and use the code findthemagic at checkout and enjoy 15% off your purchase! You can also get more information on their youtube channel as well.
Also, check out Restoring Vision, an amazing charity organization that blublox is currently partnering with to donate glasses to people in need.
Related Episodes:
Habits Deep Dive / Why Simple Changes Compound Into Big Results
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For more information on Dr Mary Wildes course go here- https://compassionparenting.com
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Our child’s resistance to cooperate or push back against our wishes can be alarming. However, it is possible to actually welcome the resistance instead of desperately trying to control it. In this episode, we collaborate with Hannah and Kelty, cohosts of the parenting podcast Upbringing and explore the concept of resistance and how we as parents can respectfully and emphatically create and hold boundaries while still honoring our childrens resistance.
Hannah and Kelty are certified coaches in Simplicity Parenting, Positive Discipline and trained in the respectful parenting approach, RIE. They have an abundance of parenting knowledge and they share with us their wonderful parenting tips which include their Freedom Model, and the RESIST technique to help you know exactly what to do as you come up against your childrens’ resistance. We talk about leaning into our child’s resistance as we work to recognize our triggers and grow up beside them!
You can find more about Upbringing on their website, Upbringing.co, where you can find their shop, their podcast, and their helpful models. You can also find them on instagram:)
Books that inspired us:
Nonviolent Communication // Marshall Rosenberg
Elevated Childcare // Janet Lansbury
Our Related Episodes:
Parenting with Unconditional Love
Guidance for the Changing Seasons of Motherhood
Holding Boundaries / Discipline Pt. 1
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/ Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportMost of us know that we could use a little less screen time in our lives and the lives of our kids. However, sometimes it can feel overwhelming to know exactly where to start when attempting to set boundaries and help our families become less dependent on entertaining technology to get us through the day. After a particularly inspiring conversation with Collin Kartcher a few weeks ago (see link below to listen), we have, in this episode, taken the conversation even deeper and walk through how to apply the principles in real life. We discuss how screen boundaries have worked in our own homes with hacks and tips that we have found to be immensely helpful in keeping technology in the place of a useful tool instead of the master it has become in so many of our lives. We address not only how to find freedom from technology, but how to also foster the antidote to this dependence: connection with real humans, in real life.
Want to motivate yourself a bit more? Try plugging in your own daily screen time into the following equation. Pull out your phone, check your daily screen time (or, look at your daily social media time, or gaming time--whatever you feel like is just kind of fluff screen time). Then plug in that number of hours into this equation:
Daily Screen time X 365 (days in the year) X 50 (years) divided by 5,840 (awake hours a year, if you sleep 8 yours a night) = the amount of years of your life you will spend looking at your phone if you do the same amount for 50. (For people who average 5 hours per day, it is around 15 years total!)
Motivation? Found. Your welcome:)
Books and links that we mentioned:
Digital Minimalism // Cal Newport
Atomic Habits // James Clear
Our Related Episodes:
Saving Our Kids and Ourselves from Screens & Social Media with Collin Kartchner
Finding Solitude Through Digital Minimalism
Curbing Your Screen Attachment
Tantrums, Screen Time, and Breaking Out of a Funk
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote · Charity Promotion: BallotReady: The goal of this initiative is to increase voter education and encourage your listeners to get the vote out during the 2020 General Election this November. https://www.ballotready.org/ Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportSmall daily practices often compound into large scale change in our lives. As parents we tell ourselves we "don't have time". Our conversation with Brooke Snow today with challenge that belief. Of all the life changing habits in the world, meditation is right at the top of the list for us at Find the Magic. In this episode, we have an inspiring conversation with author, meditation instructor and advocate Brooke Snow. We also discuss how meditation can help improve all aspects of your life, from your ability to parent with patience, to your ability to handle what life throws at you.
Brooke initially discovered the life-saving power of meditation unintentionally while struggling to breathe with blood clots in her lungs in a life-flight helicopter. It wasn’t until later, while living with the PTSD (that can accompany near death experiences) and simultaneously raising her young children, that she truly began to understand what meditation could do.
Brooke gives us some wonderful tips on how to incorporate visualization into our practice, as well as how to use the floors and ceilings technique to truly dial in meditation as an easy non-negotiable habit.
Find more about Brooke at:
Her book // Living in Your True Identity
Our Related Episodes:
Our Daily Meditation: this is the meditation that Taralyn does every morning. You simply push play and she walks you through it. It’s an easy way to get yourself into the habit.
Make Your Morning Routine Happen!
Morning Routines for a 30 Day Transformation with Taralyn
Hone Your Morning Routine with Felica
More Resources:
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportHave you ever driven in a city that isn’t well planned? The roads are often too narrow for the amount of traffic, and the flow of streets seem to have no discernible pattern. Navigating in such a place can be tricky and chaotic. In contrast, a city that has planned ahead of time what they want long term often has wide, orderly streets, and the initial time and thought investment pays back tenfold as their city runs much smoother as it grows. In this episode, we talk about using this theory of infrastructure in our own families. It takes some time upfront, but in the long run, it makes our family run sooo much more smoothly and makes parenting easier, while intentionally aligning it with our values.
We discuss the systems that we have tried out in our own homes over the years that have proven themselves to be priceless.
Books we mentioned:
Links We Promised
Serendipity Parenting Episode from Linda an Richard Eyre
Related Episodes
Discovering Your Life Essentials
How To: Create Pockets of Peace
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--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIn her book, Chasing Slow, Erin Loechner describes how sometimes, in our search for more, we add things to our lives. We buy more things, add more tasks, take on more. However, often, what we need is actually less. In this episode, she shares with us her insights on living with the lion inside of us, the one who always is whispering to us that we must do more, have more, BE more. What do we do with this voice when we are different phases of life? Some phases require more stillness, and others have space for more goal reaching, and there is beauty in all of these phases.
This embracing of each phase of life that Erin embodies led her to search for and then create, along with child development professionals and educators, a beautiful homeschool curriculum called Other Goose. It is built on these three pillars of education: connection through nature, community through stories, creativity through play. It offers flexibility to parents of younger children and is a wonderful resource for any of you out there who are considering homeschooling this year.
Erin Loechner has been an online educator, homeschool advocate, and author for over 10 years. Her all-in-one homeschooling plan for the early years, Other Goose, has been used by over 25,000 students worldwide, and includes daily literature, creativity, foundations, outdoors, relationships, language, math, rhythms, logic, and habit lessons for kids ages 2-7.
To find out more about Other Goose and take the assessment go here.
Chasing Slow is her fabulous book and you can find it here.
Other Goose on Instagram: instagram.com/othergoose
Erin on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erinloechner/
Her blog is https://designformankind.com/
Related Episodes
Episode 44: Making Education Awesome
Episode 85 Homeschooling and Trusting Your Ability to Teach with Jen Lumanlan
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We are so excited to dive into whholehearted and respectful parenting and what it means with Minimalist Moms Host Diane Boden. This discussion will help you get to the heart of a wholehearted parenting approach by simplifying what you DO to get to the relationship you hope to have with your kid. We discuss how to both acknowledge parental emotions and needs and your child's emotions/needs and meet in the middle in a peaceful place.
This episode is a combination of two separate conversations we had with Diane. In these discussions, we give a breakdown of our favorite tips on discipline as well and how to create an environment of teaching over punishment and reward. We touch on creating rhythms and routines, setting calm boundaries and responding to sibling conflicts. In true minimal fashion we also discuss how to PARENT and talk less and get more results.
If you enjoyed today’s episode we would love for you to share it with your friends and leave a review! Spreading the word helps more parents find us and helps us grow so we can bring you amazing guests and topics!
Books we mentioned:
Simplicity Parenting // Kim John Payne
Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys // Noel Janis-Norton
Elevating Childcare // Janet Lansbury
Raising Lions // Joe Newman
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)
To find out more about Diane or listen to her podcast find her here - https://www.minimalistmomspodcast.com/
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So many of us are facing a big decision this Fall, will we be teaching our kids at home? Or maybe we have no choice at all. So many of us are being thrown into the role as teacher and parent. This week Felica is interviewing Jen Lumanlan of Your Parenting Mojo. Jen Lumanlan holds an M.S. in Psychology (Child Development) and an M.Ed., and hosts the Your Parenting Mojo podcast which is a reference guide for parents of toddlers and preschoolers based on scientific researchers and the principles of respectful parenting. In each episode she examines a topic related to parenting and child development from all sides to help parents understand how to make decisions about raising their children. She lives in California with her husband and daughter. Jen brings us wisdom backed with immense research (her specialty!) on why we should trust our ability to teach, our child’s ability to learn (and lead their own education through their own interests!) and the process of homeschooling.
We touch on why we can let go of the perfect curriculum, standardized tests, and we discuss the value of play in education, socialization and explore the concept of pandemic pods. We hope that this wide ranging conversation helps any of you choosing (or maybe without the choice) about your child’s education this Fall feel more confident.
If you would like to learn more about Jen you can find her on her website https://yourparentingmojo.com/
If you would like to learn more about Jen you can find her here.
You can listen to her podcast here.
Here is her blog post on socialization in schools and her blog post on schemas is here, and she has some wonderful information on the Pandemic Pods 'in a box' course here. You can find is Jen’s course to help you decide if you’re ready to homeschool here.
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWe ALL make mistakes. Every single one of us. Sometimes, even with the best of intentions, we hurt people. Although many of us are over apologizers for unnecessary things, we often become non-apologizers when it comes time to truly say we are sorry. We buffer it with defensiveness or ego, and our attempts at apologies fall flat. Our relationships suffer when this happens.
In this episode, we address how over apologizing is unhelpful and give tips on how to avoid it, and then we delve deep into what makes a true apology, and how to get out of the way of our ego enough to truly make amends in our relationships.
This topic is so beautiful because it really gives us space in our relationships to admit when we do wrong, listen without defensiveness, and truly heal.
Articles and authors that inspired us:
Harriet Lerner // Why Won’t You Apologize
Maja Jovanovic // Sorry to bother you, but do you say “sorry” too much? What to say instead.
Interview with Harriet Lerner on Elle
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Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
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Katelin: https://instagram.com/katiejeangabriel?igshid=10enisvpit8u
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIn this special episode, we welcome a new host onto our show! Katelin is Taralyn’s sister and Felica’s sister-in-law, and we are so excited for you all to get to know her better.
For many of us, this is a time when our current reality does not match our expectation of it. Even without a pandemic, sometimes our career, our relationships, or our health doesn’t line up with what we think it should be. In this episode, we talk about the wisdom from authors that we are personally leaning on during this time, and which books are really helping us the most.
We have found comfort in the wisdom that has transcended time from the philosophers of the past such as Socrates and Plato, and modern thought leaders such as Ryan Holiday and Eckhart Tolle. As we talk about these different philosophies, we explore the idea that when we feel like we are losing ourselves because the outer circumstances that we have learned to define ourselves with change or disappear all together, it is actually an opportunity to truly find ourselves. We are more than our circumstances; we are not our thoughts. It is a quite liberating realization!
Books or authors we mentioned:
Stillness is Key // Ryan Holiday
The Obstacle is the Way // Ryan Holiday
A New Earth // Eckhart Tolle
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Katelin: https://instagram.com/katiejeangabriel
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWhat do you do when you find in a circumstance that you don’t like? Do your thoughts make your situation feel better or worse? The concept that I have control over my thoughts and feelings, and therefore my actions and results was a mind blowing philosophy when I was first introduced to it years ago, and I have found this philosophy help me in so many situations since.
This week, I had the chance to interview Robin Davis, a Certified Life Coach from The Life Coach School. I have LOVED using the model they teach there for years, and have used it in self coaching with a lot of success. In this episode, Robin breaks down the model to apply to any situation in your life, and then takes the time to coach me with a personal dilemma I have been having.
Happy listening!
Love, Taralyn
More Info:
If you’d like to have a free coaching session with Robin, call or text her at 801.529.5885
Robin is certified through the Life Coach School, founded by Brooke Castillo. Here is the website for that organization.
Books or authors we mentioned:
Loving What Is // Byron Katie
Law of Attraction // Esther and Jerry Hicks
Breaking The Habit of Being Yourself // Joe Dispenza
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Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
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p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportHey everyone! It’s Taralyn today. It’s no secret that I LOVE words. I love talking; I love writing; I love reading. I feel so much of who I am and how I think is a result of the ideas and philosophies I have read or heard over the years. Words have the power to change the world! I have found that memorizing beautiful words from the masters who have come before me to be a powerful way to have those ideas at my fingertips when the need arises. I have also been pleasantly surprised at how fun it has been to introduce my kids to poetry and great literature and how easy it is to have them memorize these words.
In this episode, I talk about different categories of words that my kids and I memorize: historical documents, poetry, inspiring leader quotes, and scripture. I explain the benefits of such a practice, and give you lots of easy tips and tricks to have you easily incorporate some literature love into your parenting.
Links:
My favorite quote book: Great Quotes from Great Leaders // compiled by Peggy Anderson
Norton Poetry Anthology ( more of an investment, but has great info)
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything // Anita Sanchez
Great kids’ literature lists: https://goodandbeautifulbooklist.com and http://litkidz.com
Historical documents: archives.gov
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p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWith all the change and emotional upheaval of the last few months, it is easy to feel a bit unmoored. In this episode, we take a nice big breath and go back to what we know for sure—our core pillars of wholehearted parenting.
Whenever we find ourselves having specific issue with one of our children (or any relationships for that matter!), or we are feeling a bit overwhelmed with any aspect of life, we find ourselves returning back to these four basic pillars over and over, and they have served us well.
Our foundational recipe is connection, unconditional love, being present, and setting healthy boundaries. We have found these to be not only crucial and useful, but liberating. We address each one with fresh examples to hopefully give you some tips as you navigate the important situations in your life.
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
ALL the books that inspired us are here:)
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportCommunication is always an important space, and now more than ever, we are loving the communication philosophy developed by Marshall Rosenberg called Non-Violent Communication (NVC). The ground breaking assumption of NVC is that ALL human beings have the ability to connect with each other and have needs, and that our needs don’t conflict, but it is simply our strategies for meeting those needs that create problems. These conflicting strategies are what lead to violence or causing harm to each other. This is deep, powerful philosophy that can change the way each of us interact. Whether you are talking to your children, your spouse, your neighbor, your boss or those across cultural lines using appropriate and clean communication tactics will open doors and hearts.
The steps to nonviolent communication involve observing, describing emotion, identifying needs, making specific requests, and clarifying understanding. If there ever was a time for this clarification, it is now. We hope you find it helpful in all important relationships in your lives.
We recorded this episode before the history-making events of the last week surrounding civil rights here in the United States, so although we don’t apply the principles directly to this subject, we look forward to hearing how you apply the concepts in whatever you are currently facing.
The Book That Inspired Us:
Nonviolent Communication // Marshall B. Rosenberg // Audio and hardcopy versions
Felica’s High Five inspiration: Clean Mama
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
Katelin: https://instagram.com/katiejeangabriel/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportSleep. Blessed, sometimes elusive sleep. Sleep is such an important issue that parents of babies and toddlers often find themselves desperate for it, and it is surrounded by so many emotions. We questions ourselves constantly. Are we doing it right? How can we sift through all the information out there? How can we meet both our needs and the needs of our child? In this wide ranging conversation we discuss and tease out ideas on infant sleep that we hope will be eye opening for all of you!
In this episode, we bring in a professional to address one approach to sleep. Kim Hawley is a Certified Certified Holistic Sleep Coach, and she has a Master’s of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health, and a Master’s of Arts Cultural Anthropology from George Washington University (along with many other certifications you can find on her website). She shares many tips regarding sleep, and she offers wonderful advice on how to filter through all the information out there.
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
You can find Kim Hawley here:
Website: https://intuitiveparentingdc.com/
If you want to sign up for her free intro call:
https://intuitiveparentingdc.com/getting-started
You can sign up for her newsletter at the bottom of most pages on her website
Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/intuitiveparentingdc/
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportFor many parents, it can be difficult to respectfully parent while still holding strong boundaries. However, sometimes, as we try to avoid being an authoritarian tyrant, we go too far the other way and become permissive lambs without boundaries and our children are left with too much power, which in turn makes them feel unanchored and insecure.
In the last few decades, our society has witnessed an upswing in number of children who are, diagnosed or not, dealing with many behavior difficulties. Joe Newman, author of Raising Lions, has spent his career helping these children. He has found a pattern that has helped countless parents and teachers find that balance between being an authoritarian parent and an overly permissive parent.
While his book is geared towards dealing with children with mild to severe behavior problems, we have found his tools to be unbelievably helpful as parents to all children.
The book that inspired us:
Raising Lions: The Art of Compassionate Discipline // Joe Newman
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportDoes anyone else out there find yourself reaching for an entire box of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (insert your kryptonite here) when you are feeling the big feelings that most of us are experiencing on a daily basis? During times of high emotions, boredom, and overwhelm, we have found ourselves grasping for something to hold on to. In this time, we have found that Gretchin Rubin’s strategy of using healthy treats to care for ourselves has been truly a life saver.
Most of us love the idea of good habits in our lives. In her book, Better Than Before, Rubin describes a strategy of using healthy treats to care for ourselves, which actually increases our ability of keep good habits in our lives. When we deprive ourselves of things that we look forward to and bring us pleasure, we can end up feeling depleted and burned out. This often leads us to abandon our good habit pursuits and can lead us to un-healthy treats or numbing (which can bring us pleasure momentarily, but often derail our long term goals and habits).
Healthy treats are so wonderful because they are things that both make you feel good in the moment, and feel good after you are finished with them. On the other hand, unhealthy treats are enjoyable in the moment you indulge in them, but often make us feel worse later (think eating an entire chocolate cake to escape feeling a negative emotion, skipping your workout to mindlessly scroll YouTube, over drinking, or any addictive behavior that you feel sabotages your wellbeing).
In this episode, we discuss how to really use the strategy of healthy treats as a fun way to give more to yourself, which in turn allows you to actually stick with your goals and habits. We give our lists of healthy treats so that hopefully you leave the episode with a long list of your own healthy treats you can lean on throughout the day to help you feel both taken care of and motivated.
The book that inspired us:
The Happiness Project // Gretchin Rubin
Better Than Before // Gretchin Rubin (in this book, she really expands the idea of healthy treats)
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThis is a time of self reflection, a slow down presented to us by COVID-19. It isn’t ideal; however, ultimately, it has the potential to lead to a new level of self awareness. Finding your true self and acknowledging who you are fully can be scary and can challenge some of the long engrained thought patterns we all have. GUILT if we want more than caring for children at home. LONGING for something outside of our “good life” when we should be content with that good.
Do you find yourself offering yourself at the alter of parenting? Were you shown examples of martyrdom that were praised as being a “good mother or father?” Conversations we have heard have inspired us to explore this joust between care of others and care of ourself. How can we find the dance that will inspire our own happiness and acknowledge the happiness that caring for others brings? How can we respect those we love while holding a space of respect for ourselves?
We have broken down four concrete steps that help us recognize, layout, and act on the inspiration to do more burning inside us while opening our awareness to our needs and the needs of those around us.
The main Conversation that inspired us:
Glennon Doyle and Brene Brown on Untamed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/glennon-doyle-and-bren%C3%A9-on-untamed/id1494350511?i=1000469313957
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
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Dr. Wilde is a board-certified pediatrician, author, and mom of eight who has created Imagine Pediatrics Behavioral Health & Wellness to address child behavioral health needs in her area and beyond. She has special training in mind-body medicine to help kids build skills of self-regulation and coping through guided imagery and focused practice. She specializes in helping kids who struggle with anxiety and has created the “Overcoming Childhood Anxiety” online course series for youth and parents. Dr. Wilde utilizes the best of modern medicine, while being open to evidence-based holistic & integrative solutions. She advocates prevention & healthy lifestyle choices and is the creator of the “Whole & Healthy” Virtual Health Fair. (Information from her website: https://drmarywilde.com )
Other helpful links:
Article about meeting your kids “at the bottom of the slide” (letting go but still being there): https://redtri.com/meeting-them-at-the-bottom-of-the-slide/
Her online course for kids/teens & parents addressing childhood anxiety from a mind/body/spirit standpoint: https://drmarywilde.com/anxiety-courses
Free ebook "Your Road to Calm: Stress Detox for the Modern Family": https://drmarywilde.com/ebook-optin
5-day strength-based ADHD challenge with Dr. Mary Wilde & co-host Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, author of "The Gift of ADHD": https://drmarywilde.com/ADHD-challenge (bonus session on optimizing the home learning environment for kids with ADHD during the pandemic)
MANY links and resources for parents during this time of COVID-19 including my favorite websites, articles, blogs addressing the pandemic, resources for free meditations/imagery exercises, and list of ideas on how to safely serve others even during the time of social distancing: go to https://drmarywilde.com
Parenting book by Dr. Mary Wilde: Faithful Nurturing: Mothering from the Heart to the Heart https://www.amazon.com/Faithful-Nurturing-Mothering-Heart/dp/1534625186
Connect with her on:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/imaginepediatricsstgeorge (FB live with Q&A every Friday at 12:40pm)
Instagram: @drmarywilde
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9v8BVE0hmyg5SFwxq30PA
Our Find the Magic Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportDo any of you have children who seem to turn up the squabbling and fighting when they are in close quarters? With schools being cancelled throughout the world, many families are finding themselves with all their children home under one roof all day, and although that presents us with many opportunities, it also has many parents pulling out their hair as their children seem to take sibling rivalry to new heights. In this episode, we address the questions that many of you have asked about how to navigate the concept of siblings fighting. We give tips on how to successfully implement quiet time (which is a life saver during quarantine time!), and how to help your children use this unique situation as a time to help strengthen their connection with each other and with you instead of reeking havoc on their interpersonal relationships and causing the temporary insanity of their parents. You can do this!
Books that inspired us: Hold On to Your Kids // Gabor Mate and Gordon Neufeld
Siblings Without Rivalry // Adele Fabre and Elaine Mazlish
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books): https://www.findthemagic.co
Find us on instagram: Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportAmid the current events of the COVID-19 pandemic and other natural disasters, we have had so many listeners reach out about how to cope as parents during this time. In this episode, we discuss the balance of feeling and processing our own emotions authentically, while not overburdening our children with the full force of our fears. This allows them to also feel all of the big feelings that will come up for them during this time as we offer them a safe space to experience them.
We also share with you strategies that are helping us in our daily lives as we have adjusted to the new changes that has accompanied school cancellations and social distancing. Whether you are currently fully isolated or distancing from others, this pandemic has created unrest in our homes. We have tips for you on how to manage homeschool and being together 24/7!
We can do this together! Thanks for all of your wonderful support; we have a pretty fabulous worldwide community, and we are so grateful for you!
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
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Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportSometimes in life, but especially in parenting, we just feel like we don’t measure up—at all. We can end up feeling like we are failing at one of the most important things we have ever done, and it is disheartening, to say the least. This episode is for all you parents out there who, at the end of some days, have worried that you aren’t enough as you wrap yourselves in blankets of worry and overwhelm.
In a world full of beautiful and helpful (and also some not so great) advice, with countless books on every subject, it is possible to sometimes have our efforts to become better parents simply feel too hard, too much.
In this episode, we use one of our listener’s example of having a toddler not behaving (hitting, in this case) to explore the path that leads to parent shame, and how we can turn away from that path and find inspiration and peace instead.
Books that inspired us:
Gifts of Imperfect Parenting // Brené Brown
Power of Showing Up // Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWe all know that habits are a huge part of any amount of success. In his book, High Performance Habits, Brendon Buchard shares what habits he has found to be the highest contributors to success of all kinds in life during his career as a high performance coach and from studying countless high performers.
We have adopted several of his habits in our own life, and we have found them to be immensely helpful. In this episode, we give you an overview of Buchard’s game-changing findings, and share with you which of his habits we have found the most beneficial to us. Some of them are so small, you will be able to immediately work them into your life and hopefully see the profound shifts that follow.
Books that inspired us:
High Performance Habits // BRENDON Buchard
Stillness is Key // Ryan Holiday
Links to things we mentioned:
-High Performance Habits Planner
- Podcast on sleep we loved with Dan Harris and Dr. Matthew Walker
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIn part two of our discussion about raising boys, we review the four pillars of connection, getting outside, sleep, and nutrition, and we tackle the challenges and opportunities that boys face at school and learning. We also address the research on screen time and boys’ brains, and give you all sorts of tips to make screen time a pleasant activity with boundaries instead of an unlimited source of distraction and dependency. We have such an AMAZING opportunity as parents to really create a community where they can thrive with their own natural strengths, and we can help create a world where boys are taught to have emotional intelligence and access their internal world with confidence and love. Thanks for joining us for this conversation!
Books that inspired us:
Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys // Noel Janis-Norton
Boys Adrift // Leonard Sax
Wild Things // Stephen James and David Thomas
Link to resources we mentioned:
Wim Hof Method: https://www.wimhofmethod.com
Tim Ferris’s interview with Wim Hof: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show/id863897795?i=1000351593298
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThis AMAZING time we live in offers so many opportunities for us and for our children. However, it also presents many unique challenges as well. Girls growing up now face specific difficulties, and boys do too. In this episode, we address some of the issues that accompany raising boys, and what we have seen in our sons’ lives. We also bring in a lot of great info from authors who have done far more research on the subject of boys.
We address issues like how to cultivate respectful, strong, and kind boy by channeling his natural strengths (as opposed to simply suppressing all of their tendencies and making them feel like they are terrible all the time). We explore some fascinating psychology and hopefully help all of us raise boys who become men who are whole, respectful, humans who make this world a better place:).
Books that inspired us:
Calmer, Easier, Happier Boys // Noel Janis-Norton
Boys Adrift // Leonard Sax
Wild Things // Stephen James and David Thomas
The planner that was Felica’s high five: High Performance Planner // Brendon Buchard
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:)
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThere is so much effort that goes into running family life. There are seemingly endless housekeeping tasks, time planning, relationship maintenance, spiritual, academic, and physical teaching of children, budgeting, providing for the family’s needs, etc. You get the picture—it’s a long list. Sometimes, because of a lack of communication between partners, it is easy to build resentment when one person feels like he or she is carrying most of the load. In this episode, we lay out a specific program created by Eve Rodsky in her book Fair Play that we have used in our homes to help increase communication about task breakdown and cut down on resentment.
This method is nice because it values both partners roles, takes into consideration the many different parenting/providing setups like 2 income households, one full time provider and one stay-at-home parent, and everything in between. It’s all about just finding what works for your family, and it is creates a framework for some really powerful dialogue between partners.
The book that inspired us for this episode:
Fair Play // Eve Rodsky // https://amzn.to/2M00mpf
The cards to start playing!:
https://www.fairplaylife.com/downloadable-cards
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
Find us on instagram:
Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
Taralyn: https://www.instagram.com/taralyngriffin/
p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThroughout our lives, we often find ourselves being triggered emotionally by other people’s actions. Maybe a store clerk says something that really sets us off, or a co-worker makes a comment that triggers anger or shame in us. These experiences every day give us the chance to really learn about ourselves. There are few situations that force us to really face this reality than in parenting because we are often pushed to our emotional limits (and we are often short on sleep for it as well!).
That’s one of the beautiful things about parenting—it is truly a soul revealing journey. Our kids give us so many opportunities to observe what is triggers us (some days, it might feel like there is a bit too much triggering:). In this episode, we give you lots of concrete examples from parenting to allow you to first identify your own triggers and take back the power in the way you connect with others:)
The book we referenced wasThe Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind // Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson // https://amzn.to/33ZSFWT
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p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportCarol Dweck’s groundbreaking work on mindset has influenced so much of the way we talk about growth and success. In fact, our children’s school district is currently restructuring their teaching program to incorporate the concept of growth mindset! In this episode, we share our personal journey towards growth mindset and share tips on how to develop it in your own life. The focus here is how to truly internalize it and model it (not perfectly though—there is always room for growth!:).
It is liberating as adults to realize that with a growth mindset, we are never stuck. The world is often far more open to us than we realize if we are willing to let go of our fixed mindset and look at the malleability of growth. This approach has the power to lessen the damages of perfectionism and allows for a less anxious view of life.
The book we referenced was Mindset: The New Psychology of Success // Carol S. Dweck // https://amzn.to/2p9GBDx
Our Website (You can find all show notes here, along with book recommendations and links to all past books):
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Felica: https://www.instagram.com/felicaallen/
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p.s. Our secret to reading so many books is this little baby, a magical wireless earbud:) https://amzn.to/36d89Zj
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWe live in a time when there are SOO many fantastic options for educating our kids (and ourselves!) formally and informally. We have had many parents ask us about our take on how to enhance the process of learning in our families. There seems to be a lot of parent guilt about not doing enough to teach their young children structured academics, and some worry that they are making learning a drudgery by pushing it too much.
In this episode, we address these concerns and offer our own personal approach, which focuses on a combination of guided and self directed learning, with a heavy dose of wonder, a touch of positive challenge, and a relaxed attempt at moderation. We have experience with several kinds of schooling, including homeschooling, and we give our take on the benefits of the different options.
Books we mention:
The Well Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at home // Susan Wise Bauer // https://amzn.to/31RFmGq
Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler’s Guide to Unshakable Peace // Sarah Mackenzie // https://amzn.to/32We2rU
Taralyn’s current favorite homeschool curriculum options:
Math: Primary Mathematics (aka Singapore Math) https://amzn.to/2NkVaMl
Language Arts, Handwriting, and Science: The Good and the Beautiful from Jennyphillips.com
History: A Well Trained Mind (they start with ancient and have all the eras). I started their Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: https://amzn.to/31TMT7i
Spanish: Rosetta Stone
Keyboarding: The Typing App from the Apple Store
Also, here is a great podcast about the concept of free range learning if you are interested: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/respectful-parenting-janet-lansbury-unruffled/id1030050704?i=1000415099608
Here is our favorite fall caramel recipe that Taralyn mentions in her high five:
Taralyn and Felica’s Favorite Dipping Caramel
Adapted from Jeanie Allen’s Caramel Corn recipe
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This caramel is the best we have ever had for dipping fall apples in. The texture is so creamy:)
1 cube butter
1 cup light corn syrup
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1 box brown sugar (16 oz or 3 1⁄2 cups) (sometimes I just eyeball this - T)
1 can Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream (optional)
Combine all of these ingredients together and heat on medium low for a long time—at least a half hour, stirring often once it starts getting bubbly. The key is to do it slowly so it doesn’t burn, and it just barely boils. Do this until all the sugar is dissolved.
Then, remove from heat and stir in the secret ingredient:
1 Cup Sour Cream (I’ve added anywhere from a half cup to 1 pint, and it always turns out AMAZING - T).
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportAs the weather outside gets colder, it becomes easier and easier to stay inside. Even when it is warm outside, the comforts of our homes and offices sometimes keep us in. However, going outside into the wild offers us soooo many benefits, from improved attention spans, increased physical wellness, and mood enhancement. In this episode, we explore what author Richard Louv has called Nature Deficit Disorder. This can show up as increased mood behaviors in children and physical affects such as cardiac risk factors and obesity. What happened to free playing outside!? We discuss how being out in nature helps our bodies and minds so much, and we give all kinds of tips on how to get yourself (and your kids) outside more.
Books: Last Child in the Woods // Richard Louv - https://amzn.to/35Tamcc The Nature Fix // Florence Williams - https://amzn.to/2Bx5YSk Our
Website (You can find all show notes here! Along with book recommendations and links to all past books): https://www.findthemagic.co
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportGrit has become a buzzword in the self-help world thanks to some amazing research that has linked it to success. Grit is connected to courage, resolve, and strength of character. We believe grit is worth cultivating in our society as everything gets easier and our perseverance and commitment to go deeper in tasks can easily wane with our attention span. Angela Duckworth's book, Grit: The Power of Passion ad Perseverance, explores what makes someone "gritty,” why it is important, and how we can cultivate it. We are breaking down her theories in this episode and going specifically into how we can help encourage grit in ourselves and our kids!
In this episode, we explore the research in Angela Duckworth’s book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance.
Books we mention:
Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance // Angela Duckworth https://amzn.to/2nqT70z
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportAs parents, many of us feel guilty that we aren’t engaging in play enough with our kids. Or, we feel guilty that our kids aren’t playing enough on their own to develop their imagination and instead spend lots of time in front of screens. Either way, there is lot of guilt to choose from. There is a reason mom guilt is such a popular term! We are here to suggest there is a better way:).
In this episode, we address a few individual listener questions and explore how we can, by focusing first on connection and meeting their attention needs, create a secure setting or them to explore their own world of independent play. We also discuss how we can successfully let go of that parent guilt so you can actually enjoy that time you get to yourself while your kids are developing their imagination on their own.
Books we mention:
Magda Gerber // Your Self-Confident Baby // https://amzn.to/2ozGIY9
Janet Lansbury // Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting // https://amzn.to/2n7IkrU
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportSweet sweet SWEET solitude. Sometimes I classify solitude as going to the bathroom alone or hiding in my closet for a couple extra minutes! As people of this social connected, news blasted time in history we rarely find quiet moments of PEACE to ourselves and our minds are craving them. On the flip side we also struggle to make deep meaningful connections with those around us resulting in anxiety and depression. How can we counterbalance this teeter totter? SOLITUDE. Time for our minds to rest, relax and reboot. In this episode we are discussing our experiment with a digital detox inspired by the book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Did we find more solitude and rest by simplifying how we use screens and technology? CAN YOU?
THINGS / BOOKS WE MENTION
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport https://amzn.to/2ZNWMHM
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Taralyn’s High Five: her fave yoga studio, Root to Rise
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportEating is part of everyone’s life, and yet so many people struggle with having a healthy relationship with food. Before we can hope of helping our children grow into adults who are at peace with food, it is so important to model it ourselves. In this episode, we discuss our own personal relationship with food, which centers on mindfulness. We share insights from authors who have plenty of research to back up this mindful method. The goal with this approach is a life that is at peace with food and a body that is healthy and balanced.
We hope you find it helpful!
Books we refer to:
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works // Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Love Warrior: A Memoir // Glennon Doyle
Also, here is the wireless ear bud that both Taralyn and Felica are obsessed with and that Taralyn was so sad to lose:) It is a GAME CHANGER! It’s really the key to how we listen to so many books.
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportDo your kids have trouble sitting for meals? Trying new foods? Are they constantly snacking and refusing to eat at meal times and do you find yourself cooking extra meals just for them? Sometimes food power struggles run our home and created unwanted anxiety and tension in our relationship with our kids. This episode we are breaking down one of our favorite parenting books "French Kids Eat Everything". It is on our list of recommendations to every new parent or caregiver. We are reviewing the French Food Rules that are applicable from the early days of infant eating all the way through childhood. And if you already have habits in your home that you are hoping to break this episode is for you as well! We have practical mutually respectful tips to create peaceful mealtimes in your home!
Books we refer to:
French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters // Karen Le Billon
Happiness Project: Or, Why I spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have Mor Fun // Gretchin Rubin
We also mentioned Kodiak Cakes as one of Taralyn’s family’s favorite breakfasts. Her favorite flavor is the buttermilk and chia superfood packed one:).
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Everybody loves praise, right? But not all praise is created equally. Some praise encourages our children to develop grit, confidence, and resilience, while other kinds of praise can hinder our children and discourage their ability to keep trying when things get hard. In this episode, we share some fascinating research about both kinds of praise and discuss the best forms of praise for the overall wholeness for our kids.
We also discuss the benefits of chores and give some tips about how to successfully cultivate hard work and responsibility in your kidlets.
You can find the book that inspired us here:
How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250093635/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_u-meDbES0W78H
Praise advice from the American Psycological Association: https://www.apa.org/education/k12/using-praise
An awesome article about how doing chores makes kids more successful:
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportOn this episode, Felica offers advice on a few of our common listener questions. She addresses sharing (do we have the teach our kids to ALWAYS share? We don’t as adults...), the lovely bedtime boundaries that we all navigate, and what to do when you have a baby who seems extra “needy”.
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWe all know morning routines are important. This time of self care and energy management has the capacity to improve how we feel about our lives and how we show up for the people we love every day. Then why is it so hard sometimes to actually do? Today we are going to give you wake up strategies that you can do within the first 5 minutes of waking that will help you set the habit. We will also tell you is working for us right now in our morning routines that we are loving.
We also answer a listener question about a toddler who won’t take no for answer, screaming, crying and hitting to get his way.
Trust us...this is a game changer.
Hal Elrod’s bedtime affirmations you can say to yourself before bed:
https://m.box.com/shared_item/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.box.net%2Fs%2F6sr22rq0mb
Books and other items we mention in this episode:
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0979019710/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_W996CbV1T27NA
Blue light blocking glasses for evening TV watching: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072JFMFPG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_u896CbPR21YR4
One of Taralyn’s current fave morning herbal tea: Organic Mint tea: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E19WCTS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_R496CbX9XJY0E
With Bulletproof Brain Octane oil mixed in: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P8E0QQG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4596CbYVN9YNM
You’ve Got Dragons by Kathryn Cave and Nick Maland (not on Amazon)
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportWe get more questions about sibling conflict than any other topic! We know that how our kids get along can make or break our days. As parents we are the source of all our kids need, it is natural for them to feel resentment towards their siblings. In this episode we break down our favorite tips for guiding sibling conflict without interfering with their process.
Here are the links of books related to this topic:
Janet Lansbury Unruffled Podcast
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Eckhart Tolle // The Power of Now
Brendan Buchard // High Performance Habits
Listen in iTunes here, or for androids, listen here.
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportNone of us get through this life without dealing with loss of some kind or another. We lose loved ones, experience the grief associated with loss of expectations, and many experience betrayal and our own regret. In a family, we not only have our own grief to process, but we also watch our partners and children grieve. Today we are going to delve into our own personal experiences with grief and some things we have found helpful while processing our own as well as guiding our families through the waters of loss.
Here are the books we mention:
When Children Grieve by John W. James
A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Listen here on iTunes:
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For androids, listen here:
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIt’s our 10th episode! We have had so much amazing feedback so we decided to answer a few of our most asked questions on limiting screen time, dealing with BIG emotions and toddler tantrums and how to break out of a funk when you’re stuck!
Books we mention:
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting by Brene Brown
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportLet’s face it, we are living in a world of comparison. We see all the achievement of others and none of the downfall. We are over exerting ourselves while simultaneously feeling like we aren’t doing enough. When in reality we only have this exact moment we are in, so how can we remember that? By interviewing many people on this concept, we have found some great tips that will hopefully help you with that. In this episode, we cover what it means to be content with your current stage (and not torture yourself with all the other infinite options available to you), while still making sure you are fulfilled on the inside by still growing on the inside and connecting with yourself and your purpose.
Here are the books we mention in this episode: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle - https://amzn.to/2TaQmyl
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin - https://amzn.to/2T8fRAn
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportThis episode is close to our hearts. It’s the core of our personal purpose for this podcast. We want everyone to feel safe being themselves, because in the end, that’s all we really can be—just the best, most authentic version of ourselves. When we react to our children with anger, it makes them focus their attention on OUR reaction, not their own action. Of course we love our children unconditionally, and expressing anything other than that is inauthentic. Are our actions showing that? Are we accepting all their big, scary or sad emotions as well as their big positive emotions? On this episode we will walk you through specific examples of different common parenting scenarios and ways to reframe them without anger, threats, or bribes. You’ve got this!
Here are the books we refer to: Unconditional Parenting https://amzn.to/2IifGy5
And Always, Elevating Childcare https://amzn.to/2EgbjPU
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportHone your perfect morning routine! We are breaking down our morning routines and tools to make them happen. Book : https://amzn.to/2RwRmMp Meditations: Kelly Howell, Tara Brach, Headspace, Loving Kindness
--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportIt can appear like people who are successful at achieving their goals simply possess an incredible amount of self control. That kind of belief lets us off the hook from creating the life we really want--we simply lack the self discipline, right? Well, it turns out that as we create habits that add value to our lives, we actually require LESS self control, not more. As we change our environment and our cues and rewards, we have the power to eliminate negative habits and build positive ones that can transform our life. Habits are the key to making our goals a reality.
We discuss the science behind habits and explore the work of experts on the subject. We break down the steps for creating a good habit (or ridding yourself of a bad one), and give you applicable tips that you can use right away in your life. We share what has really worked in our own lives as we have experimented with habits and unlocked the magic of things like habit stacking.
Books that inspired us:
Atomic Habits // James Clear
Deep Work // Cal Newport
Essentialism // Greg McKeown
Getting Things Done // David Allen
The Power of Habit // Charles Duhigg
Our Related Episodes:
Systems and Values for Easier Days and Stronger Family Connection
Make Your Morning Routine Happen!
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Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)
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Heather debunks the unconscious belief that so many parents have that exhaustion is simply a defining aspect of parenthood. What??? Doesn’t that just give you energy, knowing that you don’t HAVE to be drained all the time? She challenges us to look at our own life, really tap into what we truly desire, and then go after that feeling. She gives step by step instructions on how to create the life we want, NOT by doing it all, but by distilling down to doing the things that matter.
You can find our more about Heather at her website, http://heatherchauvin.com/media, and watch her inspiring Ted Talk here:)
Books we mention:
The Desire Map // Danielle Laporte
Here is a list of ALL our favorite books! Enjoy:)
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--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/findthemagic/supportHey! It's Felica! I am solo this episode to share Wes' birth story! I am also sharing some of my favorite tips for regaining a feeling of peace, finding your why and some concrete systems you can implement in your home after you have a new baby.
Hopefully this episode brings you some doable takeaways that you can try (or not!;).
In this episode I discuss:
- My go to breathing techniques as a starting point to regaining.
- How you can slowly build up your self care routine after having a new baby.
- My strategy for reintroducing morning time.
- How to recognize what is truly important to you, say no to other things and strategize with the help you have to prioritize.
- ROUTINES & rhythms and why they are crucial.
- How to set and hold boundaries even when you feel like you should give in because of the new addition to your family.
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Do you approach the dinner table with hesitation, anxiety or perhaps even dread? Food is an integral part of our lives. We feed our kids multiple times a day and yet it is often a source of contention for many families. We hope this episode can alleviate some of the stress surrounding mealtimes. We get into our favorite tips for cultivating a beautiful, joyful relationship with food. From our daily routine to tips and hacks that have helped our kids become willing and happy eaters. We have a listener question that I am sure all of our listeners have experienced with keeping our kids at the table and we breakdown our theory on food introduction to infants! We hope this deep dive can further guide you in what seems like a simple daily task but can weigh on us so heavily!
Books we mention:
French Kids Eat Everything // Karen Le Billon
Intuitive Eating // Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Here is a link to the baby food website we love to use to introduce our babies to many different flavors: https://babyfoode.com
Our favorite recipe is this one:
Ingredients
3 medium sweet potatoes
1/2-1 cup canned coconut milk – full fat
1/4 tsp coriander
Instructions
Heat oven to 400 degree. Line a baking sheet with tin foil or a silicon mat.
Prick sweet potatoes several times with a fork and place on baking sheet. Roast in oven for 45-50 minutes or until tender when priceked with a fork. Let cool to touch.
When cool, peel away skin and add sweet potato meat to a blender or food processor.
Add in 1/2 cup coconut milk and coriander to the blender and puree for 1-2 minutes or until smooth. If puree is too thick, add in additional coconut milk or water in 1/4 cup increments until you have reached your desired consistency.
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