Work-Life Flow Podcast
How to Bring more Calm into Your Life and Business with Claire Crum
In today’s episode, my guest Claire shares her view on the foundations of running a business. Interestingly, we concurred that even for our family life, we benefit immensely from declaring our vision and values. As Claire shares, it becomes our Northstar and we can measure whether or not our actions are bringing us closer or not. We also chat about intentional planning and how it can free us up for the holiday season.
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Lastly, we talk about strategies for produ…
Money Matters - Becoming Debt Free when You Have a Family with Katy Almstrom
In today’s episode, my guest Katy shares her journey to becoming debt-free and how she now helps families become sustainably debt-free. She explains that getting clear on a near-term and long-term vision for their finances is the first step to becoming debt-free. The next step would be to simplify your accounts and cards.
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We explore how our money stories inform our financial decisions and how to recognize our spending habits so that we can create the money fut…
Mama, Cut Yourself some Slack - On Self-Compassion in Motherhood with Laura Froyen, PhD
In today’s episode, my guest Laura Froyen and I explore the world of positive parenting and self-compassion. The more we talked, the more parallels with emotional intelligence and leadership qualities we could identify.
We explored how we need to really let our emotions wash over ourselves, and not stuff them down. We also talked about how we need to stop beating ourselves up when we make a mistake and what to do when it happens.
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We talked about how we need to…
How to Have a Healthy Co-Parenting Relationship with Nicole Lupushansky
In today’s episode, my guest Nicole Lupushansky and I explore the world of respectful co-parenting after divorce and why it is important for the child’s overall well-being. In our conversation, we realized that even in ongoing partnerships or marriages, the same friction points can arise when two parents have a different view on parenting. We dive into why we need to learn to step back and let our children and their fathers build and define their own relationships.
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How to Raise Critical Thinkers in Your Homeschool with Julie Bogart
Let's stop Celebrating the Mental Load in Motherhood, or "Motherload"
In today's episode, I explore the topic of mental load in motherhood (also called motherload). I share my evolution on this topic and my thoughts about why we need to stop propagating the celebration of mental load in motherhood. I believe that we have it in us to change the dynamic and let go of being the"perfect mom" who does it all. If we can't do it for ourselves, let's at least do it for our children, so they can grow up in a more equitable society.
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How to Identify Your Children’s Marketable Skills Through Homeschooling with Renee Harris
In today’s episode, Renee shares her story of how a skin care product she had created for dry skin grew into an online business that could retire her husband and support her family. Out of necessity, her husband took over homeschooling and soon realized that he liked to dive into projects with them that eventually led them to become specialists in these areas. This approach to fostering their interest and helping them identify marketable skills has led them to their new venture “Parent Their Pas…
On Mother-Daughter Relationships with Dr. Michelle Deering
In today’s episode, my guest Dr. Michelle Deering shares how we moms are daughters first. We explore relationship dynamics and patterns we could have learned from our moms and might be unintentionally teaching our daughters.
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What we're talking about...
- That we are daughters first.
- What motherhood is supposed to look like
- Why we often fall into patterns unintentionally
- The relationship queues that influence our role as moms
- How parents are the leaders of …
How to Recognize and Keep our Children Save from Bullying with Candice Dugger
In today’s episode, Candice and I are discussing all things bullying. We define what bullying is, explore the roots of bullying and its shocking effects. Candice is determined to stop the bullying culture by helping kids and teens with social-emotional skills and teaching leadership to them. And finally, she’s giving us some tools to stop bullying and intervene when we observe it happen.
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What we're talking about...
- How to recognize bullying
- That bullying ha…
Exploring Original Art and Mental Well-being with Miriam Gitlin
In today’s episode let’s talk about how art can influence our mental health and wellbeing. Miriam, who grew up surrounded by art, shares how art has always fueled her. She shares her journey from feeling the need to express herself through art and how the energy and passion that she puts into her abstract paintings can elevate your home into a one-of-a-kind oasis, by raising the vibe in your home.
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What we're talking about...
- How burnout brought Miriam to ta…