High Capacity – Nervous System Regulation, Stress Management, Burnout Recovery, Somatic Tools, Anxiety, Boundaries, Overwhelm

Today’s guest is Heather Chauvin, a leadership coach who helps ambitious, overwhelmed women break free from their fears to courageously and authentically live, work, and parent on their own terms.   Heather started her career as a social worker helping adults understand children’s behavior. But it wasn’t until 2013 when a stage 4 cancer diagnosis pushed her to take a deeper stand for change, uncov...

You, my friend, are an incredible, ambitious, visionary who also happens to be raising children. I know you want to live a meaningful and impactful life.  I know you want to walk in your purpose and calling.  And my mission on this podcast has always been to serve that.    But I’ve had this revelation over the last few months that my vision has been too shallow.  As we continue this journey togeth...

Dr. Michelle Deering, a psychologist, author, and Mother-Daughter Relationship Personal Trainer, joins us to discuss the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship and how we can build stronger bonds with our daughters.   Three things you’ll learn in this episode: Why there’s always hope for a healthy mother-daughter relationship Some of the blind spots we might have as moms of daughters How...

Hope is like a muscle – if we want to strengthen it, we’ve got to train it.  And it's so much more than a wish or a want.  Hope is an embodied confidence in God – even when things aren’t going our way.  And because it’s a skill, we can teach our kids how to be hopeful.   In today’s episode you’ll learn why reminding our kids of the seasonal and cyclical nature of life is so important to culti...

Real talk – I’m the parent of a picky eater, and it can be so frustrating. If any of you have faced mealtime meltdowns, picky-eating battles, non-stop snackers, or kids who refuse to touch anything green, this episode is for you!   Courtney Bliss, Pediatric Dietician and founder of Feeding Bliss, is changing the narrative around healthy eating.  Her perspective is so refreshing as she shares insig...

Compassion is the ability to be with someone else in their pain.  And the degree to which our kids are comfortable with their own emotions, is the degree to which they can hold space for others.    So, if we want our kids to be compassionate – getting in the muck and mire of human emotions with others – they’re going to need to learn how to be with uncomfortable emotions.   In today’s episode you’...

If you’re a mom, you’ve probably run into Libby Ward on TikTok or Instagram at Diary of an Honest Mom.  She’s a thought leader and mental health advocate with a deep commitment to breaking the cycles of trauma. Libby joins us to discuss how we can re-write the narrative on what it means to be a good mom. Three things you’ll learn in this episode: The roots of mom rage and what we can do about it H...

What can we do to help our kids get along?! One of the most effective ways we can encourage harmony in our homes, is by teaching our children how to resolve their own conflicts. Listen to today’s episode as we discuss the importance of emotional vocabulary and EQ in promoting harmony.  I also coach on how our children’s self-regulation skills are vital as they're learning to get along with ot...

Is a stress-free bedtime routine and kids who sleep through the night really possible?! Becca Campbell, certified pediatric sleep consultant and the CEO and founder of Little Z’s Sleep, says YES!  She has guided tens of thousands of families through the exhausting world of newborn, baby, and toddler sleep and is trusted by pediatric clinics and medical specialists across the country. Three things...

To honor someone is simply to put value on them.  In today's episode, I share three strategies for raising kids who honor others. The first step to teaching our kids to honor others is learning how to honor ourselves.  The ways in which we value our worth and honor our needs are a great way to start teaching our children about honor.  We can also teach about honor in the way that we repair wi...

How good would it feel to declutter your home before the start of the new year, without having to be a full-blown minimalist?  In today’s episode, the Founder of Motherhood Simplified, Krista Lockwood, teaches us how to master the balance of having enough, but not too much.  As a mom of 5, Krista shares how being intentional about our stuff can help save our sanity. Three things you’ll learn in th...

Kids are such big dreamers.  They’re born visionaries.  And at one point in time, so were we.  And then somewhere along the way, someone told us to get realistic or get our heads out of the clouds, and maybe some of those big dreams started to fade. In today’s episode, I share 3 ideas for raising big dreamers with big vision.  We all want our kids to live fulfilling, impactful lives.  And teaching...

Today’s episode is going to make you cry, it’s going to make you smile, it's going to inspire you, and my prayer is that it’s also going to ignite deep compassion within you.  My guest is Megan Hillukka, a bereaved mother with 7 children, whose daughter Aria passed away at 15 months of age. Whether you've experienced loss yourself, or have walked alongside someone who's experienced...

What is toxic positivity?  And how can we encourage our kids to have a positive outlook on life without pushing a “good vibes only” message? In today’s episode, we explore two things that optimism is not – toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing.  I teach how we can be intentional about ensuring that we’re not dismissing our children’s feelings or substituting our experiences for theirs. I also c...

What if I told you that you can use Conscious Parenting methods to grow your self-awareness and transform your marriage? In today’s episode, Conscious Parenting & Marriage Coach, Beth Rowles, walks us through her proven system to build healthy relationships.   “ The relationship itself is what you're not happy with. It's not him, it's the relationship itself that’s not working....

At the core of it, raising open-minded kids means that our kids have the ability to notice and consider things that are different – and then reach for curiosity and compassion rather than judgment.  In today’s episode, I talk about exposing our kids to diversity and how we can start to foster their independent, critical-thinking skills.  I also coach on the crucial art of listening, and how our ki...

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that today’s guest has probably had an impact on your pregnancy and motherhood journey.  Sharon Mazel is a parenting and pregnancy expert, co-author of various books from the What to Expect When You're Expecting series, journalist, speaker, parenting coach, and mom of four with over two decades of experience in the field. In today's episode, Sharon is s...

It fires me up to imagine how this world will change as we raise a generation that recognizes the needs of others and steps up to meet those needs. Our kids are incredible – even from a young age we can really empower them to live a life of service. When our kids serve others, it helps them to see and believe that they can make a difference in the lives of others.  And I think when they see that,...

Have you ever thought about starting your own podcast?  Do you have a service or product-based business or side-hustle? Are you called to finally start that passion project and encourage others? If your answer to any of these is yes, today’s episode is for YOU, friend! My business mentor, Stefanie Gass, is on the podcast teaching everything you need to know to build and market your online business...

How our children see themselves, is heavily influenced by how we see ourselves. Our confidence (or lack thereof) is contagious! And for our children to thrive and continue to walk in their calling and purpose, they’re going to need a certain level of confidence.  We’ve all experienced it, right?  How we feel about ourselves has a huge impact on: how we behave, how we think, the risks we’re willing...

Real talk – have you ever found yourself in a rough season of motherhood where you deeply loved your kids, but you just didn’t feel like there was much to like in the moment? In today’s episode, Jenna Griffith, host of the top-rated show The Joy Filled Podcast ,  shares how we can find peace and purpose through both the highs and lows of motherhood. “Motherhood was always my dream job. So it was e...

For the longest time, I associated being creative with being artistic.  I couldn't draw or sing, so I believed that I wasn't creative.  Have you ever felt this way? And then I realized that my kids would never say "I’m not creative."  They’re creating all day long.  They’re inventing imaginary worlds, they’re painting and drawing on any surface available, they're making up...

We all tend to go into certain Personality Patterns when we’re feeling overwhelmed or experiencing some sort of stress in our lives. There are 5 Personality Patterns, and whenever we realize that we've gone into a Pattern, our first job is to get ourselves out of the Pattern and back to being present. In today’s episode, I’m going to coach you on how to get out of each Pattern once you notice...

Think of your favorite people to be around, your favorite people to work with, your favorite leaders – they likely all have a high EQ.  That’s what makes them so great to be around! The good news for us parents is that all of our kids have the capacity to learn emotional intelligence skills. They just need us to coach them and help them co-regulate until they can do it on their own. Listen to toda...

Have you ever wondered why you do the things you do? Why do you get so angry when your kids aren't listening to you? Why is it so hard to relax when the house is a mess?! Here's what's going on - as a child, whenever an experience overwhelmed our nervous system, we subconsciously built defenses against that overwhelm. Over time, those defenses become a habit, and then they become a...