Chatabout Children Podcast with Sonia Bestulic

HEART LED LIVING ACROSS ALL AREAS IN LIFE... is being of highest service to yourself and the world. ⁠ ⁠ No doubt many of you can relate to the exhaustion of the inner battle between head and heart; it is an all too common one... until one learns how to do differently; committing to leading life from the heart; and honouring the inner wisdom contained within it.⁠ ⁠ What can you do today to honour a...

In this episode of Chatabout Children, Sonia Bestulic welcomes The CEO Magazine's Co-Founder Anna Dutton, to discuss her insights on Raising Empowered Children. Anna shares practical strategies for maintaining balance in family life and, her insights on raising empowered individuals through leadership principles, personal reflections, and boundaries.  Empowering Moments Childhood Influences - Anna...

CREATING SPACE TO RECEIVE IS AN INTENTION & ACTION... ⁠ 🙏 The process of embodying gratitude for the gifts from our past is an important step in opening ourselves to new possibilities. ✨ It is a process i guide individuals through at a deep level, to facilitate healing, transformation and manifestation. ⁠ ⁠ What gifts from the past are you ready to embody?⁠ ⁠ Enjoy mindful moments reflecting...

In this episode of the 'Raising Empowered Humans’ Series, we are joined by David Meltzer; World Renowned Sports Executive, Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur. David’s mission - to empower over 1 billion people to be happy! Empowering 1000 people to empower 1000 more, creating a collective consciousness of abundance and happiness. These are principles we can share with our children. Empowering Momen...

PRIORITISE BEING IN 'LIKE- HEARTED' COMPANY... this is a simple yet powerful way to be of highest service to your elevated self-care. ⁠ ⁠ Who comes to mind when you consider like-hearted people in your network?⁠ ⁠ How do you plan to grow and expand this network for the remainder of 2024?⁠ ⁠ Enjoy mindful moments reflecting - and actioning this... ⁠ ⁠ May we flourish together; Happy Monday!⁠ ⁠ Soni...

In this episode of the 'Raising Empowered Humans Series, we delve into a profound conversation with Tory Archbold, founder and director of Powerful Steps. She shares insights from her book, " Self Belief is Your Superpower ," and discusses the importance of self-belief in personal and professional growth. Empowering Moments Childhood Influences - Tory reflects on her childhood experiences, being t...

Mindful Monday Moments with Sonia Bestulic is your 60 second dose of inspiration, motivation and revelation.  Sonia is renowned for her lifelong mission to creatively empower positive change and healing in the world; and it starts by empowering YOU. Why? Because this empowers the young people in your life to flourish; collectively creating a flourishing future for humanity, the planet and beyond!...

Welcome back to the Chatabout Children podcast where our host, Sonia Bestulic sets the stage in the inaugural episode of the "Raising Empowered Human" series.  This series is aimed at empowering parents, caregivers, and professionals working with children.  With a diverse lineup of guests from around the globe, Sonia promises insightful conversations exploring principles and practices to 'Raising...

When Dani was 29, she got a tattoo which read, ‘to thy own self be true’. There is courage required to be true to yourself and she shares how she struggled with post-natal anxiety. Dani says, ‘It’s about leaning into the unknown, leaning into fear even though it is scary and not being afraid to be who you are’.  Children keep us young. We discuss the importance of play as this leads to being prese...

Dani shares her own experience of Mother guilt and taking on the masculine stereotypical traits, rather than her own strengths of vulnerability and humour. Mother guilt is a real phenomenon – Dr Rose Sociologist discusses this in her research and she states that it comes from not meeting societal and cultural expectations. We discuss how to counteract this subconscious nature of being a ‘good moth...

Since our last chat with Dani Vee in Episode 67 , she has released a picture book 'My EXTRAordinary Mum'.  In this episode we discuss, ‘Are you a human being or, a human-doing?’ As mums it can be easy to adopt an outer focus, and feel at a loss when it comes to our identity. Dani share’s the reason she wrote 'My EXTRAordinary Mum' after discussing her life with her children and realising they didn...

According to Harvard’s longest study of adult life, relationships play the most important role in making human beings happy. Social connections not only enhance mental and emotional well-being, but they also affect our physical wellness. This fact is noticeably true even early in childhood. However, certain difficulties may affect a child’s ability to interact with his or her peers, te...

Even if we wish they were, our children will never be immune from the setbacks and failures inherent in life. These setbacks could be experienced by our children very early on, whether they be in the form of friendship dramas, academic pressure, or internal self-doubt. Getting back up after a setback is what we call resilience. Resilience is therefore an important skill to teach our children. In t...

Attention is a very basic skill for human beings, so basic that we don’t usually talk about it. But for some, attention is not a skill that comes easily and this problem can emanate early in childhood. This is where Occupational Therapists like Jacky Peile enter. They help children with attention difficulties live a better life. In this first episode of a two-part series, we chat with Jacky...

In this week’s episode of the Chatabout Children™ Podcast we sit down with dietitian Monica Kubizniak, where we will talk about food fuel for effective learning.  Monica completed her Master’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics in 2000. Since graduating, she’s worked in community health centers, hospitals, and private practice both here in Australia and overseas. ...

In this episode of Chatabout Children™ Podcast, we look at the foundations of learning to read and spell with a real focus on pre-schoolers. This is part 2 of this comprehensive topic and a guide can be found in Sonia’s e-book - 4 Power Tools to Ready your Preschooler to Read and Spell. In part 1 we talked about practical strategies, speech and language milestones for 3-5 year olds, wh...

In this episode of Chatabout Children™ Podcast, we look at the foundations of learning to read and spell with a real focus on preschoolers – children who are from 3 to 5 years of age. This is part 1 of this comprehensive topic and a guide can be found in Sonia’s e-book - 4 Power Tools to Ready your Preschooler to Read and Spell  Speech and Language Milestones Learning to spe...

Is money an openly talked about topic in your family? Most of the time, our frustration comes when children want us to buy them what they want even though they don’t need it. As parents, we often consider our finances before any buying decision. But do we include our kids in the conversation? If you’re someone who struggles with saying ‘no’ to your kids when they franticall...

Raising a child has never been easy. Raising a strong confident child, during a pandemic, is even harder. To learn how this is possible, I sit down with Dr. Louise Metcalf to discuss ways to look after our children’s wellbeing. We specifically talk about how we can teach our children to be more resilient and adaptable, so they can enjoy life as kids while becoming more eager to face the chal...

In our previous chat with Julia Pappas, we talked about what emotions are, what emotional development is, and how we regulate emotions. We’ve learned that our ability to acknowledge, express, and regulate emotion is a very crucial life skill and fortunately, as parents, we can teach this skill to our children.  In this episode, we’re diving a bit deeper and discussing how to stren...

  Raising children is not only a fulfilling and rewarding experience in itself but also one that is quite challenging – especially when we see our kids having temper tantrums, mood swings, and getting upset over the smallest things. Sometimes, these situations can leave us feeling frustrated, guilty, and shameful when we don’t handle them well. We wish our child would just remain...

In today's episode, we chat with Dr. Bo Stjerne Thomsen, the Vice President and Chair of Learning Through Play at the LEGO Foundation in Denmark. He spent 9 years building the research agenda and organizational expertise on children's development, play, and learning to enable the LEGO Foundation to be the leading authority on Learning Through Play. The process of "learning through play" is a long-...

Joining us today on the children’s author spotlight, we speak with Dave Pow Tabain. Dave is a three-time World Kettle Bell Champion, motivational speaker and creator of the 30 Day Challenge which inspires thousands of people around the world to achieve their best and face their challenge. He is also the author of the ‘POWman’ books which aim to teach children how to turn bullying...

ADHD is a huge topic area for discussion; with so many questions attached! So what exactly is it? What is it not? Why is it so often missed? Misunderstood? And what approach works to best help our children with an ADHD diagnosis? I was keen to explore this further, and did so with the exceptional Simon Da Roza; who has over 33 years teaching experience and a specialised passion for helping kids an...

What a treat to have the amazing award-winning Author, Josh Langley join me for a chat! Josh is an inspirational mental health advocate; whose book series, latest course for kids, and latest book "Wildly Kind" is changing the lives of children around the world. This is an important chat to tune in to, as I know for parents/ carers and professionals working with children; there is a collective move...