The Momtellectual Podcast

Watch out when you get two creativity specialists together! Theresa is the Creative Solutions Creator and Professional Mess Maker at the Creative Campus, and we discuss how to get our kids to be more creative, and why we should. The link between emotions and creativity are discussed, including why the fear of making mistakes hampers our kids' creativity. Ways of getting our kids to be more creativ...

In part 2 of my chat with Catherine Mitchell, grief recovery specialist, we discuss the frustration and helplessness we sometimes feel when we see that people need help healing from grief, but they'd rather just cope instead. For more information about the Grief Recovery Method®, check out the blog post for this episode at www.momtellectual.com.

Catherine Mitchell is a Grief Recovery Specialist, and I trained with her in the summer of 2017. The training changed both of us, both personally and professionally, and we discuss how these changes have shown up in our lives and relationships. For more information about the grief recovery method, visit the blog post for this episode at www.momtellectual.com .

Even if you didn't have trouble sleeping before you have kids, the long term disruption to sleep that many of us face when we become parents often is hard to overcome. Andrea Strang, a Gentle Sleep Consultant, offers us ways to improve our own sleep, even if we still have to adjust our sleep around the demands of parenting.

If you struggle to help your baby or child sleep, this episode is for you! Andrea Strang is a Gentle Sleep Consultant who offers us tips and strategies for helping our kids sleep better.

In the second part of our conversation, Lindsey describes some of the founding philosophies of World Changing Kids - Everybody wants to be part of something bigger than themselves, to know that what they do makes a difference, and that they matter. Lindsey is the founder of World Changing Kids, an educational organization dedicated to character education, leadership development, and community buil...

Lindsey Barr is the founder of World Changing Kids, and in this episode we're talking about how to educate and nurture kids so they can be kind, compassionate, and empathetic leaders.

It's a fascinating thing watching your kids have kids, as we chat with Carole Parsons Schafer. Lots of mixed feelings, with the stress of watching them suffer through the hard times we remember so well, and also the joy of being "Gramma!!"

When Carole asked me whether I felt alone as the mom of a special needs child, the conversation took an unexpected turn into the discussion of balancing my child's needs with my own, and the challenges involved in not only balancing work and home, but in being a successful entrepreneur. Kindred spirits who are multipassionate and entrepreneurs at heart, we bonded over the challenges and joys of lo...

Letting go of your kids and letting them be independent is a struggle for many moms, especially when looking after your kids has become the central part of your identity. Carole Parsons Schafer candidly discusses some of the challenges and victories she has experienced so far in her journey of parenting her two daughters, now 32 and 27.

Amanda Sterczyk is a fitness professional with a radical idea - you can improve your physical and mental health without hitting the gym or doing traditional "exercise". In part 2 of our interview, we discuss the role of activity in mental health, how we can age backwards, and Amanda gives more concrete tips about how to add more activity to your life. Part 2 of 2.

Amanda Sterczyk is a fitness professional with a radical idea - you can improve your physical and mental health without hitting the gym or doing traditional "exercise". Perfect for us already busy moms, she gives us helpful hints about how to incorporate activity into our regular life, and explores the benefits of inconvenience. Part 1 of 2.

Sharon Love, Speaker Trainer and Coach, discusses how superheroes can influence our kids to be more violent, and what techniques can be used to help our children (and us!) control our anger instead. This is the meditation alone (from the previous episode, MOMTELLECTUAL 019).

Sharon Love, Speaker Trainer and Coach, discusses how superheroes can influence our kids to be more violent, and what techniques can be used to help our children (and us!) control our anger instead.

Feel burnt out, but stuck in the idea that you need lots of time or you can't fit self care into your life? Laneic to the rescue! She shows you how to fit self care into 10 minute chunks and offers lots of specific self care ideas. Not only that, but Laneic has figured out ways to make self care fit into real mom life when you have to do it with your kid still in the room.

Are you a mom struggling to fit kid time, work time, sleep, and maybe even a little time with your partner into a day that just doesn't have enough hours? If you're willing to consider different kinds of work, Marianne currently has 3 different careers (!) and she reveals the good, the bad, and even some of the ugly about regular 9-5 in a corporate job, entrepreneurship, and direct sales work.

Hate your mom bod? Having a baby (or 2 or 3!) brings HUGE changes to our body, and not just in our size. It's horrible, but most of us didn't even love our bodies BEFORE we had kids! With all the bodily changes that happen postpartum, and starting from a place of hate or disgust, it's an enormous challenge to get to a point where we can accept, and even love, our bodies. Amanda specializes in gett...

Hate your mom bod? Having a baby (or 2 or 3!) brings HUGE changes to our body, and not just in our size. It's horrible, but most of us didn't even love our bodies BEFORE we had kids! With all the bodily changes that happen postpartum, and starting from a place of hate or disgust, it's an enormous challenge to get to a point where we can accept, and even love, our bodies. Amanda specializes in gett...

Why is it so difficult for most moms to ask for help? Krista Rizzo, life coach, and Tamsen discuss this phenomenon, how moms can learn to ask for help, and why they should. In this episode, Krista and Tamsen ponder why it can be so hard to give up control and delegate. Part 2 of 2.

Why is it so difficult for most moms to ask for help? Krista Rizzo, life coach, and Tamsen discuss this phenomenon, how moms can learn to ask for help, and why they should. In this episode, Krista discusses the personal crisis that led her to be able to ask for help. Part 1 of 2.

If you have trouble getting your kids to do what you want and need them to do, this episode is for you! Susan McVea specializes in sales strategies where everyone wins, whether at work or home. In this part of the interview, we discuss how to get additional buy-in from our kids, and also how to equip them to make decisions on their own. Part 2 of 2.

If you have trouble getting your kids to do what you want and need them to do, this episode is for you! Susan McVea specializes in sales strategies where everyone wins, whether at work or home. Part 1 of 2.

You probably have experienced the feeling that you're supposed to be doing more than you're actually doing... Yet you're busy all the time and barely sleep! Louise Edu and Dr. Tamsen Taylor discuss whether this thing called "work life balance" even exists - and how you might find something like it for you and your family.

If you sometimes feel paralyzed, overwhelmed, and dissatisfied, that's the new normal. We're supposed to be grateful that we have more options than our mothers and grandmothers when choosing "what to do with our lives", but it's bitten us in the (you know what). Are you surprised if I tell you that research shows having more options actually leads to us feeling less satisfied and fulfilled? Maura...

If you sometimes feel paralyzed, overwhelmed, and dissatisfied, that's the new normal. We're supposed to be grateful that we have more options than our mothers and grandmothers when choosing "what to do with our lives", but it's bitten us in the (you know what). Are you surprised if I tell you that research shows having more options actually leads to us feeling less satisfied and fulfilled? Maura...