The Perfect Child Podcast

Bringing a new child into this world is a sacred experience. As stewards of a new soul, it is imperative that we prepare wholly, as individuals, as a family and as a community. The only thing a baby needs when it first arrives is the Mother. She is the baby's safety, nourishment and shelter. The mother-baby dyad is sacred. Now, with Fatherhood Ready, a website and app, fathers have the opportunity...

Optimal healing is achieved through subtle mechanics. In this conversation that I share with Kathy Shean-Jones of MoveAbilities, she walks us through the Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement® and how oftentimes, to heal a particular pain point, it's not more manipulation of that pain point but rather creating safety in the brain by focusing on the body's connections holistically. Essentially, creating...

In this beautiful conversation, Thanna Vickerman of Choose Love Parenting shares the three tenets of Peaceful Parenting and ends our time with a great encouragement to PLAY MORE! According to Thanna, motherhood opened her eyes and heart to see the world in a whole new way. Aren't we all there? Join us for this heart-warming conversation. Thanna is a parent coach and educator. References and r...

What a delight to have Becky Damgaard on our podcast one more time. This time to share her own personal journey of saying yes to cancer, seeing this not as a death sentence but a teacher and recognizing that the tumor that grew could potentially have been a result of her own feelings of "not good enough" of "hiding herself". Becky had been a long-time teacher at the Autism Treatment Center of Amer...

Did you know that social media was founded on the idea of "Persuasive Programming"? In fact, Instagram started as homework for a class at Stanford. By the end of the class, they had taken in $1M in apps with 16M users. The tech industry immediately hired these designers to add Persuasive Technology to all their apps. And, now here we are – an addicted society. Megan Orton, Founder of Mindful...

In this very meaningful conversation, Jim Gale and I are so excited to be speaking into existence a community-centric society where every person and living being is well taken care of and we all have enough to thrive. Jim has a vision that he has already put into action in the form of Galt's Landing in Central Florida. This is replicable. Listen in to learn how we can create a more sustainable rea...

Motherhood is not meant to be done alone. We need our village. As mothers, or soon-to-be-mothers the most important skill we can uncover for ourselves is grounding into our sense of self and advocating for ourselves. In an ideal world (it used to be this way), mothers would be the most important people in the world. We would birth in community, raise our children in community and be completely sup...

When we recognize that our own life has been dwindling away in the shadow of a dysfunctional marriage and we find the courage to step away, Jill Martin is here to tell us there is sunshine beyond the clouds. It took Jill years to recognize that the source of her unhappiness was actually her inability to choose herself. When she did, the Universe opened doors for her in the most generous of ways. T...

This was such a TREAT! To be able to sit with Drs. Brianna and Joe Ladapo (yes, THE Dr. Joe Ladapo aka the Surgeon General of Florida, Dr. Ladapo) to talk about their journey into homeschooling. How they got there, how it's going and why they feel like it could be a good path for more people. References and resources: " Transcend Fear: A Blueprint for Mindful Leadership in Public Health " by Dr. J...

Wait, sorry, the title of this podcast is very misleading...But it has caught your attention and that is what we want! Don't miss this illuminating conversation about the illusion of "readiness" and how we can help our babies build body awareness by ditching the diaper.   Annie is offering our podcast listeners special discounts to two of her offerings: Access The Pri...

In this delightful conversation, Brittani Johnson of Forge Acton shares what respect can look like in a classroom environment. Guys, what she describes in an Acton classroom is light years away from what children experience in conventional schools. Thank goodness for people who light the torch (The Sandefers who founded Acton Academy) and those who take that torch and light the way...

In our very first "The Body is Self Healing" testimonial, Alison Elsberry of Embodied Brilliance shares her healing journey after a fall from a tree swing left her with five fractured vertebrae, a shattered tailbone, a fracturing of part of her sacrum and a brain injury. She allowed her body to self heal without any medical intervention. This interview is not to be missed! References and resources...

"That which is observed, changes" - it is truly as easy as that...and ,it's hard work because we aren't used to observing our bodies. But, with guidance from Amy Bonaduce-Gardner, the results are tangible for optimal health and wellness. Amy is a holistic biomechanics practitioner specializing in The Fajardo Method®. As a nervous system coach, she helps people improve the health of their...

In this enlivening conversation with Renae Golden of Wild Rooted Mama, Renae shares with us the stark difference between the experiences of her first birth via the medical route and the physiological birth of her second child. Every person that would like to have a child someday, whether it's your first of your fifth, needs to listen to her story. This is how we lift each other up! Let Renae be th...

I gotta tell ya, I love me some visionaries! And that is exactly what Annie Cleary and Heidi Smidgell are. In this week's episode, Annie and Heidi of Kindred Gardens, a community gathering space here in Portland, OR share their journey and their dreams of creating a more beautiful world for our children - a childhood rooted in connection and community with hands in the soil. Their belief is that a...

Naima Dutton is a birth keeper. She describes her three years of working within the NHS as a student as "slowly but surely broke my heart into many tiny pieces with each woman I witnessed being stripped of the rite of passage that belonged to her. I deeply wished that I could do my part to change these experiences and even the system itself." In this conversation, we share all the ways the industr...

I am always amazed at the breadth and depth of conversations that mothers share. In this conversation with Tazeen Dutton, a Root Cause and Body Stress Reduction Practitioner and mother of five, she shares about the root cause of her own illness and then we touch upon so much more - modeling resiliency, self-reflection as a tool for optimal health, the insidiousness of the Medical Industrial Comple...

Imagine an education where your child feels empowered. Where your child gets to feel like they matter and they have something worthy to contribute to the world. Where your child makes friends (online) that celebrate all his/her accomplishments. Where your child has access to world-renowned wisdom keepers such as Lynne McTaggert, Bruce Lipton, Gregg Braeden and more. Where, sometimes, you, too, as...

Does the universe conspire with us as we parent? I'm sure it does. When Iris Chen, author of "Untigering: Peaceful Parenting for the Deconstructing Tiger Parent", was invited to a talk given by a friend, the message clicked and Untigering was born. And, she and her children are much better off because of it. Perhaps Iris' story will resonate with you and give you courage to see the ways that Spiri...

Ooh, there are so many juicy nuggets in this conversation that I share with Karissa Dean, founder of Life, Business and Beyond. As a coach, she has formulated the A.R.C approach to living a more abundant life. This is gold. Listen in for some true mastery tips. References and resources: Karissa Dean can be found at www.karissadean.com Perfect Child is a resource for empowered parenting.&...

In this conversation, Molly Bennett, an apprentice of the Fajardo Method of Holistic Biomechanics, shares an overview of what the Fajardo Method is, how it helps heal the body at the root level and how she reversed her Ehlers Danlos Syndrome symptoms practicing the Fajardo Method. She also shares how the Fajardo Method informs how she supports her baby's development in a way that maintains his bod...

This conversation is FIRE!! Warning - it might be a bit triggering because Susan McNamara, a mama bear who accepts no excuses for passive parenting, does not mince words when it comes to living a life that models our values every single day. Honestly, do we ever take the time to sink into "remembering" what matters most? If you're like me, you entered into parenting feeling "in the weeds" and the...

Home education is not weird. It's empowering. Christopher Bates is a Consulting Director at a large global technology consulting firm who was partially homeschooled and is a huge advocate of home education. He has and is home educating his five children aged 13 to 23 and is also currently supporting his partner in home educating two of her children. All are thriving! Christopher is also the author...

Deedee Hoover of Kids First 4ever is definitely a tool to keep in our toolbox for living a life rooted in our sense of Self. As a wellness coach, she shows up with a genuine curiosity for meeting every person exactly where they are at without any pre-conceived notions and definitely without the pretense of being an "expert". This perspective is what is needed for our teens of today. There is so mu...

This conversation is a MUST listen if you have a child who's been diagnosed with any of the alphabet soup of labels that the systems have created to pathologize our children. Beth Lambert, of Documenting Hope, has created an extraordinary resource to give parents research-backed tools to overcome almost all diagnoses. Your child is perfect and you are the perfect adult to support their wellness. W...