Voices of Your Village

Hello village! Welcome back to the podcast, today we are rebroadcasting one of our most downloaded episodes ever, my interview with Sam Casey, a therapist out of Australia who chats with me about what it looks like to foster a secure attachment with your kids. As parents and caregivers we want to be that safe space that kids can break down to. This episode is full of information and support and is...

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village, on this episode of the podcast I sat down with Chastity Holcomb, therapist and founder of Momfully You Academy to talk about different mood affecting disorders, and how they might show up for you or a loved one. As well as how to access support for yourself or anyone in your life who might be struggling. The postpartum season can be so full of guilt and sham...

Today on the podcast we are rebroadcasting this episode on anxiety in children. We have been getting a lot of questions about this topic, especially in the past year with so much upheaval. I got to hang out with Jess, a therapist and the face behind @ourmamavillage over on Instagram and we talked about what anxiety looks like in tiny humans and how to best support them through it.    Love this pod...

Welcome back to the podcast villagers! This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Courtney Burg about codependency. This is something that so many of us grew up with, and now find ourselves as adults doing things like people pleasing, struggling with setting and holding boundaries, or worrying about what other people think. We chat about ways to rewrite those patterns from childhood so that you...

On today's episode of the podcast we are rebroadcasting one of our most downloaded episodes ever! Falling asleep independently is one of the foundational skills that we work on when helping families with sleep. This can be a game changer when it comes to helping your kiddo sleep through the night and it's imperative that we support a child's emotional development through the process.    Love this...

Welcome back villagers! Today on the podcast I got to sit down with another one of our lovely Seed team members, our newest sleep consultant, Christen Young! We chat all about nap transitions during those tricky first 18 months. Get to know Christen as she shares tips that have helped her with her own kiddos, some signs that your child might be ready to drop a nap, and steps to make the transition...

Hello villagers! On this episode of the podcast I got to sit down with our sleep program director, Rachel Lounder to talk about bedtime boundaries. In this real and raw episode we answer common questions about boundary pushing, how to support your kids, what you can do proactively and what you can do in the moment. Rachel shares some personal insights from her own sleep journey with her kiddos and...

On today's episode I dive into a crucial aspect to our overall regulation, routines. We'll go into why they are so important and what the differences are between routines and schedules. For us and for our kiddos, knowing what to expect can help our nervous system to feel regulated and calm. We chat about how to implement routines with your kiddo, how to change a routine and what happens when those...

Welcome back village! This week I got to sit down with another brilliant OT to talk what neurodiversity means, what the sensory systems are and what it could look like if every single one of us knew how our sensory systems worked. How could life be different if we knew what was helpful for us for regulation, what pulled from our withdrawals so that we we're able to self-regulate and then co-regula...

On this episode of the podcast I got to sit down with Amira Johnson, an OT working in early intervention, and we got to dive into why early intervention is such a gift. She breaks down why it is so important, when you might want to look into it as well as where the gaps are in the current system. This episode is so important because giving parents and kids these tools before age 3 can be such a ga...

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village! Folks it's almost that time again, time to adjust our clocks and for a lot of families that could mean adjusting your kiddos sleep schedule. We've got your back here with a guide of what to pay attention to, what doesn't matter, and how to come back from this if you're still seeing sleep challenges. Remember it's only one hour and you can do this!    Connect...

Welcome back village! Today we get to hang out with one of our Seed team members, Mariana! She is a Mexican-American mom of three and she’s sharing today about parenting with different cultural backgrounds. You might come from different experiences in childhood that might affect how you show up as an adult. We talk about how to have these conversations with your partner and get on the same page. T...

Welcome back to another episode, in this rebroadcast of an old favorite, I sat down with Bryce of the instagram handle, Mombraintherapist, her practice specializes in helping moms on this journey. We chat about the social norms and the cultural context around self care and the martyrdom that often comes with motherhood. In our village we strive to be equal and inclusive, and we also want to acknow...

Welcome back village! On this episode of the podcast we are talking about what to do when you have multiple kiddos to support. So many of you have reached out and said “Yeah this sounds great if you just have one child to focus on, but what happens when I have more than one!” Whether you’re a parent at home with an older toddler and an infant, trying to figure out who’s tears to support first. Or...

Welcome back village! I got to sit down with Dr. Jean Cheng, a psychologist out of Singapore and we are diving into overcoming perfectionism. This is something that has come up in my life a lot and something we talk about a lot on the Seed team. That we would leave everyday feeling like a failure if perfection was our goal. In this episode of the podcast we talk about practical tips to help your t...

In this episode I sat down to talk about holding space for those big feelings. This is something that can have such a positive impact on kiddos, but it can be challenging for us as adults, especially if no one ever held space for you. In today’s episode we’re going to dive into what it looks like to hold space for somebody’s feelings, whether that’s your kiddo or other adults in your life.    Conn...

I had the honor of sitting down with Dr. Stuart Shanker in today’s episode of the podcast. He is the author of one of my favorite books, “Self-Reg” and he has also been such an inspiration to me and our work here at Seed. We chat about how our sensory systems impact how we interact with the world and what that looks like in the day to day. This interview was truly a dream and I hope you enjoy it a...

Welcome back village! In this episode we are sharing a snapshot into the Tiny Humans, Big Emotions course with you. We get so many questions about what it looks like to set and hold boundaries with kids. What if they say no? How do we troubleshoot in the moment? Check out this streamlined episode into all your questions about boundaries.    Connect with us on:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

Hello villagers! On this episode of the podcast I sat down with pediatrician Dr. Smita Malhotra to discuss resiliency. This is on the minds and hearts of parents even more these days as we continue living with all the changes that come along with the pandemic. How do we take these challenging experiences and use them as opportunities to build this resiliency within our kids and ourselves? We also...

What a fun episode! You all sent in questions about our relationship, our life and our growing tiny human and Zach and I sat down together to answer them. We got to reminisce and laugh together as well as talk about the tough parts of relationship and everything in between. Join us for an honest chat answering your questions! Thank you all for sending in your questions and for all your love and su...

Hey, everyone! Welcome back to Voices of Your Village. Today episode 152 is a rebroadcast of one of my favorite episodes, where I am joined by the wonderful Xavier Dagba to talk about all things boundary setting between adults. Xavier is a transformational life coach and father. He is so eager about helping others, which is what led him to his field of work and ultimately led me to connecting with...

On today’s episode of Voices of Your Village I got a chance to sit down with Dr. Nadine Thornhill to talk all about gender norms and stereotypes. How these can play out both in the short term and the long term, in how we show up in relationships with other adults as well as our kids. So many of us have biases that we are bringing to the table from our own childhoods. We sat down to unpack all of t...

This episode is one that is requested often. Death can be one of those heavy topics that feels hard to approach with our kids. But because kids have a very different social context around what death means, both in the short term and the long term, they view it very differently than we do as adults. Today I’m going to sit down and chat about how to navigate these hard conversations, what’s appropri...

Welcome back Village! We are discussing burnout in parenthood on today’s episode. What does it look like, what’s at the root and how can we move through it? We live in a culture where being busy is often rewarded and it can feel like you are burdening someone to ask for help. How can we build a life where we can pause and slow down a bit to avoid feeling overwhelmed in our everyday life? Join Anne...

Welcome back to Voices of Your Village! On this episode of Voices of Your Village, I sit down with Alfie Kohn, an author and speaker who is widely known for his work on unconditional love and moving away from punishment-reward systems. This is an episode unlike any we’ve ever released before. Frustrated with and silenced by her guest, for the first time in podcast history, Alyssa Blask Campbell pr...