Listen. Care. Fully.: Recent Episodes
Jennifer Catherine
Where we tune in to what matters most. All things parenting and relating. Learning how to show up fully, authentically and vulnerably. Stepping into clarity, connection, wisdom & certainty when it comes to leading with heart, honesty and integrity. You are a badass. You are capable of so much greatness. You shine. Let's grow stronger together. Thank you for being here exploring the unknown, consciousness, insecurities, taboos and challenging the social and emotional narratives we have been fed thus far. Magic Moments Play believes that trust, truth, expression and courage are all necessary steps and components to listening carefully. Let's do this!
Being in the face of anger invites a deeper truth. When we look at ourselves clearly through the face of anger, we get to hold our passion even deeper. Have you noticed yourself in relationship with anger? How do you show up with it? www.magicmomentsplay.com
It has been a winter season of slowing down, tending, living based on nature's cycles, following the spiritual breadcrumbs, listening to the nudges etc. and allowing myself to be led! This winter for me has been all about REST and RENEWAL. I have been in experimentation with silence, unplugging, regenerating my own spaciousness through awareness. Spring is a new season that ushers in new life, stepping into the sun and allows us to shed what is no longer alive. Like a snake coming into a new skin, we have never been this version of ourselves before. Can you notice what resonates? Can you notice what is not an authentic fit? Can you remember that you are meant to feel the goodness this life has to offer? The beauty of learning how to let go is liberation and awakening us to the magic we have inside and the medicine we have for each other. We are the creation itself inspiring each other for honoring what has been and what is coming through anew. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Allowing yourself to breathe is a gift! Breathing is exactly what your body needs to process. We never have to figure out the why. The mind is there to wander and sometimes I invite my thoughts in to wander. The breaths are with intention. They are with purpose. If you can lean into the depths of that, lean into that. Maybe it feels good to expand your core space. Letting a wave wash over you as you exhale. When we take the time to charge our own batteries, we feel better and refreshed. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Just being is the gift, the medicine and the blessing. Everywhere we are guided to go, there is a bigger reason đ The reason that Iâm really good at my job is because I meet everybody exactly where they are and nobody misses anything. I treat myself as the ceremony & home of high consciousness that is coming in âĽď¸ When we connect to ourselves, we can connect better with others. Let's go! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Introducing Illuminate Wealth Management founder, Dollars and Kids author, and Certified Financial Planner; Ben Hockema. Ben's been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Planning Magazine and he's focused on helping parents talk to their kids about money. We talk about how wealth can relate to our self-worth, enough"ness" and balance as we navigate the world of choices for ourselves and our lifestyles. Financial health can reflect many aspects of our lives. Let's dive in!
"When people have dysregulated brains they suffer physical and emotional pain, life is hard and relationships are damaged. Neurofeedback, also known as EEG Biofeedback, is a non-invasive alternative to medication. It is painless, drugless, free of harmful side effects and produces noticeable improvements that can enhance the effect of other traditional therapies. At SYMMETRY Neuro-Pathway Training, Diane and her team empower people by providing neurofeedback services and systems that help the brain regulate." https://symmetryneuropt.com/ Resource: The NeuroWhereAbouts Guide: A Neurodevelopmental Guide for Parents and Families Who Want to Prevent Youth High-Risk Behavior by: Crystal Collier PhD
Here are some lessons I have been receiving lately. Patience, Surrender and giving to myself the deep abiding whole satisfaction of delayed gratification. I am learning to nurture myself with so much inward love and grace. I am capable to sourcing my own sense of security. I receive the deep deep love of the mothers embrace. I am being called to mother others and myself, too. To hold and be held. âĽď¸ I have access to more love than my heart can bear. I allow the deep deep love to stretch my heart. I am love & I am loved. I am able to see another option. I am flexible. I trust in the universe for perfect time and perfect form. I will not be left behind. From this day forward, my heart is open.
Come walk with Meraki and me! I am taking you with us on a hike during this episode. Are we willing to listen? Are we willing to listen even deeper? Are we willing to shed patterns that are no longer supportive, no longer functional and no longer healthy if it means we get to walk away from all of the ways we haven't been truly kind to ourselves to deepen into even more magic in our lives? If we could come into even more self trust. I want you to zoom out and imagine what it would be like if things turned out even better than you could have even imagined! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Are you feeling ready to rise to the occasion your life is presenting to you?
So much of the time we can be searching while we dismiss what is right under our nose.
Sometimes when we experience something that is playing out in a different way than what we planned or what we had in mind, the attachment to the outcomes and expectations invite us to take a look deep within. www.magicmomentsplay.com
How do you feel home within yourself when you are home away from home? Traveling to new places brought up the unknowns and showed me where to honor my needs and priorities. Sleep, boundaries and sensitivities were honored so that I could live my best life. I had so much pleasure, spaciousness, magic and joy on my summer vacation. Cheers to celebrating a new decade. I am refreshed to be home and back in my routine. www.magicmomentsplay.com
I am celebrating my health journey and my arrival to my third decade. I am turning thirty this month! I am stepping into this next chapter with empowerment and deeper levels of acceptance. Tending to my liver, specifically, has allowed me to access the repressed anger and work with my dragon inner fire energy in my meditations. Like I say, when life gives you lemons, flush your liver! How practical and healthy, eh? Did you know that in ancient Chinese medicine (ACM) the liver represents anger, power and boundaries that represent what we deeply value and care about. Have you paused to celebrate just how far you've come? I am here for it! Big love everyone. www.magicmomentsplay.com
"Dr. Stephanie Young Moss received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy and a Masters of Health Services Administration with a concentration in Health Economics from The University of Wyoming. She has worked in a variety of areas in pharmacy including, Community, Regulatory Compliance, Managed Care, and Health Economics and Outcomes Research. Over the past 20 years Dr. Moss has advocated for decreasing disparities in health care through her volunteer work. She has used her platform to educate families across the U.S. on ways to decrease and eliminate health disparities by incorporating simple wellness and mental health techniques. Dr. Moss has shared her views on international and national podcasts and local television news programs. Dr. Stephanie is the creator of the websites www.drstephanieyomo.com and www.menopauseincolor.com where you will find practical health and wellness tips, ways to reduce healthcare disparities and tools, tips and resources for women experiencing perimenopause and menopause. She has a community of over 100,000 people on social media. She is also the owner of Integrative Pharmacy Outcomes and Consulting, which focuses on educating underserved communities on ways to reduce and prevent health disparities. For nearly 2 decades, Dr. Stephanie has served on various boards and volunteer organizations that focus on health equity, decreasing implicit bias, addressing social determinants of health and empowering communities to advocate for their health. She has served on the boards for The Minority Health Coalition of Marion County and Eskenazi Health Center where she served as the Clinical Quality Committee Chair, Board Secretary and is currently the Board Treasurer. She resides in Indianapolis, Indiana."
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Steven Kessler's Book The 5 Personality Patterns has inspired this conversation today about how we cope with the stressors in our lives. We pick up on patterns from a subconscious level to get to emotional safety when our nervous systems experience overwhelm. Safety first is very much the core need that we are requiring for optimal growth, development and evolution. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Be the pattern interruption. Be the disruptor. Go counter culture and drumroll... feel your feelings! Are you wanting to create change but not ready to let go of the old? You get to meet yourself exactly where you are. Your feelings are like the trash. Think of that Shel Silverstein poem of the garbage reaching the sky. Taking the trash out isnât hard we just donât love it. It needs to be put into the ground. It needs to compost, nourish the soil, regenerate and die to then contribute to the creation of the new. Being mindful of our waste isnât hard yet we donât like to always assess. Feeling our feelings is required for optimal health. My dog Meraki barking at the trash man is like the brain telling me that feeling my feels is not safe. Make yourself safe, secure & available to heal your nervous system SO that you can create the space for the life you deserve. Message me BREATHE if you want to be led in personalized breathwork sessions & are ready to give that gift of spaciousness to yourself. I have 3 spots open currently! Plus what comes on the other side of difficulty & discomfort is priceless. You are the pot of gold. â¤ď¸ xoxo www.magicmomentsplay.com
When I am rested, well nourished and loved, I am resourced to trust that I can let go of what is no longer mine to hold in order to make room for what is to come. I have been questioning the urgency of everything lately; letting go of all the "shoulds" resisting any expectations that satisfy my core wounding of "not good enough" and imagining life taking care of itself in the many ways that are truly out of my control. Througout this new pattern of letting life move through me, I have been able to practice deep listening in a whole new way. I have been surrendering to my deeper knowings and as a result, so much magic has been unfolding. Come grow! Let's upgrade and evolve together on this ever evolving road. I LOVE YOUđ! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Children thrive when they sense unconditional support to tap into their innate intelligence, wisdom and true nature. As a parent guardian, when you make the decision to step into your role, you rise to the occasion. Let's help our children understand their relationship to the world around them in a way that makes sense and feels supportive. Let's encourage our children to feel safety and security and connection to who they really are, without the "shoulds" attached to their learnings and beings. Right now as adults, we can feel checked out from our deeper selves in moments of distraction or doubt when we actually need exploration, space and intention. At the same time, we are leaning into the work of family traumas that have been passed down to us, so that we no longer need to keep passing them on to our children. Parents healing the younger parts of themselves through inner child healing or parts work, are committing to creating a ripple effect in generations past simultaneously with generations to come. The courage it takes to healing the traumas carried in your bodies, while also freeing your children from the outdated systems that are currently collapsing is such a gift. Let's find out who you really are!Â
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Can you believe the moments that show up in our lives are perfectly on time to remind us what is necessary and needed to lean into in order for us to overcome to get to that next level? Release any judgements. Release any guilts. Release any "shoulds." Know that you are powerful beyond measure and beyond belief. Remember who you are and that you are here for a purpose, a deeper meaning and reason. Align with what feels good and give yourself all of the permission to walk away from what does not feel good. You deserve nothing but the best. How do you protect our energy? How do you become aware of how you are energized or depleted by spaces or places? www.magicmomentsplay.com
Do you know just how much you are loved? No, seriously! Your heart is beating for you, your lungs are pumping for you, your planet is spinning madly round; on and on and on there are so many things that support you being here and being alive right in this NOW moment. I love to see this as building evidence for how much we really are loved. Everything else that we choose to do and they ways in which we choose to spend our time are all an outward expression and opportunity of how much we've allowed love in. How much or how "well" have you allowed yourself to receive any or all of the love that surrounds you at all times? Do you agree? Does that become translated out into your external world as well? Sometimes love can feel unfamiliar if it is presented to us in healthier ways than what we've been historically used to. Receiving takes practice, repetition and awareness. Other times, we are so in our own sh*t that we cannot imagine a love like that for ourselves. The secret? It's already here and it's always been here. It is all a choice and it is all available. In the midst of grief, how do you allow yourself to recalibrate, feel and be with? What is your unique version of grieving? When we arrive to the love, can we hold it all, or as much as we need? I LOVE YOUđ! Thank you for being here <3 www.magicmomentsplay.com
Have you been noticing the frequencies shifting? Maybe you feel tired but don't know how to fully rest. Maybe you are being redirected right now into a whole new path and new direction but the map is not yet clear. You are not alone! I was recently guided to let go of my clothes and allow myself to "figure it out on the way" as a way to experience freedom in a whole new way. I have been creating so much spaciousness, it is insane! With help, I said goodbye to 90% of my closet. It was safe to let go. I've been going through my physical personal belongings and challenging myself to see if it is time to release. For those of you who know me, clothes have been such a part of my identity, especially with a mom working in fashion. SO many styles and wardrobes for expression. Some things are more than things, and those are the keepers! I am stepping into functionality and purpose especially to get back to the natural rhythms and the simple living. I am coming back to who I am in this moment and I feel good. It feels so special to be back. Let's go! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Lenora Edwards joins us today to share all about her online speech therapy practice from the comfort, safety and familiarity of their own home with the presence from their guardian if they so choose. She mentions the pause and pivot technique where we have a choice point to reconnect to our greater mission. When parents feel like they are not measuring up, it is crucial to remember that nothing is wrong but rather it is a moment to re-inform and re-connect to the emotional components at play as well. Lenora shares about her specialty in articulation, voice, fluency, understanding and expressing language verbally and behaviorally.Â
BetterSpeech provides support with:Â
- Toddler/Child Speech Disorders
- Adult Speech Disorders Language Disorder / Delay
- Early Childhood Development
- Speech Sound Disorders
- Stuttering and Fluency
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Reading Readiness
- Accent Modification
- Speech Delay
- Lisp
- Apraxia
- Social Skills
https://www.betterspeech.com
https://www.instagram.com/betterspeech/
https://www.youtube.com/@Better.Speech
I am putting together a masterclass for parents called RiSE TO YOUR ROLE MASTERCLASS!Â
IT is all about being and becoming the parent you WiSH you had.Â
Being a parent is a big role to fill and a lot of it has to do with cleaning out of the old and redefining the truest version of you in the new. Becoming a conscious parent also requires the willingness to accept what might feel like constant change(s) while balancing the leaning into the growth edges that shedding layers of the unconscious can certainly bring.Â
IF this is something you are interested in joining please follow the link below!
https://view.flodesk.com/emails/63938b27f9ce945158c8278a
I would love to have you there to join this powerful conversation and immersion!Â
www.magicmomentsplay.com
I am putting together a masterclass for parents called RiSE TO YOUR ROLE MASTERCLASS!Â
IT is all about being and becoming the parent you WiSH you had.Â
Being a parent is a big role to fill and a lot of it has to do with cleaning out of the old and redefining the truest version of you in the new. Becoming a conscious parent also requires the willingness to accept what might feel like constant change(s) while balancing the leaning into the growth edges that shedding layers of the unconscious can certainly bring.Â
IF this is something you are interested in joining please email me at jen@magicmomentsplay.com for the link or you can reach me in my direct messages on instagram @magic.moments.play where I can also send you the details. I would love to have you there to join this powerful conversation and immersion!Â
www.magicmomentsplay.com
I am putting together a masterclass for parents called RiSE TO YOUR ROLE MASTERCLASS!Â
IT is all about being and becoming the parent you WiSH you had.Â
Being a parent is a big role to fill and a lot of it has to do with cleaning out of the old and redefining the truest version of you in the new. Becoming a conscious parent also requires the willingness to accept what might feel like constant change(s) while balancing the leaning into the growth edges that shedding layers of the unconscious can certainly bring.Â
IF this is something you are interested in joining please email me at jen@magicmomentsplay.com for the link or you can reach me in my direct messages on instagram @magic.moments.play where I can also send you the details. I would love to have you there to join this powerful conversation and immersion!Â
www.magicmomentsplay.com
I am putting together a masterclass for parents called RiSE TO YOUR ROLE MASTERCLASS!Â
IT is all about being and becoming the parent you WiSH you had.Â
Being a parent is a big role to fill and a lot of it has to do with cleaning out of the old and redefining the truest version of you in the new. Becoming a conscious parent also requires the willingness to accept what might feel like constant change(s) while balancing the leaning into the growth edges that shedding layers of the unconscious can certainly bring.Â
IF this is something you are interested in joining please email me at jen@magicmomentsplay.com for the link or you can reach me in my direct messages on instagram @magic.moments.play where I can also send you the details. I would love to have you there to join this powerful conversation and immersion!Â
www.magicmomentsplay.com
I am putting together a masterclass for parents called RiSE TO YOUR ROLE MASTERCLASS!Â
IT is all about being and becoming the parent you WiSH you had.Â
Being a parent is a big role to fill and a lot of it has to do with cleaning out of the old and redefining the truest version of you in the new. Becoming a conscious parent also requires the willingness to accept what might feel like constant change(s) while balancing the leaning into the growth edges that shedding layers of the unconscious can certainly bring.Â
IF this is something you are interested in joining please email me at jen@magicmomentsplay.com for the link or you can reach me in my direct messages on instagram @magic.moments.play where I can also send you the details. I would love to have you there to join this powerful conversation and immersion!Â
www.magicmomentsplay.com
I am putting together a masterclass for parents called RiSE TO YOUR ROLE MASTERCLASS!Â
IT is all about being and becoming the parent you WiSH you had.Â
Being a parent is a big role to fill and a lot of it has to do with cleaning out of the old and redefining the truest version of you in the new. Becoming a conscious parent also requires the willingness to accept what might feel like constant change(s) while balancing the leaning into the growth edges that shedding layers of the unconscious can certainly bring.Â
IF this is something you are interested in joining please email me at jen@magicmomentsplay.com for the link or you can reach me in my direct messages on instagram @magic.moments.play where I can also send you the details. I would love to have you there to join this powerful conversation and immersion!Â
www.magicmomentsplay.com
I had so much fun with Amy in this conversation. She is such an inspirational force in my life! "Amy helps women struggling with gut health and hormonal imbalances feel confident and sexy from the inside out. She draws on Holistic Nutrition, Ayurveda and Human Design to guide you to become your own healer. Her intention is to empower you to heal your relationship with food while overcoming digestive issues so you can feel alive in your body, mind and soul. Amy says "Through my online programs, I offer a taste of holistic practices, nibbles of wholesome foods and a whole bunch of helpful resources to make this nourishing lifestyle easy peasy, lemon squeezy."www.namatastenutrition.com
IG: @amyactivates
"Growing up with Hydrocephalus took the ordinary out of Kateâs childhood. Numerous surgeries, countless doctor visits and relentless recovery periods had become her norm. But through it all, one thing kept her thriving â the power of resilience in extraordinarycircumstances. Building her life around finding incredible possibility on the other side of challenge has kept her driven and ultimately helped her find her true calling. Dr. Lund is a licensed clinical psychologist of 15 years, peak performance coach, best-selling author and TEDx speaker. Her specialized training in medical psychology includes world-renowned Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, all of which are affiliated with Harvard Medical School. She uses a strengths-based approach to help her clients improve their confidence in school, sports and life while helping them to become more resilient and reach their full potential at all levels. Outside of work, Kate enjoys spending time with her husband and twin boys, exploring the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest, and these days can often be found on the golf course." Visit: www.katelundspeaks.com www.linkedin.com/in/kate-lund/ and email: drkate@drkatelund.com for connecting more!
Joan Ifland is the author of Processed Food Addiction. She has also created a community called Addiction Reset Community. She has paved the way with her own family and her own children to model healthy habits that start in the kitchen. We have been so "processed" with our conditioning and programming about the conveniences of our modern world. Processed food is addicting because it is not real food. The tobacco companies own processed food companies. People are hired to hide sugar, fat and salt in processed foods to keep the brain as addicted as possible. It's absolutely insane! It's also NOT your fault! YOU deserve to feel and move through your world and be at your best and be fully supported! It is time to come back toward our true nature. When food becomes processed, the life force is removed. The more we eat foods that are alive the more we give back that life force to our cells. You never have to do it alone! There is good news. Check out her offerings and supports at www.processedfoodaddiction.com
"Jay Aedo is an international entrepreneur, teacher of practical philosophy and children's book author. Born and raised in southern California, Jay often felt the weight of the different belief systems his parents, teachers and religious leaders followed. As a writer and community leader, he encourages his young readers to look beyond the antiquated programs of the stories repeated for centuries. For the first time in the history of children's books, Conscious Bible Stories tells biblical stories from a superconscious perspective. Jay embarked on this journey following his realization that the narrative of victimhood, fear of responsibility, and accusing others for our own mistakes, has gone too far. From Adam blaming Eve for having eaten the forbidden fruit, to the story of Cain lying to God about having killed his brother, Abel, these tales subtly teach us to look outside ourselves for validation and blame. Jayâs mission is to show others how the truth of God lies within all of us. He encourages his young readers to take responsibility for their actions and to never be fearful of speaking up for themselves. Conscious effort is the key to empowering children all over the world to create their own story from the very beginning."Â To learn more, please visit www.consciousbiblestories.com & @conscious_bible_stories
"Kelly Kasle is a Teacher, Musician and Astrologer / Human Design Specialist on a mission to help 18-26 yr olds find their own unique truth and claim sovereignty in a world that has mastered behavioral manipulation. After watching Gen Z grow up in her classroom and having a spiritual awakening during her own healing journey, she decided to build a program to teach young adults the tools she wished she'd had in college - emotional intelligence, meditation, inner child healing and self discovery." Kelly is here today to share her wealth of expansion, experience, deep soul knowledge and abundance with the world!The best place to find where Kelly is hanging out is on the gram @kkasle . Enjoy the episode beautifulls!
Join instagram LiVE @magic.moments.play on Mondays @11am MST / 1pm EST for group Q & A about conscious parenting! Here is the replay from our first session together. Submit questions in advance or ask them there! All questions will be shared confidentially. I can't wait for you to tune into the magic! www.magicmomentsplay.com & www.instagram.com/magic.moments.play See you then!
New versions of you are here to step up and create. You are feeling like you are shedding the old and creating space for the new. This is what happens on the accelerated growth path. You are here for it all. Are you finding yourself in relationships, friendships or situationships where actions or lack of actions leave you frustrated? Are you left with empty promises or feeling appeased when it comes to sharing about potential future plans? Are you in the waiting energy for others to recognize who they are and be who they need to be? This is your clue and hint for a deeper dive of honoring SELF. Allow yourself to move through guilt and shame and step into the other side of courage and vulnerability. You deserve to be in spaces that elevate you. Your friendships and relationships are meant to nurture and support you. If you cannot find this, you get to show up for your SELF. If something has expired, meaning you give more than you get, it is okay to let go. It is safe to release your pain and transform patterns into healing moments. ASK YOURSELF THIS: What am I entertaining that IS JUST NOT SERVING ME? Have the courage and strength to say peace. Release what does not simply make you a better person. Hang in there. You are beyond worth it. www.magicmomentsplay.com
It is an absolute honor to have Brittney and Andrea joining us today. It is such a breath of fresh air knowing these beautiful humans. Becoming really in tune with their own personal needs has been the catalyst for their relational wisdom and expansion! Their approach is medicine to the soul as they practice the vulnerability of showing up even if it goes against our past programming and conditioning. The way they model boundaries that advocate for what they need is the permission they give themselves to show up authentically. Here we discuss energetic boundaries, the beauty of feeling deeply, collective grief, speaking up for what we need and how trusting and anchoring into support and moving through our fears anyway is the ticket to the level of connection we are actually looking for. I can't wait for you to listen! Enjoy! To follow along on their journey visit Instagram:Â @real_talk_relationships and to work together with them please visit: www.realtalkrelationships.com/home Big LOVE everyone!
How many of you can relate to the need to feel seen, yet outsourcing your power to others to make that need a reality is the norm because it is familiar and comfortable? I have been running a story attached to a deep wound of mine that says: "When my parents see me in the ways I want them to see me, (AKA I want THEM to be different,) thennnn I will have permission to put myself out there to be seen and received by others, the world, etc." (which by the way never works! I can't change you and you can't change me- but we BOTH have the power to change ourSELVES!) The truth is, your internal compass and your intuition are your ultimate guiding force. We all have a BS detector inside that we have been conditioned to ignore, yet we carry all the truth we'll ever need. YOU, yes YOU have the skills, the knowledge and the experience to magnetize a world of connection that works best for you. Being a work in progress myself, I wanted to share with you what I have been growing through lately and give you the reminder that it is OKAY to do what's best for you. It's completely acceptable to love yourself unconditionally. I love you! www.magicmomentsplay.com
I had an amazing time with this potent conversation. "Emphasizing Global Healing, J.J. can talk about why our kids are so stressed, and the difference between deep sadness and clinical depression. Dr. J.J. Kelly is a licensed clinical psychologist, emotional intelligence skills training expert, and bestselling author of The Holy Shit! Series. J.J. is also the CEO and founder of UnorthoDocs, Inc., a punk alternative to traditional psychotherapy that centers around group process, peer-coaching, mentorship, and community outreach. Dr. Kelly and the Unortho "Docs" (former "patients") live their lives with the belief that global healing is achieved by teaching people the skills to like themselves."
- Depression is a Diagnosis, not a Feeling
- How Does Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Joy as Resistance: How to Heal Your Life and the World
- Stop Giving Your Power over to Authority Figures: Why we Need to Think for Ourselves
- Kids and Social Media: Reckoning With the Changing Play of Kids
- Under Pressure: Why are Kids so Stressed These Days?
- Healing with Laughter
- You Have the Right to Say NO: Why the Fear of
- Straight Bâs: Allowing Your Kids to Exceed Expectations
- Happy People Act Right: How to Learn From Peopleâs actions
- Identify Your Fear, Regulate Your Fear, and Act
- Anger Lets us Know our Boundaries are being crossed
- Distress = Regression
Find out more about her core offerings:
⢠Why is âPatientâ a patriarchal word?
⢠Why is the current system of mental health totally fucked up and what can we do to fix it or build something that actually works?
⢠How do we cure ourselves and the world of "isms"?
⢠Why do kids/people cut themselves?
⢠Why do all humans self-medicate?
⢠What IS narcissism, really?
⢠What is a "Gifted Misfit?"
(DBT) Work?
NO is Causing You Pain.
What role does Validation play in our lives?
⢠Why do we focus so much on âfixing the problemâ rather than listening?
Identify Your Fear, Regulate Your Fear, and Act
Anger Lets us Know our Boundaries are
⢠What does a Failure of male leadership mean for your organization?
Connect with Dr. J.J.:
Website: drjjkelly.com
Email: drjjkelly@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/drjjkelly
Facebook: facebook.com/Dr.JJKelly
Children have high needs and taking care of them FEELS demanding and sometimes stressful. Many people KNOW that they want to parent differently from the ways they were parented yet they are not sure how to do it in real time. Knowing that we can do better because conscious change is more intentional than unconscious patterning sheds such a light on the courage and vulnerability that is required for change. How do we model something to others or our children that we weren't taught or practiced ourselves? Let's get mad about it! Allow me to introduce and share my wisdom, knowledge and skills that I have accumulated over the past decades of learning and deepening into the work. It feels most overwhelming to start. I feeeeel you! I'm going to help you feel more practical rather than defaulting to the unconscious patterns, even if they feel more natural. Let's create more spaciousness and freedom together. www.magicmomentsplay.com
When I first received this reading, I was at the start of my Saturn return at age 27 (which was two years ago). It wasn't until I listened to it again recently that there was so much value the repetition. The version of myself then needed me to hear it from the version of myself now! This reading was JUST before I started recording the "Listen. Care. Fully." Podcast and it is wild to reflect on that! This reading encouraged me to channel my writing and that has been significantly moving. Let's bring the depth! Reconnecting to self & living life with purpose, ON purpose again. I found this incredibly special to dive into again. Dave Haskins gave me this reading back in December 2020. It was wonderful to receive. Check out his offerings below & be well: https://universal-signals.com
When we start to live a more intentional path, our lives start to reflect just how far we've come and just how much we've grown. For my personal experience, I have discovered that I am entitled to own my own pain and my own joy. My relationship with my feelings, sensations and emotions has been cultivated by my own perceptions and my own lens because that's what makes me uniquely me. Your perception makes you uniquely you. When I create my own cool, I fit into my own experience. I deepen into my own shadow and I can lean into my own insecurities to expose my fears and transform them into healthy alternatives. I am attracting the people that are aligned with my highest value. When I think about my own care team, I have a business mentor, a massage therapist, a functional medicine doctor, a holistic nutrition coach, an acupuncturist, a chiropractor, a somatic therapist, neurofeedback therapists and my spiritual mentors. I have SO much built in support because I deserve help and encouragement on every level. It helps me walk the walk a nit more. When I move through my own avoidance, complicated grief and projection, I have my mirrors to hold me accountable to take personal responsibility. In order to hold space for others in the work that I do and to be a clear channel for my intuition to flow, I must take care of my emotionality. It is a non-negotiable for me. I am beyond blessed and thankful to keep uncovering the layers of self. All we really need is deep love and connection, community care, trust with the people we care about and real true authentic accepting responses as we continue to explore who we are. Keep getting to know who YOU are! I came here to help others. Little did I know, I would be helping myself the MOST! And then of course, as a result the help for others comes. I love you all. Take good care. www.magicmomentsplay.com
July is my birthday month & I am feeling so deeply that I want to celebrate my (Jen)erousity with you all! I am entering my 2 9 th year! What a powerful last year in my twenties this will be â¤ď¸ I am running my signature program starting next month:
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đ Let's be real; your children need YOU! And not just the optimal FUNctional you, but all parts of you- shadow included! I hear parents ask all the time about impacting their kids and the best way to pass down your legacy and lineage is to lean into your OWN blindspots first!
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The greatest gifts we could ever experience in this life happens in the moment. The present is a gift because we will never have this same exact moment and opportunity ever again. I am blessed, especially when I cannot see it "iN. THE. MOMENT". Hindsight is 20/20 right? That clear vision when it is all said, done and processed. I have been clearing so much generational pattering and breaking conditioning from the trauma's I've experienced. My free will has pushed me to communicate and connect deeper than ever to my being. July is my birthday month so naturally, as Leo season approaches, I feel so much releasing for rebirth on a soul level. Our energy is our greatest currency because we have influence over our own direction. If something is no longer working I get to make a change, communicate clearly and redirect. There is no more hiding from my own wounds. I thank everyone that has crossed my path to teach me and gift me with their perspectives. The lessons are learned as I release fear and anchor deeper into trust. All of my triggers are here to show me where I get to maximize my growth. Discernment has been a HUGE role with my growing lately. I am so blessed. Leaving, outgrowing, choosing a conscious goodbye are all examples of choosing courage for what comes next. Outgrowing old selves is such an edge for me!! All of the duality is here and I am present with it all! www.magicmomentsplay.com
What a great place to share details for this magical event below. You are going to love the variety speakers, topics, insights and so much more as we come together! Register for the Play Beyond 5 Summit which starts beginning TOMORROW at the link below: https://play.thejoyousparent.com/PlayBeyond5Summit where there will be 18 Expert Presentations over the course of an invigorating 3 days. You will discover why it is that things get so hard in the land of learning and play once our children are 5 years old - and how you can liberate yourself, so that your children can not just survive, but thrive! You will enjoy a comprehensive dive into Our Play, Our Children's Play and the Power of Play so that we can continue playing throughout our lives - and therefore regain the freedom, connection, creativity, and joy that is the stuff of life. The summit aims to celebrate the importance of play for all ages as we take caregivers & educators on a journey of rediscovering play. We are excited to welcome play enthusiasts from different disciplines and countries throughout the world to share their passion and wisdom of the important contribution of play from infancy to adulthood. I can't wait to see you there ! In the mean time, please enjoy my conversation with Sivanne Lieber to discover playful parenting in our conversation that we had a few years ago! I love you guys & until next time! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Welcome to the show! I am coming to you live from my new studio. I am recording here for the first time in this new place. I feel genuinely blessed, open, raw and vulnerable. Sometimes life happens so fast that it's hard for consciousness to keep up. I notice for me, I tend to process in the moment and being present is VULNERABLE! All of the gripping, the forcing and the indecisiveness feels bigger than me. As I continue to practice releasing of the layered shame, I comb through my life to let go and then let go again. Life feels like such a trip. The overwhelm and chaos from the past gets to be transformed if we are willing. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Guest Expert Michele is a Certified Grief Recovery SpecialistÂŽ, parent mentor, and founder of Good Grief Parenting. Michele seeks to support parents who are raising young bereaved siblings after child loss. She finds incredible purpose in sharing her personal story and expertise on finding the joy in grief and parenting young children (early childhood, from infants to children 10 years of age) who have experienced loss. Michele discusses some of her own insights with us today.
Micheleâs Story: When Micheleâs own six-year-old son died of cancer, her daughter said, "Mommy, half of me is gone." She was just 3 1/2 years old. Even though Michele was going through the grief herself and teaching early childhood parenting classes with a Masters degree in early childhood education, she didnât know how best to help her daughter. This inspired her to become the support that she had needed most during that time so that parents like her wouldnât have to go it alone. Sheâs spent more than 20 years learning all she can about the psychology behind early childhood sibling loss, its lifelong impact on the surviving sibling, and how parents can help their bereaved child grow up whole and happy. Michele equips parents with tools to help their family heal after child loss, to foster hope, and to build resilience. Parents who work with Michele tap into their own wisdom and gain the insights, skills, and confidence to find the silver linings of grief and move forward toward a future bright with possibilities and joy.
Nina Cruz is a certified Conscious Parent Coach, Social Worker (BSW), and Meditation Teacher whoâs made it her mission to support parents through shifting archaic parental paradigms, many of which contribute to increased stress, anxiety, overwhelm, and feelings of disconnection for themselves, their partners, and their children. Her approach to coaching revolves around trauma-informed care that puts others at-ease, providing a safe space for everyone to facilitate their individual healing and growth.
Nina knows that when a parent's inner world shifts, the whole family shifts with them in extraordinary ways, changing parent-child dynamics that foster relationships of love, harmony, and genuine familial connection. Families that gain a new sense of awareness through knowledge and understanding of their own narratives effectively create a new blueprint for themselvesâthis is why one of Ninaâs many passions is encouraging parents to do their own Inner Work so they can experience more freedom and joy while balancing everything life has to throw at them.
In addition to incorporating meditation and mindfulness practices into her work, Nina also organizes online and in-person parent networking events, where parents of all walks of life share and revel in their successes, failures, and self-improvement journeys. Nina leads these events so her attendees can become Creators of their lives and attract more of what they desire by aligning with Universal Laws.
âI have to say how clear it is that Nina is a gentle, intuitive, and highly empathic coach; this is her greatest gift. She is a force of nature that puts others at ease. Nina is an excellent coach and has a deep, solid understanding of conscious parenting...she has great gifts to share with the world.â -Dr. Shefali Tsabary
How fun is this ! This is my own personal individual reading that came up in the shuffle. If you are curious about human design, tune in to get a flavor. I have always LOVED learning more about myself and the depths of my soul. If you know your astrology information of your full name, birthday and time of birth you can learn more about your personal authority through the lens of human design to find out what is most potent to you. I like to see this as a tool rather than seeing it as an all or nothing approach, much like as I see many things in life. I have to admit- I LOVE luxury and I was born to thrive. Are we surprised?! I like to be curious when it comes to learning about myself. I love listening back to this NOW since it has been some time since receiving this, because it shows and measures my vulnerability and evolution. Do you go back and listen to things from your past? I learned that I am an emotional (splenic) manifestor. My life purpose is to indulge in the unexpected thrill of life. I am an activator and I initiate things into their happenings. I am a visionary. Part of my journey is to get past the fear (it's in my throat) to follow through with what I want. This also reminds me to use MY voice! I wake up to my power! I have an awakening quality to bring to others. I learn from my mistakes and my experiences. I'm here for the growth. Let's inspire <3 www.magicmomentsplay.com
Your calling is calling you! Are you going to answer? Are you going to hesitate? YOU are the only thing between you and what you are wanting to create. You are safe to start to take up space about your gut instincts. You know where you are supposed to go to your next levels. You do not need to know the WHY before you start. Letting the mission of your soul unfold is where the magic and excitement lives. Where are you being passive? Where are you noticing your purpose looking like? What are you not willing to let go of? Do not allow yourself to hold yourself back. How can we close the energetic gaps so your commitment to your future gets to follow through? www.magicmomentsplay.com
However you choose to heal is up to you! Try not to judge yourself if you feel blocked, stuck or in a place that is different than your expectations or where you'd like to be. Growth is non-linear and takes time to measure, see and appreciate. Show yourself more love than you ever have and celebrate you in the times of doubt because that shows yourself that you are worthy of being celebrated at all moments along your journey. Take a break. Change your perspective, inspire a new direction. You are always in the drivers seat. Every moment becomes a new opportunity for change. Keep it simple. Create a sacred space within yourself. Breathe into your body. Stay unattached to any outcomes. Honor each  unique experience fully, because knowing that WHO you are is your deeper truth allows compassion and gentleness for your HUMANness. ILY. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Here are some phrases of food for thought that I like to consider each morning. Currently, I am practicing saying NO as well as integrating my shadow of arrogance. Just because I have an idea of the "best way" for me, doesn't mean it's the "best way" for someone else! Reminder: your power is for you! YOU get to be in your own unique power to then lead and live your life by example of that. I just learned that this is a huge part of my gene keys and I have been putting it into practice. I like to let this land and then see how much I can apply in my world and put into practice. Big love everyone, take good care! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Stepping into a new season requires an acknowledgement of death from the previous seasons in our lives. When we are being initiated into the next level of our lives, our self is being asked to up-level in ways that we haven't tried in the past. I have noticed lately that I have been presented with old opportunities that used to show up for me, and because the experiences no longer resonate, I was able to track and measure my growth. Remember, you are exactly where you are meant to be. Look closely EXACTLY where you are, without any judgement or agenda to be different. This is where you will start to see yourself clearly. I am graduating my Breathwork Facilitator Training this week! These last six months have been a blessing and an anchor for so much change and transformation. When we take in the world around us, we are unable to make clear decisions if we are operating from outdated patterning that we are wired with. We are responsible for cleaning all that is not ours and all energy that does not belong to us. This is the "work!" Where can you allow yourself to feel supported in all of the ways? Where can you love on yourself EVEN more? Create a gentle compassionate intentional relationship with yourself- deeply and truly you. www.magicmomentsplay.com
We need to acknowledge why it may be hard to talk about our feelings and still hold the space to process it anyway- because we can handle it. Processing pain and grief, in our own unique timing of course is essential for forward movement. Any part of you that says otherwise is just trying to keep you safe and protect you from feeling hurt. I can see why parents would not want to talk about the pain of the past. Maybe it's too painful to remember. Maybe it's easier to forget. That gets to be valid too. The body memory however does keep the score. When talking feels too painful, there is always breath work and other healing modalities like Accudetox ear acupuncture that allows for an emotional release without having to engage cognitively. The reason releasing emotional baggage is so important is so that it does not come through unconsciously or inadvertently in our behaviors. If you ever want to know how someone has been treated, take a look at their own behavior(s). Look at the ways they talk to themselves. Look at how they treat the ones they love or the ones closest to them. This gives you a window of understanding into how they have been treated and perhaps what they are moving through. This is also an excellent lens to lend compassion through because it shows how it did not start with us (or our parents). www.magicmomentsplay.com
This community talk is from October 2020 with Ben Cort as he shares about conflicting values in the industry. He also has a ted talk shared below: "In 2012, Colorado legalized cannabis and kickstarted a multibillion dollar industry with every product imaginable -brownies, gummy bears, granola bars, even lube! But to say that weâve âlegalized cannabisâ is mistaken - weâve commercialized THC. In this fascinating talk, expert Ben Cort examines the impacts of this growing new industry on everything from policing & arrest rates to LGBTQ issues. Sober since 1996, Ben Cort has seen the devastation that substance abuse can bring first hand as well as the joy that is recovery. He spent the last 10 years inside nonprofit drug treatment and education programs like Phoenix Multisport, Stout Street Foundation, and The University of Colorado Hospital. He is the author of Weed, INC., a professional speaker, and a frequent guest in the media. Ben is a husband, father of three, and an avid sportsman. He enjoys fly fishing, hunting, mountaineering, and bike racing. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. You can watch his ted talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmqtPaMMVuY
Check out the day where I envisioned the podcast. I can't believe that this came through and I went for it! So many blessings have transpired from reaching for the stars. I can't wait to see the magic that is still yet to come. This is audio from the day that I announced the podcast launch over a year ago. I came across it again, and gave my inner child some big love! Are you wanting to reach an endeavor? What's the thing you've been wanting to do but it makes you nervous to feel seen? Go for it A N Y W A Y! You will be so proud that you did. Â đ <3 www.magicmomentsplay.com
If you knew that you could live life to your fullest, would you wake up and choose to live a different way? Often times the best ways of living are most simple. Between movement, nutrition, nourishing relationships, cold plunges, face ice, Neurofeedback, quality sleep, laughter and play I have been tending to my needs big time lately. Perhaps you could say that my life has been an awakening for learning how to put myself first and foremost when I've grown up to put everyone before myself. Being the older sister with two younger brothers I was expected to be the helper even though I was still little too. I am learning how to be my greatest advocate, the way that I advocate for the kids that I work with and I will continue to build on my personal development skills always! A commitment to myself holding my own hand and showing myself the way. SO much love, Jen www.magicmomentsplay.com
So many of you were asking me about my brain map, so I figured, why not share the experience with you! Come along to learn about my most recent venture in my personal healing journey. Tune in as I take you along for my personal QEEG. In this session, I come to realize how my brain is functioning currently and where I want it to be functioning optimally! This reveal was so validating for me in many ways truthfully beyond words. I was feeling fully seen in my neurodiversity as well as my giftedness. This allowed me to put to words what I have felt all of my life. I love this modality because it allows one to take their power back and become fully responsible in their experience. My previous experience with Neurofeedback was during an Occupational Therapy Internship I did in undergrad with children. I have always been curious as soon as I read the book "A Symphony in the BRAiN." The more we reinforce activities, emotions or behaviors, the stronger our automatic response becomes. Neurofeedback employs visual and auditory rewards to retrain each individual brain, which in turn, creates new pathways, healthier ways of thinking, more connected ways of feeling, better modes of being and more aligned responding and behaving. My therapist specializes in abuse recovery, grief work, identity issues, life direction, parenting, adoption and all things relational. I am open and ready for change. I am looking forward to connecting deeper to self! I can't imagine in this magical YET what transformations will come with consistency and commitment in my process of shifting and growing and rewiring for my next steps ahead. www.magicmomentsplay.com
The timing, the bliss and the magic, all creating a vortex of genesis and transformation. I found myself rebirthing through vacationing during the spring 2022 equinox. I cannot believe how intense, subtle, magnificent and pleasurable this girls trip was. To hear how things went with Meraki and me, tune in this week for some abundance! www.magicmomentsplay.com
What is your relationship to change? Do you have a conscious relationship to things falling away or falling into alignment? What happens for you when you are experiencing a foreseeable change? Do you experience anger, excitement, anxiety, future tripping? It can be so good to know these things about yourself as you navigate your relationship to subtle shifts and changes. I know that when I experience change it can feel scary and also like a leap of faith. Change is the only constant. In math, delta represents change and is such a stable sustainable sign. I know that life could look so much better when we allow change to feel natural and flowing. When we have the opportunity to prepare for it and have conscious rituals around endings and new beginnings, we can allow magic to come through for ourselves! Also, if you would like to become a practice client for PAUSE breathwork be sure to sign up for a session at www.magicmomentsplay.com/scheduling I can't wait to see you there!
How do you know the difference between avoiding conflict and avoiding a challenge when you are saying no? Is it a full body no, or are you scared of your growth, your depths of self or is it something else? How do you know that you are not quitting? What are your own signs and signals that allow you to follow what is on your heart clearly? www.magicmomentsplay.com
Saying NO when it's not energetically aligned is the best way to say YES to self.
In this episode we tune into what feels like self leadership as well as keys to know how to really honor your full body yes and your full body no. Embodiment is what gives us evidence for really allowing and knowing ourselves on a deeper more true level. I love you ! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Here is my interview with my wealth & abundance coach Jocelyn Kelly Reid on this juicy episode. She is a fiery force of aligned inspiration and flow for me. "Jenniferâs story inside the embodied container: Feminine Magic & Money is exactly what this container is here for. To revolutionize your capacity to receive the magic of life, to turn on, to collapse timelines, to create the ease in having more without "efforting" through. Jennifer, who practices Play Therapy with children + Conscious Parent Coaching came to me with a brand new business, not feeling deep levels of self love, and desiring to grow her relationship to herself, to money, to the fruits of life. She did just that and then some! Tune in now to hear how inside of Feminine Magic & Money, Jennifer: Tripled her income in a brand new business, Found trust in her self- leadership to where her intuition now is the leading energy in her life, Found self love and the connection to her body, desires, and sense of personal power, Stepped into embodying her boundaries and powerfully using her voice, Transformed her relationship to money to receive it with ease - this woman is the queen of miracle money! + Dissolved control patterning to allow flow. Itâs a good one!" Thank you so much Jocelyn for having me on Queen Flow the Podcast. I wanted to open up to you all here as well to give you a peek into my world and what I have been diving into. Enjoy! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Welcome back! I am so excited to have you here. I feel giddy when ideal clients sign up to work together. Starting something new elicits change and change is always "good." Truthfully, the major hesitations before starting something new have been: Am I worthy? Yes. Your worth is inherent because you exist. You are worthy of everything you want. Together we get to become clear on how relationships go based on our own behaviors, rituals, practices and habits. If I want to create a conscious connection, I get to create it starting with how I lead myself. Am I enough? Yes. All of me gets to be here, especially the parts of me that are uncomfortable or that are not quite integrated into my wholeness yet. My courage to be vulnerable is so welcome and valuable. Can I do this? Yes, it usually takes others to see ourselves clearly before we can truly see ourselves. This is why we need each other to not only grow but to evolve! Can I trust myself? Yes, trust builds with practice and repetition over time. Will I be supported? Yes, every single step of the way. I am accountable in my journey for my experience and in my integrity with how I choose to move forward. I am an incredible human full of wisdom. I have everything I need. Cheers to insightfulness, leaps of faith and willingness to embrace change. I am so proud of you!
I step into my power. I take risks to further my growth. I do not have to fit in to feel safe. I categorize what feels relevant in the now. Nature teaches me how important it is for things to cycle. I am as abundant as nature because I am an inherent part of nature. I ignite my soul with tuning into my habits. When I am in my power and when I am in my flow, I fully feel like a synchronicity queen. I master my own rhythms according to how I want to relate, cultivate, nurture and deepen with my internal process. It is okay to take a step back from the world at a time like this. It is okay to deepen and resource and connect even more with self. Spending quality time with myself has been the most potent journey. I give myself the permission to feel good. It has been so brilliant. Burnout is so old paradigm! There is no such thing as being late when you're on your own timeline. I love this so much. How do you fall in sync with your life? I invite you to pay attention to the subtleties in your life. When I learn something new, I learn to reveal the parts of self that have been hiding in the shadows. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Join us today in this live coaching container with super queens who lead themselves that are choosing a better life for themselves. Change is required. Acceptance is required. Discomfort is required for up-leveling to where you want to go. The way we perceive the world is our own responsibility. We are entitled to our own beliefs and experiences, which creates a responsibility for how we respond and carry ourselves throughout our lives. How can self healing help when others are choosing to remain the same? When I want everything outside of me to change, that's a deeper indicator to me that there are many ways where I have opportunities to do things different. The reason it may feel triggering is because moving forward reminds us of what we are leaving behind. I also want to remind you of all of the things on the other side that we cannot even see or fathom yet. Let those be miracles that happen on the other side of change. If you need to take space away for your own mental and emotional health, then that is completely necessary. Your safety and security comes first and it is your top priority. If that's what it takes for you getting to be yourself, then that is always worth it! Decide that you are ready to feel seen and heard. Remind yourself that you can handle the wide range of experience and emotion. There is so much power in receiving. Your experiences give you strength to make necessary change. Claim it for your highest self and your most empowering version of YOU! www.magicmomentsplay.com
I had the pleasure of interviewing Dahlya on the winter solstice. I believe this first day of winter really marks the energy shift of the new year, so I wanted it to air this 2022. Dahlya and I share a love for dogs and a depth of spirituality! I have learned so much from her and am continuing to be inspired daily. She helps me remember the divine nature within me and what nutrition can really do to support my overall wellbeing. I am thankful to have her today! "Dahlya Brown Shook is an Integrative Medicine Specialist,Certified Health Coach & Brain Mastery Specialist. She helps you transform your health story so that you can put the puzzle pieces of whole body holistic healing together and live a life that is authentic, energetic, and powerful." You can learn more about Dahlya and her offerings at https://www.holisticmedicalhealing.com
Sit back and relax and enjoy the benefits of meditation. Allow yourself to find a comfortable place to journey inward. Give yourself some time to relax and feel into the spaciousness for creation in your inner world. The mind-body connection is so fascinating in a sense because that is where our own trust and intuition is cultivated and practiced. You are never late for your own arrival. There is always enough time for everything that you need. Time and change will surely show. It is safe to be in your body. It is safe to develop a relationship with your body. It is safe to explore the ways our bodies communicate. Let's start with sensation. I will see you on the flip side! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Fear is a potent catalyst for cultivating personal change. We want to avoid failure, humiliation but at what cost? If we are available for these things that are driven by fear but not invested in our greatest successes, we certainly need to re-evaluate our own priorities. If we truly want what we say we want, we have to be extremely honest with ourselves to hold that level of accountability. This is where we can't do it alone. We help each other realize our greatest gifts and then we encourage each other to put ourselves out there. There will always be co-existence and co-creation in our lives so we might as well take a conscious perspective to lean in and make the most of this life we are leading. Which ways are you accommodating for others rather than prioritizing your own needs? What is there to lose? How much longer are we willing to wait? When we want it all, we are required to hold it all. Let's practice now! www.magicmomentsplay.com
Nick and I lean into discomfort as we experiment with what could be on the other side of our delays, our discomforts and our doubts when we fully step into confidence, determination, discernment, personal boundaries for ourselves to stay present, not having an agenda for how things turn out, releasing expectations, being open to clients teaching us more than we have to teach them (the same way we meet children where they are) alignment and the ultimate self-respect. When we are open to what the world has for us, we can step into our next level of worth. Can we detach from what we want and know that we can move further with what the deeper need really is? Let's be held, learn to hold ourselves so that we can hold others and just be. Just being us is enough. I can't wait to hear how this lands for you! Send me a message with what resonates and what lands for you. www.magicmomentsplay.com
Here is my episode with my friend Rae. She is a soul sister of mine. "This week I sat down for a MAGICAL and intuitive conversation with Jen, a play therapy counselor + conscious parenting coach + emotion-focused marathon training coach. In this episode we ended up chatting about allowing + surrendering to smaller, old parts of us to soften into new ways of being in alignment with your authentic self, what play therapy is, what inner child healing is, how to connect with + heal yours." I had such a blast being on her show called The Being in Process Podcast. I wanted to share with you all here as well. Enjoy beauties! Â
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Your intuition is always on your side. Willingness to try something new releases you from the past. Letting go of old hurts allows  present moment magic to open up. Giving yourself space and deep fulfillment for who you are is a savory experience. Each moment of your day is important to navigate with your heart. Today's thoughts create the future. Your thoughts are your best friends, for they guide the way. Life is getting better all of the time. The process of life is unique and astonishing. Life is supportive, rhythmic and provides. The willingness to change and grow is the most empowering action to take. The current state of consciousness is reflected in the way life flows. You are worthy, just by existing. I love you!
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You are lovable because you exist. You, yes you are a wondrous being. The words we speak impact us so deeply. We can always change the dialogue that's happening in our mind. Let the ideas that are important in the moment stick and leave the rest. Enrich your abundance and vibrant life of availability. Your pathway of change and growth is unique and true. Your body holds the wisdom that provides for you. Allow self forgiveness, self love and self accountability. Trust that you are at the right place at the right time. Feel free to sit back and relax and allow yourself to simmer and embrace in deeper truth. www.magicmomentsplay.com
What does your authentic inner child/children relationship look like?
What does your authentic inner child/children relationship feel like?Â
What do you love most about your inner child/children?
What do you love most about yourself?
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WELCOME to the next level of consciousness that I am cultivating and creating. I have been receiving abundantly, allowing myself to feel led and claiming my personal sovereignty. It feels really damn good. I come back to my inherent breath to notice, feel and tune in. Breath work is a way to embody the "work" that connects me deeply to my practice of deepening to my connection to my internal experience. I collaborate with my inner intuition to co-create. When I change the pace of my breath, I alter the amount of oxygen that flows into my brain. Check out the pause breath work mission! https://www.pausebreathwork.com
I am so excited to have Kara Ashley join in an authentic conversation today about what keeps us fulfilled and what leads us to our greatest joys. Kara is an outdoor educator based in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Her unique path of growing up within two extraordinary ecosystems has fostered her dedication to being in right relationship with land, social equity, and personal well-being. Kara is passionate about facilitating the inherent connection between her fellow humans and the natural environment. She has spent a handful of seasons guiding sea kayak expeditions on the northern coast of British Columbia and just recently finished working as a lead farm school teacher for school-age children in Longmont, Colorado. She is going to facilitate rock climbing alongside the Natural Highs curriculum for youth in Canada. She explores her past and flows through her present with divine timing and trust. She follows her heart and leads with her intuition. I am blessed to have her as a friend. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Knowing when to ask for help is a superpower. It requires us to set our pride aside and to know that the goal is progress rather than perfection. Whatever we send out into the world will come back to us ten fold. It becomes crucial how we talk to ourselves, especially at the start of every single day. Through reprogramming our limited subconscious beliefs, we can rewrite the scripts of the narratives that we have been telling ourselves time and time again. It takes courage to break the chains of lack, limitation and low self-worth. It takes practice to put something that is better serving in its place. Self expression in the most genuine authentic way is the highest form of love. When I love myself, I have the capacity to love others, to create and to trust that my mission inspires every exchange that I have. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
How can I stand out in small ways? Where am I making myself small or holding myself back from what I truly want, need and desire? The biggest fear comes from the weight we place on judgement from self and others. As much as I want to honor my path, I still let these voices in the way sometimes. It is part of cultivating courage to show up honestly and authentically. I am growing and challenging my beliefs that I am carrying all of the time. I remind myself that it is okay to let go over and over again of beliefs that I am subscribed to consciously or unconsciously that no longer support my greater mission and vision. What once has served me might not anymore. It is okay for relationships, dynamics and patterns to expire. It is a gift to realign time and time again. Nothing is forever, accept for that unconditional love and devotion to self. I strive to be my greatest advocate for my every need. I am worth the accommodations every single time. My permission slip to create the dream life for me has required me to attend university and hire mentorship to master my skills and relational dynamics to attain the goals and intentions I've set out to achieve. I believe expansion will always happen and up level through the most valuable currency: which I believe to be relationship. Embodying where we are going is the secret to having what it is that we want, now. If I do not know what could be possible, I might be limited and I might have to rely on my imagination to show myself and practice the accessibility that I know is out there for me. I want you to ask yourself, "what permission am I waiting for?" to ignite your own purpose and passion within you. Are you willing to let yourself arrive? Where are you now and where is your next stop? I love you ! http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
I gave myself a week off last week to recalibrate and reset in the newness. I am creating more sustainable ease as times goes on through this new business venture. I am in the phase of discomfort as I move through my systems and structures to implement my next levels of success. I have been at my new office space for just over a month now and I am loving the up level. I have a list of empowering statements that I have been implementing these last few years. I have said it through and through until I could truly feel, sense and believe it on my own. I can say that I have shown my mind the evidence and it is a MOOD! (1121 ushers movement into a grander future by letting go of old habits and thought processes that are holding me back. 1122 encourages my higher purpose in life and my spiritual growth. My angels are telling me that it is time to realize my highest potential in life.) These angel numbers have been showing up for me this last few months consistently. Okay, so why is it so important to conform and fit in and identify with the choices versus what we really needed, wanted and valued? Why is it that there is so much pressure outside of ourselves?How would life be different if we spent our time learning who we are rather than figuring out how to fit? I remember trying to squeeze into jeans that were not my size. It runs SO deep, you all... What I want and desire is valid. I have to appreciate how my parents went through it because that was the way things were. There were not as many people challenging that system through our own power and unique creation. As this is the first time in my life that I am not working for someone else in my entire life. I have an entire future career ahead of me and I get to choose what this looks like. Just because it isn't easy doesn't mean it won't be worth it. As we grow and develop, we do need reassurance that sets us up for the foundation of what we will carry forward into the world with us. Go watch mean girls and see how Katy's public school experience exposed her to "fitting in" in a whole different way than being homeschooled. It presented challenges on a whole new playing field. See what you notice! How are you in relationship to labels? How important is it to you to fit in? Is fitting in to where you aren't belonging hindering you to what is possible for your alignment? You certainly deserve that deep level of love and connection and acceptance from your people and I wish that for you. Find out more about my offerings at: http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
We all have parts of ourselves that are wanting the best for us, but does not treat us in the ways that we ultimately deserve. We have to meet the voices where they are while also demanding, claiming and declaring what we know will nourish ourselves best. Through adverse experiences, how can we give ourselves permission to do things differently than we ever have before? There will always be neigh sayers, even if they are literal real parts of yourself! I even want to challenge you to question if you created it or if it was passed down pain from ways you have been modeled to in how life looks yet, how you can imagine how life COULD ultimately look. Over time, we integrate these parts of ourselves that deny us because we learn slowly and surely how to own them as these shadow parts of self. Consider resistance as part of arriving to your process. Consider the discomfort and resistance to leaning in like a rubber band slingshot that gets to up level you to the next moments of feeling triggered so that you can foster awareness and comfort where discomfort used to be. Here are some symptoms of trauma that include but that are not limited to shock, denial, disbelief, paranoia, dysmorphia, confusion, difficulty concentrating, anger, irritability, mood swings, anxiety and fear, guilt, shame, self-blame, withdrawing from others, feeling overwhelmed, sad or hopeless, feeling disconnected or numb in your experience. It is not for the brain to figure out but more for the body to move. They feel so big because of what they represent generationally. Prioritize nurturing support. You are worth it every single time; I promise. I love you. Be well. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Who is ready for the newness? Life is about to look really different than it has. Triggers are going to knock at our door to see if we are ready to grow. Routines, schedules and fears are setting in. Notice how the thought patterns start to creep in as we anticipate structure, implementation and growing change. Dynamics are shifting and relationships are altering as we come together in the setting of attending school. My dream is that school gets to be fun, playful and outdoor based. My dream school is social-emotionally focused so kids can feel empowered to create. My hope is that the pressures that occur propel us into learning at the next level. Support is crucial now more than ever. I will always encourage bringing your voice. What feels uncomfortable, avoidant or unpleasant. If I can figure out what feels scary, I can choose what my learning looks like moving forward. Can we have challenging dialogue as a family, in a place that feels somewhat comfortable within the chaos or in the overwhelm? What feels scary, silly or dumb about school? Let's invite the honest conversation between our children. Their fears and worries are real, true and valid. If we get to know them, we get to know their current outlook. Stay hydrated, stay rested, stay nourished, breathe, submerge yourself in cold water, whatever creates a feeling of being truly alive. Whatever connects you to your present moment experience is implementing self care. Who are you connecting with that cares about you? Are you able to check in with your past self or future self? I know for myself, they are my greatest confidants. How can I love on you more today? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
What are you ready to say goodbye to in your life?
Where are you practicing transitions in your life?
Where are you prioritizing what you value, cherish and desire?
Where are you still following the grain and doing things that do not actually meet your needs, wants and desires but that feel externally validating?
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What is your relationship to messiness? How have you been in relationship around "mess" thus far? Is a mess comfortable? Is a mess anxiety provoking? Is a mess a stomping ground for creativity? There is a beauty around having multiple needs that vary in different settings and upbringings and environments. What would it be like to become more neutral about that chaos and disorder. Where do your own personal expectations come from? When did we learn that we need to sweep our mess under the rug in order to be in the presence of others? We are creatures of connection and when we don't have to carry something on our own, we get to give others the gift of perspective. A mess is a beautiful reminder that there is no such thing as failure. Just lessons learned. How are you redefining your version o a mess? How are you supporting your children when they have feelings around their mess? Let's lean on each other in these messy times. Let's find balance and ease. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Sometimes it is easier to make assumptions instead of getting to know, reflect and truly face self in meeting new people and starting new relationships. Committing to relating to others in a productive way can feel exposing, vulnerable and new when you meet someone that is not like anyone you've ever met before! We all need to prioritize the well-being of each other so that we can uplift each other along the way. Being successful has to do with how connected to ourselves we are willing to be in relationship to self as we grow to stay connected to ourselves as we show up authentically in relation with others. It is officially time to revolutionize, to understand our love languages and the love languages of those around us. Unpacking trauma, patterns and cycles gets to be the way we reparent ourselves into healing. Through extreme states of discomfort is what catalyzes and propels the initiation of change. Moving our trauma is done best with facilitation in a trusted group setting where collectively we can support people to feel less isolation and loneliness. When we hold the space for others to feel seen, heard and understood- we open the depths of relationship for others to be there for us when we need to move our trauma too. Think of your trauma as a gift for others to see and honor you rather than the narrative we have been taught that says we are a burden for carrying our past. We were never meant to carry that alone; period. Take your children's experiences seriously. Let them define what something means to THEM. Be open to them sharing with you how they are doing this. Be the one that can handle them HOWEVER they choose to show up in your presence. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
The universe is positioning us to become in alignment with the highest versions of ourselves. Can you believe what it takes sometimes for us to wake up to our own power? What if what was truly best for us was even beyond what we thought we are worth? Take a look at where you spend your currency of time, energy, effort and money. Be honest with yourself. What is current on your list of values? Where are you wishing to set stronger boundaries? Where are you willing to accept yourself in order to learn about yourself even deeper? I am seeing that now more than ever, we are being bumped into alignment even if that looks like cancellations, resistance and not settling for anything less than what is congruent with our greater mission today. I am here to support you through your challenging endeavors this season. We continue to get uncomfortable in each new level of the unknown along with all of the unpredictable factors in our lives and world. To learn more about magic moment offerings please visit http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Sometimes I hardly recognize myself when I am integrating a new next level shift. It's crazy because old parts of myself feel so far away sometimes. Where are you doubting your gifts? Where are are you ready for more? Get ready to claim it! Let's go! Growing pains show us exactly where we need to nurture ourselves more. Through ending cycles, we up level and shift based on what is best for us, without protecting anyone else's feelings. If anything, this allows us to take ownership even more over our own feeling based experiences. Transitions might be the wildest place to be. Through the muck, the excavating and the re-evaluation of upgrading our mental, physical, spiritual and emotional states- I am here to support you through it all! What are your wins and challenges right now? Â Give yourself the gift of permission to put yourself first. You cannot help others until your own cup is filled. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Hannah Horowitz hails from Sonoma, California and came into her own in New Orleans, Louisiana. She holds a BA in English and Sociology, an MA in English Lit, and an MA in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling. Her early love of language and stories is an integral piece of what brought her to therapeutic work. Hannahâs work is also informed by living and traveling in a variety of countries. She is grateful everyday that she gets to do work so intimately with people; she can truly think of no higher honor than walking the path of so many of lifeâs big questions with her clients. In her work, Hannah honors the complex mixture of external and internal influences that fashion how we show up in this world. She has a particular love for helping people engage with all pieces in themselves - from cultural influences to early childhood experiences to personality structures - and believes that, by getting to know all parts of ourselves, we can compassionately and wisely grow. Hannahâs work is enhanced by a lens focused on the body, systems, and developmental awareness. Special interests include existential and spiritual questioning, trauma, relationships, and life transitions. Hannah delights in learning about health and wellness, talking about the enneagram, and eating raspberries. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Emily Maze joins us today to share her experiences and create conscious conversation. I am so glad, grateful and abundantly blessed that we have crossed paths and that we are making the consistent effort to spread this magic out into the world. Emily helps stressed out stay-at-home moms break the cycles of anger and overwhelm, establish routines, and get their kids to listen - without yelling! She is a respectful parenting coach and the creator of the Aligned Motherhood Method, where she supports her clients holistically in navigating ALL THE THINGS that come along with motherhood and being the parent they want to be. You won't want to miss this ep! If you are drawn to her approach and want to learn more about Emily's offerings, applications are open for working with her directly. You can book a risk free call to see what resonates. There is a special pricing offer available for podcast listeners! https://subscribepage.com/alignedmotherhoodmethodwaitlist/
Summer is a reminder about relationship. Which relationships are taking a break, which are being fostered and which are being nurtured? I love how some relationships can come and go and others are meant to stay for a longer time period. What are your experiences with navigating how connection takes time and effort for growth and sustainability?
What comes up for you in the summertime? Do parents still have to work? Are kids sent to camps? As a kid I was so sad to see the school year end. Usually I was devastated, because some friends I wouldn't see until the next school year. Some years I did overnight stay away camp and other years I did day camps where I met some beautiful people. Wow, so much change, transition and new unanticipated growth that would come. What are your biggest challenges right now? What are your goals and dreams this summer? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Owen Kubalak joins the conversation today to talk about balance and strategies for inspiration. Jen interviews him for the Natural Highs Community Podcast, which is where this episode first dropped. In effort to expand to this audience as well, we are sharing it here today. We dive into the conversation around distractions, rewards and satisfaction. We also discuss how we have what it takes and what we are searching for deep within all along. Enjoy! To learn more about the Natural Highs Community please visit http://www.naturalhighs.org
Do we have to run ourselves into the ground before we. take a break? Do we have to face burnout before we see that we need to do something different? Sometimes that is what it takes to redirect and sometimes we can look for what we need before nature forces us to try something different. I want the mental health field to be secure in supporting mental health professionals to model what it looks like to give back to self and to prioritize self. Is there room to start practicing new paradigm? Where is the freedom and flexibility for family and spirituality and fun and work-life balance and fun and general well-being? Deep levels of healing come with leading by example. When we model what we want to see for our children, it's no different than what we need to see being modeled to us through the lens of the mental health profession. I know that we could do better, and I want to continue to be an active member of creating change for this. I want to be a licensed professional counselor as fast as I can and the irony becomes checking in with myself with how much I am able to take care of myself fully and presently in the process. It becomes a stretch! Sometimes our systems are not completely set up with humanness or well-being in mind. Now that we know that we can go beyond survival and safety, we get to redefine what this looks like to our own personal process through emotions. The body keeps the score! We can release the past generations of trauma in order to heal our own and pave the way for our future. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Every single thing in your world is a direct reflection of yourself. Yes, you read that correctly. Every single thing; especially the things that do not seem so- these are the ones that we have the most to learn from. I interpret the world around me based on what I believe to be true. I make meaning based on my past and how I have been impacted developmentally. I want you to check out the documentary "My Octopus Teacher" because it is a beautiful illustration of the relationship of mirroring that demonstrates attachment, feeling, trust and commitment. I was blown away by the beauty of the deep authentic willingness and openness to connection. There was so much beauty in contrast hilighting how we choose to love and choose to live. My perception is my reality. I get to share who I am to teach others and help others connect and see themselves as well. I get to stay in my truth even if it is drastically different than what everyone around me is expressing and sharing. We are all relevant. We are all worthy of connection. We all matter. We all have something to teach, learn and share. I can't wait to see what you discover about yourself and what you want to share. If our bodies tell us how we feel, are we fueling our bodies based on how we want to feel? Your power of perception gets to be your driving force for who you are and how you show up in the world. Am I willing to acknowledge that I have the power? What is in alignment with your heart's deepest desires? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
As humans, we need truth. It is okay to not be okay. We are allowed to feel broken and in shambles. I want you to know that you do not have to show up having it "all-together." I love and accept myself and yourself anyways in all ways. In ancient Chinese medicine, your life force is referred to as your qi. When we face trauma or adversity, our qi gets scattered in all places that we may leave our energy lingering. The 5 point protocol calls your qi back to you. With meridians and organs that correspond to healing, we can ignite the power of self healing and return to a neutral balance. The point Shen Men is "spirit gate" which connects you to everything bigger than yourself. This represents connection & joy. The Sympathetic Nervous System point brings activation from survival states of fight, flight, freeze and fawn into true rest, relaxation and rejuvenation. The kidney point supports fear and anxiety, the liver point supports anger and rage and the lung point supports grief, sadness and loss. Let us claim our power back. Let us feel the spectrum of emotions and the depths of wherever they might take us. Am I willing to be open to the messages my emotions are carrying? Am I willing to receive the subtle wisdom my body is teaching me? "The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 â a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America." When our power is reclaimed and our voices are re-discovered: watch out folx! Check out this documentary "Dope is Death" to get the full background and history of this badass activism movement that has acupuncture detoxification changing the world! See the documentary below: You won't want to miss it! https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gxy5/the-shortlist-with-suroosh-alvi
Nick Fruth provides transformational coaching and powerful meditation to ignite imagination and shift consciousness for growth and empowerment. After traveling through the depths of his experience, he was able to really learn how to truly connect to himself, connect to his essence, connect to his state of being that has taught him so much about what he wanted out of life. His path of trauma, addiction, awareness and accountability has led him to where he is today. He learned a whole new way of existing with himself physically. Through frustration, acceptance and integration he discovered the healing powers of being present within his body. The body holds and carries deep wisdom and truth. We explore curiosities such as how our consciousness relates to time, how our experiences as kids affect us still to this day and how identity and environment play into our core essence and inner resourcing for strength, resilience and self-worth. We touch on sense of self, character traits, balance and the overwhelm development can bring. When our environment says one thing, but inside we feel something very different, we wake up to our individual needs and desires. Where is the fine line between you and energy around you? Nick's understanding of his own story has evolved as he has. Somatic experiences have been the stabilizing solution for his challenges. Connecting to the body is connection to this reality. What if being out of time and space was the challenge that we label mental health disorders? What our bodies go through is what we grow through. Want to find out the possibilities of what your own unique reality could look like? Want to learn about the value of our own story? Want to learn more? Check out Nick's offerings at http://www.nickfruth.com
Ellie Gervais is a beautiful soul joining today to dive deep into process and the bliss within the "mess." What if our unique journey was a balance between our own initiative and a magical dance of surrender and trust with the universe? Ellie is a badass transformation coach working with women who desire to exit their toxic cycles and patterns. She highlights maximum growth and how society has taught us to work in a linear way. She brings so much value around exposing the process. Having the courage and integrity to share her open and honest process that is in the making is something that makes her bold and magnetic. She wants to normalize and emphasize the time and steps that happen in the "in-between." In effort to be relatable, she wants to bridge the gap of disconnect when people get caught up in the "how" by taking a deeper look at toxic shame and disruptive dysfunctional relating. Everyone has a unique transformation that is tailored specific to them. Let's dismantle the unrealistic expectations and reveal the meaningful truths for ourselves! She shares her path about immense grief and loss as well as her struggles and strengths that have been born and transformed. Her story is powerfull. I am so proud of her for sharing her authenticity to inspire others. She moves me to feel so much when I am in her presence! To learn more, you can find her at https://elliegervais.com and on social @spiritualwellness_andyou
Family systems are complex. They are a constant reminder of our shadow parts and pieces as well as our pain points that live through ourselves and our children. Our unconscious patterning as humans can be toxic when we are limited and stuck. When making choices, we have to orient to taking personal ownership and accountability. It is time to take responsibility for who we are, even if it is challenging to admit. We might be used to self-sabotaging or torturing ourselves when we perceive having the courage to say how we feel is harder. Am I willing to be authentic in order to move through the possibility of getting rejected? Nothing feels more painful than to be rejected by someone you love and care about. It is time to start approaching relating in a healthier way. There are supportive ways to trust your process. There are containers that can hold you accountable for your emotional experience. Stay open. Stay curious. Allow yourself to meet you where you truly are rather than where you want to be. It can feel painful to see how we currently are showing up, yet is can provide space to manifest what we really need and how we really want that to look. The magic happens when we can measure the growth and change that occurs over time. Allow the pain out. That is your gift to the world. That is where your power is- in true authentic feeling. Feeling must be allowed, held, practiced and expressed otherwise it will get bigger. How loud are you willing to let feelings get? How much longer are you willing to feel stuck? What is your tolerance? Lend yourself compassion for however you are being guided and led. Embrace your superpower to feel. Let's untangle the projections and get to the feelings sooner. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Chris Cannon is an Addictions Therapist and Somatic Spiritual Counselor joining today to share about his journey that relates to his personal life and professional path. At age 13 he was catalyzed to experience the culmination of his adoption trauma. Developmentally, he was redefining his self-awareness at a huge time of identity. Meditation, Sobriety and Trauma Psychotherapy influenced a brand new chapter for Chris. This was what shaped his direction to become a Mental Health Professional. After discovering the transpersonal lens of the mind-body connection, Chris has not looked back and undeniably so! The therapeutic process requires self trust. When the brain interprets "depression and anxiety" to make sense of it, the roots always trace back to nerve impulses and body sensations. Our bodies hold the wisdom that teaches us about our past, present and future. The more we practice this, the more we learn to trust our experience. Chris shares the behaviors and symptoms that he experienced as a child and how hypersensitivity has affected his outlook on life. He also shares with us about how parents can connect authentically with their children, no matter how unique their situation is. With challenges of loss, rejection and sadness, Chris shares that his awareness of less speed is the key to process what feels deliberate and intentional around asking for support, taking a moment to let feelings move and honoring quality time and care for himself. I am so proud of who Chris is and how he is changing the world one life at a time. Check out his work at the collective on http://www.somaticspiritualcounseling.com
What is your relationship to feeling rejection and the feelings that might come with it? Rejection is usually avoided at all costs. Do you perceive you can genuinely express yourself in relationship? Sometimes the fear of being rejected keeps us from speaking out or sharing our truth, which then keeps us stuck when we really want to move more than anything. It is so much easier to wish that the world would be different before ever looking within to see what needs to change with self, first. When you are having a feeling, you get to be the observer to your own experience. What are your emotions trying to teach you? Where are your feelings guiding you? How can your teachers and mentors witness you at deeper levels in and within relationship as they see you take ownership of all parts of who you are? Your experience is guaranteed to be split with acceptance and rejection in effort to create balance. Take yourself in this week. What feels hard to accept about yourself? What feels easier to accept about yourself? How can you track rejection for yourself this week? This takes us so much deeper through our experience when we claim who we are through our own challenges in our own unique experience. If you would like to hear more about rejection, you can watch my Masters Degree Capstone Presentation on "Working with Rejection in Play Therapy" at http://www.magicmomentsplay.com/resources
Dr. Sara Zimmerman is here today to share about how emotional healing, physical changes and health from the inside out starts with awareness, education and knowledge. Truly living life is not about perfection, rather freedom from the stressors of the external pressures in our lives. What lifestyle of health maintenance is best for you? Through functional medicine, there are healthy alternatives for gentle detox as well as measures for sustainable change over time. In today's day we are very pressured to receive quick turn arounds yet our personal journey toward health and wellness is not something that we can change by taking a pill for a quick fix. Change is not overnight. Small steps are very worth it. Quality nutrition is so important and so undervalued. High quality whole foods can take the place of medicine for your brain, gut and body. With mindfulness around consumption, gratitude for nourishment and slowing down to notice, we can quench what we are actually looking for. Trusting what our bodies are needing allows us to get to nourish the depleted parts of ourselves that have been needing to be deeply taken care of. How do you want to make choices today that will impact your tomorrow? Are you willing to spend money now on yourself to invest into your health, for your future self? Remember, the mind body connection is so resilient to how we treat and care for ourselves. When you feel clearly, you can think clearly and you can make empowering decisions for your life. What we are being marketed, told and advertised is not always supportive to our highest wellbeing. When we do not have people in our life to support us, it can be easy to turn to what we are convenienced by. Chemical additives and processed foods are what we grew up with. The industry is VERY MiSLEADiNG for what the body actually needs. This is one of the huge limiting beliefs that get in the way of knowing that healthy foods CAN taste good. Your body WiLL adapt. Dr. Sara talks about how you can find other components to look forward to- like flavor, color and how it might look when you prepare it. What is your relationship to the food you are choosing to consume when you are eating it? Do you eat to get full? Are you paying attention to the textures? Have you received what the food is offering? How are we satisfying our unconscious? How can we step more into conscious decisions? How can we address our blocks for our mental, emotional and physical health? The time is now! Let's take care of our energy! SiMPLE, but NOT EASY... Let's go. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
How often do we really leave room for disappointment? My guess is- because it is not a favorable emotion could be a great reason why we fail to give it the space and awareness it deserves and needs. Did you know that by practicing leaning into emotional upsets NOW prepares us with the skills, practice AND confidence for the heavier opportunities in the future? I want you to see where you pull yourself out of disappointment before you allow yourself to exhaust the feeling. How great is your emotional tolerance? Are you looking to expand and increase your tolerance to feel CHALLENGiNG emotional experiences to create more room for the favorable enjoyable emotions? When small sized events have big feelings associated; how are you going to feel equipped to show up with your children authentically in the moment? When we do not get what we want, there likely might be a surge of iNTENSiTY around REJECTiON and pushback from feelings of ENTiTLEMENT when we do not like how this feels. Let's look at the relationship between blame and shifting into ownership and accountability- not just saying it or talking about it, but being brave enough to show it and using language that communicates clearly. Let's jump in! http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
If you want to learn how to enhance your consciousness and receive mentorship from me personally, Iâd love to invite you to apply for the waitlist for magic moments parenting method. MMPM is my 60 day conscious parenting solutions program that helps you decrease challenging disruptive behaviors between your children and family without sacrificing true authentic connection. Regardless of your past experience, MMPM is the ultimate tool that can provide you unforgettable results, abundance and lifelong success. I will immerse you with other parents who are also wanting to expand at the highest level. The MMPM family attracts the most wonderful people that really want to expand and flourish into their higher versions of self. We really dive deep into understanding the language of children. Children communicate most through play. Kids also communicate through ENERGY & FEELiNG! In MMPM we get to the core and offer balance for extremely clear communication that actually conveys EXACTLY what we mean, want and are requesting in ways that fit appropriately developmentally for the stage we want to speak to. I teach you all about awareness, integration and transformation. Ready to take the leap? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Anna Lamson is a Childrenâs Author Helping Multicultural Families Thrive! She is inspiring creativity through books and creating worlds where children can honor who they are. She helps parents to prepare their children for what they might encounter. She also helps parents to accept that they are enough as they are. Her goals are to increase perspective and embrace awareness. Parents may not even know that what they are needing is exactly what Anna is providing. We share a dialogue around what it's like to connect to who we are and how we are only responsible for ourselves! What have been the greatest gifts and challenges of parenthood thus far? Why is it so important to be connected to your own personal roots? How would you encourage others to stay connected to their lineage?
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Tell me more! When kids ask us questions, do they really want to know the answer OR are they trying to communicate how they feel? Tricky and also very informative! When kids have wonders and curiosities, these can sometimes mask the feelings underneath. What they are wanting most from us is for us to show them and to demonstrate to them that questions what represent our feelings underneath are so valid for what they are. By demonstrating unconditional acceptance, it does require us to step outside of our comfort zone. It also requires us to have feelings. Yikes! What if I don't always like how I'm feeling? Trusting that bringing a voice to WHATEVER iT iS THAT YOU ARE EXPERiENCiNG gets to be enough!! You are a rockstar, and better yet- let's say you do perceive that you have "messed up" in some sense; what a beautiful permission slip for your children to do the same. AND to be gentle and compassionate to yourself. I believe that true confidence comes from messing up and learning to be resilient from making mistakes. I believe that productivity and performance seeking from an external force measuring what I've done is not as powerful as going within to foster our own ability to hold ourselves and others completely. I can have a willingness to let go of what is holding me back and accepting where I currently am. I can help and support wholeness and examine what I believe about myself and how I can challenge my beliefs to see if they align with what I want most in life. When I am aligned, those around me gravitate towards their alignment as well. Allow space for curiosity- like really truly. Allow ourselves and our kids for more time to process their distress through questions that bubble up to the surface.
When feelings get hurt or experiences of pain surface, or when disappointment, dishonesty, devastation and unfinished business comes to the light -how often do you attempt to handle, cope or resolve? When feeling emotionally threatened, it is not safe to take emotional risks. Feelings of fear, nervousness and hopeless may arise and have no place to go. If emotional vulnerability is not established in a parent child relationship, there is a high chance that children will feel misunderstood and guarded to protect their feelings from being seen or hurt. Emotional security is a top priority when it comes to rupture and repair. Are attachments secure enough to take risks? Will people still show up unconditionally after you share what you need? Will needs be perceived as acceptable and worthy? These are all real concerns that are valid and true! Everyone that we come in contact with fits somewhere on an emotional spectrum from an emotional threat to emotional neutrality to emotional comfort. Many factors can make up what allow the feelings of safety and trust. Maybe a genuine connection, maybe a relationship sparks, maybe a long term friend. We usually find ourselves in conflict when someone in the relational dynamic is triggered and cannot tolerate the actions or behaviors of those who are in relationship with them before they are able to communicate their need. Here are some of my considerations: I am worthy of rupture and repair. I am willing to be vulnerable about repairing. I am willing to fully hear all sides and perspectives. I feel willing to take ownership for my role. I care about my emotional health and well-being. I am willing to take emotional risk with those I trust and care about and those who trust and care about me. I am willing to take accountability for my experience in order to grow and thrive into the ever evolving versions of self. I am willing to express genuinely. I am willing to move my own energy and feeling. How can I support you in your journey of rupture and repair? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
When we want something, we have to learn how to ask for what it is that will get us there. When we are in relationship with kids, we have to acknowledge that they are learning, growing and changing and that what they need most is an external regulator to help guide them through their emotional process. In order for kids to learn how to foster their emotional intelligence step by step, they need adults in their life who are willing to do the same. Here is the tricky part. Sometimes parents don't actually want what they think they "should" want because according to society and the external influential environment there are expectations for behavior. Be sure to evaluate how much you are able to be honest with yourself. Are you living in alignment with what you truly want or does it feel like there is pressure to conform a certain way? It is so important to be real about what works for you. That might not be for anyone but you to decide. I am here to support you ! http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Why is it so important to help our children process their emotions? Itâs probably because we still need to tend to the inner children that are at each stage of development that live within us. We get to model what it is like to have unconditional acceptance for who we are and WE get to be the change. Helping yourself to help your children to process emotions propels confidence for intentional life reactions and responses and connection to self. There may be moments from your own childhood that you remember where a parent failed to acknowledge your unprocessed emotions due to their own unprocessed emotions, but you never mentioned it due to the fawn response of âplaying nice.â Maybe it was too dangerous to say how you really felt. Maybe it threatened others. Maybe there was never space for it. Check in with these emotions- do they create resentment? Uncovering and repairing these situations for growth is an important step to maintaining a close relationship with your self, children and loved ones. Thoughts and feelings come and go. Sometimes seemingly at random. Sometimes they flash back to painful memories of the past and other times people feel good about their experiences. Emotions are associated with memories. Feelings are connected to a structure in the brain that communicates the emotion of the memory, which could either teach us or keep us stuck. I want to touch on the fact that in order to have unconditional acceptance, you get to accept AS iS. When our children share something that sounds exaggerated or out of this world, (for a lack of better term) regardless of if itâs âmade upâ - whatâs REAL and what gets to be SO real is the FEELiNG underneath of the story. From the root comes the need, then the feeling, then the behavior and then the story. You get to see the story AS the cover for whatâs underneath (the behavior, feeling and need) and you get to trust that your child has shared their sacred truth with you because they feel safe enough to do so. How special. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Poem of: The Awakening of You By Jeff Foster
Jen tunes in to her grief around her Maternal Grandfather Jerry passing this weekend. She shares with openness and vulnerability that loss forces us to slow down, honor our grief and surrender to the magnitude of the immense impact it can have on transitioning forward. Stay connected to family and community through the heavy times. Ask for support. Take good care. Remember, Love never dies. With a heavy heart; Big LOVE everyone <3.
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Developmental Stages are MOST important to understand when we are learning to speak our childâs language. If their language is PLAY, their development is a TOOL that we get to use to understand them better based on where they fall in chronological age and developmental age. How do we help to support children to feel like integral members of the family when each family member subconsciously thinks of themselves as either fitting in or standing out? As kids, feeling too different to fit in but still wanting to connect and receive love and acceptance is a stressful place to feel split. It can feel scary to feel different and could even lead to maladaptive coping strategies. How can we embrace our children through their differences without expecting them to change but rather support them unconditionally in their decision making despite the choices they make? If we donât feel valued in the aspects of our life that we are contributing to, we reject these places in order to find our place where we do. Itâs rare for anyone to feel highly valued in all environments that they are involved with. Some environments might bring out more discomfort than others and you may only feel somewhat valued. When I think about kids, they may go from home to school to social groups. It is very normal to have one of these circles be a circle where you might not feel highly valued⌠AND THAT IS NORMAL, OKAY & TO BE EXPECTED⌠http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
If I am blaming someone else, it means that it feels too painful for me to acknowledge and own what I cannot admit to myself. It feels like a cop out (or shameful to feel shame) to put the responsibility onto someone else- but then I am still feeling unresolved⌠and ultimately still stuck. The reason it feels so violating to be on the receiving end of blame is because it completely crosses a boundary for personal responsibility and accountability on the sender side and can feel triggering and unexpected. It also feels yucky because the receiver falls into the set up of how the sender feels. It can feel unpleasant to feel how someone else is setting you up to feel and to know that it doesn't belong to you. Others "set you up to feel" how theyâre feeling so that they can feel more understood and met. If I am blaming, I am demonstrating that I have no skills to acknowledge the magnitude of what is presenting itself to me- let alone own this part of me within myself. When I feel shame: I feel small, embarrassed, ugly, excluded, worthless, abandoned, unimportant, humiliated, conflicted in my identity and wanting to hide. Parents usually use negative consequences such as yelling, threatening, punishing, bribing or other manipulative tactics to try to get their children to do exactly what they want when they are feeling threatened themselves. They are likely feeling insecure, angry and scared to be further rejected by their children, so instead- they threaten their power using control so that they can sense an illusion of security. Some parents even think that ignoring the behavior that they do not want to experience will make it go away. This is still a form of CONTROL. Ignoring DOES NOT WORK and can actually hurt deep bonds with our children. When harmful behavior arises, it is important to set effective boundaries that will allow you to stay present and also keep everyone safe. How can we still lean into this and set firm directive boundaries WHILE sharing our emotional experience? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
When we feel threatened by the behavior our children are displaying, (and believe me- we will!) it can be tricky to have ownership over our own feelings of lack, scarcity and insecurity in the moment before we project this onto our kids. You see, kids feel subconsciously nervous to be emotionally flooded with the feelings you are failing to take ownership of. Often parents flood difficult emotions onto their children. If a child overhears a parent talking about them in a comparing way, they can feel that lack of personal power and control. Our child feels subconsciously nervous that we might love them more if they did those things⌠It hurts our kids more than we think, and more than they let on. When kids experience that wave of sudden embarrassment, they can be nervous that you will do it againâŚÂ and remembering what we know about choosing attachment over authenticity, they may abandon their feelings in future instances to say that their feelings donât matter. Which is sad- because down the road when our children are at a party, are we going to want them to trust how they feel about something, or are we going to want them to trust what others are telling them and how they should feel? We have to start now. http://www.magicmomentsplay.comÂ
We start to really wonder: Who am I? Who am I really? Remembering that energy cannot be created nor destroyed; when we depress the energy of feeling- the feelings are not going anywhere. Think of a volcano being dormant and then one day exploding. Itâs unpredictable, damaging and could cause havoc- yet we live in this state of fear and paranoia tiptoeing on eggshells wondering when the emotional volcano will decide to erupt ever so disproportionately. The body has a wisdom that simply does not forget. Now, we can either have control over when we exercise these emotions that allow us to experience ourselves on deeper levels- or our emotions can control us- unpredictably. The choice is yours!!
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We have a fascinating strategy to bypass uncomfortable situations. It can happen without even consciously noticing. While the brain function is to protect us, it actually serves as the opposite in relational dynamics. Dissociation happens when we donât want to experience something. We truly do have the personal power and potential to change child development by attuning to each other in a mirroring way. This means looking at our children when we are responding to them. It might take little effort now, but actually has a huge reward and return on investment for the future. Simply the acknowledgement and recognition that you do not have time to respond to their actual request right now- or that you are needing more time is technically still a response where they can receive your eye contact, attunment and curiousity to stay open for themselves. See if you can make an effort to acknowledge your childâs social emotional requests more than giving them an exact answer. Answering questions keeps us in our heads. Promoting curiosity encourages us to open our hearts. Ex: "Ah; you reallllly want to know about xyz..." And remember, perfection isnât required for healthy development. If we do miss that mark for these mirroring opportunities we can always have a corrective emotional experience as we step into accountability and responsibility for ourselves in our parenting journey. Keep feeling what you are feeling! Keep voicing those internal feelings externally! I am so proud of you. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
You could have the best intentions in the world, but unless you are able to communicate clearly- through language that is effective and impactful, it will not be sustainable for your relationships PERIOD. Consistency of authentic language leads to clear open and honest communication. Every part of communication matters whether it happens through body language, breath, expression or subtle tone. Children communicate to us through energy and feeling. Simple yet complex to put into practice. For some of us, this requires us to abandon everything weâve ever known if we have not been raised to act and be in our true alignment for who we are. People lose their lives over not being who they are and it is time for this to change. It starts with us. If we strive for consciousness, we have a responsibility to show up fully in our relationship with loved ones. We know that the best way to deepen a bond is to grow through the discomfort of an emotional rupture or challenge. Remember- the growth happens as we face ourselves through repair. This takes courage and heart. It takes openness and vulnerability. It takes emotional maturity. Are you ready to communicate consciously?Â
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Did you know that the single most important factor in mental health is the focus on building deep connections; with your children, in your relationships and with your partner. Without conscious awareness, we may only develop a deep connection with people who are easiest to get along with, are most similar to us or that need our help. Learning about the top ways to build deep bonds can immensely improve the quality of connections that we can have with ourseves and others. It gives me chills just thinking about it! Can you imagine a world where we revolutionize communication? Can you see true understanding? Can you see excitement in conflict? I dream about what is possible all of the time! http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Emotion connects us to our own unique experiences. Feelings are spurts of energy that travel through us to communicate a need. We are magical beings of creation behaving in curious ways. How can we connect more to our true nature? How can we accept any feeling that arises? How can we remind ourselves of what we can handle and what we need help with? How can we embody more of our authenticity? http://www.magicmomentsplay.com
Let's get really clear about conscious parenting solutions. Let's get really clear about how we show up. Let's challenge our beliefs, expand in our connection and get to know ourselves authentically in order to create meaning and depth in our relationships. I'm SO glad that you are here for the journey! Let's do this. http://www.magicmomentsplay.com