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The Mom Hour8 Boring (But Powerful) Ways We're Caring For OurselvesSelf care sometimes looks a little like tough love – and it’s definitely not always glamorous. Whether it’s appointing that follow-up, making a lifestyle change, or hitting pause for some serious rest, today we’re talking about the ways we’re ‘treating ourselves’ to some actual – if rather boring – midlife lady self care. Join us!This is Part 2 of 3 in our ‘Treat Yo Self’ series this fall. Check out Part 1 here!HELPFUL LINKS:How To Take Yourself On A Date, And Why It Matters is the first episode in this three-part series.Episodes From The Archives Similar...
2024-11-1559 min
Education BeatKids enroll in this school just for the lunchIn this episode we visit Davenport, California, a little seaside town, south of San Francisco, not far from Santa Cruz. The town is home to a tiny district with just one school, nestled between ocean, farmland, and mountains. John Fensterwald is taking us there for lunch, cooked from scratch by the fifth and sixth graders.
Pacific Elementary’s unique Food Lab program is a boon for the district, boosting its enrollment by attracting students from nearby wealthier districts.
Guests:
Emelia Miguel, Food Service Director, Pacific Elementary School
Quinn Schromm, Moses O’Riordan, Shyon Johnson, Loga...
2022-01-0600 min
The Momtellectual PodcastMOMTELLECTUAL 137 - Find what You Need with Dona BumgarnerDona Bumgarner is a life coach for moms, and in this episode we talk about the importance of knowing what you need to "fill your bucket".
You'll feel less alone after this conversation if you're one of the many women who lose at least a bit of themselves in motherhood, and forget what energizes you - or even what you like!
Dona also talks about the importance of understanding that this is a constant journey, and that what you need for self care changes depending on your situation and stage of life.
The...
2020-10-0532 minThe Momtellectual PodcastMOMTELLECTUAL 136 - Tune into Your Knowing with Dona BumgarnerDona Bumgarner is a life coach for moms, and she joins me for a discussion about how tuning into our own inner knowing as moms is a vital piece of withstanding the judgements we face.
This episode is definitely for you if you suffer pain from being judged, whether from others or yourself!
In this episode, Dona also shares her journey to becoming a life coach after getting everything she thought she wanted - and it wasn't right for her.
The best ways to connect with Dona are through her website at https...
2020-09-2834 min
Nurturing HabitSelf-Care For Introvert Moms - Summer Break Bonus Sheltering in place during this pandemic is especially hard for mothers who are introverts, especially when your kids are very small. You just.want.to.be.alone, but that space and quiet is really hard to come by. In this Summer Break re-run episode, I share a bit of my own story, finding my way as an introvert and a stay-at-home mother. I also offer suggestions for how introvert moms can better care for themselves and be more calm, recharged and focused by practicing self-care that gets right at the need for quiet and alone time (even if your family n...
2020-08-1231 minNurturing HabitTidying up your whole life - Summer Break BonusThis summer break-re-release is an episode where I break down the philosophy behind the KonMari method, and how to apply it to more than just your house. After you listen, I want you to review what is - or was - in your life pre-Covid, and what you WANT in your life now. There is so much we want but still can’t have. But what are you actually relieved to no longer be doing? When you get to start doing all the things again, which are the ones you really want, and which do you just think you should go...
2020-07-2936 minNurturing HabitHow to Turn Yourself On - Summer Break BonusBeing turned on means to be ready. Not, in this case, for sexy stuff, but to be ready to invite life in. Do you feel open to that invitation? Or are you instead worn out, exhausted, and touched out? Motherhood - life - doesn’t have to feel this way. But if you are waiting for someone to swoop in and fix it, you might be waiting a long time. This week’s episode (#64) is about how you can reconnect with yourself, reconnect with the world, start to feel alive and vital again. It is about how you can light yourself...
2020-07-1528 minNurturing HabitSelf-Care For Hard Times - Summer Break BonusIn this summer break re-release, I get personal about how I tended to myself in a particularly hard season; what worked for me, where I set boundaries, what I did to nourish myself. I hope you will hear some ideas here that you can implement in your own life. Ideas that make you think, "Huh, I hadn’t thought of that as self-care!” But it is. It totally is. And the effects will last a lot longer than a bubble bath, too. What you’ll find in this episode: the secret to how I menu-plan how I’m building my village questi...
2020-07-0133 minNurturing HabitHow To Talk To Your Kids About Hard ThingsHow do you talk to your kids about the hard stuff? Illness, death, violence? Racism? If you feel completely unprepared for these conversations, this episode should help. While there is no one script to cover all the different conversations, there are some general guidelines that will help you feel more confident and brave, no matter what the topic. In this episode I share a rough framework that will help you prepare for and have a conversation with your child - at any age - about those more tricky or emotional topics. What you’ll hear in this episode: How to approac...
2020-06-1732 min
Nurturing HabitBetter parenting starts with you - with Casey O'RoartyDo you feel like a good parent every day? Or do you snap and get frustrated, say things you regret, and wish you had different kids?: Welcome to being human during a pandemic, so give yourself some grace. You don’t have to be stuck here. Doing your own personal work - increasing your awareness, mindfulness, and self-care - can change everything about how you parent. My guest for this episode, Casey O’Roarty, has been training and coaching parents since 2007, and credits her commitment to her own personal work to helping her get through some pretty intense stuff - not ev...
2020-06-1051 min
Nurturing HabitWhat is the meaning of all this? With Uma GirishUma Girish believes that this pandemic is here to teach us something important. Uma is an author, speaker and life purpose coach, and she believes that you are here, at this moment in time, on purpose. What can you learn from this experience? How can you support and usher your kids through it so that it has greater meaning than just being paused? What you’ll hear in this episode Why this pandemic is happening now and what we can learn from it Why the global scale and interconnectedness of this experience is so important How to support yourself and how t...
2020-05-2055 min
Nurturing HabitHow to make everything easier - live coaching with Dacy“I need help following through on doing things that are good for me,” is what she said to me, but what she really needed was: permission to be ok with choosing her self-care time over chores identifying some hidden inequality in her partnership that she could address unearthing and questioning her expectations of herself and her definition of “good moms do…" In this live coaching episode, I help Dacy dig in to what was REALLY going on, what she really WANTED - and it was not at all what she thought she was after. It was so much more far-reaching! What you’ll h...
2020-05-0644 min
Nurturing HabitBalancing it all during the pandemic, with Carey OsenbauLast month, life shifted for everyone. I expect you are feeling the deep impact of that right now. I’m personally writing this five weeks into sheltering at home, a month into school closures and my partner working at home, and no end in sight. Every woman I’ve come in contact with is feeling the strain of this massive shift in our time, income, and the ways we emotionally support ourselves and our families. Carey Osenbau’s life is no different. She’s the mom of 3 kids and owner of a boutique branding business. Normally, her husband travels extensively for work and...
2020-04-2251 min
Joyful Courage for Parenting TeensEps 229: Parenting through a crisis with Dona BumgarnerI am so excited to welcome my guest, Dona Bumgarner!Dona is a life coach for frustrated moms who are exhausted living in a culture that doesn’t support them well, which can lead to feeling very out of control of their own time and energy. In her work, Dona helps mothers re-engage with their own desires and design a mothering style and family life that feels authentic to their personal values and goals. She believes that when parents have their needs met, they have more energy and patience to engage with their children in healthy and pr...
2020-04-1448 minJoyful Courage for Parenting TeensEps 229: Parenting through a crisis with Dona BumgarnerI am so excited to welcome my guest, Dona Bumgarner!Dona is a life coach for frustrated moms who are exhausted living in a culture that doesn’t support them well, which can lead to feeling very out of control of their own time and energy. In her work, Dona helps mothers re-engage with their own desires and design a mothering style and family life that feels authentic to their personal values and goals. She believes that when parents have their needs met, they have more energy and patience to engage with their children in healthy and pr...
2020-04-1448 min
Nurturing HabitFinding and Using Your Voice, with Chelsea BradyToday’s guest is a song doula. You’ve probably never heard of that. I hadn’t either! Chelsea is a singer and songwriter who works with women to begin to write their own songs, But that process, as she will describe in this interview, is so much more than learning how to place the chorus and the verses or how to set a story to music, it is about learning how to dig into what’s really true, what’s real, and as she says in this interview, sometimes that truth can be really not pretty, and has to be reckoned wi...
2020-04-0838 min
Nurturing HabitWhat should I do?We are in a period of time like none any of us have experienced before. It feels overwhelming, scary, and stressful. There are so many decisions we are trying to make every day, in an environment where we have never made decisions like these before. So how the heck we figure out what we should do when we are uncertain? When everyone has an opinion and they don’t necessarily make sense, or they might even contradict each other. What should you do when you are afraid, or when everyone around you is afraid? What should you do when even our...
2020-03-2524 min
Nurturing HabitHow to get unstuck, live coaching with SaraWould you stand in front of a bus for your kids? Are you making decisions that are the equivalent of many tiny steps in front of a bus, over many years? The outcome is still the same - and it isn’t good for you or your kids. Sometimes we do things that are great for our kids, but are actually a detriment to ourselves. And then we feel really stuck in this decision. In this episode, I coach a divorced mom who has moved and changed jobs to live closer to her co-parent, which is great for her son, but...
2020-03-1135 min
Nurturing HabitHow To Turn Yourself OnWhat you'll hear in this episode How Erika found herself again after being swallowed by motherhood. Why roller derby is a great sport for finding your strength and determination. How being in a community with people with all different kinds of bodies can really shift your relationship with your own body. How to sell your work without feeling sleazy. Links for this show: Complete show notes for Episode 54 Connect with Doña on Instagram Get the Get Back In Control Of Your Life workbook and get regular updates about the podcast Work with Doña - email me a note wit...
2020-02-2627 min
Happiness Happens053: Finding and Loving Yourself Again After Kids with Doña BumgarnerDoña Bumgarner is a life coach for frustrated moms who are exhausted living in a culture that doesn’t support them as moms or as women. She helps them get in control of all the parts of their lives, so they can feel like great moms AND whole humans. Doña is also host of Nurturing Habit podcast, about the ways we nurture ourselves as whole women so we can live more complete and vibrant lives. In this episode we talk about: Her shift from executive, to mom, to entrepreneur Practicing mindfulness in chall...
2020-01-2046 min
Nurturing HabitAre you REALLY caring for yourself?Do you know what you need most in each season? Does winter feel different to you than other seasons? Winter is so much harder for me than any other time of year, which requires some major commitment to my self-care. Which, as I confess in this episode, I've not been doing. What you’ll hear in this episode how I have to care for myself differently in the winter how I’ve been failing to do so what I’m adjusting and why ideas for ways you can care for yourself better in these darker months, too Links fo...
2019-12-1310 min
Nurturing HabitPermission to be you, with Melissa Camara WilkinsGuest Melissa Camara Wilkins, award-winning blogger, speaker, author of Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of The Rest, talks with me about the ways we can give ourselves more permission to be our whole selves, and what that can do to expand our way of living. What you’ll hear in this episode Why the discomfort of showing up as your imperfect self is worth it What to do if you reach decision overwhelm in IKEA The kinds of permissions I’d like to give myself and my clients, after readin...
2019-11-2859 min
Tea Time with BriEpisode 114: Setting Meaningful Intentions in the Holiday SeasonToday's episode is with Doña Bumgarner on how to set meaningful intentions during the Holidays!
Doña Bumgarner works moms who know that there is much more to life than mothering – but they aren’t sure what it is. Their life hasn’t turned out quite as they expected, and until now they have just been trying to keep up. She helps them unearth their passions and step back into their powerful, intentional selves, so they can live a life far bigger than just being Mom.
In this episode, you will learn about:
Doña's jou...
2019-11-2528 min
Nurturing HabitFinding Yourself Again After Motherhood, with Erika TebbensSometimes what you need to pull yourself out of a funk is cozy slippers, hot tea, and deep conversation. Other times, what you need is permission to slam your body into another strong woman while roller skating. When Erika Tebbens found herself drowning in motherhood after moving across the country to a new community, the way she found herself again was through the surprisingly fierce community of roller derby. Erika is host of the Sell It Sister Podcast, and a coach for female-identifying people who want to make more money in their businesses without either complex systems or sleazy sales tac...
2019-11-071h 00
Awaken Your Wise WomanHow to Be a Mom Without Losing Your SelfAs much as you love your kids, parenting can be a struggle. In this episode of Woman Worriers, host Elizabeth Cush talks with Doña Bumgarner about how ease some of your anxieties about being a mom.Support the show
2019-10-2839 min
Nurturing HabitHow To Make Friends As a Grown UpIt is so easy to make friends when you are 4, or 8. Right? “Hey, do you want to play with me? Yet it feels so hard when you are 33, or 48. “Um, hi, I think you might be cool and I’d kind of like to know you.” AWKWARD. This episode is all about making it feel a little easier to make those first connections with new people. Because what I’ve discovered is that we can actually learn a lot about how to make friends from how our kids do it. Our adult brains just want t...
2019-10-1924 min
Real People, Real BusinessDoña Bumgarner - Clear Values, Clear DecisionsDoña Bumgarner is a life coach for frustrated moms who are exhausted living in a culture that doesn’t support them as moms or as women. She helps them get in control of all the parts of their lives, so being who they are makes sense again.We sat down to talk about how her journey from being a project manager in the technology sector to blogging and finally coaching, and how the alignment of her business with who she is and what she values has been such a critical factor in her ability to put ene...
2019-10-0946 min
Nurturing HabitManage your home the Agile way with Yvonne MarcusDoes your home feel chaotic, overwhelming, and like there’s constantly too many small things to keep track of, so you aren’t making any progress on any big goals or dreams? Yvonne Marcus teaches Agile project management methods to moms, so they can more efficiently run their homes. In this episode, she tells us all about what that means, the basics of how to do it, and the kind of results that her clients are seeing - like drinking coffee hot every morning, saving money, and watching their kids help solve their own behavior stru...
2019-09-3054 min
Nurturing HabitHow to stop feeling like a bad weekend parentHow do you feel about weekends? At various points in my parenting journey, I have dreaded them, looked forward to them, and felt entirely undone by them. A friend of mine admitted recently that she’s been watching the clock on Sunday afternoon, counting down until bedtime, because in the morning she can send her kids back to school. And she feels kind of terrible about that. Another friend has been feeling bad about not focusing enough on her kids on the weekend. Here’s the truth: We’re all experiencing different things on the...
2019-09-1216 min
Nurturing HabitBonus : Kate Swoboda on building a courage habitHow often have you wished you could just do something without being afraid? I know in my own life, fear is often the root of why I hold myself back, why I do not take that action or say the things I want to say. Enter Kate Swoboda, who has literally written the book on this topic. Kate is author of The Courage Habit,creator of YourCourageousLife.com and Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification, where I received my coaching training. Kate firmly believes that the absence of fear is not the goal. The g...
2019-08-2945 min
Nurturing HabitAsking for what you want (in and out of the bedroom) with Leah CareyI’ve heard over and over from clients that they are in a season where sex feels not much fun. They are tired, touched out, and have no energy to give their partners. They miss it, but they also don’t really want to do it. That’s totally normal. In this conversation with Leah Carey, we discuss some of the ways that you can get really clear about what kind of intimacy you want with your partner, no matter what season you are in, and how to find your voice to ask for it. And what I find so fascinati...
2019-08-181h 07Nurturing HabitGain more energy by taming your brainHow many times throughout your day do you take an action without really thinking about it? So many times, right? The reality, for any busy and engaged mom, is that is really noisy in your head. Some of that noise is helpful, keeping the show running, but some of it is less helpful, and it is running you. Your thoughts influence how you feel, and how you feel determines how you act. When your thoughts are aligned with your values and your goals, you will feel in control and at ease. But if your thoughts are running amok, you will fi...
2019-07-3025 min
Nurturing HabitTaking the stress out of feeding your family, with Amy VigEvery mom I know stresses about food an their family. Most of us are the primary food-producers and we're thinking about food and nutrition and how to get vegetables into our kid’s mouths more than we’d really like to admit. And it’s stressful, right? Enter Amy Vig, who is mom, podcaster, and Natural Foods Chef. She turns parents into kitchen ninjas so that they can feed their families healthy food more often. Her passion is making healthy food delicious and sharing tips, tricks, and recipes that fit your REAL life. In this episode How even chefs don’t find feedi...
2019-07-1852 minNurturing HabitTaking the stress out of feeding your family, with Amy VigEvery mom I know stresses about food an their family. Most of us are the primary food-producers and we're thinking about food and nutrition and how to get vegetables into our kid's mouths more than we'd really like to admit. And it's stressful, right? Enter Amy Vig, who is mom, podcaster, and Natural Foods Chef. She turns parents into kitchen ninjas so that they can feed their families healthy food more often. Her passion is making healthy food delicious and sharing tips, tricks, and recipes that fit your REAL life. In this episode How even chefs don't find feeding their kids...
2019-07-1852 min
Forties StoriesThe Art of Nurturing Ourselves: Doña Bumgarner, 46Thank you to everyone who has followed along with our #onekindsummer campaign. I am excited to start up our interviews again! With the spirit of self-compassion in mind, today we’re focused on the art of nurturing ourselves. Doña Bumgarner and I talk about her unusual childhood, her winding path to motherhood, and how she recreated her life after nine months of cancer treatment. It was a joy to talk with her. Doña is a coach who works with women who know that there is much more to life than their kids - but...
2019-07-0943 min
Nurturing HabitNever feel like a bad mom againThis week’s episode is a battle cry for independence. For your independence from feeling like you are trapped in a life that never quite makes sense. Like you are messing up, no matter what you do. Like it is always hard and frustrating. Like you are never quite getting the support and recognition that feels reasonable. Does that feel like your life? I say enough. I know how to help you not have to choose between personhood and motherhood. I know some of the tools to help us be both, and to help it feels so much better, even in the mi...
2019-07-0422 min
Nurturing HabitWhat to do when your dream is unclear, with Cathy KrizikWhat do you do when there’s something you know you are meant to create, but you don’t have any idea how to make that thing happen? That was the question Cathy Krizik was facing. Cathy is the author of 52 reasons for Hope: Finding Inspiration in Times of Trouble. She knew she wanted more fulfillment in her life, and she had a glimmer of a dream to write a book. Ten years later, she has published that book, and is joining me to tell us what she learned about the process of bringing that dream to life, alongside building a life t...
2019-06-1954 min
Nurturing HabitHow to get free of judgment - find compassion for yourself and othersWe’ve all done it. We’ve passed judgment on some mom for something she’s done (or not done). For being on her phone while she’s at the park with her kids. For going back to work “so soon” after giving birth. For extended breastfeeding - or not. For sleep training - or not. For making handmade organic baby food - or not. And have you ever worried about what other people will think about your own decisions, for your own family? I’m guessing yes. The reality is that all this judgment isn’t helping any of us. But also, we can lear...
2019-06-0520 min
Lessons from a QuitterHow Dona Bumgarner designed a business based on what she needed mostToday's episode is a perfect example of how to be intentional in your career. So often we do what we think we should be doing: working insane hours, building the biggest business possible, trying (and often failing) to balance life, etc. We go for the money or the title, even if that's not what we really want. Dona Bumgarner bucked that trend and is building the life, and career, that works for her and her family. Of course, it wasn't always like this. Dona started out in a position that many of us find ourselves in- climbing the corporate ladder. S...
2019-05-2838 min
Nurturing HabitHow to change your relationship with money, with Rachelle MagadanWhat’s your money story? We all have one. You’re bad with money. You’re a good saver. Money is bad, money is good. For most women, our relationship with money is one of our most fraught relationships, second perhaps only to the complexity of your relationship with your mother. But dealing with money is necessary, and learning to have a clear and grounded relationship to it is an important step to feeling independent and in control in your life. That’s why I brought my good friend Rachelle Magadan, owner of the Art of Love and Money, on the show thi...
2019-05-211h 02
Nurturing HabitHow to feel joy in and out of your home I have become someone who folds and rolls her underwear and tucks them into a tiny box inside the drawer. I used to be someone who just stuffed them all in a drawer and shoved it shut, until recently the shoving had become rather forceful, because the drawer was overfull. So I KonMari’ed my dresser, and while folding and rolling my underwear while folding laundry is still annoying me, opening that tidy (non-shoved) drawer and finding all my things tucked tidily and prettily inside? That fills me with delight every single morning. And because I...
2019-04-3029 min
Nurturing HabitKnow ThyselfYou know yourself - don’t you? What I’m learning from my clients (and about myself) is that so many of us really don’t. Or we know what’s on the surface, but not what’s underneath. And like a duck swimming along, there may be a lot of calm on the surface, and a LOT going on underneath. But getting to know yourself better - your motivations, feelings, beliefs, desires - is really pretty easy. And knowing yourself well is a powerful step toward accepting yourself, as well as deciding where and how to make changes in your life. ...
2019-04-1834 min
Nurturing HabitTake up all the space you deserveWhat does it feel like when you are not taking up the space ion the world that you deserve? The truth is, even those of us who believe strongly in equality for women, in parenting, in relationships (and that’s me), still let ourselves be small. We don’t insist. We don’t speak out. We don’t get pissed off and say, “No. I deserve this.” And I’ll be honest, that’s me, too. But I’m learning to do better. And I know that the more I take up my own space, the more I give you permission...
2019-04-0230 min
Nurturing HabitGet sensual: How and why to nurture your senses. Did you know that there’s bacteria in dirt that can elevate your mood? I didn’t either, but the spring after my ex and I separated, I would come home from work and head straight out into the garden to get my hands into the dirt. I didn’t know why it helped me feel better, I just knew that the feeling of my hands in dirt and on plants was soothing to my soul. And the beneficial bacteria was probably helping, too. Humans are sensual beings. But when your life is busy and you are focused on just keeping...
2019-03-2030 min
Nurturing HabitHow to get your fire back. If your experience of motherhood feels often harder than you expected or imagined it would be, you aren’t alone. If you have been feeling like you lost track of your real self somewhere in the midst of laundry and homework and doctors appointments, you aren’t alone there, either. Obviously this is not an episode on now to nurture yourself in business, as recent episodes have been. No, this is me changing directions a bit, with a new focus in my business and on this podcast. Listen now to find out where I’m going, why I’m so excited ab...
2019-02-2616 min
Nurturing HabitFind your strengths as an introvert, with Nicole BurgessHave you ever seen your introverted personality as holding you back, especially in a job or how you run your business? Well, this episode is for you, then. My guest, Nicole Burgess, is a licensed psychotherapist, host of the podcast Soulfilled Sisterhood, and empowerment mentor for introverted professional women. She helps women remove their good girl masks, end people pleasing behaviors and blaze their own soul-filled trail in life. Nicole's mentoring blends the practical with the spiritual to support women in increasing self-confidence and their capacity to handle any challenges they are faced with and a sense of accomplishment as th...
2019-02-1253 min
Nurturing HabitHow Setting priorities can set you freeIn this week’s podcast I’m talking about how getting really clear about your priorities can help you feel more in control and successful in your life, too. I’ll share how you can figure out the things you want to prioritize, if you aren’t really sure right now, and I give lots of examples from my own life about how I shift priorities on the fly when circumstances demand it. In this episode: What having solid priorities has to do with kicking that persistent feeling of guilt. Why being clear about your priorities gives you more time and energy...
2019-01-2934 min
Nurturing HabitGrowing A Business Organically And Authentically, with Stephanie LeeThe work that fits your life best before you have babies is not likely going to be the same as the work that fits best after. Nor is is likely to look like the work that fits best when you kids get older, or after they move out. That doesn’t mean it has to be a different business altogether, but what you and your family needs in those seasons is going to be really different. But how do you navigate those changes? How do you know what opportunities and ideas to pursue at any time, and how do you trus...
2019-01-081h 08
Nurturing HabitCreate Goals That Get You Where You Want To GoAre you one of those people who sets New Year's Resolutions but quit them (or forgotten them) by the end of January? Have you set goals and then not made any progress toward them, and you aren't sure why they feel so hard? You aren't alone! Achieving goals can feel really hard, but that's because most of us are approaching them all wrong. In this episode: Why you need to deeply connect with WHY you want to achieve a goal A new way to set a goal that will get you where you want to go Three tips to a...
2018-12-2440 min
Soulfilled Sisterhood31: Self-Care for Introverted and HSP MomsDoña Bumgarner is a coach, mama, and an introvert, who works with creative entrepreneurs who want to do meaningful work and also be awesome moms. They want to get out from under the guilt and overwhelm and find a little space for themselves again - but it feels impossible to balance all the pieces. She helps them focus their time and energy so they can confidently pursue their passions, make a difference in the world AND be present and engaged moms. She loves to help women ditch their guilt, get back in control of their time and conquer th...
2018-12-1133 min
Nurturing HabitShow Your Roots - Blending your cultural story into your life and business, with Emily HalpernWho you are is shaped by your culture, your history, your heritage, as well as what you are doing in your life in the present. And our lives, and our businesses, are so much more interesting, rich, and meaningful if we bring all of that history to light and include it in our story. Is who you are fully part of the story you tell of yourself? This week’s guest, Emily Halpern, is a coach for creative professionals, a classical soprano, and a lover of all things heritage, culture, and food. Her career has taken her from the stage of t...
2018-12-101h 00
Nurturing HabitDesigning work that fits the life you wantIn this first episode of Season 3, where I’ll be talking about how we nurture the work we do in the world, I’m talking about a whole new way of structuring a life and a business, and braiding the two of them together. Whether you are just starting a business or have an established company that just isn’t working quite right for the rest of your life, I’m sure you’ll find some new ideas in this discussion. In this this episode: You get to decide how to build your own business. It doesn’t have to look like anyo...
2018-11-2824 min
Nurturing HabitUnderstand Your Resistance And Build A Better HabitDo you have things that you want to do, but they just never seem to happen? You put them off, you forget about them, you have a bunch of excuses? In this episode, I’m going to dig into resistance - the name for why you do that. Why do you resist the things you think you really want to do? It turns out there’s probably a really good reason, but until you spend some time trying to understand the reason, you won’t be able to untangle it, do the thing, or build a better habit to make sure you...
2018-10-2235 min
Inspired Women Amazing Lives PodcastWant to be a Nurtured Mama?Are you the creative type wanting to find your passion?Are you a mommy wanted to make your place in the world?Well you have landed at the right place. Dona Bumgarner is just the person you need to meet.Listen as Dona talks about how she helps creative entrepreneurs who are moms get unstuck and dig out from under overwhelm. She has a plan for that.
2018-10-1742 min
Nurturing HabitReduce Your Stress, with Anna SeewaldWe all know what stress feels like - the tight jaw, the racing heartbeat, the spinning thoughts. We’ve all probably experienced the side effects - insomnia, headaches, or fatigue, just to mention a few. But out stress doesn’t just effect us. It impacts the time we spend with our children and it also impacts our children. In this episode: How to recognize the signs of stress in both you and your kids. A simple tip to help calm your kids, especially at the witching hour Why you need to prioritize downtime Anna’s 4-step practice to reduce stress and keep it u...
2018-10-081h 10
Nurturing HabitSelf-Care for Introvert MomsStay-at-home moms who are also introverts face a particular challenge - it can be extremely hard to find any quiet when you live with young kids - and we need quiet. If you find yourself often thinking “I wish my kids would just be quiet, stop talking to me, and stop touching me,” you may be struggling with a need for extra introvert-specific self-care. In this episode, I share a bit of my own story, finding my way as an introvert and a stay-at-home mother. I also offer a few suggestions for ways that introvert moms can better care for themse...
2018-09-2428 minNurturing HabitSimplify your social media life, with Mary Baird-WilcockMy guest this week, Mary Baird-Wilcock of the Simplifiers Podcast, did an experiment with her social media business channels in July. She stopped using them, all but Instagram. What she discovered from this experiment, was that in being really intentional with how and where she spent her time on social media, she had deeper, more personal connections, both on and off-line (and spoiler: her business did not tank). What you’ll hear in this show: Tips for simplifying every social media platform Why you should share some of your personal life online How to decide how much to shar...
2018-09-0956 min
Nurturing HabitStart Your Day Strong With A Morning Routine (Customized For This Season Of Your Life)As we settle into back-to-school season, I’m struggling in the morning. I’m struggling to get up on time, to get us both fed, to not yell in frustration, and to get us to school on time (I’ll admit here that I’m flat out failing on that one). Are you struggling, too? This episode will help. This week I dive into morning routines - why you need one and how to go about creating one. What you’ll get from this episode why you might want a morning routine and why having routine is important an easy way to develop a...
2018-08-2835 min
Nurturing HabitGrowing through community, with Brodie Welch (part 2)This week I continue the conversation with Brodie Welch about why self-care is not selfish. If you haven't listened to Episode 22, jump back and listen to that before you start this one! In this conversation, you'll hear: The deep value of learning in community, and also recognizing that you are a unique individual. How being honest about your struggles gives other permission to get real, too. Why self-care is a feminist issue. What Qi Gong is, and why you need to check it out. Brodie’s self care practice of doing less Show not...
2018-08-1332 min
Nurturing HabitWhy self-care is not selfish, with Brodie Welch (part 1)In over 13 years of clinical practice, Brodie Welch has seen that the people who are willing to move differently, breathe differently, eat differently, interpret life differently, and make time for self-care are the people who really end up feeling dramatically different: healthy, confident, joyful, and free. This week, Brodie speaks to me about why we need to prioritize our own self care, and how putting our own selves on our to-do lists can lead to vibrant, joyful and healthy lives. In this episode you’ll hear: Why you need to listen to your body closely, and lear...
2018-07-3036 min
Nurturing HabitSelf-care in hard timesIn this episode I get personal about how I’ve been tending to myself in my recent hard season; what’s working for me, where I’ve set boundaries, what I do to nourish myself. I hope you will hear some ideas here that you can implement in your own life. Ideas that make you think, "Huh, I hadn’t thought of that as self-care!” But it is. It totally is. And the effects will last a lot longer than a smoothie, too. What you’ll find in this episode: the secret to how I menu-plan how I’m building my village questio...
2018-07-1831 minNurturing HabitTelling Your Story is a Feminist Act, with Kristin TweedaleThis is the power of telling our true stories, and this is much of what I talk to my guest Kristin Tweedale about this week. Kristin is better known as rukristin on the web, where she is known as a feminist scrapbooker, author of 100 Days Of All About Me, and founder of the Awesome Ladies Project and the Crafty Ass Female podcast. Kristin knows that the authenticity that comes from telling our real, everyday stories is a kind of self-care, and that it can build connections and community, two things she feels really strongly about. You can t...
2018-07-021h 04
Nurturing HabitWhen self-care feels bad, with Christy TendingMy guest on the show this week is Christy Tending. Christy is a self-care mentor, activist, writer, and mama who helps rebellious humans become fierce self-advocates and cultivate spirited (and spiritual) lives. She's been a social justice activist for nearly 20 years, and continues to engage with climate justice and Indigenous rights activism. She's also a mom of a one-year-old. In this episode, you'll hear: Christy’s story of reaching complete flame-out as an activist, and how she recovered. How to make your self care really personalized, especially if the self-care practices you’ve been trying just don’t fe...
2018-06-181h 03
Nurturing HabitBecoming the person you want to be, with Caryn Gillen In this week’s episode of Nurturing Habit, I talked with Caryn Gillen. Caryn is a weight loss coach for powerhouse women who are ready to end the struggle with food and their weight. But why I really invited her to talk with me for this series on self care is because what she teaches about so much MORE than food and weight. It is about how you can transform yourself into the person you want to be, and let the changes that feel so hard just happen naturally. In this episode, you’ll hear: How you can lear...
2018-06-0451 min
Jump Start Your Joy®Doña Bumgarner on Podcasting, Coaching, Project Management, and Productivity (Friendpreneur Series)This week I’m so excited to have Doña Bumgarner on the show as part of the Friendpreneur Series. This series highlights conversations I have with friends, who are also entrepreneurs, and we dish the behind the scenes realities of starting a business, and what it looks like in real life. Doña Bumgarner is the powerhouse behind the “Nurtured Mama” blog, the voice of the “Nurturing Habit” podcast, and an amazing coach. Doña is a dear friend who I met through coaching. She and I share so much in common - we are both project manag...
2018-05-291h 00Nurturing HabitHow To See Yourself As You Really Are, With Tara WhitneyIn this episode, I got to talk with Tara Whitney, who is an accomplished family photographer. What’s magical about her style of photography is that she deeply sees her clients. You can see that in the photos, and you can hear it in how her clients talk about the experience of being photographed by her. She sees their inherent beauty and individuality. And by her seeing it, she allows them to see it. How does that change people? Tara and I talk about how photographs can be a powerful tool in shifting the way you look at yourself and fee...
2018-05-211h 02
Nurturing HabitBefriending Your Body, with Valerie TookesDo you consider your body your friend? An ally? Or do you, as so many women do, interact with it more as an adversary? As if your body is troublesome, needs too much, is too much, or looks or feels the wrong way? In this conversation with Valerie Tookes, we explore how befriending our body, treating it as we would a good and wise friend, could change everything. As Valerie says, "Our body is always speaking to us." What might we learn, if we slow down enough to listen and to really learn what it i...
2018-05-071h 04Nurturing HabitBuilding Your Self-Care Toolbox, a conversation with Jen VertanenIn this conversation with Jen Vertanen, podcaster and emotional sidekick, we talk about building a highly personal self-care tool box. One that is designed to support you, with whatever collection of hurts and traumas and likes and dislikes you come wired with. Jen's work focuses around encouraging people to share the hard to tell stories and start to heal the places that hurt and Jen and I begin the conversation talking about self-mothering, a very specific form of self-care that you may need if you did not receive the kind of nurturing and touch that all humans need when w...
2018-04-241h 02Nurturing HabitJournaling For Your Life, with Grace HowesJournaling has many benefits, including increasing mindfulness, helping you achieve goals, and increasing your self awareness, confidence and creativity. And art journaling - that is, starting the written journaling process with a visual component - is thought to deepen all of those benefits. And besides, it's fun! In this episode with coach, bookbinder and avid art journaler Grace Howes, you'll learn: The difference between a journal and a diary How to use a journal to manifest a vision Why we’re really afraid of someone reading our journal How to begin to journal joyfully (without getting lost...
2018-04-0957 minNurturing HabitTell Your Life's Story, Take Back Your LifeOur own lives are also a narrative, but we are often so busy recovering from the trial, or preparing for the next one, that we don't take stock of what we have learned about ourselves, and then we can't take that knowledge and appy it to being wiser, braver or stronger. But we could. And we should. Because otherwise we just go around being the weaker, more scared, and not so smart versions of ourselves. And wouldn't you rather feel like the heroine of your story instead? In this episode, I talk with Stacy Brookman, w...
2018-03-2656 minNurturing HabitTending Deeply to Yourself, with Mara Glatzel,When we are in transition - after a baby, during or after a move - it can feel impossible to find your balance, let alone find space to make good decisions around self care. Eat well? Sleep enough? Even get a shower? Crazy! But also necessary. This week on Nurturing Habit, I talk with Mara Glatzel, an intuitive coach and mama, about how we tend to ourselves through big transitions. We talked about the transition to motherhood, moving, and the difficult but necessary practice of being gentle with yourself. Show notes Connect with Doña on Instagram Get on the ema...
2018-03-1150 minNurturing HabitMaking Peace With Your Body, with Meredith Noble Living peacefully with your body - that is the one you actually have, not the aspirational one you strive and work toward, but never quite achieve - is a foundational piece of self care. But it is also a piece of self care that few of us are good at. Meredith Noble is a coach who helps plus-size people make peace with food and their bodies, so that they can live full, engaged lives without the weight of shame and self-hate that may have plagued them their whole lives. In this episode, we talk about the many...
2018-02-2748 min
Nurturing HabitYour Body Knows, with Sarah SilvasTo kick off Season 2 of the Nurturing Habit podcast, I'm talking with Sarah Silvas, a life coach, yoga and Qoya teacher. In this episode, we talk about what self care is (and is not), how being deeply connected to our bodies is a root of wisdom, and we talk about our shared story of loving dance as children, quitting it, and then finding it again as adults. To find complete show notes, visit www.nuturinghabit.com/episode10
2018-02-1656 min
Nurturing HabitA Path Through Grief with Doña Bumgarner In this short episode, I talk about the healing path through grief that I learned about from guests in this season of the podcast, and through the season of grief I have been living in in my own life. If you, too, are grieving, I hope that this series of conversations, and this episode, are of support to you. Find show notes and links to all the Season 1 episodes at Nurturing Habit.com
2018-01-2220 min
Nurturing HabitThe Journey Through Grief With Joy With Paula JenkinsPaula Jenkins has built her coaching and podcasting career around joy. This is no naive image of constant lightness and happiness, but instead a study of how people grow through and out of challenging or traumatic life experiences by committing themselves to finding joy - and the transformation that process can bring. I asked Paula to join us as we near the end of this series about nurturing ourselves through grief exactly because of that idea of transformation. How do we return to the world, after experiencing great loss? How do we take the experience and integrate it into our l...
2018-01-0858 min
Nurturing HabitHearing the Truth, Telling the Truth, with Megan DevineOn an otherwise normal summer day, Megan Devine's partner Matt drowned in front of her. Immediately, she was thrust into a world that she thought she knew, from her work with grieving people as a psychotherapist, but quickly discovered she didn't understand at all. And it was so much worse than she'd ever imagined. That experience became the root of Megan's current work, because in her deep grief, she came face to face with the realities of how our culture just cannot face pain and suffering in any supportive or healing way. Around grief, she came to see, our...
2017-12-181h 04
Nurturing HabitHow To Be With Someone Who Is Grieving, with Jen DownerIn this conversation with photographer Jen Downer, we talk about how to talk to someone who is grieving with the goal of deeper connection and solace, and how to help others talk to you when you are grieving. Jen has walked through a lot of grief, including the death of both parents and living with a son who is autistic. We cover how to create real and authentic connections in times of sudden or ongoing, cyclical grief, and how the same words can be both connecting and disconnecting - the art is in how and when you...
2017-12-1159 min
Nurturing HabitNurturing Habit: Be Okay With Being Messy with Andrea ScherEpisode 5 in this series about how we nurture ourselves in grief is a conversation with Andrea Scher. Andrea is the creator of Superhero Life, a hub for learning how to "use our voices, share our superpowers and live life in full color." She's a photographer, artist, life coach, mentor and a mama to two young boys. I have long admired Andrea for her openness and vulnerability in her online space and in person. She's real and fierce and curious and always looking for where the magic is. I asked Andrea to come on Nurturing Habit for this series on grief bec...
2017-11-2849 min
Nurturing HabitNurturing Habit: Living Gently With Your Grief with Nancy LondonAn interview with Nancy London, LCSW, writer and teacher, about how to turn toward grief and learn to embrace it, as a way to gain wholeness and the ability to be with others who are in pain.
2017-11-1349 min
Nurturing HabitGiving Back as a Way To Heal with April StearnsApril Johnson Stearns is a writer and the founder of Wildfire Magazine, a reader-generated digital magazine for young women survivors and fighters of breast cancer. April launched the magazine, and the community that surrounds it, after surviving cancer herself, and then nursing her father through his own battle with the disease. In this episode, we talk about how healing it can be to give back to your community, especially to people walking the same path you have. Find episode show notes and a list of books for children about grief and cancer at www.nurturinghabit.com/episode3
2017-10-301h 00
The Mom HourHeadlines, Heartache, and Helping: Episode 124It’s been a rough few weeks and we want to talk about it. Join Meagan and Sarah for an honest discussion about how we manage our media intake when the headlines are heartbreaking, how to identify the feelings that come up when we’re triggered in some way by the news, and how to help when we feel totally helpless.This episode was inspired in part by fellow podcasters Asha and Christine of the Edit Your Life show, Kristen and Liz of Spawned, and Sarah and Kristen of Selfie, all of whom have tackled tough subjects related...
2017-10-1751 min
Nurturing HabitFinding Peace in Loss and Change with Jamie Van ZanenThis episode is an interview with Jamie Van Zanen, LCSW. Jamie spent a decade working in hospice before transitioning to working with pre-natal and postpartum women. She offers ideas for caregivers and those grieving a loss of a person or season of life.
2017-10-1654 min
Nurturing HabitNurturing Ourselves Through GriefNurturing Habit is a a bi-weekly show where we talk about all the ways to nurture yourself deeply. In this episode I introduce the season topic, grief, and why this is so important to talk about.
2017-10-0118 minThe Mom HourSelf-Care As Self-Preservation: Episode 104There’s everyday self-care, and then there’s survival mode: when taking care of yourself isn’t just a smart thing to do but also your only means of making it through the day. We’re talking about the kind of physical, mental, and emotional self-care that becomes especially crucial in a crisis, and we’re addressing it head-on in Episode 104. Join us.LINKS MENTIONED:Sarah’s interview with Doña Bumgarner of Nurtured Mama (Voices Episode 8)Parenting Through Hard Times (Episode 42)MORE HELPFUL LINKS:Visit our websiteCheck out deals from our partnersFol...
2017-05-3044 minThe Mom HourThe Importance of Trying New Things: Episode 89Routines are crucial to a happy mom life, but what happens when the same-old-same-old needs some shaking up? In this episode, the latest in our “More Than Mom” Hour series, Meagan and Sarah talk about the importance of trying new things as a mom – whether it’s a new hairstyle, new recipes, or a new workout routine – and what to do if you have a hard time breaking out of old habits. Enjoy!LINKS MENTIONED:Sarah’s interview with Doña Bumgarner of Nurtured MamaMeagan’s interview with Erin Loechner of Chasing SlowHobbies & Passions Outside Motherhood (Episode 43)More about P...
2017-02-1441 minThe Mom HourRadical Self Care & Cultivating Creativity with Doña Bumgarner: Voices 08We’re so excited to bring you our first Bonus Interview of 2017! In this podcast episode, Sarah talks to Doña Bumgarner about what it means to nurture yourself during motherhood, how her health crisis caused her to look at the idea of self-care in a new light, and why creativity and passion are essential during the intense years of early motherhood. Enjoy!LINKS MENTIONED:How To Get Through It: A brief guide for chemo patientsPractice Radical Self CareHello From Outer Space – Keeping A Self Care Practice7 Things to Do When Your Life is a Hot MessA...
2017-01-1350 min
The Mom HourRadical Self Care & Cultivating Creativity with Doña Bumgarner: The Mom Hour BONUS Interview 08We're so excited to bring you our first Bonus Interview of 2017! In this podcast episode, Sarah talks to Doña Bumgarner about what it means to nurture yourself during motherhood, how her health crisis caused her to look at the idea of self-care in a new light, and why creativity and passion are essential during the intense years of early motherhood. Enjoy!
2017-01-1350 minThe Mom HourListener Questions (Vol.4): Episode 73Rosalynn let her five-year-old quit an activity she had begged to start and wonders how to handle the same situation as kids get older and the commitment-stakes get higher for sports and activities. Tessa asks about helping a trio of girl cousins get along without forcing inclusiveness or letting hurt feelings dominate. Finally, we talk about weaning a breastfeeding toddler as suggested by an anonymous participant in our listener survey. Join us for another round of Listener Questions!LINKS MENTIONEDEpisode 18, all about sports and activitiesEpisode 29, about raising siblings who like each otherHow to wean your...
2016-10-2437 minThe Mom HourMoms Deserve A Magical Holiday, Too: Episode 30"Simplify" has become one of the buzziest holiday buzzwords over the last decade, and today Meagan and Sarah are unpacking what that really means in their homes. Whether you really do want to scale back this season or whether, like us, you're just out to maximize magic and minimize stress, we hope you'll join us for Episode 30!LINKS MENTIONED:Be The Best Parent You Can Be – FREE online parenting video series beginning this week!5 reasons I’m not simplifying Christmas this year (updated) – Laura VanderkamHoliday Episodes of The Home HourCreate a Calmer Holiday with Doña Bumgarner...
2015-12-0156 min
The Home HourCreate A Calmer Holiday With Doña Bumgarner: The Home Hour Episode 44To those of you who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving! If you’re cooking, cleaning, or traveling this weekend, I hope you’ll take a little time to let this week’s episode of The Home Hour keep you company. In it, blogger Doña Bumgarner and I discuss how to create a more peaceful holiday by doing what really matters to […]The post Create A Calmer Holiday With Doña Bumgarner: The Home Hour Episode 44 appeared first on Life, Listened.
2014-11-2652 min