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Finding The KeysJulie Phillips - the Baby on the Fire EscapeIn conversation with Julie Phillips, author of the “The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Body Problem, she explores with Dr. Christine Forte Klotz her writing on the shifting terrain where motherhood and creativity converge, about seeking to strike a balance between creative work and motherhood. About writers & artists who left their children and those who stayed, and all the societal judgements and struggles around this. Fascinating not only for the insights into the lives of mothers historically but also for examining how we too make these choices around balance.
Julie Philips is...2023-03-2444 min
Finding The KeysJulie Phillips - the Baby on the Fire EscapeIn conversation with Julie Phillips, author of the “The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Body Problem, she explores with Dr. Christine Forte Klotz her writing on the shifting terrain where motherhood and creativity converge, about seeking to strike a balance between creative work and motherhood. About writers & artists who left their children and those who stayed, and all the societal judgements and struggles around this. Fascinating not only for the insights into the lives of mothers historically but also for examining how we too make these choices around balance.
Julie Philips is...2023-03-2444 minFinding The KeysAlexa Saxton Thomas - On Art, Motherhood, Breast Cancer Recovery & Self-CareIn this episode we’re joined by artist & mother Alexa Saxton Thomas to talk about balancing the creative work of making art with the creative work of parenting. Alexa shares her experiences on how these two feed each other and how much creativity is an important part of grounding in life - both for children and adults - and also how self expression feeds our self care.
Stay tuned at the end of the episode for some further reflections from Christine on our emotion processing as part of self-care.
Books Me...2023-03-0238 minFinding The KeysAlexa Saxton Thomas - On Art, Motherhood, Breast Cancer Recovery & Self-CareIn this episode we’re joined by artist & mother Alexa Saxton Thomas to talk about balancing the creative work of making art with the creative work of parenting. Alexa shares her experiences on how these two feed each other and how much creativity is an important part of grounding in life - both for children and adults - and also how self expression feeds our self care.
Stay tuned at the end of the episode for some further reflections from Christine on our emotion processing as part of self-care.
Books Me...2023-03-0238 minFinding The KeysBonus Episode: Guided Meditation for the New YearJoin Dr. Christine Forte Klotz for this bonus episode of Finding the Keys: to take a moment for self care. To reflect on 2022, meditate on intentions for 2023, and truly check into what we most want and need right now. Genuine nourishment for mind & spirit.
The pdf journal guide that accompanies this episode can be found at www.forteklotz.com
We thank you for being part of this community and look forward to sharing more in 2023!
2022-12-2216 minFinding The KeysBonus Episode: Guided Meditation for the New YearJoin Dr. Christine Forte Klotz for this bonus episode of Finding the Keys: to take a moment for self care. To reflect on 2022, meditate on intentions for 2023, and truly check into what we most want and need right now. Genuine nourishment for mind & spirit.
The pdf journal guide that accompanies this episode can be found at www.forteklotz.com
We thank you for being part of this community and look forward to sharing more in 2023!
2022-12-2216 minFinding The KeysThe Disorientation & Reorientation of Change with Rich WatkinsThe very nature of parenting revolves around the endless change of seeing our babies grow into beautiful little people. As our children develop their identities, we as parents also go through our own identity shifts. Each stage can bring with it a sense of disorientation, but from it there is tremendous potential for growth, development, new experiences.
Rich Watkins is the Founder of Let's Go, a global network helping leaders and organizations make collaboration work. He is passionate about turning ideas into practical tools, personal transformation, and social processes. Change grew bigger on his agenda wh...2022-12-1547 minFinding The KeysThe Disorientation & Reorientation of Change with Rich WatkinsThe very nature of parenting revolves around the endless change of seeing our babies grow into beautiful little people. As our children develop their identities, we as parents also go through our own identity shifts. Each stage can bring with it a sense of disorientation, but from it there is tremendous potential for growth, development, new experiences.
Rich Watkins is the Founder of Let's Go, a global network helping leaders and organizations make collaboration work. He is passionate about turning ideas into practical tools, personal transformation, and social processes. Change grew bigger on his agenda wh...2022-12-1547 min
Finding The KeysHolistic Self-Care: The Mind Body Connection with Janet Li PatelCarving out time for exercise is certainly a challenge - finding the time or energy especially when balancing life with young children. In today's conversation with Janet Li Patel, we explore how this can become a virtuous cycle - by starting to fit in some exercise, we generate greater energy and strength for all the other activity in our lives.
Janet is the owner of RE Pilates (originally PilatesMamas) located in Brooklyn, New York. She first began her career in finance but decided to take a different direction and became a pilates instructor in 2008.
Janet...2022-12-0136 minFinding The KeysHolistic Self-Care: The Mind Body Connection with Janet Li PatelCarving out time for exercise is certainly a challenge - finding the time or energy especially when balancing life with young children. In today's conversation with Janet Li Patel, we explore how this can become a virtuous cycle - by starting to fit in some exercise, we generate greater energy and strength for all the other activity in our lives.
Janet is the owner of RE Pilates (originally PilatesMamas) located in Brooklyn, New York. She first began her career in finance but decided to take a different direction and became a pilates instructor in 2008.
Janet...2022-12-0136 minFinding The KeysQuestioning the System and Letting Go of Parental Guilt with Dr. Amy BeacomBeing a parent is one of the biggest transitions we go through in life. Moving from being a working person to a working parent can be overwhelmingly stressful, which results in many new (or not-so-new) parents struggling to engage in self-care.
There are better ways to have a smooth parental leave and return transition, and we will exactly talk about that in this episode.
Center for Parental Leave and Leadership (CPLL) is a consulting and coaching company that helps both parents and companies navigate parenthood and strengthen leadership positions by improving parental leave po...2022-11-1745 minFinding The KeysQuestioning the System and Letting Go of Parental Guilt with Dr. Amy BeacomBeing a parent is one of the biggest transitions we go through in life. Moving from being a working person to a working parent can be overwhelmingly stressful, which results in many new (or not-so-new) parents struggling to engage in self-care.
There are better ways to have a smooth parental leave and return transition, and we will exactly talk about that in this episode.
Center for Parental Leave and Leadership (CPLL) is a consulting and coaching company that helps both parents and companies navigate parenthood and strengthen leadership positions by improving parental leave po...2022-11-1745 minFinding The KeysWho says we can’t? with Dr. Simone Schwank of Une Sur CentStriving to balance it all and feeling unsupported? You aren’t alone: many workplaces lack policies to support families and parents. In today’s episode, we connect with Dr. Simone Schwank, a psychologist based in Zurich, and founder of Une Sur Cent fills us in on workplace trends and conditions in Switzerland, especially as they affect women’s self-care and parenting.
With so many hats to put on, many women in leadership end up feeling overwhelmed and burned out. This can lead to women leaving leadership positions in disproportionate numbers.
UNE SUR CENT is a commun...2022-11-1042 minFinding The KeysWho says we can’t? with Dr. Simone Schwank of Une Sur CentStriving to balance it all and feeling unsupported? You aren’t alone: many workplaces lack policies to support families and parents. In today’s episode, we connect with Dr. Simone Schwank, a psychologist based in Zurich, and founder of Une Sur Cent fills us in on workplace trends and conditions in Switzerland, especially as they affect women’s self-care and parenting.
With so many hats to put on, many women in leadership end up feeling overwhelmed and burned out. This can lead to women leaving leadership positions in disproportionate numbers.
UNE SUR CENT is a commun...2022-11-1042 minFinding The KeysConnecting to Community - Interview with Matt Schneider of City DadsEngaging with the parents and communities around is is a pillar of self-care, particularly during this time that we have so recently experienced so much isolation in our society. Today, we have Matt Schneider, Co-founder of the City Dads group, to talk with us not only about navigating fatherhood in the 21st century, but about what this can mean for the balance of the whole family.
City Dads Group is an inclusive community of dynamic, diverse, and dedicated modern fathers who actively and positively change the stigma about parenting. A group that provides social support an...2022-11-0344 minFinding The KeysConnecting to Community - Interview with Matt Schneider of City DadsEngaging with the parents and communities around is is a pillar of self-care, particularly during this time that we have so recently experienced so much isolation in our society. Today, we have Matt Schneider, Co-founder of the City Dads group, to talk with us not only about navigating fatherhood in the 21st century, but about what this can mean for the balance of the whole family.
City Dads Group is an inclusive community of dynamic, diverse, and dedicated modern fathers who actively and positively change the stigma about parenting. A group that provides social support an...2022-11-0344 minFinding The KeysIntroducing Finding the Keys - TeaserIntroducing Finding the Keys – your guide to self care as a parent and as a person. This show will feature interviews with not only leading experts in various fields from parental leave guidance to pilates to economics to relationships but also interviews with parents sharing their experiences. The host, therapist and coach Christine Forte Klotz will add in some of the insights and practices that she’s found both personally and professionally in order to add both greater context and practical tools to try. First episode drops at the end of October, watch this space!
For m...2022-09-2902 minFinding The KeysIntroducing Finding the Keys - TeaserIntroducing Finding the Keys – your guide to self care as a parent and as a person. This show will feature interviews with not only leading experts in various fields from parental leave guidance to pilates to economics to relationships but also interviews with parents sharing their experiences. The host, therapist and coach Christine Forte Klotz will add in some of the insights and practices that she’s found both personally and professionally in order to add both greater context and practical tools to try. First episode drops at the end of October, watch this space!
For m...2022-09-2902 min