Mom Pod

How can we be parents who guide our children to do things versus parents who impose force on them to do things? Today we talk about what being a guide as a parent looks like as well as give some scenarios and things you can do as a parent who guides instead of forces.

What may have once been thought of as an acceptable form of reprimand, the time-out method, is ineffective and actually ruins your parent-child connection. What can you do instead? Listen to this episode and find out as Vanessa and Dyana share about this topic.

Season 3, episode 33 is here and we are starting off with a special 3 part episode! In part 1, Vanessa shares a beautiful monologue about what it means to live a gentler life. Then, in part 2, Vanessa and Dyana discuss 11 ways to live a gentler life. Finally, in part 3, Dyana leads us through a 3 minute relaxation routine that you must try. Listen to each episode and let us know what you think, find us on Instagram @the.mom.pod and facebook @mompodpodcast. Thank you for listening!

Season 3, episode 33 is here and we are starting off with a special 3 part episode! In part 1, Vanessa shares a beautiful monologue about what it means to live a gentler life. Then, in part 2, Vanessa and Dyana discuss 11 ways to live a gentler life. Finally, in part 3, Dyana leads us through a 3 minute relaxation routine that you must try. Listen to each episode and let us know what you think, find us on Instagram @the.mom.pod and facebook @mompodpodcast. Thank you for listening!

Season 3, episode 33 is here and we are starting off with a special 3 part episode! In part 1, Vanessa shares a beautiful monologue about what it means to live a gentler life. Then, in part 2, Vanessa and Dyana discuss 11 ways to live a gentler life. Finally, in part 3, Dyana leads us through a 3 minute relaxation routine that you must try. Listen to each episode and let us know what you think, find us on Instagram @the.mom.pod and facebook @mompodpodcast. Thank you for listening!

On this episode, we have the great opportunity to speak with a fellow homeschool mom, Belinda, about her battle with postpartum depression. She gracefully shares her experiences and how she was able to make it through - and gives us her advice for anyone currently going through the battle themselves.  If you are experiencing PPD, please don't hesitate to get help. Here are some links you can look into: Maternal Mental Health Now https://www.maternalmentalhealthnow.org/ Office on Women's Health https://www.womenshealth.gov/mental-health/mental-health-conditions/postpartum-depression Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

*Trigger Warning: child abuse and violence.*  In today's episode, we want to bring awareness to a topic that we are passionate about, and that is spanking and child abuse. For us, hitting your child is never the answer to correct or change behavior. We discuss  general facts and statistics when it comes to child abuse and share some things we’ve seen that inspired us to make this episode.  If you or anyone you know is a victim of abuse, speak up! The National Domestic Violence Hotline is confidential and available for free 24/7. Call 1-800-799-SAFE, that’s 1-800-799-7233 or text ‘START’ to 88788. For Florida child abuse specifically; you can report to the FL Dept of Children and Families at 1-800-962-2873, or dial 711 or Report Online at https://reportabuse.dcf.state.fl.us/ Links: https://www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/ https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/here-s-what-spanking-does-kids-none-it-good-doctors-n931306

Season 1 has come to an end and on this episode, Dyana and Vanessa travel down memory lane as they talk about their favorite episodes. Be sure to listen all the way to the end for some fun bloopers from the season!

Have you ever heard of Human Design? Allison Cullen, owner of Aligned Designs, helps parents, kids, and business owners explore their human design and understand the best way to maximize their human potential. She talks all about how we can apply human design to parenting, and gives us some interesting perspectives to think about.  You can find Allison at: www.aligneddesigns.co or on Instagram @aligned.designs

In this episode, Vanessa and Dyana share some experiences they have had at the Dentist and moments that they have had to say "no" to a certain protocol or procedure -- and why that is not only ok, but necessary to teach to our children.

This is such a fun episode where we talk all about going on one-on-one dates with our kids. We also give some great date ideas according to your child's love language. Stay tuned 'till the end for a fun little audio clip from a recent date that Dyana's husband went on with their daughter.

We've all heard about child-led or interest-led learning, but what is it all about? How do we incorporate that into our homeschool or unschool life? Tune in to this episode as we discuss ways that we can let our children's interests guide their learning.

Every parent experiences tantrums from their children at one point or another. What can cause them? What can we do to get through them -- for both ourselves and our kids? Listen to this episode as we discuss all of this and more. Episode resources: https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/behaviour/crying-tantrums/tantrums#tantrums-in-preschoolers-and-early-school-age-children-nav-title

On today’s episode we will be talking a little about societal norms that cause stress on moms. We are also excited to have our first guest on the show, Michelle. Michelle is a lawyer and new mom who will be sharing her birth story with us. We want to bring awareness to the fact that patients have a very important say, if not the most important say, in their medical treatment and that it should no longer be “taboo” to speak up for yourself and make your own medically informed decisions.

Sure homeschooling is great and all that, but how could you possibly do it when both parents work? Vanessa has some great insight into just how you can make the impossible, possible!

Hello homeschool hacks! Vanessa and Dyana share some homeschool hacks they have come across along the way.  Resources from this episode: https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-hacks/  https://www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/homeschool-hacks/  https://www.benandme.com/best-homeschool-hacks/

Dyana dives into the topic of confidence in this episode. As someone with a congenital deformity, it has been a journey to achieving confidence. In the episode, she talks a little about the early years and how her parents helped shaped her confidence — as well as how we can raise confident children ourselves as parents.

On this week’s episode Vanessa and Dyana offer their opinion on technology use and screen time. Do we allow unlimited screen time? Do we limit it? Tune in to find out!

If you’re into history, this episode is for you! We talk about the history of education and homeschooling in America and how we feel that the school system isn’t designed to build leaders.

What is homeschooling? What is unschooling? And what’s the difference? Listen to this episode and learn all about these two types of education.

On this week’s episode we are exploring the topic of gentle parenting. We talk about what it means to be a gentle parent and we answer a listener’s question about how to handle “back talk” in a gentle way.

In this episode, we dive into the topic of something we feel is a common struggle among alternate schoolers and parents in general; “Are we doing enough?,” and “Are our kids learning enough?”

In this episode, we introduce ourselves and tell everyone a little bit about what we hope for this podcast. Remember to subscribe for future episodes. Thank you!