Mindful Mama - Parenting with Mindfulness

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! With huge parts of the world sheltering-in-place, we can tap into the power of nature to heal and remember our wholeness during this challenging time. Takeaways: 1. We can embrace the power of nature to reduce our stress and heal. 2. There are ways to embrace nature even if you can’t leave your apartment. 3. People with even just a view of nature heal faster.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! Do you worry about what you eat or what your kids are eating? Society has made eating an issue. It hurts our kids' relationships with food—sometimes for life. How do we avoid the pitfalls of dieting culture? Evelyn Tribole comes on this episode to help.  Takeaways: 1. Parents can help kids trust their bodies. 2. Dieting is the best predictor of gaining more weight. 3. Dieting culture hurts kids and can be found in our homes and schools.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! What do I do when I ask my child to do something and she doesn’t listen? Not listening has to be one of the biggest parental frustrations there is. Listen in to this special on-air coaching call as Hunter coaches reader of Raising Good Humans, Cailen Ascher, on what to do with her 5-year-old. Takeaways: 1. Threatening kids is common when we feel stuck. 2. Kids want to be seen, heard, and acknowledged. 3. The crucial pause step always comes first.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! As feminism is growing, we’ve been very interested in how to empower women. But what about the other half of the population? As parents, we need to take a look at how we are raising our boys. Takeaways: 1. The “lockerroom mindset” hurts everybody. Men give up part of their humanity. 2. Boys want to know what it takes to be a man.  3. We need to talk to boys. They take our silence as approval of the status quo.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! If you have a daughter, you’ve likely been subjected to a comment like, “just wait until she’s a teenager!” Sil Reynolds, co-author of Mothering & Daughtering, pushes back against that way of thinking. She teaches us mindful ways of connecting with our children authentically.  Takeaways: 1. What behavior issues—in toddlers and teens—mean. 2. Preteens and adolescents need us more than ever. 3. Cultural narrative about teen girls is untrue an

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! What do parents and kids need during this unprecedented time? Susan Kaiser Greenland comes back on the podcast to talk to us about how to broaden our bandwidth and use mindfulness skills to parent with more presence during these difficult times. Takeaways:  1. Minds change bodies and bodies change minds. 2. We need to lower our expectations for ourselves and our kids. 3. Wisdom doesn’t come from being perfect, it comes from being present.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! Mindful Parenting member Katie has been working on skillful responses to her three-year-old, but her husband disagrees with her responses. He is worried that without “consequences” their child won’t have any disincentive to stop the bad behavior. What do they do? Takeaways: 1. Children’s stress response drives them to kick and hit. 2. Punishment causes resentment and erodes connection. 3. We are modeling and teaching with all of our responses.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! It has been a month since schools were canceled and normal life ended. It’s hard on everyone. What can we do to hold ourselves and our children with wisdom and compassion? Can we come out of this more resilient? Therapist Rebecca Wong comes back to help us through these times.  Takeaways: 1. We are all in a shared trauma reality right now. 2. Emotional resilience is more important than schoolwork. 3. We can focus on what we can control and compassion

Welcome to day twenty-four of the Mindful Mama Daily Dose—my way of supporting you, a smart, thoughtful parent who is doing your best. This daily dose will include a 5-minute guided meditation followed by a brief invitation for how you can make your day more mindful.

Welcome to day twenty-three of the Mindful Mama Daily Dose—my way of supporting you, a smart, thoughtful parent who is doing your best. This daily dose will include a 5-minute guided meditation followed by a brief invitation for how you can make your day more mindful.

Mindful Mama Daily Dose | Day 22

Welcome to day twenty-one of the Mindful Mama Daily Dose—my way of supporting you, a smart, thoughtful parent who is doing your best. This daily dose will include a 5-minute guided meditation followed by a brief invitation for how you can make your day more mindful.

Get Hunter's book, Raising Good Humans now! Tantrums are stressful and exhausting for everyone involved. What can you do to keep your cool and help your child calm down? Rebecca Hershberg, child psychologist and mother of two shares with us the science of development and the art of managing tantrums. Takeaways: 1. Tantrums are normal. 2. Toddlers and preschoolers are rigid, impulsive, and egocentric—it’s part of their development. 3. Certain parenting styles can inadvertently reinforce tantru

Welcome to day twenty of the Mindful Mama Daily Dose—my way of supporting you, a smart, thoughtful parent who is doing your best. This daily dose will include a 5-minute guided meditation followed by a brief invitation for how you can make your day more mindful.

Welcome to day nineteen of the Mindful Mama Daily Dose—my way of supporting you, a smart, thoughtful parent who is doing your best. This daily dose will include a 5-minute guided meditation followed by a brief invitation for how you can make your day more mindful.