The Blissful Parenting Podcast

Parents make decisions every day. Knowing what you believe in as a parent and what you want for your children will help you make the right decisions for you, your career, and your family as a whole. In today's episode, Janice, our special guest, talks about how family values influence parents' decisions within and outside their family structure. She shares different ways to operate as a family where everyone lives a lifestyle they are happy with. Janice Scholl is a mom, commercial banker, consultant, and mentor to women who want to keep their finances on track when they start a business. She is passionate about helping mothers gain confidence and understanding about money, career & business. Her key areas of focus to help mothers succeed are navigating maternity leave, career breaks & transitions, and values-based budgeting. Janice is the host of the Money, Career & Motherhood podcast!

Researchers have found that couples who are playful together have more satisfying relationships. However, parenting duties, work schedules, and the stress of everyday life cause parents to get lost along the way. It snuffs out the playful side of the relationship. In today's episode, our special guest, Vireo Karvonen, reveals the common mistakes parents are making that damage their relationships. She gives techniques to reestablish playfulness and genuine connection in your intimate relationships, especially your relationship with yourself. For when you take care of yourself first, you become a better parent, a loving partner, and a happier person. Vireo Karvonen is a relationship and pleasure coach. She is an expert in sacred femininity & sexuality and has been empowering women to feel confident in their female bodies since 2008. Her clients call her "The Shame Buster". Popularly known as Pleasure Coach Vireo, her deep-rooted desire to positively impact others goes back to 1996, when she completed her Master’s in Education at the University of Alberta. She is a facilitator of transformational programs such as Orgasmic Healing, Laughter Yoga, Kundalini Dance, and Sacred Femininity. Using her exceptional knowledge of women's sexuality, a non-judgmental approach, and Belief Re-patterning, she helps her clients to successfully and gracefully transform limiting beliefs so that they can be their best selves.

While sometimes as a mom it feels like you're just doing the same things over and over without contributing to the world in a meaningful way, the truth is that the tiny things you do every day have an impact. In today's episode, our special guest, Simone, shares how she realized the extraordinary power in what seems mundane at first and how she challenges herself and sets a good example for her children. Simone Knego is a mother of 6 children & 4 dogs, serial entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author of the book, "The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You". She has a Master's in Accounting but soon realized that numbers weren't her passion but rather, it was helping people. This led her to become an elementary and exceptional education teacher to work with children. Today, she desires to help people has expanded into inspiring and motivating others as an author and speaker. She has done some pretty remarkable things in her life: climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds and awareness for the Livestrong Foundation and served 6 years (including one year as co-chair) in the National Young Leadership Cabinet for the Jewish Federations of North America. She desires to help individuals recognize that it’s the little things we do each day that have the biggest impact on the world around us.

It is possible to be a mother, a career woman, and to be healthy— all at the same time. Moms, discover how you can make time work for you, not against you, in creating a balanced, healthy life for yourself and your family. In today's episode, our special guest, Mia, shares insights into how Moms can achieve a much more balanced lifestyle. Mia Moran is the host of the Plan Simple podcast. She has coached thousands of women to create a life that feels balanced using her FLOW Planning Method. Her program includes planning for good food, making time for a relationship & parenting development, getting organized at home, creating meaningful routines, and finding peak productivity with work.

Work, technology, and countless activities compete for our attention as parents. But it only takes a few minutes a day to connect meaningfully with your child and build a strong relationship. In today's episode, Heather and Genevieve talk about the importance of building a connection with your child through play. Find out how you can create ten minutes a day for play with a purpose and feel happier and less stressed. They also share tips on managing devices to optimize your child's growth and development in different phases and stages. Heather Fox and Genevieve Kyle are hosts and co-hosts of the Parent Talk Podcast, an educational podcast with experts and experienced parents offering up-to-date information for busy parents. Genevieve's passion is to help parents be happier, more confident, more connected, and authentic in their parenting journey. Heather is the owner of Gymboree Play & Music. She worked with many growing families over the past 13 years, teaching child development through play, focusing on the whole child, physical development, cognitive and social-emotional. Both are moms with two kids each.

Throughout your child's life, they will face many financial decisions. There's a lot you can do as a parent to ensure that they are prepared to handle these decisions intelligently. In today's episode our special guest, Chella Diaz, talks about paying attention to what you say to your kids about spending or buying things because it shapes their feelings, thinking, and values about money. She warns that if you want to set them up to win with money at any age, be careful the next time you say, "we can't afford it!" or "we don't have any money!" Chella Diaz, a mentor for moms, is passionate about empowering women to master their money skills. She helps women identify and release their money baggage so they can set and achieve their financial goals. She was married for many years and had two amazing sons.

What can you do more as parents to ensure that your tween girls attend school free of fear, violence, or discrimination? In today's episode, Aime, our special guest, shares her personal story being a 'slow learner' who survived severe bullying for six years. You'll learn how she is helping girls love and believe in themselves and feel okay about being different. She also shares tips for parents on how to recognize the signs that your tween girl is having a bad day and how to respond in a way that makes her feel safe and protected. Aime Hutton is a 5-time international best-selling author/compiler, a transformational speaker, workshop facilitator, and youth advocate helping girls age 11 - 14 feel safe and included at school and beyond. As a youth diversity adviser, she helps educators facilitate safe spaces for young female students so they can instill courage, confidence, and inclusion in themselves.

Family life is chaotic. At some point, you've probably lost your temper with your kids and yelled at them. In today's episode, a parenting coach shares how you can turn rebellion and chaos into harmony at home using her "magic" three-step formula. She also gives a brief background of three parenting styles, so you can see if you fit any of them and how to change what you are doing so you can enjoy a peaceful, loving, satisfying relationship with your children. Debra Kocis is a children and families advocate supporting a healthy lifestyle, environment, and unity. She is a parenting coach, certified in 2 nationally recognized parenting programs that have helped millions of families. She is president and founder of Healthy Parenting 360 and the co-host of The Women’s Legacy Show. Her passion is to serve parents and children, bringing deeper insights to parents so they may have a beautiful, life-long relationship with their children.

In today's episode, an inspiring couple shares the secrets of their family's success system that helps build a strong foundation for kids. Learn how you can create your own family success system that encourages your kids to be independent, financially literate, confident, and set them up for future success. Katie and Steve are parents of five kids ranging from ages 4 to 17. They are family coaches who help families transform their chaos and tension into lives lived with purpose and passion. Steve also offers executive coaching for business owners looking to optimize their team efficiency and employees' satisfaction and retention. The couple is the creator of the Family Success Secrets podcast, a weekly show that motivates families to regain their health, enhance their relationships, and stabilize their finances.

We all know the teenage years are tough, both on our kids and ourselves. There's so much changing for our children as they practice transitioning to adulthood. As a parent, what can you do to help your teenager get through these scary and chaotic years? Hear from our special guest today some tips on how to do it so that your teenagers will take positive, motivating action and lead successful lives. Jennifer Maneely is an Addiction Strategist and the founder of Maneely Consulting, Inc., a coaching firm for families who have loved ones in addiction or trauma-related substance abuse. She works with the families to help them develop strategies and coach them on setting effective, supportive, and loving boundaries so that their loved ones can get the help they need and the families don’t go down with them. She draws inspiration for her work from her own gut-wrenching experience with addiction. She is the # 1 Bestselling Author of Dear Parents: Strategies to Help Your Loved One Through Addiction and The Unbreakable Boundaries Podcast host.

In this episode, our special guest shares the powerful techniques parents can use to help their kids express their feelings, manage their emotions, control their reactions, and grow into responsible adults. Angela Legh is the author of The Bella Santini Chronicles, a fairytale series aimed at ages 8-12, teaching children the importance of processing their emotions and giving them tools to process their feelings. Over the years, she has worked to help people find self-acceptance and learn the power of forgiveness, gratitude, and curiosity, which can open up lives to magic. Her online course and one-on-one mentoring help adults tap into their inner magic, the magic of love, curiosity, childlike joy, and playfulness. She is an expert in how playfulness opens your heart and makes life better.

Did you know that the first 18 years of your child's life can break or make them? That you have the greatest influence on their lives during this time? In today's episode, our special guest reveals one thing every parent needs to know (and do!) if they want to help their teens and tweens develop a solid foundation of self-led discipline that will enable them to thrive. Nellie Harden is a wife, mom, dreamer, family life coach & mentor, and entrepreneur to businesses born from personal experience and work that serves others with a big purpose. Coming from a career background in marine mammal sciences and behavioral work she decided that creating a life designed by purpose and for freedom was how she and her husband, along with their four daughters, wanted to live. She believes that a family filled with creativity, fun, laughter, challenge, adventure, problem-solving, hugs, good food, sound discipline & learning can not only change a person’s life but also change the world.

From chores, errands, homework help to disciplining kids, motherhood is busy and never-ending. Suddenly, your life revolves around your kids. You lost yourself along the way. In this episode, our special guest shares tips for increasing your gratitude and joy so that motherhood won't exhaust you and conflicts won't affect you as much. You can stay connected to who you are, not just your role as a parent. Jenn Taylor is a Mom of 18 (yes, 18 kids!) and the host of At A Crossroads with The Naked Podcaster. She is a transformational coach for Christian women, a motivational speaker, and the author of a self-help memoir "Hello, My Name Is… Warrior Princess". She is also a licensed NLP Practitioner & Coach and has 15+ years in the foster care sector as both a parent and a trainer.

A hypersensitive child can be gifted intellectually but easily overwhelmed by crowds, noises, unexpected situations, changes in routine, and emotional distress expressed by others. Whether the expression of their sensitivity will be an advantage or a source of anxiety depends primarily on parenting. In this episode, our special guest breaks down the ways in which to deal with hypersensitive children that promote healing and happiness at home. Lafaya Mitchell is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over twenty years of experience providing culturally sensitive care to “difficult to treat populations.” She is also an author, speaker, coach, and the founder of The Lafaya Way. “The Lafaya Way” is an advanced relational approach building bridges for effective interactions in difficult interpersonal relationships and social situations. It promotes healing in conjunction with every human’s authentic desire to connect healthily by living their “Honest Truth.”

All of us have an inner bully. Today we bring to you a special guest who reveals the importance of silencing those inner bullies and how to do it so you can have a healthy, happy, and loving family. Karen Abrams is a Master Theta Healer, relationship expert, and an award-winning international bestselling author. She has worked with thousands of clients worldwide who are at a crossroads in their lives— helping them heal the underlying causes of their issues and get clarity and understanding on how to move forward from there. Karen is committed to helping women break free of living in survival mode so that they can live fulfilling, healthy and balanced lives.