If you’re a human on this planet, you know just how important self-care is. That is especially true if you’re a mother. We give absolutely everything to our children: our bodies, our minds, our hearts and our souls. How can there be room left over for us at the end of it?
In this episode, Rachel asks a pivotal question: does it truly take a village to raise ... Show More
Yesterday
Creating Community, Honoring the Land, and Full Circle Moments
Today’s episode is about going back to basics, full circle moments, and a new chapter intertwining with the old. Rachel has just launched a summer retreat after some serendipitous circumstances. It has her reminiscing back to her twenties when her and Dennis first launched retrea ... Show More
44m 30s
May 29
Human Design and Nature: How to Harness Your Energy and Do What You Love
In today’s episode, it’s the end of May, Rachel’s energy is buzzing, and things are happening all around! Rachel talks about the momentum that this month brings to the Scandinavians, and just how that momentum has met her: it’s come bearing so many ideas and epiphanies.Rachel has ... Show More
50m 5s
Jan 2023
I Was My Daughter’s First Bully
This realization of being a bully didn’t come to Michelle early on in parenting, but as she reflects she now sees her behavior as a young mom resembled that of bullying. The yelling, threats, bribes, and shame aren’t something any child should have to live with, and really no per ... Show More
14m 34s
Oct 2021
What Changes a Child’s Behavior
We parents have been taught that our children’s behavior must be corrected through punishments and manipulations, and sadly, this has been accepted as the default mode of parenting. And when compounding other stressors in lives, it becomes so easy to unconsciously fall back on th ... Show More
13m 8s
Jan 2022
How to Respond to a Child When They Believe Something is Unfair
Life, as we know, is not fair, but are we trying to shield our children from fairness or are we diving deeply into acknowledgment and acceptance instead? Isn’t the ideal of everything being equal and unrealistic thought and trying to even every instance into fairness doing our ch ... Show More
8m 23s
Nov 2022
Motherhood + Trauma with Aundi Kolber
Today we're talking with Aundi Kolber—a mother, professional counselor, and author—about motherhood and trauma. For many of us, trauma is a word we have reserved for people who have gone through life-altering, dangerous, or abusive experiences, and we have never given attention t ... Show More
49m 32s
Jan 2021
Parenting Beyond Perfection with Guest Kiersten
“When we bring kids into this world, our hope is that in the future, there will be a more peaceful world for them.” Good behaviour from our children begins with us, their parents. In this episode, Kiersten, a dear member of our community joins me to talk about how her journey’s b ... Show More
23m 53s