The Relational Parenting Podcast

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my little my little
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um introverted heart was exhausted and
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so I listened to my body I listened to
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myself and took the day off and decided
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instead to do a quick little recording
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to let you guys know what is coming up
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because we are
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we have a lot in the works and welcome
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to the relational parenting podcast I'm
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Jennifer Hayes a parent coach and
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20-year Child Care veteran each week I
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sit down with my own father Rick Hayes
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and discuss the complicated issues that
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parents face today as well as some of
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the oldest questions in the book from
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the latest research and the framework of
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my relational parenting method we offer
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thought-provoking solutions to your
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deepest parenting struggles or in other
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words how to parent your kids without
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losing your mind or traumatizing theirs
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added bonuses include intergenerational
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wounding discussions and guest Child
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Care Experts we will also start taking
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your parenting questions in episode five
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so be sure to comment with your biggest
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questions or email me directly at Jenny
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jennyb.com let's get started
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Hello everybody welcome back to week six
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of the relational parenting podcast
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um as you might notice if you are
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watching from YouTube I Am by myself and
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this is only about a 10 or 15 minute
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episode and that is because we are
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taking this week off
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uh was not something that I planned but
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I actually got to go to doing a live
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event I did um the family fest in Denver
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at the Wings Over the rocky Rockies
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museum
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and I was there all day and I was with
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my friend Noelle and we set up and um
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you know I was just spent I just spent
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Sunday reflecting and absorbing all of
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the emotions and all the interactions
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that I had with people and
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it was just such a beautiful wonderful
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day and it reminded me of how much I
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enjoy being around people being in front
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of people and teaching about what I do
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and so yesterday was
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just a day of reflection and the time
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came to record and I reached out to my
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dad and I was like I'm just not
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I'm not
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I don't have anything left
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I knew that I could muscle through and
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do our episode talking about boundaries
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um but I just didn't feel that it would
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be
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my best work and that I was going to be
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um
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not all there my little my little
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introverted heart was exhausted and so I
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listened to my body I listened to myself
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and took the day off and decided instead
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to do a quick little recording to let
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you guys know what is coming up because
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we are
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we have a lot in the works and I've
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gotten a lot of people who are
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interested in being on the show so I've
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put together a ton of guests we actually
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have a series that we're going to do in
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March and so yeah so I'm gonna hop right
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into that and tell you guys what's
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coming up so
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um on March 2nd our next episode will
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release and that will be with my friend
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and business woman
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uh Marie Armitage she is a coach for
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professional moms and women in general
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and she has also had her own very
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special journey through parenting she
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currently has twin teenagers a boy and a
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girl
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and she had some health scares as well
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as one of her children had some health
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troubles along the way and so we're
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bringing her on to talk about parenting
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through Health struggles
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um and also talk about how she helps
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moms and women in business and the
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professional world as well so that will
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be March 2nd and then for the rest of
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March and the first week of April we
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will have an education Series this
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series is going to include
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um professional psychologists child
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psychologists
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um my mom my own mom is going to be here
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um for the let's see she'll be here in
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March and so we're going to actually do
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an in-person podcast that week and she
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has been a school psychologist
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for about 30 years almost 30 years years
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now and she is an integral part of the
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shift some of the shifts that are
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happening inside of the public education
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system she is actively training
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um teachers and principals and other
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admin and schools how to be more
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relational how to be more in tune with
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children's emotional and mental Wellness
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needs and so that's really exciting for
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me she's going to come on here and let's
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see I also have a friend who
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actually started her own School in Egypt
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that was based on child-centered
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education so child LED some of the
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philosophies are similar to Montessori
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but she started her own school over
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there she was a preschool director
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before that and she has two degrees in
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education and now she will be coming on
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the podcast
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and talking about the work that she's
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doing now to she's writing a book that's
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getting released in March and she's also
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um
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starting to consult with schools that
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are already established in transitioning
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their
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um
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framework
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to a more child-centered approach
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let's see and then I have at the end of
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March we will have Lauren who works with
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families of teenagers in college
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applications and she naturally through
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that process ends up helping them with
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the transition process as well so
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children leaving the home going out on
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their own for the first time and all the
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excitement and heartbreak that can come
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with applying to different colleges
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and then the last part of the series
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will be my friend Samantha Who
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is a strategic education planner for
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families of many ages but she prefers to
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get in with
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um parents as young as possible because
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if you've ever tried to get into a
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preschool you know that it can be a
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years-long waiting list as well as
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private schools Charter Schools Etc
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um and then also navigating options that
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we may or may not be aware of in public
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school settings
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and otherwise so she's a strategic
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planner for families
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planning out their children's education
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and she's got lots of insights things
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that I never heard of when she and I
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talked that I didn't know resources that
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are available
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Etc so
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um a very well-rounded perspective of
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the current state of the education
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system the history of the education
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system and how it was developed and
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um the resources that are available now
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the planning and strategy that is
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available now as well as looking into
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the future of where education is going
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and how the school systems are changing
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along with the times and the needs of
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children today
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so that's going to be a really exciting
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one so make sure that you are all caught
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up of over the last five episodes
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um on the relational parenting topics
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because those are going to be interwoven
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into these episodes as well
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and then the last thing that I want to
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share with everybody is that we will be
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resuming episodes
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let's see the second week of April
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um so after the education series uh
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we'll have back-to-back guests during
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that and then we will resume a pattern
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of an episode with me and my dad
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discussing
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um the relational parenting points and
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framework and teaching continuing to
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teach that and discuss common parenting
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struggles and then every other episode I
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have um other guests lined up with a
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multitude of Topics in their child care
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expertise or their parenting Journey so
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I'm gonna start having parents on that
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have been either working with
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intentional parenting
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um or have had a very significant growth
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or
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um journey through their parenting
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experience
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and so yeah I'm really excited about all
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of that and I'm excited to start
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bringing other people in for you guys to
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listen to and we just have so many
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topics ahead of us
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so
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make sure you're all caught up on the
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first five episodes and episode six will
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be with Marie Armitage next week
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discussing let's see next week
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Yeah March 2nd that one will air and
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we'll be talking about mindful parenting
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through chronic illness through Health
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scares and how to stay connected through
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that and how Marie coaches professional
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moms or working moms or business moms
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with mindset self-worth and other topics
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all right so that is it for this week
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you guys thank you for tuning in
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um we're taking a mental health week
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this week I appreciate your patience and
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support so far
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we are so excited to keep this rolling
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and
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um yeah we've got guests lined up
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through August at this point so keep
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tuning in and I will see y'all next week
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believe that it takes a village to raise
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a child
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our society has become so independent
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from one another and parenting these
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days is often a lonely Journey
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but it doesn't have to be that way
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that's why I'm here if you have been
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seeking a more intentional approach to
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Parenting but you aren't sure where to
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