Joyfull Parenting
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Joyfull Parenting is a podcast for parents and caregivers who are ready to take their experiences with young children from surviving to thriving.
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Episode 51: A Wicked Conversation Around Being a Father in the 21st Century
July 04, 2021 20:24 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBToday my guest is the brilliant, Jordan. Sharpiro. Jordan Shapiro, PhD is a globally celebrated American thought leader. He's senior fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop , and Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution . His Forbes' column (2012-17) on global education, learning through digital play, kids and culture was read by over 5 million people around the world. He is an international speaker and consultant whose fresh per...
S2 E8 Spirited/Sensitive Kids and How to Support Them When Bringing a New Baby Home
June 20, 2021 20:18 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBToday my guests are Hannah and Kelty of Upbringing. Hannah & Kelty are twins, coaches and speakers behind the parenting movement Upbringing. Certified in Simplicity Parenting, Positive Discipline and trained in NVC and Foundations of the respectful parenting approach, RIE, Upbringing empowers parents in over 100 countries to show up + grow up alongside their kids when it comes to daily discipline. Hannah & Kelty’s top-ranked podcast, Live Q&As, courses + guides call parents in with humor a...
S2 E7 Support for Expectant Parents During Pregnancy and Beyond
June 13, 2021 20:24 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBAshley is a certified cooperative childbirth educator, birth and postpartum doula, and lactation counselor. She is the founder of Birthsmarter, which provides relevant and inclusive education for expectant parents living in NYC and virtually, across the world. With over a decade of experience supporting new parents, Ashley provides one-on-one support, group classes, lectures, and distance learning for the perinatal population and the professionals who serve them. After the birth of her first...
S2 E6 Cultivating Inclusion and Belonging into a Family with Young Children
June 06, 2021 21:28 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBMy guest today is Dr. Debbie Laurin. Dr Laurin is an international presenter and author about child wellbeing, child mental health, and childcare routines. Debbie uniquely interweaves information from mainstream research with the principles of Waldorf Early Childhood Education to create a unique tapestry to support child wellbeing. She embraces an approach based on anti-bias education and respectful childcare practices grounded in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Debbie bring...
S2 E5 The Nutrition and the Very Young Child
May 30, 2021 04:41 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBToday my guest is Nita Sharda. Nita is a Registered Dietitian, proud South Asian woman, #boymom and cofounder of Happy Healthy Eaters and sole proprietor for Carrots and Cake Balanced Nutrition Consultin g. Her interest in food was sparked when she was a little girl. She would often spend time in the kitchen admiring her mother’s touch with Indian cuisine. It was the time she spent working at her family’s convenience store that eventually led her to pursuing a career in Dietetics. Aft...
S2 E4 The Importance of Play for the Young Child (and their parents:)
May 24, 2021 13:57 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBToday my guest is Sarah Baldwin. Sarah’s whole life changed in an instant when she gave birth for the first time in 1992. Soon she realized that children were meant to be her life's work. Prior to that, she had been pursuing a career as an actress, but the moment her son Harper was born, she experienced the profound spiritual transformation that comes when, suddenly, one puts another’s needs ahead of one’s own. She discovered my incredible love for children. Soon afterward, she discovered W...
S2 E3 Building Security in the Young Child Through Rhythm
May 16, 2021 20:46 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBToday my guest is Meagan Wilson. Meagan is a parent educator and author of the now-retired seasonal series of Whole Family Rhythms Guides. As a parent coach and educator she has supported hundreds of parents to create a strong family rhythm unique to their own values and culture. Meagan provides resources, support and information to parents who are looking for a bridge to cross between their unique family life and their children’s (often but not always Waldorf-inspired) school. Education, C...
S2 E2 The Importance of Creating a Support Group for Postpartum Parents to your Community
May 09, 2021 20:47 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBToday my guest is Kerry Ingram. Kerry helps postpartum professionals, community caregivers and folks who care about new parents create multi-generational supportive gatherings for parents and babies in the postpartum year without re-inventing the wheel. Here are a few highlights of her education and life experience which has prepared her for this work: *Mother (biological mother, mother of loss, foster mother) *SUNY Oswego Liberal Arts, minor in Women's Studies LifeWays North Amer...
S2 E1 What is Attachment Theory and what does it look like in the first 3 years.
May 02, 2021 15:56 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBToday my guest is Sara Norris. Sara has been working with parents since 2015 when she acted as a Parent Educator at Winterberry Charter School in Anchorage, Alaska. She earned her certification as a Simplicity Parenting Family Life Coach in 2016 and has led more than 100 parents in workshops and group work based on the book, Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne. Sara has been working in Waldorf Early Childhood since 2017 and received her Waldorf Birth to 3 Certification from Sophia's He...
S1 E8 Joyful Beginnings, Devoted to Supporting Parents and Families Pre-birth to Age 3
March 10, 2021 22:24 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBToday is the 8th and final episode of season 1 of my collaboration with Joyful Beginnings. Joyful Beginnings is a welcoming, inclusive online community for families with young children pre-birth to three. As partners in parenting, Joyful Beginnings is devoted to providing loving guidance and expert advice to all parents, freely and without judgment. Joyful Beginnings in rooted in the work begun at Sophia’s Hearth, a center for teachers and families in southern Nh and inspired by the work ...
S1 E7 Social/Emotional Development in the Young Child
March 03, 2021 06:51 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBToday my guest is Katherine Scharff. Katherine is the Director of Teacher Education at Sophia’s Hearth. She is also a preschool and parent-child teacher at the Waldorf School of Saratoga, New York where she brought the first forrest kindergarten into being in the states. She is also a Simplicity Parenting Family Life Coach. She has completed the Sophia’s Hearth full Waldorf teacher education program and additional training in the Pikler approach. With her background in nursing and specialize...
Parenting with Courage
February 28, 2021 20:14 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MBToday my guest is Alfie Kohn. Mr. Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The most recent of his 14 books are SCHOOLING BEYOND MEASURE…And Other Unorthodox Essays About Education (2015) and THE MYTH OF THE SPOILED CHILD: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Children and Parenting (2014). Of his earlier titles, the best known are PUNISHED BY REWARDS (1993), NO CONTEST: The Case Against Competition (1986), UNCONDITIONAL PARENTING (2005), and THE SCHOOL...
S1 E6 Meet Joyful Beginnings Team Member, Michelle Brooks
February 24, 2021 20:53 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBWith her master in education and As a trained Waldorf Kindergarten teacher Michelle has worked in early childhood education for more than twenty years. She taught parent/child and preschool classes at Monadnock Waldorf School for thirteen years. She spent two years as the primary caregiver for infants/toddlers at Sophia's Hearth Family Center and has had the pleasure of teaching a mixed age kindergarten at the Hartsbrook School. She holds a bachelor's degree from Anna Maria College in early ...
How to Become More Fully Present in our roll as a Parents
February 21, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBToday my guest in Xavier Dagba. Xavier is a trauma informed transformational life coach, shadow work facilitator and intuitive healer. He loves to think of himself as an emotional alchemist. It is his firm belief that personal freedom can only be achieved when we allow ourselves to welcome the wisdom hidden within every emotional state, good or “bad”. His own transformational journey brought him to dive into the universe of shadow work and he tends to think that only when you are willing t...
Episode #36 How to Become More Fully Present in our roll as a Parents
February 21, 2021 16:00 - 32 minutes - 45.1 MBToday my guest in Xavier Dagba. Xavier is a trauma informed transformational life coach, shadow work facilitator and intuitive healer. He loves to think of himself as an emotional alchemist. It is his firm belief that personal freedom can only be achieved when we allow ourselves to welcome the wisdom hidden within every emotional state, good or “bad”. His own transformational journey brought him to dive into the universe of shadow work and he tends to think that only when you are willing t...
Episode #37 S1 E5 Meet Joyful Beginnings Movement and Sensory Motor Development Specialist, Jane Swain
February 17, 2021 18:54 - 38 minutes - 53 MBJane is an associate director and core faculty member of the teacher education program at Sophias Hearth, bringing her life long experience, training, and research into children’s sensory motor development. Jane is a movement specialist and pediatric physical therapist, a graduate of the Level III training in Spacial Dynamics®, certified in Bothmer Gymnastics®, in Sensory Integration Praxis testing and Bobath/Neuro-developmental Treatment for children with Cerebral Palsy. Jane has studied a...
E5 Meet Joyful Beginnings Movement and Sensory Motor Development Specialist, Jane Swain
February 17, 2021 18:54 - 38 minutes - 53 MBJane is an associate director and core faculty member of the teacher education program at Sophias Hearth, bringing her life long experience, training, and research into children’s sensory motor development. Jane is a movement specialist and pediatric physical therapist, a graduate of the Level III training in Spacial Dynamics®, certified in Bothmer Gymnastics®, in Sensory Integration Praxis testing and Bobath/Neuro-developmental Treatment for children with Cerebral Palsy. Jane has studied a...
The Joy of Becoming Emotionally Sovereign
February 14, 2021 10:39 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBMy guests today are Natalie Christensen and Nathan M McTague. Natalie and Nathan are the founders of the Center for Emotional Education. For over 13 years they’ve been using master-level emotional intelligence to help powerful people across the globe become emotionally sovereign, and to claim the lives and relationships they’ve always wanted. Check them out online here https://www.centerforemotionaleducation.com/emotional-sovereignty-webinar And on IG https://www.instagram.com/cent...
Episode #33 S1 E4 The Transition to Child Care
February 10, 2021 21:04 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBToday my guest is Lauren Hakala. Lauren shares with the listener tips and tools for supporting parents after they have chosen their childcare center. Lauren is not only a long time Educator for the Young Child she has done this work in many different Settings. These setting include the Lab Schools of Keene State College where she earned her BS, and The University of New Hampshire where she enjoyed completing 14 graduate courses in ECE, she worked at The Orchard School where she learned...
Differently Wired Children and the Gifts they Bring to Our Lives
February 07, 2021 16:31 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBToday my guest is Debbie Reber. Debbie is a parenting activist, New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker who, before creating TiLT, spent more than fifteen years writing inspiring books for women and teens and speaking about issues like media literacy, self-esteem, and confidence. But when Debbie learned that her son Asher was differently-wired, she spent years figuring out how to best support him in school and in life, recognizing how incredibly difficult it was to find...
S1 E3 The Golden Keys to Finding Quality Child Care
February 03, 2021 14:22 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBIn this episode Lauren Hakala shares with us what she refers to as the golden keys to help find quality child care during these challenging times and beyond. Lauren is not only a long time educator for the young child she has had the opportunity to do this work in many different settings. Some of the settings include, The Lab Schools of Keene State College where she earned her Bachelors and The University of New Hampshire were she enjoyed completing fourteen graduate courses in Early Chi...
Once upon a time...” Key ingredients for storytelling with young children
January 31, 2021 18:01 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBMy guest is Susan Perrow. Susan is an Australian whose ‘work’ passion is stories and storytelling. She is an author, world renowned storyteller, teacher trainer and parent educator. For the last 30 years she has been documenting stories from other cultures, writing stories and telling stories to groups of children and adults – all this woven in with a career in teaching, lecturing and consulting in Australia, Africa, Asia, China, Europe and North America. She currently has three published st...
Episode #30 S1 E2 of Joyful Beginnings Meet our sleep specialist, Margit Foster.
January 27, 2021 07:14 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MBThis week my guest is sleep specialist Margit Foster. She is one of the team members for Joyful Beginnings and is eager to support those in need of her expertise. Margit is passionate about supporting children to healthier sleep habits, and families to happier, simpler and more deeply connected home lives. Her training and experience as a pediatric sleep consultant, Waldorf early childhood educator, certified SIDs prevention and Safe Sleep Educator, and a mother has informed her ch...
Every parent's question…”What if my child doesn’t do what I ask them to do?”
January 24, 2021 13:48 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBToday my guest is Writer, early childhood consultant and kindergarten teacher Stephen Spitalny. Steve has taught at the Santa Cruz Waldorf School since 1990. He has given many courses at the Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks, California and for the past decade has been a faculty member at the Waldorf Institute of Southern California (WISC). Steve offers lectures and workshops around the world when we are not in a pandemic. He offers insight into early childhood development and into v...
Joyful Beginnings Season 1 Episode 1 Meet the Joyful Beginnings Team
January 20, 2021 07:10 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBToday my guests are Susan Weber and Nancy Macalaster. Listen as they share about the inspiration and motivation behind creating an online community for parents, caregivers and teachers of young children, prebirth through age three. Nancy Macalaster: Nancy is a certified Parent Early Childhood Mental Health Clinician in the State of NH. She holds a degree in child development from Connecticut College and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Antioch University New England. She i...
Is Positive Parenting Conflict Free?
January 17, 2021 14:59 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBSarah R. Moore is the founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting. As a certified gentle parenting coach, she's a regular contributor to international parenting magazines. A frequent podcast guest, speaker for international summits, and founder of a series of mini-courses based on real-life teaching and parenting experience, she “gets” the joys and struggles of mom life. She's currently writing two books. If you are interested in finding out more about Sarah and the gentle parenting a...
Cultivating Rhythm, Rituals and Reverence in the New Year
January 10, 2021 20:26 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBToday my guest is the delightful and insightful, Chinyelu Kunz. She lives, teaches and podcasts on the east coast of the United States. Chinyelu was born and raised in Enugu, Nigeria and then moved to the U.S. She found Waldorf Education when her first child was 2 years old. Her children have attended multiple Waldorf schools and all three graduated from Kimberton Waldorf School. The depth and breadth of Waldorf education is what drew her and continues to fill her with awe and enthusiasm...
Connected Parenting with Michelle Kenny
January 03, 2021 12:13 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBEpisode #26 Connected Parenting with Michelle Kenny My guest today is Michelle Kenny. Michelle lives in Los Angeles with her two girls 9 and 12. Before becoming a Hand in Hand certified instructor in 2015, she worked for 12 years in public schools as a teacher and counselor. She also served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Education instructing in the teacher credentialing program. None of which prepared her to be a mom. After years of consequences, bribes and star charts she...
Beginning Well Everyday with Pia Dögl
December 27, 2020 12:56 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBPia is a mom, author, parenting counselor and the CEO and founder of Beginning Well Everyday. She lives in the US now, but is originally from Germany. Pia has dedicated her work to fostering the precious potential of children and the well-being of the whole family. She also founded Beginning Well , an organization that supports compassionate care of children in their formative development years up to age three, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and the practice of Dr. Emmi Pikler. S...
Chillin’ with The Dad Vibes
December 21, 2020 08:46 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week I was thrilled to have Thomas Piccirilli, the humble human behind the Instagram handle The Dad Vibes. Thomas is a husband and father and is passionate about bringing quality parenting content to parents across the globe. After you have a listen, share your feedback and follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the.dad.vibes/ I have so much gratitude for everyone who has been listening to the Joyfull Parenting Podcast and joining the community of supporters at https://w...
Building the muscle of reliance in our children
December 13, 2020 18:36 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBEpisode #23 Building the muscle of reliance in our children Today my guest is the brilliant Julie Lythcott-Haims. Julie believes in humans and is deeply interested in what gets in our way. She is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting manifesto How to Raise an Adult. Her TED Talk on the subject has more than 5 million views, and in 2020 she became a regular contributor with CBS This Morning on parenting. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and awar...
Conscious Parenting with Sidu Arroyo-Boulter
December 06, 2020 18:22 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week on the podcast I was so delighted to speak with Sidu the face behind @conscious.parents. Sidu has ten years of experience working with children, adolescents and parents as an educator and school counselor. As a therapist, she primarily works with adolescents, and young adults with concerns such as, relational issues, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief, and trauma. In addition, she has a passion for seeing families thrive, and also offer parenting support for those se...
Gentle Parenting
October 19, 2020 08:42 - 36 minutes - 50.6 MBThis week on the podcast I was so happy to speak with Lelia Schott. Lelia is the founder of the online advocacy and consulting group, Synergy: gentle parenting resources, a freelance writer, children’s book writer, family wellbeing advocate and certified parent coach. She lives in a small coastal town in South Africa. As a mother to four sons and two daughters, aged 23, 21, 19, 16, 9 and 6 she is practicing what she is teaching. On her best days she can be found swimming in the ocean or spe...
Wondering about Waldorf? With Waldorf homeschooling parent, Annie Haas
October 10, 2020 21:25 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBThis week on the podcast I was delighted to speak with Annie Haas. Annie is a Waldorf homeschool Mama of three who runs a Steiner Study website that helps other parents create their own lesson blocks, combine different age and grade activities, and find resources. She also created the Threefold Human Calendar with her teenage son, which is a 365 day perpetual planner that helps homeschool parents do inner work on themselves daily as well as planning their homeschool and family rhythm. Check...
A Fathers Journey
October 04, 2020 21:42 - 35 minutes - 49 MBThis week on the podcast I speak with Cameron Foster founder of Supportive Fathers. SF is an online resource that provides men advice, wisdom, and ideas about many questions and topics they encounter throughout their lives. Being a father and husband is one of the greatest honors many men can experience in their lifetime. Camerone’s hope is that Supportive Fathers can help men throughout their journey. As a blogger, https://supportivefathers.com Cameron is looking forward to providing g...
Is Slow Parenting for You?
September 26, 2020 22:34 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this episode I speak with Danish educator, Helle Heckmann about the relavance of Slow Parenting in today’s busy world. Helle is a culturgeografist, Rudolf Steiner kindergarten teacher, writer, lecturer and trainer. She is a mother of 3 and grandmother to 4. Helle refers to herself as a pioneer for children under three in Waldorf education. She was also the leader for Nøkken for 28 years. She now is does international consulting for children under seven and parents counselor. To order...
Cyclebreaking, Re-parenting and Self-Care for Ourselves and for Generations to Come
September 20, 2020 08:09 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBIn this episode I talk with Shelly Robinson about how we can break the cycles that keep us stuck in shame, guilt and self criticism, YUK, no time for any of the above! Shelly Robinson is a holistic family wellness coach, self-healer, conscious parenting educator, and the creator of Raising Yourself. Her passion in life is to empower moms to turn their midlife crisis into midlife magic by teaching them how to reparent themselves, disrupt generational patterns, and take radically good care ...
The Selflessness of Self-care
September 12, 2020 19:49 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBIn this episode I speak with Dr. Monica Blied about the importance of cultivating more self love through a consistent and supportive self care practice. Dr. Monica Ellis-Blied is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with expertise in whole-health interventions and neurocognitive assessment. The assessments she provides help teens & adults to identify and learn how to better manage ADHD, Learning Disorders, and psychiatric conditions, as well as secure accommodations for work, school, or high-st...
Keeping our children healthy during a pandemic
September 05, 2020 21:08 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode, I ask Dr. Adam Blanning how we can best support our Children's immune system when going back to school during a pandemic? You won’t want to miss a minute of the conversation. To find out more about Dr. Blanning you can go to https://denvertherapies.com You can also click here to order his book https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Deeper-Developmental-Needs-Challenging/dp/158420950X I have so much gratitude for everyone who has been listening to the Joyfull Parenting Podc...
Mothers Teaching Money
August 29, 2020 21:52 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBIn this episode, I was able to speak with Laurel Makowem of Mother’s Teaching Money. Laurel resides in beautiful New Zealand but because of the fabulousness of the internet you can check her out online https://mothersteachingmoney.com/5-tips-to-teach-your-child-a-growth-and-abundance-money-mindset/ or on Instagram @mothersteachingmoney then click the link in her bio to find out how she can support you in creating an abundant money mindset for yourself and your darlings! I have so mu...
It's Time to Raise Miraculous Children
August 22, 2020 20:54 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBIn this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Shai Orr, author of the Miraculous Parenting. For over 25 years he has been a therapist and guide to countless individuals. Shai is also a very proud and devoted father of 3 daughters (23, 17, 12). His books, Miraculous Parenting and No Boundaries, revolutionized the concept of parenting in Israel, and has become a fundamental element in the education of modern Parenting there love the course of the last 10 year. I can’t tell you how...
Your Host Kris Hughes
August 16, 2020 11:00 - 11 minutes - 15.4 MBThis week on the podcast, please give a warm welcome to... ME, your Joyfull Parenting host. For more information on how to work with me as your parenting, family or caregiver coach please visit https://www.patreon.com/user?u=40232525 I can’t wait to support you in whatever way works best for you and your family! You can also reach me at [email protected] or follow me on IG and Facebook @joyfullparenting
Dr. Farrell, what is "The Boy Crisis" ?
August 08, 2020 08:34 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBIn this episode I share my interview with Dr. Warren Farrell, with whom it was an honor to have a conversation with. Dr. Farrell speaks to the Joyfull Parenting audience about his latest book the Boy Crisis which he co-authored with John Gray. Tune in to learn how we can better serve the amazing boys we are raising and to hear about the 14 years of research that went into this book. Dr. Farrell has been interviewed by Oprah and Barbara Walters on several occasions, as well as by Peter Jen...
To Homeschool or not to Homeschool, that is the Question!
August 01, 2020 10:43 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBEileen Foley is the owner of littleacornlearning.com, a superb homeschooling resource for families with children under 8 looking for a Waldorf inspired curriculum. In this episode she shares her mission for Little Acorn Learning and what the curriculum can offer you if your choice is to homeschool. I love how her program provides support not only for the child but for the parent/caregiver/educator as well! After viewing her material you will undoubtedly be inspired and empowered to pr...
The Joy of building Secure Attachment
June 20, 2020 12:15 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBIn this episode, author Eric Bowers shares a brief description of the different attachment styles and how we can come closer to what he describes as earned or learned secure attachment in order to live a life imbued with more joy and connection to yourself and others in your life. To learn more about Eric go to www.roadtocompassion.com and order his book 'Meet Me in Hard to Love Places" on Amazon today, you won’t be disappointed. He also references in this episode the book ‘Hold on to...
Wondering About Waldorf? Part 2
June 14, 2020 16:57 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBIn this episode I have interviewed Ashley Renwick host of the podcast Waldorfy. She is not only the host of this podcast she is also mama to Jasper and a Waldorf School alumna. She is passionate about sharing information about Waldorf education and Waldorf parenting. She started Waldorfy as a way to inspire parents to find joy in raising their WHOLE child. You can subscribe to her podcast and follow her delightful instagram account https://www.instagram.com/bewaldorfy/ If you are interested...
How to Speak about Race with Children
June 07, 2020 00:53 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBIn this episode, teaching artist, Kimaya Diggs shares about the importance of having an open and ongoing conversation about race with your children and how to begin these dialogues. She share simply tools for cultivating a family culture where the topic of race is encouraged and necessary. If you are curious about her music and her inspired work in the world check her out at www.kimayadiggs.com subscribe to her YouTube channel and follow her on IG @kimayadiggs. Here are resources also compi...
Guided by the Stars
May 30, 2020 15:27 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MBIn this episode, astrologer Tara Vogel shares how she came to this magical work and how she supports parents and families through her wisdom and knowledge of the stars. You can find out more about how to work with Tara at www.taravogel.com and follow her @luminaryparenting on Instagram and Facebook. Thank you for supporting Joyfull Parenting by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing the podcast! I love your feedback! If you interested in taking a deeper dive into cultivating more eas...
The Importance of Respectful Care for Infants and Toddlers
May 23, 2020 15:44 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBIf you are a parent or a caregiver of an infant or young child than this is the podcast for you! This may even be a double listen episode to gain all the insights shared. Elsa Chahin, president of Pikler USA, shares the principals of the Pikler Approach founded by Dr. Emmi Pikler. In this podcast she talks about the importance of the relationship between caregiver and infant and how we can create healthy connections that will provide positive results throughout their life. Show Notes:...
Wondering about Waldorf ? Part 1
May 11, 2020 19:01 - 21 minutes - 29 MBIn this episode master teacher, Karen Atkinson shares with the listeners how she is able to deliver an inspired Waldorf curriculum despite the unprecedented circumstances. Even in quarantine she continues meeting the needs of her students today, while preparing them for the future. Karen is a long time Waldorf educator. She has taught in both early childhood and grade schools throughout the country. She has been a School Director, a representative to Waldorf Early Childhood Education of No...