Person Partner Parent
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Discussions surrounding self-care, personal development, marriage relationship tips and advice, and everything parenting. How to balance all three in a busy demanding world. It’s SO HARD MAMA! We see you! Trying your best to do it all! Care for the kids, create lifelong memories, keep your marriage going, and find the time for self-care. Work life balance, mastering our time and productivity hacks have us pushing to do more and more to get it all done. We believe you can have a life you dream of without burning out. Let’s get picky with who and what get our time. Let’s choose what’s most important and pour our energy into that. Let’s use wisdom and experience from others to help us figure it out. We’re full of ideas and strategies to help you curate the life you love. Ways to help structure our homes, raise kids with as much simplicity as possible, keep romance and friendship alive as a couple, and invest in yourself. You get to chase your dreams and passions as well. You get to take care of you. It takes a village and we want to be the girlfriend down the street you come to when you need to talk it out. We’re so happy you’re here in this community of women who want their life to look like what they dream of. To learn more about us please check us out at www.nancyelizabeth.com
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How Minimalism Saved Our Family
February 10, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBI'm an aspiring minimalist. I was overwhelmed by stuff. It felt like I spent all day tidying up and putting things away. I couldn't find the things I needed quickly and with ease. Sometimes I couldn't find them at all. Our weekends were spent in various house projects to maintain all our things. It was too much. I wanted to enjoy my home and time with my family. So 4 years ago we started on a journey towards minimalism. How did we do it? Was it hard? What worked well and what didn't? O...
New Years Resolutions When You Don't Feel Like It
January 13, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBWhich camp are you in? Do you love to set New Year's resolutions? Or you can't stand it all? Or maybe you usually do them but it all feel like too much this year? What if you thought about them differently? What if they were gentler? What if you could practice other traditions to start the new year that offer more renewal and focused hope? Within the episode we discuss why even in hard times these rhythms are more important than ever and when done correctly healthy for us. We share ideas a...
Showing Up in our Everyday Spaces: Community In Motherhood - with Ciara Burton
December 29, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBAre you hiding? In the second part of this conversation with Ciara Burton we continue discussing connection. I get real and vulnerable and Ciara coaches me as I seek a motherhood community. She helps me with what I think many modern mothers struggle with, finding deep and aligned friendships. But what if it's harder because I'm hiding? Because I'm not truly open and receptive to those around me, showing up in my everyday spaces? Join us as we explore and I learn more about myself - in my ow...
Easy Ways to Create Holiday Magic and Why it Matters
December 15, 2020 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBWhat makes our memories so special? Why do they stand out and hold such a special place in our hearts and minds? I bet if you think back some of the most special memories were also the most simple of moments. In this episode, we talk about what makes these moments special. Did you know that science is starting to show the link between the senses and memory retention? Research also shows the impact that tradition and rituals have in establishing connection and family culture. In a year tim...
Moving from Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Worry into Purpose in Motherhood - with Ciara Burton
December 01, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIt starts with an open heart. From there we enter every relationship differently. From our significant others, to our kids, our friendships, and ourselves. Choosing an open heart helps us to be present in our lives and start living into a life of alignment. Ciara Burton guides mothers through the journey to Becoming Her. Healing our past, and finding fulfillment. Moving through anxiety and depression to find freedom and harmony. She is a highly intuitive and supportive coach whose words e...
4 Steps to Avoid Holiday Burnout - BONUS: How to Give a Great Toast with Katie Quesada
November 17, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBCreating holiday magic comes with a lot of work. You may enjoy this work, you might not. You may find yourself completely exhausted and wondering how it all went by so fast! Or you love it so much you want to find the time to do even more! In this episode we'll walk through 4 steps of how to approach the holidays with intention, discern what meets that intention, and partner with our spouses to help ease the workload for all. Our ultimate goal is that you are able to enjoy the holidays wit...
Community and Advice for Becoming a Dad - with Dr. Jay Warren
October 20, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBStoller strides for dads? Wait, why doesn't this exist? In the current world of parenting, dads are doing their best to join in with moms and actively parent. But they are the first to do so to the extent that they are. A few generations ago, and even the previous generation had varied expectations and interactions with their children. So the experience, mentorship, and community that is available to new mothers is largely absent to dads. Dr. Jay Warren joins us to talk about why creating ...
Who What When Where and WHY to VOTE in 2020 & How You Can Help Others
October 06, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBTBA
Daily Positive Words of Affirmation and Encouragement Everyone Wants to Hear in 2020
September 22, 2020 08:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBI reached out asking how you would encourage a friend who was struggling. What an amazing community! You had such great ideas! It's clear you are a community that knows how to love and care for one another, that knows how to see someone who can use some encouragement be it for everyday stress management or when going through hard times. But do you talk to yourself in the same way? Or are you like so many of us and at least in some ways - are so much harder on yourself than you are with oth...
Relationship Advice - 10 Lessons and Mistakes from 10 years of Marriage
September 08, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBMarriage can be hard. And you don't have to be married for it to be hard. All kinds of relationships can be hard. But like with anything hard we can use it as a way to grow. We can accumulate knowledge, experience, skills to do hard things well. We can try and try again until we get it closer to right. I hope that through the experience of my own research and my own marriage that I can help pass along discerned advice that will help other couples thrive within their relationships.
Back to School - Pivoting, Grace, and Hope for the Future - with Lindsey Howe
August 25, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBIt's no mystery to anyone the stress surrounding back to school this year. The kids, the parents, the teachers, the administrators - we are all feeling it. Whether facilitating distance learning, a social-distanced classroom, or combinations of both - it's all new, uncharted, and with challenges. Vice Principal Lindsey Howe talks with us about what it looks like at her schools. What have the challenges been? How can parents team with schools for a successful year? What are ways we can help o...
Being Present, Building Community, and Refocusing in 2020
August 11, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBIt's been one heck of a year! But it's not over yet. We still have a chance to refocus. A chance to pivot and make some beauty out of this mess. In this episode, Nancy Elizabeth discusses how her family keeps their energy and mindset focused each year. How with some intention and gentle reminders they choose to work on a shared theme to help bring joy and happiness into their family. The practice of making a family theme as a greater part of cultivating a family culture has been a simple...
Back to School - Or Not? Distance Learning and Tough Choices
July 28, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBIt's not easy. Concerns about health and wellbeing. Concerns about academic rigor. Concerns about social and mental health. Concerns about getting people back to work and surviving financially. There is a lot for both families and educators to consider about the transition back to school this year. Much as with everything else about this time - it looks different all over the country. Duality exists with both wanting to stay safe and wanting to get back to school. And that's okay. I hop...
Diastasis Recti, Postpartum and Creative Intimacy as Parents - with Dr. Rose Schlaff
July 14, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBWhat happened down there? Dr. Rose Schlaff discusses some of what might be lingering for a woman after pregnancy. How our hormones can have further implications on our desire and comfort during intimacy postpartum. Honor your inner wisdom and be gentle with yourself. (Go back to Episode 5 on ways to communicate with your partner if you're experiencing discomfort or pain and set healthy expectations.) Ever wondered how to pronounce Diastasis Recti? Have you heard of this possible cause of the...
What is successful sex for you? Honest conversations your partner, pelvic floor dysfunction, and endometriosis with Dr. Rose Schlaff
June 30, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBDr. Rose and I discuss sex through the lens of being an individual person, a partner in relationship, and as a parent. Discovering our own sexuality and what intimacy looks like to each of us. What is success for you? Orgasm? Pleasure? Connection? Rose guides us in talking to our partner about intimacy especially for those experiencing pain. She also provides a guide for our listeners to help start the conversation in a fun way. Check out the link below! We talk further about what be causing...
Using Grit to Guide Our Family Through Hard Things
June 16, 2020 08:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBWe do hard things. None of us get to escape facing hard things in life. But the good news is as we endure these things, we gain endurance and skills to face the future. But how can we practice and build this skill? How can we help our kids foster a sense of resiliency? I've broken it down into an easy framework to get us started. And it all centers around the acronym GRIT. Grounded Responsibility & Resourcefulness Initiative Tenacity Tune in to hear more about we can apply this to almost ...
Being a Mom & CEO While Navigating Marriage and Miscarriage - with Erin Schurtz
June 02, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBToday is part 2 of a conversation with Erin Shurtz. We continue talking about marriage and how we strive to find a balance between each others' needs, careers, and childcare. Erin shares her journey of creating a company and working in whatever slivers of time she can find - but that's her jam! We talk about her growing family and an unexpected journey involving fertility and miscarriage. Finally, Erin shares her heart and encouraging words as we continue into challenging times. For full s...
Redefining Success & Working From Home - with Erin Schurtz
May 19, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBToday we are talking with a woman who is fully immersed in life as a person following her heart, a marriage partner, and mom of 4 kids! A leader in business and great friend – Erin brings refreshing honesty to choices she has to make to maintain work-life balance. We reflect on unexpected transitions, asking for help, and building our community no matter where we are. Come back in two weeks for the second half of our conversation where we dive deeper into marriage, business, and fertility. ...
Relationship Advice – How to Fight Fair in Marriage
May 05, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBAll relationships have disagreements. Sometimes we can talk it out, sometimes we fight with our spouse. In marriage arguments can help us express what we are feeling, advocate for what we care about, and resolve unaddressed hurt. But they can also be opportunities to create safety and build trust with our partner, learn about what truly matters to them, and practice conflict resolution in a way that strengthens our foundations. Today we talk about one easy to implement method to help us resh...
The Preview Episode
April 23, 2020 23:00 - 12 minutes - 8.55 MBWelcome to the Preview Episode of the Person Partner Parent podcast! My hope is that within this episode you will learn a little bit more about me how the podcast came to be, format, what to expect and more. I'm so glad you are here!