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Sage Family

97 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 305 ratings

Rachel Rainbolt is the mama behind the Sage Family Podcast, where we gather around a virtual campfire to share meaningful conversations with inspiring and insightful friends around Gentle Parenting, Natural Homeschooling, and Simple Living. Are you ready to live the family life of your dreams?

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95: Ceremony with Magdalena Garcia

December 12, 2023 19:20 - 1 hour - 158 MB

“Ceremony is the point in time when we all know it’s time to stop . . . and honor something or someone. Ceremony is the time and the place. And ritual, those are the elements within ceremony that get us deeper, that actually encourage us to pause and find meaning. So the elements of ritual: things like symbolism, the activation of the senses . . . all of those things get us to here, now, which then helps us with the other element—what is the story underneath the story?” Magdalena Garcia jo...

94: Emotional Labor with Rose Hackman

November 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 148 MB

“What happens when you don’t teach a whole group of people to understand their emotions is that they become extremely emotionally dysregulated . . . it then tends to be a woman who is tasked with modulated that partner’s expression, especially when there are kids involved and you’re trying to be a buffer between that temper—that mood—and your children.” Rose Hackman joins me in today’s episode about Emotional Labor. Rose is a British journalist and the author of Emotional Labor. We dis...

93: Consent with Fran Liberatore

November 14, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MB

“I believe that all humans have a right to ownership over their body, over their mental, spiritual, emotional autonomy and consent is kind of a way to ensure that it’s not just us being autonomous everywhere but we are also respecting other people’s boundaries and right to be autonomous. My autonomy ends where yours begins.” Fran Liberatore joins me in today’s episode about Consent. Fran is a writer, podcaster, Masters student and ex-educator, as well as an unschooling mother of two chil...

92: Warrior with Karen Young

October 31, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 125 MB

“We have to give them the neuroscience. This is going to strip any shame. It’s going to make it easier for them to turn and face and own their behavior. We really have to turn these feelings into allies and friends.” Karen Young joins me in today’s episode about inner warriors (anxiety). Karen is a psychologist, speaker, consultant, the founder of Hey, Sigmund, and the author of Hey, Warrior. We discuss ways anxiety shows up in kids that are often not recognized as anxiety, how we can ...

91: Declarative Language with Linda Murphy

October 17, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MB

“It shifts your communication dynamic from one that might be negative to one that’s positive. It moves it from demand based or power struggles to connection and partnership.” Linda Murphy joins me in today’s episode about Declarative Language. Linda is a speech language pathologist and RDI® Constultant. We discuss social learning differences, imperative vs declarative language, examples, benefits, social learning examples, pacing, and co-regulation. Get the full show notes at sagefam...

90: Aggression with Tosha Shore

October 03, 2023 07:00 - 47 minutes - 108 MB

“Limits are the thing parents struggle with the most and it’s one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Until you feel confident and competent in your limit setting skills, it’s going to be really hard to help your child through aggressive behaviors.” Tosha Schore joins me in today’s episode about Aggression. Tosha is a parent coach and the founder of Parenting Boys Peacefully, where she is on a mission to create a more peaceful world, one sweet boy at a time. We discuss boys, ag...

89: Unschooling Outcomes with Gina Riley

September 19, 2023 07:00 - 56 minutes - 128 MB

“The thing that we most see is the increase in intrinsic motivation just all over the place.” Gina Riley joins me in today’s episode about Unschooling Outcomes. Gina is an educational psychologist, Clinical Professor, and Program Leader of Adolescent Special Education Programs at CUNY-Hunter College. We discuss advantages, disadvantages, higher education, career, motivation, and disability. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast89.

88: Low Demand Parenting with Amanda Diekman

September 05, 2023 07:00 - 59 minutes - 135 MB

“A demand is anything that is too hard in the present moment. And that can be for you or them. As a family, we have found the language of ‘too hard’ to be incredibly freeing. When things are hard, we show up, we do our best, we’re brave, we ask for help. And when things are too hard, we find a way to let it go.” Amanda Diekman joins me in today’s episode about Low Demand Parenting. Amanda is an autistic adult, parent coach and author in the neurodiversity space with a new Low Demand Pare...

87: Self Compassion with Sarah Peyton

August 22, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes - 121 MB

“We get to upgrade the mother within us. We get to move toward a sense of our mother’s essential self as the part that gets to mother us. If our mother were completely supported, if she had gotten to receive her re-mothering, if she had gotten to heal her emotional trauma, if she had gotten to live with resonance and self-warmth, what would she be like to us? How would she be in relationship with us? We get to bring that essential being in to become the mother that we carry in our cells.” ...

86: Menstruality with Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer

August 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 138 MB

“Connection is the substrate of parenting and that rests on my connection to myself. When I have connection, the creative possibilities are endless just as they are when I have connection with my children. We come out of a stuck place and the space between us opens up and there is so much more room for everyone’s experience in that connection.”  Alexandra Pope and Sjanie Hugo Wurlitzer join me in today’s episode about Menstruality. Alexandra and Sjanie are the co-founders of Red School, ...

85: Polyvagal Theory with Claire Wilson

July 25, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 157 MB

“Children behave their way to safety.” Claire Wilson joins me in today’s episode about Polyvagal Theory. Claire is an author, speaker, trainer, and therapist with her book Grounded and her program Grounded Grown Ups, who uses Polyvagal Theory to help children and their grown ups. We discuss the autonomic nervous system hierarchy, being grounded, neuroception, trauma, co-regulation, and autonomic flexibility. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast85.

84: Conscious Uncoupling with Katherine Woodward Thomas

July 11, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

“They’re holding you in that false narrative probably because you’ve enrolled them into that story. You know, we’re always informing other people who we are. So if I have a story, ‘I’m not good enough,’ there’s all sorts of ways that I’m going show up as, ‘I’m inferior and they’re better than me,’ so when they leave because of that, it’s validating the old story. So you have to go in and do this correction on a soul level.” Katherine Woodward Thomas joins me in today’s episode about Consci...

83: PDA with Casey Ehrlich

February 28, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MB

“In terms of equality, if my son perceives himself below anything, he’s going to have a stress response, like a lion’s in front of him.”  Casey Ehrlich, Ph.D. joins me in today’s episode about PDA. Casey is a coach to parents raising PDA Autistic children and is the co-founder of the PDA Parents community and podcast. We discuss what PDA is, Casey’s personal journey raising a PDA child, parenting style, accommodations, nervous system disability, support, and fears. Get the full show ...

82: Tweens with Chris Balme

February 14, 2023 08:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MB

“If we’re in our comfort zone as parents, we’re probably holding them back.” Chris Balme joins me in today’s episode about tweens. Chris Balme is an education leader and writer, passionate about helping young people discover more of their human potential. We discuss how we misunderstand tweens, what’s going on with their development, how they learn best, how we can best support them, how our parent-child relationship shifts, ideal middle school, and common challenges and we can better ...

81: Video Games with Ash Brandin

January 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 148 MB

“How will you know when you’re done?” Ash Brandin joins me in today’s episode about video games. Ash is a middle school teacher who has been putting gaming principles into practice for over ten years. A gamer, educator, and parent, they help families raise kids with a balance of gaming, responsibilities, and other hobbies. We discuss research, blame, systemic gaps, amount, replacement, division of responsibility, benefits, frustration, violence, and an off-ramp. Get the full show not...

80: Childhood Anxiety with Dr. Eli Lebowitz

January 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 155 MB

“It’s a great thing to always have someone to rescue you, but to always need to be rescued is such a vulnerable way to live, such a limiting way to live. You don’t want your child to feel like they always need to be rescued.” Dr. Eli Lebowitz joins me in today’s episode about childhood anxiety. He studies and treats childhood anxiety at the Yale Child Study Center and through his SPACE program and Breaking Free of Childhood Anxiety and OCD book. We discuss why accommodations can be probl...

79: Caring for Kids with Mr. Chazz

January 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 139 MB

Gentle parenting is a journey, not a destination, and it’s one that did not start with you and will not end with you. Mr. Chazz joins me in today’s episode about caring for kids. His mission is to help adults truly see, guide, and trust children. We discuss his journey into conscious discipline, intergenerational trauma, perfection, and calling in. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast79.

78: Sexuality with Amy Lang

June 28, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Today I’m here with Amy Lang talking about Sexuality. Amy has been a sexual health educator for over 25 years. We go over preparing ourselves for conversations about sex with our kids, setting our kids up to have a healthy relationship with their bodies, handling nudity in the house, responding to masturbation, explaining menstruation and where babies come from, boundaries to equip our children with to keep them safe from sexual harm, supporting teens in developing a safe, healthy, and enjoy...

77: Boundaries with Dr. Cassidy Freitas

June 14, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Today I’m here with Dr. Cassidy Freitas talking about Boundaries. Cassidy is a mom to three, California based Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice and host of Holding Space podcast. We go over what boundaries are, the distinction between requests and boundaries, the essential role of acceptance, when a boundary is warranted, not fearing intense feelings showing up from holding a boundary, having hard boundary-setting conversations, offering a redirect with a boundary, a...

76: Critical Thinking with Julie Bogart

May 31, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 113 MB

Today I’m here with Julie Bogart talking about Critical Thinking. Julie is a mom of 4 grown homeschoolers, creator of the online writing program Brave Writer, and author of the books The Brave Learner and Raising Critical Thinkers. We go over what critical thinking is, why it’s important, what gets in the way, how we can get there, how we can raise our kids with it, how they will eventually use that critical thinking in their relationship with you, and how we can bring it into our relationsh...

75: ACT with Dr. Diana Hill

May 17, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 95.4 MB

Today I’m here with Dr. Diana Hill talking about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Diana is a modern psychologist, mom, co-author of ACT Daily Journal, and host of the Your Life in Process podcast. We go over what ACT is, contacting the present moment (mindfulness), acceptance (in contrast to experiential avoidance), defusion (unhooking from our thoughts), taking perspective on our self-stories, values, and effective action.   Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast75.

74: Friendship with Miriam Kirmayer

May 03, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MB

Today I’m here with Miriam Kirmayer talking about Friendship. Miriam is a clinical psychologist and leading friendship expert who has studied the science of social connection for over a decade. We go over the importance of friendship, how we make new friends in motherhood, how we can cultivate closer connections, having different friends who add value in different ways, having friendships that are reciprocated and balanced, friendship breakups, and navigating friendships with different paren...

73: Executive Function with Seth Perler

April 19, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MB

Today I’m here with Seth Perler talking about Executive Function. Seth is a well-known executive function coach, educator, vlogger, and guy who cares about seeing outside-the-box kids succeed. We go over what executive function is, signs your kid might be struggling with it, misconceptions about these kids, brain wiring and other conditions that can lead to executive function challenges, how to build up these skills, how to overcome resistance, centering strengths of ADHD, and how trauma affe...

72: Unschooling Teens with Robyn Robertson

April 05, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 99 MB

Today I’m here with Robyn Robertson talking about Unschooling Teens. Robyn is an unschooling mom to 2 kids, podcast host, business owner, and public school board trustee. We go over how this season is different, supporting interests and passions, choosing school, grief and growth for us, misconceptions, and skills from unschooling that help them survive, succeed, and thrive.

71: Messy Minimalism with Rachelle Crawford

December 28, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 77 MB

Today I’m here with Rachelle Crawford talking about Messy Minimalism. Rachelle is the author of Messy Minimalism and the founder of Abundant Life with Less. We go over messy minimalism, starting with the who instead of the why, wrestling with assumptions, helping kids into minimalism, becoming more conscious consumers, reducing decision fatigue, why organization is not the answer, how perfectionism keeps you stuck, decluttering tips, and what we learn about ourselves when we slow down. Get t...

70: Giving with Matt Matheson

December 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 93 MB

Today I’m here with Matt Matheson talking about giving. Matt is a husband, father, educator, and founder of Family Money School. We go over how giving fits into financial freedom, what strategies we use for the mechanics of giving, how to encourage children to be giving, and how to be generous outside of financial donations. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast70.

69: Empathy with Sarah Rosensweet

November 30, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 93 MB

Today I’m here with Sarah Rosensweet talking about empathy. Sarah is a mother of 3 and a certified peaceful parenting coach, podcaster, and educator in Toronto. We go over the impact of empathy, modeling empathy, holding boundaries with empathy, empathy as an intention and not a tactic, an empathetic mindset, and how empathy has blossomed in our own children. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast69.

68: Real Estate with Erika Brown

November 16, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 93 MB

Today I’m here with Erika Brown talking about real estate. Erika turned a career as a real estate agent into a multi-million dollar real estate empire that provides jobs and empowers the community, while unschooling her three boys. We go over money, real estate, financing, BRRRR, Air BnBs, rentals, entrepreneurship, parenting, and unschooling. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast68

67: Family of Origin with Shelly Robinson

November 02, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MB

Today I’m here with Shelly Robinson talking about relationships with our family of origin. Shelly is a certified holistic family wellness coach, cycle-breaker, conscious parenting educator, and founder of Raising Yourself. We go over expectations, boundaries, narratives, homeostasis, and approval. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast67.

66: Communication Q+A with Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson

October 19, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MB

Today I’m here with Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson with a Communication Q & A. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist and Ned is a tutor geek and they are both speakers and authors of The Self-Driven Child and What Do You Say. We go over what to say when a child is struggling with complaining,  school, neurodiversities, a hard new skill, substances, mental health, technology, lying, and siblings. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast66.

65: Grow Wild with Katy Bowman

July 27, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 93.4 MB

Today I’m here with Katy Bowman talking about the role of movement in growing wild. Katy is a biomechanist, author, speaker, and a leader in the movement movement. We go over stacking needs, culture, clothing, cooking, the home environment, learning, activities, and alloparents. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast65.

64: Second Baby with Ashleigh Warner

July 13, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MB

Today I’m here with Ashleigh Warner talking about having a second baby. Ashleigh is a psychologist and respectful parenting mum of 2. We go over grief, big feelings, attachment, inclusion, challenging behaviors, regression, and miscarriage. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast64.

63: Assessment with Tamara Soles

June 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 89.9 MB

Today I’m here with Tamara Soles talking about assessment. Tamara is a psychologist, parent coach, and mom of twins. We go over neurodiversity, what a psychological assessment is, when it’s helpful, how to find a practitioner that is a good fit, what to expect during the process, what a diagnosis means, and how to advocate for consent for our children. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast63.  

62: Attachment with Eden Hyder

June 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MB

Today I’m here with Eden Hyder talking about attachment. Eden Hyder is a licensed therapist, founder of The Inside Out Collaborative, and host of the Inside Out Podcast. We go over attachment theory and styles, parenting our inner child, forming secure attachments with our children, how attachments can be ruptured and repaired, and what centering attachment looks like beyond the early years into childhood and adolescence. Get the full show notes at sagefamily.com/podcast62.

61: Allowance with Chelsea Brennan

June 01, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 71.9 MB

Today I’m here with Chelsea Brennan talking about giving kids an allowance. Chelsea is an ex-hedge fund manager turned financial educator and founder of Smart Money Mamas. We go over unpacking your baggage, when to start, cash or card, earned or not, how much, teaching the importance of saving, and letting them make mistakes. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast61

60: Unschooling Q+A 2 with Sue Patterson

April 20, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.1 MB

Today I’m here with Sue Patterson answering more of your unschooling questions. Sue is a homeschooling mom, author, and unschooling coach. We go over responding to the concerns of extended family, unschooling different ages and temperaments, and how to support interest-led learning even if you don’t much about the interest. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast60

59: Social Media with Cassidy Freitas

April 06, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MB

Today I’m here with Dr. Cassidy Freitas talking about social media. Cassidy is a mama to 3, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and host of the Holding Space podcast. We go over the benefits, downsides, perfectionism, boundaries, simplicity, and parenting in the age of social media. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast59

58: Unschooling Q+A

March 23, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Today I’m here with Sue Patterson answering your unschooling questions. Sue is a homeschooling mom, author, and unschooling coach. We go over getting your co-parent on board with unschooling, what to do if your child says they want to go to school, and how to respond if all your kid wants to do is stare at a screen. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast58

58: Unschooling Q+A with Sue Patterson

March 23, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Today I’m here with Sue Patterson answering your unschooling questions. Sue is a homeschooling mom, author, and unschooling coach. We go over getting your co-parent on board with unschooling, what to do if your child says they want to go to school, and how to respond if all your kid wants to do is stare at a screen. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast58

57: Mindful Parenting with Hunter Clarke-Fields

March 09, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 116 MB

Today I’m here with Hunter Clarke-Fields talking about Mindful Parenting. Hunter is the creator of the Mindful Parenting course, host of the Mindful Mama podcast, and author of Raising Good Humans. We go over the stress response, mindfulness, beginner’s mind, acknowledgment, kindness and empathy, resistance, children’s emotions, I-Messages, and collaboration. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast57 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

56: Untigering with Iris Chen

February 23, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 96.7 MB

Today I’m here with Iris Chen talking about Untigering. Iris is an author, unschooling mom, deconstructing tiger parent, and founder of the Untigering movement. We go over her book title, narrative, the nature of children, our role as parents, behaviors, feelings, success, adultism, acceptance, gender norms, bodily autonomy, permissiveness, and community. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast56 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

55: Sensitive Kids with Sarah Moore

February 09, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 97.9 MB

Today I’m here with Sarah Moore talking about sensitive kids. Sarah is the founder of Dandelion Seeds Positive Parenting and a certified gentle parenting coach. We go over how sensitivity comes with both challenges and strengths, the importance of reading their cues, what style of discipline works well, how playfulness is extra helpful, and why type of language resonates with sensitive children. Get the full show notes here: http://sagefamily.com/podcast55 Support the Sage Family Podcast...

54: Money Healing with Bari Tessler

December 01, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 123 MB

Today I’m here with Bari Tessler talking about money healing. Bari is a financial therapist, mentor coach, mamapreneur, and writer and founder of The Art of Money. We go over healing money shame, the body check-in, money stories, money practices, money maps, being a mampreneur, and helping our children develop a healthy relationship with money. Get the full show notes here: http://rachelrainbolt.com/podcast54 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

53: Self-Driven Child with William Stixrud and Ned Johnson

November 17, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 120 MB

Today I’m here with Dr. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson talking about the self-driven child. Bill is a clinical neuropsychologist and Ned is a tutor geek and they are both speakers and authors of The Self-Driven Child. We go over stress, a child’s ownership of their own life, parent as consultant instead of enforcer, anxiety, motivation, adolescence, neurodiversity, testing, and college. Get the full show notes here: http://rachelrainbolt.com/podcast53 Support the Sage Family Podcast her...

52: Free-Range Kids with Lenore Skenazy

November 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 97.2 MB

Today I’m here with Lenore Skenazy talking about free-range kids. Lenore is co-founder and president of Let Grow and author or Free-Range Kids. We go over common unfounded fears, how protecting our kids makes them less safe, overcoming fear of mother blame, how to find the yes when you feel unsure, and times when having faith in our kids has paid off. Get the full show notes here: http://rachelrainbolt.com/podcast52 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

51: Homeschool Leap with Kaleena Amuchastegui

October 20, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MB

Today I’m here with Kaleena Amuchastegui talking about taking the Homeschooling Leap. Kaleena is a mama of 4 and author of The 5-Hour School Week. We go over where she started, what prompted her leap, what lessons she learned along the way, why self-directed is important, what homeschooling looks like for her family now, her homeschooling parallel with The 5-Hour Work Week, and how the values we center in homeschooling are reflected in other areas of life. Get the full show notes here: htt...

50: Conscious Adulting with Jenny Taylor

October 06, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MB

Today I’m here with Jenny Taylor talking about Conscious Adulting. Jenny is a parenting journalist and fierce advocate for children. We go over the stories we hold about ourselves and the world and how valuable it is to unpack them, confirmation bias and what it’s like to get out of your own echo chamber, how the media influences us, digesting news and media yourself and with your children with intention, being in connection with people who think and believe differently, and how to navigate ...

Conscious Adulting

October 06, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MB

Today I’m here with Jenny Taylor talking about Conscious Adulting. Jenny is a parenting journalist and fierce advocate for children. We go over the stories we hold about ourselves and the world and how valuable it is to unpack them, confirmation bias and what it’s like to get out your own echo chamber, how the media influences us, digesting news and media yourself and with your children with intention, being in connection with people who think and believe differently, and how to navigate fri...

49: Simplicity Parenting with Kim John Payne

September 22, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB

Today I’m here with Kim John Payne talking about Simplicity Parenting. Kim is a counselor, speaker, researcher, adult educator, and the author of the book Simplicity Parenting. We go over cumulative stress reaction, environment, rhythm, and schedule. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast49 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

48: Teens with Blake Boles

June 02, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Today I’m here with Blake Boles talking about teens. Blake is a writer, speaker, and adventurer who founded Unschool Adventures and wrote Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?. We go over self-directed learning, video games, peers, college, and experiences. Get the full show notes here: rachelrainbolt.com/podcast48 Support the Sage Family Podcast here: patreon.com/sagefamily

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