In this episode, Shannon and Ashley share personal details about how they face their fears in life, even when it's really uncomfortable and scary. They both talk about how imposter syndrome creeps up and how they're learning that sometimes they have to take the brakes off and simply jump into the flow of where their intuition and the pull of the Universe is taking them.
You will feel so inspired to get out of your comfort zone, listen deeply to that inner voice and lean in towards the direction your dreams.
To learn more about Shannon, visit A Free Spirit Life.
To learn more about Ashley, visit Home Holistic.
Thanks for listening and for sharing this episode with your friends!
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In this episode, Shannon and Ashley share a lovely conversation with Stef Tousignant, creator of Parenting with Gratitude.
Stef is an author and parenting expert, who calls herself an imperfect parent and gratitude nerd.
Stef shares how her daily practice of gratitude has changed her outlook on life, and how it's changed her parenting style over the years. We explore how to savor the special moments in life, ways to be more present in our parenting, and how having a simple gratitude practice can help you feel better and happier.
The practice of gratitude is a compliment to self-compassion, something we mothers need more than ever while raising children these days. We are all human and learning this parenting thing as we go along. We need to practice being gentle with ourselves along the way.
Also in this episode, we talk about ways to look at imperfection and mess as examples of well-lived lives. What a beautiful perspective.
You're going to love this conversation - so let's jump right in! Enjoy the show and thanks for listening and sharing this episode with your friends.
To learn more about Stef and to join her 90-day gratitude challenge, visit her website Parenting with Gratitude.
To learn more about Shannon, visit A Free Spirit Life.
To learn more about Ashley, visit Home Holistic.
In today's episode, Ashley and Shannon explore and guide you through the family of origin work.
What is your family of origin?
Your family of origin is the family in which you grew up in. Who was in your home during your childhood and how did that shape who you are and how you parent today?
As you reflect on your family of origin, you can become more mindfully aware of the celebrations you loved, the challanges you faced and the new intentions you want to set for your family.
Let's bring a new sense of awareness around these particular topics:
love and affection, holidays and traditions, values, important memories, sibling relationships, fights and conflict, parenting roles and dicipline.
To be intentional means we have choices. You can learn from looking back at your family of origin and how you were raised to gain greater awareness, so that you can make different choices that feel best to you and your family.
Let us know what your greatest take-away is from this episode and thanks for listening. We appreciate your support and feel grateful for you!
To learn more about Ashley Walburn, visit Home Holistic.
To learn more about Shannon Kinney-Düh, visit A Free Spirit Life.
To join our mailing list and learn about upcoming episodes, visit Mindful Mama Movement Podcast.
Happy New Year, mamas!
In this episode, Shannon and Ashley share an authentic conversation about how even in the New Year, life goes on. Some days are harder or easier than others.
No matter what day this is in the New Year - today in this moment - is the new page of your life story.
Shannon and Ashley share that just because it's a New Year, doesn't mean that they are kicking it off in a "perfect" or new way.
What are you going to do with this part of your life story?
Feel encouraged, supported and inspired as you hear how Shannon and Ashley share some challenging parenting moments and some journal prompts for self-reflection.
We are so grateful you are here.
Thanks for listening!
Meditations Mentioned:
5 Minutes to Parenting Patience Meditation
Learning to Surrender Meditation
Shannon Kinney-Düh on Insight Timer
In this epsiode, Shannon and Ashley explore how to find comfort and peace during the winter season. We know the holidays put a lot of pressure on moms. We share our own experiences about what we love and don't love about this time of year, and how we are leaning into what brings us comfort when we experience resistance and stress in life.
Whether it's the dread of the cold months ahead, the holiday rush, turning a year older or seeing how fast our kids are changing and growing, Shannon and Ashley talk about the challenges that come from all that and more, and encourage you to be intentional about where you put your energy this holiday season and what you make space for in your daily life.
Take good care and Happy Holidays.
See you next year!
In today's episode, Shannon and Ashley are bringing back one of their favorite past guests, Carla Naumburg, PhD. Carla is a clinical social worker, mother and author of the new book, You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent: How to Practice Self-Compassion and Give Yourself a Break.
Mamas give so much and we also need to tend to our own needs, so we can feel grounded, connected and supported in the midst of our chaotic, busy lives.
In this episode, we talk with Carla about why we suffer from Sh*tty Parent Syndrome, the difference between self-improvement and self-care, setting healthy boundaries and how to treat ourselves and our children with greater compassion while giving ourselves a break.
This episode is authentic, funny and powerful.
For your chance to win a signed copy of Carla's books, You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent and How to Stop Losing Your Shit with Your Kids, do one or all of the following steps and we'll enter you in a drawing to win. Two winners will be announced Tuesday, November 15th, 2022.
Steps to Enter:
1) Follow Carla Naumburg on Instagram: @carlanaumburg
2) Follow Mindful Mama Movement Podcast on Instagram: @mindfulmamamovementpodcast
3) Rate and Review our show on iTunes
4) Review Carla's book on Amazon after reading it!
EMAIL US and let us know that you did at least one of the steps above and we'll enter you to win! (The more steps you do, the more times we'll enter you.)
*Quick warning: There are curse words in today's epsiode that are unbeeped. If you are listening with little ears, you may want to listen at another time.
To purchase her book and learn more about Carla, visit her site: Carla Naumburg.
Other links mentioned:
Episode 21: The Practice of Being Present in Our Parenting with Carla Naumburg
The Hating Game romance novel.
Bluey TV Show.
Do you or someone you know need support for postpartum depression? Visit Pregnancy & Postpartum Resource Center for more information.
Thanks so much for listening!
In this epsiode, Shannon and Ashley are talking with Human Design Life Coach and Author, Aypril Porter. Aypril recently wrote the book, Parenting the Child You Have: Re-Imagining the Parent-Child Relationship Through the Lens of Human Design.
Aypril is on a mission to help her readers and clients live deep, rich and authentic lives by giving themselves permission to live according to their Human Design.
If you're not familar with Human Design, you can listen to Episode 34, where we teach you about the 5 energy types and how to learn more about your personal chart.
Enjoy this fascinating conversation about the practice of using Human Design as a tool in our mothering, as we embrace our children's unique differences and shine a light on their authentic strengths.
Parenting through the lens of Human Design helps us feel more in sync with our children. It gives us practical tools to help us connect with our children in ways that create more flow and less push against the current, while helping our children feel seen and heard for being their authentic selves.
To look up free Human Design charts for you and your family, visit Genetic Matrix.
To learn more about Aypril Porter, visit her website www.ayprilporter.com.
You can purchase her book, Parenting the Child You Have, on her website or here on Amazon.
Thanks for listening!
In this episode, Shannon and Ashley explore the powerful healing modality, Human Design.
Shannon, a Human Design Specialist and Spiritual Health and Wellness Coach, shares how Human Design has impacted her life, and why she loves using in her parenting and with her clients.
Learning more about your Human Design chart illuminates your path to healing, growing and becoming your authentic self, and helps you parent in a way that honors your children's uniqueness and true nature, too.
What is Human Design?
Think of Human Design as a modern day astrology, where you learn about your energy map and what truly makes you who you are - based on the integration of ancient wisdom teachings with Quantum Physics. You've been imprinted, from the moment you took your first breath, and Human Design helps you become more aware of the energy you put out into the world, how you process information, the ways to make decisions in alignment with your intuition, your life's theme and so, SO much more!
To find out your energy type, visit Genetic Matrix to look up your free chart.
The 5 Energy Types in Human Design include:
Generator
Manifesting Generator
Manifestor
Projectors
Reflectors
If you have questions or want to share what your own energy type is, you can email Shannon and Ashley: hello@mindfulmamamovementpodcast.com
To learn more about Shannon's Human Design readings and coaching services, visit A Free Spirit Life.
To learn more about Ashley's one-stop-wellness center, visit Home Holistic.
Thanks for listening!
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Hosts, Shannon Kinney-Düh and Ashley Walburn invite their friend, entrepreneur, doula, cranial sacral therapist, yoga teacher and boy mom, Tori Weber, into the conversation today about being busy, working and raising kids all at the same time.
In this honest conversation, these three mamas keep it real sharing the ups and downs that come from raising kids in all different stages and ages, while making self-care a priority, so they feel more connected, grounded and ready to face what each new day brings.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Thanks for listening and enjoy the show!
In this episode, Shannon and Ashley share about their journey of navigating grief and loss over this past year. They are each experiencing loss and grief in different ways and discuss what has supported them through their healing process.
Shannon recently had the first anniversary of her father’s passing. He passed away unexpectantly and she hasn't experienced this kind of loss before. Shannon shares how she recently honored him, as well as celebrated life on the anniversary weekend of his death. Exploring making space for her grief has really helped with the healing process and she shares about that process in this episode.
Ashley is experiencing loss and grief in a different way, as she and her husband have become empty nesters and her family dynamic has changed. Now with the change, she is nervous to visit them at college because she will see her kids in a different way, and they'll see her in a different way, too.
Book Suggestions for Navigating Loss:
Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynne Jackson
It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
Visit the Mindful Mama Movement on Instagram @mamamovementpodcast and send a DM to share what's helped you as you've had to navigate grief and loss in your own life.
Thanks for listening!
The Mindful Mama Movement Podcast is back!
Hosts, Shannon Kinney-Duh and Ashley Walburn, recorded their first episode back in 2016, and in today's epsiode they share their thoughts on what mothers are feeling, including themselves, while navigating this post-COVID world.
What is the Mindful Mama Movement?
Mindful mothering is about nurturing yourself while you nurture your children. It's about consciously awakening to your inner wisdom, strength, peace and power in the midst of being a mother in this changing world.
From discovering your newborn, to loving and accepting the wonderful people who've left your nest, our movement is inspiring mamas to be authentic and to live empowered lives.
Meet Our Hosts:
Shannon Kinney-Düh is the creator of A Free Spirit Life. She's a Spiritual Health and Wellness Coach, Human Design Specialist, Intuitive Energy Healer, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, artist and mom to three boys.
Ashley Walburn is the owner of Home Holistic in Overland Park, Kansas. She's a Yoga Teacher, Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator, Marriage and Family Therapist, Cranial Sacral Practitioner and a mom to four boys.
To learn more about the Mindful Mama Movement podcast, visit here.
Let's connect on Instagram: @mindfulmamamovementpodcast.
Thanks for listening!
In today's show, we give you a quick update on what we've been up to and the services we continue offering our mindful mama community.
You can learn more about Ashley's yoga studio and her new Omama's at Home online course at Home Holistic.
You can learn more about Shannon's all new online course, Live Freely - finding peace, courage and clarity through the mindfulness, meditation and self-compassion here. And more about Shannon's life coaching services and women's heart and soul retreats at A Free Spirit Life.
Make sure to check out new podcast episodes at on the A Free Spirit Life podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or on the website.
Be well and keep taking good care of you, mama!
Warmly,
Shannon & Ashley
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Shannon share's news about an upcoming retreat that they are planning for mindful mamas.
Shannon and Ashley enjoyed a break over the summer, but did not intend to be gone so long from the show. As they continue balancing their work and family lives, they are taking a break from offering consistent podcast episodes, but they do plan on coming back in the near future to share what they've been up to.
In the meantime, join the Mindful Mama Movement mailing list to stay connected with them and other mamas from around the world. You'll also receive 2 free guided meditations and to be the first to know about their early bird retreat specials.
Stay in touch in their private Mindful Mama Movement Facebook group HERE.
Also, Shannon has started a new A Free Spirit Life podcast where she will focus on sharing stories and inspiration on living and cultivating a more authentic, creative and soulful life. Visit www.afreespiritlife.com to learn more.
See you soon!
Thanks for all your support. We love you all.
Shannon & Ashley
Whoa, mama! 29 episodes, 1400 Facebook group members, and 22,000 downloads later the Mindful Mama Movement podcast is wrapping up a successful Season One.
In Episode 30, Ashley and Shannon reflect upon the early days (recording the first 8 episodes on the floor!), to their favorite moments and interviews. The recording process (complete with interruptions from a potty training toddler). And the quotes that stuck with them as mamas on their own journeys.
Ashley and Shannon plan to take a bit of a summer break to enjoy time with their families and further cultivate their individual businesses before returning with Season 2.
In the meantime, you can find Shannon at A Free Spirit Life and join her monthly membership for women who want to move from a life of stress and overwhelm to one that supports joyful, authentic, creative and mindful living. Visit HERE for details on the circle and HERE to learn more about her one-on-one holistic life coaching services.
If you live in the Kansas City area, join Ashley for yoga! Classes and information on other holistic wellness services can be found at Home Holistic.
For show notes and to listen to our past episodes, visit Mindful Mama Movement.
Stay connected with us this summer and join our private Facebook group HERE!
To learn more about Shannon, visit A Free Spirit Life.
To learn more about Ashley, visit Home Holistic.
HAPPY SUMMER! Thank you for all your support. We can't wait to share our second season with you.
Love,
Shannon & Ashley
Christa is an award-winning freelance journalist, author and connection expert. Through her books, articles, blog and newsletter she inspires today’s busy families to grow happier and stronger through healthy, meaningful connection.
Christa is the author of Happy, Healthy & Hyperconnected: Raise a Thoughtful Communicator in a Digital World , a guide for parents interested in nurturing a versatile set of social skills in this generation’s digitally-charmed kids. She is also the author of Confidently Connected: A Mom’s Guide to a Satisfying Social Life , which helps moms build and sustain a thriving, balanced social life that supports their emotional health.
This is a great show focused on dealing with technology and how you can create deep and meaningful connections with your family. We love Christa's practical and powerful tips on how to take mindful breaks from your devices, like connecting together in the family room, taking a weekly digital sabbath or creating "no phone zones" in your home.
Christa inspires you to look at your own life and see how you use technology, as your children are modeling your behavior. We also explore the importance of friendships, and how invaluable it is to nurture connections with women, both online and in person.
You will feel excited to try some of her great tips as you continue deepening the connections with your family and friends.
To learn more about Christa, visit her website HERE. Join Christa on Facebook HERE.
To learn more about Ashley's studio and her wonderful yoga services, visit Home Holistic.
To learn more about Shannon's Live Freely Circle, where women from around the world are gathering online to nurture their dreams and take good care of their souls, visit A Free Spirit Life.
Join our community on Facebook to connect with other mindful mamas!
Love,
Shannon & Ashley
Julia shares her story about becoming a mother, and now while raising her children with authenticity and compassion. She is honest about how she's had to learn to surrender her need to control and how she is unlearning multi-tasking, so she can be more in the moment with her kids and in life.
Julia is the mother of three children and the author of Lessons of Labor: One Woman's Self-Discovery Through Birth and Motherhood. As a counselor and interfaith minister, Julia has worked with women through many life transitions, from having a first child to losing a loved one. In addition to teaching at a graduate school for integrative medicine, she leads private meditation groups, movement workshops, and silent retreats exploring creativity, self, and purpose.
To learn more about Julia, visit her website HERE.
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To learn more about Ashley and her yoga and holistic studio, visit her website www.homeholistic.com.
To learn more about Shannon and her online support circle and holistic life coaching services, visit her website www.afreespiritlife.com.
Thanks for listening and for all your support!
Love,
Shannon & Ashley
Ashley shares her vulnerable and personal stories about how each birth came in their own timing, and although they were filled with surprises and hard times, she wouldn't have changed a thing.
You will appreciate Ashley's ability to be raw and honest in her storytelling, and her stories will inspire you to reflect on your own births, along with the many challenges and celebrations that come from being a mother.
To learn more about Ashley and her wonderful yoga studio and services, visit www.homeholistic.com.
Thanks for your support and thanks for listening.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
With love,
Shannon & Ashley
In today's show, Episode 26, we decided to try something new in honor of Mother's Day. Rather than interview a guest or chat together, we are sharing personal stories about our own journey in motherhood. This week Shannon shares her story and Ashley will share hers in the next episode.
Shannon shares more about her birth stories, how all of the births were so completely different and how powerful it was going through each one.
Shannon reflects on some of the lessons she's learned from her boys, including how wonderful it is to be different, that we all bloom in our own timing, how important it is to practice letting go of control, how to accept what is and how to trust herself, her children and life.
The full circle moments she's experienced though these different births and raising three awesome kids, has taught Shannon how to stop being afraid - how to be brave and honor the challenges, imperfections and celebrations that come on this crazy joyride called motherhood!
Happy Mother's Day to you beautiful mamas.
Join us on our private Facebook page to connect with moms from around the world.
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Visit Shannon's website A Free Spirit Life to learn more about her life coaching services and to read her blog, where she shares more stories like the ones you heard today.
Thanks for your support and thanks for listening!
With love,
Shannon & Ashley
In today's show, Episode 25, we continue our conversation with Casey O'Roarty, creator of Joyful Courage.
Casey talks about how important it is to learn not only what our triggers are, but how to help our children become more aware of their triggers, so that when they are feeling frustration or anger coming on, they can recognize what it feels like and learn tools to cope with those heavier emotions.
Casey talks about what the "Brain in the Palm of the Hand" is, which is a powerful way to think about happens when we "flip our lid," and she shares some interesting facts about brain development in teens.
This show is full of invaluable tips and resources on how to raise whole children, all while learning how to deal and heal from our own emotional outbursts.
To learn more about Casey, visit www.joyfulcourage.com.
Join our thriving community of moms from around the world on Facebook here:
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Visit our website, www.mindfulmamamovement.com for more details and to receive two free guided meditations.
We appreciate you! Thanks for listening...
With love,
Shannon & Ashley
Dive right into listening - seriously - Casey is not only awesome and full of wisdom - but so real and so dang funny. She is a Positive Discipline coach and creator of Joyful Courage.
Casey share's how rough it was becoming a mom and what she learned about herself as a stay-at-home mom during the early years.
Casey shares how some of the darker moments and the challenges she's faced in motherhood led her to learning the philosophy of Positive Discipline. This practice worked so well for her, that she says it changed the dynamic of her family, and it also led her to become a Positive Discipline parent educator.
Casey talks about how to use Positive Discipline with not only toddlers, but with teenagers. We talk about how to help our kids develop coping skills and how important it is to do our soul-work as moms.
We also explore how important it is as we are nurturing our children, that we learn how to nurture ourselves and as Casey says, "get our stuff together." One practice that has really helped Casey on her path to mindfulness is meditation, and she shares a simple way of focusing on your breath and how that helps you learn more about your triggers so that you can return to a place of calm. Such an invaluable practice in motherhood!
To learn more about Casey and her parenting services, visit her website Joyful Courage. You can find her Joyful Courage Podcast HERE.
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Today's show is brought to you by Home Holistic and A Free Spirit Life.
Thanks for listening.
We heart you.
Shannon & Ashley
Shannon’s last name is actually pronounced like “happy” and it’s certainly fitting for her personality. Shannon is fun and brings a fresh, but real, perspective about motherhood to the show.
Shannon’s passion for skiing, especially the moguls, began at a very young age thanks to the fact that she grew up in the mountains around Lake Tahoe.
Shannon was a member of the United States Olympic Ski Team for 12 years, won two Olympic medals, and has multiple World Cup victories under her belt but, she says that nothing has been more challenging, or rewarding, than being a mother.
Today, Shannon opens up about the isolation she felt after becoming a mom, what brought her back to herself and helped her feel connected again, her struggle with having a miscarriage, her uncertainty about having another child, why women should stop telling each other motherhood is “hard”, and the one thing she wants all mothers to know.
Shannon’s new business: Team Empower Hour
Episode Sponsors: hOMe Holistic and A Free Spirit Life.
Join us on our Facebook Group, the Mindful Mama Movement, to connect with women from around the world!
Thanks for listening!
With love,
Shannon & Ashley
To learn more about Ashley and her yoga and wellness services visit her website, Home Holistic.
To learn more about Shannon and her life coaching services, e-coures and monthly virtual Live Freely Circle, visit her website, A Free Spirit Life.
In today's show, Episode 21, we have the pleasure of chatting with Clinical Social Worker and Writer, Carla Naumburg.
Carla is the author of two books, Parenting in the Present Moment: How to Stay Focused on What Matters and Ready, Set, Breathe: Practicing Mindfulness with Your Children for Fewer Meltdowns and a More Peaceful Family Life.
Carla shares that she discovered mindfulness when she just wanted to learn how to stop yelling at her kids so much.
This conversation takes on a realistic, practical and funny journey as we explore what it's like to practice being present in the midst of motherhood. Carla is the first to admit how hard parenting is, yet she shares her personal experience and simple tips on how to deal with the constant distractions in daily life and how we can find more peace, all while practicing self-compassion and grace.
To learn more about Carla, you can visit her website: http://carlanaumburg.com.
Make sure to join our private group on Facebook! Carla will be there this week to answer any questions you might have. One lucky mama will win one of her books!
Visit HERE to join and to learn more about the give-away.
The Mindful Mama Movement Podcast will be taking a short break from posting shows, so make sure to listen to our previous recordings here: www.mindfulmamamovement.
If you live in the Kansas City area, visit Home Holistic for your yoga and wellness needs.
If you are longing for more peace, presence and a sense of purpose in your life, visit A Free Spirit Life, where Shannon is now offering a limited number of personal life-coaching sessions specially for moms.
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With love,
Shannon & Ashley
In today's show, Episode 20, we are excited to talk with Carly Mentlik about empowering our children, in particular, tween and teen girls. We explore how important it is that our children stay connected to their authentic voice and find the courage to be themselves.
Carly is a licensed professional clinical counselor, yoga teacher, business owner and a single mom to an 18 month old girl. She offers parent coaching and classes, as well as learning guides for girls.
Carly has also created curriculum, courses, programs and taught for enrichment programs, homeschool coops, youth groups and for private families, in areas of: personal growth, creative thinking, psychology, philosophical thinking, creative writing, yoga, expressive arts and project-based learning.
To learn more about Carly and her work, visit her website: https://www.carlymentlik.com/
For your chance to win a learning guide or 50% off her coaching services, visit the Mindful Mama Movement group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/MindfulMamaMovement/
Love,
Shannon & Ashley
Shawna is a professional organizer living in Kansas City. In today's show, Episode 19, she walks us through those daily tasks that far too often feel overwhelming and unmanageable. Shawna offers solutions on how to bring ease to responsibilities like laundry, meal planning and organizing. She has a simple recipe for a natural cleaning product that can replace those harmful and often toxic ones. She also shares insight on why it's so important that everything in your home has a place.
We talk about clutter, creative solutions on preserving memories of the things that you still love but that may be taking up space, and how to practice letting stuff go.
Shawna is practical and realistic, yet also invites us to embrace imperfection and to remember that it's ok to leave some of the mess.
Stop by the Mindful Mama Movement Facebook group for your chance to win an in-person or Skype consultation with Shawna.
You can learn more about Shawna on her website: here.
Today's show is sponsored by Home Holistic. Visit here to learn more.
Today's show is also sponsored by A Free Spirit Life. The 8-week life-changing online course, Inside Out: A Creative Adventure of Self-Discovery is now open for registration. You can visit HERE to learn more.