“Trauma is an event held in alone-ness” – Dr Becky at GoodInside We all have trauma- times when we didn’t feel supported, connected or held during difficult times in our lives. What we’re trying to give our children is that support, love and connection during their challenging life experiences, but we find it difficult to do when we haven’t dealt with our own past. Join Chelsea and I as we dig into Inner Child Work through Archetypes, and lean into cycles of all kinds. On today’s episode: The different menstrual phases and exercise/movement/nutrition to help you through (get the PDF download ..read more

“We are told from childhood onward that everything we want to do is impossible”- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.  Our beliefs around what is “possible” for us and our kids come from our past, our old beliefs, what we’ve seen happen before and, transferred beliefs we’ve taken from people/society around us. Unless we intentionally look at these, question them and choose to believe something new… nothing will change. Are you on this journey too? Possibility is magic. Magic can bring healing to us and to the world. Believe something new. On the episode today: Believing something new is what cre ..read more

One of the most common topics that come up around kids is emotional reactivity- both in us and in our kids. This episode dives into how to develop healthy regulation tactics for both us and our kids… using tools that work. If conscious parenting seems difficult when your kid (or you) melts down- this episode will be super supportive for you. On this episode we talk about: What development looks like when it comes to emotions What self-regulation is and how we learn how to do it What co-regulation actually looks like (and what it doesn’t) Learn more about the science of emotions from www.macna ..read more

“If the pain was deep you will have to let it go many times” -Yung Pueblo Parenting can be really challenging at times… even when we are working so hard at it. This episode is for those times. When we feel the heaviness of parenting… when we feel a little bit in the dark (Sue Monk Kidd calls is the Holy Dark), when we feel like the world is spinning. THIS episode is my message to you. I hope it brings you the comfort and guidance you are seeking. NOTE: if you have suicidal thoughts or need mental health help, please reach out to a medical doctor and someone you love, as this advice is not mean ..read more

Inner Child Healing is a concept that may have been around for a while, but has lately gained growing interest. Understanding and acknowledging wounds that we have brought from child (from home, church, community, school etc.) is a huge help to our overall emotional wellness. When we can start to heal our wounds, we won’t be acting from that hurt place- and we can help add more love and light to those in our sphere. On today’s episode: What inner child healing is and why it’s so important to our emotional wellness What would a supportive, loving relationship with a parent look like? Re-parent ..read more

Maybe you’ve decided that connection is the way to parent, and you’re striving to be conscious, gentle and intentional (not perfect!) about your relationships with your kids. Maybe you feel like it’s going okay with most things, but NOT CHORES. That when it comes to chores- force, control and sticker charts creep back in. So, how do you keep your house clean and ditch chores, zones and charts? It’s possible, and that’s what we’re discussing today. Today you’ll hear: Why it’s important to teach about personal responsibility and hard work in connection-based ways, and not resort to traditional ..read more

Welcome to season 6! In this season you’ll hear from experts in the motherhood and parenting sphere, along with support from me- to help you uncover your own inner parenting expert. I’ll be answering the most frequently asked questions on IG and my podcast, so be sure to reach out! Today we’re digging into highly-sensitive kids and parents, and how we can support ourselves in this journey. Today you’ll hear: What a highly sensitive child (orchid child) might act like The power of our thought-stories in the labels we give to children, and making sure they are supportive for us and them Tips we ..read more

Have you heard my WHOLE STORY? How I shifted from wanting my kiddos to change (which was NOT happening), and not being able to handle the extreme emotions and behaviours that my kids were throwing at me… to parenting calm, confident kids that I love to be around. It feels like a miracle. A miracle that has changed my parenting, my kids and my whole life… and is now my purpose in the world to spread and share. My custom program, PARENT SCHOOL is now open for enrolment. With a unique combination of somatic work, mindset, shame resiliency and emotions, through a lens of connection-based parenting ..read more

Have you heard my WHOLE STORY? How I shifted from wanting my kiddos to change (which was NOT happening), and not being able to handle the extreme emotions and behaviours that my kids were throwing at me… to parenting calm, confident kids that I love to be around. It feels like a miracle. A miracle that has changed my parenting, my kids and my whole life… and is now my purpose in the world to spread and share. My custom program, PARENT SCHOOL is now open for enrolment. With a unique combination of somatic work, mindset, shame resiliency and emotions, through a lens of connection-based parenting ..read more

My best advice for 2023, all in one bite-sized podcast episode. The way I feel about my kids, and how I show up as a mom, has completely changed over the last few years… I now LOVE parenting, my kids are calm and confident, we have very few arguments, and we love to spend time together. This was not always the case… in fact, it was kind of the opposite. Tune in to hear about the 4 things that helped most support me in this change, and check out PARENT SCHOOL, now enrolling: www.coachcrystal.ca/group On this episode you’ll hear: My journey with parenting and the challenges that I faced Emotion ..read more