The Conscious Embrace

Episode 30 - “Celebrate the Small Wins - It’s All Growth”

Today we are reminded to celebrate the small wins. Every conscious step we take towards change takes effort and persistence.  Growth happens in all areas of our life and it’s worth reflecting at times to realise we’ve had lots of wins along the way that are worth celebrating.

Episode 29 - Self care should go on the calendar too: Making time for you.

Today Amanda shares her excitement as she manages to take time for self care as a mum of two.  We talk about the importance of prioritising self care just as we do other activities such as work and medical appointments. Mentioned in this episode:  Dr. Becky Kennedy  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/good-inside-with-dr-becky/id1561689671?i=1000735168630 [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/good-inside-with-dr-becky/id1561689671?i=1000735168630]

Episode 28 - Listen to your needs

In today’s episode Amanda shares some of her conflicting thoughts of wanting to spend time with her family while on holiday while at the same time feeling the urge to have some time to herself to recharge. We are reminded that it’s okay and important to honour all feelings and find a way of meeting those needs our mind and body has.

Episode 27 - Honouring all emotions.

In today’s episode we share some of life’s ups and downs; with a focus on the importance of feeling all emotions including the negative ones and finding ways to process them.  This episode is a reminder to accept and honour your current needs as act of self compassion.  Referenced in this episode:  Dr. Patricia Ramirez https://www.instagram.com/patri_psicologa?igsh=aWg4cHo3MG95Nm4y [https://www.instagram.com/patri_psicologa?igsh=aWg4cHo3MG95Nm4y]

Episode 26. Emotional outbursts

In today’s episode Amanda shares a cute ‘tantrum’ story.  We talk about reasons the word tantrum has a negative connotation and is not conducive to responding to our kids in the way they truly need us to.  Let’s all remember that what may seem insignificant to us as adults can be a big deal for our little ones; and we should expect them to have big feelings when things don’t quite turn out as they had planned.  Referenced in this episode:  Daniel J. Siegel  Book- The Whole-Brain Child Gabor Maté – Authenticity vs. Attachment https://youtu.be/l3bynimi8HQ?si=NWufcHucaAMUJiPa