If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Today’s guest is Sarah Parkes. Sarah is a mum of 3, a speaker, author & legacy coach. She helps coaches, therapists & healers parent consciously, whilst growing your legacy & impact. Her vision is for our children to grow up in a world of possibility, where positive legacy creation is the norm. Where feminine and masc...
May 07, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 34
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Today’s guest is Sarah Brooks. She is an author, and a home educating mum. She is raising her family according to the principles of respectful parenting and radical unschooling. We talk about: Doing things differently as a parent – how it can be challenging to go against the mainstream grain and it’s still okay to do that Respect...
Apr 18, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Episode 32 If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Today’s guest is Tejal Patel. Tejal is a trained embodiment mentor and decolonised yoga guide specialising in trauma-informed body-based healing. She supports others stepping into their personal power, self-sovereignty & soul-led creation. Her expertise includes body-mind healing for systemic oppression, emotional ...
Apr 05, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 32
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Today’s guest is Aoife Griffin, Holistic Healer. We talk about: · The ways in which trauma is stored in the body · Our own adversities and how we overcame (and are still overcoming) our own trauma · Some of the research into ADHD and trauma – and misdiagnosis in young people and in adults You can still listen to Aoife's talk and ...
Apr 03, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 31
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Today’s guest is Beckie Shuttleworth, Children’s Wellbeing Mentor. We talk about: · The power of something as simple as breath to help you and your children find calm · A couple of great techniques you can take away from this podcast · Why it’s never too late to learn about using your breath and reap the benefits You can find out...
Feb 16, 2022•25 min
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite . Today’s guest is the wonderful Cat Googe. Cat is a Confidence & Joy Coach. She helps mums in their 40's and 50's release overwhelm, get unstuck and embrace their most spectacular decades. Cat is on a mission to help you reconnect with happiness, step into self-belief and fall back in love with yourself. We talk about: · How ...
Feb 02, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 29
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Helen Thompson of My Baby Massage shares her knowledge of baby massage and 30+ years of childcare with us this week. We talk about: · Some different ways you can use baby massage with your little one · How baby massage can help you bond with your baby · Why massage is such a powerful tool for cycle-breaker parents especially You ...
Dec 04, 2021•33 min•Ep. 28
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Deirdre Maguire from Wisdom of Ireland joins us today in this final podcast in a 3-part series to discuss the conscious and the subconscious processes of the mind. You will hear us talk about: · Her childhood experiences and the cycles she broke in adulthood · Deirdre’s loss of her father to suicide after a long history of alcoho...
Nov 27, 2021•38 min•Ep. 27
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Deirdre Maguire from Wisdom of Ireland joins us today in this second podcast in a 3-part series to discuss the conscious and the subconscious processes of the mind. You will hear us talk about: · What happiness actually is (spoiler alert: it’s not sunshine and rainbows 24/7) · How you can make a change – starting today - to step ...
Nov 20, 2021•43 min•Ep. 26
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Deirdre Maguire from Wisdom of Ireland joins us today in this first podcast in a 3-part series to discuss the conscious and the subconscious processes of the mind. You will learn: · About the difference between the conscious and the subconscious · Why we mostly don’t realise we have underlying beliefs, but they are there neverthe...
Nov 13, 2021•29 min•Ep. 25
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Anupa Roper joins us today. She is a positive body image advocate and author of the incredible children’s book, Sparrowlegs. Anupa gives us four points to consider when breaking the societal and in many cases, family cycle of body shame or feeling uncomfortable in one’s body. 1. Exploring our own biases – about ourselves and othe...
Nov 07, 2021•36 min
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. I am honoured today to interview Nicola Reekie, a PDA parent and expert who offers solution-focused therapist supporting PDA/ ASD parents with their emotional well-being & creating calm. Conscious parenting and cycle-breaking are significant commitments in themselves… what about when additional needs and behaviours need to be...
Oct 30, 2021•33 min•Ep. 23
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Clare Ford, Expert Educator and founder of Switched ON! online academy, and I talk this week about: - The importance of meeting children and young people where they are at, not shoe-horning them into a framework of expectations (academic or otherwise) - What happens when we adults put children’s mental wellbeing first (spoiler: t...
Oct 23, 2021•35 min•Ep. 22
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Tereza Szalai, Personal Trainer at Foxy Fitness, and I talk this week about: - The huge power of healthy habits on women’s health, feelings of wellness, bodies and their emotions… and the way they show up as parents - The effects of small tweaks in behaviour in relation to four main areas: sleep, hydration, nutrition and movement...
Oct 16, 2021•42 min•Ep. 21
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Laura Hart, artist, healer and coach, and I talk this week about: - Flow! What it is and what it means to feel you are in flow - How Cycle-Breaker Parents may have been sensible in tough childhoods to inhibit their sense of flow and not fully express themselves – especially if they were in survival mode at home - And how you can ...
Oct 06, 2021•32 min•Ep. 20
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Sarah Dodsley, Confidence and Empowerment Coach, and I talk this week about: - The power of the subconscious (particularly for Cycle-Breaker Parents) - EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as Tapping, and the impact it has on adults and children alike - Matrix Reimprinting (a technique which Sarah uses with her clients) -...
Oct 04, 2021•26 min•Ep. 19
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. In this extra-long special podcast episode, taken from one of my free Facebook Live training sessions (which I deliver every Friday in my group), talks about: - The Polyvagal Theory approach to stress (deeper than safe or fight/flight/freeze) - The individual parts of the Polyvagal ‘ladder’ of stress - The effects of different ty...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 18
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. One of my most common questions is: What do I do when I am triggered, but I still have to deal with the kids? Here are my six steps: 1. Get safe – using whatever techniques you find the most useful. Starting with three deep belly breaths is great 2. Have a card/ sentence that centres you – something like ‘I’ve been triggered. I c...
Sep 14, 2021•29 min•Ep. 17
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite. Healing + skills = the parent you always wanted to be Dan Siegel (MD) and Tina Bryson (PhD) have co-authored lots of books on developmental psychology and child development. My favourite is The Power of Showing Up. I talk about it today and introduce you to the 4 Ss that a child needs: To feel and be Safe, Seen, Soothed and Secur...
Aug 30, 2021•37 min•Ep. 16
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @laura.theafter. Today, I talk about the value of our time - as parents and as busy human beings - and I share my reasons for signing up to a new (to me) app that provides child- and adult-friendly tapping meditations using EFT. The time vs money vs speed of getting the solution to my family's problem (poor sleep during lockdown) equation is discussed. I a...
Aug 23, 2021•28 min•Ep. 15
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @laura.theafter. Healing + skills = the parent you always wanted to be Gary Chapman's famous book The Five Love Languages presents the concept that there are 5 ways we can express - and also feel - love. 1. Words of affirmation 2. Acts of service 3. Receiving gifts 4. Quality time 5. Physical touch I talk about them today and share how I have noticed this ...
Aug 15, 2021•16 min•Ep. 14
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @laura.theafter. Healing + skills = the parent you always wanted to be The skills part of this equation is often expressed by the question: ‘how do I get my kids to…?’ Today I explain the ACEs model, which looks at Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how they affect children and the adults they become. I explain what ACEs are; some limitations of the ...
Aug 09, 2021•36 min
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite Healing + skills = the parent you always wanted to be The skills part of this equation is often expressed by the question: ‘how do I get my kids to…?’ Today’s guest, Joanne Roach of The Foodies, offers us lots of support around the common question: “How do I get my kids to eat more fruit and veg?” You will hear about: 1. Familiari...
Jul 30, 2021•38 min•Ep. 12
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite In Part 2 of my interview series with hypnotherapist and holistic healer, Aoife Griffin, we delve into an all-too-common misconception people have - and something we have heard a thousand times from people who know they need support, and yet don't feel they deserve it: "It's too late" or "I'm too old" We blow this out of the water...
Jul 23, 2021•40 min•Ep. 11
In this podcast, Beckie Shuttleworth and I talk about: 1. Anxiety - what it is, why medication may be useful but doesn’t have to be the first option 2. Signs that your child may be suffering from anxiety 3. How to support them 4. How to look after yourself if you are feeling anxious as well Links discussed in today's podcast: Cultivating Inner Peace , a course for adults in August Webinar link for SHINE Brightly (transition on focus from Primary to Secondary School) - 13th September or 15th Sept...
Jul 19, 2021•35 min•Ep. 10
Summer holidays are most definitely a pinch point in many people’s families. Never more so than this year after Covid homeschooling, constant, draining fear and uncertainty, extended periods of time together and households having varying needs and responses to growing freedom to meet and attend attractions. If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite (and Lou @iamlouportass...
Jul 13, 2021•47 min•Ep. 9
Losing your temper or reacting to a situation in a way you perhaps later wish you hadn't is totally acceptable! It happens in every household and for oh so many reasons. And it's okay. Today we talk about the art of apologising to your child and moving forward when you have lost your temper. If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite In this episode you’ll hear: The ruptur...
Jul 09, 2021•29 min•Ep. 8
In Part 1 of my interview series with hypnotherapist and holistic healer, Aoife Griffin, we look at the word 'trauma.' Many people have the misconception that trauma must be brought about from having truly horrific Marvel-comic-origin-story worthy experiences. But simply put, it's not. We demystify trauma a little here and share part of our own personal experiences and stories from clients. Join the Facebook group Cycle Breaker Parents Unite for more interviews, how-to guides, free training (Fri...
Jun 30, 2021•36 min•Ep. 7
Today's special guest is Carrie Kearns, Companion Animal Bereavement Counsellor. If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @cyclebreakerparentsunite Losing a furry (or winged, or scaled...) family member is hard emotionally. It can be difficult to know how to best support your child/ren as they go through their grieving process. And particularly tough for parents who were never able to grieve thei...
Jun 24, 2021•38 min•Ep. 7
In this taste of my free Friday trainings in the Cycle Breaker Parents Unite Facebook group , I dive into the concept of triggers. (Apologies for the pots and pans band in the background about 2/3 of the way through - this live training was recorded during lockdown here in Vietnam!) If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @laura.theafter How would you like to get a comprehensive introduction to ...
Jun 11, 2021•16 min•Ep. 5
