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How to Overcome Bad Body Image
Our bodies are an amazing tool that let us do so many things, but it can be really hard for us to love them sometimes. Today we’re chatting with Nicole Lemke about body acceptance in a special companion episode to our Body Acceptance and Healing Episode with Marie-Pier from The Balanced Practice. Nicole is a truly amazing woman who has struggled with body acceptance and has gone on an incredibly journey to help her get to this point. Body acceptance is a journey that we’ll be on for a long time, so learning how to accept ourselves and our flaws is so helpful for us and our mental health and well-being. Our companion episodes really let us dive in deep [...]
How to Strengthen Your Relationship
Relationship struggles are a common theme within our community which is why we wanted to share these tips for how to strengthen your relationship. With the added stress and responsibilities of parenthood mixed with the monotony of keeping mouths fed, kissing boo-boos, and maintaining a house, it can be easy to fall into more of a roommate phase, and even foster feelings of resentment (something we talk a lot about in UM Club Episode, Strengthening Communication and Connection in Your Relationship). And just as falling in a rut of never getting ready in the morning can impact your mental health, falling into the roommate phase can be a slippery slope to feeling quite disconnected from your partner. BUT we're with [...]
How to Teach Consent to a Child – What you can do to prevent child sex abuse
In this week's UM Club episode, Child Sex Abuse Prevention and Consent Parenting with Rosalia Rivera, we dug deep into how to teach consent to a child. I don't want you to miss out on the goodness so we're bringing you a few of the big tips so you know what you can do to prevent child sex abuse. Want to learn more? Check out UM Club for the full episode. Why is it important to teach children consent? Child sex abuse can come in many forms. "Essentially it's one person, it can be an adult, peer, child, or teenager, assaulting or abusing a child with the intent of sexual gratification." It encompasses many things, can be in person, or [...]
Child Sex Abuse Prevention with Rosalia Rivera
While it may not be something we love to talk about, child sex abuse is something we as parents need to be aware of. Many caregivers shy away from the topic, but we’re here to break the stigma and lay it all out to help give you the tools you need so we can help protect our kids. Rosalia Rivera from Consent Parenting is here to talk with us, and get the conversation going. Rosalia is incredibly knowledgeable about the subject, and started the CONSENT parenting website to help educate others. We’re discussing how to spot signs of potential abuse, how to be proactive in helping your child say no, and getting involved within your community to make sure all [...]