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Ep.2 Backyard Salad and Cloth Diapers with Emma Rock

This week mama Rach is joined by Emma Rock, who talks about her more natural approach to mom-ing. They dive into her journey with her first child and how her mind was consumed with wanting to do everything right; to now going on her third and how she has learned to let the idea of perfectionism go. Emma loves to experiment with plants and treasures she finds in nature, using them to build her children's immune systems. Plus, she breaks down the hype about cloth diapers. Join us for a fun and surprising conversation, where Rach learns a lot, and Emma shows us that just because you value a more natural approach, doesn't mean you have to stick to it 24/7.

Ep. 1 Breastfeeding vs Formula with Emily Vaters

This week mama Rach is joined by her childhood bff Emily. They dive into their (very different) feeding journeys and all the stigmas and misconceptions about breastfeeding and formula feeding. Emily opens up about her 2 and 1/2 year experience with breastfeeding and her mindset and struggles when it came to deciding what was best for her and her daughter. Rach has the opposite experience, where she breastfed for a couple weeks at the beginning, switched to exclusively pumping, and ultimately landed on formula feeding. Join them as they try their best to squash the mom shaming and judgement that surrounds the feeding conversation.
 
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Balance

Balance: a state in which different elements are in the correct proportions. Living a balanced life is something all of us strive for, but more often than not, we feel unbalanced. There are a few things we can do to help us even our scales and leave us feeling more fulfilled with the life we have. Join us this week as Rach talks about what balance really means and how to achieve it.
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nomanazish/2017/10/24/five-simple-steps-for-creating-balance-in-your-life/?sh=2d18418c149a

How to Have a Growth Mindset

***unfortunately our video aspect Rach was so excited about at the beginning of this episode did not execute the way we expected. stay tuned for the future!***Humans exhibit two different types of mindsets: fixed and growth. Some of us use more of a fixed mindset to move through life, leaving them stuck exactly where they are; and others use a growth mindset to view each situation, allowing them to improve and move forward. This week Rach gives us the DL on what this means and how to shift our thinking towards a dominant growth mindset. Enjoy!

Toxic Energy (Part Two): Are YOU toxic?

Strap in peaches, because it's time to hold up the mirror. Last week we talked about how to deal with toxic people. Well, this week we are diving deep into ourselves to acknowledge our own toxic traits, and what role WE play in the conversation. If you're here, you're not a bad person, so don't enter a self-degrading rabbit hole; all you can do is keep going on your self-awareness journey, and take what you learn to motivate you to be the best version of yourself you can be. You've got this!

Toxic Energy (Part One): How to deal with toxic people

This week Rach tells us about her most toxic friendship and dives into how to deal with the toxic people in our lives. The most ideal situation is to get rid of them altogether, but Rach knows that's not always possible; so she gives us 5 strategies to stop allowing toxic energy to have any power over us. 

Self-Care: What does it really mean?

We all need to start taking care of ourselves; filling our cups so that we can show up better for our family, our friends and our jobs. If you can find ten minutes out of your daily routine to do something for YOU, you won't feel as empty and drained at the end of the week. This week we dive into what self-care truly means, and different ways we can implement it into our daily routine.
 
Resources:
https://recreation.ku.edu/seven-pillars-self-care#:~:text=Each%20method%20of%20self%2Dcare,just%20one%20or%20two%20pillars

Destination Happiness

Happiness is not a destination, it's a mindset. The "I will be happy when..." complex prevents us from truly being happy. We all think that we need something in our lives in order to be happy - a different job, a house, a new car, a different body, a kid, etc. but constantly putting your ability to be happy off, and giving it a future destination, means you're never going to get there. Stop giving yourself excuses as to why you can't be happy now, and start shifting your mindset to find it in your current situation. It's internal; not external. 

Let it GOOO!

Hey peach, it doesn't matter okay? Let it go. Stop giving your precious energy to minor inconveniences and irritations. In the grand scheme of your life, something that small is so irrelevant that all you are doing is wasting the little time we have on this Earth focusing on negativity, instead of working on what will make you happy. Stop being so nit-picky and let it go. 

How to be Present

Do you ever feel like life is passing you by? Most of us have trouble embracing the moment and being present in our day-to-day life; because our day-to-day life seems mundane. We feel like we aren't living life to the fullest. And also, how many times have you been listening to someone talk to you, and then realize it's been five minutes and you weren't paying attention to a single thing they just said? Yeah... it's cool, but let's dive into how to be more present each day, and how to enjoy the little things in life.